Five Favorite Albums Of Each Year

[BeatleMatt]

1987
Radio K.A.O.S.-Roger Waters
A Momentary Lapse of Reason-Pink Floyd
Joshua Tree-U2
Pleased To Meet Me-The Replacements
Never Let Me Down-David Bowie

 

[TACdtf]

Cool! I can catch up to 1987!

1985
Accept-Metal Heart
UFO-Misdemeanor
Waysted-The Good The Bad The Wasted
Yngwie Malmsteen-Marching Out
Kiss-Asylum

1986
Accept-Russian Roulette
Waysted-Save Your Prayers
Iron Maiden-Somewhere In Time
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance
Flotsam & Jetsam-Doomsday For The Deceiver

1987
Helloween-Keepers Of the Seven Keys Pt.1
Armored Saint-Raising Fear
Guns n Roses-Appetite For Destruction
Alice Cooper-Raise Your Fist And Yell
Dio-Dream Evil

 

[Magic]

Imma tryin’ to catch up…. lol.

1981
Iron Maiden ~ Killers
Saxon ~ Denim and Leather
Black Sabbath ~ Mob Rules
Def Leppard ~ High ‘n’ Dry
Ozzy Osbourne ~ Diary of a Madman


1982
I’m so getting roasted for this one, but..
Michael Jackson ~ Thriller
Iron Maiden ~ Number of the Beast
Diamond Head ~ Borrowed Time
38 Special ~ Special Forces
Judas Priest ~ screaming for Vengeance

 

[TACdtf]

Imma tryin’ to catch up…. lol.

1981
Iron Maiden ~ Killers
Saxon ~ Denim and Leather
Black Sabbath ~ Mob Rules
Def Leppard ~ High ‘n’ Dry
Ozzy Osbourne ~ Diary of a Madman

For me, 1981 is the greatest year of music ever. You've listed 5 Five-Star albums here. The only one we share is High n Dry which was one of the most influential albums in my music journey.

 

[Magic]

1983
Molly Hatchet ~ No Guts….No Glory
Dio ~ Holy Diver
Stevie Ray Vaughan ~ Texas Flood
Motley Crue ~ Shout At the Devil
Black Sabbath ~ Born Again


1984
Metallica ~ Ride the Lightning
Iron Maiden ~ Powerslave
Scorpions ~ Love at First Sting
Dio ~ Last in Line
Dokken ~ Tooth and Nail

 

[BeatleMatt]

1988
Vivid-Living Colour
Lap of Luxury-Cheap Trick
Now and Zen-Robert Plant
The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1-The Traveling Wilburys
Green-R.E.M.

 

[BeatleMatt]

1989
Tin Machine-Tin Machine
Waking Hours-Del Amitri
Flowers In The Dirt-Paul McCartney
Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop-Jeff Beck
CHOBA B CCCP-Paul McCartney

 

[TACdtf]

1988

Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2
Megadeth-So Far So Good So What
Iron Maiden-Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Queensryche-Operation Mindcrime
Flotsam & Jetsam-No Place For Disgrace


1989

Metallica-And Justice For All
Gary Moore-After The War
Dream Theater-When Day And Dream Unite
Metal Church-Blessing In Disguise
Slayer-South Of Heaven

 

[Magic]

1985
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
Robert Plant - Shaken ‘n’ Stirred
John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
ZZ Top - Afterburner
Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair


These were albums I listened to a lot in ‘85.

 

[Magic]

1986
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Van Halen - 5150 (My fav Van Hagar album)
King Diamond - Fatal Portrait


1987
Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
King Diamond - Abigail
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1
Def Leppard - Hysteria