Kiss - Creatures of the Night

Creatures of the Night is tenth studio album released by Kiss. It was also last album to be released through Casablanca Records. The album were more hard rock stylish than previous Dynasty and Unmasked albums. Musically, Creatures of the Night was the band's heaviest recording after Love Gun, and was matched later only by Revenge.

Personnel on the album:

Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar, vocals
Gene Simmos - bass, vocals
Eric Carr - drums
Ace Frehley - credited for lead guitar, but didn't play on the album
Vinnie Vincent - lead guitar



Track Listing:

"Creatures of the Night"
"Saint and Sinner"
"Keep Me Comin"
"Rock and Roll Hell"
"Danger"
"I Love It Loud"
"I Still Love You"
"Killer"
"War Machine"






This was Frehley's last album with the band until 1996 reunioin.

"I Love It Loud" peaked at #22 on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1983.
The album was certificated gold in United States after twelve years of its release in 1994.

Queensrÿche - Rage For Order

American progressive heavy metal band Queensrÿche released their second full length album on June 26, 1986 through EMI America Records. The album featured keyboards as prominently as guitars, and the group adopted an image closer to glam metal.

Personnel:

Geoff Tate - vocals, keyboards
Chris DeGarmo - guitar
Michael Wilton - guitar
Eddie Jackson - bass
Scott Rockenfield - drums


Track Listing:

"Walk in the Shadows"
"I Dream in Infrared"
"The Whisper"
"Gonna Get Close to You"
"The Killing Words"
"Surgical Strike"
"Neue Regel"
"Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion)"
"London"
"Screaming in Digital"
"I Will Remember"


The album was ranked #88 on Kerrang! magazine's "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" in January 1989.

The album peaked at #47 on U.S Billboard 200 and single release "Gonna Get Close To You " hit #91 at UK single charts.

Femme Fatale

Femme Fatale was an glam metal band from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They moved to Los Angeles in 1987 to sign a recording contract.

They released their self ttitled album in 1988 through MCA Records. It was their debut and only album to be released.

Personnel on the album

Lorraine Lewis - vocals
Bill d'Angelo - guitar
Mazzi Rawd - guitar, keywords
Rick Rael - bass
Bobby Murray - drums


Track listing:

Waiting for the Big One
Falling in and Out of Love
My Baby's Gun
Back in Your Arms Again
Rebel
Fortune and Fame
Touch and Go
If
Heat the Fire
Cradle's Rockin'


The album also peaked at #141 position on The Billboard 200.

"Waiting for the Big One" and "Falling in and out of Love" are the band's two signature songs.

After touring the world with Cheap Trick, recording was to start on a new studio album, but it was never completed and the band dissolved in 1990.

Metallica - ..And Justice for All

..And Justice for All is Metallica’s fourth studio album and first after Cliff Burton’s death. It was released on August 25, 1988

The album has certified 8x platinum by the RIAA in 2003.

The front cover depicts the statue of Lady Justice cracked, bound by ropes, her breasts exposed, and both of her scales filled with dollars.

Track listing

 "Blackened"

 "..And Justce for All"

 "Eye of the Beholder"

 "One"

 "The Shortest Straw"

 "Harvester of Sorrow"

 "The Frayed Ends of Sanity"

 "To Live Is to Die"

 "Dyer's Eve"

"One" was their first Top 40 hit single, reaching number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also was the first music video filmed by Metallica.

Stryper - To Hell with the Devil

To Hell with the Devil is second full-length album and third release from the Christian glam metal band Stryper. It was release on October 24, 1986 and sold platinum after being three months on Billboard’s album charts. The album also received a Grammy Award nomination.

Songs like “Calling on you”, “Honestly” and “Free” were frequently played on MTV in 1987.

Track Listing:

"Abyss"

"To Hell with the Devil"

"Calling On You"

"Free"

"Honestly"

"The Way"

"Sing-Along Song"

"Holdin' on"

"Rockin' the World"

"All of me"

"More Than a Man"

“Honestly” is Stryper’s top hit, reaching #23 on the Top40 charts

Throughout 1987, both music videos for "Free" and "Honestly" ranked #1 on Dial MTV, the nightly MTV list of most requested videos.

Lita Ford - Lita

On February 2, 1988 Lita Ford released her third solo and commercially most successful album. She had Sharon Osbourne as her manager and produced it by herself.

The album features hits such as “Back To the Cave”, “Kiss Me Deadly”, “Falling In And Out Of Love” and duet with Ozzy Osbourne “Close My Eyes Forever” it was her only Top 10  Billboard Hot 100 Hit, reaching #8.

Track listing:

"Back to the Cave”

"Can't Catch Me"

"Blueberry"

"Kiss Me Deadly"

"Falling In and Out of Love”

"Fatal Passion"

"Under the Gun”

"Broken Dreams"

"Close My Eyes Forever" (with Ozzy)

 "Kiss Me Deadly" was named the 76^th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.

 The song "Close My Eyes Forever" is featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore.

Def Leppard - Pyromania

Def leppard released their third studio album on 20 January 1983. Phil Collen was new guitarist on the album to replace Pete Willis who was fired due to excessive use of alcohol.

The album even charted number 2 on the Billboard 200 list and three songs “Photograph”, “Rock of Ages”, and “Foolin”, became Top 40 singles in the United States.

The album sold over six millions copies in 1983 and only Michael Jackson’s Thriller held it off top of US album chart.

Track listing:

Rock Rock ('Til You Drop)
Photograph
Stagefright
Too Late for Love
Die Hard the Hunter
Foolin'
Rock of Ages
Comin' Under Fire
Action! Not Words
Billy's Got a Gun

In 2004, the album ranked number 384 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time also in 2006, O magazine placed the album at number 35 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s".