Category: 1988

On their second albun ‘Take A Deep Breath’ Brighton Rock move into melodic rock territory, as opposed to their raucous…

Dare were formed as an outtake by Darren Wharton after the demise/retirement of Thin Lizzy. A wonderful moment in UK…

Quite a clever album cover – depicting a play on words for this sophomore album from New Jersey five-piece Prophet.

This Survivor album is a combination of harder hitting tracks coupled with their success recipe from previous albums – melody…

This was the first Night Ranger album to fall short of Gold status. Blades left shortly after to join Damn…

Despite the hits, ‘Chicago 18’ sold moderately, a big surprise to me considering the relentless quality displayed from start to…

Epic understandably worked the ‘original lineup reunion’ angle of Cheap Trick to the highest extent, ‘Lap Of Luxury’ going double…

There are many moments on this Alien debut album which could be considered standouts. Having them all assembled under one…

Like Treat, Fate, Da Vinci and Alien, Skagarack should be listed amongst the best Scandinavian melodic rock/AOR delights of the…

This is the last of Rick Springfield’s 1980’s albums, culminating in a break away from RCA Records after this 1988…

Take away the obvious labels and classifications put on Stryper, the band is one of the most talented amongst the…

By 1987 Bornemann was restless and joined forces with Michael Gerlach to begin work on a new Eloy album, with…

Perhaps Anthrax’s steady decline can be traced back to ‘State Of Euphoria’ itself, an album where they needed to capitalize…

In 1988, Vixen were signed to EMI and began recording their debut. EMI originally planned to have Richard Marx to…

There can be no doubt, this album by Seattle’s Fifth Angel is considered a classic among the HM fraternity.

By 1988, Carmine Appice and David Michael Phillips were left to pick up the pieces of King Kobra and they…

We take another step closer to completing the discography of Californian band Hurricane. ‘Over The Edge’ is considered to be…

Canadian Ian Thomas is well covered on this site, his career going way back into time. With this album ‘Levity’,…

Southern AOR kings 38 Special had helped define the genre for nearly a decade, and they had a string of…

Undoubtedly, this album is Europe’s most AOR oriented effort. Whereas earlier albums focused on guitar based metal, the big production…