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1977

10. The Hunt - The Hunt

9. Riot - Rock City

8. Legs Diamond - A Diamond Is a Hard Rock/Legs Diamond - Legs Diamond

7. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever

6. Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres

5. Aerosmith - Draw the Line

4. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

3. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

2. Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation

1. UFO - Lights Out


Also Check This Out... Quartz - Quartz

Albums that missed the cut... Motorhead - Motorhead, Triumph - Rock & Roll Machine, Uriah Heep - Firefly, Lone Star - Firing on All Six, Kiss - Love Gun, Krokus
- To You All, Nazareth - Expect No Mercy, Sammy Hagar - Sammy Hagar


The Live Album Section... Rainbow - On Stage

Kiss - Alive II

Hard, Heavy and a Classic... Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

Hard, Heavy and a Classic... Max Webster - High Class in Borrowed Shoes

Thor - Keep the Dogs Away

The Queen Phenomenon 1975-1977 Part 2... A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, and News of the World

Hawkwind and Space Rock: A Serious Session in Brain Damage 1975-1977 Part 2... Warrior On the Edge of Time, Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, and Quark Strangeness and Charm



1978

10. Gillan - Gillan

9. Nazareth - No Mean City

8. Scorpions - Taken By Force

7. AC/DC - Powerage

6. Ace Frehley - Ace Frehley

5. UFO - Obsession

4. Judas Priest - Killing Machine

3. Van Halen - Van Halen

2. Rainbow - Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll

1. Judas Priest - Stained Class


Also Check This Out... Sorcery - Stunt Rock

Albums that missed the cut... Uriah Heep - Fallen Angel, Granmax - Kiss Heaven Goodbye, Shakin’ Street - Vampire Rock, Gary Moore - Back on the Streets, Whitesnake - Trouble, Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo

The Live Album Section... AC/DC - If You Want Blood You’ve Got It

Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo!

Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous

Some other great live albums that also came out in 1978... Aerosmith - Live! Bootleg, Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening, Sammy Hagar - All Night Long, and Mahogany Rush - Live

Hard, Heavy and Worth a Mention... Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet



1979

10. Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts

9. Rainbow - Down to Earth

8. Nokemono - From the Black World

7. Gillan - Mr.Universe

6. Van Halen - Van Halen II

5. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend

4. Motorhead - Overkill

3. Motorhead - Bomber

2. AC/DC - Highway to Hell

1. Scorpions - Lovedrive


Also Check This Out... Kiss - Dynasty

Albums that missed the cut... Riot - Narita, Samson - Survivors, Trust - L'elite, Helix - Breaking Loose, TKO - Let It Roll, Whitesnake - Lovehunter

The Live Album Section... Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East

UFO - Strangers in the Night

Hard, Heavy and a Classic... Triumph - Just a Game

Hard, Heavy and Worth a Mention... Blackfoot - Strikes

Unknown Soldier's Top Twenty of the Seventies



1980: The New Wave of British Heavy Metal

20. Manilla Road - Invasion

19. Krokus - Metal Rendez-Vous

18. Scorpions - Animal Magnetism

17. Witchfynde - Give ‘Em Hell

16. Samson - Head On

15. White Spirit - White Spirit

14. Van Halen - Women and Children First

13. Triumph - Progressions of Power

12. Quartz - Stand Up and Fight

11. Def Leppard - On Through the Night

10. Michael Schenker Group - Michael Schenker Group

9. Saxon - Wheels of Steel

8. Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law

7. Angel Witch - Angel Witch

6. Motorhead - Ace of Spades

5. Judas Priest - British Steel

4. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

3. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2. AC/DC - Back in Black

1. Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations


Down On the Slab... Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
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