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1	Van Halen (1978) more music like this by Van Halen Among revolutionary rock albums, Van Halen's debut often gets short shrift. Although it altered perceptions of what the guitar could do, it is not spoken of in the same reverential tones as Are You Experienced? and although it set the template for how rock & roll sounded for the next decade or more, it isn't seen as an epochal generational shift, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.35!
2	Slippery When Wet (1986) more music like this by Bon Jovi It is probably true that Bon Jovi's breakthrough success with Slippery When Wet, their third album, had more to do with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi's mop of curls and winning smile than with anything in the grooves of the record. Nevertheless, the album contained competent contemporary pop/rock, from its Eddie Van Halen-inspired guitar solos to the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.57!
3	Cross Road (1994) more music like this by Bon Jovi While Bon Jovi always managed to stick a couple of killer album tracks on their records, their main strength has always been singles. Cross Road collects all of their biggest hits, adding a couple of new songs and Jon Bon Jovi's solo hit, "Blaze of Glory," for good measure. Even the band's detractors may not be able to resist the constant flow of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00!
4	O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits (2002) more music like this by Aerosmith As the sixth domestic Aerosmith hits collection and the first to feature selections from both their Columbia and Geffen years (not to mention that it's the second double-disc retrospective released within eight months), The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits should live up to its title -- and it does, for the most part. Over the course of two discs and 30 ... see all copies from $8.97! new only from $18.07!
5	Pyromania (1983) more music like this by Def Leppard While Def Leppard had obviously wanted to write big-sounding anthems on their previous records, Pyromania was where the band's vision coalesced and gelled into something more. More than ever before, the band's songs on Pyromania are driven by catchy, shiny melodic hooks instead of heavy guitar riffs, although the latter do pop up once in a while. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.65!
6	Alive! (1975) more music like this by Kiss Alive! was the album that catapulted Kiss from cult attraction to mega-superstars. It was their first Top Ten album, remaining on the charts for 110 weeks and eventually going quadruple platinum. Culled from shows in Detroit, New Jersey, Iowa, and Cleveland on the Dressed to Kill tour, the record features producer Eddie Kramer doing a masterful ... see all copies from $8.87! new only from $19.62!
7	New Jersey (1988) more music like this by Bon Jovi Bon Jovi had perfected a formula for hard pop/rock by the time of New Jersey, concentrating on singalong choruses sung over and over again, frequently by a rough, extensively overdubbed chorus, producing an effect not unlike what these songs sounded like in the arenas and stadiums where they were most often heard. The lyrics had that typical pop ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.14!
8	1984 (1984) more music like this by Van Halen At the time of its release, much of the fuss surrounding 1984 involved Van Halen's adoption of synthesizers on this, their sixth album -- a hoopla that was a bit of a red herring since the band had been layering in synths since their third album, Women and Children First. Those synths were either buried beneath guitars or used as texture, even on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.65!
9	Destroyer (1976) more music like this by Kiss The pressure was on Kiss for their fifth release, and the band knew it. Their breakthrough, Alive!, was going to be hard to top, so instead of trying to recreate a concert setting in the studio, they went the opposite route. Destroyer is one of Kiss' most experimental studio albums, but also one of their strongest and most interesting. Alice ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.24!
10	Long Cold Winter (1988) more music like this by Cinderella Long Cold Winter is a transition album for Cinderella, mixing pop-metal tunes with better hooks than those on Night Songs with a newfound penchant for gritty blues-rock à la the Stones or Aerosmith. The ballads -- the grandiose "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)" and the excellent, lower-key "Coming Home" -- are what made the album ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.66!
11	Greatest Hits (1980) more music like this by Aerosmith Aerosmith's Greatest Hits remains one of the most popular and enduring best-of collections by any rock band, selling nearly ten million copies in the U.S. alone since its release. But when it was issued in 1980, the band had just about reached its nadir. With original guitarist Joe Perry gone (and Brad Whitford soon to follow), Aerosmith had ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.92!
12 view cover	Bon Jovi (1984) more music like this by Bon Jovi From the opener, "Runaway," which rode to glory on Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band-mate Roy Bittan's distinctive keyboard riff, to the sweaty arena rock of "Get Ready," which closes the album, Bon Jovi's debut is an often-overlooked minor gem from the heyday of hair metal. The songs may be simple and the writing prone to all the clichés of the ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $8.66!
13 view cover	These Days (1995) more music like this by Bon Jovi With These Days, Bon Jovi firmly established themselves as an adult contemporary act. They still have their fair share of rockers, but they seem half-hearted and incomplete. Instead, the band sounds the most comfortable with love ballads and working class anthems, from hits "This Ain't a Love Song" and "Lie to Me," to the acoustic "Diamond Ring." ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $7.21!
14 view cover	Love Gun (1977) more music like this by Kiss Love Gun was Kiss' fifth studio album in three years (and seventh release overall, peaking at number four on Billboard), and proved to be the last release that the original lineup played on. By 1977, Kiss merchandise was flooding the marketplace (lunch boxes, makeup kits, comic books, etc.), and it would ultimately lead to a Kiss backlash in the ... see all copies from $6.77! new only from $8.66!
15 view cover	Hysteria (1987) more music like this by Def Leppard Where Pyromania had set the standard for polished, catchy pop-metal, Hysteria only upped the ante. Pyromania's slick, layered Mutt Lange production turned into a painstaking obsession with dense sonic detail on Hysteria, with the result that some critics dismissed the record as a stiff, mechanized pop sell-out (perhaps due in part to Rick Allen's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.67!
16 view cover	Mötley Crüe (1994) more music like this by Mötley Crüe On Mötley Crüe, the band's first album recorded without vocalist Vince Neil, the group revamped its trademark dirty but melodic heavy metal, adding elements of '90s grunge and alternative metal, as well as the group's new vocalist, a hoarse shouter named John Corabi. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
17 view cover	Women and Children First (1980) more music like this by Van Halen After two pure party albums, the inevitable had to happen: it was time for Van Halen to mature, or at least get a little serious. And so, Women and Children First, a record where the group started to get heavier, both sonically and, to a lesser extent, thematically, changing the feel of the band ever so slightly. Where the first two records were ... see all copies from $2.22! new only from $10.00!
18 view cover	Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1995) more music like this by Def Leppard Def Leppard was untouchable in the '80s. Over the course of four albums, the band established itself as one of the best and most popular hard rock/heavy metal groups of the decade, scoring a long list of hit singles. Vault compiles the biggest of those hits, as well as selections from their first album of the '90s, Adrenalize, and the outtakes ... see all copies from $4.11! new only from $13.34!
19 view cover	High 'N' Dry (1981) more music like this by Def Leppard Def Leppard's second album, High 'N' Dry, continues in the vein of the anthemic, working-class hard rock of their debut. While still opting for a controlled musical attack and melodies as big-sounding and stadium-ready as possible, the band opens up its arrangements a bit more on High 'N' Dry, letting the songs breathe and groove while the rhythm ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.65!
20 view cover	Diver Down (1982) more music like this by Van Halen Fair Warning was such a dark, intense record that Van Halen almost had no choice but to lighten up on their next album, and 1982's Diver Down is indeed much lighter than its predecessor. In many ways, it's a return to the early albums, heavy on covers and party anthems, but where those records were rough and exuberant -- they felt like the work ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00!
21 view cover	This Left Feels Right (2003) more music like this by Bon Jovi God knows why Bon Jovi felt the need to recut its best songs in an adult alternative style with Patrick Leonard as the producer. In the thorough liner notes -- presented as an interview between Jon Bon Jovi and guitarist Richie Sambora -- by the suddenly ubiquitous David Wild, Jon claims that the roots of the album derive from a Japanese show he ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $7.70!
22 view cover	Fair Warning (1981) more music like this by Van Halen Of all the early Van Halen records, Fair Warning often gets overlooked -- partially because it's a dark, strange beast, partially because it lacks any song as purely fun as the hits from the first three records. Because of that, there were no hits from Fair Warning that turned into radio anthems; only "Unchained" and, to a lesser extent, the ... see all copies from $2.05! new only from $5.65!
23 view cover	Lick It Up (1983) more music like this by Kiss Due to the underachievement of their exceptional 1982 comeback album, Creatures of the Night, Kiss knew the time was right to drop the makeup, so in September 1983 the band shocked their fans by unmasking on MTV. Their first non-makeup album, Lick It Up, followed soon after and successfully re-established the band among the heavy metal masses ... see all copies from $6.98! new only from $6.98!
24 view cover	Skid Row (1989) more music like this by Skid Row The material on Skid Row is mostly typical pop-metal fluff, but since Skid Row was one of the hardest bands to find commercial success during the hair metal fad, the songs sound angrier and more aggressive than the lyrics and hooks might indicate. Part of this is due simply to the musical talent in the band, and part of it is due to vocalist ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.11!
25 view cover	5150 (1986) more music like this by Van Halen The power struggle within Van Halen was often painted as David Lee Roth's ego running out of control -- a theory that was easy enough to believe given his outsized charisma -- but in retrospect, it seems evident that Eddie Van Halen wanted respect to go along with his gargantuan fame, and Roth wasn't willing to play. Bizarrely enough, Sammy Hagar ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00!

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