Albums turning 35 this year.

AC/DC | Back in Black
Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell
Def Leppard | On Through the Night
Michael Schenker Group | Michael Schenker Group
Motörhead | Ace Of Spades
Whitesnake | Ready An’ Willing

I can't speak for either MSG or that Whitesnake album, but those other 4 stand the test of time and sound just as good to me today as they did way back when. I can't believe that On Through The Night is that old.

Also add Blizzard of Oz.

I can't believe any of them are that old. Man, what a good year for music. And I was only going into 7th grade. Incredible.

AC/DC | Back in Black
Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell
Def Leppard | On Through the Night
Michael Schenker Group | Michael Schenker Group
Motörhead | Ace Of Spades
Whitesnake | Ready An’ Willing
Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard Of Ozz
Judas Priest | British Steel
Rush | Permanent Waves
UFO | No Place To Run
38 Special | Rockin' Into The Night
Uriah Heep | Conquest
Journey | Departure
Van Halen | Women And Children First
Genesis | Duke
Scorpions | Animal Magnetism
Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden
Saxon | Wheels Of Steel
Kiss | Unmasked
Queen | The Game
Saxon | Strong Arm Of The Law
Kansas | Audio-Visions
Diamond Head | Lightning To The Nations
Thin Lizzy | Chinatown
REO Speedwagon | Hi Infidelity

Damn we're getting old!!!

It's funny too, I think of that Saxon and Maiden album as old but not VH or AC/DC.

Gilbert wrote:

Damn we're getting old!!!

I don't know what you're talking about. The rest of the world keeps aging. I'm pretty sure I stopped at 19.

Great year for rock & metal! But....................

"And the Grammy goes to Christopher Cross" ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. Might be the last time I watched or maybe it was the year Toto sweep all the awards..

No respect!

One of rock music's truly great years.

All of that plus 

Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Girlschool - Demolition
Krokus - Metal Rendez Vous
Accept - I'm a Rebel
Tygers of Pan Tang - Wild Cat
A II Z - The Witch of Berkeley
Gillan - Glory Road

There were plenty of others but these are my favorites of the unmentioned.

Heart - Bebe Le Strange
Triumph - Progressions Of Power
X - Los Angeles
Blue Oyster Cult - Cultosaurus Erectus
Blackfoot - Tomcattin'
Yes - Drama
Jethro Tull - A
Dire Straits - Making Movies
Steely Dan - Gaucho
The Alan Parsons Project - Turn Of A Friendly Card

Diamond Head- Lightning To The Nations

Wow, great year.

END OF THE CENTURY - RAMONES

That's when I was born!

Sabbath's Heaven and Hell is my favourite.

Albums 35 years young.

assault_attack wrote:

Great year for rock & metal! But....................

"And the Grammy goes to Christopher Cross" ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. Might be the last time I watched or maybe it was the year Toto sweep all the awards..

No respect!

Y'know. it's funny I have two covers of one of his biggest hits, "Ride Like the Wind," in my collection but not the original version.

the sentinel wrote:

assault_attack wrote:

Great year for rock & metal! But....................

"And the Grammy goes to Christopher Cross" ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. Might be the last time I watched or maybe it was the year Toto sweep all the awards..

No respect!

Y'know. it's funny I have two covers of one of his biggest hits, "Ride Like the Wind," in my collection but not the original version.

Ok, U got me.. I have this one..

I had to look this up Y&T - Earthshaker, But I see it was released in 81'

British steel is probably my favourite of the above list.

Of those albums listed, my favorite is Genesis Duke. It's my favorite Phil Collins-era Genesis album and I love it like an old friend. Audio-Visions by Kansas is also an excellent non-metal album.

And I also love A by Jethro Tull. It is not popular with a lot of Tull fans, but I really like Ian Anderson's brief venture into electronic-style music with that album, Under Wraps and his solo Walk Into Light. A is an album I still play often.

Drama by Yes is an album that gets largely ignored by their diehard fanbase but it's a total ass-kicker of an album. Machine Messiah and Tempus Fugit are the best tracks they released during the entire decade of the 80s.

S.D. wrote:

Drama by Yes is an album that gets largely ignored by their diehard fanbase but it's a total ass-kicker of an album.  Machine Messiah and Tempus Fugit are the best tracks they released during the entire decade of the 80s.  

Awesome song!

007 wrote:

I can't believe any of them are that old. Man, what a good year for music. And  I was only going into 7th grade. Incredible.

True I was in 5th grade, and I came across Rock and Metal an year later.

NWOBHM and 1980. Bread and butter.

assault_attack wrote:

Great year for rock & metal! But....................

"And the Grammy goes to Christopher Cross" ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. Might be the last time I watched or maybe it was the year Toto sweep all the awards..

No respect!

Well, it wasn't for a metal album, that distinction would go to Jethro Tull (no disrecept to Tull at all). I found the Christopher Cross album to be quite enjoyable when it was new (but I was only in the 4th or 5th grade so what did I know?!?). However, at that age I was also well aware of REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity, Styx - Paradise Theatre, Motorhead - Ace Of Spades, Van Halen, AC/DC, etc. Hard to believe it was that long ago. I also enjoyed the whole Get The Knack (36 years old now) and J. Geils "Freeze Frame" (which will be 35 next year).