RollingStone chooses the ’50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time’

RollingStone has published its list of The Best LPs from the age of Aqua Net also dubbed the 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time. It is not known exactly which bands qualified as “hair metal.”

50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time (as per RollingStone):

01. Def Leppard — Hysteria (1987)

02. Poison — Look What The Cat Dragged In (1986)

03. Bon Jovi — Slippery When Wet (1986)

04. Mötley Crüe — Shout At The Devil (1983)

05. Skid Row — Skid Row (1989)

06. Ratt — Out of The Cellar (1984)

07. Faster Pussycat — Faster Pussycat (1987)

08. Kix — Blow My Fuse (1988)

09. Mötley Crüe — Too Fast For Love (1981)

10. Cinderella — Long Cold Winter (1988)

11. Tesla — The Great Radio Controversy (1989)

12. Whitesnake — Whitesnake (1987)

13. Extreme — Extreme II: Pornograffiti (1990)

14. Warrant — Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)

15. Quiet Riot — Metal Health (1983)

16. Twisted Sister — Stay Hungry (1984)

17. Def Leppard — Pyromania (1983)

18. Cinderella — Night Songs (1986)

19. Warrant — Cherry Pie (1990)

20. Love/Hate — Black Out In The Red Room (1990)

21. Dokken — Under Lock And Key (1985)

22. White Lion — Pride (1987)

23. Hanoi Rocks — Self Destruction Blues (1982)

24. Enuff Z’Nuff — Enuff Z’Nuff (1989)

25. David Lee Roth — Eat ‘Em And Smile (1986)

26. Poison — Open Up And Say…Ahh! (1988)

27. L.A. Guns — Cocked And Loaded (1989)

28. Black ‘N Blue — Black ‘N Blue (1984)

29. Dangerous Toys — Dangerous Toys (1989)

30. BulletBoys — Freakshow (1991)

31. Slaughter — Stick It To Ya (1990)

32. Great White — …Twice Shy (1989)

33. Saigon Kick — The Lizard (1992)

34. Junkyard — Junkyard (1989)

35. Badlands — Badlands (1989)

36. Alice Cooper — Trash (1989)

37. Bang Tango — Psycho Café (1989)

38. Britny Fox — Britny Fox (1988)

39. Vinnie Vincent Invasion — Vinnie Vincent Invasion (1986)

40. Stryper — To Hell With The Devil (1986)

41. Winger — Winger (1988)

42. D-A-D — No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims (1989)

43. Vixen — Vixen (1988)

44. KISS — Lick It Up (1983)

45. Pretty Boy Floyd — Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz (1989)

46. Kik Tracee — No Rules (1991)

47. Lita Ford — Lita (1988)

48. Precious Metal — Right Here Right Now (1985)

49. Mr. Big — Lean Into It (1991)

50. Lord Tracy — Deaf Gods of Babylon (1989)

Def Leppard‘s “Pour Some Sugar On Me” video (from album Hysteria):