This was a fun list to compile. Three other albums (Megadeth's Rust In Peace, Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind*, and Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry) would have easily made the list were they not edged out by slightly higher-rated albums. It's interesting to note, too, that both 1976 and 1983 feature four albums in the list, while no other year featured more than two albums.
* Don't feel too bad about Piece of Mind losing out here; it was surpassed by Iron Maiden's own Powerslave album. But if you want to swap the two, I'd have a hard time arguing against that.
As lists go, I think this is an excellent cross-section of domestic (U.S.) and international classic rock, hard rock, metal, and progressive / power metal. The albums here should be a part of every rock and metal fan's collection.
Top Albums - A - Z
91.79 -- Assault Attack - Michael Schenker Group (1982)
93.73 -- Born Again - Black Sabbath (1983)
89.75 -- Carved In Stone - Rage (2008)
91.00 -- Desolation Boulevard (U.S. version) - Sweet (1974)
90.41 -- Era - Bow Wow (2005)
93.67 -- Free-for-All - Ted Nugent (1976)
94.24 -- Give Us A Wink - Sweet (1976)
90.12 -- Headhunter - Krokus (1983)
98.14 -- In Rock - Deep Purple (1970)
86.36 -- Jeanne d’Arc - Thy Majestie (2005)
90.73 -- Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2 - Helloween (1988)
92.75 -- Lovedrive - Scorpions (1979)
95.70 -- Machine Head - Deep Purple (1972)
90.13 -- Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden (1982)
93.02 -- Operation: Mindcrime - Queensrÿche (1988)
94.86 -- Powerslave - Iron Maiden (1984)
96.37 -- Queensrÿche (EP) - Queensrÿche (1983)
97.98 -- Rising - Rainbow (1976)
91.28 -- Stormbringer Ruler - Domine (2000)
91.64 -- The Dungeons are Calling - Savatage (1984)
89.80 -- Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator - Ayreon (2000)
91.16 -- Volcanic Rock - Buffalo (1973)
91.45 -- Wake the Sleeper - Uriah Heep (2008)
90.29 -- Xiled to Infinity and One - Seven Witches (2002)
88.60 -- Yesterday & Today - Yesterday & Today (1976)
85.22 -- Zebra - Zebra (1983)
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