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Top 5 Glam Metal Albums Of 1988
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ส.ค. 2024
- This video counts down the Top 5 best glam metal (hair band) albums of 1988. The genre kicked off in 1986, and by 1988 was in full steam. Theses are the bands that solidified the sound of the era and left an incredible mark with classic albums.
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This was the year I bought My first albums, they were:
1. New Jersey
2. Open up & Say ah
3. Hysteria (87)
4. Out of this World
5. Long Cold Winter
6. OU812
Every one of those is a top notch release! I’ve been playing a lot of Europe lately including Out Of This World which is my favorite album by them.
He said Hair Metal. Van Halen, Scorpions, etc. were out.
Great show!!
Thanks Ronnie.
Kix is one of my favorite bands of all time
Kix is a great band and I’m glad they’re still going today.
Why weren't Kix more popular with hard rock fans? Great riffs and hooks, catchy as hell, with Steve's stellar vocals! Should've been bigger than they were - and they crush it, live! People who've seen Kix always comment about how good they are live!
Great list! love that Cinderella album, classic!
Their best IMO.
Great stuff 👏
Man poison, ratt, britney, cinderella and la guns great bands. I really love the voice of Tom Keifer poison one of my favourite bands
So many good ones!!
Awesome! Bought all of those when they came out that year. Still listen to all of those albums regularly. Cool thing is that I saw Cinderella on tour for LCW with Bulletboys and Winger opening the show.
Wow. You got the blow my fuse remastered and reblown editions 😳
Yep! And they’re both AWESOME!
1. Europe - Out of This World
2. L.A. Guns - L.A. Guns
3. Winger - Winger
4. Lillian Axe - Lillian Axe
5. Roxx Gang - Things You've Never Done Before
Another solid set of choices!
Thanks!
I own that same hair metal book you have in the background, and I even wrote a few of my own. Just subscribed to your channel!
I would've bet my life savings that the Winger debut album was released in 1989! I learned something today thanks Brendon
That was cool man, great job! very informative there.
Thanks Chris, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Just posted one for 1989 today, see link if interested th-cam.com/video/dDDx3ZeR-dw/w-d-xo.html
@@BrendonSnyder Nice i’ll check it out. I agree with you on the genre name Glam metal. Makes sense.
Good times. Bullet Boys debut is crazy good. Great analysis.
Both their debut and the 2nd album Freakshow are really good.
@@BrendonSnyder Yes, Freakshow has a lot of smashers on it.
Great channel! 🤘
Thanks Mike!
Another good show! 1. Queensryche - Operation mindcrime 2. Scorpions - Savage amusement 3. Survivor -Too hot to sleep 4. House of Lords - S/T 5. Kingdom come - S/T 👍
I like all the bands on your list but would classify Queensryche and Scorpions both as straight metal. And both Survivor and House of Lords as melodic rock. Kingdom Come were part of the glam metal genre though. Still a good list.
@@BrendonSnyder you're probably right Brendon, I think I just went for my favourite 5 hard rock releases! I'm not sure if glam metal is an actual sound? It always appeared to be more of a look and style. I mean to my ears Winger always sounded like a melodic hard rock band and Cinderella a blues based rock band. Great show anyway and keep up the good work 👍
L.A. Guns also had Steve Reilly on drums. He left W.A.S.P. to join the band. I ditched the last couple of hours at school to go to an in-store and meet L.A. Guns.
That’s awesome that you got to meet LA Guns in their hey day. I met the band also but not until around 2000 and their first reunion.
Long Cold Winter is awesome. High quality music, well written and this was Cinderella at their finest. Great back up to Night Songs. Most UNDERRATED band of the era. Poison's Open Up and Say Ahh..... album cover here in Australia never had a censored version, I was surprised about that when I heard about it years ago. Nothin' But A Good Time, Fallen Angel and Every Rose are great songs. What an era!!!
Oh it sure was an amazing time for music. And you’re right Cinderella is a super underrated band. As is Ratt, from the era. These bands should be as big as Poison is today.
I never had any of these albums, but I did nab Winger and the second Winger for $2 a piece last month. Great video as always! I’ll keep an eye out for those others.
Nice collection and on the top very nice and vivid presentation, how about you showcase bands/artists Label wise like you did Rockcandy & Wounded birds ones, I can suggest you perhaps labels like Scotti brothers, Pakaderm records, they were pioneers in bringing out excellent AOR bands back in time. Keep the good work up....Cheers from India 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Hi Bidyut! I plan to do more CD Collection videos based on other labels. But there has to be something that connects it all together. Both Rock Candy and Wounded Bird are reissue labels and so the albums are collectible and have a following waiting to see what the label releases. I’ve got other reissue labels I’ll do at some point too. I may do one on a label like FNA Records that focuses on glam metal artists releasing demos and unreleased albums.
I was huge on Cinderella. Long Cold Winter and Heartbreak Station are my favorites. Gipsy Road, what a song!!
The year I graduated from high school. Great year. Kix would have been in my Top 5. I have seen them five times and they still sound the same as they did then.
It’s amazing how good Kix and Steve Whitman still is.
Awesome list. Need to add more Poison to my collection. So far, i only own a best of and native tongue on cd. Great work as always my friend.
Personally my favorite of the Poison albums is Flesh & Blood. But their biggest album was Open Up & Say Ahh. You can’t go wrong adding either of those albums to your collection.
Great post. 87 was an awesome year with Hysteria, Appetite, Back for the Attack, Whitesnake, etc. but 88 was also a great year for releases. KIX Blow My Fuse - especially the Fuse 30 Reblown - was one of my fav of that year. 👍. And Bulletboys was my first CD I ever bought so I could get it signed and meet the band at Cats Records in Memphis the day of the concert. But my fave was Cinderella’s LCW and still find myself listening to it start to finish. That shift to bluesy rock was a welcome change that I was blown away from.
BTW - did you know that Poison’s Flesh and Blood album was also censored and they reissued? Crazy.
Yes and I own the original with the fresh tattoo dripping blood from back in the day. Also Open Up And Say...Ahh! was supposed to be called Swallow This...but it was later used for the live album. Lots of cool history for these guys. On a side note both 1986 and 1987 will eventually get countdowns as well.
Great list and info provided. 1988 was definitely a great year for glam metal and to be coming of age in the middle of it. I saw all of your top 5 bands in about a single year's time while I was in middle school. Britny Fox was opening for Poison; then Bulletboys and Winger were touring with Cinderella. I noticed you have both the Rock Candy remaster of Kix's "Blow My Fuse" and the 30th anniversary Beau Hill remix/remaster "Fuse 30 - Reblown". Which do you prefer for sound quality? I just purchased the Rock Candy version last week as I have really liked the two dozen or so Rock Candy remasters I've picked up so far. I took a listed to the Reblown remix via streaming, and although the clarity of all instruments was great and solid, the hi-hat cymbals seem really heavy in the mix, giving it almost a hiss or brittle sound that my ear just couldn't get past. It could just be my aging ears are getting finicky or the streaming aspect causing it to stand out. Just curious if you had an opinion on the two remasters.
Hummmm....I’ve always thought there is a big difference in sound between streaming and CD. I have Apple Music and stream when I’m out or at work. But I still prefer CD’s so when I’m home I listen to the CD and there are times I’m amazed at how better it sounds on CD then when I streamed it. I use Bose over ear headphones with noise cancelling so they’re high quality when streaming too. In regards to the difference in the two Kix albums, I thought the RC reissue was flat with more life to the remix. I don’t have a review for Re-Blown but I did one for Re-Lit if you’re interested, see link th-cam.com/video/zMjVhFkRwvA/w-d-xo.html
@@BrendonSnyder Thanks for the feedback. Watched the Re-Lit review... great review as always. I prefer CDs as well... ripping to to WAV and then encoding to FLAC and 320 MP3 for a variety of player options (car, home, gym, work, etc.). As you mentioned, the price point for the remix albums is pretty steep at $35+s/h. Amazon has the Re-Lit download for $8.99 and the Reblown download for $11.49. Although I would prefer CD... I may end up going this route to save some cash.
Thank you Brendon for your videos, the glam metal is style of my teenager in Brazil!!!
You’re welcome! Mine too!
Thanks for your information about Winger 👏 Wow totally incredible 💗 I love their first album and especially Headed for a Heartbreak !! Cinderella's album - Long Cold Winter is also awesome🎙!!
Winger is one of my all time favorite bands. Not just because of the great music but I’ve met the band several times and in all 3 instances they were the coolest guys. Each time going out of their way for the fans. They’re probably my favorite experience of meeting an artist.
@@BrendonSnyder
My Top 4 list
#4. Scorpions - Savage Amusement
#3. Bon Jovi - New Jersey
#2. Def Leppard - Hysteria
#1. Winger
I'm also a huge Winger fan since 1990! But I never have got a chance to meet them! So I'm a little jealous of you! Thank you for sharing your videos!
So many good releases that year
Crimson Glory: Trancendence
Femme Fatale: S/T
Prophet: Cycle of the moon
House of Lords: S/T
Lilian Axe: S/T
Ratt: Reach for the sky
China Sky: S/T
Dokken: Beast from the East
It was prime for so many great albums. Both Prophet and Femme Fatale are excellent. I need to do a Top 5 Ladies Of Glam and get Lita Ford, Vixen, Femme Fatal and more in there!
Great list, Brendon! I actually own every CD in your top five for a change (haha!). Incidentally, I heard on the radio this morning that 1988 was also the first year that CD's officially outsold the vinyl record format.
1988 was a great year all the way around, it looks.
Nice tee bro..✌
Thanks! Glad to see you’re a Kix fan.
01. Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
02. Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
03. Bulletboys - Bulletboys
04. Dirty Looks - Cool From The Wire
05. Kix - Blow My Fuse
Honorable mentions:
01. Femme Fatale - Femme Fatale
02. New Jersey
03. Poison - Open Up And Say...Ahh!
I debated about W.A.S.P. Sometimes, they got lumped in with glam. Ultimately, I consider them a straight up metal band. Otherwise, Headless Children would've been number one without a doubt.
Great list! I considered toping my list with Cinderella over Poison too. For me WASP is not glam. They’re just Metal.
1. Bon Jovi - New Jersey
2 Europe -Out Of This World
3. Dokken - Beast From The East
4. Winger
5. Vixe
Keep in mind that this is a completely personal list. Hugs!
Out Of This World is a real underrated gem from the era!
Love them all.
Just subscribed have all the albums you mentioned though I didn’t get winger to last year disagree with poison but that’s my opinion.
Thanks for subscribing Chris! So you’re not a fan of Poison or just would place the album at #1? What would be your top pick?
This 5 albums are really good👍
#6 Bon Jovi - New Jersey
#7 Judas Priest - Ram it Down
#8 Lita Ford - Lita
#9 Guns N' Roses - G N' R Lies
#10 AC/DC - Blow up your video
This 5 albums should be added if you make the best 10 albums of 1988
For me Blow Up Your video is in last place for my album ranking. It’s not a bad album but it’s my least favorite by AC/DC. Judas Priest for me is Metal and would not make a glam metal list, same for AC/DC. But the other 3 albums are great and could easily rank in a Top 10.
Really enjoyed this!!!! Surprised New Jersey gets no mention. I’m guessing either you don’t care for bon jovi? Or you don’t consider them glam?
I’m a big Bon Jovi fan but don’t consider them Glam. But I wanted to represent them for having a hand in starting the movement.
So many big albums for me in 1988, tough to ignore some of them but a lot weren't glam, but keeping to that genre:
1. LA Guns - LA Guns
2. Dirty Looks - Cool From The Wire
3. BulletBoys - BulletBoys
4. Rock City Angels - Young Man's Blues
5. Kix - Blow My Fuse
Honorable Mentions: Ratt, Winger, Cinderella, David Lee Roth, Kingdom Come
Non-glam: Anthrax, Apocrypha, Crimson Glory, Hittman, Impellitteri, Maiden, Jane's Addiction, Living Colour, Yngwie, Metallica, Megadeth, Ozzy, Sanctuary, Sword, etc.
Rock City Angles is a nice obscure band that’s I’m sure as you know once featured Johnny Depp. Dirty Looks could have easily made my Top 5 list. They’re an excellent band. Good list!
@@BrendonSnyder Yep, I wore out thar Rock City Angels cassette during my freshman year of college. Depp is mentioned in the liner notes.
#3 - Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
#2 - Bulletboys - Bulletboys
#1 - LA Guns - LA Guns
Nice Top 3!
Back to CD's after a long absence. Just got the Rock Candy versions of those Britny Fox and Kix albums. Excited to crack them open.
Great albums - proceed to crank volume knob to the right!
Another sweet video, Brendon! Looking forward to you covering the other years. And I see you've added the band/album names on the screen. I started activating the captions (per your recommendation). Had to chuckle when it mis-typed Dokken as Dawkin. That'd be a great name for a Dokken cover band. Have a good one...
Hi Jared, yeah I’m experimenting with software to add titles. It’s a lot of extra work so we’ll see how long I keep it up...haha. But trying to accommodate for now.
Great choices Brendon! Kix’s “Blow my Fuse” has always been a personal favorite of mine. Ratt’s “Reach for the Sky”...not so much.
Cinderella, Winger and Poison would easily be in my top 10.
Here’re a few more great debut albums from that year:
Circus of Power - s/t
Warrant - Dirty Rotten... (in my top 10 of 1988)
Roxx Gang - Things You’ve Never...
Only Child - s/t
Femme Fatale - s/t
Vixen - s/t
Lillian Axe - s/t (top 10)
Kingdom Come - s/t
House of Lords - s/t (top 10)
Zinatra - s/t
...and these additional picks would be in my personal top 20 (in no particular order):
Europe - Out of this World
Skagarack - Hungry for a Game (awesome!)
Hurricane - Over the Edge
Scorpions - Savage Amusement
220 Volt - Eye to Eye
Krokus - Heart Attack
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - All Systems Go
Black ‘n Blue - In Heat
Craaft - Second Honeymoon (amazing album)
Lita Ford - Lita
Joshua - Intense Defense
King Kobra - III
... and last but not least Bon Jovi’s “New Jersey”
Wow that’s some list! Lots of great bands.
Hello, I'm also a big fan of glam metal and I just love most of the bands, which you discuss about in your videos. And I also like the debut album by Winger, - almost every song on it but I heard that in the 80's they weren't considered as a great band and someone said that people even hated them as people hate band Nickelback today... I'm wondering, is that really true?
No in the late 80’s Winger was considered as good as Warrant and Slaughter. Sure they had their haters as any band always does. But they were loved by millions. I went to their concerts selling out 10,000 seat arenas as the head lines with Extreme opening.
@@BrendonSnyder Great then. By the way, I also love their song "Battle stations", which was used in the movie Bill and Ted bogus journey
Perfect list. What a great idea to do best glam 1988 1989 1990 😃😃If you lived the era, there were no bigger 5 albums than these. Winger and Bullet boys certainly earned their right to be on this list during that year. These bands also toured together ALOT in these years. I can remember seeing all 5 with either 2/3 or 3/3 on the same tour.also, 1988 was the year that many of us switched over from cassette to CD (especially in our cars) and the sound quality was such a huge jump...I can understand why New Jersey was not included.....but you could argue that in 1988, they were definitely still “hair” and you are correct...this was not “ hair metal “ that term came later when Sirius and XM called their channel “Hair nation”
Awesome stuff man. I see you have a few autographed discs. Hold on to those they may be worth something in the future. Only one of those bands you showed i need to check out is Kix.
To me they’re already worth something so I wouldn’t part with them for any amount Of money. Even if I sold my whole collection, the autographed albums would be kept.
KIX is a blast to listen to, great riffs, hooks and rock the hell out - it's a mystery to myself and many Kix fans why they weren't bigger!?!? Great band in concert - always deliver the goods! I think you'll dig em'! 🎸🎸
A lot of great metal albums in 1988. Not necessarily "glam metal" but albums from Iron Maiden, Metallica, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, Helloween, King Diamond, and Slayer. Queensryche "Operation: Mindcrime" is definitely number one for me but some people may not classify that as "glam metal". I'd personally have Kix in the top five. Also Ozzy's "No Rest For the Wicked, V.V.I. "All Systems Go" were released both solid albums. IMO
Yes there were so many great albums of all kinds during that era. I’m a huge Maiden fan including the rest of the bands you mentioned too. Don’t worry more Top 5 lists of other genres will follow.
@@BrendonSnyder Forgot to add Scorpions "Savage Amusement". Probably their best album. That would be in my Top 5 for 1988.
I was again a great list. I like to to see Poison at the top. But I would list some not US bands:
Scorpions - Savage Amusement (maybe not really glam)
TinDRUM - Drums Of War
Tattooed Love Boys - Bleeding Hearts And Needle Marks
Zodiac Mindwarp - Tattooed Beat Messiah
And my No1:
Fate - Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
Yeah I’d classify Scorpions as Metal before being a Glam band although they did fit in by the late 80’s and early 90’s. Zodiac Mindwarp is a good one for sure.
That first LA Guns album rules.
Yeah you can’t beat it.
The Best year, at least for me. My Fab was New Jersey 👍
While Bon Jovi certainly helped start the scene and gave rise to it, I never say that as Glam Metal (or a hair band). Maybe it was just how big they were that they out grew the title. But that’s why I didn’t include New Jersey in the Top 5. But I put it in the background to honor it.
Mr Synder..you are holding a few autographed discs i see..Envy Envy😊
I’ve had the good fortune of meeting over 60 different bands and musicians and none of it was having to pay for meet & greets. All of it was from in store signings or legitimate backstage experiences.
@@BrendonSnyder you are very lucky..we here in Asia hv totally no chance of meeting these rockers.
If you listen closely that Cinderella album has got top production sound values..Audiophile ref def🤗
Most of those 80’s albums have outstanding production. That’s what’s missing from most of today’s music IMO.
Hi Brendon, Jetboy released Feel the Shake in 1988 and Damned Nation in 1990. These are the two albums that Sami Yaffa played bass on.Would you recommend giving them a listen?
I’m a fan of Jetboy and spoke on them in the past, so yes. Sami Yaffa who has also played with the New York Dolls and Hanoi Rocks, has a solo album coming out. Billy Rowe now plays guitar in Buckcherry.
@@BrendonSnyderOh yes, The Innermost Journey to Your Outermost Mind, I'm looking forward to that. I'm a fan of Hanoi Rocks and the projects released over the years by the various members, Cheap and Nasty, Shooting Gallery, Grease Helmet, Jerusalem Slim. I particularly like Michael Monroe's solo work, his recent albums have been excellent. I remember when the Cheap and Nasty debut album came out, my friends did not share the same enthusiasm for it as I did.
1. ROXANNE - same (OK, you can discuss the glam metal label here)
2. KINGDOM COME - same (yeah I know, it's more bluesy than glam)
2. DOGS D'AMOUR - In the dynamite jet saloon (haha, wanna discuss again?)
4. CINDERELLA - Long cold winter (same with the others on my list)
5. KROKUS - Heart attack (see above)
Hi Marc...Haha...ok
Roxanne - melodic rock (not glam)
Kingdom Come - blues rock (yes glam)
Dogs D’Amour - glam rock completely
Cinderella - glam rock completely
Krokus - Metal (not glam)
My top 5 would be #1-La Guns, #2-Cinderella Night Songs, #3-Ratt Reach For The Sky, #4-Kix Blow My Fuse, #5-Poison Open Up And Say Ahh
I assume you mean Cinderella Long Cold Winter? Night Songs came out on 1986. Otherwise, that’s a solid list too!
@@BrendonSnyder Yes, that's what I meant. Did you get to see them perform that in concert? Amazing!
No I didn’t get to see Cinderella until around 1999. It would have been great to see them live during their hey day.
@@BrendonSnyder At that concert, when they performed "don't know what you got till it's gone" they lowered Tom sitting at his white grand piano and playing down from above the stage, and when they did "Long Cold Winter" they made it snow! One of the best concerts I've been too. The opening bands were Kix and Brittany Fox.
Yeah I’ve seen the live videos from the era and it’s amazing. I’m jealous! Haha
Really like these top five episodes. Great for sparking good conversation. I really like Cinderella what is your favorite Cinderella album?
My favorite Cinderella album is Long Cold Winter. But my favorite song is Nothin’ For Nothin’ off Night songs. However the album I probably listen to most is Still Climbing because it wasn’t worn out by radio.
@@BrendonSnyder They have a nice looking box set out called Cinderella The Mercury Years that has all four studio albums plus a disk of B sides. I was thinking about picking it up.
Refuse to use the term 'hair metsl'
It's extremely disrespectful and silly.
But yeah lots of great hard rock from 88
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime being my favorite.
Ratt were trying to play catch up as they were being outshined by newer bands like Poison. You can hear them trying to go poppy on that album but it didnt fit them IMO. Also from 1988:
Tesla - Great Radio Controversy
Hurricane - Over the Edge
GnR Lies
Tesla - Great Radio Controversy was 1989, actually.
@@WillowRedDog my bad! Didnt have my glasses on.
One more correction in there is that GNR Lies is consider an EP and not an album otherwise I’d certainly have mentioned it. But I agree with you about Ratt. That was definitely their glam era.
I’ve always felt that Cinderella was an underrated band like Tesla.
IDK if I’d consider either one underrated. Both were very big during the original era and have maintained quite a big following since. With Cinderella, I think they could have held onto more success like Poison did if they had toured more regularly and put out new material. Since their last album was 1994, there is nothing to keep them in the public eye. But I’m glad Tom Keifer is out there touring solo waving the flag.
@@BrendonSnyder Maybe it’s not the right word. I guess what I mean is that the casual music fan might mention Bon Jovi or Mötley Crüe from that era but might not mention Cinderella. In the same way they might mention Guns N' Roses but possibly not mention Tesla.
Tony Destra actually died in a car accident. The Bulletboys' first two albums were produced by Ted Templeman.
1986? I consider the big kick off years of Glam Metal to be 83' and 84' myself
For me 83 and 84 was still metal and true glam doesn’t really get going until 1986. It’s a debated point though and just my opinion. Maybe 1985 with Theater Of Pain….all that lipstick and pink clothing!! Haha
Long Cold Winter by Cinderella could also have appeared in 1978 . It sounds classic.If i didn't know exactly now and I'm listening to the album first time i couldn't name the release date. It's rockin' well with many Blues stuff. In the seventies i had said what an excellent classic rock album with modern sounding. In my opinion Cinderella turned back time by 10 years .It was my decade for good music anyway. IT's been a long damn time.
IDK, it certainly is blue based rock, but it’s still clearly 80’s era. The 70’s sound was much less produced and more raw. I’m thinking Aerosmith and early Van Halen. To me if you hear this on the radio is screams we’re an 80’s glam metal hair band.
It was the era that you were proud to call youself a metalhead. Many girls were into metal also at that period. Nowdays it mostly a male case.
I’m still proud to call myself a metal head...haha!
New Jersey
La guns
Say ahh
In my opinion
Can’t go wrong with those 3 classic albums!
It's actually Gypsy Road, not Gypsy Rose. I think Long Cold Winter album is the biggest event for Cinderella and hair metal.
Yeah that just came out wrong.
Where’s New Jersey?
It’s to my right in the video. But I don’t consider Bon Jovi glam metal. Great album though.
@@BrendonSnyder I agree with you on all their material post 80s. But in the 80s they were one of the Big 4 (dare I say) of that scene along with Def Leppard, Motley Crue and Poison.
Yeah I don’t disagree with that. They just grew out of it and so I don’t see them as part of it even though they were.
Btw which of these five bands have you meet and what was the experience like?😎
I’ve met most of them including Ratt, LA Guns, Winger, Cinderella, and Poison. They were all great experiences except for the first time I met Ratt in 1990, it was like they couldn’t be bothered. But Stephen redeemed himself later when I met him again in 1997.