Album Genre: Hard Rock

Thunder Seven is an album by the Canadian rock band Triumph, released in November 1984. It was the band’s seventh studio album. The second half of the album follows a concept based on various time-related themes. The album was certified gold in the US by the RIAA, with sales of over 500,000 copies, on April … Read more

Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released by Columbia Records in October 1980. It went multi-platinum and contained the hits that made the band an icon of the 1970s rock era. A few remastered versions of Greatest Hits appeared in the 1990s and are considered partly … Read more

Seven the Hard Way is Pat Benatar’s sixth studio album, and her seventh album overall, released in 1985. “Seven albums in seven years…Two dice…3½ dots each. Seven…the hard way.” It peaked at #26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and produced the hits: “Invincible”, “Sex as a Weapon”, and “Le Bel Age.” Pat commented at her … Read more

Until the release of 2005’s Greatest Hits, 1989’s Best Shots was the finest Pat Benatar collection, largely because it was the most concise. True, there may be a few lesser hits missing in favor of a couple newly recorded songs — “Sex as a Weapon,” “Treat Me Right,” “I Need a Lover,” “Little Too Late,” … Read more

Flying in a Blue Dream is a 1989 album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. It is his third studio album (Dreaming #11 is a mostly live EP, although it featured one new studio track “The Crush of Love”).

Surfing with the Alien is the second album by instrumental rock guitarist Joe Satriani, released in 1987. Surfing with the Alien contributed greatly to establishing Satriani’s reputation as a respected rock guitarist. Surfing with the Alien is one of Satriani’s most successful albums to date. The album produced three hit singles for him: “Surfing with … Read more

’74 Jailbreak is an EP by Australian rock and roll band AC/DC, comprising five hard rock/blues oriented tracks that had previously been released only in Australia. It was released in 1984 in the United States, Canada and Japan. The song “Jailbreak” was also released as a single and a video. The EP was reissued worldwide … Read more