Hysteria is the fourth studio album by English hard rock band Def Leppard, released on 3 August 1987 through Mercury Records and reissued on 1 January 2000. It is the band’s best-selling album to date, selling over 20 million copies worldwide, including 12 million in the US, and spawning seven hit singles. The album charted at #1 on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart. (from Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria_%28Def_Leppard_album%29
Bigger and Deffer (BAD), is the second studio album by rapper LL Cool J and is remembered most for containing the first commercially successful “rap ballad”, “I Need Love”. It also contains the single “Go Cut Creator Go”, which paid homage to his DJ, and the breakthrough single in the U.K. “I’m Bad”. With over 3 million copies sold in the United States alone, it stands as L L Cool J’s biggest career album.
In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source’s 100 Best Rap Albums, while receiving mixed reviews from other critics. The front cover photograph on the album was taken in front of Andrew Jackson High School in Queens (which LL Cool J attended before dropping out in the 10th or 11th grade), and the back cover was shot in his grandmother’s basement where he was living at the time. Both images were shot by Glen E. Friedman. (from Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigger_and_Deffer
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses, released on July 21, 1987 on Geffen Records. It was well received by critics and topped the Billboard 200 chart. By September 2008, the album was certified 18× platinum by the RIAA, making it the best-selling record released on Geffen and best-selling American debut. (from Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appetite_for_Destruction
Dream Evil is the fourth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Dio on July 21, 1987. It features former Rough Cutt members Craig Goldy and Claude Schnell, and includes the singles “All the Fools Sailed Away” and “I Could Have Been a Dreamer”. Dream Evil was Dio’s last album to feature Murray on the cover and also the last to feature drummer Vinny Appice until the 1993 album Strange Highways. (from Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Evil_%28album%29
Another Scoop is a compilation album by Pete Townshend, and essentially a sequel to Scoop. (from Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Scoop
Once Bitten is the third full-length studio album released by the American hard rock band Great White. It was released in 1987 and became a commercial success, selling more than a million copies and being certified Platinum a few years later, after the band’s next album …Twice Shy had become a success. “Rock Me” became a hit single and is one of Great White’s best known songs. In the UK, the track listing was strangely altered, losing four new tracks and replacing them with songs from 1986 album Shot in the Dark and with a live version of “What Do You Do”. The album’s opening track, “Lady Red Light”, was featured on the NBC show Parks and Recreation in the episode “Tom’s Divorce”. (from Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Bitten_%28Great_White_album%29
Pride was the second studio album by the American/Danish hard rock band White Lion, released on June 21, 1987, by Atlantic Records. The album featured the two top ten hits “Wait” and “When the Children Cry”. It peaked at number 11 on The Billboard 200 and remained in the Billboard Top 200 for a full year, selling two million copies in the US alone. Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_%28White_Lion_album%29
