List of glam metal albums and songs
The following list of glam metal albums and songs is a list containing albums and songs described by at least one professional source as glam metal or its interchangeable terms, hair metal,[1][2] lite metal,[2] pop metal,[2] and metal pop.[3]
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| Albums: 1978 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Songs Revival albums |
Albums
1974
1977
1978
1981
1982
1983
1984
- 1984[18][36][37]
- Animalize[15][38]
- Black 'n Blue[22]
- Bon Jovi[39][40]
- Condition Critical[41]
- Love at First Sting[42]
- Out of the Cellar[16][18][19][20][22][23][24][28][29][30][43]
- Penetrator[36]
- Slide It In[16]
- In Rock We Trust[44]
- Stay Hungry[16][22][24][28]
- This Is Spinal Tap[24]
- Tooth and Nail[16][23][24][28]
- The Blitz[45]
- Two Steps from the Move[16][46]
- Walkin' the Razor's Edge[16]
- W.A.S.P.[20][21][23][28][47]
1985
1986
- 5150[53]
- Constrictor[54]
- Dancing Undercover[16]
- Eat 'Em and Smile[16][18][22][23][28]
- The Final Countdown[16][24]
- Grave New World[55]
- Lightning Strikes[47][56]
- Little Miss Dangerous[57][58]
- Look What the Cat Dragged In[15][16][18][19][21][22][23][24][28][29][30]
- Mechanical Resonance[18][21][28]
- Night Songs[16][18][20][22][24][28][59][60][61]
- Slippery When Wet[16][18][22][23][24][28][62][63][64]
- Rage for Order[65]
- To Hell with the Devil[22]
- Turbo[16][66][67]
- The Ultimate Sin[16][68]
- Vinnie Vincent Invasion[15][22][69]
1987
- Appetite for Destruction[15][16][18][19][24][29][30][43][70]
- Back for the Attack[16]
- Crazy Nights[71][72]
- Faster Pussycat[15][16][18][19][20][21][22][24][28][29][30]
- Girls, Girls, Girls[29][30]
- Hit and Run[66]
- Hysteria[16][20][22][23][24][28][73][74][75][76][77][78]
- Hurricane Eyes[56]
- I Never Said Goodbye[79]
- Love Is for Suckers[80]
- Once Bitten[16]
- Permanent Vacation[81][82]
- Pride[16][18][21][22][23][24][28]
- Raise Your Fist and Yell[54]
- Whitesnake[16][18][22][23][24][28][83][84]
1988
- All Systems Go[85][86]
- Blow My Fuse[21][22][28][61]
- Britny Fox[16][22]
- BulletBoys[87]
- Cold Lake[66][88][89]
- Destiny[90]
- Femme Fatale[91]
- G N' R Lies[15]
- Kingdom Come[85]
- L.A. Guns[21][29][30][47]
- Lita[22]
- Long Cold Winter[15][16][22][23][29][30]
- New Jersey[23]
- Open Up and Say... Ahh![15][16][22][23][28][78]
- OU812[92]
- Out of This World[93]
- Up Your Alley[94]
- Savage Amusement[95][96]
- Second Sighting[85]
- Skyscraper[16]
- Vixen[22]
- Winger[18][22][28]
1989
- Babylon A.D.[97]
- Badlands[16][22][23][28]
- Big Game[16]
- Blue Murder[97]
- Cocked & Loaded[16][20][22]
- Dangerous Toys[22][23]
- Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich[15][16][18][19][22][23][24][28][29][30]
- Dr. Feelgood[18][23][28][98][99]
- Eat the Heat[66][100]
- Enuff Z'nuff[22]
- Extreme[18]
- The Great Radio Controversy[15][22][101]
- Gorky Park[102]
- Hot in the Shade[72]
- Intuition[103]
- Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz[16][22]
- Love + War[97]
- No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims[22]
- Not Fakin' It[23][104]
- Psycho Cafe[22]
- Pump[23]
- Skid Row[15][16][18][21][22][23][24][28][29][30][61]
- Slip of the Tongue[16][105][80]
- Sonic Temple[18][23]
- Trash[22][43][66][106][107]
- ...Twice Shy[16][22][28]
- Wake Me When It's Over[108]
1990
1991
1992
1993
Songs
0-9
A
B
- Bad Medicine[134][135][136]
- The Ballad of Jayne[131]
- Big City Nights[137]
- Black Cat[138][139][140]
- Born to Be My Baby[141]
- Bringin' On the Heartbreak[142]
C
- Can't Get Enuff[143]
- Cherry Pie[134][143][144][145][146][147][148]
- Close My Eyes Forever[131][142]
- Crazy[149]
- Crazy Crazy Nights[150]
- Crazy Night[130]
- Crying in the Rain[151]
- Cry Tough[152]
- Cum on Feel the Noize[153]
D
- Don't Close Your Eyes[131]
- Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)[23]
- Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)[131][142]
- Don't Treat Me Bad[154]
- Don't You Ever Leave Me[142]
- Down Boys[23][152]
- Dude (Looks Like a Lady)[81][134][155][156]
- Dr. Feelgood[157]
- Dream Warriors[144]
- Dreams[158]
E
F
- Fallen Angel[46]
- Fantasy[46]
- The Final Countdown[46][144][148][160]
- Fly High Michelle[46][131]
- Fly to the Angels[131]
- Fool for Your Loving[161]
G
- Get the Funk Out[46]
- Girls, Girls, Girls[143][145][157][162][163]
- Girlschool[143][164]
- Gypsy Road[46][134][165]
H
- Heaven[131]
- Heaven's on Fire[166][167]
- Here I Go Again[144][145][152][161][168][169]
- High Enough[131]
- Home Sweet Home[46][145][157][170][171]
- Hot for Teacher[159]
- House of Pain[131][172]
- Hysteria[173][174]
I
- I Live My Life For You[104]
- I Remember You[131][142][170]
- I Saw Red[175]
- I Wanna Be Somebody[176]
- I Wanna Rock[177][178]
- I'll Be There for You[142]
- I Hate Myself for Loving You[179]
- I'll Never Let You Go[131]
- I'll See You in My Dreams[180]
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead[181]
- In and Out of Love[171]
- In My Dreams[46][171][182]
- Into the Fire[142]
- Is This Love[142]
J
K
L
- Lay It Down[171][184][185]
- Lay Your Hands on Me[183]
- Lick It Up[134][153][166]
- Live Wire[144][186]
- Livin' on a Prayer[135][144][153]
- Love Bites[170][173]
- Love in an Elevator[81][187]
- Love of a Lifetime[131]
- Love Song[131]
M
N
- New Thing[152]
- No More Tears[188]
- No One Like You[137]
- Nobody's Fool[147][157]
- Nothin' But a Good Time[134][144][145][157]
O
P
- Panama[134][144][153]
- Paradise City[134][145]
- Patience[170]
- Photograph[46][145][153][191]
- Poison[46][192][193]
- Pour Some Sugar on Me[134][145][146][157]
R
- Rag Doll[81][194][156]
- Reason to Live[195]
- Rock of Ages[144][152]
- Rock You Like a Hurricane[144][196][197]
- Round and Round[134][144][153][157][172][185][197]
- Runaway[149][198]
S
- Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)[23]
- Screaming in the Night[199]
- Seventeen[169][172][184][200]
- Shelter Me[140][152]
- Shut Up and Dance[201]
- Sister Christian[170]
- Slave to the Grind[176][186]
- Smokin' in the Boys Room[153]
- Something to Believe In[202][203]
- Sometimes She Cries[147]
- Still Loving You[131]
- Still of the Night[46][168]
- Summertime Girls[171]
- Sweet Child o' Mine[46][145]
T
- Talk Dirty to Me[143][153][186][204][205]
- Tears Are Falling[167][171]
- To Be with You[175]
- Top of the World[206]
- Too Young to Fall in Love[142]
- Tragedy[186]
- Turbo Lover[46]
- Turn Up the Radio[144][207]
U
W
- Wait[46][142]
- Wanted Dead or Alive[152]
- Way Cool Jr.[154]
- Welcome to the Jungle[19][144][145][157][159]
- We're Not Gonna Take It[134][144][153][172][177]
- When It's Love[206]
- When the Children Cry[131]
- When You Close Your Eyes[46]
- Wind of Change[209][210]
- Without You[131]
- Why Can't This Be Love[206]
Y
- Yankee Rose[46][153]
- (You Can Still) Rock in America[176]
- You Give Love a Bad Name[46][135][211]
- (You Make Me) Rock Hard[143]
- Your Mama Don't Dance[23]
- Youth Gone Wild[134][144]
Revival albums
- American Hardcore (1996)[212]
- Euphoria (1999)[213][214]
- Live Era '87–'93 (1999)[215]
- Shrinking Violet (1999)[216]
- New Tattoo[80]
- Cocked & Re-Loaded (2000)[217]
- Just Push Play (2001)[81]
- Permission to Land (2003)
- Rest in Sleaze (2005)[78]
- Feel the Steel (2009)[28]
- Balls Out (2011)[218]
See also
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