Unauthorized

A friend of mine asked me to give him a list of 50 rock albums he should have, so I thought it would be fun to publish the list. Here are my picks for the top 50 rock albums that you need to have.

1. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
2. Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation
3. Alcatrazz – Disturbing the Piece
4. Asia –Asia
5. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
6. Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
7. Bryan Adams – Reckless
8. The Clash – London Calling
9. Dare – Out of the Silence
10. David Lee Roth – Eat ‘em and Smile
11. Def Leppard – Hysteria
12. Deep Purple – Made in Japan
13. Dire Straits – Comuniqué
14. Eagles – Hotel California
15. Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
16. Eric Martin – Sucker for a Pretty Face
17. Foreigner – Foreigner
18. Gary Moore – Corridors of Power
19. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
20. Hughes Thrall – Hughes Thrall
21. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
22. Joe Satriani – Surfing with the Alien
23. Journey – Escape
24. Judas Priest – British Steel
25. King Kobra – Ready to Strike
26. Kiss – Destroyer
27. Led Zeppeling IV
28. Marillion – Script for a Jester’s Tears
29. Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
30. Motorhead – Ace of Spades
31. Mr Big – Mr. Big
32. Night Ranger – 7 Wishes
33. Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzar of Ozz
34. Phenomena – Phenomena
35. Pink Floyd – The Wall
36. Queen – A Night at the Opera
37. Rainbow – Difficult to Cure
38. Ramones – End of the Century
39. Rick Springfield – Living in Oz
40. Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
41. Saxon – Denim and Leather
42. Scorpions – Love at First Sting
43. Supertramp – Crime of the Century
44. Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous
45. Toto – Toto
46. Van Halen – 1984
47. Whitesnake – Ready An’ Willing
48. Winger – Winger
49. Y&T – Black Tiger
50. ZZ Top – Eliminator