Greatest Hits
Artist: Aerosmith
Community Score: 7.98

Aerosmith's Greatest Hits remains one of the most popular and enduring best-of collections by any rock band, selling nearly ten million copies in the U.S. alone since its release. But when it was issued in 1980, the band had just about reached its nadir. With original guitarist Joe Perry gone (and Brad Whitford soon to follow), Aerosmith had... Read More

The First and the Last - STATIK/TOTAL ENERGY
Artist: New Race

This album earned credibility for documenting a unique, one-off event. In 1981, ex-Radio Birdman bassist Warwick Gilbert, guitarist Deniz Tek, and vocalist Rob Younger saluted their influences by joining the Stooges' lead guitarist Ron Asheton and MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson for a six-week blitzkrieg of Australia. The notion made sense, since... Read More

Bebe le Strange
Artist: Heart
Community Score: 9.33

Heart continued to pass their message over the airwaves with the release of Bebe Le Strange and spawned two smash hits, "Silver Wheels" and the rocking "Even It Up" in the process. Unfortunately, the rest of the disc was a bit of a letdown as Heart began to suffer from that same old same old tradition, but they still sold like hotcakes. ~ James... Read More

Special Forces
Artist: .38 Special
Community Score: 7.67

Released in 1982, Special Forces contains .38 Special's best song in "Caught Up in You," a hook-filled, smoothly sung radio rock gem that gets its energy from the grace and power of its chorus. It's here that the guitar work of Don Barnes and Jeff Carlisi combine to give Donnie Van Zant's singing a slick ride, fluently shifting from... Read More

Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Artist: .38 Special
Community Score: 8.50

Building on the bandmembers' own personal accomplishments that came from the Rockin' Into the Night album, .38 Special released an even stronger bunch of songs a year later with Wild-Eyed Southern Boys. Focusing on the same Southern-based rock & roll formula, the efforts from Southern Boys contain a little more guitar zing while complementing... Read More

The Best of Bob Welch
Artist: Bob Welch

Bob Welch has had an interesting, yet arguably frustrating career. The singer, songwriter, and guitarist spent five years and five albums with Fleetwood Mac in the early 1970s and left just before the band became a superstar act. The 1991 Rhino compilation The Best of Bob Welch collects the highlights of his work from 1976 to 1991. Welch's... Read More

You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
Artist: Twisted Sister
Community Score: 7.83

From the solid sales of their independently released debut album, 1982's Under the Blade, New York's Twisted Sister were finally rewarded with a major record label contract, courtesy of Atlantic, who issued their first domestic release, You Can't Stop Rock & Roll, a year later. The album followed the same raw heavy metal direction of their... Read More

Greatest Hits of the Outlaws/High Tides Forever
Artist: The Outlaws

Although it has been supplanted by the CD collection Best of the Outlaws: Green Grass & High Tides, the vinyl album The Greatest Hits of the Outlaws/High Tides Forever remains a solid eight-track collection, featuring their best-known songs -- "There Goes Another Love Song," "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky, " "Hurry Sundown, " "Green Grass and High... Read More

Greatest Hits
Artist: Molly Hatchet

Nice collection of their best-known tunes. Some of Southern rock's finest moments. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide Read More

Creatures of the Night
Artist: Kiss
Community Score: 7.61

By 1982's Creatures of the Night, Kiss had finally ditched their plans of becoming "respectable artists" (starting with 1979's Dynasty) and had come to the realization that they were a loud, no-holds-barred heavy metal band. Easily their best since 1977's Love Gun, Creatures of the Night contains very little filler and sounds as if Kiss had been... Read More

Bad Reputation
Artist: Joan Jett
Community Score: 7.30

Joan Jett's debut album is an infectious romp through her influences, ranging from classic '50s and '60s rock & roll through glam rock, three-chord loud'n'fast Ramones punk, and poppier new wave guitar rock. Half the songs on the original album (not counting bonus tracks on the remastered reissue) are covers, but whether it's Lesley Gore's... Read More

Super Hits
Artist: Molly Hatchet

Super Hits is a budget-priced ten-track collection that actually features Molly Hatchet's three biggest hits -- "Flirtin' with Disaster," "The Rambler," "Satisfied Man" -- along with a number of album tracks like "Bounty Hunter," "Gator County," "Fall of the Peacemakers" and "Dead Giveaway." It's not quite as strong or cohesive as Greatest Hits,... Read More