Metal Heart
Artist: Accept
Community Score: 7.62

With 1985's Metal Heart, German metal institution Accept attempted to add catchier choruses and melodies to their high-octane guitar riffing in a clear ploy to crack the American market. Not that this move in any way upset the balance of their thus-far smooth-running metal machine, which had been gaining momentum with every release since the... Read More

Videos
Artist: David Lee Roth
Happy Rhodes, Vol. 2
Artist: Happy Rhodes
Happy Rhodes, Vol. 1
Artist: Happy Rhodes
Choice Cuts
Artist: Iggy Pop
Community Score: 10.00

Following the success of David Bowie's version of "China Girl," RCA assembled Choice Cuts, a compilation of Iggy Pop's two albums for the label. Actually, "compilation" is a misleading word: Side one of Choice Cuts features side one of The Idiot, while side two features side one of Lust for Life. It effectively illustrates the differences... Read More

My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
Artist: Dweezil Zappa
Community Score: 9.20
Eat 'Em and Smile
Artist: David Lee Roth
Community Score: 8.19

Few would argue that David Lee Roth's first solo EP was a complete comedy send-up, albeit a very successful one that gained him enough favor with the MTV peanut gallery to solidify his potential as a solo artist. When threat became fact, however, Roth was smart enough to know that show tunes set to flashy videos weren't going to cut it and... Read More

Crazy from the Heat
Artist: David Lee Roth
Community Score: 9.25

For his first solo effort, David Lee Roth strips away the gonzo guitars that are Van Halen's trademark and accentuates his lounge-lizard-as-rock-star persona, resulting in an EP that succeeds because of that persona, not because the music is anything special. Certainly, he doesn't add anything to "California Girls" and "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got... Read More

Hurricane Eyes
Artist: Loudness
Community Score: 8.00

Heavy metal Japanese style, "Hurricane Eyes" was their best effort. Earlier albums were slightly tacky, while later efforts lost the chances of Loudness becoming a household name. The album was good and it didn't sound typically Japanese, American or European. ~ John Book, All Music Guide Read More

The Murderess Metal Road Show
Artist: Lizzy Borden

Many bands joke that their second album will be a live album that reprises their debut, to show how much better the songs sound after several months honing them on the road. Well, Lizzy Borden went and did it. 1986's The Murderess Metal Road Show is nothing more nor less than the entirety of 1985's Love You to Pieces with a different song order... Read More

The Big Lad in the Windmill
Artist: It Bites
Done with Mirrors
Artist: Aerosmith
Community Score: 7.11

Joe Perry returned to the fold in 1985, and Aerosmith turned out their finest record since Rocks. Unlike the records that preceded it, Done With Mirrors is powered by the same smart-assed lyrics and filthy guitars that formed the core of Aerosmith's best songs. It didn't receive the commercial or critical attention that Permanent Vacation did... Read More

Pop Songs (Greatest Hits)
Artist: Iggy Pop