The Best Rock Albums of 1984

Today's post in 50 Years of Music, a section of my blog devoted to the best rock albums of the past fifty years, will include the best albums of 1984. I have covered 28 years of music in other posts (1965-83), which can be found by typing the year into the search bar at the top of my blog. Each post in 50 Years of Music is updated frequently, with new albums recommended by readers added to the posts. What's your favorite?

• Bruce Springsteen- Born in the U.S.A.
• U2- The Unforgettable Fire
• The Cars- Heartbeat City
• Metallica- Ride the Lightning
• Foreigner- Agent Provocateur
• Rush- Grace Under Pressure
• Van Halen- 1984
• Bryan Adams- Reckless
• Ratt- Out Of The Cellar
• Twisted Sister- Stay Hungry
• The Pretenders- Learning To Crawl
• Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather
• Sammy Hagar- VOA
• The Cars- Heartbeat City 
• Paul McCartney- Give My Regards to Broad Street 
• Ted Nugent- Penetrator 
• Dokken- Tooth and Nail

Scorpions- Love at First Sting (1984)

Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by the German hard rock group Scorpions released on March 27, 1984. The album is certified 3x Platinum in the United States, 2x Platinum in Canada, and Gold in the United Kingdom. The album charted at #6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and at #17 on the UK Albums Chart.

Love at First Sting includes three singles-- "Rock You Like a Hurricane," "Still Loving You," and "Big City Nights." The first two singles charted at #25 and #64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and "Big City Nights" charted at #76 on the UK Singles Chart.

Notable of the album is that is was one of the first hard rock albums digitally recorded and released instead of the traditional analog recording format. "Still Loving You" became a big hit for the band in several countries in Europe charting at #3 in Switzerland, France, and Belgium; #14 in Germany; and #5 in the Netherlands. After Love at First Sting was first released the album cover was changed for use in certain retail stores after a complaint was filed through Wal-Mart retailers over the 'explicit' original cover. The 'clean' album features a photo of the band members on the cover which can be found in the album sleeve of the original version.

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