The Best Rock Albums of 1986

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 1986. I have covered 30 years of music in other posts (1965-85), 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?

• Metallica- Master of Puppets
• AC/DC- Who Made Who
• Megadeth- Peace Sells... but Who's Buying
• Cinderella- Night Songs 
• Boston- Third Stage
• Van Halen- 5150
• The B-52's- Bouncing off the Satellites
• The Smiths- The Queen is Dead
• Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill
• R.E.M.- Lifes Rich Pageant
• Slayer- Reign in Blood
• Queen- A Kind of Magic
• Paul McCartney- Press to Play 
• Alice Cooper- Constrictor 
• Ted Nugent- Little Miss Dangerous

Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (1986)

Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American rock group Bon Jovi released on August 18, 1986. The album has been certified 10x Platinum in the United States, 6x Platinum in Australia, 3x Platinum in the United Kingdom, and Platinum in Canada. The album was a commercial success and peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Chart and in Australia and Canada on their respective charts. Slippery When Wet also charted at #6 in the United Kingdom.

Slippery When Wet includes four singles-- "You Give Love a Bad Name," Livin' On a Prayer," "Wanted Dead or Alive," and "Never Say Goodbye." The first two singles both consecutively reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and "Wanted Dead or Alive" charted at #7 on the same chart.

Notable of the album is that it was the first hard rock album ever to have three singles chart on the U.S. Billboard 200. Slippery When Wet was also recognized by Billboard for being the top selling album the following year in 1987. Also notable is that artist Desmond Child co-wrote "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' On a Prayer. Child has also co-written a number of hit songs for others bands, such as: "I Hate Myself for Loving You" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, "I Was Made for Lovin' You" by Kiss, "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" by Aerosmith, and also "Bad Medicine" by Bon Jovi which is another famous hit by the band.

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