OT - Your top Melodic Rock CDs of all time?

[S2M]

....But cannot be Journey, or Journey related.

In no order.....

1) 91 Suite - S/T
2) Aldo Nova - Subject
3) Bangalore Choir - On Target
4) Danger Danger - Cockroach(Ted Poley)
5) Emerald Rain - Perplexed in the Extreme
6) Gotthard - Human Zoo
7) Guild of Ages - Citadel
8 Harem Scarem -Mood Swings
9) Harem Scarem - S/T
10) Pretty Maids - Jump the Gun/Lethal Heroes
11) Signal - Loud & Clear
12) Unruly Child - S/T
13) Southgang - Tainted Angel
14) Vinnie Vincent - Invasion
15) Von Groove - S/T
16) Von Groove - Test of Faith
17) Autograph - Sign in Please
18 Autograph - Loud & Clear
19) Adriangale - Crunch
20) Burning Rain - Pleasure to Burn

I REALLY wanted to put in Hardline - II....but Neal wrote 'This Gift'....DAMN!

[StoneCold]

So you like HL2 better than the 1st? For a sec I thought you didn't like "The Gift" but ok, no Journey related.

Pretty basic list for me though.

Gramm solos
Shadowking (Gramm)
Boston, 1st, 2nd & 3rd albums
Giant (both albums)
Foreigner - all
Styx
Kansas
REO - HiInfi (is this a MR album?)
Survivor
Hugo
Kevin Chalfant solos

I'm probably past 20 with these groups. I'll have to work on it for non-mainstream groups.

[mikemarrs]

journey-escape
journey-captured
boston first two albums
styx-the grand illusion
styx-pieces of eight
styx-paradise theatre
reo speedwagon-the hits
first aldo nova
foreigner-head games
foreigner-very best of
the cars first album

[belar]

Boston - Boston
Boston - Don't Look Back
Boston - Third Stage
Harem Scarem - Higher
Harem Scarem - Weight Of The World
Allen/Lande - The Battle
Jorn Lande - The Duke
House Of Lords - World Upside Down
Brother Firetribe - Heart Full Of Fire
Brother Firetribe - False Metal
Jeff Scott Soto - Lost In The Translation
Gotthard - Domino Effect
The Poodles - Metal Will Stand Tall
The Ring - Tales From Midgard
Royal Hunt - Collision Course
Slamer - Nowhere Land
Sunstorm - Sunstorm
Talisman - 7
Wig Wam - Hard To Be A Rock N Roller

[epresley]

Four of mine that probably won't make many folks lists are:

Alice Cooper "From the Inside"
Coney Hatch "Friction"
Y&T "Meanstreak"
Foghat "Girls to Chat and Boys to Bounce"

[finalfight]

Amongst others -

Boston - Corporate America
Departure - Corporate Wheel
Hugo S/T
Jimi Jamison's Survivor - Empires
Journey - Arrival
Journey - Raised on Radio
Peter Gabriel - Up
Steve Perry - For the Love of Strange Medicine
Tim Feehan - Full Contact

[ProgRocker53]

They aren't exactly up-and-down true melodic rock albums, but they fit alot of the criteria:

Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
Dream Theater- Images & Words
Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb Sun
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
Rush- pick any album

Then, y'know, I got alot of the "basics" up there on my list - - -

Journey- pick any friggin' album
Boston- Boston
Van Halen- Van Halen, 1984, 5150
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight
REO Speedwagon- Hi Infidelity, YCTAPBYCTAF
Styx- The Grand Illusion, Paradise Theater
Asia- Asia
Rick Springfield- Working Class Dog (Yes guys I know I need to get on the other albums)
Bryan Adams- Reckless

And some lesser-known/non-mainstream stuff - - -

Tall Stories
Tyketto's first one
Jeff Scott Soto- Lost in the Translastion
Bonrud
Danny Vaughn- Traveler
Line of Fire
Asia- Arena
Winger- IV
Pride of Lions- any
Talisman- any

[NealIsGod]

Excluding Journey and related, and the obvious mainstream stuff like VH, Boston, etc.:

Aldo Nova - his debut and Subject: Aldo Nova
Zebra - All of their albums are fantastic
Shy - Sunset & Vine
Kingdom Come - their first 3 albums
Giuffria - their debut
Baton Rouge - first two albums. Recently rediscovered them - still sounds fresh.
Yngwie Malmsteen - Odyssey
Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box and VOA

[Gin and Tonic Sky]

Talisman - 7 and Genesis
Night Ranger - Midnight madness, seven wishes
Soto - Lost in the tempataion
Alice cooper - From the Inside, Hey Stoopid, Trash
Harem Scarem- Human Nature, Mood Swings,
Danny V- traveller
Tyketto- Dont come easy

[finalfight]

Talisman - 7 and Genesis
Night Ranger - Midnight madness, seven wishes
Soto - Lost in the tempataion
Alice cooper - From the Inside, Hey Stoopid, Trash
Harem Scarem- Human Nature, Mood Swings,
Danny V- traveller
Tyketto- Dont come easy

Seems something got Lost in the Translation here...

[7 Wishes]

Oh, come on. If Jeff wasn't brilliant, dynamic, well-built, well-spoken, a fantastic musician, and good-looking, you'd want nothing to do with him.

[Ehwmatt]

A lot of the extremely obvious need not be mentioned, avoiding the heavyweight bands here as much as I can, with the exceptions of Styx and Survivor maybe just because they don't get as much love here as a few others...

Asia - Asia
Asia - Phoenix
Pride of Lions - Pride of Lions
Pride of Lions - The Destiny Stone
Survivor - Vital Signs
Survivor - Caught in the Game
Jimi Jamison - Empires
Jim Peterik - Above the Storm
Chicago - Make a compilation of the good shit from the 80s
Eric Carmen - Eric Carmen
Extreme - III
Extreme - Pornograffiti
Genesis - Invisible Touch
Graeham Goble - The Days Ahead (2nd most recent studio album of one of the founders of Little River Band... great stuff, power pop/melodic rock)
Ides of March - Ideology
Huey Lewis & The News - Heart of Rock and Roll Best Of (not sure any one album qualifies but this comp is great)
Bad English - Greatest Hits (like Huey)
Little River Band - Test of Time (by new line-up... check it out)
Loverboy - Just Getting Started
Night Ranger - Seven Wishes
Night Ranger - Man In Motion
New England - New England
Phil Collins - Hits
REO - Hi Infidelity
Robert Lamm - Life Is Good In My Neighborhood
Robert Lamm - Subtlely and Passion
Steve Lukather - Ever Changing Times
Styx - GI
Styx - PT
Tesla - Into The Now

[styxman]

7 deadly Zens - Shaw

[styxman]

They aren't exactly up-and-down true melodic rock albums, but they fit alot of the criteria:

Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
Dream Theater- Images & Words
Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb Sun
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
Rush- pick any album

Then, y'know, I got alot of the "basics" up there on my list - - -

Journey- pick any friggin' album
Boston- Boston
Van Halen- Van Halen, 1984, 5150
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight
REO Speedwagon- Hi Infidelity, YCTAPBYCTAF
Styx- The Grand Illusion, Paradise Theater
Asia- Asia
Rick Springfield- Working Class Dog (Yes guys I know I need to get on the other albums)
Bryan Adams- Reckless

And some lesser-known/non-mainstream stuff - - -

Tall Stories
Tyketto's first one
Jeff Scott Soto- Lost in the TranslastionBonrud
Danny Vaughn- Traveler
Line of Fire
Asia- Arena
Winger- IV
Pride of Lions- any
Talisman- any

What is it with this album on this thread, weird

[weatherman90]

A few of my favorites:

Don Dokken - Up from the Ashes
Survivor - Too Hot to Sleep
Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again
FireHouse - FireHouse
FireHouse - Hold Your Fire
Aldo Nova - Twitch
Aldo Nova - Blood on the Bricks
Great White - Once Bitten
Heart - Heart
Heart - Bad Animals
Heart - Brigade
Europe - Prisoners in Paradise
Night Ranger - Seven Wishes

[UncleKG]

I saw some very cool stuff on some of these lists, like

Giant - "Last of the Runaways"
Aldo Nova- Self-titled

One I didn't see, though

April Wine - The Nature of the Beast