1980, 1982, 1983 or 1984: The greatest year in Hard Rock

1980
AC/DC - Back in Black
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
Judas Priest - British Steel
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Rush - Permanant Waves
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Scorpions - Animal Magnitism
Def Leppard - On Through the Night
Van Halen - Woman and Children First

1982
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengance
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Scorpions - Blackout
Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
Van Halen - Diver Down
Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova

1983
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Metallica - Kill Em All
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Accept - Balls to the Wall
Dio - Holy Diver
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
AC/DC - Flick of the Switch
Krokus - Headhunter
Kiss - Lick it Up
Fastway - Fastway
Dokken - Breaking the Chains
Y & T - Mean Streak
Helix - No Rest for the Wicked
Night Ranger - Midnight Madness
Vandenburg - Heading for a Storm
Kix - Cool Kids
Triumph - Never Surrender
Zebra - Zebra

1984
Van Halen - 1984
Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Scorpions - Love at First Sting
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
Accept - Balls to the Wall
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Whitesnake - Slide It In
Dio - The Last in Line
Quiet Riot - Condition Critical
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers

I'm gonna have to pick 1983. This is when Hard Rock/Metal really took off and more notice on MTV. More great front to back albums...plus what happen
to an album every year. Used to you could count on a new studio album every year by your favorite band. But now you get over-produced drawn out 6 month recordings followed by a 2 year tour. I'm glad to see that this year Ozzy is going back to back years with new material (due Thanksgiving). Long live the Prince of Darkness.