UK Rock/Metal Charts (1980s and early '90s)

[Blondini]

8 Jan 83


39 (-) Knickers Down - Buxx

Guess what i did after seeing this? Surprisingly, they were American.

[Metalweb]

^

Never heard of them either but Kerrang! gave the album (EP really) a thumbs up review....

"It makes a pleasant change to hear a new US band that doesn't rely on thrash to grab your ears. Buxx derive their sound from the sadly missed Angel...thus they reach the ears as a Hard Rockin' easy listen if that's not a contradiction in terms. All the traditional class US ingredients are present, a close attention to vocal harmony, a lead vocal high in the mix and a guitar which rocks out....Healthy, too, to see a US band managing to put out such quality product with limited resources and without the aid of the conglomerates. Let's give 'em our support! "

[Robbie]

^
A glowing review by Kerrang but the band don't seem to have lasted very long with only one further release in 1983. I've just watched a video of them on YouTube. A bit generic but not too bad.

[Metalweb]

I don't recall the 'On Stage' album by Slade but a quick check of wikipedia reveals that it was recorded (live) at the Newcastle City Hall on 18 December 1981. I checked and it's on Spotify. It's certainly a raucous album and shows that the band could still rock with the best of them!

I guess the album would have been called 'Slade Alive 3' had the album 'Slade Alive 2' not been released during the band's wilderness years and flopped!

I remember seeing them at The Brighton Centre around this time and they put on a predictably good show - despite an infuriating technical fault that meant the venue's house lights couldn't be turned off throughout the whole gig!

[Metalweb]

22 Jan 83

01(02) From The Makers Of - Status Quo [18]
02(06) Records - Foreigner [74]
03(03) Saints 'n' Sinners - Whitesnake
04(01) Coda - Led Zeppelin
05(15) Hughes / Thrall - Hughes & Thrall
06(12) Black Metal - Venom
07(04) Talk Of The Devil - Ozzy Osbourne
08(20) Flat Out - Buck Dharma
09(10) Death Penalty - Witchfinder General
10(08) Official Bootleg Live - Stampede
11(22) On Stage - Slade
12 (-) Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar
13(07) Scarred For Life - Rose Tattoo
14(14) Tane Cain - Tane Cain
15(13) Live - Riot
16 (-) Mini LP - Kim Mitchell
17(05) Before The Storm - Samson
18 (-) Leaves In The Wind - Paul Kossoff
19(09) Long After Dark - Tom Petty
20(32) Racing Time - Santers
21(11) Creatures Of The Night - Kiss
22(31) Reading Rock Volume 1 - Various
23(21) Get Nervous - Pat Benatar
24(27) Utopia - Utopia
25(17) Lonesome Crow - Scorpions
26(18) Restless & Wild - Accept
27(38) Vandenberg - Vandenberg
28(28) Asia - Asia
29(16) Assault Attack - Michael Schenker Group
30 (-) Firedance - Shiva
31(23) Self Destruction Blues - Hanoi Rocks
32(29) Escape - Journey
33(30) Dawn Patrol - Nightranger
34(26) Corridors Of Power - Gary Moore
35(19) Borrowed Time - Diamond Head
36 (-) Heavy Metal Heroes Vol 2 - Various
37(34) Signals - Rush
38(24) Black Pearl - Pat Travers
39(25) Plug It In - Mama's Boys
40 (-) Lee Aaron Project - Lee Aaron

Buxx didn't last long!

[Blondini]

Highly influential Venom album.

[Metalweb]

5 Feb 83

01 (-) Live Evil - Black Sabbath [19]
02(02) Records - Foreigner [83]
03(05) Hughes / Thrall - Hughes & Thrall
04(08) Flat Out - Buck Dharma
05(01) From The Makers Of - Status Quo [21]
06(03) Saints 'n' Sinners - Whitesnake
07(04) Coda - Led Zeppelin
08(12) Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar
09(07) Talk Of The Devil - Ozzy Osbourne
10(06) Black Metal - Venom
11(09) Death Penalty - Witchfinder General
12(18) Leaves In The Wind - Paul Kossoff
13(22) Reading Rock Vol.1 - Various
14(11) On Stage - Slade
15 (-) The Distance - Bob Seger [45]
16(20) Racing Time - Santers
17(10) Official Bootleg Live - Stampede
18 (-) Never Surrender - Triumph
19(16) Mini LP - Kim Mitchell
20(25) Lonesome Crow - Scorpions
21 (-) 2XS - Nazareth
22 (-) Worlds Apart - Saga
23(14) Tane Cain - Tane Cain
24(24) Utopia - Utopia
25(23) Get Nervous - Pat Benatar [73]
26(17) Before The Storm - Samson
27(15) Live - Riot
28(13) Scartred For Life - Rose Tattoo
29(26) Restless & Wild - Accept
30 (-) Turn It Loud - Headpins
31(36) Heavy Metal Heroes Vol 2 - Various
32(19) Long After Dark - Tom Petty
33 (-) Here To Stay - Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
34(21) Creatures Of The Night - Kiss
35(28) Asia - Asia [85]
36(27) Vandenberg - Vandenberg
37(29) Assault Attack - Michael Schenker Group
38(40) Lee Aaron Project - Lee Aaron
39(31) Self Destruction Blues - Hanoi Rocks
40(30) Firedance - Shiva

[Blondini]

Jan Hammer!

[Metalweb]

Jan Hammer!

Kerrang! gave the album a rave review:

" Journey mastermind Neal Schon has long been revered within hard rock ranks for his totally tasteful contributions to America's megaband and while I confess to knowing little about Jan Hammer's musical background (his) playing of drums. keyboards and synthesisers is faultless......opening number 'No More Lies' is the finest American Metal number of the year...the riffs and hooks stand proud against anything I've ever found in plastic grooves. Don't take my word for it, buy the product!"

[Metalweb]

19 Feb 83

01(01) Live Evil - Black Sabbath [41]
02 (-) Making Contact - UFO [40]
03(02) Records - Foreigner
04(08) Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar
05(05) From The Makers Of - Status Quo [42]
06(07) Coda - Led Zeppelin
07(03) Hughes / Thrall - Hughes & Thrall
08(12) Leaves In The Wind - Paul Kossoff
09(06) Saints 'n' Sinners - Whitesnake
10(15) The Distance - Bob Seger [62]
11(22) Worlds Apart - Saga
12(13) Reading Rock Vol.1 - Various
13(04) Flat Out - Buck Dharma
14 (-) Heavy - Various [54]
15(11) Death Penalty - Witchfinder General
16(16) Racing Time - Santers
17(25) Get Nervous - Pat Benatar
18(18) Never Surrender - Triumph
19(09) Talk Of The Devil - Ozzy Osbourne
20(21) 2XS - Nazareth
21 (-) In-Flight Movie - Starfighters
22 (-) Time To Turn - Eloy
23(33) Here To Stay - Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
24(10) Black Metal - Venom
25(20) Lonesome Crow-Scorpions
26(30) Turn It Loud - Headpins
27 (-) Toto IV - Toto
28(17) Official Bootleg Live - Stampede
29(23) Tane Cain - Tane Cain
30(14) On Stage - Slade
31(29) Restless And Wild - Accept
32(26) Before The Storm - Samson
33(31) Heavy Metal Heroes Vol 2 - Various
34(24) Utopia - Utopia
35(19) Mini LP - Kim Mitchell
36(35) Asia-Asia
37(27) Live - Riot
38 (-) Sink Your Teeth Into That - Talas
39(34) Creatures Of The Night - Kiss
40(28) Scarred For Life - Rose Tattoo

[Metalweb]

5 Mar 83

01 (-) Frontiers - Journey [19]
02(02) Making Contact - UFO
03(03) Live Evil - Black Sabbath [66]
04(18) Never Surrender - Triumph
05(14) Heavy - Various [61]
06(27) Toto IV - Toto [04]
07(03) Records - Foreigner [100]
08(06) Coda - Led Zeppelin
09(17) Get Nervous - Pat Benatar
10(11) Worlds Apart - Saga
11 (-) The Singles - Jimi Hendrix [92]
12(04) Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar
13(21) In Flight Movie - Starfighters
14(05) From The Makers Of - Status Quo [80]
15(10) The Distance - Bob Seger [82]
16(07) Hughes / Thrall - Hughes & Thrall
17(22) Time To Turn - Eloy
18(16) Racing Time - Santers
19 (-) What's Words Worth - Motorhead [83]
20 (-) Self Destruction Blues - Hanoi Rocks
21(09) Saints 'n' Sinners - Whitesnake
22(20) 2XS - Nazareth
23 (-) Strange Brew - The Very Best Of Cream
24(38) Sink Your Teeth Into That - Talas
25(15) Death Penalty - Witchfinder General
26(08) Leaves In The Wind - Paul Kossoff
27(19) Talk Of The Devil - Ozzy Osbourne
28(23) Here To Stay - Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
29 (-) Arrive Alive - Pallas
30(13) Flat Out - Buck Dharma
31(31) Restless & Wild - Accept
32 (-) Fact Or Fiction - Twelfth Night
33(25) Lonesome Crow - Scorpions
34 (-) Guitar Wars - Various
35(24) Black Metal - Venom
36(12) Reading Live Vol 1- Various
37(26) Turn It Loud - Headpins
38 (-) Power Infusion - Trance
39(29) Tane Cain - Tane Cain
40(37) Live - Riot

[Blondini]

Metal band called Trance. Confused.com!

That's a typo - it's Power Infusion. Germans.

[Metalweb]

19 Mar 83

01 (-) Thunder And Lightning - Thin Lizzy [08]
02(01) Frontiers - Journey [56]
03 (-) Pyromania - Def Leppard [31]
04(06) Toto IV - Toto [10]
05(05) Heavy - Various [97]
06(04) Never Surrender - Triumph
07(11) The Singles - Jimi Hendrix
08(19) What's Words Worth - Motorhead
09 (-) Kilroy Was Here - Styx [75]
10(03) Live Evil - Black Sabbath [95]
11 (-) Rock Goddess - Rock Goddess [79]
12(24) Sink Your Teeth Into That - Talas
13(09) Get Nervous - Pat Benatar
14(28) Here To Stay - Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
15(02) Making Contact - UFO
16 (-) Roger The Engineer - Yardbirds
17(08) Coda - Led Zeppelin
18 (-) No Guts No Glory - Molly Hatchett
19 (-) Dawn Patrol - Night Ranger
20(23) Strange Brew - The Very Best Of Cream
21(38) Power Infusion - Trance
22(13) In Flight Movie - Starfighters
23(29) Arrive Alive - Pallas
24(07) Records - Foreigner
25(17) Time To Turn - Eloy
26(10) Worlds Apart - Saga
27(12) Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar
28(20) Self Destruction Blues - Hanoi Rocks
29(18) Racing Time - Santers
30(14) From The Makers Of - Status Quo [87]
31(16) Hughes Thrall - Hughes & Thrall
32(15) The Distance - Bob Seger
33(21) Saints And Sinners - Whitesnake
34(27) Talk Of The Devil - Ozzy Osbourne
35(25) Death Penalty - Witchfinder General
36 (-) Onward And Upward - Head East
37(31) Restless & Wild - Accept
38(22) 2XS - Nazareth
39(30) Flat Out - Buck Dharma
40(26) Leaves In The Wind - Paul Kossoff


Final (and best?) studio album from Lizzy deservedly crashes in at the top...

[Robbie]

A new entry from Def Leppard with the album that took them to mega-stardom level in the US. On the other hand, 'Kilroy Was Here' by Styx was their last big album in the US.

[Metalweb]

2 Apr 83

01 (-) Script For A Jester's Tear - Marillion [13]
02 (-) Power And The Glory - Saxon [21]
03(09) Kilroy Was Here - Styx [97]
04(01) Thunder And Lightning - Thin Lizzy [23]
05(03) Pyromania - Def Leppard [91]
06(11) Rock Goddess - Rock Goddess
07(02) Frontiers - Journey
08(14) Here To Stay - Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
09(04) Toto IV - Toto [14]
10(19) Dawn Patrol - Night Ranger
11(05) Heavy - Various
12(12) Sink Your Teeth Into That - Talas
13(08) What's Words Worth - Motorhead
14(18) No Guts No Glory - Molly Hatchett
15(06) Never Surrender - Triumph
16(20) Strange Brew - The Very Best Of Cream
17(07) The Singles - Jimi Hendrix
18 (-) Tane Cain - Tane Cain
19(15) Making Contact - UFO
20 (-) In The Raw - Rods
21(23) Arrive Alive - Pallas
22(10) Live Evil - Black Sabbath
23(13) Roger The Engineer - Yardbirds
24(13) Get Nervous - Pat Benatar
25 (-) Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams
26(29) Racing Time - Santers
27(17) Coda - Led Zeppelin
28 (-) Metal Health - Quiet Riot
29(25) Time To Turn - Eloy
30(21) Power Infusion - Trance
31(24) Records - Foreigner
32 (-) Heavy Metal Mania - Exciter
33(28) Self Destruction Blues - Hanoi Rocks
34(26) Worlds Apart - Saga
35(22) In Flight Movie - Starfighters
36(27) Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar
37(32) The Distance - Bob Seger
38(31) Hughes & Thrall - Hughes/Thrall
39(37) Restless & Wild - Accept
40(30) From The Makers Of - Status Quo

[Blondini]

2 Apr 83


18 (-) Tane Cain - Tane Cain

Female pop rocker alert! Tan-eh like Beyonc-eh?. Although she was on The Terminator soundtrack as Tahnee. https://www.discogs.com/artist/15683...n-And-Tryanglz

Daughter of actor Doug McClure (The Land That Time Forgot) . Married to Journey keys player Jonathan Cain

[Metalweb]

16 Apr 83

01(01) Script For A Jester's Tear - Marillion [16]
02(02) Power And The Glory - Saxon [18]
03(04) Thunder And Lightning - Thin Lizzy [26]
04(14) No Guts No Glory - Molly Hatchett
05(03) Kilroy Was Here - Styx [98]
06(08) Here To Stay - Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
07 (-) Twice Upon A Time - Hawkwind
08(07) Frontiers - Journey
09(10) Dawn Patrol - Night Ranger
10(06) Rock Goddess - Rock Goddess
11(09) Toto IV - Toto [12]
12(20) In The Raw - Rods
13(12) Sink Your Teeth Into That - Talas
14(18) Tane Cain - Tane Cain
15(05) Pyromania - Def Leppard
16(15) Never Surrender - Triumph
17(25) Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams
18(22) Live Evil - Black Sabbath [89]
19(17) The Singles - Jimi Hendrix
20(32) Heavy Metal Mania - Exciter
21(19) Making Contact - UFO [90]
22 (-) Look Behind - Journey
23(16) Strange Brew - The Very Best Of Cream
24(13) What's Words Worth - Motorhead
25(23) Roger The Engineer - Yardbirds
26(21) Arrive Alive - Pallas
27(28) Metal Health - Quiet Riot
28(11) Heavy - Various [62]
29(30) Power Infusion - Trance
30(37) The Distance - Bob Seger
31(24) Get Nervous - Pat Benatar
32(27) Coda - Led Zeppelin
33(29) Time To Turn - Eloy
34(26) Racing Time - Santers
35(33) Self Destruction Blues - Hanoi Rocks
36 (-) Michael Bolton - Michael Bolton
37(38) Hughes & Thrall - Hughes/Thrall
38(34) Worlds Apart - Saga
39(31) Records - Foreigner [78]
40(36) Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar

[Blondini]

Bolton was a rock singer originally so it's not a shock to see him there.

[Metalweb]

Bolton was a rock singer originally so it's not a shock to see him there.

True - he used to get decent reviews in Kerrang! His reputation irredeemably tarnished now....

[Blondini]

True - he used to get decent reviews in Kerrang! His reputation irredeemably tarnished now....

maybe as a rocker but The Lonely Island skits made him cool again.

[Robbie]

True - he used to get decent reviews in Kerrang! His reputation irredeemably tarnished now....

According to Tommy Iommi, Michael Bolton auditioned to be lead singer of Black Sabbath following the departure of Ronnie James Dio in 1982! Michael Bolton has always said that this wasn't true and that he never did audition to be in the band.

[Metalweb]

30 Apr 83

01(02) Power And The Glory - Saxon [35]
02(01) Script For A Jester's Tear - Marillion [24]
03 (-) Headhunter - Krokus
04(03) Thunder And Lightning - Thin Lizzy [70]
05 (-) Restless And Wild - Accept
06(05) Kilroy Was Here - Styx
07(07) Twice Upon A Time - Hawkwind
08(11) Toto IV - Toto [09]
09(12) In The Raw - Rods
10 (-) Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele
11(04) No Guts No Glory - Molly Hatchett
12(17) Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams
13(22) Look Behind - Journey
14(10) Rock Goddess - Rock Goddess
15(09) Dawn Patrol - Night Ranger
16(06) Here To Stay - Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
17 (-) Faster Than The Speed Of Night - Bonnie Tyler [04]
18(28) Heavy - Various [73]
19 (-) Survivors - Samson
20(13) Sink Your Teeth Into That - Talas
21(18) Live Evil - Black Sabbath
22(30) The Distance - Bob Seger
23(20) Heavy Metal Mania - Exciter
24(08) Frontiers - Journey
25(16) Never Surrender - Triumph
26(15) Pyromania - Def Leppard
27(19) The Singles - Jimi Hendrix
28 (-) Eliminator - ZZ Top
29(21) Making Contact - UFO
30(14) Tane Cain - Tane Cain
31(24) What's Words Worth - Motorhead
32(27) Metal Health - Quiet Riot
33(23) Strange Brew - Very Best Of Cream
34 (-) Stand Up And Be Counted - Nightwing
35(36) Michael Bolton - Michael Bolton
36(31) Get Nervous - Pat Benatar
37(25) Roger The Engineer - Yardbirds
38(26) Arrive Alive - Pallas
39(32) Coda - Led Zeppelin
40(29) Power Infusion - Trance

[Blondini]

According to the disc (though not the artwork) the proper title of Virgin Steele's album is Virgin Steele "I".
https://www.discogs.com/master/31387...irgin-Steele-I

[Metalweb]

14 May 83

01 (-) You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll - Twisted Sister [19]
02 (-) Fastway - Fastway
03(02) Script For A Jester's Tear - Marillion [45]
04(01) Power And The Glory - Saxon [60]
05(05) Restless And Wild - Accept [98]
06 (-) Midnight At The Lost And Found - Meat Loaf [10]
07(04) Thunder And Lightning - Thin Lizzy [75]
08(03) Headhunter - Krokus
09(08) Toto IV - Toto [13]
10(28) Eliminator - ZZ Top [95]
11(06) Kilroy Was Here - Styx
12(10) Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele
13(17) Faster Than The Speed Of Night - Bonnie Tyler [07]
14(19) Survivors - Samson
15(07) Twice Upon A Time - Hawkwind
16(11) No Guts No Glory - Molly Hatchett
17(09) In The Raw - Rods
18(13) Look Behind - Journey
19(20) Sink Your Teeth Into That - Talas
20(24) Frontiers - Journey
21(15) Dawn Patrol - Night Ranger
22(21) Live Evil - Black Sabbath
23 (-) Now Hear This - Hellanbach
24(34) Stand Up And Be Counted - Nightwing
25(22) The Distance - Bob Seger
26(14) Rock Goddess - Rock Goddess
27(29) Making Contact - UFO
28(18) Heavy - Various
29 (-) Out For Blood - Lita Ford
30(16) Here To Stay - Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
31(25) Never Surrender - Triumph
32(12) Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams
33 ??
34(26) Pyromania - Def Leppard
35(27) The Singles - Jimi Hendrix
36 ??
37(23) Heavy Metal Mania - Exciter
38(31) What's Words Worth - Motorhead
39(33) Strange Brew - Very Best Of Cream
40(35) Michael Bolton - Michael Bolton


Really strong Top Five this week

Can't resist a call out to my fave tracks from the Top Two:

[Blondini]

The Fastway album had already charted at 43 in the UK chart so they were late to add it here.