Tsunami Edizioni - The last three remaining books

[Pierre]

First of all, it seems I got some people worried because of my inactivity and I just want to reassure them: everything's fine on my end. I'm just very tired right now and I'm taking time off the Internet; it's very good for my nerves, especially in our tense period on the political front here in France.

Anyway, now back to the topic at hand: either I'm a big idiot or these were recently added to the editor's website, as they aren't indicated on the site itself, but samples for the last three books in the "The 100 greatest albums" are actually available - I just add to tweak the weblinks to reach them here:

http://www.tsunamiedizioni.com/--00-PDF/NWOBHM.pdf
http://www.tsunamiedizioni.com/--00-PDF/THRASH.pdf
http://www.tsunamiedizioni.com/--00-PDF/AOR.pdf

So I'm now going to post the last remaining lists from the editor: The 100 best NWOBHM albums, The 100 best Thrash Metal albums and The 100 best AOR albums. These should be the very last metal lists I'll post; I know of four others lists which I've been completely unable to find despite my best efforts, and I don't want to buy physical copies of these, so this will be the end. Unless I have another genius idea, you never know.

Personal side-note: here's another for Pat Benatar, but unfortunately it's for an album which has not appeared anywhere else yet... Maybe 200 or 300 additional lists from here, she'll managed to squeeze in a bubbler. Poor Pat has it hard... In other news, the Handsome Beasts' Beastiality is giving Stay Hungry a run for its money as one of the worst album cover arts ever.



The 100 best NWOBHM albums by Stefano Cerati, Daniele Purrone, Andrea Raffaldini, Edoardo Tepes & Nikola Grukevitch (2010)

For some reason, the book is co-credited to Rock Hard magazine. Surprisingly enough, a number of albums here look like comps, but only the ones indicated actually fill the bill, apparently.

Various Artists | Metal for Muthas | 1980
Various Artists | Metal for Muthas Volume II - Cut Loud | 1980
Various Artists | Lead Weight | 1981
Various Artists | New Wave of British Heavy Metal '79 Revisited | 1990 [compilation]
AIIZ | The Witch of Berkeley | 1980
Agony Bag | Feelmazumba | 2001
Angel Witch | Angel Witch | 1980
Aragorn | Noonday - The Aragorn Anthology | 2003
Atomkraft | Future Warriors | 1985
Avenger | Blood Sports | 1984
Battleaxe | Burn This Town | 1983
Bitches Sin | Invaders | 1986
Black Rose | Bright Lights Burnin' - An Anthology | 2006 [compilation]
Blade Runner | Hunted | 1984
Blitzkrieg | A Time of Changes | 1985
Bronz | Taken by Storm | 1984
Chateaux | Chained and Desperate | 1983
Cloven Hoof | Cloven Hoof | 1984
Dark Heart | Shadows of the Night | 1984
Dark Star | Dark Star | 1981
Def Leppard | On Through the Night | 1980
Def Leppard | High 'n' Dry | 1981
Demon | Night of the Demon | 1981
Desolation Angels | Desolation Angels | 1986
Diamond Head | Lightning to the Nations | 1980
Diamond Head | Borrowed Time | 1982
E. F. Band | Last Laugh Is on You | 1981 [actually Swedish]
Elixir | The Son of Odin | 1986
Fast Kutz | Burnin' | 1987
Fist | Back with a Vengeance | 1982
Gaskin | End of the World | 1981
Girl | Sheer Greed | 1980
Girlschool | Demolition | 1980
Girlschool | Hit and Run | 1981
Grand Prix | Samurai | 1983
Grim Reaper | See You in Hell | 1983
Hammer | Contract with Hell | 1985
The Handsome Beasts | Beastiality | 1981
Heavy Pettin | Lettin Loose | 1983
Hellanbach | Now Hear This | 1983
Heritage | Remorse Code | 1982
Holocaust | The Nightcomers | 1981
Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden | 1980
Iron Maiden | Killers | 1981
Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast | 1982
Jaguar | Power Games | 1983
Legend | Anthology | 2002 [compilation, but could potentially be broken down as their two first albums and their 1982 EP - see Discogs]
Limelight | Limelight | 1980
Mama's Boys | Mama's Boys | 1984
Marseille | Rock You Tonight - The Anthology | 2003 [compilation]
More | Warhead | 1981
Mythra | The Death & Destiny LP | 1998
Omega | The Prophet | 1985 [not to be confused with the famous Hungarian band of the same name]
Overdrive | The Boring Grantham Record Years | 2007 [compilation, but could potentially be broken down as their two first albums and their 1981 EP - see Discogs and here]
Pagan Altar | Volume 1 | 1998
Paralex | Travelling Man | 1980 [probably the White Lightning EP, see here]
Persian Risk | Rise Up | 1986
Praying Mantis | Time Tells No Lies | 1981
Quartz | Quartz | 1977
Raven | Rock Until You Drop | 1981
Raven | Wiped Out | 1982
Ritual | Widow | 1983
Rock Goddess | Rock Goddess | 1983
Sabre | Roar to the Core | 2005
Samson | Survivors | 1979
Samson | Shock Tactics | 1981
Samurai | Sacred Blade | 1984
Saracen | Heroes, Saints & Fools | 1981
Satan | Court in the Act | 1983
Savage | Loose 'n Lethal | 1983
Saxon | Wheels of Steel | 1980
Saxon | Strong Arm of the Law | 1980
Saxon | Denim and Leather | 1981
Shiva | Firedance | 1982
Sledgehammer | Blood on Their Hands | 1983
Soldier | Heavy Metal Force | 2004
Spartan Warrior | Spartan Warrior | 1984
Spider | Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies | 1982
Sweet Savage | Killing Time | 1996
Tank | Filth Hounds of Hades | 1982
Tokyo Blade | Night of the Blade | 1984
Trespass | One of These Days - The Trespass Anthology | 2004
Trust | Répression | 1980 [actually French]
Tygers of Pan Tang | Wild Cat | 1980
Tygers of Pan Tang | Spellbound | 1981
Tyrant | The Complete Anthology | 2009
Tysondog | Beware of the Dog | 1984
Tytan | Rough Justice | 1985
Urchin | Urchin | 2004
Vardis | 100 M.P.H. | 1980
Venom | Welcome to Hell | 1981
Venom | Black Metal | 1982
Warfare | Pure Filth | 1984
Warrior | Live in a Dive! | 1983
White Spirit | White Spirit | 1980
Wildfire | Brute Force and Ignorance | 1983
Witchfinder General | Death Penalty | 1982
Witchfynde | Give 'Em Hell | 1980
Wolf | Edge of the World | 1984
Wratchchild | Stakk Attakk | 1984



The 100 best Thrash albums by Stefano Cerati, Niccolò Caroli & Alessio Oriani (2011)

Like the former list, it's co-credited to Rock Hard. Of note here: the "big 4" of thrash (Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica & Slayer) benefit from an additional section at the end of the book with 4 albums per act in addition to the entry featured in the flow of the main list.

The Accüsed | The Return of... Martha Splatterhead | 1986
Acid Reign | Obnoxious | 1990
Acrophet | Corrupt Minds | 1988
Agent Steel | Unstoppable Force | 1987
Anacrusis | Screams and Whispers | 1993
Annihilator | Alice in Hell | 1989
Anthrax | Among the Living | 1987
Artillery | By Inheritance | 1990
Assassin | Interstellar Experience | 1988
Blind Illusion | The Sane Asylum | 1988
Bonded by Blood | Feed the Beast | 2008
Braindamage | The Turning Point | 1996
Bulldozer | IX | 1987
Carnivore | Carnivore | 1985
Celtic Frost | Morbid Tales | 1984
Coroner | Punishment for Decadence | 1988
Cryptic Slaughter | Money Talks | 1987
Dark Angel | Darkness Descends | 1986
Death Angel | Frolic Through the Park | 1988
Deathrow | Deception Ignored | 1988
Defiance | Beyond Recognition | 1992
Destruction | Eternal Devastation | 1986
Détente | Recognize No Authority | 1986
Dorsal Atlântica | Antes do fim | 1986
Dr. Know | Wreckage in Flesh | 1988
D.R.I. | 4 of a Kind | 1988
Epidemic | The Truth of What Will Be | 1990
Evildead | Annihilation of Civilization | 1989
Evile | Enter the Grave | 2007
Exciter | Heavy Metal Maniac | 1983
Exhorder | Slaughter in the Vatican | 1990
Exodus | Bonded by Blood | 1985
Exodus | Pleasures of the Flesh | 1987
Exorcist | Nightmare Theatre | 1986
Extrema | Tension at the Seams | 1993
Flotsam and Jetsam | Doomsday for the Deceiver | 1986
Forbidden | Forbidden Evil | 1988
Gama Bomb | Citizen Brain | 2008
Gang Green | You Got It | 1987
The Great Kat | Worship Me or Die! | 1987
Grip Inc. | Solidify | 1999
Hades | Resisting Success | 1987
Hallows Eve | Tales of Terror | 1985
The Haunted | The Haunted | 1998
Heathen | Breaking the Silence | 1987
Hirax | Raging Violence | 1985
Holy Moses | Finished with the Dogs | 1987
Holy Terror | Mind Wars | 1988
Infernäl Mäjesty | None Shall Defy | 1987
Kreator | Pleasure to Kill | 1986
Lääz Rockit | Know Your Enemy | 1987
Lamb of God | As the Palaces Burn | 2003
Machine Head | Burn My Eyes | 1994
Machine Head | The More Things Change... | 1997
Megadeth | Rust in Peace | 1990
Mekong Delta | The Music of Erich Zann | 1988
Meshuggah | Destroy Erase Improve | 1995
Metallica | Master of Puppets | 1986
Midas Touch | Presage of Disaster | 1989
M.O.D. | U.S.A. for M.O.D. | 1987
Mordred | Fool's Game | 1989
Mortal Sin | Mayhemic Destruction | 1987
Municipal Waste | The Art of Partying | 2007
Nuclear Assault | Game Over | 1986
Onslaught | The Force | 1986
Overkill | The Years of Decay | 1989
Pantera | Cowboys from Hell | 1990
Pantera | Vulgar Display of Power | 1992
Pantera | Far Beyond Driven | 1994
Paradox | Heresy | 1989
Ratos de Porão | Brasil | 1989
Razor | Executioner's Song | 1985
Rigor Mortis | Rigor Mortis | 1988
Sabbat | History of a Time to Come | 1988
Sacred Reich | Ignorance | 1987
Sacrifice | Forward to Termination | 1987
Sepultura | Beneath the Remains | 1989
Sepultura | Arise | 1991
Skeletonwitch | Beyond the Permafrost | 2007
Slayer | Reign in Blood | 1986
S.O.D. | Speak English or Die | 1985
Sodom | Agent Orange | 1989
SSS | Short Sharp Shock | 2006
Stone | No Anaesthesia! | 1989
Strapping Young Lad | City | 1997
Suicidal Tendencies | Lights... Camera... Revolution! | 1990
Tankard | Chemical Invasion | 1987
Testament | The Legacy | 1987
Testament | The Gathering | 1999
Toxik | World Circus | 1987
Trivium | The Crusade | 2006
Vio-Lence | Eternal Nightmare | 1988
Voivod | Nothingface | 1989
Warbringer | Waking into Nightmares | 2009
Watchtower | Control and Resistance | 1989
Wehrmacht | Shark Attack | 1987
Whiplash | Power and Pain | 1986
Xentrix | For Whose Advantage? | 1990
Znowhite | Act of God | 1988
Zoetrope | A Life of Crime | A Life of Crime | 1987

The Big 4

Anthrax:
Fistful of Metal | 1984
Spreading the Disease | 1985
State of Euphoria | 1988
Persistence of Time | 1990

Megadeth:
Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! | 1985
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | 1986
So Far, So Good... So What! | 1988
Countdown to Extinction | 1992

Metallica:
Kill 'Em All | 1983
Ride the Lightning | 1984
...And Justice for All | 1988
Metallica | 1991

Slayer:
Show No Mercy | 1983
Hell Awaits | 1985
South of Heaven | 1988
Seasons in the Abyss | 1990



The 100 best AOR albums by Cristiano Canali & Gennaro Dileo (2013)

1st Avenue | Tears and Triumph | 1992
.38 Special | Strength in Numbers | 1986
Lee Aaron | Lee Aaron | 1987
Bryan Adams | Reckless | 1984
ASAP | Silver and Gold | 1989
Airplay | Airplay | 1980
Airrace | Shaft of Light | 1984
Alien | Alien | 1988
Alliance | Alliance | 1982
Arc Angel | Arc Angel | 1983
Asia | Asia | 1982
Asia | Aqua | 1992
Atlantic | Power | 1994
Aviator | Aviator | 1986
Bad Company | Fame and Fortune | 1986
Bad English | Bad English | 1989
Balance | In for the Count | 1982
Russ Ballard | Russ Ballard | 1984
Beau Geste | Another Night in the City | 1986
Pat Benatar | Seven the Hard Way | 1985
Michael Bolton | Everybody's Crazy | 1985
Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi | 1984
Boston | Boston | 1976
Boulevard | BLVD. | 1988
Boulevard | Into the Street | 1990
Bystander | Not So Innocent | 1987
Cannata | Images of Forever | 1988
Chicago | Chicago 17 | 1984
Dakota | Runaway | 1984
Dare | Out of the Silence | 1988
Def Leppard | Hysteria | 1987
Device | 22B3 | 1986
Dominoe | Keep in Touch | 1988
Drive, She Said | Drive, She Said | 1989
Easy Action | That Makes One | 1986
Europe | Out of This World | 1988
Fate | A Matter of Attitude | 1986
Tim Feehan | Tim Feehan | 1987
FM | Indiscreet | 1986
FM | Tough It Out | 1989
Foreigner | 4 | 1981
Foreigner | Agent provocateur | 1984
Foreigner | Inside Information | 1987
Giant | Time to Burn | 1992
Giuffria | Silk + Steel | 1986
Harem Scarem | Harem Scarem | 1991
Heart | Heart | 1985
Heart | Bad Animals | 1987
Honeymoon Suite | The Big Prize | 1986
House of Lords | House of Lords | 1988
Icon | Night of the Crime | 1985
i-Ten | Taking a Cold Look | 1983
Journey | Escape | 1981
Journey | Frontiers | 1983
Journey | Raised on Radio | 1986
Kansas | Drastic Measures | 1983
Le Roux | So Fired Up | 1983
Magnum | Goodnight L.A. | 1990
Benny Mardones | Benny Mardones | 1989
Richard Marx | Repeat Offender | 1989
Night Ranger | Big Life | 1987
Aldo Nova | Aldo Nova | 1982
Aldo Nova | Twitch | 1985
Outside Edge | Running Hot | 1986
Steve Perry | Street Talk | 1984
Preview | Preview | 1983
Prophet | Cycle of the Moon | 1988
Prototype | Prototype | 1983
Q5 | When the Mirror Cracks | 1986
REO Speedwagon | Hi-Infidelity | 1980
Rio | Borderland | 1985
Gregg Rolie | Gringo | 1987
Shadow King | Shadow King | 1991
Shy | Excess All Areas | 1987
Signal | Loud & Clear | 1989
Skagarack | Skagarack | 1986
S·P·Y·S | S·P·Y·S | 1982
Stage Dolls | Stage Dolls | 1988
Stan Bush & Barrage | Stan Bush & Barrage | 1987
Starship | No Protection | 1987
Van Stephenson | Righteous Anger | 1984
Stone Fury | Let Them Talk | 1986
Strangeways | Native Sons | 1987
Surgin' | When Midnight Comes | 1985
Survivor | Vital Signs | 1984
Survivor | When Seconds Count | 1986
Survivor | Too Hot to Sleep | 1988
Robert Tepper | No Easy Way Out | 1985
The Ladder | The Ladder | 1986
Toto | Toto IV | 1982
Toto | Isolation | 1984
Toto | The Seventh One | 1988
Touch | Touch | 1980
Joe Lynn Turner | Rescue You | 1985
Unruly Child | Unruly Child | 1992
Urgent | Cast the Fire Stone | 1985
Van Zant | Van Zant | 1985
Virginia Wolf | Virginia Wolf | 1986
White Sister | White Sister | 1984
Work of Art | In Progress | 2011

Given that the first lists were eligible, there's zero reason for these not to be as well. I'll therefore put them in the Summary of All-time lists to be added.