Monsters of Rock

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 2, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 2, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B000007NE4
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,603 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cum on Feel the Noize

2. Once Bitten Twice Shy

3. Poison

4. The Final Countdown

5. Round and Round

6. Cherry Pie

7. Here I Go Again

8. Every Rose Has Its Thorn

9. Seventeen

10. Cult of Personality

11. We're Not Gonna Take It

12. You've Got Another Thing Comin'

13. Nobody's Fool

14. Hold on Loosely

15. Turn up the Radio

16. Sister Christian

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Monsters of Rock (Audio CD)

This is a terrific collection of metal songs that dominated the the music scene from 1983 through 1991. The era of pop-metal has been highly underrated in its place in rock history. Much of the best material from amny of the top artists are here. Some songs like the hard to finds "Turn Up The Radio" by Autograph and "The Final Countdown" by Europe are graciously included as are the huge and most memorable hits, Quiet Riot's "Cum On Feel The Noise" Great White's "Once Bitten Twice Shy" Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", Whitesnakes "Here I Go Again", "Cult Of Personality" by Living Colour, along with only slightly smaller hits including, Winger's "Seventeen", Cinderella's "Nobody's Fool", Ratt's "Round And Round" and Night Rangers underrated epic ballad "Sister Christian". They even highlight some of the genras founding fathers like Alice Cooper and Judas Priest. The only real foul-upss are in the form of Warrant deplorible top ten smash "Cherry Pie" and "Hold On Loosely" by 38 Special, which is an excellent song but also has no purpose on an album devoted to 80's metal and hair bands, not southern rock! MONSTERS OF ROCK isn't perfect ofcourse, but as perfect as it could be with the limited ability a company like Razor & Tie has with sighning top artists. By no means can a perfect 80's collection be made without missing its biggest stars like Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, major non commercial acts like Metallica and AC/DC, perhaps a take from those worn out veterans used to be known as Aerosmith, and ofcourse the decades biggest star, VAN HALEN.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fan a classic metal/rock fan, May 7, 2003

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Darian Dennison (Walla Walla, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monsters of Rock (Audio CD)

Man ain't it a shame that you don't get to hear half of those songs on the radio anymore, man music these days don't even have the magic like music from those days did, this Cd has everything from heavy metal anthems, power ballads and classic rock and this CD is a must for music lovers with an open mind.

Quiet Riot: Cum on Feel the Noize
This song is a cover hit from Slade who scored a #1 hit in England with that song and this was Quiet Riot's biggest hit reaching #5 and that's how the heavy metal/rock became a revolution throughout the 1980's, great song to party with. 5/5

Great White: Once Bitten Twice Shy
Another cover hit which was originally done by Ian Hunter in 1975 and the song became Great White's biggest hit also reaching #5 on the charts. 4/5

Alice Cooper: Poison
Alice Cooper made a huge comeback in 1989 with a monster Top 10 hit with this song and it was the very first song I've ever heard by the wonderful Alice, I had no idea that he was huge back in the early 1970's. 5/5

Europe: The Final Countdown
Europe had a Top 10 hit with this song and although they are a metal band, but they do a great job making music for the pop oriented fans and this song gives alot of good memories. 5/5

Ratt: Round and Round
Ratt was the prime for those 80's metal bands and they scored a Top 15 hit in 1984 with this song and it was a huge hit with MTV (back when MTV played nothing but videos). 5/5

Warrant: Cherry Pie
I think that Warrant is one of the most talented bands of all time cause they have a variety range of music from power ballads, metal anthems and mid tempo rock songs. 5/5

Whitesnake: Here I Go Again
Whitesnake reached their biggest hit in 1987 with this song and it still gets timeless airplay to this day, I had no idea that singer David Coverdale was also the singer for Deep Purple (he's the one who replaced the immortal Ian Gillan). 5/5

Poison: Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison had a #1 hit ballad and they were huge on MTV and I grew up watching their videos back in the late 1980's/early 1990's and it gives me back alot of memories, but I think that this song isn't good enough to be on this CD, I felt that either Talk Dirty to Me or Nothin' But a Good Time would've been a better choice. 4/5

Winger: Seventeen
Believe it or not, singer/bassist Kip Winger actually use to be in Alice Cooper and he would go onto fame for a few years with 17, Headed For a Heartbreak, Miles Away and Easy Come, Easy Go before he vanished in 1993 due to the alternative wave. 5/5

Living Colour: Personality
Living Colour had their only major hit in 1988 with this song and it recieved alot of airplay on MTV and I still hear this song on the radio and they were a African metal group. 4/5

Twisted Sister: Were Not Gonna Take It
Twisted Sister had their only major hit in 1984 with the rebellious Were Not Gonna Take It and they recieved plenty of MTV airplay with I Wanna Rock as well, Twisted Sister is a great band with a bad attitude. 5/5

Judas Priest: You Got Another Thing Coming
Judas Priest had their only chart hit in 1982 with this song and they've been selling records since 1974, and I think that Judas Priest is one of the best metal bands of all time and believe it or not, they got sued from inciting two young boys in Sparks, Nevada to commit suicide (One successful), oh well at least Judas Priest sold more records than scoring hit singles. 5/5

Cinderella: Nobody's Fool
We return to the ballad format with Cinderella's first major hit in 1986 and personally, I think that either Shake Me or Shelter Me would've been a better choice for this compilation than this song but oh well. 4/5

.38 Special: Hold On Loosely
The weakest choice for this CD cause .38 Special isn't a metal band, they're more of a classic rock band than a metal band but this song recieves heavy classic rock airplay. 3/5

Autograph: Turn Up the Radio
Autograph scored their only hit in 1984 with this heavy metal anthem and it's a good clean way to listen to heavy metal, I think that Autograph was one of the most talented metal bands of the 1980's and they didn't recieve huge success like they deserved. 5/5

Night Ranger: Sister Christian
Night Ranger had their biggest hit in 1984 with this power ballad but this song isn't a great choice for this compilation, Don't Tell Me You Love Me or You Can Still Rock In America would've been much better choices than this, but it's a great song. 4/5

If you're a beginner with those hair bands or slowly filling holes in you're music collection, then Monsters of Rock is a great choice but avoid Monsters of Rock Volume 2 isn't that great.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best 80's Hair Metal compilation, June 15, 2005

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Oliverio Martinez Garza "matracas" (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monsters of Rock (Audio CD)

I am an 80's music lover but my favorite genre is Heavy Metal so you can imagine how excited I was when I found out about this CD.
Actually; I have this collection although it is a 2 CD set (the one being sold here looks like a "Best of Monsters of Rock" (look for it at musicspace.com).

The songs found on the 2 CD set are as follows:

DISC 1

Cum on feel the noise - Quiet Riot
Once bitten, twice shy - Great white
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Round and round - Ratt
Every rose has it's thorn - Poison
Poison - Alice Cooper
Cherry pie - Warrant
Turn up the radio - Autograph
When the children cry - White Lion
Fantasy - Aldo Nova
Fly high Michelle - Enuff Z' Nuff
Bang bang - Danger danger
The warrior - Scandal
Girlschool - Britny Fox
(Can't live without your) Love and affection - Nelson
Heat of the moment - Asia
Owner of a lonely heart - Yes
(I just) died in you arms - Cutting crew

DISC 2

We're not gonna take it - Twisted sister
Here I go again - Whitesnake
The final countdown - Europe
Nobody's fool - Cinderella
Sister Christian - Night Ranger
Cult of personality - Living colour
Stone cold - Rainbow
You've got another thing coming - Judas Priest
Seventeen - Winger
Edge of a broken heart - Vixen
Fly to the angels - Slaughter
Your love - Outfield
Love of a lifetime - Firehouse
Hold on loosly - .38 special
Give it to me good - Trixter
Midnight maniac - Krokus
Bonus track:
Fade to blue - .38 special

I know that many of the songs left out of the edited version shouldn't even be here (Outfield, Cutting crew) but there are a few gems that are hard to find (Fantasy, Midnight maniac, edge of a broken heart) and deserve to be re-discovered.

I recommend the Monsters of Rock CD; in any of it's two versions because it puts together some of the greatest metal songs of the decade. If you lived it, you'll love it and if you are discovering 80's metal, this is the best place to start.

BTW: The title "Monsters of Rock" comes from the name given to an annual metal fest performed in Europe during the 80's. There was a one time Monsters of Rock tour in the US in 1988 with the following bands: Van Halen, Scorpions, Kingdome Come & Ozzy Osbourne.