After three huge rounds of voting, simply 4 ’80s traditional rock albums are left to vie on your votes within the subsequent spherical of our Finest ’80s Album March Insanity bracket.
You’ve got solely acquired 4 days to vote for one of the best ’80s album on this spherical. You may see the outcomes of final week’s voting beneath, then resolve which two albums transfer on to our championship spherical.
Spherical Three Outcomes:
AC/DC’s Again in Black defeated Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz with 78% of the vote. Angus Younger and his bandmates are tearing by the competitors, having beforehand defeated Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required 84% to 16% and the Speaking Heads’ Stay in Gentle 86% to 14%.
U2’s The Joshua Tree defeated The Police’s Synchronicity by simply 27 ballots within the closest race of the event thus far, incomes 50.13% of the vote. Bono and firm beforehand beat Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the usA. 54% to 46% and Iron Maiden’s Powerslave 59% to 41%.
Weapons N’ Roses Urge for food for Destruction defeated Journey’s Escape with 66% of the vote. Axl Rose and firm beforehand bested Prince’s Purple Rain 58% to 42% and Rush’s Everlasting Waves 62% to 38%.
Van Halen’s 1984 defeated Def Leppard’s Hysteria with 56% of the vote. David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen beforehand defeated Metallica’s Grasp of Puppets 64% to 36% and tattooed the Rolling Stones’ Tattoo You 79% to 21%.
There are two rounds remaining in Final Traditional Rock’s Finest ’80s Album event:
- Remaining 4: March 31-April 3
- Championship: April 4-7
You may forged your votes beneath for the Finest ’80s album in our two remaining match-ups. You may vote as soon as per hour now by April 3 at 11:59PM ET.
The winners of every spherical will probably be revealed the day after votes shut and a brand new spherical of voting will start that very same day.
Adrian Borromeo, UCR
Prime 100 ’80s Rock Albums
UCR takes a chronological take a look at the 100 greatest rock albums of the ’80s.
Gallery Credit score: Nick DeRiso and Michael Gallucci
