Pride by White Lion

Pride, the second album from White Lion, came out on Atlantic on June 22, 1987, and it's the moment the New York glam metal band, built around Danish singer Mike Tramp and American guitarist Vito Bratta, hit the big time. Michael Wagener produced it, and he gives the band a big, polished sheen without muffling Bratta, whose fleet, melodic playing is the real star here, while James LoMenzo on bass and Greg D'Angelo on drums keep the engine running hot.

The two hits show both sides of the band. "Wait" is a hook-loaded rocker that climbed to No. 8, and "When the Children Cry" went one better still, all the way to No. 3. The album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200, stayed on that chart for a full year and sold two million copies in the US.

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