20 of the Hottest Album Covers From the 1980s

Poison's frontman Bret Michaels was in the Foxnews.com newsroom the other day for an appearance on our live streaming show Strategy Room.

Which got us thinking about the good old days, otherwise known as the 1980s.

PHOTOS: 20 of the hottest album covers from the 1980s.

When hair metal bands like Poison vied with British pop groups like Duran Duran for the tops of the album charts.

When Simon LeBon and Bret Michaels were kings.

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Here's the other thing - Bret and Simon were selling vinyl albums in those days, not CDs, much less MP3s. A good album cover could make or break a record.

Which got us thinking about some of the hottest covers of the 1980s. So we picked out 20 of them.

Which one's are your favorites?