ROCKPIX
Platinum may only be a steel-gray metal to some, but when it comes in the form of a platinum album award, it’s worth a million to fans and musicians alike...and they'll bleed to get their hands on one. 1987 was a banner year for platinum and gold records that have instantly become classics; records like Michael Jackson's celebrated Bad, U2's triumphant, triple-platinum The Joshua Tree and Whltesnake's self-titled comeback.
ROCKPIX
Platinum may only be a steel-gray metal to some, but when it comes in the form of a platinum album award, it’s worth a million to fans and musicians alike...and they'll bleed to get their hands on one.
1987 was a banner year for platinum and gold records that have instantly become classics; records like Michael Jackson's celebrated Bad, U2's triumphant, triple-platinum The Joshua Tree and Whltesnake's self-titled comeback. Both newcomers and veterans shook up the charts. Poison earned not one, but two platinum awards for their debut, Look What The Cat Dragged In, as did the Bangles for Different Light and Heart for Bad Animals. Def Leppard's long-awaited Hysteria and Motley Crue's gutsy Girls, Girls, Girls instantly turned polyvinyl into precious metal, too,