Albums Released This Week (February 6 – 12)
Here’s a sampling of the best music ever made! – great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop which were released this week (and some related albums of note):
Feb 06
● The Byrds —— Younger Than Yesterday ► Country-Rock >> 1967
● Jefferson Starship —— Earth ► Arena Rock >> 1978
● Simple Minds —— Sparkle In The Rain ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1984
● Violent Femmes —— The Blind Leading The Naked ► New Wave Post-Punk >> 1986
● Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead —— Dylan & The Dead ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Adam Ant —— Manners & Physique ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1990
● The Pastels —— Mobile Safari ► Indie Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Jeff Beck —— You Had It Coming ► Instrumental Rock >> 2001
Feb 07
● The Four Seasons —— Born To Wander ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Iggy Pop —— Soldier ► Punk-Rock >> 1980
● Rush —— Moving Pictures ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Powerlight ► Soul-Funk >> 1983
● Alan Parsons Project —— Ammonia Avenue ► Prog Rock >> 1984
● Roy Orbison —— Mystery Girl ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Cake —— Motorcade Of Generosity ► Alt Rock/College Rock >> 1994
● The Melvins —— Crybaby, The ► Heavy Metal/Sludge Metal >> 2000
● Ray Davies —— Other People’s Lives ► Pop-Rock >> 2006
● Jack Johnson —— Sing-Alongs And Lullabies For The Film Curious George [Sndtrk] ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2006
Feb 08
● Manfred Mann —— The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann ► Blues-Rock >> 1965
● Jimmy Smith —— Root Down ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1972
● Peter Hammill —— The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Television —— Marquee Moon ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Poison —— Native Tongue ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal >> 1993
● Black Sabbath —— Cross Purposes ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● Richard Marx —— Paid Vacation ► Adult Contemporary Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Stratovarius —— Fourth Dimension ► Heavy Metal >> 1995
● Edguy —— Kingdom Of Madness ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1997
● 3 Doors Down —— The Better Life ► Post-Grunge Alt Metal >> 2000
● Joni Mitchell —— Both Sides Now ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Asia —— Live At The Town & Country Club ► Prog Rock >> 2000
● Steps —— Step One ► Britpop >> 2000
Feb 09
● The Mothers Of Invention —— Burnt Weeny Sandwich ► Art Rock >> 1970
● ZZ Top —— Tejas ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● Phil Collins —— Face Value ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● The Highwaymen —— Highwayman 2 ► Outlaw Country >> 1990
● Deacon Blue —— Fellow Hoodlums [UK] ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Mick Jagger —— Wandering Spirit ► Adult Contemporary >> 1993
● Dinosaur Jr. —— Where You Been ► Alt. Rock >> 1993
● Stratovarius —— Dreamspace ► Heavy Metal >> 1994
● Bad Manners —— Rare & Fatty ► Ska Revival >> 1999
● Elvis Presley —— Sunrise ► Rock n Roll >> 1999
● Bad Company —— Hard Rock Live ► Hard Rock >> 2010
Feb 10
● The Troggs —— Trogglodynamite ► Garage Rock >> 1967
● Buffalo Springfield —— Retrospective: The Best Of Buffalo Springfield ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Diana Ross —— Diana Ross ► Soul – Motown >> 1976
● John Cale —— Church Of Anthrax ► Art Rock >> 1971
● Carole King —— Tapestry ► Female Vocalist >> 1971
● Dusty Springfield —— It Begins Again ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Judas Priest —— Stained Class ► Heavy Metal >> 1978
● Van Halen —— Van Halen ► Hard Rock >> 1978
● John Lennon —— Live In New York City ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Manic Street Preachers —— Generation Terrorists ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Wet Wet Wet —— High On The Happy Side ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1992
● Blur —— Blur ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1997
● Gary Numan —— Exile ► Industrial Rock >> 1998
● Yngwie Malmsteen —— Facing The Animal ► Heavy Metal >> 1998
● Melissa Etheridge —— Lucky ► Roots Rock >> 2004
Feb 11
● The Rolling Stones —— Between the Buttons ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Blue Öyster Cult —— Tyranny And Mutation ► Heavy Metal >> 1973
● Jethro Tull —— Songs From The Wood ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Golden Earring —— N.E.W.S. ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● The Firm —— The Firm ► British Rock >> 1985
● Cowboy Junkies —— Black Eyed Man ► Alt. Rock >> 1992
● Cathedral —— Forest Of Equilibrium ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal >> 1992
● Riders In The Sky —— Saturday Morning With Riders ► Western Swing/Pop >> 1992
● Big Head Todd & The Monsters —— Beautiful World ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Anal Cunt —— I Like It When You Die ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore >> 1997
● Hall & Oates —— Do It For Love ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
Feb 12
● Brenda Lee —— Sincerely, Brenda Lee ► Country-Pop >> 1962
● The Three Souls —— Soul Sounds ► Soul-Jazz >> 1965
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Eat A Peach ► Southern Rock >> 1972
● Olivia Newton-John —— Have You Ever Been Mellow ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● The Kinks —— Sleepwalker ► British Rock >> 1977
● Bryan Adams —— Bryan Adams ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● XTC —— English Settlement ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Various Artists —— Vision Quest [Sndtrk] ► New Wave/Synth-Pop >> 1985
● A Flock Of Seagulls —— The Best Of A Flock Of Seagulls ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1991
● Aphex Twin —— Selected Ambient Works 85-92 ► Electronica – Dark Ambient >> 1992
● Voice Of The Beehive —— Sex & Misery [UK] ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
● Sloan —— One Chord To Another ► Alt Indie Rock >> 1997
