Albums Released This Week (February 27 – March 4)
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 27
● Elvis Presley —— How Great Thou Art ► Southern Gospel >> 1967
● Yes —— Yesterdays ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Village People —— Macho Man ► Disco >> 1978
● Desperate Bicycles —— Remorse Code ► Post-Punk/Psych Rock >> 1979
● Dead Can Dance —— Dead Can Dance ► Post-Punk/Goth Rock >> 1984
● XTC —— Oranges And Lemons ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Bruce Dickinson —— Alive In Studio A ► Heavy Metal >> 1995
● Ayreon —— The Final Experiment ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal >> 1995
● Neil Young —— Dead Man ► Folk-Rock >> 1996
● America —— Greatest Hits Live ► Folk-Rock >> 1996
● Bad Religion —— The Gray Race ► Punk Rock >> 1997
● CKY —— Volume 1 ► Alt. Rock/Alt. Metal >> 1999
● Dave Matthews Band —— Everyday ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2001
Feb 28
● The Miracles —— The Fabulous Miracles ► Soul – Motown >> 1963
● Van Morrison —— Moondance ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Styx —— Kilroy Was Here ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1983
● The Ramones —— Subterranean Jungle ► Punk-Rock >> 1983
● U2 —— War ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1983
● “Weird Al” Yankovic —— In 3-D ► Comedy/Parody >> 1984
● Queen —— The Works ► Glam Rock >> 1984
● Eric Johnson —— Ah Via Musicom ► Blues-Rock >> 1990
● Yoko Ono —— Onobox ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1992
● Del Amitri —— Twisted ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1995
● AC/DC —— Stiff Upper Lip ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● Bruce Springsteen —— Hammersmith Odeon, London ’75 ► Heartland Rock >> 2006
Feb 29
● Olivia Newton-John —— Come On Over ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● The Fall —— The Frenz Experiment ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1988
● Bone Thugs-N-Harmony —— BTNHResurrection ► Gangsta Rap >> 2000
● BloodHound Gang —— Hooray For Boobies ► Post-Punk Alt Metal >> 2000
● The Black Crowes —— Live At The Greek ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● Steely Dan —— Two Against Nature ► Jazz-Rock >> 2000
Mar 01
● Elvis Presley —— Girl Happy ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1965
● The Rascals —— Search And Nearness ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1971
● Aerosmith —— Get Your Wings ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Camel —— Mirage ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Rush —— Rush ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Max Webster —— High Class In Borrowed Shoes ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Roxy Music —— Manifesto ► Prog Rock >> 1979
● Robert Hunter —— Liberty ► Country-Rock >> 1988
● Toto —— The Seventh One ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Ocean Colour Scene —— Ocean Colour Scene ► Brit Pop >> 1992
● Cranberries —— Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Beck —— Mellow Gold ► Alt Rock >> 1994
● DK Jamz —— The Original Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack ► Atmospheric Ambient >> 1995
● Tonic —— Live And Enhanced ► Alt/Roots Rock >> 1999
● Jack Johnson —— In Between Dreams ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2005
Mar 02
● The Doobie Brothers —— The Captain And Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Steely Dan —— Pretzel Logic ► Jazz-Rock >> 1974
● Bananarama —— Deep Sea Skiving ► New Wave Dance-Pop >> 1983
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Through The Looking Glass ► Post-Punk Alt Rock >> 1987
● The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy —— Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury ► Alt Hip-Hop >> 1992
● Apollo 440 —— Electro Glide In Blue ► Electronic >> 1997
● Dimmu Borgir —— Spiritual Black Dimensions ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1999
Mar 03
● The Walker Brothers —— Images ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Laura Nyro —— Eli And The Thirteenth Confession ► Soft Rock >> 1968
● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Black Magic ► Soul – Motown >> 1972
● Gary Glitter —— Glitter ► Glam Rock >> 1972
● Stevie Wonder —— Music Of My Mind ► Pop-R&B >> 1972
● Bad Company —— Burnin’ Sky ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Patti Smith —— Easter ► New Wave Punk-Rock >> 1978
● Frank Zappa —— Zappa in New York ► Art Rock >> 1978
● Frank Zappa —— Sheik Yerbouti ► Art Rock >> 1979
● Metallica —— Master Of Puppets ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● The Firm —— Mean Business ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Boogie Down Productions —— Criminal Minded ► East Coast Rap >> 1987
● De La Soul —— 3 Feet High And Rising ► Hip-Hop >> 1989
● David Byrne —— Uh-Oh ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● U2 —— Pop ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Madonna —— Ray Of Light ► Dance-Pop >> 1998
● The Black Crowes —— Warpaint ► Southern Rock >> 2008
● U2 —— No Line On The Horizon ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2009
Mar 04
● Gene Vincent —— Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps ► Rock n Roll >> 1957
● ABBA —— Waterloo ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● The Police —— Live At Zellerbach ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1979
● The Beatles —— Rarities ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Wang Chung —— Huang Chung ► New Wave/Dance-Pop >> 1982
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Dazzle Ships ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1983
● Thin Lizzy —— Thunder And Lightning ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Spandau Ballet —— True ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 1983
● Cocteau Twins —— Aikea-Guinea ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Julian Cope —— Peggy Suicide ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1991
● The Auteurs —— After Murder Park ► Glam Rock >> 1996
● Evanescence —— Fallen ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2003
