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):
Jun 18
● The Yardbirds —— Remember ► British Invasion >> 1971
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis: As Recorded Live At Madison Square Garden ► Rock n Roll >> 1972
● Donny Hathaway —— Extension Of A Man ► Soul >> 1973
● Joe Walsh —— The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get ► Blues-Rock >> 1973
● Brand X —— Unorthodox Behavior ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● John (Cougar) Mellencamp —— John Cougar ► Roots Rock >> 1979
● King Crimson —— Beat ► Prog Rock >> 1982
● Dolly Parton —— Burlap & Satin ► Country-Pop >> 1984
● Rod Stewart —— Camouflage ► Blues-Rock >> 1984
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— From Her To Eternity ► Post-punk Alt Rock >> 1984
● “Weird Al” Yankovic —— Dare To Be Stupid ► Comedy/Parody >> 1985
● Alias —— Alias ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● 3rd Bass —— Derelicts Of Dialect ► Golden Age >> 1991
● Cher —— Love Hurts ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Cher —— Love Hurts ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Patti Smith —— Gone Again ► Heartland Rock >> 1996
● The Ramones —— Greatest Hits Live ► Punk-Rock >> 1996
● Little Feat —— Live From Neon Park ► Southern Rock >> 1996
● Primitive Radio Gods —— Rocket ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
● Toni Braxton —— Secrets ► Soul-Pop >> 1996
● AFI —— Very Proud Of Ya ► Hardcore Punk >> 1996
Jun 19
● Diana Ross —— Diana Ross ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● Smokey Robinson —— Smokey ► Soul >> 1973
● Marvin Gaye —— Marvin Gaye Live! ► Soul >> 1974
● Trooper —— Thick As Thieves ► Hard Rock >> 1978
● Oingo Boingo —— Only A Lad ► New Wave Ska-Pop >> 1981
● Glenn Frey —— The Allnighter ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● John Waite —— Rover’s Return ► Power Pop >> 1987
● Jimmy Page —— Outrider ► Blues-Rock >> 1988
● Reef —— Replenish ► Brit Pop >> 1995
● Duran Duran —— Pop Trash ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2000
● 311 —— From Chaos ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
Jun 20
● The Beatles —— Yesterday…And Today ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Grateful Dead —— Aoxomoxoa ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1969
● Otis Redding —— Love Man ► Memphis Soul >> 1969
● Bob Dylan & The Band —— Before The Flood ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Neil Young —— Tonight’s The Night ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Foreigner —— Double Vision ► Arena Rock >> 1978
● Blues Brothers —— Blues Brothers [Sndtrk] ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● Peter Frampton —— Rise Up ► Arena Rock >> 1980
● Scorpions —— World Wide Live ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● Chicago —— Chicago 19 ► Jazz-Rock >> 1988
● Bobby Brown —— Don’t Be Cruel ► New Jack Swing >> 1988
● Prince —— Batman ► Dance-Pop >> 1989
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Dreams ► Southern Rock >> 1989
● Big Audio Dynamite —— F-Punk ► Dance-Rock >> 1995
● Little Feat —— Chinese Work Songs ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● The Clarks —— Let It Go ► Heartland Rock >> 2000
● Ayreon —— Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal >> 2000
● Guster —— Ganging Up On The Sun ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006
● Pearl Jam —— Live At Easy Street ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Counting Crows —— New Amersterdam: Live At Heineken Music Hall ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006
● Weather Report —— Live In Offenbach 1978 ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2011
Jun 21
● The Byrds —— Mr. Tambourine Man ► Country-Rock >> 1965
● John Mayall —— Bare Wires ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● Deep Purple —— Deep Purple ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● Buck Owens —— Ruby ► Country-Rock/Bakersfield >> 1971
● Mick Taylor —— Mick Taylor ► Blues-Rock >> 1979
● Crosby, Stills & Nash —— Daylight Again ► Folk-Rock >> 1982
● Marilyn —— Despite Straight Lines ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Mötley Crüe —— Theatre Of Pain ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● White Lion —— Pride ► Hard Rock/Hair Metal >> 1987
● Big Daddy Kane —— Long Live The Kane ► Golden Age Rap >> 1988
● Anita Baker —— Compositions ► Quiet Storm >> 1990
● Poison —— Flesh & Blood ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal >> 1990
● Uncle Tupelo —— No Depression ► Alt. Country >> 1990
● Manic Street Preachers —— Gold Against The Soul ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Bone Thugs-N-Harmony —— Creepin On Ah Come Up ► Gangsta Rap >> 1994
● Sinergy —— Beware The Heavens ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1999
● The Jackson 5 —— Live At The Forum ► Soul – Motown >> 2010
Jun 22
● Joni Mitchell —— Blue ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● Diana Ross —— Touch Me In The Morning ► Soul – Motown >> 1973
● Cat Stevens —— Saturnight (Live In Tokyo) ► Folk-Pop >> 1974
● Oingo Boingo —— Nothing To Fear ► New Wave Ska-Pop >> 1982
● Marillion —— Clutching At Straws ► Prog Rock >> 1987
● Robert Palmer —— Heavy Nova ► Adult Contemporary >> 1988
● Manic Street Preachers —— New Art Riot ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Black Sabbath —— Dehumanizer ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Liz Phair —— Exile In Guyville ► Indie Rock >> 1993
● Death —— Individual Thought Patterns ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1993
● Collective Soul —— Hints, Allegations And Things Left Unsaid ► Southern Rock >> 1994
● Ben Lee —— Grandpaw Would ► Indie Pop >> 1995
● Gardenian —— Two Feet Stand ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1997
● Anathema —— Alternative 4 ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal >> 1998
● Genesis —— Genesis Archive 1967-75 ► Prog Rock >> 1998
● Blackalicious —— A2G ► West Coast Rap >> 1999
● Limp Bizkit —— Significant Other ► Rap-Metal >> 1999
● The Pretenders —— Viva el Amor! ► Post-Punk >> 1999
● Saint Etienne —— Sound Of Water ► Ambient/Trip Hop >> 2000
● Wilco —— A Ghost Is Born ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 2004
● Heart —— Jupiter’s Darling ► Album Rock >> 2004
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Scream ► Hard Rock >> 2010
Jun 23
● Stevie Wonder —— Stevie At The Beach ► Soul – Motown >> 1964
● The Byrds —— Byrdmaniax ► Country-Rock >> 1971
● Jethro Tull —— Living In The Past [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Can —— Future Days ► Prog Rock/Ambient >> 1973
● AC/DC —— Let There Be Rock ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● The Angels —— No Exit ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● ABBA —— Voulez-Vous ► Euro-Pop >> 1979
● The Rolling Stones —— Emotional Rescue ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● Bob Dylan —— Saved ► Folk-Rock >> 1980
● Tom Tom Club —— Tom Tom Club ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Fleetwood Mac —— Mirage ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Fleetwood Mac —— Jumping At Shadows ► Blues-Rock >> 1985
● Rod Stewart —— Every Beat Of My Heart ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● David Bowie —— Labyrinth ► Glam Rock >> 1986
● Peter Cetera —— Soliture/Solitaire ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Sammy Hagar —— I Never Said Goodbye ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Jimmy Cliff —— Breakout ► Pop-Reggae >> 1992
● Dr. John —— Goin’ Back To New Orleans ► New Orleans R&B >> 1992
● The B-52′s —— Good Stuff ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Carcass —— Tools Of The Trade ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1992
● Paul Weller —— Heavy Soul ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1997
● Billy Bragg & Wilco —— Mermaid Avenue ► Folk-Rock >> 1997
● Linda Ronstadt —— We Ran ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Tonic —— A Casual Affair: The Best Of Tonic ► Alt/Roots Rock >> 2009
● Dinosaur Jr. —— Farm ► Alt. Rock >> 2009
Jun 24
● The Rascals —— Time Peace: The Rascals Greatest Hits ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1968
● The Beach Boys —— Endless Summer ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Average White Band —— Cut The Cake ► Funk >> 1975
● James Taylor —— JT ► Folk-Rock >> 1977
● Jackson Browne —— Hold Out ► Folk-Rock >> 1980
● The Replacements —— Stink ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Celtic Frost —— Morbid Tales ► Heavy Metal/Extreme Metal >> 1984
● America —— Encore: More Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Marillion —— Holidays In Eden ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● The House Of Love —— Audience With The Mind ► Indie Rock >> 1993
● Opeth —— Morningrise ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal >> 1996
● Testament —— Demonic ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1997
● Mötley Crüe —— Generation Swine ► Heavy Metal >> 1997
● Del Amitri —— Some Other Sucker’s Parade ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Live At The Roxy ► Roots Reggae >> 2003
● Michael McDonald —— Motown ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2003
● Mötley Crüe —— Saints Of Los Angeles ► Heavy Metal >> 2008
