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):
Aug 06
● The Beatles —— Help! [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● Pat Benatar —— Crimes Of Passion ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Prince —— Purple Rain ► Album Rock >> 1984
● Midnight Oil —— Species Deceases ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Dramarama —— Live At The China Club ► Alt Hard Rock >> 1990
● Harem Scarem —— Harem Scarem ► Hard Rock/Glam Metal >> 1991
● Yes —— Yesyears ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Modest Mouse —— Interstate 8 ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
Aug 07
● Brenda Lee —— All The Way ► Country-Pop >> 1961
● The Byrds —— The Byrd’s Greatest Hits ► Country-Rock >> 1967
● The Moody Blues —— A Question Of Balance ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1970
● Stevie Wonder —— Signed, Sealed And Delivered ► Pop-R&B >> 1970
● King Curtis —— Live At The Fillmore West ► Soul >> 1971
● Roberta Flack —— Roberta Flack ► Pop-Soul >> 1978
● Black Sabbath —— Born Again ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Loudness —— Hurricane Eyes ► Heavy Metal/Japanese Metal >> 1987
● Jellyfish —— Bellybutton ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Jon Bon Jovi —— Blaze Of Glory ► Arena Rock >> 1990
● Extreme —— Extreme II: Pornograffitti ► Pop-Metal >> 1990
● The Fall —— Extricate ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Rory Gallagher —— BBC Sessions ► Blues-Rock >> 1999
Aug 08
● Bob Dylan —— Another Side Of Bob Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 1964
● The Yardbirds —— Over, Under, Sideways, Down ► British Invasion >> 1966
● The Beatles —— Revolver ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Electric Light Orchestra —— Xanadu [Sndtrk] ► Prog. Rock >> 1980
● Debbie Harry —— Koo Koo ► New Eave Dance-Pop >> 1981
● Robert Cray —— Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark ► Blues-Rock >> 1988
● N.W.A. —— Straight Outta Compton ► Hip-Hop >> 1988
● Citizen King —— Brown Bag ► Alt Rock/Punk Hop >> 1995
● Moonspell —— Wolfheart ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1995
● Ben Folds Five —— Ben Folds Five ► Indie Rock/Piano Rock >> 1995
● De La Soul —— Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump ► Alt Rap >> 2000
● The Moody Blues —— Hall Of Fame ► Prog Rock >> 2000
● Shaggy —— Hot Shot ► Dancehall Reggae >> 2000
● Bad Company —— Live In Albuquerque 1976 ► Hard Rock >> 2006
Aug 09
● John Sebastian —— The Four Of Us ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● Minnie Riperton —— Perfect Angel ► Soul-Pop >> 1974
● Grand Funk Railroad —— Good Singin’, Good Playin’ ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Billy Joel —— An Innocent Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Motörhead —— Orgasmatron ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● Danzig —— Danzig ► Heavy Metal/Blues Metal >> 1988
● The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band —— Workin’ Band ► Country-Rock >> 1988
● Julian Cope —— Autogeddon ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Machine Head —— Burn My Eyes ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 1994
● Therion —— Theli ► Heavy Metal/Symphonic Metal >> 1996
● Stephen Stills —— Man Alive! ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
Aug 10
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis For Everyone ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1965
● Ten Years After —— Undead ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● The Mothers Of Invention —— Weasels Ripped My Flesh ► Art Rock >> 1970
● Rod Stewart —— Sing It Again Rod ► Blues-Rock >> 1973
● Michael Jackson —— Off The Wall ► Dance-Pop >> 1979
● Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia —— Friday Night In San Francisco ► Flamenco-Jazz >> 1981
● Rufus —— Stompin’ At The Savoy ► Funk >> 1983
● Red Hot Chili Peppers —— The Red Hot Chili Peppers ► Alt. Funk-Rock >> 1984
● Five Star —— Between The Lines ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Winger —— Winger ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● White Lion —— Big Game ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Jamiroquai —— Emergency On Planet Earth ► Acid Jazz/Funk >> 1993
● Billy Joel —— River Of Dreams ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Robert Earl Keen, Jr. —— Gringo Honeymoon ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Brenda Lee —— 20th Century Masters – The Millenium Collection ► Country-Pop >> 1999
● The Innocence Mission —— Birds Of My Neighborhood ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Machine Head —— The Burning Red ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 1999
● Dark Tranquility —— Projector ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 1999
● Ace Troubleshooter —— Ace Troubleshooter ► Pop Punk >> 2000
● David Crosby & Graham Nash —— Crosby & Nash ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
Aug 11
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis’ Golden Records, Vol. 3 ► Rock n Roll >> 1963
● The Kinks —— Kinda Kinks ► British Invasion >> 1965
● Donovan —— Barabajagal ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Klaatu —— Klaatu ► Prog Rock >> 1976
● Vanity 6 —— Vanity 6 ► Dance-Pop >> 1982
● Pat Travers —— Blues Tracks ► Blues-Rock >> 1992
● The Flaming Lips —— Hit To Death In The Future Head ► Neo-Psychedlia >> 1992
● Dr. John —— Anutha Zone ► New Orleans R&B >> 1998
● The Beach Boys —— Endless Harmony Soundtrack ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Anti-Nowhere League —— Scum ► Punk Rock >> 1998
Aug 12
● The Kinks —— The Kinks Greatest Hits! ► British Rock >> 1966
● Big Brother & The Holding Company —— Big Brother & The Holding Company ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Big Brother & The Holding Company —— Cheap Thrills ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● Roberta Flack —— Chapter Two ► Pop-Soul >> 1970
● Luther Vandross —— Never Too Much ► Smooth Soul >> 1981
● Queensrÿche —— Queensrÿche ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Neil Young —— Old Ways ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Paul Simon —— Graceland ► Folk-Pop >> 1986
● Metallica —— Metallica ► Heavy Metal >> 1991
● Luis Miguel —— Romances ► Latin Pop >> 1997
● Pat Benatar —— Good King Bad ► Hard Rock >> 2003
● Extreme —— Saudades De Rock ► Pop-Metal >> 2008
