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 13
● Gene Vincent —— Bluejean Bop! ► Rock n Roll >> 1956
● The Beatles —— Help! ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● King Curtis —— Everybody’s Talkin’ ► Southern Soul >> 1970
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Pronounced, Leh-nerd Skin-nerd ► Southern Rock >> 1973
● Chicago —— Chicago 13 ► Jazz-Rock >> 1979
● Don Henley —— I Can’t Stand Still ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Twisted Sister —— Love Is For Suckers ► Hair Metal >> 1987
● Pixies —— Bossanova ► Garage Rock >> 1990
● Duran Duran —— Liberty ► Synth-Pop >> 1990
● Brooks & Dunn —— Brand New Man ► Country-Rock >> 1991
● Kid Creole & The Coconuts —— You Shoulda Told Me You Were…. ► Dance-Rock >> 1991
● Sheena Easton —— No Strings ► Standards >> 1993
● Akinyele —— Put It In Your Mouth ► Dirty Rap >> 1996
Aug 14
● The Rolling Stones —— 5 X 5 ► British Invasion >> 1964
● Al Green —— Al Green Gets Next To You ► Soul >> 1971
● Buddy Guy & Junior Wells —— Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play The Blues ► Electric Blues >> 1974
● Roberta Flack —— Killing Me Softly ► Pop-Soul >> 1973
● Brenda Lee —— Feels So Right ► Country-Pop >> 1985
● The Heart Throbs —— Cleopatra Grip ► Indie Pop >> 1990
● Motörhead —— March Ör Die ► Heavy Metal >> 1992
● Godspeed You Black Emperor! —— F♯ A♯ ∞ ► Instrumental/Experimental >> 1997
Aug 15
● Chad & Jeremy —— Distant Shores ► Folk-Pop >> 1966
● Fleetwood Mac —— Pious Bird Of Good Omen ► Blues-Rock >> 1969
● The Band —— Rock Of Ages ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● Rod Stewart —— Atlantic Crossing ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Led Zeppelin —— In Through The Out Door ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● America —— Alibi ► Folk-Rock >> 1980
● The Kinks —— Give The People What They Want ► British Rock >> 1981
● The Pretenders —— Pretenders II ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● AC/DC —— Flick Of The Switch ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Cheap Trick —— Next Position Please ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1983
● Dio —— Sacred Heart ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● Michelle Shocked —— Short, Sharp, Shocked ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● Southern Culture On The Skids —— Dirt Track Date ► Rockabilly >> 1995
● Garbage —— Garbage ► Art Rock >> 1995
● Blind Melon —— Soup ► Alt. Rock >> 1995
● Korn —— Follow The Leader ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 1998
● Blue October —— Consent To Treatment ► Indie Rock/Post-Grunge >> 2000
Aug 16
● The Rolling Stones —— Gimme Shelter ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● The Temptations —— The Temptations Do The Temptations ► Soul – Motown >> 1976
● Red Hot Chili Peppers —— Freaky Styley ► Alt. Funk-Rock >> 1985
● Miami Sound Machine —— Primitive Love ► Pop-Dance >> 1985
● Mayhem —— Deathcrush ► Norwegian Black Metal >> 1987
● The Ethiopians —— Dread Prophecy ► Rocksteady >> 1989
● Red Hot Chili Peppers —— Mother’s Milk ► Alt. Funk-Rock >> 1989
● ALL —— Breaking Things ► Punk Rock/Pop-Punk >> 1993
● Crosby, Stills & Nash —— After The Storm ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Prince —— Come ► Funk-Pop >> 1994
● Barenaked Ladies —— Maybe You Should Drive ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Neil Young —— Sleeps With Angels ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Tricky —— Juxtapose ► Electronic Trip-Hop >> 1999
Aug 17
● Miles Davis —— Kind Of Blue ► Improv Jazz >> 1959
● The Band —— Stage Fright ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● XTC —— Drums And Wires ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1979
● W.A.S.P. —— W.A.S.P. ► Glam Metal >> 1984
● Tom Waits —— Franks Wild Years ► Blues-Rock >> 1987
● New Order —— Substance ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1987
● Cannibal Corpse —— Eaten Back To Life ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1990
● The Call —— Red Moon ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1990
● Take That —— Take That & Party ► Pop-Rock/Boyband >> 1992
● Mariah Carey —— Music Box ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Bad Brains —— Rise ► Post-Punk/Hardcore >> 1993
● Tina Arena —— In Deep ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Front Line Assembly —— Re-wind ► Industrial Rock >> 1998
● Blur —— The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1999
● The Moody Blues —— Strange Times ► Prog Rock >> 1999
● Iron Maiden —— The Final Frontier ► Heavy Metal >> 2010
Aug 18
● Burning Spear —— Man In The Hills ► Roots Reggae >> 1976
● The Who —— Who Are You ► British Rock >> 1978
● Yes —— Drama ► Prog Rock >> 1980
● Wall Of Voodoo —— Dark Continent ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● ABBA —— ABBA Live ► Euro-Pop >> 1986
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Kicking Against The Pricks ► Post-punk Alt Rock >> 1986
● Debbie Gibson —— Out Of The Blue ► Pop-Rock/Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Aerosmith —— Permanent Vacation ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Eric Clapton —— Unplugged ► Blues-Rock >> 1992
● Phranc —— Goofyfoot ► Folk-Rock/Surf Rock >> 1995
● At The Drive-In —— Acrobatic Tenement ► Post-Hardcore >> 1996
● At The Drive-In —— In/Casino/Out ► Punk Rock >> 1998
● Graham Coxon —— The Sky Is Too High ► Indie Rock/Lo-Fi >> 1998
Aug 19
● The Beach Boys —— The Best Of The Beach Boys, Vol. 3 ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● The Carpenters —— Close To You ► Soft Rock >> 1970
● Nilsson —— Pussy Cats ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— So Far ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● The Manhattan Transfer —— Coming Out ► Jazz-Pop >> 1976
● The Doobie Brothers —— Livin’ On The Fault Line ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● John (Cougar) Mellencamp —— Scarecrow ► Roots Rock >> 1985
● Arthur Brown With Jimmy Carl Black —— Brown, Black & Blue ► Blues-Rock >> 1991
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— The Fire Inside ► Album Rock >> 1991
● Sneaker Pimps —— Becoming X ► Electronic-Dance/Trip Hop >> 1996
● Fleetwood Mac —— The Dance ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Alison Moyet —— Hometime [UK] ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2002
