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):
Sep 03
● Fleetwood Mac —— Future Games ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Diana Ross —— Ross ► Soul – Motown >> 1978
● Iron Maiden —— Powerslave ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● George Michael —— Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Judas Priest —— Painkiller ► Heavy Metal >> 1990
● Rush —— Roll The Bones ► Arena Rock >> 1991
● Stevie Nicks —— TimeSpace ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Blues Traveler —— Travelers And Thieves ► Alt Country Rock >> 1991
Sep 04
● The Rolling Stones —— Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out ► Rock n Roll >> 1970
● Queen —— Queen ► Glam Rock >> 1973
● Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson —— Winter In America ► Hip-Hop >> 1973
● Trooper —— Flying Colors ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Meat Loaf —— Dead Ringer ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● George Strait —— Strait Country ► Country-Rock >> 1981
● The Who —— It’s Hard ► British Rock >> 1982
● Donna Summer —— Cats Without Claws ► Disco >> 1984
● Love And Rockets —— Love And Rockets ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Rush —— Chronicles ► Arena Rock >> 1990
● Dan Folgelberg —— The Wild Places ► Country-Rock >> 1990
● Sugar —— Copper Blue ► Alt Rock >> 1992
● Jethro Tull —— Roots To Branches [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1995
● Powderfinger —— Odyssey Number Five ► Alt Rock >> 2000
● System Of A Down —— Toxicity ► Heavy Metal >> 2001
Sep 05
● Poco —— From The Inside ► Country-Rock >> 1971
● The Jackson 5 —— Dancing Machine ► Soul – Motown >> 1974
● Jethro Tull —— Minstrel In The Gallery ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Gary Numan —— Telekon ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1980
● Skinny Puppy —— Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse ► Alt. Rock – Industrial >> 1986
● Y & T —— Contagious ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal >> 1987
● Alice Cooper —— Raise Your Fist And Yell ► Art Rock >> 1987
● Motörhead —— Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Heavy Metal >> 1987
● Grim Reaper —— Rock You To Hell ► Thrash Metal >> 1987
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Peepshow ► Alt. Rock >> 1988
● Soundgarden —— Louder Than Love ► Grunge >> 1989
● Big Audio Dynamite —— Megatop Phoenix ► Dance-Rock >> 1989
● Mick Jones —— Mick Jones ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Shed Seven —— Change Giver ► Britpop >> 1994
● Die Flippers —— Sommersprossen ► Pop/Schlager >> 1995
● The Fall —— The Twenty-Seven Points ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1995
● Mack 10 —— Based On A True Story ► Gangsta Rap >> 1997
● Ryan Adams —— Heartbreaker ► Acoustic Pop-Rock >> 2000
Sep 06
● Merle Haggard —— Strangers ► Trad Country >> 1965
● Hawkwind —— Hall Of The Mountain Grill ► Space Rock >> 1974
● Judas Priest —— Rocka Rolla ► Heavy Metal >> 1974
● Icehouse —— Primitive Man ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1982
● John Cale —— Artificial Intelligence ► Art Rock >> 1985
● New Kids On The Block —— Hangin’ Tough ► Teen Pop >> 1988
● Widespread Panic —— Ain’t Life Grand ► Southern Rock >> 1994
● Land —— Land ► Electronic/Fusion >> 1995
● Yazoo —— Only Yazoo ► Synth-Pop >> 1999
● Alison Moyet —— Voice [UK] ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2004
● The Rolling Stones —— A Bigger Bang ► Blues-Rock >> 2005
Sep 07
● Frank Zappa —— Over-Nite Sensation ► Art Rock >> 1973
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Another Time ► Soul-Funk >> 1974
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Join Hands ► Glam Rock >> 1979
● Matt Johnson —— Burning Blue Soul ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● Kool & The Gang —— As One ► Disco >> 1982
● Mercyful Fate —— Don’t Break The Oath ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Jethro Tull —— Under Wraps ► Prog Rock >> 1984
● Queensrÿche —— The Warning ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Pet Shop Boys —— Actually ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Mike Oldfield —— Islands ► Progressive Rock >> 1987
● Toto —— Kingdom Of Desire [UK] ► Pop-Rock/Arena Rock >> 1992
● John (Cougar) Mellencamp —— Human Wheels ► Roots Rock >> 1993
● Belle & Sebastian —— The Boy With The Arab Strap ► Chamber Pop >> 1998
● Buzzcocks —— Modern ► Punk-Rock >> 1999
● Agnostic Front —— Riot, Riot, Upstart ► Hardcore Punk >> 1999
Sep 08
● Gene Vincent —— A Gene Vincent Record Date ► Rock n Roll >> 1958
● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Natural Resources ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● The Jackson 5 —— Third Album ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● LaBelle —— LaBelle ► Funk >> 1971
● Mott The Hoople —— All The Young Dudes ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● Hall & Oates —— Bigger Than The Both Of Us ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Bunny Wailer —— Blackheart Man ► Roots Reggae >> 1976
● Styx —— Pieces Of Eight ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1978
● David Bowie —— Stage ► Glam Rock >> 1978
● Dave Edmunds —— Tracks On Wax 4 ► Roots/Pub Rock >> 1978
● Kate Bush —— Never For Ever ► Prog Rock >> 1980
● The Cure —— …Happily Ever After ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● Peter Gabriel —— Security ► Prog Rock >> 1982
● The B-52′s —— Bouncing Off The Satellites ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1986
● The Human League —— Crash ► Synth-Pop >> 1986
● Mr. Mister —— Go On… ► L. A. New Wave >> 1987
● Rush —— Hold Your Fire ► Arena Rock >> 1987
● Pink Floyd —— A Momentary Lapse Of Reason ► Prog Rock >> 1987
● Bad Religion —— Suffer ► Punk Rock >> 1988
● Screaming Trees —— Sweet Oblivion ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1992
● Marilyn Manson —— Antichrist Superstar ► Heavy Metal/Alt Metal >> 1996
● The Crystal Method —— Vegas ► Electronic/Industrial >> 1997
● Hole —— Celebrity Skin ► Grunge >> 1998
● Blonde Redhead —— In An Expression Of The Inexpressible ► Alt Rock/Indie Rock >> 1998
● Tristania —— Beyond The Veil ► Heavy Metal/Gloom Metal >> 1999
Sep 09
● Marvin Gaye —— Recorded Live On Stage ► Soul – Motown >> 1963
● Manfred Mann —— Mann Made Hits ► Rock n Roll >> 1966
● Fleetwood Mac —— Then Play On ► Blues-Rock >> 1969
● John Lennon —— Imagine ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● John Sebastian —— Tarzana Kid ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Rush —— Signals ► Arena Rock >> 1982
● Dexy’s Midnight Runners —— Don’t Stand Me Down ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1985
● Love And Rockets —— Earth, Sun, Moon ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Jimmy Barnes —— Two Fires ► Pop-Rock/Arena Rock >> 1990
● Cross —— Blue Rock ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Dire Straits —— On Every Street ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Catherine Wheel —— Like Cats And Dogs ► Alt Rock/Shoegazing >> 1996
● Amy Grant —— Behind The Eyes ► Pop-Rock/Christian >> 1997
● Incubus —— S.C.I.E.N.C.E. ► Funk Metal >> 1997
● Frank Black And The Catholics —— Frank Black And The Catholics ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1998
● John Mayer —— Continuum ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006
