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 17
● Manfred Mann —— The Manfred Mann Album ► Rock n Roll >> 1964
● Colosseum —— Colosseum Live ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1971
● Scorpions —— In Trance ► Heavy Metal >> 1975
● Ringo Starr —— Ringo’s Rotogravure ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Frank Zappa —— Joe’s Garage: Act I ► Art Rock >> 1979
● The Doobie Brothers —— One Step Closer ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Phil Lynott —— The Phil Lynott Album ► Album Rock >> 1982
● General Public —— All The Rage ► New Wave Ska Pop >> 1984
● Thompson Twins —— Here’s To Future Days ► New Wave Dance-pop >> 1985
● Yes —— Big Generator ► Prog Rock >> 1987
● Frank Zappa —— London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 ► Classical Fusion >> 1987
● Cocteau Twins —— Heaven Or Las Vegas ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Mariah Carey —— Emotions ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Ozzy Osbourne —— No More Tears ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Steve Earle —— Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator ► Alt. Country >> 1991
● Uncle Tupelo —— Still Fear Gone ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1991
● Guns N’ Roses —— Use Your Illusion I ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Guns N’ Roses —— Use Your Illusion II ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● KMFDM —— Money ► Heavy Metal >> 1992
● Cake —— Fashion Nugget ► Alt Rock/College Rock >> 1996
● The Cardigans —— First Band On The Moon ► Power Pop >> 1996
● ZZ Top —— Rhythmeen ► Blues-Rock >> 1996
● Hall & Oates —— Marigold Sky ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
Sep 18
● Fleetwood Mac —— Kiln House ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Black Sabbath —— Paranoid ► Hard Rock >> 1970
● Elephant’s Memory —— Elephant’s Memory ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1972
● Ace Frehley —— Ace Frehley ► Pop-Metal >> 1978
● Hall & Oates —— Along The Red Ledge ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Twisted Sister —— Under The Blade ► Hair Metal >> 1982
● Dokken —— Breaking The Chains ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Kiss —— Lick It Up ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● The Replacements —— Tim ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Glass Tiger —— Thin Red Line ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Kiss —— Crazy Nights ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Janet Jackson —— Rhythm Nation 1814 ► Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Derek & The Dominos —— The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition ► Blues-Rock >> 1990
● At The Drive-In —— El Gran Orgo ► Punk Rock >> 1997
● Fantastic Plastic Machine —— Luxury ► Trip Hop >> 1998
● Björk —— Selmasongs: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer In The Dark [Sndtrk] [UK] ► Trip Hop >> 2000
● Billy Idol —— Original Sound ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Free —— Chronicles ► Hard Rock/Blues-Rock >> 2006
● Pearl Jam —— Live At Lollapalooza 2007 ► Hard Rock >> 2007
Sep 19
● Elvis Presley —— King Creole ► Rock n Roll >> 1958
● King Curtis —— Old Gold ► Soul >> 1961
● Mick Jagger —— Performance [Sndtrk] ► Rock >> 1970
● Dave Mason —— Split Coconut ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Linda Ronstadt —— Living In The USA ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Country Joe McDonald —— On My Own ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● White Spirit —— White Spirit ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Triumph —— Allied Forces ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Luther Vandross —— Give Me The Reason ► Smooth Soul >> 1986
● Paul McCartney —— Press To Play ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Bon Jovi —— New Jersey ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Level 42 —— Staring At The Sun ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1988
● Anthrax —— State Of Euphoria ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1988
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Tender Prey ► Alt Rock >> 1988
● Enya —— Watermark ► Jazz-Pop >> 1988
● David Bowie —— Sound + Vision ► Glam Rock >> 1989
● Obituary —— Cause Of Death ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1990
● Kylie Minogue —— Kylie Minogue ► Dance-Pop >> 1994
● The Flaming Lips —— Clouds Taste Metallic ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1995
● Michael Bolton —— Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Son Volt —— Trace ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1995
● AFI —— The Art Of Drowning ► Hardcore Punk >> 2000
● Madonna —— Music ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Björk —— Selmasongs: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer In The Dark ► Trip Hop >> 2000
● Weather Report —— Forecast: Tomorrow ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2006
● The Black Crowes —— Freak ‘N’ Roll…Into The Fog ► Southern Rock >> 2006
Sep 20
● The Stills-Young Band —— Long May You Run ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Yes —— Tormato ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Blizzard of Ozz ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Poco —— Ghost Town ► Country-Rock >> 1982
● Dire Straits —— Love Over Gold ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Bruce Springsteen —— Nebraska ► Album Rock >> 1982
● Renaissance —— Time-Line ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers —— Hero ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Kate Bush —— Hounds Of Love ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Fore! ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Luther Vandross —— Any Love ► Smooth Soul >> 1988
● BulletBoys —— BulletsBoys ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal >> 1988
● Ween —— The Pod ► Avant Garde/Lo-Fi >> 1991
● Seam —— The Problem With Me ► Indie Rock >> 1993
● Liz Phair —— Whip-Smart ► Indie Rock >> 1994
● Jamiroquai —— 1999 Remixes ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Rae & Christian —— Blazing The Crop [UK] ► Electronic Dance Mix >> 1999
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus ► Alt Rock >> 2004
● Bryan Adams —— Room Service ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Bon Jovi —— Have A Nice Day ► Arena Rock >> 2005
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Illumination ► Soul-Funk >> 2005
Sep 21
● Billy Preston —— Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music ► Funk >> 1973
● Thin Lizzy —— Vagabonds Of The Western World ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Foghat —— Boogie Motel ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Cheap Trick —— Dream Police ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1979
● Sheena Easton —— You Could Have Been With Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Luther Vandross —— Forever, For Always, For Love ► Smooth Soul >> 1982
● Janet Jackson —— Janet Jackson ► Pop-Soul >> 1982
● America —— Perspective ► Folk-Rock >> 1984
● Various Artists —— Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2 ► Mixed Rock >> 1987
● ABBA —— Gold: Greatest Hits ► Euro-Pop >> 1992
● Led Zeppelin —— Boxed Set 2 ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Sting —— Demolition Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Scorpions —— Face The Heat ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Nirvana —— In Utero ► Grunge >> 1993
● Bad Religion —— Recipe For Hate ► Punk Rock >> 1993
● Melissa Etheridge —— Yes I Am ► Roots Rock >> 1993
● Skunk Anansie —— Paranoid And Sunburnt ► Heavy Metal >> 1995
● Diabolical Masquerade —— Nightwork ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1998
● Pete Townshend —— Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit For Maryville Academy ► Prog Rock >> 1999
● Tori Amos —— To Venus And Back ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Green Day —— American Idiot ► Alt. Rock >> 2004
● John Waite —— The Hard Way ► Power Pop >> 2004
Sep 22
● The Band —— The Band ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Smokie —— Changing All The Time ► Glam Rock >> 1975
● George Harrison —— Extra Texture ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Funkadelic —— Funkadelic ► Funk >> 1970
● Camel —— Breathless ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Jethro Tull —— Busting Out: Jethro Tull Live ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● The Buzzcocks —— Love Bites ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● The Ramones —— Road To Ruin ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● King Crimson —— Discipline ► Prog Rock >> 1981
● Icehouse —— Man Of Colours ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1987
● Robbie Krieger —— Door Jams ► Jazz-Rock >> 1989
● Bob Dylan —— Oh Mercy ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Extreme —— III Sides To Every Story ► Pop-Metal >> 1992
● Jethro Tull —— A Little Light Music ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Roy Buchanan —— Sweet Dreams: The Anthology ► Blues-Rock >> 1992
● Happy Mondays —— Double Easy – The U.S. Singles ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Elton John —— The Big Picture ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● BT —— ESCM (Electric Sky Church Music) ► Electronic/House Music >> 1997
● Apocalyptica —— Inquisition Symphony ► Heavy Metal/Neo-Classical Metal >> 1998
● Kiss —— Psycho Circus ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Millencolin —— Same Old Tunes ► Euro-punk >> 1998
● Chris Isaak —— Speak Of The Devil ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Luca Turilli —— King Of The Nordic Twilight ► Heavy Metal/Symphonic Metal >> 1999
● Pearl Jam —— Backspacer ► Hard Rock >> 2009
● Stephen Stills & Manassas —— Manassas Pieces ► Folk-Rock >> 2009
Sep 23
● The Beach Boys —— Surfer Girl ► Surfer >> 1963
● The Temptations —— Puzzle People ► Soul – Motown >> 1969
● Diana Ross & The Supremes —— Together ► Soul >> 1969
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Idlewild South ► Southern Rock >> 1970
● Steely Dan —— Aja ► Jazz-Rock >> 1977
● The Rolling Stones —— Love You Live ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● Blondie —— Parallel Lines ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● The Opposition —— Breaking The Silence ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● Frank Zappa —— You Are What You Is ► Art Rock >> 1981
● Billy Joel —— The Nylon Curtain ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● The Fall —— This Nation’s Saving Grace ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1985
● 10,000 Maniacs —— The Wishing Chair ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Boston —— Third Stage ► Arena Rock >> 1986
● Poco —— Legacy ► Country-Rock >> 1989
● Fatboy Slim —— Better Living Through Chemistry ► Brit-Hop >> 1996
● Jann Arden —— Happy? ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Asia —— Live In Osaka ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Sarah Brightman —— Time To Say Goodbye ► Showtunes >> 1997
● John Waite —— When You Were Mine ► Power Pop >> 1997
● Todd Rundgren —— With A Twist… ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Limp Bizkit —— Results May Vary ► Rap-Metal >> 2003
● Jackson Browne —— Time The Conqueror ► Folk-Rock >> 2008
