Albums Released This Week (October 15 - 21)

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):

Oct 15


● Elvis Presley —— Elvis’ Christmas Album ► Rock n Roll >> 1957
● Brenda Lee —— Brenda, That’s All ► Country-Pop >> 1962
● Manfred Mann —— Mann Made ► Folk-Pop >> 1965
● Otis Redding —— Complete And Unbelievable…The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul ► Memphis Soul >> 1966
● Yes —— Yes ► Prog Rock >> 1969
● The Jackson 5 —— Jackson 5 Christmas Album ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● The Band —— Moondog Matinee ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Fleetwood Mac —— Mystery To Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Neil Young —— Time Fades Away ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Toto —— Toto ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Donna Summer —— On The Radio ► Disco >> 1979
● Ultravox —— Quartet ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1982
● Richard & Linda Thompson —— Shoot Out The Lights ► Folk-Rock >> 1982
● XTC —— The Big Express ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Talking Heads —— Stop Making Sense ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1984
● Julian Lennon —— Valotte ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Elton John —— Leather Jackets ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Motörhead —— Nö Sleep At All ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● Morrissey —— Bona Ditch ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Ride —— Nowhere ► Dream Pop/Shoegazing >> 1990
● Crosby, Stills & Nash —— CSN [Box Set] ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Dramarama —— Vinyl ► Alt Hard Rock >> 1991
● Dio —— Angry Machines ► Heavy Metal >> 1996
● The Tubes —— Genius Of America ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
● The Monkees —— Justus ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Korn —— Life Is Peachy ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 1996
● Counting Crows —— Recovering The Satellites ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1996
● The Rolling Stones —— The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus ► Blues-Rock >> 1996
● Bad Company —— Stories Told & Untold ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Corrosion Of Conformity —— Wiseblood ► Heavy Metal/Stoner Metal >> 1996
● In Flames —— Whoracle ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 1997
● Alison Moyet —— The Turn ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2007

Oct 16


● The Supremes —— A Bit Of Liverpool ► Soul – Motown >> 1964
● Cher —— All I Really Want To Do ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● Brenda Lee —— Reflections In Blue ► Country-Pop >> 1967
● Three Dog Night —— Three Dog Night ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1968
● Three Dog Night —— Captured Live At The Forum ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1969
● Creedence Clearwater Revival —— Live In Europe ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Aretha Franklin —— You ► Soul >> 1975
● Thin Lizzy —— Johnny The Fox ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Elton John —— A Single Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Eurythmics —— In The Garden ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Thin Lizzy —— Life Live ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● ZZ Top —— Afterburner ► Blues-Rock >> 1985
● All About Eve —— Scarlet And Other Stories ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Goth Pop >> 1989
● Erasure —— Wild! ► Alt. Dance >> 1989
● Goo Goo Dolls —— Hold Me Up ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1989
● Paul Simon —— The Rhythm Of The Saints ► Folk-Pop >> 1990
● Buju Banton —— Stamina Daddy ► Dancehall Reggae >> 1992
● Suggs —— The Lone Ranger ► Reggae-Pop/Ska >> 1995
● Tears For Fears —— Raoul And The Kings Of Spain ► Synth-Pop >> 1995
● Cast —— All Change ► Britpop >> 1995
● Faithless —— Back To Mine ► Trip-Hop >> 2000
● Kylie Minogue —— Hits+ ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● All Saints —— Saints & Sinners ► Electronic Dance-Pop >> 2000
● John (Cougar) Mellencamp —— Cuttin’ Heads ► Roots Rock >> 2001
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Down To Earth ► Hard Rock >> 2001
● New Order —— Get Ready ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Michael McDonald —— In The Spirit: A Christmas Album ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2001
● R.E.M. —— R.E.M. Live ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2007

Oct 17


● The Rolling Stones —— 12X5 ► Rock n Roll >> 1964
● The Easybeats —— Vigil ► British Invasion >> 1968
● The Jazz Crusaders —— Old Socks, New Shoes…New Socks, Old Shoes ► Jazz Fusion >> 1970
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Street Survivors ► Southern Rock >> 1977
● Dire Straits —— Making Movies ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Various Artists —— The Blasting Concept Vol. 2 ► Post-Punk >> 1985
● Stacey Q —— Better Than Heaven ► Dance-Pop >> 1986
● Steve Earle —— Copperhead Road ► Alt. Country >> 1988
● R.E.M. —— Eponymous ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● The Waterboys —— Fisherman’s Blues ► Folk-Rock/Celtic >> 1988
● Suicidal Tendencies —— Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit…Déjà Vu ► Punk Metal >> 1989
● Kiss —— Hot In The Shade ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Belinda Carlisle —— Runaway Horses ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Kate Bush —— The Sensual World ► Prog Rock >> 1989
● Yngwie Malmsteen —— Trial By Fire: Live In Leningrad ► Heavy Metal >> 1989
● Stacey Lattisaw —— What You Need ► Quiet Storm >> 1989
● Skyclad —— The Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth ► Heavy Metal/Folk Metal >> 1991
● Jamiroquai —— The Return Of The Space Cowboy [UK] ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Steely Dan —— Alive In America ► Jazz-Rock >> 1995
● Luis Miguel —— El Concierto ► Latin Pop >> 1995
● Limp Bizkit —— Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water ► Rap-Metal >> 2000
● David Coverdale —— Into The Light ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● 2Pac —— The Rose That Grew From Concrete ► Spoken Word Rap >> 2000
● Sarah McLachlan —— Wintersong ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Chris Isaak —— Live In Australia ► Adult Contemporary >> 2008

Oct 18


● Cactus —— Restrictions ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● The Rolling Stones —— It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Blues-Rock >> 1974
● The Jacksons —— Goin’ Places ► Soul/disco >> 1977
● Hawkwind —— Sonic Attack ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● Hall & Oates —— Rock ‘N Soul Part !: Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● The Carpenters —— Voice Of The Heart ► Easy Listening >> 1983
● Frank Zappa —— Them Or Us ► Art Rock >> 1984
● The Cult —— Love ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Revival >> 1985
● Duran Duran —— Big Thing ► Synth-Pop >> 1988
● Sonic Youth —— Daydream Nation ► Indie Rock >> 1988
● Martika —— Martika ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● Paul Simon —— Negotiations And Love Songs 1971 – 1986 ► Folk-Pop >> 1988
● The Smithereens —— 11 ► College Rock >> 1989
● The Bangles —— Everything ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Insane Clown Posse —— Carnival Of Carnage ► Indie/Midwest Hip Hop >> 1992
● Carcass —— Heartwork [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1993
● Kenny G —— Montage ► Jazz-Pop >> 1993
● B*Witched —— Awake And Breathe ► Pop/Girl Group >> 1999
● Westlife —— Flying Without Wings ► Teen Pop/Boy Band >> 1999
● Alcazar —— Casino ► Euro Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Bryan Adams —— Anthology ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Depeche Mode —— Playing The Angel ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Stevie Wonder —— A Time To Love ► Pop-Soul >> 2005
● The Rolling Stones —— The Brussels Affair ’73 ► Blues-Rock >> 2001
● Chris Isaak —— Beyond The Sun ► Adult Contemporary >> 2011

Oct 19


● Elvis Presley —— The Real Elvis ► Rock n Roll >> 1956
● The Kingston Trio —— Here We Go Again! ► Folk-Pop >> 1959
● The Beach Boys —— Beach Boys Concert ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Brenda Lee —— Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee ► Country-Pop >> 1964
● Simon & Garfunkel —— Wednesday Morning, 3 AM ► Folk-Pop >> 1964
● Cass Elliott —— Dream A Little Dream ► Pop-Rock/Folk-Rock >> 1968
● The Shadows —— Shades Of Rock ► Instrumental Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1970
● The James Gang —— Straight Shooter ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● The Wailers —— Burnin’ ► Roots Reggae >> 1973
● America —— Hat Trick ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● David Bowie —— Pin Ups ► Glam Rock >> 1973
● The Who —— Quadrophenia ► British Rock >> 1973
● Styx —— Cornerstone ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1979
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Damn The Torpedoes ► Album Rock >> 1979
● Prince —— Prince ► Funk >> 1979
● Fleetwood Mac —— Tusk ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● INXS —— Underneath The Colours ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Fates Warning —— The Sprectre Within ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● INXS —— Kick ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1987
● Roxette —— Look Sharp! ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Salt-N-Pepa —— Blacks’ Magic ► Pop-Rap >> 1990
● The Cure —— Mixed Up ► Post-Punk >> 1990
● The Traveling Wilburys —— Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Mötley Crüe —— Decade Of Decadence ► Heavy Metal >> 1991
● Julian Cope —— Jehovahkill ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Rush —— Counterparts ► Arena Rock >> 1993
● Black Moon —— Enta Da Stage ► East Coast Rap >> 1993
● Jesse Colin Young —— Makin’ It Real ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Alexis Korner —— Mellow Yellow ► Blues-Rock >> 1993
● Santana —— Sacred Fire: Live From South America ► Jazz Fusion >> 1993
● Pearl Jam —— Vs. ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Talisman —— Humanimal (Part 2) ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● Billie Piper —— Honey To The B ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Idlewild —— Hope Is Important ► Post-Hardcore >> 1998
● Three Dog Night —— 35th Anniversary Hits Collection ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2004
● Jimmy Eat World —— Futures ► Post-Grunge >> 2004
● Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico —— Le Bataclan ’72 ► Art Rock >> 2004
● Twisted Sister —— Still Hungry ► Hair Metal >> 2004
● Peter Cetera —— You Just Gotta Love Christmas ► Pop-Rock >> 2004

Oct 20


● Elvis Presley —— Roustabout ► Rock n Roll >> 1964
● John Lennon & Yoko Ono —— Wedding Album ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas ► Rock n Roll >> 1971
● Peter Frampton —— Frampton’s Camel ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Peter Frampton —— Somethin’s Happening ► Arena Rock >> 1974
● B. J. Thomas —— Reunion ► Country-Pop >> 1975
● The Damned —— The Black Album ► Punk-Rock >> 1980
● U2 —— Boy ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Donna Summer —— The Wanderer ► Disco >> 1980
● The Human League —— Dare! ► Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Quarterflash —— Quarterflash ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Oak Ridge Boys —— Deliver ► Country-Pop >> 1983
● Frankie Goes To Hollywood —— Liverpool ► New Wave Club/Dance >> 1986
● Nine Inch Nails —— Pretty Hate Machine ► Industrial Metal >> 1989
● Kenny G —— Breathless ► Jazz-Pop >> 1992
● Madonna —— Erotica ► Dance-Pop >> 1992
● Keith Richards —— Main Offender ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Richard Marx —— Greatest Hits ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1993
● The Sea And Cake —— The Sea And Cake ► Indie Rock/Experimental >> 1994
● Gary Numan —— Exile [UK] ► Industrial Rock >> 1997
● Crucial Conflict —— Good Side, Bad Side ► Chicago Rap >> 1998
● George Martin —— In My Life ► Beatles Retrospective >> 1998
● Aerosmith —— A Little South Of Sanity ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● The Slackers —— The Question ► Ska Revival >> 1998
● Black Sabbath —— Reunion ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● AC/DC —— Black Ice ► Hard Rock >> 2008

Oct 21


● Manfred Mann —— As Is ► Rock n Roll >> 1966
● Bob Dylan —— New Morning ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Mike Oldfield —— Ommadawn ► Instrumental Rock/Fusion >> 1975
● Meat Loaf —— Bat Out Of Hell ► Arena Rock >> 1977
● The Beatles —— Love Songs ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Genesis —— Seconds Out ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Bobby And The Midnites —— Bobby & The Midnights ► Country-Rock >> 1981
● Simple Minds —— Once Upon A Time ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1985
● Jethro Tull —— Original Masters ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● “Weird Al” Yankovic —— Polka Party! ► Comedy/Parody >> 1986
● Steve Winwood —— Chronicles ► Album Rock >> 1987
● Tiffany —— Hold An Old Friend’s Hand ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● Don Dokken —— Up From The Ashes ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal >> 1990
● Carcass —— Necroticism – Descanting The Insalubrious ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1991
● Grand Funk Railroad —— Bosnia ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● Artension —— Phoenix Rising ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal >> 1997
● Little Feat —— Kickin’ It At The Barn ► Southern Rock >> 2003
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Live At The Atlanta International Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970 ► Southern Rock >> 2003
● Rush —— Rush In Rio ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2003