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 22
● Donovan —— Fairytale [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1965
● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin II ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● Kiss —— Hotter Than Hell ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Elton John —— Blue Moves ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Cher —— Prisoner ► Pop-Disco >> 1979
● The Cure —— Concert: The Cure Live ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● Paul McCartney —— Give My Regards To Broad Street ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller —— Classical Gas ► Folk-Rock >> 1987
● Ozzy Osbourne —— No Rest For The Wicked ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Pet Shop Boys —— Behavior ► Electro-pop/Dance >> 1990
● Matthew Sweet —— Girlfriend ► Power Pop >> 1991
● Death —— Human ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1991
● Sarah McLachlan —— Fumbling Towards Ecstasy ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Phil Collins —— Dance Into The Light ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Journey —— Trial By Fire ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1996
● The Dillenger Escape Plan —— Under The Running Board ► Heavy Metal/Mathcore >> 1998
● The Cranberries —— Wake Up And Smell The Coffee ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Santana —— Shaman ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2002
● Ray Davies —— Working Man’s Café ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
Oct 23
● Frank Zappa —— Chunga’s Revenge ► Art Rock >> 1970
● Genesis —— Trespass ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Al Green —— I’m Still in Love With You ► Soul (Southern) >> 1972
● Harry Chapin —— On The Road To Kingdom Come ► Folk-Pop >> 1976
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Almost Blue ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Sammy Hagar —— Standing Hampton ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Willie Nelson —— Without A Song ► Outlaw Country >> 1983
● Wham! —— Make It Big ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Iggy Pop —— Blah Blah Blah ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Terence Trent D’Arby —— Neither Fish Nor Flesh (A Soundtrack Of Love, Faith, Hope & Destruction) ► Pop-R&B >> 1989
● Betty Boo —— Boomania ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Deep Purple —— Slaves And Masters ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Ozzmosis ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Atomic Kitten —— Right Now ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Bush —— Golden State ► Grunge Rock >> 2001
● Incubus —— Morning View ► Funk Metal >> 2001
● Toni Braxton —— Snowflakes ► Soul-Pop >> 2001
● Mötley Crüe —— Carnival Of Sins: Live, Vols. 1-2 ► Heavy Metal >> 2007
● Neil Young —— Chrome Dreams II ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● Heart —— Dreamboat Annie Live ► Album Rock >> 2007
● Robert Plant & Alison Krauss —— Raising Sand ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
Oct 24
● Grateful Dead —— Grateful Dead (Live Skull & Roses) ► Country-Rock >> 1971
● John Lennon —— Shaved Fish ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Roxy Music —— Siren ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Rory Gallagher —— Calling Card ► Blues-Rock >> 1976
● Cheap Trick —— All Shook Up ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1980
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Organisation ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1980
● Billy Idol —— Don’t Stop ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Stryper —— To Hell With The Devil ► Heavy Metal/Christian >> 1986
● Dead Can Dance —— The Serpent’s Egg ► Folk-Pop >> 1988
● Brenda Lee —— A Brenda Lee Christmas ► Country-Pop >> 1991
● Silver Jews —— Starlite Walker ► Alt Rock/Indie Rock >> 1994
● 20 Fingers —— 20 Fingers ► Dance-Pop >> 1995
● The Pretenders —— The Isle Of View ► Post-Punk >> 1995
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— It’s A Mystery ► Album Rock >> 1995
● Simply Red —— Life ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1995
● The Smashing Pumpkins —— Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Anthrax —— Stomp 442 ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1995
● Linkin Park —— Hybrid Theory ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● Christina Aguilera —— My Kind Of Christmas ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
Oct 25
● Jimi Hendrix Experience —— Electric Ladyland [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1968
● Pink Floyd —— Ummagumma ► Prog Rock >> 1969
● Chicago —— At Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1-4 (Chicago IV) ► Jazz-Rock >> 1971
● The Doors —— Other Voices ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Jeff Beck Group —— Rough And Ready ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Poco —— A Good Feelin’ to Know ► Country-Rock >> 1972
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Natty Dread ► Roots Reggae >> 1974
● Paul Simon —— Still Crazy After All These Years ► Folk-Pop >> 1975
● Al Di Meola —— Land Of The Midnight Sun ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● Joe Walsh —— You Can’t Argue With A Sick Mind ► Blues-Rock >> 1976
● Aretha Franklin —— Aretha ► Soul >> 1980
● Culture Club —— Waking Up With The House On Fire ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1984
● The Cars —— Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Howard Jones —— One To One ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1986
● The Traveling Wilburys —— Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Frank Zappa —— You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 ► Art Rock >> 1988
● Joni Mitchell —— Turbulent Indigo ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Madonna —— Bedtime Stories ► Dance-Pop >> 1994
● Bob Seger —— Greatest Hits ► Album Rock >> 1994
● Common Sense —— Resurrection ► Underground Rap >> 1994
● Madonna —— Evita [Sndtrk] ► Dance-Pop >> 1996
● The Brian Jones Massacre —— Thank God For Mental Illness ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1996
● Faithless —— Sunday 8PM/Saturday 3AM ► Trip-hop/Dance >> 1999
● Bette Midler —— Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook ► Female Vocalist >> 2005
● Aerosmith —— Rockin’ The Joint ► Hard Rock >> 2005
Oct 26
● Sam & Dave —— Soul Men ► Soul >> 1967
● Diana Ross And Marvin Gaye —— Diana & Marvin ► Soul >> 1973
● Neil Diamond —— Serenade ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● The Fall —— Dragnet ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1979
● Pat Benatar —— In The Heat Of The Night ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● J. Geils Band —— Freeze-Frame ► Blues-Rock >> 1981
● Gary Numan —— Berserker ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1984
● Meat Loaf —— Live At Wembley ► Arena Rock >> 1987
● Hooters —— Zig Zag ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1989
● The Velvet Underground —— Live MCMXCIII ► Alt. Rock >> 1993
● 10,000 Maniacs —— MTV Unplugged ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● The Cure —— Paris ► Post-Punk >> 1993
● Blur —— The Special Collectors Edition ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1994
● Napalm Death —— Words From The Exit Wound [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore >> 1998
● Akinyele —— Aktapuss ► Dirty Rap >> 1999
● B*Witched —— Awake And Breathe ► Pop/Girl Group >> 1999
● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— Looking Forward ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Incubus —— Make Yourself ► Funk Metal >> 1999
● Bush —— The Science Of Things ► Grunge Rock >> 1999
● Genesis —— Turn It On Again: The Hits ► Prog Rock >> 1999
Oct 27
● Ten Years After —— Ten Years After ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Johnny Winter —— Second Winter ► Blues-Rock >> 1969
● Ten Years After —— A Space In Time ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Stevie Wonder —— Talking Book ► Pop-R&B >> 1972
● Angel —— Angel ► Heavy Metal >> 1975
● Bobby Womack —— Safety Zone ► Smooth Soul >> 1975
● Slade —— Slade Alive, Vol. 2 ► Hard Rock >> 1978
● Motörhead —— Bomber ► Heavy Metal >> 1979
● Hawkwind —— Levitation ► Space Rock >> 1980
● Ringo Starr —— Stop And Smell The Roses ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Prince —— 1999 ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● George Harrison —— Gone Troppo ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Bob Dylan —— Infidels ► Folk-Rock >> 1983
● Celtic Frost —— To Mega Therion ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● XTC —— Skylarking ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Robbie Robertson —— Robbie Robertson ► Roots Rock >> 1987
● Neil Young —— Harvest Moon ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Jefferson Airplane —— Jefferson Airplane Loves You ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1992
● AC/DC —— Live ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Michael Nesmith —— Tropical Campfires ► Country-Rock >> 1992
● Ayreon —— The Final Experiment ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal >> 1995
● John Lennon —— Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of JoHn Lennon ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Simon & Garfunkel —— Old Friends ► Folk-Pop >> 1997
● The Afghan Whigs —— 1965 ► Post-Punk >> 1998
● Bryan Adams —— On A Day Like Today ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● R.E.M. —— Up ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Haunted —— Made Me Do It ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 2000
● Genesis —— Turn It On Again: The Hits – The Tour Collection ► Prog Rock >> 2008
● Jack Johnson —— En Concert ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2009
● Sting —— If On A Winter’s Night… ► Pop-Rock >> 2009
● Stephen Stills —— Live At Shepherd’s Bush ► Folk-Rock >> 2009
● Spandau Ballet —— Once More ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 2009
Oct 28
● The Kinks —— Face To Face ► British Rock >> 1966
● Neil Young —— Decade ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● Rush —— Hemispheres ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1978
● Bob Dylan —— Biograph ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Oingo Boingo —— Dead Man’s Party ► New Wave Ska-Pop >> 1985
● Iron Maiden —— Somewhere In Time ► Heavy Metal >> 1996
● Mike + The Mechanics —— Living Years ► Brit Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Deborah Harry —— Def, Dumb & Blonde ► New Eave Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Richard Marx —— Rush Street ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Genesis —— We Can’t Dance ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Bob Dylan —— World Gone Wrong ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Millencolin —— Tiny Toons ► Euro-punk >> 1994
● The Beatles —— Anthology 3 ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Michael McDonald —— Blue Obsession ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1997
● Kiss —— Carnival Of Souls: The Final Sessions ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● The Aquabats —— The Fury Of The Aquabats ► Ska-Punk Revival >> 1997
● Dave Matthews Band —— Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95 ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Asia —— Live in Koln ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● The Moody Blues —— December ► Prog Rock >> 2003
● The Cure —— 4:13 Dream ► Post-Punk >> 2008
