Here’s a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note):
May 05
● The Rascals —— Peaceful World ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1971
● Paul Simon —— There Goes Rhymin’ Simon ► Folk-Pop >> 1973
● The James Gang —— Newborn ► Blues-Rock >> 1975
● Parliament —— Live: P-Funk Earth Tour ► Funk >> 1977
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Stranger In Town ► Album Rock >> 1978
● Saxon —— Wheels Of Steel ► Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Hard Promises ► Album Rock >> 1981
● Sodom —— In The Sign Of Evil ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1984
● The Style Council —— Home And Abroad ► Synth-Pop >> 1986
● The Moody Blues —— The Other Side Of Life ► Prog Rock >> 1986
● Sonia —— Everybody Knows ► Pop/MOR >> 1990
● Neville Brothers —— Family Groove ► Soul (New Orleans) >> 1992
● Gregg Alexander —— Intoxifornication ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Steve Earle —— I Feel Alright ► Alt. Country >> 1996
● Meredith Brooks —— Blurring The Edges ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Paul McCartney —— Flaming Pie ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Styx —— Return To Paradise ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1997
● Humble Pie —— The Scrubbers Session ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● ALL —— Mass Nerder ► Punk Rock/Pop-Punk >> 1998
May 06
● Manfred Mann —— The Mighty Quinn ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Poco —— Poco ► Country-Rock >> 1970
● Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway —— Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway ► Pop-Soul >> 1972
● Denny Laine —— Holly Days ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1977
● Camel —— The Single Factor ► Prog Rock >> 1982
● The Cure —— Standing On A Beach ► Post-Punk >> 1986
● Ash —— 1977 [UK] ► Punk-Pop >> 1996
● Hanson —— Middle Of Nowhere ► Pop-Rock/Teen Pop >> 1997
● The Bee Gees —— Still Waters ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Joe Jackson/Graham Maby/Gary Burke —— Summer In The City ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Jack Johnson —— On And On ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2003
● David Cook —— Analog Heart ► Post-Grunge Pop-Rock >> 2006
May 07
● Bay City Rollers —— Once Upon A Star ► Power Pop >> 1975
● Elvis Presley —— Today ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● The Human League —— Hysteria ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1984
● James Brown —— Star Time ► Soul >> 1991
● At The Gates —— With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1993
● Pantera —— The Great Southern Trendkill ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 1996
● Guttermouth —— Teri Yakimoto ► Punk Rock >> 1996
● Westlife —— Westlife ► Teen Pop/Boy Band >> 2000
● The Black Crowes —— Lions ► Southern Rock >> 2001
May 08
● The Jackson 5 —— ABC ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● The Beatles —— Let It Be ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Wishbone Ash —— Argus ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● The Kinks —— Preservation Act 2 ► British Rock >> 1974
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Legend ► Roots Reggae >> 1984
● Phish —— Junta ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 1989
● Simple Minds —— Street Fighting Years ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1989
● Paula Abdul —— Shut Up And Dance ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Wilson Phillips —— Wilson Phillips ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Filter —— Short Bus ► Industrial Rock >> 1995
● Paul Simon —— Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar ► Folk-Pop >> 2000
● Pablo Cruise —— The Best Of Pablo Cruise ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
May 09
● Paul Revere & The Raiders —— Midnight Ride ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Ambrose Slade —— Beginnings ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● George Harrison —— Electronic Sound [UK] ► Art-Rock >> 1969
● Henry Cow —— In Praise Of Learning ► Prog Rock/Avant-Garde >> 1975
● Linton Kwesi Johnson —— Bass Culture ► Dub Poetry >> 1980
● The Style Council —— Internationalists ► Synth-Pop >> 1985
● The Style Council —— Our Favourite Shop ► Synth-Pop >> 1985
● John (Cougar) Mellencamp —— Big Daddy ► Roots Rock >> 1989
● 808 State —— Ex:El ► Acid House >> 1991
● Kenny G —— The Very Best Of Kenny G ► Jazz-Pop >> 1994
● Babes In Toyland —— Nemesisters ► Hard Rock/Riot Grrl >> 1995
● Jamiroquai —— The Return Of The Space Cowboy ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Bad Religion —— The New America ► Punk Rock >> 2000
● Chris Isaak —— Best Of Chris Isaak ► Adult Contemporary >> 2006
● Snow Patrol —— Eyes Open ► Alt. Rock >> 2006
● Korn —— Live & Rare ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 2006
● Neil Young —— Living With War ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Against All Authority —— The Restoration Of Chaos & Order ► Ska-Punk >> 2006
● Gnarls Barkley —— St. Elsewhere ► Alt. Rap >> 2006
● Red Hot Chili Peppers —— Stadium Arcadium ► Alt. Funk-Rock >> 2006
● Paul Simon —— Surprise ► Folk-Pop >> 2006
May 10
● Elton John —— 11-17-70 ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Jethro Tull —— Thick As A Brick ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Bill Wyman —— Monkey Grip ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● The Birthday Party —— Junkyard ► Post-Punk Goth Rock >> 1982
● Duran Duran —— Rio ► Synth-Pop >> 1982
● Ministry —— With Sympathy ► Industrial Metal >> 1983
● Twisted Sister —— Stay Hungry ► Hair Metal >> 1984
● Teddy Pendergrass —— Joy ► Soul-Pop >> 1988
● Prince —— Lovesexy ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● The Pointer Sisters —— Right Rhythm ► Electro-dance-pop >> 1990
● Steelheart —— Steelheart ► Hair Metal >> 1990
● Blur —— Modern Life Is Rubbish ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1993
● Danielle Brisebois —— Arrive All Over You ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● The Pretenders —— Last Of The Independents ► Post-Punk >> 1994
● Indigo Girls —— Swamp Ophelia ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Weezer —— Weezer (The Blue Album) ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 1994
● Weezer —— Make Believe ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2005
● Dave Matthews Band —— Stand Up ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2005
● The Cars —— Move Like This ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Aerosmith —— Tough Love: Best Of The Ballads ► Hard Rock >> 2011
May 11
● The Small Faces —— Small Faces ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1966
● Various Artists —— Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More ► Rock n Roll >> 1970
● The Meters —— Cabbage Alley ► Funk >> 1972
● Hawkwind —— The Space Ritual Alive In Liverpool And London ► Space Rock >> 1973
● Wishbone Ash —— Wishbone Four ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● The Cure —— Three Imaginary Boys ► Post-Punk >> 1979
● Grace Jones —— Nightclubbing ► Club-Dance/Post-Disco >> 1981
● Eurythmics —— Be Yourself Tonight ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Simple Minds —— Live In The City Of Light ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1987
● Bathory —— Under The Sign Of The Black Mark ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1987
● Stevie Nicks —— The Other Side Of The Mirror ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Soundgarden —— Screaming Life/Fopp ► Grunge >> 1990
● Toto —— Kingdom Of Desire ► Pop-Rock/Arena Rock >> 1993
● New Order —— Republic ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Aimee Mann —— Whatever ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— The Best Of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds [UK] ► Alt Rock >> 1998
● Ash —— Nu-Clear Sounds ► Punk-Pop >> 1999
● Ricky Martin —— Ricky Martin ► Latin Dance-Pop >> 1999