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 19
● Brenda Lee —— Johnny One Time ► Country-Pop >> 1969
● Spiral Starecase —— More Today Than Yesterday ► Psychedelic Pop >> 1969
● Poco —— Pickin’ Up The Pieces ► Country-Rock >> 1969
● Uriah Heep —— Demons & Wizards ► Prog. Rock >> 1972
● Elton John —— Honky Chateau ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
● The Kinks —— Misfits ► British Rock >> 1978
● The Ramones —— Animal Boy ► Punk-Rock >> 1986
● Prince —— Parade ► R&B-Pop >> 1986
● Peter Gabriel —— So ► Prog Rock >> 1986
● The Cure —— Staring At The Sea: The Singles ► Post-Punk >> 1986
● Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam —— Spanish Fly ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Kiss —— Revenge ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Billy Ray Cyrus —— Some Gave All ► Country-Pop >> 1992
● Kansas —— Always Never The Same ► Arena Rock >> 1998
● Calexico —— The Black Light ► Alt Rock/Americana >> 1998
● Spandau Ballet —— Live At N.E.C. ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 2005
● Eric Clapton And Steve Winwood —— Live From Madison Square Garden ► Blues-Rock >> 2009
● Gin Blossoms —— Live In Concert ► Power Pop >> 2009
May 20
● Climax Blues Band —— Sense Of Direction ► Blues-Rock >> 1974
● David Bowie —— Changesonebowie ► Glam Rock >> 1976
● The Jam —— In The City ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Kiss —— Unmasked ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Elton John —— The Fox ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Savatage —— Power Of The Night ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal >> 1985
● Various Artists —— Beverly Hills Cop II [Sndtrk] ► Album Rock >> 1987
● Manic Street Preachers —— Everything Must Go ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Soilwork —— Steelbath Suicide ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1996
● Michael Jackson —— Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix ► Dance-Pop >> 1997
● John Fogerty —— Blue Moon Swamp ► Roots Rock >> 1997
● Blues Brothers —— Blues Brothers & Friends: Live From The House Of Blues ► Blues-Rock >> 1997
● Millencolin —— For Monkeys ► Euro-punk >> 1997
● James Taylor —— Hourglass ► Folk-Rock >> 1997
● The Tragically Hip —— Live Between Us ► Folk-Rock >> 1997
● Foo Fighters —— Colour And The Shape, The ► Grunge Rock >> 1997
● Peter Cetera —— You’re The Inspiration: A Collection ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Bracket —— When All Else Fails ► Punk Rock >> 2000
● Boz Scaggs —— But Beautiful ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 17 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2003
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 18 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2003
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 19 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2003
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 20 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2003
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— The Promise ► Soul-Funk >> 2003
May 21
● Stevie Wonder —— Recorded Live! The 12-Year Old Genius ► Soul – Pop >> 1963
● Paul & Linda McCartney —— Ram [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Marvin Gaye —— What’s Going On ► Soul – Motown >> 1971
● Blue Öyster Cult —— Agents Of Fortune ► Metal >> 1976
● Saxon —— Saxon ► Heavy Metal >> 1979
● Paul McCartney —— McCartney II ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● John Waite —— Ignition ► Power Pop >> 1982
● Joe Walsh —— You Bought It – You Name It ► Blues-Rock >> 1983
● Cinderella —— Long Cold Winter ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● Poison —— Open Up And Say…Ahh! ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal >> 1988
● Soul II Soul —— Vol. II: 1990 – A New Beginning ► Dance-Pop/Electronic >> 1990
● Helloween —— Pink Bubbles Go Ape ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1991
● The Wallflowers —— Bringing Down The Horse ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Soundgarden —— The Great Lost Kinks Album ► Grunge >> 1996
● Jason Becker —— Perspective ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Scorpions —— Pure Instinct ► Heavy Metal >> 1996
● Everything But The Girl —— Walking Wounded ► Electro-Pop >> 1996
● The Cure —— Wild Mood Swings ► Post-Punk >> 1996
● Arch Enemy —— Burning Bridges ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1999
● Poison —— Hollyweird ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal >> 2002
● Bad Company —— In Concert: Merchants Of Cool ► Hard Rock >> 2002
● Three Dog Night —— Three Dog Night With The London Symphony Orchestra ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2002
● Soundgarden —— Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) ► Grunge >> 2012
May 22
● The Monkees —— Headquarters ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Minnie Riperton —— Adventures In Paradise ► Soul-Pop >> 1975
● Smokey Robinson —— Where There’s Smoke… ► Soul – Motown >> 1979
● Diana Ross —— Diana ► Soul – Motown >> 1980
● Toyah —— Anthem ► Punk Rock >> 1981
● David Bowie & Tin Machine —— Tin Machine ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Madonna —— I’m Breathless [Sndtrk] ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● The Pretenders —— Packed! ► Post-Punk >> 1990
● Andrew Ridgeley —— Son Of Albert ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Spiritualized —— Lazer Guided Melodies ► Space Rock/Shoegaze >> 1992
● Stabbing Westward —— Stabbing Westward ► Industrial Rock >> 2001
● The Tubes —— Hoods From Outer Space ► Alt. Rock >> 2002
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Black Rain ► Hard Rock >> 2007
May 23
● Marvin Gaye —— Moods Of Marvin Gaye ► Soul – Motown >> 1966
● Brenda Lee —— Ten Golden Years ► Country-Pop >> 1966
● Cilla Black —— Surround Yourself With Cilla ► Pop/Merseybeat >> 1969
● The Who —— Tommy ► British Rock >> 1969
● Rory Gallagher —— Rory Gallagher ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● The Jackson 5 —— Lookin’ Through The Windows ► Soul – Motown >> 1972
● Elton John —— Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Diana Ross —— The Boss ► Disco >> 1979
● Kiss —— Dynasty ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Graham Parker —— The Up Escalator ► Pub Rock >> 1980
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Confrontation ► Roots Reggae >> 1983
● Rod Stewart —— Out Of Order ► Blues-Rock >> 1988
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Up Your Alley ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● The Ramones —— Brain Drain ► Punk-Rock >> 1989
● Wang Chung —— The Warmer Side Of Cool ► New Wave/Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Stevie Nicks —— Street Angel ► Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Chris Isaak —— Forever Blue ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Bad Brains —— God Of Love ► Post-Punk/Hardcore >> 1995
● Squirrel Nut Zippers —— The Inevitable ► Swing Revival >> 1995
● The Rembrandts —— L.P. ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Chicago —— Night & Day ► Big Band >> 1995
● Jerry Lee Lewis —— Young Blood ► Rock n Roll >> 1995
● Rae & Christian —— Blazing The Crop ► Electronic Dance Mix >> 2000
● Charlie Watts —— Charlie Watts/Jim Keltner Project ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2000
● Wilson Phillips —— Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Don Henley —— Inside Job ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Matchbox Twenty —— Mad Season ► Alt. Rock >> 2000
● Eminem —— The Marshall Mathers LP ► Hip-Hop >> 2000
● XTC —— Wasp Star: Apple Venus, Vol. 2 ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Jeff Beck —— Official Bootleg USA ’06 ► Instrumental Rock >> 2007
May 24
● The Small Faces —— Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1968
● Harry Nilsson —— Son Of Dracula [Sndtrk] [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Robert Hunter —— Tales Of The Great Rum Runners ► Country-Rock >> 1974
● Neil Diamond —— Headed For The Future ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● AC/DC —— Who Made Who ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Van Halen —— OU812 ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Camper Van Beethoven —— Our Beloved ► Punk-Folk-Ska Fusion >> 1988
● ABBA —— More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits ► Euro-Pop >> 1993
● Jimmy Buffett —— Fruitcakes ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● The Beastie Boys —— Ill Communication ► Rap >> 1994
● Jeru The Damaja —— The Sun Rises In The East ► East Coast Rap >> 1994
● Dark Tranquility —— Exposures – In Retrospect And Denial ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 2004
● Avril Lavigne —— Under My Skin ► Alt. Pop/Pop-punk >> 2004
May 25
● Chad & Jeremy —— Before And After ► Folk-Pop >> 1965
● Young-Holt Unlimited —— Oh, Girl ► Pop-Soul >> 1972
● Mike Oldfield —— Tubular Bells ► Instrumental >> 1973
● David Gilmour —— David Gilmour [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● AC/DC —— Powerage ► Hard Rock >> 1978
● Spandau Ballet —— Diamond ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 1982
● Queen —— Hot Space ► Glam Rock >> 1982
● Dio —— Holy Diver ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Spandau Ballet —— Parade ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 1984
● Death —— Scream Bloody Gore ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1987
● Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam —— Straight To The Sky ► Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Jeff Healey Band —— Hell To Pay ► Blues-Rock >> 1990
● Mellow Man Ace —— The Brother With Two Tongues ► Latin Rap/House >> 1992
● Donald Fagen —— Kamakiriad ► Jazz-Rock >> 1993
● Marc Cohn —— The Rainy Season ► Adult Contemporary >> 1993
● Anthrax —— The Sound Of White Noise ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1993
● Talisman —— Humanimal (Part 1) ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● The Pietasters —— Ooloodoo ► Ska/Soul >> 1995
● Tricky —— Angels With Dirty Faces ► Electronic Trip-Hop >> 1998
● Anti-Flag —— A New Kind Of Army ► Punk Rock >> 1999
● Kylie Minogue —— Confide In Me ► Dance-Pop >> 2002
● Wilson Phillips —— California ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Iron Maiden —— Flight 666 ► Heavy Metal >> 2009
● Simple Minds —— Graffiti Soul ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2009