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):
Sep 15
● Otis Redding —— In The Meantime ► Memphis Soul >> 1965
● Jefferson Airplane —— A Gene Vincent Record Date ► Psychedelic Rock (SFO) >> 1966
● The Kinks —— Natural Resources ► British Rock >> 1967
● The Band —— Third Album ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● Bobby Womack —— LaBelle ► Soul-Funk >> 1971
● Deep Purple —— All The Young Dudes ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Grand Funk Railroad —— Bigger Than The Both Of Us ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● John Denver —— Blackheart Man ► Folk-Pop >> 1972
● Poco —— Pieces Of Eight ► Country-Rock >> 1973
● Hall & Oates —— Stage ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● David Crosby & Graham Nash —— Tracks On Wax 4 ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Pink Floyd —— Never For Ever ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Frank Zappa —— …Happily Ever After ► Art Rock >> 1978
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Security ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Motörhead —— Bouncing Off The Satellites ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Crash ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Ric Ocasek —— Go On… ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Donna Summer —— Hold Your Fire ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● The Ramones —— A Momentary Lapse Of Reason ► Punk-Rock >> 1987
● Tiffany —— Suffer ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Love And Rockets —— Sweet Oblivion ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Rick Wakeman —— Antichrist Superstar ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Michael Penn —— Vegas ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Bad 4 Good —— Celebrity Skin ► Heavy Metal/Teen Metal >> 1992
● New Edition —— Hologram Of Baal ► Soul-Pop >> 1996
● America —— In An Expression Of The Inexpressible ► Folk-Rock >> 1998
● Marilyn Manson —— Beyond The Veil ► Heavy Metal/Alt Metal >> 1998
● Death —— Dance Of Death ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1998
● The Human League —— Life Of Leisure [EP] ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 2003
● Ace Frehley —— Joy ► Pop-Metal >> 2009
Sep 16
● Neil Diamond —— Party Time ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Jimi Hendrix Experience —— Queen: Live At The Rainbow ’74 ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1968
● Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell —— Recorded Live On Stage ► Soul – Motown >> 1969
● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Mann Made Hits ► Soul – Motown >> 1969
● Diana Ross —— Then Play On ► Soul – Motown >> 1977
● Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane —— Imagine ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Talking Heads —— Tarzana Kid ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1977
● Rory Gallagher —— Signals ► Blues-Rock >> 1979
● John (Cougar) Mellencamp —— Don’t Stand Me Down ► Roots Rock >> 1980
● Gary Numan —— Earth, Sun, Moon ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1983
● Deep Purple —— Two Fires ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● Kiss —— Blue Rock ► Hard Rock >> 1985
● Slayer —— On Every Street ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● The Waterboys —— Like Cats And Dogs ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Lizzy Borden —— Behind The Eyes ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal >> 1987
● Eazy-E —— S.C.I.E.N.C.E. ► Gangsta Rap >> 1988
● Talk Talk —— Frank Black And The Catholics ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Jonathan Richman —— Continuum ► College Rock >> 1992
● Gloria Estefan —— Golden Prize [Japan] ► Latin Pop >> 1990
● Buena Vista Social Club —— Eric Clapton’s Rainbow Concert ► Afro-Cuban Jazz >> 1997
● Brooks & Dunn —— Good Old Boys ► Country-Rock >> 1997
● Death In Vegas —— Roxy & Elsewhere ► Electronic Pop >> 2002
● Joss Stone —— Alive! ► Soul (Neo-Soul) >> 2003
Sep 17
● Manfred Mann —— Hard Rain ► Rock n Roll >> 1964
● Colosseum —— Songs In The Attic ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1971
● Scorpions —— Silk Electric ► Heavy Metal >> 1975
● Ringo Starr —— The Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Frank Zappa —— Boomania ► Art Rock >> 1979
● The Doobie Brothers —— Catfish Rising ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Phil Lynott —— Even Cowgirls Get The Blues ► Album Rock >> 1982
● General Public —— Solace ► New Wave Ska Pop >> 1984
● Thompson Twins —— Mr. Happy Go Lucky ► New Wave Dance-pop >> 1985
● Yes —— New Adventures In Hi-Fi ► Prog Rock >> 1987
● Frank Zappa —— Test For Echo ► Classical Fusion >> 1987
● Cocteau Twins —— The Essential Alison Moyet ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Mariah Carey —— Hometime ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Ozzy Osbourne —— The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann [UK] ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Hole —— Of Cabbages And Kings ► Grunge >> 1991
● Steve Earle —— Smiley Smile ► Alt. Country >> 1991
● Uncle Tupelo —— The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1991
● Guns N’ Roses —— Giant For A Day ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Guns N’ Roses —— Head Games ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● KMFDM —— Rage In Eden ► Heavy Metal >> 1992
● Cake —— Falco 3 ► Alt Rock/College Rock >> 1996
● The Cardigans —— The Sport Of Kings ► Power Pop >> 1996
● ZZ Top —— Crest Of A Knave ► Blues-Rock >> 1996
● Hall & Oates —— Together Again ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
Sep 18
● Fleetwood Mac —— Brave And Crazy ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Black Sabbath —— We Too Are One ► Hard Rock >> 1970
● Elephant’s Memory —— Cherry Pie ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1972
● Ace Frehley —— Under The Red Sky ► Pop-Metal >> 1978
● Hall & Oates —— Stills Alone ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Twisted Sister —— The Great Escape ► Hair Metal >> 1982
● Dokken —— A Man And A Woman ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Kiss —— Butterfly ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● The Replacements —— Step One [UK] ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Glass Tiger —— Dig It ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Kiss —— Glitter [Sndtrk] ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Janet Jackson —— Love And Theft ► Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Derek & The Dominos —— Tempest ► Blues-Rock >> 1990
● The Easybeats —— “Let Me Sing” ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1992
● At The Drive-In —— Through The Past Darkly (Big Hits, Vol. 2) ► Punk Rock >> 1997
● Fantastic Plastic Machine —— G.I.T.: Get It Together ► Trip Hop >> 1998
● Björk —— Fighting ► Trip Hop >> 2000
● Phish —— A New World Record ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2001
● Phish —— Chicago XI ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2001
● Phish —— Black Sea ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2001
● Phish —— Scary Monsters ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2001
● Phish —— Sister Feelings Call ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2001
● Billy Idol —— Sons And Fascination ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Free —— Heads Or Tales ► Hard Rock/Blues-Rock >> 2006
● Pearl Jam —— Labour Of Love ► Hard Rock >> 2007
● Paul Simon —— Like This ► Folk-Pop >> 2012
● Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ —— VIVIsectVI ► Southern Rock >> 2012
Sep 19
● Elvis Presley —— Pump ► Rock n Roll >> 1958
● King Curtis —— Never, Neverland ► Soul >> 1961
● Mick Jagger —— D. I. Go Pop ► Rock >> 1970
● Dave Mason —— Circus ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Linda Ronstadt —— Planet B.A.D. ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Country Joe McDonald —— Roots To Branches ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● White Spirit —— Dynamite ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Triumph —— Between The Bridges ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Luther Vandross —— Mi Reflejo ► Smooth Soul >> 1986
● Paul McCartney —— Relationship Of Command ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Cocteau Twins —— Black & White 050505 ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● Bon Jovi —— Life in Slow Motion ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Level 42 —— And I Feel Fine…The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1988
● Anthrax —— Face The Promise ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1988
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Fingerprints ► Alt Rock >> 1988
● Enya —— Welcome To The Drama Club ► Jazz-Pop >> 1988
● David Bowie —— Death Magnetic ► Glam Rock >> 1989
● Obituary —— My Little Red Book Of Winners! ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1990
● The Tragically Hip —— If I Were A Carpenter ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Kylie Minogue —— Close To The Edge ► Dance-Pop >> 1994
● The Flaming Lips —— Heros Are Hard To Find ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1995
● Michael Bolton —— I’ve Got My Own Album To Do ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Pink Floyd —— Nightbirds ► Prog Rock >> 1995
● Son Volt —— Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Sndtrk] ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1995
● AFI —— The Dreaming ► Hardcore Punk >> 2000
● Madonna —— New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Björk —— Animalize ► Trip Hop >> 2000
● The Church —— Tooth And Nail ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2005
● Indigo Girls —— In Square Circle ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Weather Report —— Ancient Heart ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2006
● The Black Crowes —— Rank ► Southern Rock >> 2006
Sep 20
● The Stills-Young Band —— See The Light ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Yes —— Truth And Soul ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Foreign Affair ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Poco —— Boss Drum ► Country-Rock >> 1982
● Dire Straits —— Show ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Bruce Springsteen —— Four ► Album Rock >> 1982
● Renaissance —— From The Cradle ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers —— If I Were A Carpenter ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Kate Bush —— Live ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Ready To Die ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Luther Vandross —— Yellow Submarine Songtrack ► Smooth Soul >> 1988
● BulletBoys —— Souls Alike ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal >> 1988
● Ween —— Going Back ► Avant Garde/Lo-Fi >> 1991
● Seam —— The Essential Aerosmith ► Indie Rock >> 1993
● Liz Phair —— Play The Blues Live From Jazz At Lincolcn Center ► Indie Rock >> 1994
● Jamiroquai —— The Sea Of Memories ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Rae & Christian —— The Doris Day Christmas Album ► Electronic Dance Mix >> 1999
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— (Untitled) ► Alt Rock >> 2004
● Bryan Adams —— Crisis? What Crisis? ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Bon Jovi —— Stormwatch ► Arena Rock >> 2005
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Abacab ► Soul-Funk >> 2005
● Pearl Jam —— Introduce Yourself ► Hard Rock >> 2011
Sep 21
● Billy Preston —— Primitive Cool ► Funk >> 1973
● Thin Lizzy —— Armed Audio Warfare ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Foghat —— Blind Melon ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Cheap Trick —— A Little Light Music [UK] ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1979
● Sheena Easton —— August And Everything After ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Luther Vandross —— The Hits/The B-Sides ► Smooth Soul >> 1982
● Janet Jackson —— A Little More Magic ► Pop-Soul >> 1982
● America —— Live ► Folk-Rock >> 1984
● Various Artists —— Millenium ► Mixed Rock >> 1987
● Phish —— Some Fantastic Place ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 1990
● Indigo Girls —— In A Bar, Under The Sea [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● ABBA —— Amarte Es Un Placer ► Euro-Pop >> 1992
● Led Zeppelin —— Avenue B ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Sting —— Deja Voodoo ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Scorpions —— Dreamland ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Nirvana —— Draw The Line ► Grunge >> 1993
● Led Zeppelin —— Hurley ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Bad Religion —— Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul ► Punk Rock >> 1993
● Melissa Etheridge —— Jefferson Airplane Takes Off ► Roots Rock >> 1993
● Skunk Anansie —— Something Else By The Kinks ► Heavy Metal >> 1995
● Diabolical Masquerade —— Cahoots ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1998
● The Church —— Communication ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1999
● Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ —— Fireball ► Southern Rock >> 1999
● Pete Townshend —— Phoenix ► Prog Rock >> 1999
● Tori Amos —— Rocky Mountain High ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Green Day —— Crazy Eyes ► Alt. Rock >> 2004
● John Fogerty —— Daryl Hall & John Oates ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● John Waite —— Wind On The Water ► Power Pop >> 2004