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):
Nov 02
● Cream —— Disraeli Gears ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Creedence Clearwater Revival —— Willy And The Poor Boys ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Yes —— Time And A Word ► Prog Rock >> 1970
● John Lennon —— Mind Games ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Ringo Starr —— Ringo ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Miles Davis —— Water Babies ► Jazz/Be-Bop Fusion >> 1976
● The Police —— Outlandos d’Amour ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Paul McCartney & Wings —— Wings Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● The Damned —— Machine Gun Etiquette ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● Rory Gallagher —— Stage Struck ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Re-ac-tor ► Folk-Rock >> 1981
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Long After Dark ► Album Rock >> 1982
● Paul McCartney —— All The Best! ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Bryan Ferry —— Bete Noire ► Prog. Rock >> 1987
● George Harrison —— Cloud Nine ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Bad Religion —— No Control ► Punk Rock >> 1989
● The Smiths —— …Best II ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● The Smiths —— Best…I ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Madness —— Madstock! ► Ska Revival >> 1992
● Pink Floyd —— Shine On ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● k. d. lang —— Even Cowgirls Get The Blues ► Alt Country Rock >> 1993
● The Band —— Jericho ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Kate Bush —— The Red Shoes ► Art Rock >> 1993
● Dixie Chicks —— Shouldn’t Have Told You That ► Country-Rock >> 1993
● The Bee Gees —— Size Isn’t Everything ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Bryan Adams —— So Far So Good ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Bright Eyes —— Letting Off The Happiness ► Indie Rock/Emo >> 1998
● Oasis —— The Masterplan ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1998
● Genesis —— The Way We Walk, Vols. 1-2: The Shorts And Longs ► Prog Rock >> 1998
● Bane —— It All Comes Down To This ► Hardcore Punk >> 1999
● The Lovin’ Spoonful —— Live At The Hotel Seville ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Mariah Carey —— Rainbow ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Counting Crows —— This Desert Life ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1999
● 7 Walkers —— 7 Walkers ► Swampadelic Funk >> 2010
● Weezer —— Death To False Metal ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2010
● No Doubt —— Icon ► Ska-Pop >> 2010
● Elvis Costello —— National Ransom ► Country-Rock >> 2010
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— National Ransom ► Roots Rock >> 2010
Nov 03
● Elvis Presley —— Harum Scarum ► Rock n Roll >> 1965
● The Easybeats —— Volume 3 ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1966
● Diana Ross & The Supremes —— Cream Of The Crop ► Soul >> 1969
● Diana Ross —— Everything Is Everything ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● Hall & Oates —— Abandoned Luncheonette ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Neil Diamond —— Jonathan Livingston Seagull [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Triumph —— Rock & Roll Machine ► Arena Rock >> 1977
● The Jam —— All Mod Cons ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● Sly & The Family Stone —— Back On The Right Track ► Soul-Funk >> 1979
● Neil Young —— Hawks & Doves ► Folk-Rock >> 1980
● ABBA —— Super Trouper ► Euro-Pop >> 1980
● The Church —— Temperature Drop In Down Town Winterland [EP] ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1982
● Kim Wilde —— Another Step ► Hi-NRG >> 1986
● Kool & The Gang —— Forever ► Dance-Pop >> 1986
● John Lennon —— Menlove Ave. ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Your Funeral…My Trial ► Post-punk Alt Rock >> 1986
● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— American Dream ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● Grand Funk Railroad —— Grand Funk Railroad ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Bon Jovi —— Keep The Faith ► Arena Rock >> 1992
● Rage Against The Machine —— Rage Against The Machine ► Rap-Metal >> 1992
● Angra —— Angels Cry ► Heavy Metal/Brazilian Metal >> 1993
● Front Line Assembly —— [FLA]vour Of The Week ► Industrial Rock >> 1997
● Queen —— Queen Rocks ► Glam Rock >> 1997
● Beck —— Mutations ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Rolling Stones —— No Security ► Blues-Rock >> 1998
● The Bee Gees —— One Night Only ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Shamen —— UV ► Alt Rock/Electro-Psych >> 1998
● Vintersorg —— Cosmic Genesis ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal >> 2000
● Foo Fighters —— Greatest Hits ► Grunge Rock >> 2009
● Nirvana —— Live In Reading ► Grunge >> 2009
● Weezer —— Raditude ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2009
Nov 04
● The Rolling Stones —— Got Live If You Want It! ► Blues-Rock >> 1966
● The Allman Brothers Band —— The Allman Brothers Band ► Southern Rock >> 1969
● David Bowie —— Man Of Words/Man Of Music ► Glam Rock >> 1969
● David Bowie —— The Man Who Sold The World ► Glam Rock >> 1970
● Passport —— Hand Made ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1973
● The Temptations —— House Party ► Soul – Motown >> 1975
● Jean-Luc Ponty —— Imaginary Voyage ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● Rod Stewart —— Foot Loose & Fancy Free ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● The Ramones —— Rocket To Russia ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Black Sabbath —— Mob Rules ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Paul Simon —— Hearts And Bones ► Folk-Pop >> 1983
● Hawkwind —— This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic ► Space Rock >> 1984
● Hawkwind —— Anthology, Vol. 1 ► Space Rock >> 1985
● Barbra Streisand —— The Broadway Album ► Easy Listening >> 1985
● The Clash —— Cut The Crap ► Punk >> 1985
● The Pretenders —— Get Close ► Post-Punk >> 1986
● Megadeth —— Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● They Might Be Giants —— They Might Be Giants ► Alt. Rock >> 1986
● Sinead O’Connor —— The Lion And The Cobra ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Cocteau Twins —— The Box Set ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Aphex Twin —— Richard D. James Album ► Electronica – Dark Ambient >> 1996
● Soundgarden —— A-Sides ► Grange Rock >> 1997
● Shania Twain —— Come On Over ► 0 >> 1997
● Bad Manners —— Heavy Petting ► Ska Revival >> 1997
● Jane’s Addiction —— Kettle Whistle ► Alt. Rock >> 1997
● Asia —— Live In Philadelphia ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Spice Girls —— Spiceworld ► Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Harmonia —— Tracks And Traces ► Krautrock/Kosmische Musik >> 1997
● Evanescence —— Origin ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2000
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Peakin’ At The Beacon ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● Iron Maiden —— BBC Archives ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Iron Maiden —— Beast Over Hammersmith ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Iron Maiden —— Best Of The ‘B’ Sides ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Iron Maiden —— Edward The Great ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Sarah McLachlan —— Afterglow ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● Bob Seger —— Greatest Hits 2 ► Album Rock >> 2003
● Peter Gabriel —— Hit ► Prog Rock >> 2003
● Coldplay —— Live 2003 ► Alt. Rock/Brit Pop >> 2003
● Ben E. King —— Person To Person: Live At The Blue Note ► Soul >> 2003
● Stephen Stills —— Turnin’ Back The Pages ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● The Rolling Stones —— Live Licks ► Blues-Rock >> 2004
● Queen —— Queen On Fire – Live At The Bowl ► Glam Rock >> 2004
● Led Zeppelin —— The Definitive Collection ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Lou Reed —— Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse ► Hard Rock >> 2008
● ZZ Top —— Live From Texas ► Blues-Rock >> 2008
● Guns N’ Roses —— Appetite For Democracy ► Hard Rock >> 2014
Nov 05
● Manfred Mann —— Mann Made ► Folk-Pop >> 1965
● Barclay James Harvest —— Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Status Quo —— Dog Of Two Head ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Elton John —— Madman Across The Water ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Grateful Dead —— Europe ’72 ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● Various Artists —— All This And World War II [Sndtrk] ► Beatles Covers >> 1976
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— A Kiss In The Dreamhouse ► Post-Punk >> 1982
● Alison Moyet —— Alf ► New Wave Synth-pop >> 1984
● Phil Collins —— Serious Hits…Live! ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● My Bloody Valentine —— Loveless ► Indie Rock >> 1991
● Paul Simon —— Paul Simon’s Concert In The Park ► Folk-Pop >> 1991
● Oasis —— Definitely Maybe: Singles ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1996
● Johnny Cash —— Unchained ► Classic Country >> 1996
● The Clean —— Unknown Country ► Post-Punk >> 1996
● Simple Minds —— The Best Of Simple Minds ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2001
● Pink Floyd —— Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd ► Prog Rock >> 2001
● New Order —— Back To Mine ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Little Feat —— Live At The Rams Head ► Southern Rock >> 2002
● Eric Clapton —— One More Car, One More Rider ► Blues-Rock >> 2002
● The Church —— Parallel Universe ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2002
● Paul Simon —— The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don’t Know Where I’m Goin’ ► Folk-Pop >> 2002
● The Wallflowers —— Red Letter Days ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2002
● The Who —— View From A Backstage Pass ► British Rock >> 2007
● Bob Dylan —— The Complete Album Collection, Vol. 1 ► Folk-Rock >> 2013
● Kool & The Gang —— Kool For the Holidays ► Holiday Funk >> 2013
Nov 06
● The Stylistics —— The Stylistics ► Philly Soul >> 1971
● The Cars —— Shake It Up ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Rod Stewart —— Tonight I’m Yours ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Rod Stewart —— Absolutely Live ► Blues-Rock >> 1982
● The Pointer Sisters —— Break Out ► Soul >> 1983
● Stevie Wonder —— Characters ► Pop-R&B >> 1987
● Various Artists —— Less Than Zero [Sndtrk] ► Various >> 1987
● N.W.A. —— N.W.A. And The Posse ► Hip-Hop >> 1987
● Scorpions —— Crazy World ► Heavy Metal >> 1990
● The Pogues —— Hell’s Ditch ► Post-Punk/College Rock >> 1990
● Steve Winwood —— Refugees Of The Heart ► Album Rock >> 1990
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Jake’s Progress [Sndtrk] ► Orchestral Soundtrack >> 1995
● Supertramp —— Is Everybody Listening? ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2001
● Rick Springfield —— Christmas With You ► Power Pop >> 2007
● Gram Parsons —— Gram Parsons Archive, Vol. 1: Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969 ► Country-Rock >> 2007
● Queen —— Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ’86 ► Glam Rock >> 2012
● Aerosmith —— Music From Another Dimension ► Hard Rock >> 2012
Nov 07
● Bette Midler —— The Divine Miss M ► Pop-Rock Vocals >> 1972
● Neil Young —— Journey Through The Past [Sndtrk] ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● David Bowie —— Space Oddity ► Glam Rock >> 1972
● Billy Joel —— Piano Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Chris Squire —— Fish Out Of Water [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Bette Midler —— Divine Madness ► Pop-Rock Vocals >> 1980
● Eagles —— Eagles Live ► Country-Rock >> 1980
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Diary Of A Madman ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Grace Jones —— Living My Life ► Disco/Club-Dance >> 1982
● Yes —— 90125 ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Cocteau Twins —— Sunburst And Snowblind [EP] ► Folk-Rock >> 1983
● U2 —— Under A Blood Red Sky ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1983
● The Rolling Stones —— Undercover ► Blues-Rock >> 1983
● Yes —— 9012Live: The Solos ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● Elton John —— Ice On Fire ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● David Sylvian —— Secrets Of The Beehive ► Ambient >> 1987
● R.E.M. —— Green ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Wet Wet Wet —— The Memphis Sessions [UK] ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1988
● Eric Clapton —— Journeyman ► Blues-Rock >> 1989
● Alice In Chains —— Alice In Chains ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 1995
● Queen —— Made In Heaven ► Glam Rock >> 1995
● Bonnie Raitt —— Road Tested ► Blues-Rock >> 1995
● Greg Graffin —— American Lesion ► Alt Rock >> 1997
● Genesis —— Genesis Archives, Vol. 2: 1976-1992 ► Prog Rock >> 2000
● The Pretenders —— Greatest Hits ► Post-Punk >> 2000
● James Taylor —— Greatest Hits Volume 2 ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Natalie Cole —— Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 ► Soul-Pop >> 2000
● Fatboy Slim —— Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars ► Brit-Hop >> 2000
● The Aquabats —— Myths, Legends And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2 ► Ska-Punk Revival >> 2000
● Phish —— The Siket Disc ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2000
● Dire Straits —— Private Investigations: The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Dave Matthews Band —— The Best Of What’s Around, Vol. 1 ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006
● J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton —— The Road To Escondido ► Blues-Rock >> 2006
● Foo Fighters —— Skin And Bones ► Grunge Rock >> 2006
● Pink Floyd —— The Best Of Pink Floyd: A Foot In The Door ► Prog Rock >> 2011
Nov 08
● The Beach Boys —— Beach Boys’ Party! ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● Diana Ross & The Supremes And The Temptations —— Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations ► Soul >> 1968
● Neil Diamond —— Neil Diamond ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Billy Preston —— I Wrote A Simple Song ► Funk >> 1971
● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin IV ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Elton John —— Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Styx —— Man Of Miracles ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1974
● Thin Lizzy —— Nightlife ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Sly & The Family Stone —— High On You ► Funk >> 1975
● George Harrison —— The Best Of George Harrison [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Motörhead —— Ace Of Spades ► Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Architecture & Morality ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Queen —— Greatest Hits ► Glam-Rock >> 1981
● The Waitresses —— I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get The Parts ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1982
● ABBA —— The Singles: The First Ten Years ► Euro-Pop >> 1982
● New Edition —— All For Love ► Soul-Pop >> 1985
● W.A.S.P. —— Inside The Electric Circus ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● Quincy Jones —— Back On The Block ► Soul-Pop >> 1989
● Iron Maiden —— Live At Donington ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Paul McCartney —— Paul Is Live ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Eagles —— Hell Freezes Over ► Country-Rock >> 1994
● Big Audio —— Higher Power ► Dance-Rock >> 1994
● Limp Bizkit —— Greatest Hitz ► Rap-Metal >> 2005
● Traffic —— Last Great Traffic Jam ► Prog Rock >> 2005
● The Tragically Hip —— Yer Favorites ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Pablo Cruise —— It’s Good To Be Love ► Pop-Rock >> 2011
● Rush —— Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2011