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 23
● The Beatles —— The Beatles Story ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Ben E. King —— Ben E. King’s Greatest Hits ► Soul >> 1964
● Cat Stevens —— Tea For The Tillerman ► Folk-Pop >> 1970
● Yoko Ono —— Feeling The Space ► Avant Garde/Experimental >> 1973
● The Moody Blues —— This Is The Moody Blues ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1974
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 ► Soul-Funk >> 1978
● Teddy Pendergrass —— Live! Coast To Coast ► Soul-Pop >> 1979
● Public Image Ltd. —— Metal Box ► Post-Punk >> 1979
● Mike Oldfield —— Platinum ► Progressive Rock >> 1979
● David Bowie —— Changestwobowie ► Glam Rock >> 1981
● Pink Floyd —— A Collection Of Great Dance Songs ► Prog Rock >> 1981
● AC/DC —— For Those About To Rock We Salute You ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Chicago —— Greatest Hits, Volume II ► Jazz-Rock >> 1981
● The Who —— Who’s Greatest Hits ► British Rock >> 1983
● Bad Religion —— Against The Grain ► Punk Rock >> 1990
● Archers Of Loaf —— Icky Mettle ► Indie Rock/Noise Pop >> 1993
● Metallica —— Live Shit: Binge & Purge ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Cowboy Junkies —— Pale Sun, Crescent Moon ► Alt. Rock >> 1993
● Ace Of Base —— The Sign ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 1993
● Guns N’ Roses —— The Spaghetti Incident? ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Linda Ronstadt —— Winter Light ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● The Beastie Boys —— Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science ► Rap >> 1999
● Phish —— Hampton Comes Alive ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 1999
● Dave Matthews Band —— Listener Supported ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Guns N’ Roses —— Live Era: ’87-’93 ► Hard Rock >> 1999
● Blondie —— Live In New York ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Mötley Crüe —— Live: Entertainment Or Death ► Heavy Metal >> 1999
● Metallica —— S&M ► Heavy Metal >> 1999
● Freedom Call —— Stairway To Fairyland ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1999
● Jessica Simpson —— Sweet Kisses ► Tenn Dance-Pop >> 1999
● Sarah McLachlan —— Afterglow Live ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Evanescence —— Anywhere But Home ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2004
● U2 —— How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Simon & Garfunkel —— In Concert ► Folk-Pop >> 2004
● The Allman Brothers Band —— One Way Out ► Southern Rock >> 2004
● Nirvana —— With The Lights Out ► Grunge >> 2004
● Guns N’ Roses —— Chinese Democracy ► Hard Rock >> 2008
Nov 24
● Kaleidoscope —— Tangerine Dream ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1967
● Tim Buckley —— Blue Afternoon ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● The Kinks —— Muswell Hillbillies ► British Rock >> 1971
● Hawkwind —— Doremi Fasol Latido ► Space Rock >> 1972
● George Harrison —— Thirty-Three & 1/3 ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Rod Stewart —— Blondes Have More Fun ► Blues-Rock >> 1978
● Mike Oldfield —— Incantations ► Progressive Rock >> 1978
● Eurythmics —— 1984 (For The Love Of Big Brother) [Sndtrk] ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1984
● Pat Benatar —— Tropico ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● Eric Clapton —— August ► Blues-Rock >> 1986
● Red Box —— The Circle & The Square ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Hawkwind —— Live Chronicles ► Space Rock >> 1986
● Keith Sweat —— Make It Last Forever ► New jack swing >> 1987
● Leonard Cohen —— The Future ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Spin Doctors —— Homebelly Groove ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Erasure —— Pop! – The First 20 Singles ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1992
● Cryptopsy —— Blasphemy Made Flesh ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1994
● All Saints —— All Saints ► Electronic Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Yes —— Open Your Eyes ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Bone Thugs-N-Harmony —— The Collection Volume 1 ► Gangsta Rap >> 1998
● Queen —— The Crown Jewels ► Glam Rock >> 1998
● Metallica —— Garage, Inc. ► Heavy Metal >> 1998
● Pearl Jam —— Live On Two Legs ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● The Tubes —— White Punks On Dope ► Alt. Rock >> 2003
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Live At The Royal Albert Hall ► Alt Rock >> 2008
● Jeff Beck —— Performing This Week…Live At Ronnie Scott’s ► Instrumental Rock >> 2008
● Bob Seger —— Early Seger Vol. 1 ► Album Rock >> 2009
● Soundgarden —— Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path ► Grange Rock >> 2014
Nov 25
● The Beatles —— Beatlemania! With The Beatles ► Pop-Rock >> 1963
● Laura Nyro —— Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Nocturne ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Tracey Ullman —— You Broke My Heart in 17 Places ► Girl Groups >> 1983
● Enigma —— Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! ► Ambient >> 1996
● Garth Brooks —— Sevens ► Country-Pop >> 1997
● No Doubt —— Boon Box ► Ska-Pop >> 2003
● Counting Crows —— Films About Ghosts: The Best Of Counting Crows ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Roy Buchanan —— Live In Japan ► Blues-Rock >> 2003
● No Doubt —— The Singles 1992-2003 ► Ska-Pop >> 2003
● Johnny Cash —— Unearthed ► Classic Country >> 2003
● Nirvana —— Nevermind: The Singles ► Grunge >> 2011
Nov 26
● The Kinks —— The Kink Kontroversy [UK] ► British Invasion >> 1965
● Yes —— Fragile [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Badfinger —— Ass ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● ZZ Top —— The Best of ZZ Top ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● Eurythmics —— Touch ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1983
● Mike Oldfield —— The Killing Fields [Sndtrk] ► Progressive Rock >> 1984
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Pack Up The Plantation – Live! ► Album Rock >> 1985
● Rick Astley —— Hold Me In Your Arms ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● Psychotic Waltz —— A Social Grace ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal >> 1990
● Michael Jackson —— Dangerous ► Pop-Soul >> 1991
● Ricky Martin —— Ricky Martin ► Dance-Pop >> 1991
● Sade —— The Best Of Sade ► Quiet Storm >> 1994
● Fine Young Cannibals —— The Finest ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1996
● Cotton Mather —— Kon Tiki ► Power Pop >> 1997
● Paul McCartney —— Back In The U.S. ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Bob Dylan & The Band —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Journey —— Red 13 [EP] ► AOR Rock >> 2002
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Soul Source: Earth, Wind & Fire Remixes ► Soul-Funk >> 2002
● Carpenters —— The Ultimate Collection ► Easy Listening >> 2006
● The Shamen —— Immortal ► Alt Rock/Electro-Psych >> 2007
● Genesis —— Live Over Europe 2007 ► Prog Rock >> 2007
● Sting —— Live In Berlin ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
Nov 27
● The Crickets —— The “Chirping” Crickets ► Rock n Roll >> 1957
● The Temptations —— In A Mellow Mood ► Soul – Motown >> 1967
● The Beatles —— Magical Mystery Tour ► Psychedelic Pop >> 1967
● Stevie Wonder —— Someday At Christmas ► Soul – Motown >> 1967
● George Harrison —— All Things Must Pass ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Gentle Giant —— Gentle Giant ► Prog Rock >> 1970
● The Kinks —— Lola Vs. The Powerman & The Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 ► British Rock >> 1970
● Alice Cooper —— Killer ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● The Jacksons —— The Jacksons ► Soul – pop/funk >> 1976
● Gloria Gaynor —— Love Tracks ► Disco >> 1978
● 10cc —— Ten Out Of 10 ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Speak Of The Devil ► Hard Rock >> 1982
● Mr. Mister —— Welcome To The Real World ► L. A. New Wave >> 1985
● Dokken —— Back For The Attack ► Heavy Metal >> 1987
● W.A.S.P. —— Live…In The Raw ► Glam Metal >> 1987
● Clint Black —— Put Yourself In My Shoes ► Country-Rock >> 1990
● Dark Tranquility —— The Gallery ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 1995
● David Gray —— White Ladder ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Boards Of Canada —— In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country ► Techno-Ambient >> 2000
● Counting Crows —— Aural 6 ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2008
● The Church —— Operetta [EP] ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2009
Nov 28
● Brenda Lee —— Coming On Strong ► Country-Pop >> 1966
● The Rolling Stones —— Let It Bleed ► Rock >> 1969
● Slade —— Play It Loud ► Hard Rock >> 1970
● Rory Gallagher —— Deuce ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Parliament —— Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome ► Funk >> 1977
● Blues Brothers —— Briefcase Full Of Blues ► Blues-Rock >> 1978
● Parliament —— Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin The Tail On The Funky) ► Funk >> 1979
● The Jam —— Sound Affects ► Punk-Rock >> 1980
● Toyah —— Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! ► Punk Rock >> 1980
● Neil Diamond —— On The Way To The Sky ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Japan —— Tin Drum ► New Wave >> 1981
● Technotronic —— Pump Up The Jam: The Album ► Dance Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Supertramp —— The Very Best Of Supertramp 2 ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1992
● Various Artists —— Waiting To Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album [Sndtrk] ► Soul-Pop >> 1995
● Aaron Carter —— Aaron Carter [UK] ► Teen Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Bob Dylan —— The Best Of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Donovan —— Catch The Wind ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Incubus —— Light Grenades ► Funk Metal >> 2006
● April Wine —— Roughly Speaking ► Arena Rock >> 2006
● Kylie Minogue —— Aphrodite Les Folies: Live In London ► Dance-Pop >> 2011
Nov 29
● John Lennon & Yoko Ono —— Unfinished Music, No. 1: Two Virgins [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● Charlie Daniels Band —— Fire On The Mountain ► Southern Rock >> 1974
● Slade —— Slade In Flame ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Blondie —— Autoamerican ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Heart —— Greatest Hits: Live ► Album Rock >> 1980
● Amy Grant —— In Concert Volume Two ► Pop-Rock/Christian >> 1981
● Foreigner —— Records ► Arena Rock >> 1982
● Cocteau Twins —— Echoes In A Shallow Bay ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Debbie Harry —— Rockbird ► New Eave Dance-Pop >> 1986
● Guns N’ Roses —— G N’ R Lies ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Motörhead —— Bastards ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Nick Lowe —— The Impossible Bird ► Pub Rock >> 1994
● Mary J. Blige —— My Life ► Hip Hop Soul >> 1994
● Quarashi —— Switchstance ► Rap-Metal >> 1996
● Yes —— In The Present – Live From Lyon ► Prog Rock >> 2011