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):
October 17
● The Rolling Stones —— 12X5 ► Rock n Roll >> 1964
● The Cryan’ Shames —— Sugar & Spice ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● The Easybeats —— Vigil ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1968
● The Jazz Crusaders —— Old Socks, New Shoes…New Socks, Old Shoes ► Jazz Fusion >> 1970
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Street Survivors ► Southern Rock >> 1977
● Dire Straits —— Making Movies ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Various Artists —— The Blasting Concept Vol. 2 ► Post-Punk >> 1985
● Stacey Q —— Better Than Heaven ► Dance-Pop >> 1986
● Steve Earle —— Copperhead Road ► Alt. Country >> 1988
● R.E.M. —— Eponymous ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● The Waterboys —— Fisherman’s Blues ► Folk-Rock/Celtic >> 1988
● Suicidal Tendencies —— Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit…Déjà Vu ► Punk Metal >> 1989
● Kiss —— Hot In The Shade ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Belinda Carlisle —— Runaway Horses ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Kate Bush —— The Sensual World ► Prog Rock >> 1989
● Yngwie Malmsteen —— Trial By Fire: Live In Leningrad ► Heavy Metal >> 1989
● Stacey Lattisaw —— What You Need ► Quiet Storm >> 1989
● Skyclad —— The Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth ► Heavy Metal/Folk Metal >> 1991
● Jamiroquai —— The Return Of The Space Cowboy [UK] ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Steely Dan —— Alive In America ► Jazz-Rock >> 1995
● Luis Miguel —— El Concierto ► Latin Pop >> 1995
● Limp Bizkit —— Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water ► Rap-Metal >> 2000
● David Coverdale —— Into The Light ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● 2Pac —— The Rose That Grew From Concrete ► Spoken Word Rap >> 2000
● Aerosmith —— Devil’s Got A New Disguise – The Very Best Of Aerosmith ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Sarah McLachlan —— Wintersong ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● The Tragically Hip —— World Container ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Chris Isaak —— Live In Australia ► Adult Contemporary >> 2008
● Rod Stewart —— Soulbook ► Soul-Pop >> 2009
● Manfred Mann —— Lone Arranger ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2014
October 18
● Cactus —— Restrictions ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● The Rolling Stones —— It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Blues-Rock >> 1974
● The Jacksons —— Goin’ Places ► Soul/disco >> 1977
● Elton John —— The Very Best Of Elton John ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Hawkwind —— Sonic Attack ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● Elton John —— Love Songs ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Hall & Oates —— Rock ‘N Soul Part !: Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Carpenters —— Voice Of The Heart ► Easy Listening >> 1983
● Frank Zappa —— Them Or Us ► Art Rock >> 1984
● The Cult —— Love ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Revival >> 1985
● Duran Duran —— Big Thing ► Synth-Pop >> 1988
● Sonic Youth —— Daydream Nation ► Indie Rock >> 1988
● Martika —— Martika ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● Paul Simon —— Negotiations And Love Songs 1971 – 1986 ► Folk-Pop >> 1988
● The Smithereens —— 11 ► College Rock >> 1989
● The Bangles —— Everything ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Insane Clown Posse —— Carnival Of Carnage ► Indie/Midwest Hip Hop >> 1992
● Cocteau Twins —— Four-Calendar Café ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Carcass —— Heartwork [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1993
● Kenny G —— Montage ► Jazz-Pop >> 1993
● Iron Maiden —— A Real Dead One ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● B*Witched —— Awake And Breathe ► Pop/Girl Group >> 1999
● Westlife —— Flying Without Wings ► Teen Pop/Boy Band >> 1999
● Alcazar —— Casino ► Euro Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Simple Minds —— Our Secrets Are The Same ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2004
● Simple Minds —— Silver Box ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2004
● Bryan Adams —— Anthology ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Melissa Etheridge —— Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled ► Roots Rock >> 2005
● Depeche Mode —— Playing The Angel ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Supertramp —— Retrospective – The Supertramp Anthology ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2005
● Rod Stewart —— Thanks For The Memories: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV ► Traditional Pop >> 2005
● Stevie Wonder —— A Time To Love ► Pop-Soul >> 2005
● Queen —— The Singles Collection: Volume 4 ► Glam Rock >> 2010
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Soulsville ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
● The Rolling Stones —— The Brussels Affair ’73 ► Blues-Rock >> 2001
● Chris Isaak —— Beyond The Sun ► Adult Contemporary >> 2011
● Jane’s Addiction —— The Great Escape Artist ► Alt. Rock >> 2011
● Poliça —— Shulamith ► Dream Pop >> 2013
October 19
● Elvis Presley —— The Real Elvis ► Rock n Roll >> 1956
● The Kingston Trio —— Here We Go Again! ► Folk-Pop >> 1959
● The Beach Boys —— Beach Boys Concert ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Brenda Lee —— Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee ► Country-Pop >> 1964
● Simon & Garfunkel —— Wednesday Morning, 3 AM ► Folk-Pop >> 1964
● Cass Elliott —— Dream A Little Dream ► Pop-Rock/Folk-Rock >> 1968
● The Shadows —— Shades Of Rock ► Instrumental Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1970
● The James Gang —— Straight Shooter ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● The Wailers —— Burnin’ ► Roots Reggae >> 1973
● America —— Hat Trick ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● David Bowie —— Pin Ups ► Glam Rock >> 1973
● The Who —— Quadrophenia ► British Rock >> 1973
● Styx —— Cornerstone ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1979
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Damn The Torpedoes ► Album Rock >> 1979
● Prince —— Prince ► Funk >> 1979
● Fleetwood Mac —— Tusk ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● INXS —— Underneath The Colours ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Fates Warning —— The Sprectre Within ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● INXS —— Kick ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1987
● Roxette —— Look Sharp! ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Salt-N-Pepa —— Blacks’ Magic ► Pop-Rap >> 1990
● The Cure —— Mixed Up ► Post-Punk >> 1990
● The Traveling Wilburys —— Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Mötley Crüe —— Decade Of Decadence ► Heavy Metal >> 1991
● Julian Cope —— Jehovahkill ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1992
● PJ Harvey —— 4-Track Demos ► Indie Rock >> 1993
● Rush —— Counterparts ► Arena Rock >> 1993
● Black Moon —— Enta Da Stage ► East Coast Rap >> 1993
● Jesse Colin Young —— Makin’ It Real ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Alexis Korner —— Mellow Yellow ► Blues-Rock >> 1993
● Santana —— Sacred Fire: Live From South America ► Jazz Fusion >> 1993
● Pearl Jam —— Vs. ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Talisman —— Humanimal (Part 2) ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● Billie Piper —— Honey To The B ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Idlewild —— Hope Is Important ► Post-Hardcore >> 1998
● Three Dog Night —— 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Three Dog Night ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1999
● Ringo Starr —— I Wanna Be Santa Clus ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Natalie Cole —— The Magic Of Christmas ► Holiday Soul-Pop >> 1999
● Gin Blossoms —— Outside Looking In: The Best Of The Gin Blossoms ► Power Pop >> 1999
● Three Dog Night —— 35th Anniversary Hits Collection ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2004
● Jimmy Eat World —— Futures ► Post-Grunge >> 2004
● Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico —— Le Bataclan ’72 ► Art Rock >> 2004
● Rod Stewart —— Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 3 ► Traditional Pop >> 2004
● Twisted Sister —— Still Hungry ► Hair Metal >> 2004
● John Mellencamp —— Words & Music: John Mellencamp’s Greatest Hits ► Roots Rock >> 2004
● Peter Cetera —— You Just Gotta Love Christmas ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 ► Folk-Rock >> 2010
● Rod Stewart —— Fly Me To The Moon: The Great American Songbook Volume V ► Traditional Pop >> 2010
● Bob Dylan —— The Original Mono Recordings ► Folk-Rock >> 2010
● Elton John —— The Union ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
October 20
● Elvis Presley —— Roustabout ► Rock n Roll >> 1964
● John Lennon & Yoko Ono —— Wedding Album ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas ► Rock n Roll >> 1971
● Peter Frampton —— Frampton’s Camel ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Peter Frampton —— Somethin’s Happening ► Arena Rock >> 1974
● B. J. Thomas —— Reunion ► Country-Pop >> 1975
● The Damned —— The Black Album ► Punk-Rock >> 1980
● U2 —— Boy ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Donna Summer —— The Wanderer ► Disco >> 1980
● The Human League —— Dare! ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Quarterflash —— Quarterflash ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Oak Ridge Boys —— Deliver ► Country-Pop >> 1983
● Frankie Goes To Hollywood —— Liverpool ► New Wave Club/Dance >> 1986
● Nine Inch Nails —— Pretty Hate Machine ► Industrial Metal >> 1989
● Kenny G —— Breathless ► Jazz-Pop >> 1992
● Madonna —— Erotica ► Dance-Pop >> 1992
● Keith Richards —— Main Offender ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Elton John —— Rare Masters ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● The Sea And Cake —— The Sea And Cake ► Indie Rock/Experimental >> 1994
● Gary Numan —— Exile [UK] ► Industrial Rock >> 1997
● Crucial Conflict —— Good Side, Bad Side ► Chicago Rap >> 1998
● Heart —— Heart Presents A Lovemonger’s Christmas ► Holiday Rock >> 1998
● George Martin —— In My Life ► Beatles Retrospective >> 1998
● Kansas —— King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas ► Prog/Arena Rock >> 1998
● Aerosmith —— A Little South Of Sanity ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Black Sabbath —— Reunion ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Ringo Starr —— VH1 Storytellers ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Human League —— The Golden Hour Of The Future: Recordings By The Future And The Human League ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 2002
● The Clash —— Singles Box ► Punk >> 2006
● AC/DC —— Black Ice ► Hard Rock >> 2008
● Timothy B. Schmit —— Expando ► Country-Rock >> 2009
October 21
● Manfred Mann —— As Is ► Rock n Roll >> 1966
● Bob Dylan —— New Morning ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Mike Oldfield —— Ommadawn ► Instrumental Rock/Fusion >> 1975
● Meat Loaf —— Bat Out Of Hell ► Arena Rock >> 1977
● The Beatles —— Love Songs ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Genesis —— Seconds Out ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Bobby And The Midnites —— Bobby & The Midnights ► Country-Rock >> 1981
● Simple Minds —— Once Upon A Time ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1985
● Jethro Tull —— Original Masters ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● “Weird Al” Yankovic —— Polka Party! ► Comedy/Parody >> 1986
● Steve Winwood —— Chronicles ► Album Rock >> 1987
● Tiffany —— Hold An Old Friend’s Hand ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● Don Dokken —— Up From The Ashes ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal >> 1990
● Carcass —— Necroticism – Descanting The Insalubrious ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1991
● Grand Funk Railroad —— Bosnia ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● Yes —— Keys To Ascension 2 ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Artension —— Phoenix Rising ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal >> 1997
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Shou;d God Forget: Retrospective ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 1997
● Little Feat —— Kickin’ It At The Barn ► Southern Rock >> 2003
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Live At The Atlanta International Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970 ► Southern Rock >> 2003
● Rush —— Rush In Rio ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2003
● The Cryan’ Shames —— Very Best Of The Cryan’ Shames ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Eagles —— The Very Best Of ► Country-Rock >> 2003
● Van Morrison —— What’s Wrong With This Picture? ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● Bob Dylan —— Pure Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2011
● Bob Dylan —— The Real Bob Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2012
● Jerry Garcia Band —— Garcia Live Volume Five ► Roots Rock >> 2014
October 22
● Donovan —— Fairytale [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1965
● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin II ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● Kiss —— Hotter Than Hell ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Elton John —— Blue Moves ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Night Moves ► Album Rock >> 1976
● Led Zeppelin —— The Song Remains The Same ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Cher —— Prisoner ► Pop-Disco >> 1979
● The Cure —— Concert: The Cure Live ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● Paul McCartney —— Give My Regards To Broad Street ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller —— Classical Gas ► Folk-Rock >> 1987
● Ozzy Osbourne —— No Rest For The Wicked ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Pet Shop Boys —— Behavior ► Electro-pop/Dance >> 1990
● A-Ha —— East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon ► Synth-Pop >> 1990
● Matthew Sweet —— Girlfriend ► Power Pop >> 1991
● Death —— Human ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1991
● Various Artists —— Two Rooms: Celebrating The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Sarah McLachlan —— Fumbling Towards Ecstasy ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Van Halen —— Best Of Van Halen, Vol. I ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Phil Collins —— Dance Into The Light ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Gov’t Mule —— Live From Roseland Ballroom ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 1996
● Journey —— Trial By Fire ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1996
● The Dillenger Escape Plan —— Under The Running Board ► Heavy Metal/Mathcore >> 1998
● The Cranberries —— Wake Up And Smell The Coffee ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Rod Stewart —— It Had To Be You: The Great American Songbook ► Traditional Pop >> 2002
● Foo Fighters —— One By One ► Grunge Rock >> 2002
● Santana —— Shaman ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2002
● Various Artists —— VH1 Divas Las Vegas ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Ray Davies —— Working Man’s Café ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Richard Marx —— Christmas Spirit ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2012
October 23
● Frank Zappa —— Chunga’s Revenge ► Art Rock >> 1970
● Genesis —— Trespass ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Al Green —— I’m Still in Love With You ► Soul (Southern) >> 1972
● Harry Chapin —— On The Road To Kingdom Come ► Folk-Pop >> 1976
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Almost Blue ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Sammy Hagar —— Standing Hampton ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Willie Nelson —— Without A Song ► Outlaw Country >> 1983
● Janet Jackson —— Dream Street ► Pop-Soul >> 1984
● Wham! —— Make It Big ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Iggy Pop —— Blah Blah Blah ► Alt. Rock / Punk >> 1986
● Various Artists —— Miami Vice III [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Roy Orbison —— Black & White Night Live ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Terence Trent D’Arby —— Neither Fish Nor Flesh (A Soundtrack Of Love, Faith, Hope & Destruction) ► Pop-R&B >> 1989
● Betty Boo —— Boomania ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Deep Purple —— Slaves And Masters ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Ozzmosis ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Atomic Kitten —— Right Now ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● PJ Harvey —— Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea ► Indie Rock >> 2000
● Gov’t Mule —— The Deep End, Vol. 1 ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 2001
● Bush —— Golden State ► Grunge Rock >> 2001
● Dave Matthews Band —— Live In Chicago 12.19.98 At The United Center ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Incubus —— Morning View ► Funk Metal >> 2001
● Toni Braxton —— Snowflakes ► Soul-Pop >> 2001
● Martin Briley —— It Comes In Waves ► Pop-Rock/Power Pop >> 2006
● PJ Harvey —— The Peel Sessions: 1991-2004 ► Indie Rock >> 2006
● Mötley Crüe —— Carnival Of Sins: Live, Vols. 1-2 ► Heavy Metal >> 2007
● Neil Young —— Chrome Dreams II ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● Heart —— Dreamboat Annie Live ► Album Rock >> 2007
● Robert Plant & Alison Krauss —— Raising Sand ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● Ringo Starr —— Ringo Starr: Live At Soundstage ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
● David Bowie —— Glass Spider Live ► Glam Rock >> 2008
● Rod Stewart —— Another Country ► Pop-Rock >> 2015