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):
January 23
● The Supremes —— The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland ► Soul – Motown >> 1967
● Family —— A Song For Me ► Prog Rock >> 1970
● Rick Wakeman —— The Six Wives Of Henry VIII ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● The Kinks —— Schoolboys In Disgrace ► Rock >> 1976
● David Bowie —— Station To Station ► Glam Rock >> 1976
● Pink Floyd —— Animals ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Joan Jett —— Bad Reputation ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Trust ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Tone Loc —— Lōc-ed After Dark ► Pop-Rap >> 1989
● David Crosby —— Oh Yes I Can ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Stabbing Westward —— Wither Blister Burn & Peel ► Industrial Rock >> 1996
● Jerry Garcia Band —— Don’t Let Go ► Roots Rock >> 2001
● John Mellencamp —— Freedom’s Road ► Roots Rock >> 2007
● Little Feat —— Rocky Mountain Jam ► Southern Rock >> 2007
January 24
● Cass Elliott —— Cass Elliott ► Pop-Rock/Folk-Rock >> 1972
● Michael Jackson —— Got To Be There ► Soul – Motown >> 1972
● Aretha Franklin —— Young, Gifted And Black ► Soul >> 1972
● Debbie Gibson —— Electric Youth ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Skid Row —— Skid Row ► Heavy Metal >> 1989
● Underworld —— Dubnobasswithmyhead ► Techno Trance >> 1994
● Van Halen —— Balance ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● David Crosby —— It’s All Coming Back To Me Now… ► Folk-Rock >> 1995
● Tha Alkaholics —— Firewater ► West Coast Rap >> 2006
● Dion —— Tankful Of Blues ► Blues-Rock >> 2012
January 25
● The Ventures —— The Ventures In Space ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1964
● Cilla Black —— Cilla ► Brit Invasion Pop >> 1965
● John Phillips —— John Phillips (John, The Wolf King Of L.A.) ► Country-Rock >> 1970
● The Kinks —— The Great Lost Kinks Album ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Sparks —— A Woofer In Tweeter’s Clothing ► Glam Rock >> 1973
● Cher —— Take Me Home ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Phil Collins —— No Jacket Required ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Gary Moore —— After The War ► Roots Rock (Irish) >> 1989
● Sarah McLachlan —— Touch ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Kenny G —— The Collection ► Jazz-Pop >> 1993
● Peter Frampton —— A Day In The Sun ► Arena Rock >> 1994
● New Kids On The Block —— Face The Music ► Teen Dance-Pop >> 1994
● Alice In Chains —— Jar Of Flies ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 1994
● Meat Puppets —— Too High To Die ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Dimmu Borgir —— Stormblåst ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1996
● Shpongle —— Are You Shpongled? ► Psychedelic Ambient >> 1998
● Blindside —— A Thought Crushed My Mind ► Post Hardcore Punk >> 2000
● D’Angelo —— Voodoo ► Neo-Soul/Funk >> 2000
● Dark Tranquility —— Character ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 2005
● Soul Asylum —— Playlist: The Very Best Of Soul Asylum ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2011
January 26
● Simon & Garfunkel —— Bridge Over Troubled Water ► Folk-Pop >> 1970
● Chicago —— Chicago II ► Jazz-Rock >> 1970
● Harry Nilsson —— Nilsson Sings Newman ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Elton John —— Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Deep Purple —— Who Do We Think We Are ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Generation X —— Valley Of The Dolls ► Punk Rock >> 1979
● Berlin —— Pleasure Victim ► L. A. Synth-Pop >> 1983
● Janet Jackson —— Control: The Remixes ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Public Enemy —— Yo! Bum Rush the Show ► Hip Hop >> 1987
● David Lee Roth —— Skyscraper ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Live At The Royal Albert Hall ► Prog Rock >> 1993
● The Bouncing Souls —— Maniacal Laughter ► Punk Rock >> 1996
● Nick Lowe —— Basher ► Pub Rock >> 1998
● Foxy Brown —— Chyna Doll ► Hip Hop >> 1999
● Dan Swanö —— Moontower ► Progressive Death Metal >> 1999
● Napalm Death —— Words From The Exit Wound ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore >> 1999
● The Church —— El Momento Descuidado ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2005
● Mariah Carey —— Playlist: The Very Best Of Mariah Carey ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
● David Bowie —— A Reality Tour ► Glam Rock >> 2010
● Beach House —— Teen Dream ► Dream Pop >> 2010
January 27
● The Beach Boys —— 20/20 ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● Queen —— Flash Gordon [Sndtrk] ► Glam Rock >> 1981
● The B-52’s —— Mesopotamia ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1982
● John Mellencamp (John Cougar) —— The Kid Inside ► Roots Rock >> 1983
● Christine McVie —— Christine McVie ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● John Lennon And Yoko Ono —— Milk And Honey ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Frank Zappa —— Does Humor Belong In Music? ► Comedy Rock >> 1986
● The Replacements —— Don’t Tell A Soul ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Slaughter —— Stick It To Ya ► Hair Metal >> 1990
● Therapy? —— Pleasure Death ► Alt Metal/Noise Rock >> 1992
● The Human League —— Octopus ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1995
● Reef —— Glow ► Brit Pop >> 1997
● Richard Carpenter —— Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor ► Easy Listening >> 1998
● Dixie Chicks —— Wide Open Spaces ► Country-Rock >> 1998
● Edguy —— Theater Of Salvation ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1999
● The Cure —— Join The Dots: B-Sides & Rarities, 1978-2001 ► Post-Punk >> 2004
● Twista —— Kamikaze ► Midwest Rap >> 2004
● Bruce Springsteen —— Working On A Dream ► Heartland Rock >> 2009
January 28
● Gentle Giant —— Playing The Fool [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● J. Geils Band —— Love Stinks ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● Sparks —— Terminal Jive ► Glam Rock >> 1980
● Triumph —— Never Surrender ► Arena Rock >> 1983
● David Lee Roth —— Crazy From The Heat ► Hard Rock >> 1985
● Black Sabbath —— Seventh Star ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Guns N’ Roses —— Lies, The Drugs, The Sex ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● The Afghan Whigs —— Congregation ► Post-Punk >> 1992
● Current 93 —— Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre ► Industrial/Experimental >> 1994
● Pat Boone —— In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy ► MOR Jazz-Pop >> 1997
● Built To Spill —— Perfect From Now On ► Indie Rock/Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Robert Palmer —— The Very Best Of Robert Palmer ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1997
● Natalie Cole —— Super Best ► Soul-Pop >> 1998
● Lou Reed —— The Raven ► Art Rock >> 2003
● Adele Adkins —— 19 ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2008
January 29
● Miles Davis —— Filles De Kilimanjaro ► Electric Jazz/Fusion >> 1969
● Buzzcocks —— Spiral Scratch ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Shalamar —— Friends ► Disco >> 1982
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Picture This ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Yello —— Stella ► Electro Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Fish —— Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors ► Prog Rock >> 1990
● The Divinyls —— Divinyls ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Gloria Estefan —— Into The Light ► Latin Pop >> 1991
● Chicago —— Twenty 1 ► Jazz-Rock >> 1991
● Screaming Trees —— Uncle Anesthesia ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1991
● Susanna Hoffs —— When You’re A Boy ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Prince —— The Truth ► Soul-Funk >> 1998
● Blackmail —— Science Fiction ► Post-Grunge/Kraut Rock >> 1999
● Natalie Cole —— Love Songs ► Soul-Pop >> 2001
● Dave Matthews Band —— The Haiti Relief Project [EP] ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2010
● Indians —— Somewhere Else ► Dream Pop >> 2013
● Tedeschi Trucks Band —— Let Me Get By ► Blues-Rock >> 2016