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):
November 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
● Frank Zappa —— The Grand Wazoo ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● 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
● Loverboy —— Just Getting Started ► Arena Rock >> 2007
● Counting Crows —— Aural 6 ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2008
● The Church —— Operetta [EP] ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2009
November 28
● Brenda Lee —— Coming On Strong ► Country-Pop >> 1966
● Paul Revere & The Raiders —— The Spirit Of ’67 ► Pop-Rock >> 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
● Cheap Trick —— 1978 Tokyo Concert ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 2008
● Kylie Minogue —— Aphrodite Les Folies: Live In London ► Dance-Pop >> 2011
November 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
● 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
● Scorpions —— MTV Unplugged: Live In Athens ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 2013
November 30
● Jefferson Airplane —— After Bathing At Baxter’s ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1967
● Cilla Black —— The Very Best Of Cilla Black ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● J.J. Cale —— Really ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● Montrose —— Montrose ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Solar Fire ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Cat Stevens —— Numbers ► Folk-Pop >> 1975
● Stevie Wonder —— Looking Back ► Soul >> 1977
● Steely Dan —— Greatest Hits ► Jazz-Rock >> 1978
● Pink Floyd —— The Wall [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1979
● Bad Religion —— Bad Religion ► Punk Rock >> 1981
● Yes —— Classic Yes ► Prog Rock >> 1981
● ABBA —— The Visitors ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Michael Jackson —— Thriller ► Dance-Pop >> 1982
● Violent Femmes —— Violent Femmes ► New Wave Post-Punk >> 1982
● Sammy Hagar —— Three Lock Box ► Arena Rock >> 1982
● Teddy Pendergrass —— Love Language ► Soul-Pop >> 1984
● Pete Townshend —— White City: A Novel ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● The Who —— Who’s Missing ► Hard Rock >> 1985
● Freddie King —— Live At The Texas Opry House ► Electric Blues >> 1992
● FM —— Mac Of The Roundtable ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● Shadows Fall —— Somber Eyes To The Sky ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 1997
● Kylie Minogue —— Intimate And Live ► Dance-Pop >> 1998
● Cher —— The Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Cher —— If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher’s Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
December 01
● Jimi Hendrix Experience —— Axis: Bold As Love [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1967
● The Shadows —— From Hank, Bruce, Brian And John ► Instrumental Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1967
● The Monkees —— Head ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● Elvis Presley —— Separate Ways ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
● Jim Croce —— I Got A Name ► Folk-Pop >> 1973
● Black Sabbath —— Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Koko Taylor —— South Side Lady ► Chicago Blues >> 1973
● Styx —— Equinox ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1975
● Black Sabbath —— We Sold Our Soul For Rock ‘N’ Roll [UK] ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● Aerosmith —— Draw The Line ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● The Doobie Brothers —— Minute By Minute ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● The Rolling Stones —— Story Of The Stones ► Blues-Rock >> 1982
● Queen —— Live Magic ► Glam Rock >> 1986
● Sodom —— Persecution Mania ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1987
● Dixie Chicks —— Thank Heavens For Dale Evans ► Country-Rock >> 1990
● Journey —— Time3 [Time Cubed] ► AOR Rock >> 1992
● R.E.M. —— The Automatic Box ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Dimmu Borgir —— For All Tid ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1994
● Aaron Carter —— Aaron Carter [UK] ► Teen Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Sarah Brightman —— Eden ► Showtunes >> 1998
● Queen —— The Singles Collection: Volume 1 ► Glam Rock >> 2008
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— The New York Shuffle ► Album Rock >> 2014
December 02
● The Mothers Of Invention —— Cruising With Ruben & The Jets ► Doo Wop >> 1968
● George Harrison —— Wonderwall Music ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● Queen —— A Night At The Opera ► Glam Rock >> 1975
● Stephen Stills —— The Best Of Stephen Stills ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Dolly Parton —— 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs ► Country-Pop >> 1980
● Queen —— The Complete Works ► Glam Rock >> 1985
● Bon Jovi —— Hard & Hot (Best Of Bon Jovi) ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Suzi Quatro —— Live & Kickin’ ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Neil Young —— Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968 ► Folk-Rock >> 2008
● The Beach Boys —— Live In Sacramento 1964 ► Pop-Rock >> 2014
December 03
● The Who —— My Generation ► Hard Rock >> 1965
● The Beatles —— Rubber Soul [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● Neil Diamond —— I’m Glad You’re Here With Me Tonight ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Cat Stevens —— Back To Earth ► Folk-Pop >> 1978
● Slade —— The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Bob Dylan —— Real Live ► Folk-Rock >> 1984
● Spirit —— California Blues ► Blues-Rock >> 1996
● Elvis Costello And Steve Nieve —— Costello & Nieve ► Roots Rock >> 1996
● Elvis Costello —— Costello & Nieve ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Bloodhound Gang —— One Fierce Beer Coaster ► Post-Punk Alt Metal >> 1996
● Mariah Carey —— Charmbracelet ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
