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):
February 26
● Eric Andersen —— Today Is The Highway ► Folk-Rock >> 1965
● The Beatles —— Hey Jude/The Beatles Again ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Anne Murray —— Straight, Clean And Simple ► Country-Pop >> 1971
● Judas Priest —— Point Of Entry ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● Thompson Twins —— Set ► Post-Punk Dance-Pop >> 1982
● Grand Funk Railroad —— Capitol Collectors Series ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Great White —— Hooked ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Billy Idol —— Billy Idol: VH1 Storytellers ► Hard Rock >> 2002
● Norah Jones —— Come Away With Me ► Jazz-Pop Vocals >> 2002
● Roy Buchanan —— Before And After ► Blues-Rock >> 2003
● 10,000 Maniacs —— Music From The Motion Picture ► Folk-Rock >> 2013
● Bonnie Raitt —— Dig In Deep ► Blues-Rock >> 2016
February 27
● Aretha Franklin —— Aretha (With The Ray Bryant Combo) ► Soul >> 1961
● Elvis Presley —— How Great Thou Art ► Southern Gospel >> 1967
● Blue Öyster Cult —— On Your Feet Or On Your Knees ► Metal >> 1975
● Yes —— Yesterdays ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Village People —— Macho Man ► Disco >> 1978
● Desparate Bicycles —— Remorse Code ► Post-Punk/Psych Rock >> 1979
● Dead Can Dance —— Dead Can Dance ► Post-Punk/Goth Rock >> 1984
● XTC —— Oranges And Lemons ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Bruce Dickinson —— Alive In Studio A ► Heavy Metal >> 1995
● PJ Harvey —— To Bring You My Love ► Indie Rock >> 1995
● Neil Young —— Dead Man ► Folk-Rock >> 1996
● Babble —— Ether ► Electro Dance-Pop >> 1996
● America —— Greatest Hits Live ► Folk-Rock >> 1996
● The Band —— High On The Hog ► Folk-Rock >> 1996
● Triumph —— King Biscuit Flower Hour (In Concert) ► Arena Rock >> 1996
● Frank Zappa —— The Lost Episodes ► Prog rock/Jazz Fusion >> 1996
● Curtis Mayfield —— People Get Ready: The Curtis Mayfield Story ► Soul/Funk >> 1996
● Bad Religion —— The Gray Race ► Punk Rock >> 1997
● CKY —— Volume 1 ► Alt. Rock/Alt. Metal >> 1999
● Dave Matthews Band —— Everyday ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Cheap Trick —— Silver ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 2001
● Tears For Fears —— Secret World – Live In Paris ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 2006
February 28
● The Miracles —— The Fabulous Miracles ► Soul – Motown >> 1963
● Sam Cooke —— Mr. Soul ► Soul >> 1963
● Van Morrison —— Moondance ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Styx —— Kilroy Was Here ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1983
● The Ramones —— Subterranean Jungle ► Punk-Rock >> 1983
● U2 —— War ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1983
● “Weird Al” Yankovic —— In 3-D ► Comedy/Parody >> 1984
● Queen —— The Works ► Glam Rock >> 1984
● Various Artists —— Pretty In Pink [Sndtrk] ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 1986
● Indigo Girls —— Indigo Girls ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Eric Johnson —— Ah Via Musicom ► Blues-Rock >> 1990
● Little River Band —— Get Lucky ► Soft Rock >> 1990
● Yoko Ono —— Onobox ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1992
● Bruce Springsteen —— Greatest Hits ► Heartland Rock >> 1995
● Harry Nilsson —— Personal Bast: The Harry Nilsson Anthology ► Folk-Rock >> 1995
● Steve Earle —— Train A Comin’ ► Alt. Country >> 1995
● Del Amitri —— Twisted ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Oasis —— Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 2000
● AC/DC —— Stiff Upper Lip ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● Bob Dylan —— Live 1961-2000: Thirty-Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances ► Folk-Rock >> 2001
● Judas Priest —— Angel Of Retribution ► Heavy Metal >> 2005
● The Rolling Stones —— Singles 1968-1971 ► Blues-Rock >> 2005
● Talking Heads —— Bonus Rarities And Outtakes ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 2006
● Bruce Springsteen —— Hammersmith Odeon, London ’75 ► Heartland Rock >> 2006
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— My Flame Burns Blue ► Orchestral Jazz >> 2006
February 29
● Olivia Newton-John —— Come On Over ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● The Fall —— The Frenz Experiment ► Post-Punk >> 1988
● The Clash —— The Story Of The Clash, Volume 1 ► Punk >> 1988
● Bone Thugs-N-Harmony —— BTNHResurrection ► Gangsta Rap >> 2000
● BloodHound Gang —— Hooray For Boobies ► Post-Punk Alt Metal >> 2000
● The Black Crowes —— Live At The Greek ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● Steely Dan —— Two Against Nature ► Jazz-Rock >> 2000
March 01
● Sam Cooke —— Ain’t That Good News ► Soul >> 1964
● Elvis Presley —— Girl Happy ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1965
● Golden Earring —— Miracle Mirror ► Hard Rock >> 1968
● The Rascals —— Search And Nearness ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1971
● Camel —— Mirage ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Rush —— Rush ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Jeff Beck —— Blow By Blow ► Instrumental Rock/Fusion >> 1975
● Max Webster —— High Class In Borrowed Shoes ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● The Hollies —— A Crazy Steal ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Roxy Music —— Manifesto ► Prog Rock >> 1979
● Elton John —— Lady Samantha ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Neil Young —— Where The Buffalo Roam [Sndtrk] ► Folk-Rock >> 1980
● Robert Hunter —— Liberty ► Country-Rock >> 1988
● Toto —— The Seventh One ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Ocean Colour Scene —— Ocean Colour Scene ► Brit Pop >> 1992
● Cranberries —— Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Beck —— Mellow Gold ► Alt Rock >> 1994
● DK Jamz —— The Original Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack ► Atmospheric Ambient >> 1995
● Tonic —— Live And Enhanced ► Alt/Roots Rock >> 1999
● Kathleen Edwards —— Back To Me ► Alt Country-Rock >> 2005
● Cher —— Gold ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Jack Johnson —— In Between Dreams ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Lucinda Williams —— Blessed ► Alt. Country >> 2011
● Rhye —— Woman ► Downtempo Pop >> 2013
March 02
● The Doobie Brothers —— The Captain And Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Steely Dan —— Pretzel Logic ► Jazz-Rock >> 1974
● Bananarama —— Deep Sea Skiving ► New Wave Dance-Pop >> 1983
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Through The Looking Glass ► Post-Punk Alt Rock >> 1987
● Tears For Fears —— Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1992
● Steve Earle —— Essential Steve Earle ► Alt. Country >> 1993
● Dimmu Borgir —— Spiritual Black Dimensions ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1999
● Cheap Trick —— The Essential Cheap Trick ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 2004
● John Hiatt —— The Open Road ► Roots Rock >> 2010
March 03
● The Walker Brothers —— Images ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Laura Nyro —— Eli And The Thirteenth Confession ► Soft Rock >> 1968
● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Black Magic ► Soul – Motown >> 1972
● Gary Glitter —— Glitter ► Glam Rock >> 1972
● Stevie Wonder —— Music Of My Mind ► Pop-R&B >> 1972
● Bad Company —— Burnin’ Sky ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Patti Smith —— Easter ► New Wave Punk-Rock >> 1978
● Frank Zappa —— Zappa in New York ► Art Rock >> 1978
● Frank Zappa —— Sheik Yerbouti ► Art Rock >> 1979
● Metallica —— Master Of Puppets ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● The Firm —— Mean Business ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Boogie Down Productions —— Criminal Minded ► East Coast Rap >> 1987
● De La Soul —— 3 Feet High And Rising ► Hip-Hop >> 1989
● Triumph —— Classics ► Arena Rock >> 1989
● The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy —— Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury ► Alt Hip-Hop >> 1992
● David Byrne —— Uh-Oh ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— The Boatman’s Call ► Alt Rock >> 1997
● Apollo 440 —— Electro Glide In Blue ► Electronic >> 1997
● U2 —— Pop ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Madonna —— Ray Of Light ► Dance-Pop >> 1998
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! ► Alt Rock >> 2008
● The Black Crowes —— Warpaint ► Southern Rock >> 2008
● U2 —— No Line On The Horizon ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2009
March 04
● Gene Vincent —— Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps ► Rock n Roll >> 1957
● ABBA —— Waterloo ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● The Police —— Live At Zellerbach ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1979
● The Beatles —— Rarities ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Wang Chung —— Huang Chung ► New Wave/Dance-Pop >> 1982
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Dazzle Ships ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1983
● Thin Lizzy —— Thunder And Lightning ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Spandau Ballet —— True ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 1983
● Cocteau Twins —— Aikea-Guinea [EP] ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Julian Cope —— Peggy Suicide ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1991
● The Auteurs —— After Murder Park ► Glam Rock >> 1996
● Mike + The Mechanics —— Hits ► Brit Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Evanescence —— Fallen ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2003
● Procol Harum —— The Well’s On Fire ► Prog Rock >> 2003
● Kathleen Edwards —— Asking For Flowers ► Alt Country-Rock >> 2008
● Jackson Browne —— Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 ► Folk-Rock >> 2008
● The 1975 —— Music For Cars [EP] ► Dream Pop >> 2013
