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
You don’t have Dark Side of the Moon on March 1.
Hello, TGBII:
Dark Side Of The Moon is another situation where there is little apparent agreement on its release date. Of my usually reliable sources, Wikipedia says March 1 (only), 45Cat says March 10 (U.S.) and March 24 (U.K.), Spinditty says March 10 (only), and Allmusic and Discogs have the year only.
I have it in my database as March 17 (U.S.) and March 24 (U.K.). Those are the official dates from Capitol Records, as reported on Floydianslip.com. They can also be found on several other rock music websites.
Cheers, Dr. Rock
Awesome! Thank you. Another I saw was “Diamond Life” from Sade listed as last week when several sites had it listed as sometime in July. It’s funny how the sources are all screwed up. I hate when that happens. Thanks for doing what you do. I use it for my Instagram posts if I have the album on vinyl. I appreciate you taking the time.
Yeah, another problem child. Wikipedia says 7/16/84 in UK and 2/25/85 in US. My other usual sources are year-only.
What do you find on which sites?
Dr. Rock