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 15
● Bruce Springsteen —— High Hopes ► Heartland Rock >> 2014
● Jimi Hendrix Experience —— Axis: Bold As Love ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1968
● MC5 —— Back in the USA ► Garage Rock >> 1970
● Dusty Springfield —— A Brand New Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Aretha Franklin —— This Girl’s In Love With You ► Soul >> 1970
● John Lee Hooker And Canned Heat —— Hooker ‘N Heat ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Marvin Gaye —— In Our Lifetime ► Soul – Motown >> 1981
● Barbara Dickson —— All For A Song ► MOR Pop >> 1982
● Kool & The Gang —— Emergency ► Dance-Pop >> 1984
● John Fogerty —— Centerfield ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● The Commodores —— Nightshift ► Soul-Funk >> 1985
● Sabbat —— History Of A Time To Come ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1988
● The Sundays —— Reading, Writing And Arithmetic ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● David Lee Roth —— A Little Ain’t Enough ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Accept —— Predator ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Metal >> 1996
● Talking Heads —— The Collection ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 2007
● Barbara Kessler —— What You Keep ► Alt. Country >> 2012
January 16
● The Guess Who —— Shakin’ All Over ► Garage Rock >> 1965
● ZZ Top —— ZZ Top’s First Album ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Blue Öyster Cult —— Blue Öyster Cult ► Metal >> 1972
● David Bromberg —— David Bromberg ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● Michael Jackson —— Forever, Michael ► Soul >> 1975
● The Temptations —— A Song For You ► Soul – Motown >> 1975
● Bob Dylan —— Desire ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Wang Chung —— Points On The Curve ► New Wave/Dance-Pop >> 1984
● Peter Murphy —— Deep ► Goth Rock >> 1990
● Joan Jett —— The Hit List ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● The Knack —— Serious Fun ► Power Pop >> 1991
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— The Rapture ► Alt. Rock >> 1995
● Cibo Matto —— Viva! La Woman ► Trip Hop >> 1996
● Air —— Moon Safari ► Psychedelic Pop >> 1998
● America —— Here & Now ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
January 17
● Simon & Garfunkel —— Sounds Of Silence ► Folk-Pop >> 1966
● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● Aretha Franklin —— Soul ’69 ► Soul >> 1969
● Joni Mitchell —— Court And Spark ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Bob Dylan —— Planet Waves ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● John Foxx —— Metamatic ► New Wave Electronic Pop >> 1980
● Black Sabbath —— Live Evil ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Smokey Robinson —— Yes It’s You Lady ► Soul – Motown >> 1983
● Green Day —— Kerplunk! ► Alt. Rock >> 1992
● The Roots —— Do You Want More?!!!??! ► Jazz Rap >> 1995
● Explosions In The Sky —— How Strange, Innocense ► Instrumental >> 2000
● Golden Earring —— Last Blast Of The Century ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● Van Morrison —— The Skiffle Sessions – Live In Belfast 1998 ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Pearl Jam —— Live On Ten Legs ► Hard Rock >> 2011
● Kathleen Edwards —— Voyageur ► Alt Country-Rock >> 2012
January 18
● The Ventures —— Underground Fire ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1969
● Pink Floyd —— A Nice Pair ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Smokey Robinson —— Deep In My Soul ► Soul/Quiet Storm >> 1977
● Diana Ross —— An Evening With Diana Ross ► Soul – Motown >> 1977
● Gentle Giant —— Playing The Fool ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Warren Zevon —— Excitable Boy ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Sheena Easton —— Take My Time ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Jean-Luc Ponty —— Mystical Adventures ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1982
● Bryan Adams —— Cuts Like A Knife ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Little River Band —— Playing To Swin ► Soft Rock >> 1985
● Soul Asylum —— Made To Be Broken ► Alt. Rock/Garage Rock >> 1986
● AC/DC —— Blow Up Your Video ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● ZZ Top —— Antenna ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● Mark Lanegan —— Whiskey For The Holy Ghost ► Roots Rock >> 1994
● Gotthard —— G. ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● The Who —— Greatest Hits Live ► British Rock >> 2010
● Gregg Allman —— Low Country Blues ► Southern Rock >> 2011
January 19
● John Sebastian —— John B. Sebastian [MGM] ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● John Sebastian —— John B. Sebastian [Reprise] ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● The Manhattan Transfer —— Pastiche ► Jazz-Pop >> 1978
● Frank Zappa —— Sleep Dirt ► Art Rock >> 1979
● The Pretenders —— Pretenders ► Post-Punk >> 1980
● Styx —— Paradise Theater ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1981
● Megadeth —— So Far, So Good…So What! ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● Fairport Convention —— Jewel In The Crown ► Folk-Rock >> 1995
● Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet —— The Juliet Letters ► String Quartet >> 1993
● Bonnie Tyler —— The Very Best Of Bonnie Tyler ► Pop Vocals (Female) >> 1993
● Roanne Cash —— The Wheel ► Country-Folk >> 1993
● Extreme —— Waiting For The Punchline ► Pop-Metal >> 1995
● Adele Adkins —— 21 ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2011
January 20
● The Ventures —— Twist With The Ventures ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1962
● The Beatles —— Meet the Beatles! ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● The Rolling Stones —— Between the Buttons [UK] ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Jerry Garcia —— Garcia ► Roots Rock >> 1972
● Bob Dylan —— Blood On The Tracks ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Jimmy Buffett —— Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes ► Folk-Rock >> 1977
● Gerry Rafferty —— City To City ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Journey —— Infinity ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1978
● XTC —— White Music ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● The Oak Ridge Boys —— American Made ► Country-Pop >> 1983
● Def Leppard —— Pyromania ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Bruce Willis —— The Return Of Bruno ► Pop-Soul >> 1987
● Daft Punk —— Homework [UK] ► House >> 1997
● Ace Frehley —— Loaded Deck ► Pop-Metal >> 1998
● Air —— Moon Safari ► Chillout >> 1998
January 21
● The Four Tops —— Four Tops ► Soul – Motown >> 1965
● Them —— Them Again [UK] ► Garage Rock >> 1966
● Canned Heat —— Boogie With Canned Heat ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Simon & Garfunkel —— The Graduate [Sndtrk] ► Folk-Pop >> 1968
● Ashford & Simpson —— So So Satisfied ► Soul/Quiet Storm >> 1977
● Split Enz —— True Colours ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Loudness —— The Law Of The Devil’s Land ► Heavy Metal/Japanese Metal >> 1983
● Eurythmics —— Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1983
● Bon Jovi —— Bon Jovi ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● The Pretenders —— Learning To Crawl ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● Motörhead —— 1916 ► Heavy Metal >> 1991
● Slick Shoes —— Slick Shoes ► Pop Punk >> 1997
