Albums Released This Week (April 16 – 22)

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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):

April 16


The Rolling Stones —— The Rolling Stones ► Rock n Roll >> 1964
Bert Jansch —— Bert Jansch ► Folk-Rock >> 1965
Donovan —— A Gift From A Flower To A Garden [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
Minnie Riperton —— Come To My Garden ► Soul-Pop >> 1970
Klaus Schulze —— Moondawn ► Space Rock >> 1976
The Damned —— Damned, Damned, Damned ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
The Band —— The Last Waltz ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
Stephanie Mills —— Sweet Sensation ► Quiet Storm >> 1980
Tommy Tutone —— National Emotion ► Power Pop >> 1983
Poco —— Inamorata ► Country-Rock >> 1984
The Bodeans —— Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams ► Roots Rock >> 1986
Spacemen 3 —— The Perfect Perscription ► Neo-Psychedelia/Space Rock >> 1987
Scorpions —— Savage Amusement ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 1988
Bathory —— Hammerheart ► Heavy Metal/Viking Metal >> 1990
Chris Rea —— Auberge ► Album Rock >> 1991
Brainbombs —— Genius And Brutality – Taste And Power ► Noise Rock >> 1995
Brooks & Dunn —— Borderline ► Country-Rock >> 1996
Voice Of The Beehive —— Sex & Misery ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
Echo & The Bunnymen —— What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? ► Post-Punk >> 1999
Tom Waits —— Mule Variations ► Blues-Rock >> 1999
Phish —— Live Phish Volume 10 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2002
Phish —— Live Phish Volume 11 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2002
Phish —— Live Phish Volume 12 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2002
Phish —— Live Phish Volume 7 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2002
Phish —— Live Phish Volume 8 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2002
Phish —— Live Phish Volume 9 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2002
The Band —— The Last Waltz [Box Set] ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
Aldo Nova —— Under The Gun…A Portrait Of Aldo Nova ► Glam Rock >> 2007
The Kingston Trio —— The Final Concert ► Folk-Pop >> 2007
The Pretenders —— Live In London ► Post-Punk >> 2010
Foo Fighters —— Medium Rare ► Grunge Rock >> 2011
R.E.M. —— R.E.M. Three ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2011
Houses —— A Quiet Darkness ► Electronic Pop >> 2013

April 17


Dusty Springfield —— A Girl Called Dusty ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
Brinsley Schwarz —— Brinsley Schwarz ► Pub Rock >> 1970
Paul McCartney —— McCartney [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
Ten Years After —— Cricklewood Green ► Blues-Rock >> 1970
Peter Frampton —— Wind Of Change ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
Eagles —— Desperado ► Country-Rock >> 1973
Stiff Little Fingers —— Go For It ► Punk-Rock >> 1981
Motörhead —— Iron Fist ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal >> 1982
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— The Good Son ► Alt Rock >> 1990
Rick Wakeman —— Silent Nights ► Art-Rock >> 1991
Rick Wakeman —— Time Machine ► Prog Rock >> 1991
The Church —— Uninvited, Like The Clouds ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2006
Dark Tranquility —— Fiction ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 2007
Tom Petty —— Live ► Album Rock >> 2017

April 18


Cilla Black —— Cilla Sings A Rainbow ► Rock ‘N’ Roll/Merseybeat >> 1966
The Pretty Things —— Emotions ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1967
The Miracles —— Renaissance ► Soul – Motown >> 1973
ZZ Top —— Fandango! ► Blues-Rock >> 1975
The Cure —— Seventeen Seconds ► Post-Punk >> 1980
Butthole Surfers —— Rembrandt Pussycat ► Post-Punk Hardcore >> 1986
Erasure —— The Innocents ► Alt. Dance >> 1988
Eric Clapton —— Crossroads ► Blues-Rock >> 1988
Reba McEntire —— Reba ► Country-Pop >> 1988
Timbuk 3 —— Eden Alley ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1988
Pixies —— Doolittle ► Garage Rock >> 1989
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Let Love In ► Alt Rock >> 1994
Deicide —— Once Upon The Cross ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1995
Scorpions —— Live Bites ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 1995
Tricky —— Maxinquaye ► Electronic Trip-Hop >> 1995
Blind Guardian —— The Forgotten Tales ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1996
Ace Of Base —— Greatest Hits ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 2000
Berlin —— Live:Sacred & Profane ► L. A. Synth-Pop >> 2000
Black Label Society —— Stronger Than Death ► Heavy Metal >> 2000
Sheena Easton —— Freedom ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
The Apples In Stereo —— The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop >> 2000
Daniel Powter —— Daniel Powter ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
Kansas —— Works In Progress ► Prog/Arena Rock >> 2006
Matthew Sweet & Suzanna Hoffs —— Under The Covers, Vol. 1 ► Pop-Rock >> 2006
Grimes —— Darkbloom [EP] ► Dream Pop >> 2011
Mike + The Mechanics —— The Road ► Brit Pop-Rock >> 2011
Neil Young —— A Letter Home ► Hard Rock >> 2014
Jethro Tull —— Live At Carnegie Hall 1970 ► Folk-Rock >> 2015

April 19


Tony Bennett —— If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set ► Easy Listening >> 1965
The Zombies —— Odessey and Oracle ► Baroque Pop >> 1968
The Beatles —— The Beatles/1962-1966 [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
The Beatles —— The Beatles/1967-1970 [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
Miles Davis —— Big Fun ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1974
John Sebastian —— Welcome Back ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
Jethro Tull —— The Broadsword And The Beast ► Prog Rock >> 1982
Laurie Anderson —— Big Science ► Art Rock >> 1982
Ultravox —— Lament ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1984
Natalie Cole —— Good To Be Back ► Soul-Pop >> 1989
Golden Earring —— Bloody Buccaneers ► Hard Rock >> 1991
Gastr Del Sol —— Crookt, Crackt, Or Fly ► Alt Rock >> 1994
Superchunk —— Foolish ► Indie Rock/Alt Punk >> 1994
The Sneetches —— Starfucker ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1995
The Cranberries —— Bury The Hatchet ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1999
R.E.M. —— Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions ► Rock >> 2014

April 20


Jethro Tull —— Benefit ► Prog Rock >> 1970
Paul McCartney —— McCartney ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
Dr. John —— Dr. John’s Gumbo ► Roots Rock >> 1972
Jesse Colin Young —— Light Shine ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
Rick James —— Come Get It! ► Soul-Funk >> 1978
Amy Grant —— My Father’s Eyes ► Pop-Rock/Christian >> 1979
Charlie Daniels Band —— Million Mile Reflections ► Southern Rock >> 1979
Ronnie Wood —— Gimme Some Neck ► Hard Rock >> 1979
Dave Edmunds —— Twangin’… ► Roots/Pub Rock >> 1981
Bon Jovi —— 7800° Fahrenheit ► Arena Rock >> 1985
Pavement —— Slanted And Enchanted ► Garage Rock >> 1992
Aerosmith —— Get A Grip ► Hard Rock >> 1993
Ben E. King —— Anthology ► Soul >> 1993
Dave Edmunds —— The Anthology (1968-1990) ► Roots/Pub Rock >> 1993
Radiohead —— Pablo Honey ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1993
10,000 Maniacs —— The Earth Pressed Flat ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
Alice Cooper —— The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper ► Hard Rock >> 1999
Buckethead —— Monsters And Robots ► Experimental/Funk-Metal >> 1999
Little Feat —— Highwire Act: Live In St. Louis 2003 ► Southern Rock >> 2004
Machine Head —— Through The Ashes Of Empires ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 2004
Prince —— Musicology ► Dance-Pop >> 2004
The Staple Singers —— Reach Out And Touch…Live! ► Memphis Soul >> 2004
Jimmy Buffett —— Encores: Live ► Folk-Rock >> 2010
The Apples In Stereo —— Travellers In Space And Time ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop >> 2010

April 21


King Curtis —— King Soul ► Instrumental Soul >> 1960
The Mothers Of Invention —— Uncle Meat ► Art Rock >> 1969
ABBA —— ABBA ► Euro-Pop >> 1975
Ringo Starr —— Bad Boy [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
Pete Townshend —— Empty Glass ► Prog Rock >> 1980
Bananarama —— Bananarama ► New Wave Dance-Pop >> 1984
Accept —— Russian Roulette ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Metal >> 1986
Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Tinderbox ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1986
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) ► Album Rock >> 1987
X Japan —— Blue Blood ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal >> 1989
The Beastie Boys —— Check Your Head ► Rap >> 1992
The Cure —— Wish ► Post-Punk >> 1992
Unwound —— The Future Of What ► Post Hardcore >> 1995
Dark Tranquility —— The Mind’s I ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 1997
Supergrass —— In It For The Money ► Post-Punk Britpop >> 1997
Arch Enemy —— Stigmata ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1998
Lou Reed —— Perfect Night: Live In London ► Hard Rock >> 1998
Ray Davies —— The Storyteller ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
Widespread Panic —— Light Fuse, Get Away ► Southern Rock >> 1998
The Who —— Live From Toronto ► British Rock >> 2006
Depeche Mode —— Sounds Of The Universe ► New Wave/Synth-Pop >> 2009
Procol Harum —— Novum ► Prog Rock >> 2017

April 22


The Monkees —— The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
Iron Butterfly —— Live ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1970
Merle Haggard —— Hag ► Country Classics >> 1971
The Temptations —— Sky’s The Limit ► Soul – Motown >> 1971
J. Geils Band —— Blow Your Face Out ► Blues-Rock >> 1976
Heart —— Magazine ► Album Rock >> 1978
Prince —— Around The World In A Day ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
Alison Moyet —— Hoodoo [UK] ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1991
The Fall —— Shift-Work ► Post-Punk >> 1991
The Samples —— No Room ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
Stratovarius —— Episode ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1996
Asia —— Live ► Prog Rock >> 1997
Boston —— Greatest Hits ► Arena Rock >> 1997
Chicago —— The Heart Of Chicago 1967-1997 ► Jazz-Rock >> 1997
Mary J. Blige —— Share My World ► Hip Hop Soul >> 1997
Son Volt —— Straightaways ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1997
Black Sabbath —— Symptom Of The Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970 – 1978 ► Hard Rock >> 2002
Black Label Society —— The Blessed Hellride ► Heavy Metal >> 2003
Madonna —— American Life ► Dance-Pop >> 2003
Matthew Sweet —— Kimi Ga Suki ► Power Pop >> 2003
The Yardbirds —— Birdland ► Blues Rock >> 2003
Whitesnake —— Best! ► Arena Rock >> 2003
Simple Minds —— Sunday Express – Live Volume 2 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2007
Elvis Costello And The Imposters —— Momofuku ► Roots Rock >> 2008
Whitesnake —— Good To Be Bad ► Arena Rock >> 2008
Carpenters —— 40/40 ► Easy Listening >> 2009
Whitesnake —— Made In Japan ► Arena Rock >> 2013

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