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
