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 30
● The Zombies —— Begin Here ► Baroque Pop >> 1965
● Marvin Gaye —— M.P.G. ► Soul – Motown >> 1969
● Thin Lizzy —— Thin Lizzy ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Paul McCartney & Wings —— Red Rose Speedway ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● J.J. Cale —— Okie ► Blues-Rock >> 1974
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Rastaman Vibration ► Roots Reggae >> 1976
● Elton John —— Here And There ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● The Moody Blues —— Caught Live + 5 [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1977
● Sister Sledge —— We Are Family ► Disco >> 1979
● A Flock Of Seagulls —— A Flock Of Seagulls ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1982
● Cheap Trick —— One On One ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1982
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Junk Culture ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1984
● The Cure —— The Top ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● Golden Earring —— The Hole ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Keel —— The Final Frontier ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Skynyrd’s Innyrds ► Southern Rock >> 1989
● Billy Bragg —— The Internationale ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Boyz II Men —— Cooleyhighharmony ► New Jack Swing >> 1991
● Joe Jackson —— Laughter & Lust ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Yes —— Union ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Iced Earth —— Night Of The Stormrider ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1992
● Dave Matthews Band —— Crash ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1996
● The Cranberries —— To The Faithful Departed ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Jethro Tull —— Living With The Past ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● The Specials —— More…Or Less: The Specials Live ► Ska Revival >> 2012
● Iggy Pop & The Stooges —— Ready To Die ► Alt. Rock / Punk >> 2013
● Spin Doctors —— If The River Was Whiskey ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2013
May 01
● Ben E. King —— Spanish Harlem ► Soul >> 1961
● Joni Mitchell —— Clouds ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Bob Dylan —— Possum Belly Overalls ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Jeff Beck Group —— The Jeff Beck Group ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● James Taylor —— Gorilla ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Deacon Blue —— Raintown [UK] ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1987
● A-Ha —— Stay On These Roads ► Synth-Pop >> 1988
● Fairground Attraction —— The First Of A Million Kisses ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Skiffle >> 1988
● The Cure —— Disintegration ► Post-Punk >> 1989
● Flotsam And Jetsam —— When The Storm Comes Down ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1990
● Rory Gallagher —— Fresh Evidence ► Blues-Rock >> 1990
● Dixie Chicks —— Little Ol’ Cowgirl ► Country-Rock >> 1992
● The Vaselines —— The Way Of The Vaselines: A Complete History ► Indie Pop-Rock >> 1992
● T.I.S.M. —— Machiavelli And The Four Seasons ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Simple Minds —— Real Live 91 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1998
● Bardot —— Bardot ► Pop/Girl Group >> 2000
● Gram Parsons —— Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology ► Country-Rock >> 2001
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Plan B ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Stevie Nicks —— Trouble In Shangri-La ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Timothy B. Schmit —— Fed The Fire ► Country-Rock >> 2001
● Black Sabbath —— Live At Hammersmith Odeon ► Hard Rock >> 2007
● Dinosaur Jr. —— Beyond ► Alt. Rock >> 2007
● Rush —— Snakes & Arrows ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2007
● Warren Zevon —— Preludes:Rare And Unreleased Recordings ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Natalie Cole —— Original Album Series ► Soul-Pop >> 2010
May 02
● Dean Martin —— Happiness Is Dean Martin ► Traditional Pop >> 1967
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— You’re Gonna Get It! ► Album Rock >> 1978
● Rory Gallagher —— Jinx ► Blues-Rock >> 1982
● New Order —— Power, Corruption & Lies ► Club/Dance >> 1983
● Melissa Etheridge —— Melissa Etheridge ► Roots Rock >> 1988
● Morbid Angel —— Blessed Are The Sick ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1991
● Ian Anderson —— Divinities: Twelve Dances With God ► Prog Rock >> 1995
● The Apples In Stereo —— Fun Trick Noisemaker ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop >> 1995
● Asia —— Rare ► Prog Rock >> 2000
● Billy Joel —— 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Primal Scream —— XTRMNTR ► Indie Rock >> 2000
● The Who —— The 1st Singles Box ► British Rock >> 2004
● Pearl Jam —— Live In NYC 12/31/92 ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Pearl Jam —— Pearl Jam ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Cyndi Lauper —— Detour ► Country-Pop >> 2016
May 03
● Sly & The Family Stone —— Stand! ► Soul-Funk >> 1969
● Status Quo —— Quo ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Aerosmith —— Rocks ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Motörhead —— The Golden Years [EP] ► Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Frank Zappa —— Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch ► Art Rock >> 1982
● Modern English —— After The Snow ► Synth-Pop >> 1982
● The Cure —— Pornography ► Post-Punk >> 1982
● Bruce Hornsby & The Range —— Scenes From The Southside ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Living Color —— Vivid ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Queensrÿche —— Operation: Mindcrime ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● When In Rome —— When In Rome ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1988
● Bananarama —— Pop Life ► New Wave Dance-Pop >> 1991
● Jawbox —— Grippe ► Punk Rock/Post-Hardcore >> 1991
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Where It All Begins ► Southern Rock >> 1994
● The Fall —— Middle Class Revolt ► Post-Punk >> 1994
● Traffic —— Far From Home ► Prog Rock >> 1994
● Cyndi Lauper —— Shine ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● David Bowie —— The Collection ► Glam Rock >> 2005
● Limp Bizkit —— The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) ► Rap-Metal >> 2005
● Nouvelle Vague —— Nouvelle Vague ► Soft Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Rush —— Retrospective III: 1989-2008 ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2009
● Aretha Franklin —— Aretha: A Woman Falling Out Of Love ► Soul/Hip Hop >> 2011
● Bob Dylan —— Bob Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2013
● Bob Dylan —— Fixin’ To Die ► Folk-Rock >> 2013
May 04
● The Ventures —— Surfing ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1963
● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Greatest Hits ► Soul – Motown >> 1966
● Stevie Wonder —— Up-Tight (Everything’s Alright) ► Pop-R&B >> 1966
● Yes —— Yessongs ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Billy Preston —— The Kids And Me ► Funk >> 1974
● Gentle Giant —— Interview ► Prog Rock >> 1976
● The Beatles —— Live At The Hollywood Bowl ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Frank Zappa —— Orchestral Favorites ► Art Rock >> 1979
● 38 Special —— Special Forces ► Southern Rock >> 1982
● Stevie Wonder —— Stevie Wonder’s Original Musiquarium I ► Pop-R&B >> 1982
● Echo & The Bunnymen —— Ocean Rain ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● Scorpions —— Love At First Sting ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 1984
● David Crosby —— Thousand Roads ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● PJ Harvey —— Rid Of Me ► Indie Rock >> 1993
● Curtis Mayfield —— Live In New York City ► Soul/Funk >> 1994
● Dark Funeral —— Dark Funeral ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1994
● Jack Bruce —— Cities Of The Heart ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 1994
● Therion —— Vovin ► Heavy Metal/Symphonic Metal >> 1998
● Black Label Society —— Sonic Brew ► Heavy Metal/Southern Rock >> 1999
● Robbie Williams —— The Ego Has Landed ► Britpop/Dance-Pop >> 1999
● David Crosby —— Live ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Ryan Adams —— Love Is Hell ► Acoustic Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Styx —— Come Sail Away – The Styx Anthology ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2004
● Carole King & James Taylor —— Live At The Troubadour ► Folk-Rock >> 2010
● Extreme —— Take Us Alive ► Pop-Metal >> 2010
● Toni Braxton —— Pulse ► Soul-Pop >> 2010
● Tonic —— Tonic ► Alt/Roots Rock >> 2010
May 05
● The Rascals —— Peaceful World ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1971
● Paul Simon —— There Goes Rhymin’ Simon ► Folk-Pop >> 1973
● The James Gang —— Newborn ► Blues-Rock >> 1975
● Parliament —— Live: P-Funk Earth Tour ► Funk >> 1977
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Stranger In Town ► Heartland Rock >> 1978
● Saxon —— Wheels Of Steel ► Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Hard Promises ► Album Rock >> 1981
● Sodom —— In The Sign Of Evil ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1984
● The Moody Blues —— The Other Side Of Life ► Prog Rock >> 1986
● The Style Council —— Home And Abroad ► Synth-Pop >> 1986
● Sonia —— Everybody Knows ► Pop/MOR >> 1990
● Gregg Alexander —— Intoxifornication ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Neville Brothers —— Family Groove ► Soul (New Orleans) >> 1992
● Robert Palmer —— Addictions, Vol. 2 ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1992
● Steve Earle —— I Feel Alright ► Alt. Country >> 1996
● Humble Pie —— The Scrubbers Session ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● Meredith Brooks —— Blurring The Edges ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Paul McCartney —— Flaming Pie ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Styx —— Return To Paradise ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1997
● ALL —— Mass Nerder ► Punk Rock/Pop-Punk >> 1998
● Jack Bruce —— Jet Set Jewel ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 2003
● The Zombies —— As Far As I Can See… ► Art Rock >> 2004
● Procol Harum —— Some Long Road ► Prog Rock >> 2014
May 06
● Manfred Mann —— The Mighty Quinn ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Poco —— Poco ► Country-Rock >> 1970
● Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway —— Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway ► Pop-Soul >> 1972
● Denny Laine —— Holly Days ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1977
● Camel —— The Single Factor ► Prog Rock >> 1982
● The Cure —— Standing On A Beach ► Post-Punk >> 1986
● Ash —— 1977 [UK] ► Punk-Pop >> 1996
● Hanson —— Middle Of Nowhere ► Pop-Rock/Teen Pop >> 1997
● Rush —— Retrospective I ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1997
● The Bee Gees —— Still Waters ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Joe Jackson/Graham Maby/Gary Burke —— Summer In The City ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Jack Johnson —— On And On ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2003
● John Hiatt —— Beneath This Gruff Exterior ► Roots Rock >> 2003
● David Cook —— Analog Heart ► Post-Grunge Pop-Rock >> 2006
● David Bowie —— Zeit! 77-79 ► Glam Rock >> 2013
