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):
December 04
● The Beatles —— Beatles For Sale ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● The Yardbirds —— Five Live Yardbirds ► Blues Rock >> 1964
● The Rolling Stones —— December’s Children (And Everybody’s) ► Blues-Rock >> 1965
● Dionne Warwick —— Here Where There Is Love ► Pop-Soul >> 1966
● Robert Wyatt —— The End Of An Ear ► Art Rock >> 1970
● Wishbone Ash —— Wishbone Ash ► Prog Rock >> 1970
● Stephen Stills —— Stephen Stills Live ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Scorpions —— Taken By Force ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 1977
● Foreigner —— Inside Information ► Arena Rock >> 1987
● Queen —— At The Beeb ► Glam Rock >> 1989
● Brand Nubian —— One For All ► Alternative Rap >> 1990
● Loverboy —— Six ► Arena Rock >> 1997
● Mariah Carey —— Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Yes —— Magnification ► Prog Rock >> 2001
● Limp Bizkit —— New Old Songs ► Rap-Metal >> 2001
● Eric Clapton —— Sessions For Robert J. ► Blues-Rock >> 2004
● Billy Idol —— Happy Holidays: A Very Special Christmas Album ► Hard Rock >> 2006
December 05
● The Crickets —— In Style With The Crickets ► Pop-Rock >> 1960
● Buffalo Springfield —— Buffalo Springfield ► Folk-Rock >> 1966
● Paul McCartney & Wings —— Band On The Run ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Yes —— Relayer ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Live! ► Roots Reggae >> 1975
● Parliament —— Trombipulation ► Funk >> 1980
● The Damned —— Anything ► Goth Rock >> 1986
● New Order —— The John Peel Sessions II ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1987
● The Stone Roses —— Second Coming ► Brit Pop >> 1994
● Bush —— Sixteen Stone ► Grunge Rock >> 1994
● Immature —— We Got It ► Pop-Rap >> 1995
● Alice Cooper —— Brutally Live ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● Alice In Chains —— Live ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 2000
● Neil Young —— Road Rock Vol. 1 ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Frank Zappa —— The MOFO Project/Object ► Prog Rock >> 2006
● R.E.M. —— 7IN—83–88 ► Rock >> 2014
December 06
● The Ventures —— Walk, Don’t Run ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1960
● The Beatles —— The Beatles’ Christmas Record ► Holiday Message & Music >> 1963
● The Beatles —— Rubber Soul ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● The Byrds —— Turn! Turn! Turn! ► Country-Rock >> 1965
● The Cryan’ Shames —— A Scratch In The Sky ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● The Rolling Stones —— Beggar’s Banquet ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● Stevie Wonder —— For Once In My Life ► Soul – Motown >> 1968
● James Taylor —— James Taylor ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Christine McVie —— Christine Perfect ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Diana Ross —— Last Time I Saw Him ► Soul – Motown >> 1973
● Al Green —— Livin’ For You ► Soul (Southern) >> 1973
● Al Green —— The Belle Album ► Soul (Southern) >> 1977
● Jackson Browne —— Running On Empty ► Folk-Rock >> 1977
● Denny Laine —— Japanese Tears ► Rock >> 1980
● The Cure —— Japanese Whispers ► Post-Punk >> 1983
● Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band —— Almost Acoustic ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● Cathedral —— Forest Of Equilibrium [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal >> 1991
● Depeche Mode —— Songs Of Faith And Devotion Live ► Synth-Pop >> 1993
● Pearl Jam —— Vitalogy ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● Eminem —— The Slim Shady EP ► Hard Core Rap >> 1997
● Korn —— See You On The Other Side ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 2005
● Poco —— Wilwood Sessions, The ► Country-Rock >> 2006
● Phish —— Hampton/Winston-Salem ’97 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2011
● Little River Band —— A Little River Band Christmas ► Soft Rock >> 2011
● Korn —— The Path Of Totality ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 2011
● Elvis Costello And The Imposters —— The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2011
● Richard Marx —— Seven & Seven ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2012
December 07
● The Kingston Trio —— Sing A Song With The Kingston Trio ► Folk-Pop >> 1963
● The Kingston Trio —— The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John) ► Folk-Pop >> 1964
● Creedence Clearwater Revival —— Pendulum ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Paul McCartney & Wings —— Wild Life ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● The Temptations —— 1990 ► Soul – Motown >> 1973
● Foreigner —— Agent Provocateur ► Arena Rock >> 1984
● Teddy Pendergrass —— Workin’ It Back ► Soul-Pop >> 1985
● Nine Inch Nails —— Fixed ► Industrial Metal >> 1992
● Three Dog Night —— Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975 ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1993
● Depeche Mode —— Devotional ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Ice Cube —— Lethal Injection ► Gangsta Rap >> 1993
● Nightwish —— Oceanborn ► Heavy Metal/Symphonic Metal >> 1998
● Massive Attack —— Singles 90/98 ► Trip-Hop >> 1998
● Sheryl Crow —— Sheryl Crow And Friends: Live From Central Park ► Roots Rock >> 1999
● Simon & Garfunkel —— Old Friends: Live On Stage ► Folk-Pop >> 2004
December 08
● The Rolling Stones —— Their Satanic Majesties Request ► Rock ‘n’ Roll >> 1967
● Lou Reed —— Transformer ► Album Rock >> 1972
● Marvin Gaye —— Trouble Man [Sndtrk] ► Soul – Motown >> 1972
● Eagles —— Hotel California ► Country-Rock >> 1976
● Public Image Ltd. —— Public Image: First Issue ► Post-Punk >> 1978
● Motörhead —— On Parole ► Heavy Metal >> 1979
● Pink Floyd —— The Wall ► Prog Rock >> 1979
● Queen —— Flash Gordon [Sndtrk] [UK] ► Glam Rock >> 1980
● Fleetwood Mac —— Fleetwood Mac Live ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● The Church —— Sing Songs [EP] ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1982
● Tesla —— Mechanical Resonance ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Kool Moe Dee —— How Ya Like Me Now ► Rap >> 1987
● Various Artists —— Mermaids [Sndtrk] ► Mixed >> 1990
● Curtis Mayfield And The Impressions —— The Anthology 1961-1977 ► Soul (Chicago) >> 1992
● The Verve Pipe —— Pop Smear ► Alt Rock >> 1993
● Katatonia —— Sounds Of Decay ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal >> 1997
● The Smiths —— The Smith Singles Box ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2008
● Jimmy Buffett —— Buffet Hotel ► Folk-Rock >> 2009
● Neil Young —— Dreamin’ Man Live ’92 ► Folk-Rock >> 2009
December 09
● The Supremes —— Meet The Supremes ► Soul – Motown >> 1962
● The Hollies —— For Certain Because… ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Cream —— Fresh Cream ► Blues-Rock >> 1966
● The Who —— A Quick One ► British Rock >> 1966
● The Hollies —— Stop! Stop! Stop! ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Neil Diamond —— Hot August Night ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
● George Harrison —— Dark Horse ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Jesse Colin Young —— American Dreams ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Good Music ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Bryan Adams —— MTV Unplugged ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● New Order —— Retro ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Yes —— Like It Is: Yes At The Bristol Hippodrome ► Prog Rock >> 2014
● Neil Young —— Peace Trail ► Folk-Rock >> 2016
December 10
● Deep Purple —— Stormbringer ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Journey —— Dream, After Dream [Sndtrk] ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1980
● The Jam —— Dig The New Breed ► Punk-Rock >> 1982
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Bark At The Moon ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Fine Young Cannibals —— Fine Young Cannibals ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1985
● The Who —— The Who Collection ► British Rock >> 1985
● Jethro Tull —— Live At Hammersmith ’84 ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Enigma —— MCMXC A.D. ► Ambient >> 1990
● Various Artists —— Until The End Of The World: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack [Sndtrk] ► Mixed >> 1991
● Ghostface Killah —— Lama Rabi Rabi ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1996
● Phish —— Round Room ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2002
● Pink Floyd —— Oh, By The Way ► Prog Rock >> 2007
● Neil Young —— Life At The Cellar Door ► Folk-Rock >> 2013
