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):
February 01
1967 ● Jefferson Airplane —— Surrealistic Pillow ► Psychedelic Rock
1972 ● Neil Young —— Harvest ► Folk-Rock
1974 ● The Doobie Brothers —— What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits ► Pop-Rock
1974 ● T. Rex —— Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders of Tomorrow ► Glam Rock
1979 ● Cheap Trick —— Cheap Trick At Budokan ► Hard Rock/Power Pop
1980 ● Girl —— Sheer Greed ► Heavy Metal/Glam-Metal
1981 ● Earthstar —— Atomkraft? Nein, Danke! ► Kosmische Musik
1982 ● Simple Minds —— Celebration ► New Wave Alt. Pop
1983 ● Eric Clapton —— Money And Cigarettes ► Blues-Rock
1989 ● Tesla —— The Great Radio Controversy ► Hard Rock
1993 ● Accept —— Objection Overruled ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Metal
1993 ● Paul McCartney —— Off The Ground ► Pop-Rock
1994 ● Green Day —— Dookie ► Alt Pop-Rock
1994 ● Fugees —— Blunted On Reality ► Rap/Contemporary R&B
2000 ● Dr. John —— Duke Elegant ► New Orleans R&B
2000 ● The Beach Boys —— Greatest Hits Volume Three: Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986 ► Pop-Rock
2000 ● Little Feat —— Extended Versions ► Southern Rock
2001 ● Jack Johnson —— Brushfire Fairy Tales ► AA Folk-Rock
2005 ● Brazilian Girls —— Brazilian Girls ► Electro-Dance
2005 ● Tina Turner —— All The Best ► Pop-Rock
2008 ● Jack Johnson —— Sleep Through The Static ► AA Folk-Rock
February 02
1976 ● Genesis —— A Trick Of The Tail [UK] ► Prog Rock
1976 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Gimme Back My Bullets ► Southern Rock
1979 ● Stiff Little Fingers —— Inflammable Material ► Punk-Rock
1981 ● Iron Maiden —— Killers ► Heavy Metal
1987 ● Expose —— Exposure ► Dance-Pop
1987 ● The Psychedelic Furs —— Midnight To Midnight ► Post-Punk New Wave
1987 ● The Style Council —— Cost Of Loving ► Synth-Pop
1988 ● Leonard Cohen —— I’m Your Man ► Soft Rock
1988 ● Lita Ford —— Lita ► Hard Rock
1993 ● Belly —— Star ► Alt Rock/Dream Pop
1993 ● Brian May —— Back To The Light ► Hard Rock
1993 ● Phish —— Rift ► Prog Rock/Jam Band
1994 ● Pavement —— Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain ► Indie Rock/Noise Rock
1999 ● Built To Spill —— Keep It Like A Secret ► Indie Rock/Pop-Rock
2010 ● Martha & The Muffins —— Delicate ► Indie Art-Rock
February 03
1964 ● The Beatles —— Twist And Shout ► Pop-Rock
1969 ● The Byrds —— Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde ► Country-Rock
1969 ● Jethro Tull —— This Was ► Prog Rock
1971 ● Harry Nilsson —— Love Story ► Traditional Pop
1976 ● Black Sabbath —— We Sold Our Soul For Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Hard Rock
1981 ● Rainbow —— Difficult To Cure ► Hard Rock
1993 ● Earth —— Earth 2 ► Drone Doom Rock
1995 ● Energy Orchard —— Pain Killer ► Alt Indie Rock
1997 ● Judas Priest —— The Best Of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight ► Heavy Metal
1997 ● Texas —— White On Blonde ► Blues-Rock
1997 ● David Bowie —— Earthling ► Techno Rock
1998 ● Pearl Jam —— Yield ► Hard Rock
1998 ● Sister Sledge —— African Eyes ► Funk/Soul
1998 ● Various Artists —— Blues Brothers 2000 [Sndtrk] ► Blues-Rock
1998 ● Blues Brothers —— Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ► Blues-Rock
2003 ● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Nocturama ► Alt Rock
2004 ● Incubus —— A Crow Left Of The Murder… ► Funk Metal
2014 ● Tina Turner —— Love Songs ► Pop-Rock
2015 ● Bob Dylan —— Shadows In The Night ► Folk-Rock
February 04
1972 ● The Strawbs —— Grave New World ► Prog. Rock
1973 ● Elvis Presley —— Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite ► Contemporary Adult Pop-Rock
1977 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Rumours ► Pop-Rock
1980 ● The Buggles —— The Age Of Plastic ► New Wave Power Pop
1980 ● The Ramones —— End Of The Century ► Punk-Rock
1983 ● Echo & The Bunnymen —— Porcupine ► Post-Punk
1988 ● Widespread Panic —— Space Wrangler ► Southern Rock
1991 ● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Talkin’ Blues ► Roots Reggae
1992 ● Alice In Chains —— Sap ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal
1997 ● Tony Bennett —— Tony Bennett On Holiday ► Easy Listening
1997 ● Silverchair —— Freak Show ► Grunge Rock
1997 ● Widespread Panic —— Bombs & Butterflies ► Southern Rock
2003 ● Frank Zappa —— Halloween ► Art Rock
2008 ● Various Artists —— Living In The 90s…Now ► Rock
2011 ● Cut Copy —— Zonoscope ► Electronic Pop
February 05
1969 ● Cream —— Goodbye ► Blues-Rock
1971 ● Barclay James Harvest —— Once Again ► Prog Rock
1977 ● Minnie Riperton —— Stay In Love ► Soul-Pop
1979 ● The Bee Gees —— Spirits Having Flown ► Disco
1980 ● The Cure —— Boys Don’t Cry ► Post-Punk
1991 ● Queen —— Innuendo ► Glam Rock
1992 ● Nirvana —— Hormoaning ► Grunge
1996 ● Deep Purple —— Purpendicular ► Hard Rock
1999 ● Goo Goo Dolls —— Dizzy [EP] ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge
2002 ● The Church —— After Everything Now This ► Alt. Power Pop
2002 ● Sade —— Lovers Live ► Quiet Storm
2007 ● Belinda Carlisle —— Voila ► Pop-Rock
2007 ● The Church —— El Momento Siguiente ► Alt. Power Pop
2010 ● Sade —— Soldier Of Love ► Quiet Storm
2016 ● Lucinda Williams —— The Ghosts Of Highway 20 ► Alt. Country
2016 ● Elton John —— Wonderful Crazy Night ► Pop-Rock
February 06
1959 ● Elvis Presley —— For LP Fans Only ► Rockabilly
1967 ● The Byrds —— Younger Than Yesterday ► Country-Rock
1978 ● Jefferson Starship —— Earth ► Arena Rock
1984 ● 38 Special —— Tour De Force ► Southern Rock
1984 ● Simple Minds —— Sparkle In The Rain ► New Wave Alt. Pop
1986 ● Violent Femmes —— The Blind Leading The Naked ► New Wave Post-Punk
1989 ● Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead —— Dylan & The Dead ► Folk-Rock
1990 ● Adam Ant —— Manners & Physique ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1995 ● The Pastels —— Mobile Safari ► Indie Pop-Rock
2001 ● Jeff Beck —— You Had It Coming ► Instrumental Rock
2006 ● Sparks —— Hello Young Lovers ► Glam Rock
2007 ● The Apples In Stereo —— New Magnetic Wonder ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop
February 07
1964 ● The Four Seasons —— Born To Wander ► Pop-Rock
1973 ● The Stooges —— Raw Power ► Proto-Punk
1976 ● The James Gang —— Jesse Come Home ► Blues-Rock
1980 ● Iggy Pop —— Soldier ► Punk-Rock
1981 ● Rush —— Moving Pictures ► Arena Rock
1981 ● The Stranglers —— The Gospel According To The Meninblack ► Punk-Rock
1983 ● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Powerlight ► Soul-Funk
1984 ● Alan Parsons Project —— Ammonia Avenue ► Prog Rock
1989 ● 2 Live Crew —— As Nasty As They Wanna Bee ► East Coast Rap
1989 ● Roy Orbison —— Mystery Girl ► Pop-Rock
1992 ● The Mighty Mighty Bosstones —— More Noise And Other Disturbances ► Ska-Metal
1994 ● Cake —— Motorcade Of Generosity ► Alt Rock/College Rock
1995 ● Carpenters —— Interpretations ► Easy Listening
1995 ● Alison Krauss —— Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection ► Bluegrass
1995 ● Simple Minds —— Good News From The Next World ► New Wave Alt. Pop
2000 ● The Melvins —— The Crybaby ► Heavy Metal/Sludge Metal
2006 ● Ray Davies —— Other People’s Lives ► Pop-Rock
2006 ● Jack Johnson —— Sing-Alongs And Lullabies For The Film Curious George [Sndtrk] ► AA Folk-Rock
2006 ● Whitesnake —— The Definitive Collection ► Arena Rock
2006 ● Elton John —— Billy Elliot The Musical [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock
2012 ● Van Halen —— A Different Kind Of Truth ► Hard Rock