Albums Released This Week (February 19 – 25)

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 19


● The Rascals —— Once Upon A Dream ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1968
● Yes —— The Yes Album ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Split Enz —— Frenzy [NZ] ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Simple Minds —— The Breakfast Club [Sndtrk] ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1985
● The Fall —— Extricate ► Post-Punk >> 1990
● Peter Wolf —— Up To No Good ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1990
● Dinosaur Jr. —— Green Mind ► Alt. Rock >> 1991
● The Fixx —— Ink ► Techno-Pop >> 1991
● Joni Mitchell —— Night Ride Home ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● The Tragically Hip —— Road Apples ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Ace Of Base —— Happy Nation ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 1993
● Bruce Dickinson —— Skunkworks ► Heavy Metal >> 1996
● Humble Pie —— Back On Track ► Hard Rock >> 2002
● The Cars —— Complete Greatest Hits ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Jerry Garcia Band —— Garcia Live Volume One ► Roots Rock >> 2013
● Richard Marx —— Now And Forever: The Ballads ► Adult Contemporary Pop-Rock >> 2014
● Mavis Staples —— Livin’ On A High Note ► Roots Soul >> 2016
● Yoko Ono —— Yes, I’m A Witch Too ► Electronic Alternative >> 2016

February 20


● Buddy Holly —— Buddy Holly ► Pop-Rock >> 1958
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis Now ► Adult Contemporary >> 1972
● Tangerine Dream —— Phaedra ► Art Rock >> 1974
● Genesis —— A Trick Of The Tail ► Prog Rock >> 1976
● The Smiths —— The Smiths ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Talk Talk —— The Colour Of Spring ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Fine Young Cannibals —— The Raw And The Cooked ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1989
● Meat Beat Manifesto —— Storm The Studio ► Techno-Industrial >> 1989
● Everything But The Girl —— The Language Of Life ► Electro-Pop >> 1990
● Butthole Surfers —— Piouhgd ► Post-Punk Hardcore >> 1991
● The Smiths —— Singles ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Murder Ballads ► Alt Rock >> 1996
● Lou Reed —— Set The Twilight Reeling ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● The Monkees —— Music Box ► Pop-Rock >> 2001

February 21

● Blood, Sweat & Tears —— Child Is Father To The Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● The Temptations —— Masterpiece ► Soul – Motown >> 1973
● Status Quo —— On The Level ► Blues-Rock >> 1975
● Bad Company —— Run With The Pack ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● David Coverdale —— White Snake ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● The Stranglers —— Live (X Cert) ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● Mick Jagger —— She’s The Boss ► Adult Contemporary >> 1985
● Elvis Costello —— King Of America ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Marc Cohn —— Marc Cohn ► Adult Contemporary >> 1991
● Emperor —— In The Nightside Eclipse ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1994
● Morrissey —— The World Of Morrissey ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Various Artists —— The Next Best Thing [Sndtrk] ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Simple Minds —— X5 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2012

February 22


● The Supremes —— Supremes Sing Country Western And Pop ► Soul – Motown >> 1965
● Ten Years After —— Stonedhenge ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● David Crosby —— If I Could Only Remember My Name ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● Suzi Quatro —— If You Knew Suzi ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1980
● Journey —— Frontiers ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1983
● Elvis Costello And Richard Harvey —— G.B.H. [Sndtrk] ► Orchestral Soundtrack >> 1984
● Ozzy Osbourne —— The Ultimate Sin ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Goo Goo Dolls —— Jed ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1989
● The Chills —— Submarine Bells ► Alt Indie Rock >> 1990
● The Auteurs —— New Wave ► Glam Rock >> 1993
● Darkane —— Rusted Angel ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1999
● The Byrds —— Live At The Fillmore – February 1969 ► Country-Rock >> 2000
● The Apples In Stereo —— Look Away + 4 ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop >> 2000
● John Waite —— Rough & Tumble ► Power Pop >> 2011

February 23


● Otis Redding —— The Dock Of The Bay ► Memphis Soul >> 1968
● Manfred Mann —— Up The Junction [Sndtrk] ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1968
● The Selector —— Too Much Pressure ► New Wave Ska Revival >> 1980
● Sade —— Diamond Life ► Quiet Storm >> 1985
● The Smiths —— The World Won’t Listen ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Van Halen —— Live: Right Here, Right Now ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Big Head Todd & The Monsters —— Sister Sweetly ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Jack Bruce —— Somethin Els ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 1993
● Goo Goo Dolls —— Superstar Car Wash ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1993
● Derek & The Dominos —— Live At The Fillmore ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● Various Artists —— Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute To D Boon And The Minutemen ► Indie Rock >> 1996
● ALL —— All ► Punk Rock/Pop-Punk >> 1999
● XTC —— Apple Venus Volume 1 ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1999
● The Specials —— Blue Plate Specials Live ► Ska Revival >> 1999
● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— Eufaula ► Southern Rock >> 1999
● Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band —— The Mountain ► Bluegrass >> 1999
● Blondie —— No Exit ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Eminem —— The Slim Shady LP ► Hard Core Rap >> 1999

February 24


● Fleetwood Mac —— Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● Funkadelic —— Funkadelic ► Funk >> 1970
● Cactus —— One Way…Or Another ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Led Zeppelin —— Physical Graffiti ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Watch ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Rick Springfield —— Working Class Dog ► Power Pop >> 1981
● Europe —— Europe ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal >> 1983
● Lee Aaron —— Metal Queen ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● Ringo Starr —— Starr Struck: Best Of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Madness —— Divine Madness ► Ska Revival >> 1992
● 2 Unlimited —— Get Ready! ► Eurodance-Pop >> 1992
● Bark Psychosis —— Hex ► Electronic/Ambient >> 1994
● Cradle Of Filth —— The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh ► Heavy Metal/Extreme Metal >> 1994
● Gov’t Mule —— Dose ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 1998
● Jonathan Cain —— For A Lifetime ► Instrumental Piano Rock >> 1998
● Train —— Train ► Alt. Rock >> 1998
● Chaka Khan —— Dance Classics Of Chaka Khan ► Soul-Funk >> 1999
● Led Zeppelin —— Early Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume One ► Hard Rock >> 1999
● Peter, Paul & Mary —— In These Times ► Folk-Pop >> 2003
● Golden Earring —— Millbrook U.S.A. ► Hard Rock >> 2003
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 02.28.03 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2004
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 07.15.03 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2004
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 07.29.03 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2004
● Rick Springfield —— Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance ► Power Pop >> 2004
● Van Morrison —— Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl ► Folk-Rock >> 2009
● The Church —— Coffee Hounds [EP] ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2009
● Chris Isaak —— Mr. Lucky ► Adult Contemporary >> 2009
● Rick Springfield —— Stripped Down ► Power Pop >> 2015

February 25


● Barbra Streisand —— The Barbra Streisand Album ► Classic Pop >> 1963
● Nick Drake —— Pink Moon ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● Alice Cooper —— Billion Dollar Babies ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Dr. John —— In The Right Place ► New Orleans R&B >> 1973
● Aretha Franklin —— Let Me In Your Life ► Soul >> 1974
● Peter Gabriel —— Peter Gabriel [1] ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Al Di Meola —— Casino ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1978
● Scorpions —— Lovedrive ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 1979
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Against The Wind ► Heartland Rock >> 1980
● Tears For Fears —— Songs From The Big Chair ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Midnight Oil —— Blue Sky Mining ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Spacemen 3 —— Recurring ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1991
● Tori Amos —— Little Earthquakes ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Cluster —— First Encounter Tour 1996 ► Electronic-Ambient >> 1997
● James —— Whiplash ► Alt Pop/Rock >> 1997
● Janet Jackson —— Discipline ► Pop-Soul >> 2008
● Heart —— Fanatic Live From Caesar’s Colosseum ► Album Rock >> 2014