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):
January 29
● Miles Davis —— Filles De Kilimanjaro ► Electric Jazz/Fusion >> 1969
● Buzzcocks —— Spiral Scratch ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Shalamar —— Friends ► Disco >> 1982
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Picture This ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Yello —— Stella ► Electro Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Fish —— Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors ► Prog Rock >> 1990
● The Divinyls —— Divinyls ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Gloria Estefan —— Into The Light ► Latin Pop >> 1991
● Chicago —— Twenty 1 ► Jazz-Rock >> 1991
● Screaming Trees —— Uncle Anesthesia ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1991
● Susanna Hoffs —— When You’re A Boy ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Prince —— The Truth ► Soul-Funk >> 1998
● Blackmail —— Science Fiction ► Post-Grunge/Kraut Rock >> 1999
● Natalie Cole —— Love Songs ► Soul-Pop >> 2001
● Dave Matthews Band —— The Haiti Relief Project [EP] ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2010
● Indians —— Somewhere Else ► Dream Pop >> 2013
● Tedeschi Trucks Band —— Let Me Get By ► Blues-Rock >> 2016
January 30
● The Kingston Trio —— Make Way ► Folk-Pop >> 1961
● The Rolling Stones —— The Rolling Stones No. 2 ► Blues-Rock >> 1965
● The Velvet Underground —— White Light/White Heat ► Alt. Rock >> 1968
● Moby Grape —— Moby Grape ’69 ► Psychedelic Rock (SFO) >> 1969
● T. Rex —— Futuristic Dragon ► Glam Rock >> 1976
● Blue Öyster Cult —— Club Ninja ► Metal >> 1986
● The Blue Nile —— Hats ► Synth/Dream-Pop >> 1989
● The Shamen —— In Gorbachev We Trust ► Alt Rock/Electro-Psych >> 1989
● New Order —— Technique ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Free Kitten —— Nice Ass ► Indie Rock >> 1995
● Ministry —— Filth Pig ► Industrial Metal >> 1996
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Greatest Hits ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 2001
● Madonna —— The Confessions Tour ► Dance-Pop >> 2007
● Lykke Li —— Youth Novels ► Dream Pop >> 2008
● The Rolling Stones —— Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) ► Blues-Rock >> 2012
January 31
● Tony Bennett —— The Movie Song Album ► Easy Listening >> 1966
● Al Green —— Let’s Stay Together ► Soul (Southern) >> 1972
● Golden Earring —— To The Hilt ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Christopher Cross —— Another Page ► Pop-Rock, Soft >> 1983
● Curtis Mayfield —— BBC Radio 1 In Concert ► Soul/Funk >> 1994
● Tori Amos —— Under The Pink ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Primal Scream —— XTRMNTR [UK] ► Indie Rock >> 2000
● Jim Croce —— Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live ► Folk-Pop >> 2006
● Ben E. King —— I’ve Been Around ► Soul >> 2006
● Warren Zevon —— Reconsider Me: The Love Songs ► Pop-Rock >> 2006
● Hannah Peel —— The Broken Wave ► Electronic Pop >> 2011
● Ringo Starr —— Ringo 2012 ► Pop-Rock >> 2012
February 01
● The Doors —— Morrison Hotel ► Blues-Rock >> 1970
● The Doobie Brothers —— What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Girl —— Sheer Greed ► Heavy Metal/Glam-Metal >> 1980
● Earthstar —— Atomkraft? Nein, Danke! ► Kosmische Musik >> 1981
● Simple Minds —— Celebration ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1982
● Eric Clapton —— Money And Cigarettes ► Blues-Rock >> 1983
● Tesla —— The Great Radio Controversy ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Accept —— Objection Overruled ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Metal >> 1993
● Paul McCartney —— Off The Ground ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Fugees —— Blunted On Reality ► Rap/Contemporary R&B >> 1994
● Green Day —— Dookie ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Dr. John —— Duke Elegant ► New Orleans R&B >> 2000
● Little Feat —— Extended Versions ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● The Beach Boys —— Greatest Hits Volume Three: Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986 ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Jack Johnson —— Brushfire Fairy Tales ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2001
● Tina Turner —— All The Best ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Brazilian Girls —— Brazilian Girls ► Electro-Dance >> 2005
● Jack Johnson —— Sleep Through The Static ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2008
February 02
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Gimme Back My Bullets ► Southern Rock >> 1976
● Genesis —— A Trick Of The Tail [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1976
● Stiff Little Fingers —— Inflammable Material ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● Iron Maiden —— Killers ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● The Style Council —— Cost Of Loving ► Synth-Pop >> 1987
● Expose —— Exposure ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Midnight To Midnight ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 1987
● Lita Ford —— Lita ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Brian May —— Back To The Light ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Phish —— Rift ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 1993
● Belly —— Star ► Alt Rock/Dream Pop >> 1993
● Pavement —— Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain ► Indie Rock/Noise Rock >> 1994
● Built To Spill —— Keep It Like A Secret ► Indie Rock/Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Martha & The Muffins —— Delicate ► Indie Art-Rock >> 2010
February 03
● The Beatles —— Twist And Shout ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Jethro Tull —— This Was ► Prog Rock >> 1969
● The Byrds —— Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde ► Country-Rock >> 1969
● Harry Nilsson —— Love Story ► Traditional Pop >> 1971
● Black Sabbath —— We Sold Our Soul For Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Rainbow —— Difficult To Cure ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Earth —— Earth 2 ► Drone Doom Rock >> 1993
● Energy Orchard —— Pain Killer ► Alt Indie Rock >> 1995
● Judas Priest —— The Best Of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight ► Heavy Metal >> 1997
● David Bowie —— Earthling ► Techno Rock >> 1997
● Texas —— White On Blonde ► Blues-Rock >> 1997
● Sister Sledge —— African Eyes ► Funk/Soul >> 1998
● Various Artists —— Blues Brothers 2000 [Sndtrk] ► Blues-Rock >> 1998
● Pearl Jam —— Yield ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Nocturama ► Alt Rock >> 2003
● Incubus —— A Crow Left Of The Murder… ► Funk Metal >> 2004
● Tina Turner —— Love Songs ► Pop-Rock >> 2014
● Bob Dylan —— Shadows In The Night ► Folk-Rock >> 2015
February 04
● The Strawbs —— Grave New World ► Prog. Rock >> 1972
● Elvis Presley —— Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite ► Contemporary Adult Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Fleetwood Mac —— Rumours ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● The Buggles —— The Age Of Plastic ► New Wave Power Pop >> 1980
● The Ramones —— End Of The Century ► Punk-Rock >> 1980
● Echo & The Bunnymen —— Porcupine ► Post-Punk >> 1983
● Widespread Panic —— Space Wrangler ► Southern Rock >> 1988
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Talkin’ Blues ► Roots Reggae >> 1991
● Alice In Chains —— Sap ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 1992
● Widespread Panic —— Bombs & Butterflies ► Southern Rock >> 1997
● Silverchair —— Freak Show ► Grunge Rock >> 1997
● Tony Bennett —— Tony Bennett On Holiday ► Easy Listening >> 1997
● Frank Zappa —— Halloween ► Art Rock >> 2003
● Various Artists —— Living In The 90s…Now ► Rock >> 2008
● Cut Copy —— Zonoscope ► Electronic Pop >> 2011