Albums Released This Week (January 4 – 10)

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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 04
1967 ● The Doors —— The Doors ► Blues-Rock
1972 ● Billy Preston —— I Wrote A Simple Song [UK] ► Funk
1972 ● Yes —— Fragile ► Prog Rock
1974 ● Grace Slick —— Manhole ► Psychedelic Rock
1980 ● The Romantics —— The Romantics ► New Wave Power Pop
1984 ● Judas Priest —— Defenders Of The Faith ► Heavy Metal
1988 ● L.A. Guns —— L.A. Guns ► Heavy Metal
1988 ● Marillion —— B’Sides Themselves ► Prog Rock
1993 ● L.A. Guns —— Lack Of Charisma ► Heavy Metal
1994 ● Lagwagon —— Trashed ► Punk-Rock

January 05
1959 ● The Kingston Trio —— From The Hungry i ► Folk-Pop
1959 ● Bill Haley And His Comets —— Bill Haley’s Chicks ► Rock ‘n’ Roll
1962 ● Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers —— My Bonnie ► Britpop
1963 ● The Ventures —— The Ventures Play Telstar – The Lonely Bull And Others ► Rock n Roll Instrumental
1969 ● Creedence Clearwater Revival —— Bayou Country ► Roots Rock
1970 ● Loretta Lynn —— Wings Upon Your Horns ► Trad Country
1973 ● Bruce Springsteen —— Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. ► Album Rock
1973 ● Aerosmith —— Aerosmith ► Hard Rock
1973 ● Laura Nyro —— The First Songs ► Folk-Rock
1977 ● ABBA —— Arrival ► Euro-Pop
1979 ● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Armed Forces ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1979 ● Joe Jackson —— Look Sharp! ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1983 ● Leo Kottke —— Time Step ► Folk-Rock
1987 ● Hüsker Dü —— Warehouse: Songs And Stories ► Alt Pop-Rock
1990 ● They Might Be Giants —— Flood ► Alt. Rock
1992 ● Jeff Beck & Jed Leiber —— Frankie’s House [Sndtrk] ► Instrumental Rock
1993 ● The The —— Dusk ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1993 ● Cell —— Slo*Blo ► Grunge
1993 ● Neil Young —— Lucky Thirteen ► Roots Rock
1999 ● Hawkwind —— In Your Area ► Space Rock
2010 ● Gin Blossoms —— Rarities ► Power Pop

January 06
1976 ● Peter Frampton —— Frampton Comes Alive! ► Arena Rock
2004 ● Phantom Planet —— Phantom Planet ► Alt Rock/Garage Revival
2009 ● Animal Collective —— Merriweather Post Pavilion ► Neo Psychedelia
2011 ● Yes —— Union Live ► Prog Rock

January 07
1970 ● Billy Preston —— Encouraging Words ► Soul-Funk
1971 ● Black Sabbath —— Paranoid ► Hard Rock
1972 ● Nicky Hopkins; Ry Cooder; Mick Jagger; Bill Wyman; Charlie Watts —— Jamming With Edward ► Blues-Rock
1974 ● David Bromberg —— Wanted Dead Or Alive ► Blues-Rock
1977 ● Jefferson Airplane —— Flight Log (1966-1976) ► Arena Rock
1980 ● Lipps, Inc. —— Mouth To Mouth ► Disco
1982 ● The Fleshtones —— Roman Gods ► Punk-Rock
1983 ● Smokey Robinson —— Touch The Sky ► Soul – Motown
1994 ● Rick Wakeman —— Word & The Gospels ► Art Rock
1997 ● Incubus —— Enjoy Incubus ► Funk Metal
1999 ● Alex Lloyd —— Black In The Sun ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge
2005 ● Bob Dylan —— On The Road Again ► Folk-Rock
2007 ● Carly Simon —— Into White ► Pop-Rock
2013 ● Bob Dylan —— Bob Dylan And The New Folk Movement ► Folk-Rock

January 08
1970 ● Marvin Gaye —— That’s The Way Love Is ► Soul – Motown
1973 ● Yoko Ono —— Approximately Infinite Universe ► Avant-Garde/Pop-Rock
1973 ● The Beach Boys —— Holland ► Pop-Rock
1975 ● Elvis Presley —— Promised Land ► Pop-Rock
1976 ● Bette Midler —— Songs For The New Depression ► Pop-Rock Vocals
1976 ● Elvis Presley —— Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 ► Rock ‘N Roll
1989 ● Peter Frampton —— When All The Pieces Fit ► Arena Rock
1990 ● GWAR —— Scumdogs Of The Universe ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
1991 ● Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ —— Fly Me Courageous ► Southern Rock
1993 ● Loudon Wainwright III —— Career Moves ► Folk-Rock
2007 ● Kylie Minogue —— Showgirl Homecoming Live ► Dance-Pop
2008 ● Patti Smith —— iTunes Originals ► Hard Rock
2016 ● David Bowie —— Blackstar ► Glam Rock

January 09
1967 ● The Rascals —— Collections ► Blue-Eyed Soul
1970 ● Badfinger —— Magic Christian Music [UK] ► Pop-Rock
1972 ● Jeff Beck Group —— Rough And Ready [UK] ► Blues-Rock
1974 ● Yes —— Tales From Topographic Oceans ► Prog Rock
1974 ● Blue Magic —— Blue Magic ► Philly Soul
1984 ● Van Halen —— 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) ► Hard Rock
1989 ● Rush —— A Show Of Hands ► Arena Rock
1991 ● The Specials —— The Singles Collection ► Ska Revival
2001 ● Ben E. King —— Eleven Best ► Soul
2006 ● The Pretenders —— Pirate Radio ► Post-Punk
2007 ● John Waite —— Downtown: Journey Of A Heart ► Power Pop

January 10
1964 ● The Beatles —— Introducing…The Beatles ► Pop-Rock
1964 ● The Rolling Stones —— The Rolling Stones ► Blues-Rock
1967 ● The Monkees —— More Of The Monkees ► Pop-Rock
1968 ● Gary Puckett & The Union Gap —— Woman, Woman ► Pop-Rock
1974 ● Rod Stewart/Faces —— Coast To Coast: Overture And Beginners ► British Rock
1977 ● The Ramones —— Leave Home ► Punk-Rock
1977 ● Muddy Waters —— Hard Again ► Slide Guitar Blues
1983 ● Dire Straits —— ExtendedancEPlay ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock
1985 ● Chris Isaak —— Silvertone ► AA Pop-Rock
1989 ● Lou Reed —— New York ► Hard Rock
2006 ● Brenda Lee —— The Definitive Collection ► Country-Pop
2006 ● Heart —— Love Songs ► Album Rock

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