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):
March 12
● The Velvet Underground —— The Velvet Underground & Nico ► Alt. Rock >> 1967
● Yoko Ono —— Fly ► Avant-Garde/Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Parliament —— Chocolate City ► Funk >> 1975
● Bob Dylan —— Masterpieces ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● Billy Joel —— Glass Houses ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● The Rolling Stones —— Sucking In The Seventies ► Rock n Roll >> 1981
● The Jam —— The Gift ► Punk-Rock >> 1982
● Berlin —— Love Life ► L. A. Synth-Pop >> 1984
● Dire Straits —— Alchemy: Dire Straits Live ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Kool & The Gang —— Kool & The Gang At Their Best ► Funk-Soul >> 1985
● Robyn Hitchcock —— Eye Of The Hurricane ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Prong —— Beg To Differ ► Thrash Metal >> 1990
● Rick Astley —— Free ► Dance-Pop >> 1991
● R.E.M. —— Out Of Time ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Céline Dion —— Falling Into You ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Kiss —— MTV Unplugged ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Sting —— Mercury Falling ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Rod Stewart —— Human ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Indigo Girls —— Become You ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Eric Clapton —— Old Sock ► Blues-Rock >> 2013
March 13
● Tyrannosaurus Rex —— A Beard Of Stars ► Psych Rock >> 1970
● Hot Tuna —— Double Dose ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● Slade —— We’ll Bring The House Down ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● The Cars —— Heartbeat City ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1984
● The Fleshtones —— Fleshtones vs. Reality ► Punk-Rock >> 1987
● Carly Simon —— My Romance ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Bad Religion —— Generator ► Punk Rock >> 1992
● Selena —— Amor Prohibido ► Latin Dance-Pop >> 1994
● Disco Inferno —— In Debt ► Post-Punk Alt/Experimental >> 1995
● Janet Jackson —— janet. Remixed ► Pop-Soul >> 1995
● The Hives —— A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T ► Garage Rock >> 1998
● Eric Clapton —— Reptile ► Blues-Rock >> 2001
● Natalie Cole —— The Best Of Natalie Cole ► Soul-Pop >> 2001
● The Innocence Mission —— We Walked In Song ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Eddie Money —— Wanna Go Back ► Album Rock >> 2007
● Neil Young —— Live At Massey Hall 1971 ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
March 14
● Waylon Jennings —— Folk-Country ► Trad Country >> 1966
● Brenda Lee —— Bye Bye Blues ► Country-Pop >> 1966
● Justin Hayward And John Lodge —— Blue Jays ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Def Leppard —— On Through The Night ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Joe Jackson —— Body And Soul ► New Wave Jazz-Pop >> 1984
● Voivoid —— Rrröööaaarrr ► Thrash Metal >> 1986
● Extreme —— Extreme ► Pop-Metal >> 1989
● Level 42 —— Forever Now ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1994
● Bonnie Raitt —— Longing In Their Hearts ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● 2Pac —— Me Against The World ► Spoken Word Rap >> 1995
● Collective Soul —— Collective Soul ► Southern Rock >> 1995
● A Flock Of Seagulls —— The Light At The End Of The World ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1995
● Goo Goo Dolls —— A Boy Named Goo ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1995
● Annie Lennox —— Medusa ► Adult Alternative Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Matthew Sweet —— 100% Fun ► Power Pop >> 1995
● Various Artists —— Encomium: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Elton John —— The Road To El Dorado [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— All Time Greatest Hits ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● Poison —— Crack A Smile…And More! ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal >> 2000
● Black Sabbath —— Greatest Hits 1970-1978 ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● A Flock Of Seagulls —— We Are The 80s ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 2006
● Queen —— Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973-1976) ► Glam Rock >> 2011
March 15
● Jay & The Americans —— Sands Of Time ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● Smokey Robinson —— Pure Smokey ► Soul >> 1974
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— That’s The Way Of The World ► Soul-Funk >> 1975
● Kiss —— Destroyer ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● The Band —— Islands ► Folk-Rock >> 1977
● Marvin Gaye —— Live At the London Palladium ► Soul >> 1977
● Procol Harum —— Something Magic ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Asia —— Asia ► Arena Rock >> 1982
● Talking Heads —— Naked ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1988
● Robert Palmer —— Pretty Woman [Sndtrk] ► Adult Contemporary >> 1990
● Coverdale-Page —— Coverdale-Page ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Sammy Hagar —— Unboxed ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● Mötley Crüe —— Mötley Crüe ► Heavy Metal >> 1994
● Matthew Sweet —— Son Of Altered Beast [EP] ► Power Pop >> 1994
● Blur —— 13 ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1999
● Buju Banton —— Rudeboys Inna Ghetto ► Dancehall Reggae >> 2000
● Eagles —— Eagles ► Country-Rock >> 2005
● Los Lobos —— Live At The Fillmore ► Roots Rock >> 2005
● Steely Dan —— Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz With Steely Dan ► Jazz-Rock >> 2005
March 16
● The Kingston Trio —— Stereo Concert ► Folk-Pop >> 1959
● The Beach Boys —— Shut Down, Vol. 2 ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Otis Redding & Carla Thomas —— King And Queen ► Soul >> 1967
● Manfred Mann —— What A Mann ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● T. Rex —— Tanx ► Glam Rock >> 1973
● Marvin Gaye —— I Want You ► Soul – Motown >> 1976
● REO Speedwagon —— You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish ► Arena Rock >> 1978
● Bijelo Dugme —— Bitanga I Princeza ► Yugoslav Prog Rock >> 1979
● The Fall —— Live At The Witch Trials ► Post-Punk >> 1979
● The Who —— Face Dances ► British Rock >> 1981
● The Smithereens —— Green Thoughts ► College Rock >> 1988
● The Who —— Who’s Better, Who’s Best ► British Rock >> 1988
● Kid Rock —— The Polyfuze Method ► Rap Rock >> 1993
● The Cardigans —— Life ► Power Pop >> 1995
● Morcheeba —— Big Clam ► Downtempo Trip-Hop >> 1998
● Simple Minds —— Neapolis ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1998
● Jeff Beck —— Who Else! ► Instrumental Rock >> 1999
● Jackson Browne —— The Very Best Of Jackson Browne ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Madonna —— MDNA ► Dance-Pop >> 2012
● Mark Knopfler —— Tracker ► Roots Rock >> 2015
March 17
● Bill Haley And His Comets —— Rockin’ Around The World ► Rock ‘n’ Roll >> 1958
● Jackie DeShannon —— New Image ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Grateful Dead —— The Grateful Dead ► Psychedelic Rock (SFO) >> 1967
● The Rascals —— Freedom Suite ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1969
● Pink Floyd —— The Dark Side Of The Moon ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Works, Vol. 1 ► Prog. Rock >> 1977
● Elvis Costello —— This Year’s Model ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Generation X —— Generation X ► Punk Rock >> 1978
● Bad Company —— Desolation Angels ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Depeche Mode —— Black Celebration ► Synth-Pop >> 1986
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Just Say Ozzy ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Melissa Etheridge —— Never Enough ► Roots Rock >> 1992
● k. d. lang —— Ingenue ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● No Doubt —— The Beacon Street Collection ► Ska-Pop >> 1992
● No Doubt —— No Doubt ► Ska-Pop >> 1992
● Twisted Sister —— Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister ► Hair Metal >> 1992
● Elton John —— Made In England ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Hanson —— MMMBop ► Pop-Rock/Teen Pop >> 1996
● The Dismemberment Plan —— The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified ► Post-Hardcore Punk >> 1997
● Van Halen —— Van Halen III ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Paul McCartney —— Back In The World ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Bryan Adams —— 11 ► Pop-Rock >> 2008
● Van Morrison —— Keep It Simple [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 2008
● Nick Lowe —— Quiet Please: The New Best Of Nick Lowe ► Pub Rock >> 2009
● Rod Stewart —— Live 1976-1998: Tonight’s The Night ► Pop-Rock >> 2014
March 18
● Gene Vincent —— Gene Vincent Rocks! And The Blue Caps Roll ► Rock n Roll >> 1958
● Peter, Paul & Mary —— Album 1700 ► Classic Folk >> 1967
● Donna Summer —— A Love Trilogy ► Disco >> 1976
● Iggy Pop —— The Idiot ► Proto Punk >> 1977
● Grace Slick —— Dreams ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1980
● Ike & Tina Turner —— Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner ► Soul >> 1991
● Peter Gabriel —— Birdy [Sndtrk] ► Prog Rock >> 1995
● The Beatles —— Anthology 2 ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Gary Numan & Tubeway Army —— The Premier Hits ► Synth-Pop >> 1996
● Aerosmith —— Nine Lives ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Hittin’ The Note ► Southern Rock >> 2003
● Buzzcocks —— Buzzcocks ► Punk-Rock >> 2003
● Sparks —— Two Hands, One Mouth: Live In Europe ► Art Rock >> 2013
● Iggy Pop —— Post Pop Depression ► Alt. Rock / Punk >> 2016
