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 19
● Aretha Franklin —— The Electrifying Aretha Franklin ► Soul >> 1962
● Bob Dylan —— Bob Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 1962
● Jethro Tull —— Aqualung ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Cat Stevens —— Buddha And The Chocolate Box ► Folk-Pop >> 1974
● America —— Hearts ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Kiss —— Dressed To Kill ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● The Who —— Tommy [Sndtrk] ► British Rock >> 1975
● The Doobie Brothers —— Takin’ It To The Streets ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Natalie Cole —— I Love You So ► Soul-Pop >> 1979
● The Beach Boys —— L.A. (Light Album) ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Black Flag —— Who’s Got The 10 1/2? ► Punk-Rock/Hardcore >> 1986
● DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince —— Rock The House ► Pop-Rap >> 1987
● Ozzy Osbourne And Randy Rhoads —— Tribute ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Cowboy Junkies —— The Caution Horses ► Alt. Rock >> 1990
● Depeche Mode —— Violator ► Synth-Pop >> 1990
● Robert Plant —— Manic Nirvana ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● George Strait —— Chill Of An Early Fall ► Classic Country >> 1991
● Barenaked Ladies —— Born On A Pirate Ship ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1996
● The Who —— Blues To The Bush ► British Rock >> 2000
● Donovan —— Pied Piper ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Jimmy Buffett —— Far Side Of The World ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● David Bowie —— The Best Of David Bowie, 1980/1987 ► Glam Rock >> 2007
● Scorpions —— Sting In The Tail ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 2010
March 20
● The Temptations —— Meet The Temptations ► Soul – Motown >> 1964
● Elvis Presley —— Good Times ► Adult Contemporary >> 1974
● Wild Cherry —— Wild Cherry ► Funk >> 1976
● Praying Mantis —— Time Tells No Lies ► Heavy Metal (New Wave of British) >> 1981
● Peter Wolf —— Come As You Are ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1987
● Bell Biv Devoe —— Poison ► New Jack Swing >> 1990
● Blue Aeroplanes —— Swagger ► Art Rock >> 1990
● Eddie Money —— Complete Eddie Money Live ► Album Rock >> 2000
● Iron Fire —— Thunderstorm ► Speed Metal >> 2000
● Cocteau Twins —— Lullabies To Violaine, Volume 1: Singles And Extended Plays 1982-1990 ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Cocteau Twins —— Lullabies To Violaine, Volume 2: Singles And Extended Plays 1993-1996-1990 ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Joss Stone —— Introducing Joss Stone ► Pop-Soul (Neo-Soul) >> 2007
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— The Abattoir Blues Tour ► Alt Rock >> 2007
March 21
● Al Green —— Back Up Train ► Soul (Southern) >> 1967
● The Faces —— First Step ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Tangerine Dream —— Rubycon ► Art Rock/Electronic >> 1975
● Brothers Johnson —— Look Out For #1 ► Funk >> 1976
● AC/DC —— Let There Be Rock [Australia] ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Slade —— Whatever Happened To Slade ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Rose Royce —— Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! ► Disco/Funk >> 1978
● Pink Floyd —— The Final Cut ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Southern By The Grace of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tour 1987 ► Southern Rock >> 1988
● Pixies —— Surfer Rosa ► Garage Rock >> 1988
● Tina Turner —— Tina Live In Europe ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Bonnie Raitt —— Nick Of Time ► Blues-Rock >> 1989
● Madonna —— Like A Prayer ► Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Alison Moyet —— Essex ► Synth-Pop >> 1994
● Death —— Symbolic ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1995
● Stevie Wonder —— Conversation Peace ► Pop-R&B >> 1995
● The Tea Party —— The Edges Of Twilight ► Blues-Rock >> 1995
● Against All Authority —— 24 Hour Roadside Resistance ► Ska-Punk >> 2000
● Led Zeppelin —— Latter Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume Two ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● NSYNC —— No Strings Attached ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Patti Smith —— Gung Ho ► Heartland Rock >> 2000
● Ben Harper —— Both Sides Of The Gun ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006
March 22
● The Beatles —— Please Please Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1963
● Bob Dylan —— Bringing It All Back Home ► Folk-Rock >> 1965
● The Beatles —— The Early Beatles ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● The Temptations —— The Temptations Sing Smokey ► Soul – Motown >> 1965
● Elvis Presley —— You’ll Never Walk Alone ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Eagles —— On The Border ► Country-Rock >> 1974
● Frank Zappa —— Apostrophe (‘) ► Art Rock >> 1974
● Jesse Colin Young —— Songbird ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● The Soft Machine —— Bundles ► Jazz Fusion >> 1975
● Elvis Presley —— The Sun Sessions ► Rock ‘N Roll >> 1976
● Iron Maiden —— The Number Of The Beast ► Heavy Metal >> 1982
● The Beatles —— Reel Music ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Savatage —— The Dungeons Are Calling ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal >> 1984
● The Go-Go’s —— Talk Show ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Alcatrazz —— Disturbing The Peace ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● John Paul Jones —— Scream For Help [Sndtrk] ► Blues-Rock >> 1985
● Anthrax —— Among The Living ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1987
● Morrissey —— Viva Hate ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● White Zombie —— Make Them Die Slowly ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1989
● Nine Inch Nails —— Head Like A Hole ► Industrial Metal >> 1990
● Iron Maiden —— A Real Live One ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Cheap Trick —— Woke Up With A Monster ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1994
● Yes —— Talk ► Prog Rock >> 1994
● The Headstones —— Teeth And Tissue ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Billy Idol —— Devil’s Playground ► Hard Rock >> 2005
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— B-Sides & Rarities ► Alt Rock >> 2005
● Soundgarden —— Live On I-5 ► Grunge Rock >> 2011
March 23
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis Presley ► Rock n Roll >> 1956
● Bobby Darin —— That’s All ► Pop-Rock >> 1959
● Dionne Warwick —— Dionne Warwick In Valley Of The Dolls ► Pop-Soul >> 1968
● King Crimson —— Lark’s Tongues In Aspic ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Roxy Music —— For Your Pleasure ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Judas Priest —— Sad Wings Of Destiny ► Heavy Metal >> 1976
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Kaya ► Roots Reggae >> 1978
● Genesis —— …And Then There Were Three… ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Van Halen —— Van Halen II ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Journey —— Departure ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1980
● Rick Springfield —— Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet ► Power Pop >> 1982
● ZZ Top —— Eliminator ► Blues-Rock >> 1983
● Ratt —— Out Of The Cellar ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Howard Jones —— Dream Into Action ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Fates Warning —— No Exit ► Heavy Metal/Progressive >> 1988
● Joni Mitchell —— Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● ZZ Top —— Recycler ► Blues-Rock >> 1990
● The Fall —— Code: Selfish ► Post-Punk >> 1992
● Depeche Mode —— Songs Of Faith And Devotion ► Synth-Pop >> 1993
● Dwight Yoakam —— This Time ► Alt Country-Rock >> 1993
● The Mothers Of Invention —— Ahead Of Their Time ► Art Rock >> 1993
● Everclear —— Sparkle And Fade ► Grunge-Punk >> 1995
● Iron Maiden —— Virtual XI ► Heavy Metal >> 1998
● A+ —— Hempstead High ► Pop-Rap >> 1999
● Elton John & Various Artists —— Elton John And Tim Rice’s Aida ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Gov’t Mule —— Live…With A Little Help From Our Friends, Vol. 2 ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 1999
● Mark Knopfler —— Metroland [Sndtrk] ► Roots Rock >> 1999
● Peter Pan Speedrock —— Killermachine ► Punk Rock >> 2000
● Jerry Garcia Band —— Shining Star ► Roots Rock >> 2001
● Eddie Money —— Let’s Rock ‘N Roll The Place ► Album Rock >> 2003
● Eric Clapton —— Me And Mr. Johnson ► Blues-Rock >> 2004
● Guns N’ Roses —— Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock >> 2004
● Lou Reed —— Animal Serenade ► Album Rock >> 2004
● Ringo Starr —— Tour 2003 ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Triumph —— A Night Of Triumph ► Arena Rock >> 2004
● Kansas —— Miracles Out Of Nowhere ► Prog/Arena Rock >> 2015
March 24
● The Easybeats —— It’s 2 Easy ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1966
● The Mothers Of Invention —— Mothermania ► Prog Rock >> 1969
● Elton John —— Friends [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks —— Striking It Rich ► Country-Rock >> 1972
● Slade —— Slade Alive! ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● Pink Floyd —— The Dark Side Of The Moon [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Weather Report —— Mysterious Traveller ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1974
● Chicago —— Chicago VIII ► Jazz-Rock >> 1975
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Nuthin’ Fancy ► Southern Rock >> 1975
● Motörhead —— Overkill ► Heavy Metal >> 1979
● The Beach Boys —— Keepin’ The Summer Alive ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Talking Heads —— The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1982
● Pet Shop Boys —— Please ► Dance-Pop >> 1986
● The Rolling Stones —— Dirty Work ► Blues-Rock >> 1986
● They Might Be Giants —— Apollo 18 ► Alt. Rock >> 1992
● Running Wild —— Black Hand Inn ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1994
● Everclear —— White Trash Hell ► Grunge-Punk >> 1997
● Supertramp —— Some Things Never Change ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1997
● Blue Öyster Cult —— Heaven Forbid ► Metal >> 1998
● Journey —— Greatest Hits Live ► Arena Rock >> 1998
● NSYNC —— NSYNC ► Dance-Pop >> 1998
● The Specials —— Guilty ‘Til Proved Innocent ► Ska Revival >> 1998
● The Who —— Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who [Sndtrk] ► British Rock >> 2008
● Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks —— Tangled Tales ► Country-Rock >> 2009
● Indigo Girls —— Poseidon And The Bitter Bug ► Folk-Rock >> 2009
● Van Morrison —— Diuets: Reworking The Catalogue ► Folk-Rock >> 2015
March 25
● The Beach Boys —— Surfin’ U.S.A. ► Pop-Rock >> 1963
● Billy Preston —— The Wildest Organ In Town ► Soul >> 1966
● Stevie Wonder —— Greatest Hits ► Pop-R&B >> 1968
● Jimi Hendrix —— Band Of Gypsys ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1970
● John Cale —— Vintage Violence ► Art Rock >> 1970
● Jesse Colin Young —— Together ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● The Kinks —— The Kink Kronikles ► British Rock >> 1972
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Open Our Eyes ► Soul-Funk >> 1974
● John Cale —— Slow Dazzle ► Art Rock >> 1975
● Paul McCartney & Wings —— Wings At The Speed Of Sound ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Triumph —— Progressions Of Power ► Arena Rock >> 1980
● Devo —— DEV-O LIVE ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk New Wave >> 1981
● The Church —— The Blurred Crusade ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1982
● Joe Jackson —— Big World ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1986
● The Cure —— Entreat ► Post-Punk >> 1991
● Shakira —— Peligro ► New Jack Swing >> 1993
● Powerman 5000 —— True Force ► Heavy Metal >> 1994
● Sleater-Kinney —— Call The Doctor ► Punk/Riot Grrl >> 1996
● Daft Punk —— Homework ► House >> 1997
● Dinosaur Jr. —— Hand It Over ► Alt. Rock >> 1997
● Machine Head —— The More Things Change… ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 1997
● Matthew Sweet —— Blue Sky On Mars ► Power Pop >> 1997
● The Notorious B.I.G. —— Life After Death ► Gangsta Rap >> 1997
● Simple Minds —— The Early Years 1977-1978 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1998
● Rick Slick —— The Art Of Storytelling ► Rap >> 1999
● Iron Maiden —— Rock In Rio ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Ringo Starr —— Ringo Rama ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Jerry Garcia Band —— Pure Jerry: Merriweather Post Pavilion, September 1 & 2, 1989 – 2005 ► Roots Rock >> 2005
● Counting Crows —— Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2008
● The B-52’s —— Funplex ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 2008
● The Raconteurs —— Consolers Of The Lonely ► Alt. Rock >> 2008
● Eagles —— The Studio Albums 1972-1979 ► Country-Rock >> 2013
● Iron Maiden —— Maiden England ’88 ► Heavy Metal >> 2013
● Simple Minds —— Celebrate: The Greatest Hits ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2013
● Jack Bruce —— Silver Rails ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 2014
● Judas Priest —— Battle Cry ► Heavy Metal >> 2016
