Albums Released This Week (March 26 – April 1)

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 26


● John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers —— John Mayall Plays John Mayall ► Blues-Rock >> 1965
● The Kinks —— Percy [Sndtrk] ► British Rock >> 1971
● The Mothers Of Invention —— Just Another Band From L.A. ► Art Rock >> 1972
● ABBA —— Ring Ring ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Smokey Robinson —— A Quiet Storm ► Soul/Quiet Storm >> 1975
● Santana —— Amigos ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● Thin Lizzy —— Jailbreak ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Village People —— Go West ► Disco >> 1979
● Van Halen —— Women And Children First… ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● The Oak Ridge Boys —— Fancy Free ► Country-Pop >> 1981
● Keel —— The Right To Rock ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Southern Accents ► Album Rock >> 1985
● Van Halen —— 5150 ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Cross —— Mad: Bad: And Dangerous To Know ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Digital Underground —— Sex Packets ► Pop-Rap >> 1990
● Heart —— Brigade ► Album Rock >> 1990
● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Rod Stewart —— Vagabond Heart ► Blues-Rock >> 1991
● Anal Cunt —— 40 More Reasons To Hate Us ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore >> 1996
● Bonnie Tyler —— Free Spirit ► Pop Vocals (Female) >> 1996
● Mark Knopfler —— Golden Heart ► Roots Rock >> 1996
● The Monkees —— Missing Links, Volume Three ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Whitesnake —— Restless Heart ► Arena Rock >> 1997
● Coldplay —— The Singles 1999-2006 ► Alt. Rock/Brit Pop >> 2007
● David Gray —— Shine: The Best Of The Early Years ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Elton John —— Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Iron Maiden —— En Vivo! ► Heavy Metal >> 2012

March 27


● Bob Dylan —— Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock >> 1967
● The Yardbirds —— The Yardbirds Greatest Hits ► Blues Rock >> 1967
● Ringo Starr —— Sentimental Journey ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Three Dog Night —— Seven Separate Fools ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1972
● Jesse Colin Young —— On The Road ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Ian Hunter —— You’re Never Alone With A Schizophrenic ► Album Rock >> 1979
● David Gilmour —— About Face ► Prog Rock >> 1984
● King Crimson —— Three Of A Perfect Pair ► Prog Rock >> 1984
● Run-D.M.C. —— Run-D.M.C. ► Rap >> 1984
● The Outfield —— Voices Of Babylon ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Slint —— Spiderland ► Experimental/Indie Rock >> 1991
● Silverchair —— Frogstomp ► Grunge >> 1995
● Embrace —— Drawn From Memory ► Alt Rock/Post-Britpop >> 2000
● Bruce Springsteen —— Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live In New York City ► Heartland Rock >> 2001
● Peter Cetera —— Another Perfect World ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Natalie Cole —— Anthology ► Soul-Pop >> 2003
● Massive Attack —— Collected ► Trip-Hop >> 2006
● Machine Head —— The Blackening ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 2007
● Stevie Nicks —— Crystal Visions – The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
● PJ Harvey & John Parish —— A Woman A Man Walked By ► Indie Rock >> 2009

March 28


● The Rascals —— The Young Rascals ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1966
● The Rolling Stones —— Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) ► Rock >> 1966
● Led Zeppelin —— Houses Of The Holy ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Golden Earring —— Contraband ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● 10cc —— Look Hear? ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Al Jarreau —— Jarreau ► Jazz-Pop Vocal >> 1983
● Frank Zappa —— Baby Snakes [Sndtrk} ► Art Rock >> 1983
● Frank Zappa —— The Man From Utopia ► Art Rock >> 1983
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Like A Rock ► Heartland Rock >> 1986
● Roxette —— Joyride ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● En Vogue —— Funky Divas ► Dance-Pop >> 1992
● The Divine Comedy —— Promenade ► Brit Pop >> 1994
● Big L —— Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous ► Hardcore Rap >> 1995
● Glenn Frey —— Solo Collection ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Sarah McLachlan —— The Freedom Sessions ► Folk-Rock >> 1995
● Wilco —— A.M. ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1995
● Cherry Twister —— At Home With Cherry Twister ► Power Pop >> 2000
● Common —— Like Water For Chocolate ► Alt Hip Hop >> 2000
● Various Artists —— Romeo Must Die: The Album [Sndtrk] ► R&B/funk-rap >> 2000

March 29


● Quicksilver Messenger Service —— Happy Trails ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1969
● Diana Ross —— Diana! ► Soul >> 1971
● The Jackson 5 —— Skywriter ► Soul – Motown >> 1973
● King Crimson —— Starless And Bible Black ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Mott The Hoople —— The Hoople ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Charlie Daniels Band —— Saddle Tramp ► Southern Rock >> 1976
● Supertramp —— Breakfast In America ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1979
● Sparks —— Angst In My Pants ► Glam Rock >> 1982
● Slade —— Rogues Gallery ► Glam Rock >> 1985
● Bobby McFerrin —— Simple Pleasures ► Pop-Reggae >> 1988
● Little Feat —— Representing The Mambo ► Southern Rock >> 1989
● Otis Redding —— Remember Me ► Memphis Soul >> 1992
● Suede —— Suede ► Brit Pop >> 1993
● The Kinks —— Phobia ► British Rock >> 1993
● GWAR —— This Toilet Earth ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1994
● Phish —— Hoist ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 1994
● The Subdudes —— Annunciation ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● Gamma Ray —— Power Plant ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1999
● Judy Collins —— Portrait Of An American Girl ► Folk-Pop >> 2005
● Bob Dylan —— All The Best: Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2011
● Whitesnake —— Forevermore ► Arena Rock >> 2011

March 30


● The Kinks —— The Kink Kontroversy ► British Invasion >> 1966
● Billy Preston —— Club Meeting ► Soul >> 1967
● Peter Frampton —— Frampton ► Arena Rock >> 1975
● The Commodores —— Commodores ► Soul-Funk >> 1977
● Magazine —— Secondhand Daylight ► Post-Punk >> 1979
● The Pretenders —— Extended Play ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● Bryan Adams —— Into The Fire ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Erasure —— The Circus ► Alt. Dance/Synthpop >> 1987
● PJ Harvey —— Dry ► Indie Rock >> 1992
● Onyx —— Bacdafucup ► Hardcore Rap >> 1993
● Pink Floyd —— The Division Bell ► Prog Rock >> 1994
● Choking Victim —— No Gods, No Managers ► Hardcore Punk >> 1999
● Aerosmith —— Honkin’ On Bobo ► Hard Rock >> 2004
● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert At Philharmonic Hall ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Janet Jackson —— Damita Jo ► Pop-Soul >> 2004
● Los Lonely Boys —— Los Lonely Boys ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● The Who —— Then And Now ► British Rock >> 2004
● The Yardbirds —— Live At B. B. King’s Blues Club ► Blues Rock >> 2007
● Rush —— Time Stand Still: The Collection ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2010
● The Band —— Live In Tokyo 1983 ► Folk-Rock >> 2010

March 31


● Three Dog Night —— It Ain’t Easy ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1970
● Deep Purple —— Machine Head ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● Led Zeppelin —— Presence ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Heatwave —— Central Heating ► Funk/Disco >> 1978
● Paul McCartney & Wings —— London Town ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Genesis —— Duke ► Prog Rock >> 1980
● Scorpions —— Animal Magnetism ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 1980
● Culture Club —— From Luxury To Heartache ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1986
● Prince —— Sign ‘O’ The Times ► Soul-Funk >> 1987
● The Smiths —— Louder Than Bombs ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Thompson Twins —— Close To The Bone ► New Wave Dance-pop >> 1987
● Body Count —— Body Count ► Heavy Metal >> 1992
● Bruce Springsteen —— Human Touch ► Heartland Rock >> 1992
● Bruce Springsteen —— Lucky Town ► Heartland Rock >> 1992
● Def Leppard —— Adrenalize ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Céline Dion —— The Collection 1982-1988 ► Adult Pop >> 1997
● Daz Dillinger —— Retaliation, Revenge And Get Back ► West Coast Rap >> 1998
● Duran Duran —— Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1998
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Live: Architecture & Morality And More ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 2008
● Cheap Trick —— Playlist: The Very Best Of Cheap Trick ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 2009
● Ringo Starr —— Postcards From Paradise ► Pop-Rock >> 2015
● Van Halen —— Tokyo Dome Live In Concert ► Hard Rock >> 2015
● Bob Dylan —— Triplicate ► Folk-Rock >> 2017

April 01


● John Coltrane —— Giant Steps ► Jazz >> 1959
● Marvin Gaye —— When I’m Alone I Cry ► Soul/Broadway >> 1964
● Cat Stevens —— Mona Bone Jakon ► Folk-Pop >> 1970
● Harry Nilsson —— Son Of Dracula [Sndtrk] ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Journey —— Journey ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1975
● Rush —— 2112 ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1976
● The Clash —— Capital Radio [EP] ► Punk >> 1977
● Grateful Dead —— Reckoning ► Folk-Rock >> 1981
● Aldo Nova —— Aldo Nova ► Glam Rock >> 1982
● Trooper —— Money Talks ► Hard Rock >> 1982
● Paul Young —— The Secret Of Association ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Suzanne Vega —— Solitude Standing ► Alt. Rock >> 1987
● Black Sabbath —— Headless Cross ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● The Afghan Whigs —— Up In It ► Post-Punk >> 1990
● School Of Fish —— School Of Fish ► Jangle Pop >> 1991
● Lit —— Tripping The Light Fantastic ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1997
● Simple Minds —— Cry ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2002
● Cher —— The Very Best Of Cher ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Ringo Starr —— Extended Versions ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Stabbing Westward —— The Essential Stabbing Westward ► Industrial Rock >> 2003
● R.E.M. —— Accelerate ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2008
● The Apples In Stereo —— Electronic Projects For Musicians ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop >> 2008
● The Rolling Stones —— Shine A Light: Original Soundtrack ► Blues-Rock >> 2008
● Van Morrison —— Keep It Simple ► Folk-Rock >> 2008
● Jerry Garcia Band —— June 26, 1981, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA ► Roots Rock >> 2013
● Jackson Browne —— Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne ► Folk-Rock >> 2014
● Charles Bradley —— Changes ► Soul-Funk >> 2016
● Cheap Trick —— Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 2016