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 27
1967 ● The Yardbirds —— The Yardbirds Greatest Hits ► Blues Rock
1967 ● Bob Dylan —— Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock
1970 ● Ringo Starr —— Sentimental Journey ► Pop-Rock
1972 ● Three Dog Night —— Seven Separate Fools ► Blue-Eyed Soul
1976 ● Jesse Colin Young —— On The Road ► Folk-Rock
1979 ● Ian Hunter —— You’re Never Alone With A Schizophrenic ► Album Rock
1984 ● Run-D.M.C. —— Run-D.M.C. ► Rap
1984 ● David Gilmour —— About Face ► Prog Rock
1984 ● Scorpions —— Love At First Sting ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock
1984 ● King Crimson —— Three Of A Perfect Pair ► Prog Rock
1989 ● The Outfield —— Voices Of Babylon ► Pop-Rock
1991 ● Slint —— Spiderland ► Experimental/Indie Rock
1995 ● Silverchair —— Frogstomp ► Grunge
2000 ● Embrace —— Drawn From Memory ► Alt Rock/Post-Britpop
2001 ● Peter Cetera —— Another Perfect World ► Pop-Rock
2001 ● Bruce Springsteen —— Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live In New York City ► Heartland Rock
2003 ● Natalie Cole —— Anthology ► Soul-Pop
2006 ● Massive Attack —— Collected ► Trip-Hop
2007 ● Machine Head —— The Blackening ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal
2007 ● Stevie Nicks —— Crystal Visions – The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks ► Pop-Rock
2009 ● PJ Harvey & John Parish —— A Woman A Man Walked By ► Indie Rock
2015 ● Boz Scaggs —— A Fool To Care ► R&B/Blues-Rock
March 28
1966 ● The Rolling Stones —— Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) ► Rock
1966 ● The Rascals —— The Young Rascals ► Blue-Eyed Soul
1973 ● Led Zeppelin —— Houses Of The Holy ► Hard Rock
1977 ● Golden Earring —— Contraband ► Hard Rock
1980 ● 10cc —— Look Hear? ► Pop-Rock
1983 ● Al Jarreau —— Jarreau ► Jazz-Pop Vocal
1983 ● Frank Zappa —— Baby Snakes [Sndtrk} ► Art Rock
1983 ● Frank Zappa —— The Man From Utopia ► Art Rock
1985 ● ‘Til Tuesday —— Voices Carry ► Synth-Pop
1986 ● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Like A Rock ► Heartland Rock
1991 ● Roxette —— Joyride ► Pop-Rock
1992 ● En Vogue —— Funky Divas ► Dance-Pop
1994 ● The Divine Comedy —— Promenade ► Brit Pop
1995 ● 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
2000 ● Common —— Like Water For Chocolate ► Alt Hip Hop
2000 ● Cherry Twister —— At Home With Cherry Twister ► Power Pop
2000 ● Various Artists —— Romeo Must Die: The Album [Sndtrk] ► R&B/funk-rap
March 29
1969 ● Quicksilver Messenger Service —— Happy Trails ► Psychedelic Rock
1969 ● The James Gang —— Yer’ Album ► Blues-Rock
1971 ● Diana Ross —— Diana! ► Soul
1973 ● The Jackson 5 —— Skywriter ► Soul – Motown
1974 ● Mott The Hoople —— The Hoople ► Hard Rock
1974 ● King Crimson —— Starless And Bible Black ► Prog Rock
1976 ● Charlie Daniels Band —— Saddle Tramp ► Southern Rock
1979 ● Supertramp —— Breakfast In America ► Prog/Art Rock
1982 ● Sparks —— Angst In My Pants ► Glam Rock
1985 ● Slade —— Rogues Gallery ► Glam Rock
1988 ● Bobby McFerrin —— Simple Pleasures ► Pop-Reggae
1989 ● Little Feat —— Representing The Mambo ► Southern Rock
1992 ● Otis Redding —— Remember Me ► Memphis Soul
1993 ● Suede —— Suede ► Brit Pop
1993 ● The Kinks —— Phobia ► British Rock
1994 ● GWAR —— This Toilet Earth ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
1994 ● Phish —— Hoist ► Prog Rock/Jam Band
1994 ● The Subdudes —— Annunciation ► Blues-Rock
1999 ● Gamma Ray —— Power Plant ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal
2005 ● Judy Collins —— Portrait Of An American Girl ► Folk-Pop
2011 ● Whitesnake —— Forevermore ► Arena Rock
2011 ● Bob Dylan —— All The Best: Dylan ► Folk-Rock
March 30
1966 ● The Kinks —— The Kink Kontroversy ► British Invasion
1967 ● Billy Preston —— Club Meeting ► Soul
1969 ● The Bee Gees —— Odessa ► Pop-Rock
1970 ● Miles Davis —— Bitches Brew ► Jazz-Rock
1975 ● Peter Frampton —— Frampton ► Arena Rock
1977 ● Commodores —— Commodores ► Soul-Funk
1979 ● Magazine —— Secondhand Daylight ► Post-Punk
1981 ● The Pretenders —— Extended Play ► Post-Punk
1987 ● Erasure —— The Circus ► Alt. Dance/Synthpop
1987 ● Bryan Adams —— Into The Fire ► Pop-Rock
1992 ● PJ Harvey —— Dry ► Indie Rock
1993 ● Onyx —— Bacdafucup ► Hardcore Rap
1994 ● Pink Floyd —— The Division Bell ► Prog Rock
1999 ● Choking Victim —— No Gods, No Managers ► Hardcore Punk
2004 ● Janet Jackson —— Damita Jo ► Pop-Soul
2004 ● Los Lonely Boys —— Los Lonely Boys ► Folk-Rock
2004 ● 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 ● The Who —— Then And Now ► British Rock
2007 ● The Yardbirds —— Live At B. B. King’s Blues Club ► Blues Rock
2010 ● The Band —— Live In Tokyo 1983 ► Folk-Rock
2010 ● Rush —— Time Stand Still: The Collection ► Prog/Art Rock
March 31
1970 ● Three Dog Night —— It Ain’t Easy ► Blue-Eyed Soul
1972 ● Deep Purple —— Machine Head ► Hard Rock
1976 ● Led Zeppelin —— Presence ► Hard Rock
1978 ● Heatwave —— Central Heating ► Funk/Disco
1978 ● Paul McCartney & Wings —— London Town ► Pop-Rock
1980 ● Scorpions —— Animal Magnetism ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock
1980 ● Genesis —— Duke ► Prog Rock
1986 ● Culture Club —— From Luxury To Heartache ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1987 ● 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
1992 ● Body Count —— Body Count ► Heavy Metal
1992 ● Def Leppard —— Adrenalize ► Hard Rock
1992 ● Bruce Springsteen —— Human Touch ► Heartland Rock
1992 ● Bruce Springsteen —— Lucky Town ► Heartland Rock
1997 ● Céline Dion —— The Collection 1982-1988 ► Adult Pop
1998 ● Daz Dillinger —— Retaliation, Revenge And Get Back ► West Coast Rap
1998 ● Duran Duran —— Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran ► New Wave Synth-Pop
2008 ● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Live: Architecture & Morality And More ► New Wave Synth Pop
2009 ● Cheap Trick —— Playlist: The Very Best Of Cheap Trick ► Hard Rock/Power Pop
2009 ● Leonard Cohen —— Live In London ► Soft Rock
2015 ● Ringo Starr —— Postcards From Paradise ► Pop-Rock
2015 ● Van Halen —— Tokyo Dome Live In Concert ► Hard Rock
2017 ● Bob Dylan —— Triplicate ► Folk-Rock
April 01
1959 ● John Coltrane —— Giant Steps ► Jazz
1964 ● Marvin Gaye —— When I’m Alone I Cry ► Soul/Broadway
1970 ● Cat Stevens —— Mona Bone Jakon ► Folk-Pop
1973 ● Leonard Cohen —— Live Songs ► Soft Rock
1974 ● Harry Nilsson —— Son Of Dracula [Sndtrk] ► Folk-Rock
1975 ● Journey —— Journey ► Prog/Art Rock
1976 ● Rush —— 2112 ► Prog/Art Rock
1977 ● The Clash —— Capital Radio [EP] ► Punk
1981 ● Grateful Dead —— Reckoning ► Folk-Rock
1982 ● Aldo Nova —— Aldo Nova ► Glam Rock
1982 ● Trooper —— Money Talks ► Hard Rock
1985 ● Paul Young —— The Secret Of Association ► Pop-Rock
1987 ● Suzanne Vega —— Solitude Standing ► Alt. Rock
1989 ● Black Sabbath —— Headless Cross ► Hard Rock
1990 ● The Afghan Whigs —— Up In It ► Post-Punk
1991 ● School Of Fish —— School Of Fish ► Jangle Pop
1997 ● Lit —— Tripping The Light Fantastic ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge
2002 ● Simple Minds —— Cry ► New Wave Alt. Pop
2003 ● Stabbing Westward —— The Essential Stabbing Westward ► Industrial Rock
2003 ● Cher —— The Very Best Of Cher ► Pop-Rock
2003 ● Ringo Starr —— Extended Versions ► Pop-Rock
2008 ● The Apples In Stereo —— Electronic Projects For Musicians ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop
2008 ● Van Morrison —— Keep It Simple ► Folk-Rock
2008 ● R.E.M. —— Accelerate ► Alt. Pop-Rock
2008 ● The Rolling Stones —— Shine A Light: Original Soundtrack ► Blues-Rock
2013 ● Jerry Garcia Band —— June 26, 1981, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA ► Roots Rock
2014 ● Jackson Browne —— Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne ► Folk-Rock
2016 ● Charles Bradley —— Changes ► Soul-Funk
2016 ● Cheap Trick —— Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello ► Hard Rock/Power Pop
April 02
1964 ● Elvis Presley —— Kissin’ Cousins ► Rock n Roll
1971 ● Donny Hathaway —— Donny Hathaway ► Soul
1973 ● The Beatles —— The Beatles/1962-1966 ► Pop-Rock
1973 ● The Beatles —— The Beatles/1967-1970 ► Pop-Rock
1975 ● Bad Company —— Straight Shooter ► Hard Rock
1977 ● Phyllis Hyman —— Phyllis Hyman ► Soul – Quiet Storm
1977 ● Jesse Colin Young —— Love On The Wing ► Folk-Rock
1981 ● Jefferson Starship —— Modern Times ► Arena Rock
1982 ● David Bowie & Giorgio Moroder —— Cat People [Sndtrk] ► Electronic Dance-Pop
1984 ● Cocteau Twins —— The Spangle Maker [EP] ► Folk-Rock
1985 ● Go West —— Go West ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1988 ● Severed Heads —— Bulkhead ► Electronica/Industrial
1991 ● Lenny Kravitz —— Mama Said ► Pop-Rock/Soul-Funk
1991 ● Mike + The Mechanics —— Word Of Mouth ► Brit Pop-Rock
1996 ● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— Atlanta Rhythm Section ’96 ► Southern Rock
1996 ● Citizen King —— Count The Days ► Alt Rock/Punk Hop
1996 ● Eric Clapton —— Crossroads 2: Live In The Seventies ► Blues-Rock
1997 ● Our Lady Peace —— Clumsy ► Post-Grunge Alt Rock
2001 ● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— No More Shall We Part ► Alt Rock
2007 ● Genesis —— Genesis 1976 – 1982 ► Prog Rock
2010 ● Richard Marx —— Hits & Ballads ► AA Pop-Rock
2012 ● Lotus Plaza —— Spooky Action At A Distance ► Indie Rock/Neo-Psychedelia
2012 ● The Rolling Stones —— L.A. Friday (Live 1975) ► Blues-Rock
2013 ● Charles Bradley —— Victim Of Love ► Soul-Funk