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):
May 14
● Donovan —— What’s Bin Did And What’s Been Hid [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1965
● Dionne Warwick —— On Stage And In The Movies ► Pop-Soul >> 1967
● The Mamas & The Papas —— The Papas & The Mamas ► Pop-Folk >> 1968
● Neil Young With Crazy Horse —— Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Carpenters —— Carpenters ► Soft Rock >> 1971
● Pink Floyd —— Relics ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Rory Gallagher —— Live In Europe ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● AC/DC —— High Voltage ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Heart —— Little Queen ► Album Rock >> 1977
● Peter Frampton —— Breaking All The Rules ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Eric Clapton —— Time Pieces: The Best Of Eric Clapton ► Blues-Rock >> 1982
● The Clash —— Combat Rock ► Punk >> 1982
● Chicago —— Chicago 17 ► Jazz-Rock >> 1984
● Supertramp —— Brother Where You Bound ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1985
● Sade —— Stronger Than Pride [UK] ► Quiet Storm >> 1988
● Oleta Adams —— Circle Of One ► Jazz-Pop Fusion >> 1990
● EMF —— Schubert Dip ► Synth-Pop >> 1991
● Paula Abdul —— Spellbound ► Dance-Pop >> 1991
● The Bee Gees —— High Civilization ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Amorphis —— Elegy ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1996
● Def Leppard —— Slang ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— All This Useless Beauty ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Peter Wolf —— Long Line ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1996
● Spin Doctors —— You’ve Got To Believe In Something ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1996
● The Specials —— Today’s Specials ► Ska Revival >> 1996
● The Specials —— Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection ► Ska Revival >> 1996
● Miss Kitten & The Hacker —— Intimités ► Electro Pop >> 1999
● Scorpions —— Acoustica ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 2001
● Bryan Adams —— Spirit – Stallion Of The Cimarron [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Deadsy —— Commencement ► Synth Rock/Nu Metal >> 2002
● Rush —— Vapor Trails ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2002
● Van Morrison —— Down The Road ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Weezer —— Maladroit ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2002
May 15
● King Crimson —— In The Wake Of Poseidon ► Prog Rock >> 1970
● The Beach Boys —— Carl & The Passions – “So Tough” ► Surfer >> 1972
● Bill Wyman —— Monkey Grip ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● The Jackson 5 —— Moving Violation ► Soul – Motown >> 1975
● Natalie Cole —— Don’t Look Back ► Soul-Pop >> 1980
● Squeeze —— East Side Story ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● The Moody Blues —— Long Distance Voyager ► Prog Rock >> 1981
● The Creatures —— Feast ► Alt Post-Punk/goth rock >> 1983
● Michael Jackson —— Farewell My Summer Love ► Pop-Soul >> 1984
● Night Ranger —— Seven Wishes ► Hard Rock >> 1985
● Mötley Crüe —— Girls, Girls, Girls ► Heavy Metal >> 1987
● Richard Marx —— Richard Marx ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Concrete Blonde —— Bloodletting ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Dio —— Lock Up The Wolves ► Heavy Metal >> 1990
● Squeeze —— A Round And A Bout ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1990
● Opeth —— Orchid ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal >> 1995
● The Stranglers —— About Time ► Punk Rock >> 1995
● Bad Religion —— No Substance ► Punk Rock >> 1998
● Depeche Mode —— Exciter ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
● R.E.M. —— Reveal ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
● The Go-Go’s —— God Bless The Go-Go’s ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Weezer —— Weezer ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2001
● The Beach Boys —— Songs From Here & Back ► Pop-Rock >> 2006
● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— Anthology: Greatest & Latest ► Southern Rock >> 2007
● Wilco —— Sky Blue Sky ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 2007
● Coldplay —— LeftRightLeftRightLeft ► Alt. Rock/Brit Pop >> 2009
● Green Day —— 21st Century Breakdown ► Alt. Rock >> 2009
May 16
● Bob Dylan —— Blonde On Blonde ► Folk-Rock >> 1966
● The Beach Boys —— Pet Sounds ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● The Shadows —— Shadow Music ► Instrumental Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1966
● Phil Ochs —— Rehearsals For Retirement ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● The Who —— Live At Leeds ► British Rock >> 1970
● Carpenters —— Now & Then ► Soft Rock >> 1973
● Neil Young —— First Plane Outta Here! ► Country-Rock >> 1974
● The Kinks —— The Kinks Present A Soap Opera ► British Rock >> 1975
● Hall & Oates —— Livetime ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Joe Walsh —— But Seriously Folks… ► Blues-Rock >> 1978
● Devo —— Freedom Of Choice ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk New Wave >> 1980
● Sister Sledge —— Love Somebody Today ► Disco >> 1980
● Iron Maiden —— Piece Of Mind ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Frank Zappa —— You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 ► Art Rock >> 1988
● 10,000 Maniacs —— Blind Man’s Zoo ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Carly Simon —— The Bedroom Tapes ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Pearl Jam —— Binaural ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● Peter Frampton —— Live In Detroit ► Arena Rock >> 2000
● Phish —— Farmhouse ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2000
● The A-Teens —— The ABBA Generation ► Europop/Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Motörhead —— We Are Motörhead ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Gov’t Mule —— Mo’ Voodoo [EP] ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 2005
● Poco —— Keep On Tryin’ ► Country-Rock >> 2006
● The Raconteurs —— Broken Boy Soldiers ► Alt. Rock >> 2006
May 17
● Aretha Franklin —— Yeah! ► Soul >> 1965
● Brenda Lee —— The Versatile Brenda Lee ► Country-Pop >> 1965
● Herbie Hancock —— Maiden Voyage ► Fusion/Hard Be Bop >> 1965
● The Kingston Trio —— Stay Awhile ► Folk-Pop >> 1965
● Neil Diamond —— Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● Paul & Linda McCartney —— Ram ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Bachman-Turner Overdrive —— Bachman-Turner Overdrive ► Album Rock >> 1973
● Jethro Tull —— Too Old To Rock ‘N’ Roll, Too Young To Die ► Prog Rock >> 1976
● Rainbow —— Rainbow Rising ► Arena Rock >> 1976
● Paul McCartney —— Thrillington ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Patti Smith —— Wave ► New Wave Punk-Rock >> 1979
● Joan Jett —— Joan Jett ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Frank Zappa —— Tinseltown Rebellion ► Art Rock >> 1981
● The Gap Band —— The Gap Band IV ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● The Fixx —— Reach The Beach ► Techno-Pop >> 1983
● Megadeth —— Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good! ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● Judas Priest —— Turbo ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● Herbie Hancock —— Perfect Machine ► Electro-Funk >> 1988
● Judas Priest —— Ram It Down ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● The Doobie Brothers —— Cycles ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Thomas Anders —— Whispers ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Jamiroquai —— Emergency On Planet Earth [UK] ► Acid Jazz/Funk >> 1993
● America —— Hourglass ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Dave Matthews Band —— Recently [EP] ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Erasure —— I Say I Say I Say ► Synth-Pop/Dance >> 1994
● Oingo Boingo —— Boingo ► New Wave Ska-Pop >> 1994
● Van Morrison —— A Night In San Francisco ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Hanson —— Boomerang ► Pop-Rock/Teen Pop >> 1995
● Cast —— Magic Hour ► Britpop >> 1999
● The Melvins —— The Maggot ► Heavy Metal/Sludge Metal >> 1999
● Iggy Pop —— Live At The Old Waldorf: San Francisco – November 27, 1979 ► Alt. Rock / Punk >> 2001
● Iggy Pop —— Roadkill Rising: The Bootleg Collection 1977-2009 ► Alt. Rock / Punk >> 2001
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Live At 25 ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Van Morrison —— Magic Time ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● The Rolling Stones —— The Rolling Stones Box Set ► Blues-Rock >> 2010
May 18
● Brenda Lee —— By Request ► Country-Pop >> 1964
● The Byrds —— History Of The Byrds ► Country-Rock >> 1973
● Angel —— Helluva Band ► Prog Rock >> 1976
● David Bowie —— Lodger ► Glam Rock >> 1979
● Ian Dury & The Blockheads —— Do It Yourself ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● Concrete Blonde —— Concrete Blonde ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Steve Earle —— Exit 0 ► Alt. Country >> 1987
● Various Artists —— Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off! ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Luis Miguel —— 20 Años ► Latin Pop >> 1990
● Janet Jackson —— janet. ► Pop-Soul >> 1993
● Jerry Lee Lewis —— The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer, No Filler ► Rock n Roll >> 1993
● Judas Priest —— Metal Works ’73-’93 ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Kiss —— Alive III ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Feeder —— Polythene ► Grunge-Rock >> 1997
● Grave Digger —— Knights Of The Cross ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Metal >> 1998
● AFI —— Black Sails In The Sunset ► Hardcore Punk >> 1999
● Eddie Money —— Ready Eddie ► Album Rock >> 1999
● Jimmy Buffett —— Beach House On The Moon ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Triumph —— Greatest Hits Remixed ► Arena Rock >> 2010
May 19
● The Ventures —— Twist Party, Vol. 2 ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1962
● Brenda Lee —— Johnny One Time ► Country-Pop >> 1969
● Poco —— Pickin’ Up The Pieces ► Country-Rock >> 1969
● Spiral Starecase —— More Today Than Yesterday ► Psychedelic Pop >> 1969
● Aretha Franklin —— Aretha Live At The Fillmore West ► Soul >> 1971
● Elton John —— Honky Chateau ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
● Uriah Heep —— Demons & Wizards ► Prog. Rock >> 1972
● Billy Joel —— Turnstiles ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Aretha Franklin —— Sweet Passion ► Soul >> 1977
● The Kinks —— Misfits ► British Rock >> 1978
● Peter Gabriel —— So ► Prog Rock >> 1986
● Prince —— Parade ► R&B-Pop >> 1986
● The Cure —— Staring At The Sea: The Singles ► Post-Punk >> 1986
● The Ramones —— Animal Boy ► Punk-Rock >> 1986
● Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam —— Spanish Fly ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Billy Ray Cyrus —— Some Gave All ► Country-Pop >> 1992
● Kiss —— Revenge ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Calexico —— The Black Light ► Alt Rock/Americana >> 1998
● Kansas —— Always Never The Same ► Prog/Arena Rock >> 1998
● Kool & The Gang —— Greatest Hits Live ► Funk >> 1998
● The Knack —— Very Best Of The Knack ► Power Pop >> 1998
● Journey —— Open Arms: Greatest Hits ► AOR Rock >> 2004
● Spandau Ballet —— Live At N.E.C. ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 2005
● Sparks —— Exotic Creatuess Of The Deep ► Glam Rock >> 2008
● Eric Clapton And Steve Winwood —— Live From Madison Square Garden ► Blues-Rock >> 2009
● Gin Blossoms —— Live In Concert ► Power Pop >> 2009
● R.E.M. —— Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982-1987 ► Rock >> 2014
● R.E.M. —— Complete Warner Bros. Rarities 1988–2011 ► Rock >> 2014
● Whitesnake —— The Purple Album ► Arena Rock >> 2015
May 20
● Climax Blues Band —— Sense Of Direction ► Blues-Rock >> 1974
● David Bowie —— Changesonebowie ► Glam Rock >> 1976
● Genesis —— Spot The Pigeon [EP] ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● The Jam —— In The City ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Kiss —— Unmasked ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Elton John —— The Fox ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Savatage —— Power Of The Night ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal >> 1985
● Various Artists —— Beverly Hills Cop II [Sndtrk] ► Album Rock >> 1987
● Manic Street Preachers —— Everything Must Go ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Soilwork —— Steelbath Suicide ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1996
● Blues Brothers —— Blues Brothers & Friends: Live From The House Of Blues ► Blues-Rock >> 1997
● Foo Fighters —— The Colour And The Shape ► Grunge Rock >> 1997
● James Taylor —— Hourglass ► Folk-Rock >> 1997
● John Fogerty —— Blue Moon Swamp ► Roots Rock >> 1997
● Michael Jackson —— Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix ► Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Millencolin —— For Monkeys ► Euro-punk >> 1997
● Peter Cetera —— You’re The Inspiration: A Collection ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● The Tragically Hip —— Live Between Us ► Folk-Rock >> 1997
● Bracket —— When All Else Fails ► Punk Rock >> 2000
● Boz Scaggs —— But Beautiful ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— The Promise ► Soul-Funk >> 2003
● Jack Bruce —— Live At Manchester Free Trade Hall ’75 ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 2003
● Jesse Colin Young —— Walk The Talk ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● Kansas —— Greatest Hits Live ► Prog/Arena Rock >> 2003
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Vicious Cycle ► Southern Rock >> 2003
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 17 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2003
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 18 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2003
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 19 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2003
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 20 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2003
● Whitesnake —— The Silver Anniversary Collection ► Arena Rock >> 2003
● Whitesnake —— Live At Donington 1990 ► Arena Rock >> 2011
● Bob Dylan —— Fallen Angels ► Folk-Rock >> 2016
● Eric Clapton —— I Still Do ► Blues-Rock >> 2016
● Mudcrutch —— Mudcrutch 2 ► Southern Rock >> 2016
● The Blues Magoos —— Mercury Singles 1966-1968 ► Garage Rock >> 2016
● The Zombies —— The BBC Radio Sessions ► Art Rock >> 2016
● Tom Petty & Bob Dylan —— Live On Air 1986 ► Folk-Rock >> 2016
● Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks —— Leather And Lace: Radio Broadcast, 1983 ► Album Rock >> 2016
● Various Artists —— Day Of The Dead ► Jam Band/Space Rock >> 2016
