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 07
● Bay City Rollers —— Once Upon A Star ► Power Pop >> 1975
● Elvis Presley —— Today ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● The Human League —— Hysteria ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1984
● James Brown —— Star Time ► Soul >> 1991
● At The Gates —— With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1993
● Guttermouth —— Teri Yakimoto ► Punk Rock >> 1996
● Pantera —— The Great Southern Trendkill ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 1996
● The Tragically Hip —— Trouble At The Henhouse ► Folk-Rock >> 1996
● Westlife —— Westlife ► Teen Pop/Boy Band >> 2000
● The Black Crowes —— Lions ► Southern Rock >> 2001
● Tom Waits —— Blood Money ► Blues-Rock >> 2002
● Warren Zevon —— My Ride’s Here ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Rod Stewart —— Time ► Pop-Rock >> 2013
May 08
● The Beatles —— Let It Be ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● The Jackson 5 —— ABC ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● Wishbone Ash —— Argus ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● The Kinks —— Preservation Act 2 ► British Rock >> 1974
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Legend ► Roots Reggae >> 1984
● Golden Earring —— Keeper Of The Flame ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Phish —— Junta ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 1989
● Simple Minds —— Street Fighting Years ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1989
● Paula Abdul —— Shut Up And Dance ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Wilson Phillips —— Wilson Phillips ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Filter —— Short Bus ► Industrial Rock >> 1995
● Paul Simon —— Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar ► Folk-Pop >> 2000
● Pablo Cruise —— The Best Of Pablo Cruise ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● The Knack —— On Stage At The World Café ► Power Pop >> 2007
● Glenn Frey —— After Hours ► Pop-Rock >> 2012
● Here We Go Magic —— A Different Ship ► Dream Pop >> 2012
May 09
● Paul Revere & The Raiders —— Midnight Ride ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Ambrose Slade —— Beginnings ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● George Harrison —— Electronic Sound [UK] ► Art-Rock >> 1969
● Henry Cow —— In Praise Of Learning ► Prog Rock/Avant-Garde >> 1975
● Linton Kwesi Johnson —— Bass Culture ► Dub Poetry >> 1980
● The Style Council —— Internationalists ► Synth-Pop >> 1985
● The Style Council —— Our Favourite Shop ► Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Cyndi Lauper —— A Night To Remember ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● John Cougar Mellencamp —— Big Daddy ► Roots Rock >> 1989
● 808 State —— Ex:El ► Acid House >> 1991
● Kenny G —— The Very Best Of Kenny G ► Jazz-Pop >> 1994
● Babes In Toyland —— Nemesisters ► Hard Rock/Riot Grrl >> 1995
● Cream —— The Very Best Of Cream ► Blues-Rock >> 1995
● Elvis Costello —— Kojak Variety ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Jamiroquai —— The Return Of The Space Cowboy ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Bad Religion —— The New America ► Punk Rock >> 2000
● Against All Authority —— The Restoration Of Chaos & Order ► Ska-Punk >> 2006
● Chris Isaak —— Best Of Chris Isaak ► Adult Contemporary >> 2006
● Gnarls Barkley —— St. Elsewhere ► Alt. Rap >> 2006
● Korn —— Live & Rare ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 2006
● Neil Young —— Living With War ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Paul Simon —— Surprise ► Folk-Pop >> 2006
● Red Hot Chili Peppers —— Stadium Arcadium ► Alt. Funk-Rock >> 2006
● Snow Patrol —— Eyes Open ► Alt. Rock >> 2006
● The Zombies —— Breathe Out, Breathe In ► Art Rock >> 2011
● Iggy Pop —— Après ► Alt. Rock / Punk >> 2012
May 10
● The Ventures —— Hawaii Five-O ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1969
● Elton John —— 11-17-70 ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Jethro Tull —— Thick As A Brick ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Brothers Johnson —— Right On Time ► Funk >> 1977
● Duran Duran —— Rio ► Synth-Pop >> 1982
● The Birthday Party —— Junkyard ► Post-Punk Goth Rock >> 1982
● Ministry —— With Sympathy ► Industrial Metal >> 1983
● Twisted Sister —— Stay Hungry ► Hair Metal >> 1984
● Prince —— Lovesexy ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Teddy Pendergrass —— Joy ► Soul-Pop >> 1988
● Steelheart —— Steelheart ► Hair Metal >> 1990
● The Pointer Sisters —— Right Rhythm ► Electro-dance-pop >> 1990
● Blur —— Modern Life Is Rubbish ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1993
● Dire Straits —— Encores [EP] ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Dire Straits —— On The Night ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Danielle Brisebois —— Arrive All Over You ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Indigo Girls —— Swamp Ophelia ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● The Pretenders —— Last Of The Independents ► Post-Punk >> 1994
● Weezer —— Weezer (The Blue Album) ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 1994
● The Cars —— Move Like This ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Dave Matthews Band —— Stand Up ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Lucinda Williams —— Live @ The Fillmore ► Alt. Country >> 2005
● Styx —— Big Bang Theory ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2005
● Triumph —— Livin’ For The Weekend: Anthology ► Arena Rock >> 2005
● Weezer —— Make Believe ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2005
● Aerosmith —— Tough Love: Best Of The Ballads ► Hard Rock >> 2011
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Playlist: The Best Of The Psychedelic Furs ► Punk Rock >> 2011
May 11
● The Small Faces —— Small Faces ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1966
● Various Artists —— Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More ► Rock n Roll >> 1970
● The Meters —— Cabbage Alley ► Funk >> 1972
● Hawkwind —— The Space Ritual Alive In Liverpool And London ► Space Rock >> 1973
● Wishbone Ash —— Wishbone Four ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Natalie Cole —— Inseparable ► Dance >> 1975
● The Clash —— The Cost Of Living [EP] ► Punk >> 1979
● The Cure —— Three Imaginary Boys ► Post-Punk >> 1979
● Frank Zappa —— Return Of The Son Of Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar ► Instrumental Rock >> 1981
● Frank Zappa —— Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar ► Instrumental Rock >> 1981
● Frank Zappa —— Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar Some More ► Instrumental Rock >> 1981
● Grace Jones —— Nightclubbing ► Club-Dance/Post-Disco >> 1981
● Kraftwerk —— Computer World ► Techno-Rock >> 1981
● Eurythmics —— Be Yourself Tonight ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Bathory —— Under The Sign Of The Black Mark ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1987
● Simple Minds —— Live In The City Of Light ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1987
● Stevie Nicks —— The Other Side Of The Mirror ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Soundgarden —— Screaming Life/Fopp ► Grunge Rock >> 1990
● Bruce Cockburn —— Nothing But A Burning Light ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Iron Maiden —— Fear Of The Dark ► Heavy Metal >> 1992
● Aimee Mann —— Whatever ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1993
● New Order —— Republic ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Toto —— Kingdom Of Desire ► Pop-Rock/Arena Rock >> 1993
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— The Best Of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds [UK] ► Alt Rock >> 1998
● Ash —— Nu-Clear Sounds ► Punk-Pop >> 1999
● Ricky Martin —— Ricky Martin ► Latin Dance-Pop >> 1999
● Judas Priest —— Metalogy ► Heavy Metal >> 2004
● Jackson Browne —— Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino ► Folk-Rock >> 2010
● Golden Earring —— Tits ‘N Ass ► Hard Rock >> 2012
May 12
● Jimi Hendrix Experience —— Are You Experienced? [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1967
● Weather Report —— Weather Report ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1971
● The Rolling Stones —— Exile On Main Street ► Rock n Roll >> 1972
● The Stranglers —— Black And White ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● Robert Fripp —— Exposure ► Art Rock >> 1979
● New Order —— Low-Life ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Indigo Girls —— Rites Of Passage ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Testament —— The Ritual ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1992
● The Black Crowes —— The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion ► Southern Rock >> 1992
● Garbage —— Version 2.0 ► Art Rock >> 1998
● Soul Asylum —— Candy From A Stranger ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Buzzcocks —— Inventory ► Punk-Rock >> 2003
● Robert Palmer —— Drive ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2003
● Iron Maiden —— Somewhere Back In Time: The Best of: 1980-1989 ► Heavy Metal >> 2008
● Limp Bizkit —— Collected ► Rap-Metal >> 2008
● Richard Marx & Max Scannell —— Duo ► Adult Contemporary >> 2008
● Steve Earle —— Townes ► Alt. Country >> 2009
● Blondie —— Blondie 4(0) Ever ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 2014
● Frank Zappa —— Lumpy Gravy ► Art Rock >> 1968
● Donna Summer —— I Remember Yesterday ► Disco >> 1977
May 13
● Roger Daltrey —— One Of The Boys ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Elton John —— 21 At 33 ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Rough Trade —— Avoid Freud ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1980
● Dire Straits —— Brothers In Arms ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Various Artists —— Top Gun [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Limp Bizkit —— Rock Im Park 2001 ► Rap-Metal >> 2008
