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):
November 13
● Johnny Cash —— Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous ► Country >> 1958
● Elvis Presley —— 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records – Volume 2 ► Rock n Roll >> 1959
● The Four Tops —— Four Tops’ Second Album ► Soul – Motown >> 1965
● Diana Ross & The Supremes —— Love Child ► Soul >> 1968
● Neil Diamond —— Stones ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Kate Bush —— Lionheart ► Art Rock >> 1978
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— The Scream ► Glam Rock >> 1978
● New Order —— Movement ► Club/Dance >> 1981
● Slade —— Till Deaf Do Us Part ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Eagles —— Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 ► Country-Rock >> 1982
● Lee Aaron —— The Lee Aaron Project ► Hard Rock >> 1982
● Phranc —— Folksinger ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● The Sisters Of Mercy —— Floodland ► Goth Rock >> 1987
● Frank Zappa —— You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 ► Art Rock >> 1989
● Hall & Oates —— Change Of Season ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Madonna —— The Immaculate Collection ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Cher —— Mermaids [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Various Artists —— Mermaids [Sndtrk] [UK] ► Mixed >> 1990
● The Clash —— The Singles (1991) ► Punk >> 1991
● Squeeze —— Ridiculous [UK] ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1995
● Queen —— Ultimate Queen ► Glam Rock >> 1995
● The Beatles —— 1 ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Oasis —— Familiar To Millions ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 2000
● Queen —— The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III ► Glam Rock >> 2000
● Radiohead —— I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Oasis —— Stop The Clock EP ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 2006
● Goo Goo Dolls —— Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge >> 2007
● Led Zeppelin —— Mothership ► Hard Rock >> 2007
● James Taylor —— One Man Band ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● Soundgarden —— King Animal ► Grunge Rock >> 2012
● The Rolling Stones —— Live At Leeds (Live 1982) ► Blues-Rock >> 2012
● Neil Young —— Bluenote Café ► Folk-Rock >> 2015
● Kurt Cobain —— Montage Of Heck: The Home Recordings ► Grunge Rock >> 2015
November 14
● The Monkees —— Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Syd Barrett —— Barrett ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1970
● John Cale —— Helen Of Troy ► Art Rock >> 1975
● Wet Willie —— Manorisms ► Southern Rock >> 1977
● Queen —— Jazz ► Glam Rock >> 1978
● Gary Numan & Tubeway Army —— Tubeway Army ► Synth-Pop >> 1978
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Raise! ► Soul-Funk >> 1981
● Chic —— Believer ► Disco-Funk >> 1983
● Fates Warning —— Awaken The Guardian ► Heavy Metal/Progressive >> 1986
● Milli Vanilli —— All Or Nothing ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● Tracy Chapman —— New Beginning ► Folk-Rock >> 1995
● Guster —— Parachute ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1995
● At The Gates —— Slaughter Of The Soul ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 1995
● The Rolling Stones —— Stripped ► Blues-Rock >> 1995
● Melissa Etheridge —— Your Little Secret ► Roots Rock >> 1995
● Mötley Crüe —— Greatest Hits ► Heavy Metal >> 1998
● 3LW —— 3LW ► Teen Pop >> 2000
● Bone Thugs-N-Harmony —— The Collection Volume 2 ► Gangsta Rap >> 2000
● Badfinger —— Head First ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Paul Revere & The Raiders —— Mojo Workout ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Eagles —— Selected Works: 1972-1999 ► Country-Rock >> 2000
● Steely Dan —— Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972-1980 ► Jazz-Rock >> 2000
● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— Doraville – Revisited ► Southern Rock >> 2006
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Live At The Fillmore East ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Styx —— One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2006
November 15
● Muddy Waters —— At Newport 1960 ► Chicago Blues >> 1960
● The Kingston Trio —— Somethin’ Else ► Folk-Pop >> 1965
● Van Morrison —— His Band And The Street Choir ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Grand Funk Railroad —— E Pluribus Funk ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● America —— Homecoming ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● Grateful Dead —— Wake Of The Flood ► Album Rock >> 1973
● Roxy Music —— Country Life ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Ringo Starr —— Goodnight Vienna ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Todd Rundgren’s Utopia —— Another Live ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Grateful Dead —— Shakedown Street ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● Thin Lizzy —— Renegade ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Bob Dylan —— Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Volume 3 ► Folk-Rock >> 1984
● Echo & The Bunnymen —— Songs To Learn & Sing ► Post-Punk >> 1985
● Cocteau Twins —— Tiny Dynamine ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Frank Zappa —— Jazz From Hell ► Art Rock/Computer Electronica >> 1986
● The Beastie Boys —— License To Ill ► Rap >> 1986
● Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble —— Live Alive ► Blues-Rock >> 1986
● Fleetwood Mac —— Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Journey —— Greatest Hits ► Arena Rock >> 1988
● Sheena Easton —— The Lover In Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Kiss —— Smashes, Trashes & Hits ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Cowboy Junkies —— The Trinity Session ► Alt. Rock >> 1988
● KMFDM —— Naïve ► Industrial/Kraut Rock >> 1990
● Ween —— Pure Guava ► Avant Garde/Lo-Fi >> 1992
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Flashback ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Flashback ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● The Band —— Across The Great Divide [Box Set] ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Bob Dylan —— Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Volume 3 ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Tina Turner —— The Collected Recordings – Sixties To Nineties ► Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Method Man —— Tical ► Hardcore Rap >> 1994
● Bryan Adams —— The Best Of Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Chris Rea —— Road To Hell: Part 2 ► Album Rock >> 1999
● Ace Of Base —— Singles Of The 90s ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 1999
● Bruce Springsteen —— The Collection ► Heartland Rock >> 2004
● Bob Dylan —— The Best of Bob Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Bruce Springsteen —— Born To Run: 30th Anniversary Edition ► Heartland Rock >> 2005
● The Rembrandts —— Choice Picks ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Madonna —— Confessions On A Dance Floor ► Dance-Pop >> 2005
● Wilco —— Kicking Television: Live In Chicago ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 2005
● Bob Dylan —— Live At Carnegie Hall 1963 ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Jimmy Buffett —— Live At Fenway Park ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Loggins & Messina —— Live: Sittin’ In Again At Santa Barbara Bowl ► Country-Rock >> 2005
● Bush —— Zen X Four ► Grunge Rock >> 2005
● Twin Shadow —— Forget ► Dream Pop >> 2010
● R.E.M. —— Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011 ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2011
● The Rolling Stones —— Some Girls: Live In Texas ’78 ► Blues-Rock >> 2011
November 16
● The Beach Boys —— The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album ► Holiday Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Aretha Franklin —— Running Out Of Fools ► Soul >> 1964
● Tony Bennett —— Who Can I Turn To? ► Easy Listening >> 1964
● Stevie Wonder —— Down To Earth ► Pop-R&B >> 1966
● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Watchout! ► Soul – Motown >> 1966
● J. Geils Band —— The J. Geils Band ► Blues-Rock >> 1970
● Grand Funk Railroad —— Live Album ► Hard Rock >> 1970
● Stephen Stills —— Stephen Stills ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Denny Laine —— Ahh…Laine ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1973
● Bette Midler —— Bette Midler ► Pop-Rock Vocals >> 1973
● Bob Dylan —— Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● The Kinks —— Preservation Act 1 ► British Rock >> 1973
● Natalie Cole —— Thankful ► Soul-Pop >> 1977
● Kiss —— Music From “The Elder” ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Chic —— Take It Off ► Disco-Funk >> 1981
● Sade —— Promise [UK] ► Quiet Storm >> 1985
● Black Sabbath —— The Eternal Idol ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Pebbles —— Pebbles ► Urban Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Rick Astley —— Whenever You Need Somebody ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Dokken —— Beast From The East ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● The Knack —— Retrospective, The: The Best Of The Knack ► Power Pop >> 1992
● Blondie —— Blonde & Beyond ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Better Than Ezra —— Deluxe ► Alt Rock >> 1993
● Heart —— Desire Walks On ► Album Rock >> 1993
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Greatest Hits ► Album Rock >> 1993
● Us3 —— Hand On The Torch ► Jazz-Rap >> 1993
● The Pointer Sisters —— Only Sisters Can Do That ► Soul >> 1993
● Dr. Dre —— 2001 ► Hip-Hop >> 1999
● Céline Dion —— Au Cœur Du Stade ► Adult Pop >> 1999
● The Church —— The Best Of The Church ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1999
● Korn —— Issues ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 1999
● Neil Young —— Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Genesis —— Platinum Collection ► Prog Rock >> 2004
● Pearl Jam —— Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991 – 2003) ► Hard Rock >> 2004
● Queen —— Absolute Greatest ► Glam Rock >> 2009
● Billy Joel —— The Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
● Bruce Springsteen —— the Promise ► Heartland Rock >> 2010
● Bruce Springsteen —— The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story ► Heartland Rock >> 2010
November 17
● The Kinks —— Sunny Afternoon ► British Rock >> 1967
● Bob Dylan —— Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● Laura Nyro —— Gonna Take A Miracle ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● Miles Davis —— Live-Evil ► Jazz-Funk Fusion >> 1971
● The Moody Blues —— Seventh Sojourn ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1972
● ABBA —— Greatest Hits ► Euro-Pop >> 1975
● Tommy Bolin —— Teaser ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● Bette Midler —— Broken Blossom ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● The Doors —— An American Prayer ► Blues-Rock >> 1978
● The Jam —— Setting Sons ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● The Easybeats —— Absolute Anthology ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1980
● John Lennon —— Double Fantasy ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● The Fall —— Grotesque (After The Gramme) ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1980
● Chaka Khan —— Chaka Khan ► Soul-Funk >> 1982
● Robert Cray —— Strong Persuader ► Blues-Rock >> 1986
● The Kinks —— Think Visual ► British Rock >> 1986
● The Pretenders —— The Singles ► Post-Punk >> 1987
● Various Artists —— The Bodyguard [Sndtrk] ► Mixed R&B/Pop >> 1992
● Ice Cube —— The Predator ► Gangsta Rap >> 1992
● The Anti-Nowhere League —— Scum [UK] ► Punk Rock >> 1997
● Mariah Carey —— #1’s ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Skynyrd’s First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album ► Southern Rock >> 1998
● Kylie Minogue —— Body Language ► Dance-Pop >> 2003
● U2 —— Go Home: Live From Slane Castle ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Mariah Carey —— The Ballads ► Pop-Rock >> 2008
● The Damned —— So, Who’s Paranoid? ► Goth Rock >> 2008
● Paul McCartney —— Good Evening New York City ► Pop-Rock >> 2009
● Janet Jackson —— Number Ones / The Best ► Pop-Soul >> 2009
● Rush —— Working Men ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2009
● Bruce Springsteen —— The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973-1984 ► Heartland Rock >> 2014
● David Bowie —— Nothing Has Changed ► Glam Rock >> 2014
November 18
● Three Dog Night —— Naturally ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1970
● Genesis —— The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Al Green —— Have A Good Time ► Soul (Southern) >> 1976
● Bob Welch —— French Kiss ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Brand X —— Livestock ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1977
● The Damned —— Music For Pleasure ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● The Jam —— This Is The Modern World ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Love Beach ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Emerson, Lake & Palmer In Concert ► Prog Rock >> 1979
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Ian Anderson —— Walk Into Light ► Electronic/Art Rock >> 1983
● Slade —— Crackers – The Christmas Party Album ► Hard Rock >> 1985
● LL Cool J —— Radio ► Hip-Hop >> 1985
● Robert Palmer —— Riptide ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1985
● Stevie Nicks —— Rock A Little ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Duran Duran —— Notorious ► Synth-Pop >> 1986
● Madonna —— You Can Dance ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Whitesnake —— Slip Of The Tongue ► Arena Rock >> 1989
● Aldo Nova —— Aldo’s Dream ► Progressive Rock >> 1997
● John Mellencamp —— The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 ► Roots Rock >> 1997
● AC/DC —— Bonfire ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Fit To Be Tied ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● Metallica —— Reload ► Heavy Metal >> 1997
● Paul Simon —— Songs From The Capeman ► Folk-Pop >> 1997
● The Ramones —— We’re Outta Here ► Punk-Rock >> 1997
● The Zombies —— Zombie Heaven ► Art Rock >> 1997
● Savatage —— Believe ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal >> 1998
● Sheena Easton —— Fabulous ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Madonna —— GHV2 ► Dance-Pop >> 2001
● Cyndi Lauper —— At Last ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● John Cale —— HoboSapiens ► Art Rock >> 2003
● The Human League —— Original Remixes & Rarities ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 2005
● Phish —— At The Roxy ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2008
● David Cook —— David Cook ► Post-Grunge Pop-Rock >> 2008
November 19
● The Beach Boys —— The Beach Boys In Concert ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Brain Salad Surgery ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● George Harrison —— The Best Of George Harrison ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● George Harrison —— Thirty-Three & 1/3 [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Frank Zappa —— Joe’s Garage: Acts II & III ► Art Rock >> 1979
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Live Rust ► Folk-Rock >> 1979
● Blondie —— Autoamerican ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Barry Manilow —— Barry ► AM Pop >> 1980
● Led Zeppelin —— Coda ► Hard Rock >> 1982
● Don Henley —— Building The Perfect Beast ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● The Kinks —— Word Of Mouth ► British Rock >> 1984
● U2 —— Achtung Baby ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Teenage Fanclub —— Bandwagonesque ► Power Pop >> 1991
● Jeff Beck —— Beckology ► Blues-Rock >> 1991
● The Clash —— Clash On Broadway ► Punk >> 1991
● Talk Talk —— Laughing Stock ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Luis Miguel —— Romance ► Latin Pop >> 1991
● Boz Scaggs —— Fade Into Light ► Pop-Soul >> 1996
● Bush —— Razorblade Suitcase ► Grunge Rock >> 1996
● Cher —— Living Proof ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● George Harrison —— Brainwashed ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Led Zeppelin —— Early Days And Latter Days ► Hard Rock >> 2002
● Toni Braxton —— More Than A Woman ► Soul-Pop >> 2002
● Joni Mitchell —— Travelogue ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Cher —— Burlesque [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
● Simple Minds —— 5X5 Live ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2012
● Led Zeppelin —— Celebration Day ► Hard Rock >> 2012
● The Who —— Live At Hull 1970 ► British Rock >> 2012
● Rush —— Clockwork Angels Tour ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2013
● Eric Clapton —— Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 ► Blues-Rock >> 2013
● Eric Clapton —— Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 ► Blues-Rock >> 2013
