Albums Released This Week (November 20 – 26)

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 20


● The Yardbirds —— Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds ► Blues Rock >> 1965
● Stevie Wonder —— Eivets Rednow…Alfie ► Soul-pop >> 1968
● Sly & The Family Stone —— There’s A Riot Goin’ On ► Soul-Funk >> 1971
● Alice Cooper —— Muscle Of Love ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Whitesnake —— Snakes & Sinners ► Arena Rock >> 1982
● Phil Collins —— …But Seriously ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Debbie Gibson —— Anything Is Possible ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Run-D.M.C. —— Back From Hell ► Rap >> 1990
● Blue Rodeo —— Casino ► Country-Rock >> 1990
● Cinderella —— Heartbreak Station ► Heavy Metal >> 1990
● Peter Gabriel —— Shaking The Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats ► Prog Rock >> 1990
● Paul McCartney —— Tripping The Live Fantastic: Highlights! ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● The Beatles —— Anthology 1 ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Playback ► Album Rock >> 1995
● HiM —— Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 ► Heavy Metal/Goth Metal >> 1997
● The Slackers —— The Question ► Ska Revival >> 1998
● Sting —— …All This Time ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● The Psychedelic Furs —— Beautiful Chaos: Greatest Hits Live ► Post-Punk New Wave >> 2001
● Aerosmith —— Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology ► Hard Rock >> 2001
● Foo Fighters —— Five Songs And A Cover [EP] ► Grunge Rock >> 2005
● Oasis —— Stop The Clocks ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 2006
● Melissa Etheridge —— The Awakening Live ► Roots Rock >> 2007
● The Kingston Trio —— Live At The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium ► Folk-Pop >> 2007
● Phish —— Vegas 96 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2007
● Billy Idol —— In Super Overdrive Live ► Hard Rock >> 2009
● Adele Adkins —— 25 ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2015
● Tracy Chapman —— Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock >> 2015
● Rush —— R40 Live ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2015

November 21


● The Animals —— Animalism ► Blues-Rock >> 1966
● Joan Baez —— Noël ► Folk-Pop/Latin >> 1966
● Junior Walker & The All-Stars —— Gotta Hold On To This Feeling ► Soul >> 1969
● The Moody Blues —— To Our Children’s Children’s Children ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1969
● Sly & The Family Stone —— Greatest Hits ► Soul-Funk >> 1970
● Neil Diamond —— Tap Root Manuscript ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Queen —— A Night At The Opera [UK] ► Glam Rock >> 1975
● Scorpions —— Virgin Killer ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 1976
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— All ‘N All ► Soul-Funk >> 1977
● Rod Stewart —— Foolish Behavior ► Dance-Disco >> 1980
● Steely Dan —— Gaucho ► Jazz-Rock >> 1980
● REO Speedwagon —— Hi Infidelity ► Arena Rock >> 1980
● Kool & The Gang —— In The Heart ► Post-Disco >> 1983
● Duran Duran —— Seven And The Ragged Tiger ► Synth-Pop >> 1983
● Frank Zappa —— Francesco Zappa ► Art Rock/Classical >> 1984
● Don Henley —— Actual Miles: Henley’s Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Frank Zappa —— Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention ► Art Rock >> 1985
● Soul Asylum —— While You Were Out ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Skinny Puppy —— Rabies ► Alt. Rock – Industrial >> 1988
● Chicago —— Greatest Hits 1982 – 1989 ► Jazz-Rock >> 1989
● Kenny G —— Kenny G Live ► Jazz-Pop >> 1989
● Rush —— Presto ► Arena Rock >> 1989
● Tiffany —— Dreams Never Die ► Dance-Pop >> 1993
● New Order —— (the best of) New Order ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Don Henley —— Actual Miles: Henley’s Greatest Hits ► Country-Rock >> 1995
● Ace Of Base —— The Bridge ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 1995
● Bruce Springsteen —— The Ghost Of Tom Joad ► Heartland Rock >> 1995
● Stevie Wonder —— Natural Wonder ► Pop-R&B >> 1995
● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Atlanta Rhythm Section ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● Backstreet Boys —— Black & Blue ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Collectybles ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● Elton John —— One Night Only – The Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Everclear —— Songs From An American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time For A Bad Attitude ► Grunge-Punk >> 2000
● Korn —— Take A Look In The Mirror ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal >> 2003
● Cocteau Twins —— Lullabies To Violaine: Singles And Extended Plays 1982-1996 ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Kiss —— Alive!: The Milenium Conert ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● The dB’s —— Christmas Time Again ► Power Pop >> 2006
● Daughtry —— Daughtry ► Alt. Rock >> 2006
● Kylie Minogue —— X ► Dance-Pop >> 2007
● Bob Seger —— Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets ► Album Rock >> 2011

November 22


● Phil Spector —— A Christmas Gift To You From Phillies Records ► Pop-Rock >> 1963
● The Beatles —— With The Beatles ► Pop-Rock >> 1963
● The Beatles —— The Beatles (The White Album) ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● Dusty Springfield —— Dusty…Definitely ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis ► Rock n Roll >> 1968
● The Kinks —— The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society ► British Rock >> 1968
● Miles Davis —— Get Up With It ► Jazz-Funk Fusion >> 1974
● Chic —— Chic ► Disco >> 1977
● Motörhead —— Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers ► Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Split Enz —— See Ya’ Round ► New Wave Power Pop >> 1984
● Lloyd Cole & The Commotions —— Easy Pieces ► AA Pop-Rock/Synth >> 1985
● Yoko Ono —— Starpeace ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1985
● Candlemass —— Ancient Dreams ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal >> 1988
● Bette Midler —— Beaches [Sndtrk] ► Female Vocalist >> 1988
● Chaka Khan —— CK ► Funk >> 1988
● Pink Floyd —— Delicate Sound Of Thunder ► Prog Rock >> 1988
● Kool & The Gang —— Unite ► Funk-Soul >> 1992
● Elton John —— Duets ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● The Rolling Stones —— Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones [UK] ► Blues-Rock >> 1993
● Jethro Tull —— Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1972-1991 [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Aerosmith —— Box Of Fire ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● John Hiatt —— Hiatt Comes Alive At Budokan? ► Roots Rock >> 1994
● ZZ Top —— One Foot In The Blues ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● Rory Gallagher —— Meeting With The G-Man ► Blues-Rock >> 2003
● Billy Joel —— My Lives ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Rush —— R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2005
● The Rolling Stones —— Rarities 1971-2003 ► Blues-Rock >> 2005

November 23


● The Beatles —— The Beatles Story ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Ben E. King —— Ben E. King’s Greatest Hits ► Soul >> 1964
● Manfred Mann Chapter Three —— Chapter Three Volume Two ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1970
● Cat Stevens —— Tea For The Tillerman ► Folk-Pop >> 1970
● Yoko Ono —— Feeling The Space ► Avant Garde/Experimental >> 1973
● The Moody Blues —— This Is The Moody Blues ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1974
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 ► Soul-Funk >> 1978
● Teddy Pendergrass —— Live! Coast To Coast ► Soul-Pop >> 1979
● Public Image Ltd. —— Metal Box ► Post-Punk >> 1979
● Mike Oldfield —— Platinum ► Progressive Rock >> 1979
● David Bowie —— Changestwobowie ► Glam Rock >> 1981
● Pink Floyd —— A Collection Of Great Dance Songs ► Prog Rock >> 1981
● AC/DC —— For Those About To Rock We Salute You ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Chicago —— Greatest Hits, Volume II ► Jazz-Rock >> 1981
● The Who —— Who’s Greatest Hits ► British Rock >> 1983
● Bad Religion —— Against The Grain ► Punk Rock >> 1990
● Archers Of Loaf —— Icky Mettle ► Indie Rock/Noise Pop >> 1993
● Metallica —— Live Shit: Binge & Purge ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Cowboy Junkies —— Pale Sun, Crescent Moon ► Alt. Rock >> 1993
● Ace Of Base —— The Sign ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 1993
● Guns N’ Roses —— The Spaghetti Incident? ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Linda Ronstadt —— Winter Light ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Cyndi Lauper —— Sisters Of Avalon ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● The Beastie Boys —— Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science ► Rap >> 1999
● Phish —— Hampton Comes Alive ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 1999
● Dave Matthews Band —— Listener Supported ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Blondie —— Live ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Guns N’ Roses —— Live Era: ’87-’93 ► Hard Rock >> 1999
● Mötley Crüe —— Live: Entertainment Or Death ► Heavy Metal >> 1999
● R.E.M. —— Man On The Moon ► Rock >> 1999
● Metallica —— S&M ► Heavy Metal >> 1999
● Freedom Call —— Stairway To Fairyland ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1999
● Jessica Simpson —— Sweet Kisses ► Tenn Dance-Pop >> 1999
● Sarah McLachlan —— Afterglow Live ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Evanescence —— Anywhere But Home ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2004
● U2 —— How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Simon & Garfunkel —— In Concert ► Folk-Pop >> 2004
● Poco —— Keeping The Legend Alive ► Country-Rock >> 2004
● The Allman Brothers Band —— One Way Out ► Southern Rock >> 2004
● Nirvana —— With The Lights Out ► Grunge >> 2004
● Guns N’ Roses —— Chinese Democracy ► Hard Rock >> 2008
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— The Live Anthology ► Album Rock >> 2009

November 24


● Kaleidoscope —— Tangerine Dream ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1967
● Tim Buckley —— Blue Afternoon ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● The Kinks —— Muswell Hillbillies ► British Rock >> 1971
● Hawkwind —— Doremi Fasol Latido ► Space Rock >> 1972
● George Harrison —— Thirty-Three & 1/3 ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Rod Stewart —— Blondes Have More Fun ► Blues-Rock >> 1978
● Mike Oldfield —— Incantations ► Progressive Rock >> 1978
● Eurythmics —— 1984 (For The Love Of Big Brother) [Sndtrk] ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1984
● Pat Benatar —— Tropico ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● Eric Clapton —— August ► Blues-Rock >> 1986
● Red Box —— The Circle & The Square ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Hawkwind —— Live Chronicles ► Space Rock >> 1986
● Keith Sweat —— Make It Last Forever ► New jack swing >> 1987
● Leonard Cohen —— The Future ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Spin Doctors —— Homebelly Groove ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Erasure —— Pop! – The First 20 Singles ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1992
● Cryptopsy —— Blasphemy Made Flesh ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1994
● All Saints —— All Saints ► Electronic Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Yes —— Open Your Eyes ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Bone Thugs-N-Harmony —— The Collection Volume 1 ► Gangsta Rap >> 1998
● Queen —— The Crown Jewels ► Glam Rock >> 1998
● Metallica —— Garage, Inc. ► Heavy Metal >> 1998
● Pearl Jam —— Live On Two Legs ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Madonna —— Remixed & Revisited ► Dance-Pop >> 2003
● The Tubes —— White Punks On Dope ► Alt. Rock >> 2003
● Whitesnake —— Live: In The Heart Of The Blues ► Arena Rock >> 2006
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Live At The Royal Albert Hall ► Alt Rock >> 2008
● Jeff Beck —— Performing This Week…Live At Ronnie Scott’s ► Instrumental Rock >> 2008
● Bob Seger —— Early Seger Vol. 1 ► Album Rock >> 2009
● Soundgarden —— Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path ► Grunge Rock >> 2014
● Joni Mitchell —— Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting Toi Be Danced ► Folk-Rock >> 2014

November 25


● The Beatles —— Beatlemania! With The Beatles ► Pop-Rock >> 1963
● Laura Nyro —— Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Aretha Franklin —— With Everything I Feel In Me ► Soul >> 1974
● Eric Clapton —— Slowhand ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● Eric Clapton —— Backless ► Blues-Rock >> 1978
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Nocturne ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Tracey Ullman —— You Broke My Heart in 17 Places ► Girl Groups >> 1983
● Enigma —— Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! ► Ambient >> 1996
● Garth Brooks —— Sevens ► Country-Pop >> 1997
● No Doubt —— Boon Box ► Ska-Pop >> 2003
● Counting Crows —— Films About Ghosts: The Best Of Counting Crows ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Roy Buchanan —— Live In Japan ► Blues-Rock >> 2003
● No Doubt —— The Singles 1992-2003 ► Ska-Pop >> 2003
● Johnny Cash —— Unearthed ► Classic Country >> 2003
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Kiss My Amps ► Album Rock >> 2011
● Nirvana —— Nevermind: The Singles ► Grunge >> 2011
● Black Sabbath —— Live…Gathered In Their Masses ► Hard Rock >> 2013

November 26


● The Kinks —— The Kink Kontroversy [UK] ► British Invasion >> 1965
● Yes —— Fragile [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Badfinger —— Ass ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● ZZ Top —— The Best of ZZ Top ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● Eurythmics —— Touch ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1983
● Mike Oldfield —— The Killing Fields [Sndtrk] ► Progressive Rock >> 1984
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Pack Up The Plantation – Live! ► Album Rock >> 1985
● Rick Astley —— Hold Me In Your Arms ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● Psychotic Waltz —— A Social Grace ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal >> 1990
● Michael Jackson —— Dangerous ► Pop-Soul >> 1991
● Ricky Martin —— Ricky Martin ► Dance-Pop >> 1991
● Sade —— The Best Of Sade ► Quiet Storm >> 1994
● Fine Young Cannibals —— The Finest ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1996
● Cotton Mather —— Kon Tiki ► Power Pop >> 1997
● Paul McCartney —— Back In The U.S. ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Bob Dylan & The Band —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Little River Band —— Definitive Collection ► Soft Rock >> 2002
● Heart —— The Essential Heart ► Album Rock >> 2002
● The Beach Boys —— Good Timin’: Live At Knebworth England 1980 ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Sparks —— Lil’ Beethoven ► Glam Rock >> 2002
● Journey —— Red 13 [EP] ► AOR Rock >> 2002
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Soul Source: Earth, Wind & Fire Remixes ► Soul-Funk >> 2002
● Carpenters —— The Ultimate Collection ► Easy Listening >> 2006
● The Shamen —— Immortal ► Alt Rock/Electro-Psych >> 2007
● Genesis —— Live Over Europe 2007 ► Prog Rock >> 2007
● Sting —— Live In Berlin ► Pop-Rock >> 2010