
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 03
1965 ● Elvis Presley —— Harum Scarum ► Rock n Roll
1966 ● The Easybeats —— Volume 3 ► Rock ‘N’ Roll
1969 ● Diana Ross & The Supremes —— Cream Of The Crop ► Soul
1970 ● Diana Ross —— Everything Is Everything ► Soul – Motown
1973 ● Hall & Oates —— Abandoned Luncheonette ► Pop-Rock
1973 ● Neil Diamond —— Jonathan Livingston Seagull [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock
1975 ● America —— History: America’s Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock
1977 ● Triumph —— Rock & Roll Machine ► Arena Rock
1978 ● Neil Diamond —— You Don’t Bring Me Flowers ► Pop-Rock
1978 ● The Jam —— All Mod Cons ► Punk-Rock
1979 ● Sly & The Family Stone —— Back On The Right Track ► Soul-Funk
1980 ● Whitesnake —— Live…In The Heart Of The City ► Arena Rock
1980 ● ABBA —— Super Trouper ► Euro-Pop
1980 ● Neil Young —— Hawks & Doves ► Folk-Rock
1982 ● The Church —— Temperature Drop In Down Town Winterland [EP] ► Alt. Power Pop
1986 ● John Lennon —— Menlove Ave. ► Pop-Rock
1986 ● Kim Wilde —— Another Step ► Hi-NRG
1986 ● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Your Funeral…My Trial ► Post-punk Alt Rock
1986 ● Kool & The Gang —— Forever ► Dance-Pop
1988 ● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— American Dream ► Folk-Rock
1992 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Grand Funk Railroad ► Hard Rock
1992 ● Bon Jovi —— Keep The Faith ► Arena Rock
1992 ● Elton John —— Greatest Hits 1976–1986 ► Pop-Rock
1992 ● Rage Against The Machine —— Rage Against The Machine ► Rap-Metal
1993 ● Angra —— Angels Cry ► Heavy Metal/Brazilian Metal
1997 ● Front Line Assembly —— [FLA]vour Of The Week ► Industrial Rock
1997 ● Queen —— Queen Rocks ► Glam Rock
1998 ● Eddie Money —— Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection ► Album Rock
1998 ● Duran Duran —— Greatest ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1998 ● The Rolling Stones —— No Security ► Blues-Rock
1998 ● The Bee Gees —— One Night Only ► Pop-Rock
1998 ● The Shamen —— UV ► Alt Rock/Electro-Psych
1998 ● Beck —— Mutations ► AA Pop-Rock
2000 ● Vintersorg —— Cosmic Genesis ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal
2009 ● REO Speedwagon —— Not So Silent Night…Christmas With REO Speedwagon ► Arena Rock
2009 ● Nirvana —— Live In Reading ► Grunge
2009 ● Foo Fighters —— Greatest Hits ► Grunge Rock
2009 ● Weezer —— Raditude ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop
November 04
1966 ● The Rolling Stones —— Got Live If You Want It! ► Blues-Rock
1969 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— The Allman Brothers Band ► Southern Rock
1969 ● David Bowie —— Man Of Words/Man Of Music ► Glam Rock
1970 ● David Bowie —— The Man Who Sold The World ► Glam Rock
1973 ● Passport —— Hand Made ► Jazz-Rock Fusion
1975 ● The Temptations —— House Party ► Soul – Motown
1976 ● Jean-Luc Ponty —— Imaginary Voyage ► Jazz-Rock Fusion
1977 ● The Ramones —— Rocket To Russia ► Punk-Rock
1977 ● Rod Stewart —— Foot Loose & Fancy Free ► Blues-Rock
1981 ● Black Sabbath —— Mob Rules ► Hard Rock
1983 ● Paul Simon —— Hearts And Bones ► Folk-Pop
1984 ● Hawkwind —— This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic ► Space Rock
1985 ● Hawkwind —— Anthology, Vol. 1 ► Space Rock
1985 ● The Clash —— Cut The Crap ► Punk
1985 ● Barbra Streisand —— The Broadway Album ► Easy Listening
1985 ● Sade —— Promise [UK] ► Quiet Storm
1986 ● The Pretenders —— Get Close ► Post-Punk
1986 ● They Might Be Giants —— They Might Be Giants ► Alt. Rock
1987 ● Sinead O’Connor —— The Lion And The Cobra ► Alt Pop-Rock
1991 ● Cocteau Twins —— The Box Set ► Folk-Rock
1996 ● Aphex Twin —— Richard D. James Album ► Electronica – Dark Ambient
1997 ● Asia —— Live In Philadelphia ► Prog Rock
1997 ● Jane’s Addiction —— Kettle Whistle ► Alt. Rock
1997 ● The Beach Boys —— The Pet Sounds Sessions ► Pop-Rock
1997 ● Richard Marx —— Greatest Hits ► AA Pop-Rock
1997 ● Shania Twain —— Come On Over ► Country-Pop
1997 ● Soundgarden —— A-Sides ► Grunge Rock
1997 ● Spice Girls —— Spiceworld ► Dance-Pop
1997 ● Bad Manners —— Heavy Petting ► Ska Revival
1997 ● Harmonia —— Tracks And Traces ► Krautrock/Kosmische Musik
2000 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— Peakin’ At The Beacon ► Southern Rock
2000 ● Evanescence —— Origin ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal
2002 ● Iron Maiden —— BBC Archives [Eddie’s Archive Box Set] ► Heavy Metal
2002 ● Iron Maiden —— Beast Over Hammersmith [Eddie’s Archive Box Set] ► Heavy Metal
2002 ● Iron Maiden —— Best Of The ‘B’ Sides [Eddie’s Archive Box Set] ► Heavy Metal
2002 ● Iron Maiden —— Edward The Great [Eddie’s Archive Box Set] ► Heavy Metal
2003 ● Little River Band —— Streams Of Success ► Soft Rock
2003 ● Sarah McLachlan —— Afterglow ► Folk-Rock
2003 ● Bob Seger —— Greatest Hits 2 ► Heartland Rock
2003 ● Stephen Stills —— Turnin’ Back The Pages ► Folk-Rock
2003 ● Coldplay —— Live 2003 ► Alt. Rock/Brit Pop
2003 ● Ben E. King —— Person To Person: Live At The Blue Note ► Soul
2003 ● Iggy Pop —— Skull Ring ► Alt. Rock / Punk
2003 ● Peter Gabriel —— Hit ► Prog Rock
2004 ● The Rolling Stones —— Live Licks ► Blues-Rock
2004 ● Queen —— Queen On Fire – Live At The Bowl ► Glam Rock
2008 ● ZZ Top —— Live From Texas ► Blues-Rock
2008 ● Led Zeppelin —— The Definitive Collection ► Hard Rock
2008 ● Lou Reed —— Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse ► Hard Rock
2014 ● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Raw ► Folk-Rock
2014 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Southbound ► Pop-Rock
2014 ● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete ► Folk-Rock
2014 ● Guns N’ Roses —— Appetite For Democracy ► Hard Rock
2014 ● Neil Young —— Storytone ► Orchestral Rock
November 05
1965 ● Manfred Mann —— Mann Made ► Folk-Pop
1971 ● Status Quo —— Dog Of Two Head ► Hard Rock
1971 ● Elton John —— Madman Across The Water ► Pop-Rock
1971 ● Barclay James Harvest —— Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories ► Prog Rock
1972 ● Grateful Dead —— Europe ’72 ► Folk-Rock
1976 ● Various Artists —— All This And World War II [Sndtrk] ► Beatles Covers
1982 ● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— A Kiss In The Dreamhouse ► Post-Punk
1984 ● REO Speedwagon —— Wheels Are Turnin’ ► Arena Rock
1984 ● Alison Moyet —— Alf ► New Wave Synth-pop
1990 ● Phil Collins —— Serious Hits…Live! ► Pop-Rock
1991 ● Paul Simon —— Paul Simon’s Concert In The Park ► Folk-Pop
1991 ● My Bloody Valentine —— Loveless ► Indie Rock
1996 ● The Clean —— Unknown Country ► Post-Punk
1996 ● Johnny Cash —— Unchained ► Classic Country
1996 ● Oasis —— Definitely Maybe: Singles ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop
2001 ● Simple Minds —— The Best Of Simple Minds ► New Wave Alt. Pop
2001 ● Pink Floyd —— Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd ► Prog Rock
2002 ● Paul Simon —— The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don’t Know Where I’m Goin’ ► Folk-Pop
2002 ● Eric Clapton —— One More Car, One More Rider ► Blues-Rock
2002 ● Little Feat —— Live At The Rams Head ► Southern Rock
2002 ● The Church —— Parallel Universe ► Alt. Power Pop
2002 ● New Order —— Back To Mine ► Alt Pop-Rock
2002 ● The Wallflowers —— Red Letter Days ► AA Pop-Rock
2007 ● The Who —— View From A Backstage Pass ► British Rock
2012 ● Focus —— Focus X ► Prog Rock/Fusion
2013 ● Kool & The Gang —— Kool For the Holidays ► Holiday Funk
2013 ● Bob Dylan —— The Complete Album Collection, Vol. 1 ► Folk-Rock
November 06
1970 ● The Who —— Tommy [EP] ► British Rock
1971 ● The Stylistics —— The Stylistics ► Philly Soul
1981 ● Rod Stewart —— Tonight I’m Yours ► Pop-Rock
1981 ● The Cars —— Shake It Up ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1982 ● Rod Stewart —— Absolutely Live ► Blues-Rock
1983 ● The Pointer Sisters —— Break Out ► Soul
1987 ● N.W.A. —— N.W.A. And The Posse ► Hip-Hop
1987 ● Various Artists —— Less Than Zero [Sndtrk] ► Various
1987 ● Stevie Wonder —— Characters ► Pop-R&B
1989 ● Phil Collins —— …But Seriously ► Pop-Rock
1990 ● The Pogues —— Hell’s Ditch ► Post-Punk/College Rock
1990 ● Steve Winwood —— Refugees Of The Heart ► Album Rock
1990 ● Scorpions —— Crazy World ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock
1995 ● Elton John —— Love Songs ► Pop-Rock
1995 ● Elvis Costello And Richard Harvey —— Jake’s Progress [Sndtrk] ► Orchestral Soundtrack
1995 ● Cher —— It’s A Man’s World ► Pop-Rock
2001 ● Supertramp —— Is Everybody Listening? ► Prog/Art Rock
2006 ● Hall & Oates —— Greatest Hits Live ► Pop-Rock
2007 ● Rick Springfield —— Christmas With You ► Power Pop
2007 ● Gram Parsons —— Gram Parsons Archive, Vol. 1: Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969 ► Country-Rock
2012 ● Aerosmith —— Music From Another Dimension ► Hard Rock
2012 ● Queen —— Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ’86 ► Glam Rock
2015 ● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge (1965-1966) ► Folk-Rock
2015 ● The Who —— The Who Live At Hyde Park ► British Rock
November 07
1969 ● Manfred Mann Chapter Three —— Manfred Mann Chapter Three [UK] ► Jazz-Rock Fusion
1972 ● David Bowie —— Space Oddity ► Glam Rock
1972 ● Neil Young —— Journey Through The Past [Sndtrk] ► Folk-Rock
1972 ● Bette Midler —— The Divine Miss M ► Pop-Rock Vocals
1975 ● Chris Squire —— Fish Out Of Water [UK] ► Prog Rock
1977 ● Iggy Pop & James Williamson —— Kill City ► Alt. Rock / Punk
1980 ● Bette Midler —— Divine Madness ► Pop-Rock Vocals
1980 ● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How’s Your Fathers ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1980 ● Eagles —— Eagles Live ► Country-Rock
1981 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Diary Of A Madman ► Hard Rock
1982 ● Grace Jones —— Living My Life ► Disco/Club-Dance
1983 ● Yes —— 90125 ► Prog Rock
1983 ● U2 —— Under A Blood Red Sky ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1983 ● The Rolling Stones —— Undercover ► Blues-Rock
1983 ● Cocteau Twins —— Sunburst And Snowblind [EP] ► Folk-Rock
1985 ● Elton John —— Ice On Fire ► Pop-Rock
1985 ● Yes —— 9012Live: The Solos ► Prog Rock
1987 ● David Sylvian —— Secrets Of The Beehive ► Ambient
1988 ● Wet Wet Wet —— The Memphis Sessions [UK] ► Blue-Eyed Soul
1989 ● Eric Clapton —— Journeyman ► Blues-Rock
1989 ● The Jungle Brothers —— Done By The Forces Of Nature ► Jazz-Rap
1995 ● Queen —— Made In Heaven ► Glam Rock
1995 ● Madonna —— Something To Remember ► Dance-Pop
1995 ● Alice In Chains —— Alice In Chains ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal
1995 ● Bonnie Raitt —— Road Tested ► Blues-Rock
1995 ● The Cars —— Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1997 ● Greg Graffin —— American Lesion ► Alt Rock
2000 ● Phish —— The Siket Disc ► Prog Rock/Jam Band
2000 ● James Taylor —— Greatest Hits Volume 2 ► Folk-Rock
2000 ● Genesis —— Genesis Archives, Vol. 2: 1976-1992 ► Prog Rock
2000 ● The Aquabats —— Myths, Legends And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2 ► Ska-Punk Revival
2000 ● The Pretenders —— Greatest Hits ► Post-Punk
2000 ● Natalie Cole —— Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 ► Soul-Pop
2000 ● Fatboy Slim —— Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars ► Brit-Hop
2004 ● Elton John —— Peachtree Road ► Pop-Rock
2005 ● Dire Straits —— Private Investigations: The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock
2005 ● David Bowie —— The Platinum Collection ► Glam Rock
2006 ● Dave Matthews Band —— The Best Of What’s Around, Vol. 1 ► AA Pop-Rock
2006 ● Foo Fighters —— Skin And Bones ► Grunge Rock
2006 ● J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton —— The Road To Escondido ► Blues-Rock
2007 ● Dion —— Son Of Skip James ► Pop-Rock
2011 ● Pink Floyd —— The Best Of Pink Floyd: A Foot In The Door ► Prog Rock
November 08
1965 ● The Beach Boys —— Beach Boys’ Party! ► Pop-Rock
1968 ● Diana Ross & The Supremes And The Temptations —— Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations ► Soul
1968 ● Duster Bennett —— Smiling Like I’m Happy ► Electric Blues
1970 ● Neil Diamond —— Neil Diamond ► Pop-Rock
1971 ● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin IV ► Hard Rock
1971 ● Billy Preston —— I Wrote A Simple Song ► Funk
1974 ● Elton John —— Elton John’s Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock
1974 ● Styx —— Man Of Miracles ► Prog/Art Rock
1974 ● Thin Lizzy —— Nightlife ► Hard Rock
1974 ● Queen —— Sheer Heart Attack [UK] ► Prog Rock
1975 ● Sly Stone —— High On You ► Funk
1976 ● George Harrison —— The Best Of George Harrison [UK] ► Pop-Rock
1980 ● Motörhead —— Ace Of Spades ► Heavy Metal
1981 ● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Architecture & Morality ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1981 ● Queen —— Greatest Hits ► Glam-Rock
1982 ● The Waitresses —— I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get The Parts ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1982 ● ABBA —— The Singles: The First Ten Years ► Euro-Pop
1985 ● New Edition —— All For Love ► Soul-Pop
1986 ● W.A.S.P. —— Inside The Electric Circus ► Heavy Metal
1988 ● R.E.M. —— Green ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1989 ● Quincy Jones —— Back On The Block ► Soul-Pop
1990 ● Elton John —— To Be Continued… ► Pop-Rock
1993 ● Iron Maiden —— Live At Donington ► Heavy Metal
1993 ● Paul McCartney —— Paul Is Live ► Pop-Rock
1994 ● Big Audio —— Higher Power ► Dance-Rock
1994 ● Eagles —— Hell Freezes Over ► Country-Rock
2000 ● Cher —— not.com.mercial ► Pop-Rock
2005 ● Limp Bizkit —— Greatest Hitz ► Rap-Metal
2005 ● The Tragically Hip —— Yer Favorites ► Folk-Rock
2005 ● Traffic —— Last Great Traffic Jam ► Prog Rock
2005 ● 38 Special —— Live ► Southern Rock
2011 ● Rush —— Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland ► Prog/Art Rock
2011 ● Pablo Cruise —— It’s Good To Be Love ► Pop-Rock
November 09
1962 ● Elvis Presley —— Girls! Girls! Girls! ► Rock n Roll
1970 ● Derek & The Dominos —— Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs ► Blues-Rock
1970 ● Badfinger —— No Dice ► Power Pop
1971 ● Roberta Flack —— Quiet Fire ► Smooth Soul
1972 ● Diana Ross —— Lady Sings The Blues [Sndtrk] ► Soul – Motown
1973 ● Carpenters —— The Singles: 1969-1973 ► Easy Listening
1973 ● Billy Joel —— Piano Man ► Pop-Rock
1973 ● Santana —— Welcome ► Jazz-Rock Fusion
1976 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ► Album Rock
1979 ● Iron Maiden —— The Soundhouse Tapes [EP] ► Heavy Metal
1981 ● Men At Work —— Business As Usual ► Synth-Pop
1981 ● The Stranglers —— La Folie ► Punk-Rock
1985 ● W.A.S.P. —— The Last Command ► Heavy Metal
1985 ● Aerosmith —— Done With Mirrors ► Hard Rock
1985 ● Y&T —— Down For The Count ► Heavy Metal
1985 ● Loudness —— Thunder In The East ► Heavy Metal/Japanese Metal
1985 ● Dokken —— Under Lock And Key ► Heavy Metal
1985 ● Twisted Sister —— Come Out And Play ► Hair Metal
1986 ● Killer Dwarfs —— Stand Tall ► Heavy Metal/Pop Metal
1987 ● Eurythmics —— Savage ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1987 ● Candlemass —— Nightfall ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal
1992 ● Genesis —— The Way We Walk, Vol. 1 (The Shorts) ► Prog Rock
1992 ● The Tubes —— The Best Of The Tubes ► Alt. Rock
1992 ● Cher —— Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 ► Pop-Rock
1993 ● Phil Collins —— Both Sides ► Pop-Rock
1993 ● Wu-Tang Clan —— Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) ► East Coast Rap
1993 ● Nirvana —— Legacy Of Noise [Bootleg] ► Grunge
1993 ● Céline Dion —— The Colour Of My Love ► Pop-Rock
1993 ● Mark Knopfler —— Screenplaying ► Roots Rock
1993 ● The Outlaws —— Hittin’ The Road ► Southern Rock
1996 ● The Dubliners —— Further Along ► Irish Folk
1997 ● Golden Earring —— Naked II ► Hard Rock
1999 ● Jimmy Buffett —— Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays ► Folk-Rock
1999 ● 38 Special —— Live At Sturgis ► Southern Rock
1999 ● Anal Cunt —— It Just Gets Worse ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore
1999 ● Queen —— Greatest Hits III ► Glam Rock
1999 ● Tonic —— Sugar ► Alt/Roots Rock
2004 ● Linda Ronstadt —— Hummin’ To Myself ► Pop-Rock
2004 ● Poco —— Last Roundup, The ► Country-Rock
2010 ● Weezer —— iTunes Originals – Weezer ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop
2015 ● Eric Clapton —— Slowhand At 70 – Live At The Royal Albert Hall ► Blues-Rock




Curious if anyone ever actually facts checks this list? At least 40% of these seem to have the wrong dates that seem like they would be easily confirmable.
Hello, Bob, and thank you for your comment about the albums data.
There are nearly 62,800 individual entries in the four factoid databases, including 12,946 for albums. While I strive for 100% accuracy, it is inevitable that a number of errors will occur among 62,800 entries.
My sources include AllMusic, MusicBrainz, 45Worlds, DutchCharts, RateYourMusic, artist web sites and RIAA databases, among several others.
I am curious to know why you think 40% of the album entries are inaccurate.
Dr. Rock