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 04
1966 ● The Rolling Stones —— Got Live If You Want It! ► Blues-Rock
1969 ● David Bowie —— Man Of Words/Man Of Music ► Glam Rock
1969 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— The Allman Brothers Band ► Southern 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 ● Rod Stewart —— Foot Loose & Fancy Free ► Blues-Rock
1977 ● The Ramones —— Rocket To Russia ► Punk-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 ● Sade —— Promise [UK] ► Quiet Storm
1985 ● Hawkwind —— Anthology, Vol. 1 ► Space Rock
1985 ● Barbra Streisand —— The Broadway Album ► Easy Listening
1985 ● The Clash —— Cut The Crap ► Punk
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 ● Bad Manners —— Heavy Petting ► Ska Revival
1997 ● The Beach Boys —— The Pet Sounds Sessions ► Pop-Rock
1997 ● Shania Twain —— Come On Over ► Country-Pop
1997 ● Asia —— Live In Philadelphia ► Prog Rock
1997 ● Spice Girls —— Spiceworld ► Dance-Pop
1997 ● Jane’s Addiction —— Kettle Whistle ► Alt. Rock
1997 ● Richard Marx —— Greatest Hits ► AA Pop-Rock
1997 ● Soundgarden —— A-Sides ► Grunge Rock
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 —— Best Of The ‘B’ Sides [Eddie’s Archive Box Set] ► Heavy Metal
2002 ● Iron Maiden —— Beast Over Hammersmith [Eddie’s Archive Box Set] ► Heavy Metal
2002 ● Iron Maiden —— BBC Archives [Eddie’s Archive Box Set] ► Heavy Metal
2002 ● Iron Maiden —— Edward The Great [Eddie’s Archive Box Set] ► Heavy Metal
2003 ● Coldplay —— Live 2003 ► Alt. Rock/Brit Pop
2003 ● Ben E. King —— Person To Person: Live At The Blue Note ► Soul
2003 ● Sarah McLachlan —— Afterglow ► Folk-Rock
2003 ● Peter Gabriel —— Hit ► Prog Rock
2003 ● Little River Band —— Streams Of Success ► Soft Rock
2003 ● Stephen Stills —— Turnin’ Back The Pages ► Folk-Rock
2003 ● Iggy Pop —— Skull Ring ► Alt. Rock / Punk
2003 ● Bob Seger —— Greatest Hits 2 ► Heartland Rock
2004 ● Queen —— Queen On Fire – Live At The Bowl ► Glam Rock
2004 ● The Rolling Stones —— Live Licks ► Blues-Rock
2008 ● Lou Reed —— Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse ► Hard Rock
2008 ● ZZ Top —— Live From Texas ► Blues-Rock
2008 ● Led Zeppelin —— The Definitive Collection ► Hard Rock
2014 ● Guns N’ Roses —— Appetite For Democracy ► Hard Rock
2014 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Southbound ► Pop-Rock
2014 ● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Raw ► Folk-Rock
2014 ● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete ► Folk-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 ● Alison Moyet —— Alf ► New Wave Synth-pop
1984 ● REO Speedwagon —— Wheels Are Turnin’ ► Arena Rock
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 ● Pink Floyd —— Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd ► Prog Rock
2001 ● Simple Minds —— The Best Of Simple Minds ► New Wave Alt. Pop
2002 ● New Order —— Back To Mine ► Alt Pop-Rock
2002 ● The Church —— Parallel Universe ► Alt. Power Pop
2002 ● Little Feat —— Live At The Rams Head ► Southern Rock
2002 ● The Wallflowers —— Red Letter Days ► AA Pop-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
2007 ● The Who —— View From A Backstage Pass ► British Rock
2012 ● Focus —— Focus X ► Prog Rock/Fusion
2013 ● Bob Dylan —— The Complete Album Collection, Vol. 1 ► Folk-Rock
2013 ● Kool & The Gang —— Kool For the Holidays ► Holiday Funk
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 ● Stevie Wonder —— Characters ► Pop-R&B
1987 ● Various Artists —— Less Than Zero [Sndtrk] ► Various
1987 ● N.W.A. —— N.W.A. And The Posse ► Hip-Hop
1989 ● Phil Collins —— …But Seriously ► Pop-Rock
1990 ● The Pogues —— Hell’s Ditch ► Post-Punk/College Rock
1990 ● Scorpions —— Crazy World ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock
1990 ● Steve Winwood —— Refugees Of The Heart ► Album Rock
1995 ● Elvis Costello And Richard Harvey —— Jake’s Progress [Sndtrk] ► Orchestral Soundtrack
1995 ● Cher —— It’s A Man’s World ► Pop-Rock
1995 ● Elton John —— Love Songs ► 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 ● Queen —— Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ’86 ► Glam Rock
2012 ● Aerosmith —— Music From Another Dimension ► Hard 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 —— Chapter Three ► Jazz-Rock Fusion
1972 ● Neil Young —— Journey Through The Past [Sndtrk] ► Folk-Rock
1972 ● David Bowie —— Space Oddity ► Glam 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 ● Eagles —— Eagles Live ► Country-Rock
1980 ● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How’s Your Fathers ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1980 ● Bette Midler —— Divine Madness ► Pop-Rock Vocals
1981 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Diary Of A Madman ► Hard Rock
1982 ● Grace Jones —— Living My Life ► Disco/Club-Dance
1983 ● The Rolling Stones —— Undercover ► Blues-Rock
1983 ● Cocteau Twins —— Sunburst And Snowblind [EP] ► Folk-Rock
1983 ● U2 —— Under A Blood Red Sky ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1983 ● Yes —— 90125 ► Prog Rock
1985 ● Yes —— 9012Live: The Solos ► Prog Rock
1985 ● Elton John —— Ice On Fire ► Pop-Rock
1987 ● David Sylvian —— Secrets Of The Beehive ► Ambient
1988 ● Wet Wet Wet —— The Memphis Sessions [UK] ► Blue-Eyed Soul
1989 ● The Jungle Brothers —— Done By The Forces Of Nature ► Jazz-Rap
1989 ● Eric Clapton —— Journeyman ► Blues-Rock
1995 ● The Cars —— Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1995 ● Bonnie Raitt —— Road Tested ► Blues-Rock
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
1997 ● Greg Graffin —— American Lesion ► Alt Rock
2000 ● James Taylor —— Greatest Hits Volume 2 ► Folk-Rock
2000 ● The Aquabats —— Myths, Legends And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2 ► Ska-Punk Revival
2000 ● Genesis —— Genesis Archives, Vol. 2: 1976-1992 ► Prog Rock
2000 ● Natalie Cole —— Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 ► Soul-Pop
2000 ● Fatboy Slim —— Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars ► Brit-Hop
2000 ● The Pretenders —— Greatest Hits ► Post-Punk
2000 ● Phish —— The Siket Disc ► Prog Rock/Jam Band
2004 ● Elton John —— Peachtree Road ► Pop-Rock
2005 ● David Bowie —— The Platinum Collection ► Glam Rock
2005 ● Dire Straits —— Private Investigations: The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock
2006 ● J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton —— The Road To Escondido ► Blues-Rock
2006 ● Dave Matthews Band —— The Best Of What’s Around, Vol. 1 ► AA Pop-Rock
2006 ● Foo Fighters —— Skin And Bones ► Grunge 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
1970 ● Neil Diamond —— Neil Diamond ► Pop-Rock
1971 ● Billy Preston —— I Wrote A Simple Song ► Funk
1971 ● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin IV ► Hard Rock
1974 ● Thin Lizzy —— Nightlife ► Hard Rock
1974 ● Styx —— Man Of Miracles ► Prog/Art Rock
1974 ● Queen —— Sheer Heart Attack [UK] ► Prog Rock
1974 ● Elton John —— Elton John’s Greatest Hits ► Pop-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 ● Traffic —— Last Great Traffic Jam ► Prog Rock
2005 ● The Tragically Hip —— Yer Favorites ► Folk-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 ● Badfinger —— No Dice ► Power Pop
1970 ● Derek & The Dominos —— Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs ► Blues-Rock
1971 ● Roberta Flack —— Quiet Fire ► Smooth Soul
1972 ● Diana Ross —— Lady Sings The Blues [Sndtrk] ► Soul – Motown
1973 ● Santana —— Welcome ► Jazz-Rock Fusion
1973 ● Billy Joel —— Piano Man ► Pop-Rock
1973 ● Carpenters —— The Singles: 1969-1973 ► Easy Listening
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 ● Dokken —— Under Lock And Key ► Heavy Metal
1985 ● Loudness —— Thunder In The East ► Heavy Metal/Japanese Metal
1985 ● Aerosmith —— Done With Mirrors ► Hard Rock
1985 ● Y&T —— Down For The Count ► Heavy Metal
1985 ● W.A.S.P. —— The Last Command ► 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 ● Cher —— Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 ► Pop-Rock
1992 ● Genesis —— The Way We Walk, Vol. 1 (The Shorts) ► Prog Rock
1992 ● The Tubes —— The Best Of The Tubes ► Alt. Rock
1993 ● Mark Knopfler —— Screenplaying ► Roots Rock
1993 ● Phil Collins —— Both Sides ► Pop-Rock
1993 ● Céline Dion —— The Colour Of My Love ► Pop-Rock
1993 ● The Outlaws —— Hittin’ The Road ► Southern Rock
1993 ● Nirvana —— Legacy Of Noise [Bootleg] ► Grunge
1993 ● Wu-Tang Clan —— Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) ► East Coast Rap
1996 ● The Dubliners —— Further Along ► Irish Folk
1997 ● Golden Earring —— Naked II ► Hard Rock
1999 ● Tonic —— Sugar ► Alt/Roots Rock
1999 ● 38 Special —— Live At Sturgis ► Southern Rock
1999 ● Queen —— Greatest Hits III ► Glam Rock
1999 ● Anal Cunt —— It Just Gets Worse ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore
1999 ● Jimmy Buffett —— Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays ► Folk-Rock
2004 ● Poco —— Last Roundup, The ► Country-Rock
2004 ● Linda Ronstadt —— Hummin’ To Myself ► Pop-Rock
2010 ● Weezer —— iTunes Originals – Weezer ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop
2015 ● Eric Clapton —— Slowhand At 70 – Live At The Royal Albert Hall ► Blues-Rock
November 10
1960 ● Elvis Presley —— His Hand In Mine ► Rock n Roll
1967 ● The Hollies —— Butterfly [UK] ► Pop-Rock
1967 ● The Moody Blues —— Days Of Future Passed ► Psychedelic Rock
1969 ● Grateful Dead —— Live/Dead ► Album Rock
1972 ● Dusty Springfield —— See All Her Faces ► Pop-Rock
1972 ● The Byrds —— The Best Of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II ► Country-Rock
1972 ● Barclay James Harvest —— Baby James Harvest ► Prog Rock
1973 ● The O’Jays —— Ship Ahoy ► Soul – Philly
1975 ● Neil Young With Crazy Horse —— Zuma ► Folk-Rock
1975 ● Chicago —— Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits ► Jazz-Rock
1977 ● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Works, Vol. 2 ► Prog Rock
1978 ● Queen —— Jazz [UK] ► Glam Rock
1978 ● The Clash —— Give ‘Em Enough Rope ► Punk
1978 ● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Babylon By Bus ► Roots Reggae
1980 ● Neil Diamond —— The Jazz Singer [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock
1981 ● Mötley Crüe —— Too Fast For Love ► Heavy Metal
1983 ● Billy Idol —— Rebel Yell ► Hard Rock
1984 ● The Who —— Who’s Last ► Hard Rock
1984 ● Triumph —— Thunder Seven ► Arena Rock
1984 ● Nik Kershaw —— The Riddle ► Synth-Pop
1986 ● Bruce Springsteen —— Live 1975-1985 ► Heartland Rock
1986 ● Cocteau Twins —— The Moon And The Melodies ► Folk-Rock
1986 ● Kate Bush —— The Whole Story ► Art Rock
1987 ● Cher —— Cher ► Pop-Rock
1987 ● Cher —— Cher ► Pop-Rock
1989 ● Robert Earl Keen, Jr. —— West Textures ► Folk-Rock
1991 ● Gregorian —— Sadisfaction ► Euro-Pop
1992 ● Golden Earring —— The Naked Truth, ► Hard Rock
1992 ● Biohazard —— Urban Discipline ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
1992 ● Peter Gabriel —— Revisited ► Prog Rock
1995 ● Carpenters —— Seishun No Kagayaki: The Best Of (22 Hits Of The Carpenters) [Japan] ► Easy Listening
1996 ● Oasis —— (What’s The Story) Morning Glory: Singles ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop
1998 ● Cher —— Believe ► Pop-Rock
1998 ● Rush —— Different Stages ► Prog/Art Rock
1998 ● The Ataris —— Look Forward To Failure ► Pop-Punk
1998 ● Bruce Springsteen —— Tracks ► Heartland Rock
1998 ● Dire Straits —— Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Staraits ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock
1999 ● Ayumi Hamasaki —— Loveppears ► Pop/House
2005 ● Elton John —— Elton John’s Christmas Party ► Pop-Rock
2008 ● The Smiths —— The Sound Of The Smiths ► Alt. Pop-Rock
2009 ● Jerry Garcia Band —— Let It Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2 ► Roots Rock
2009 ● The Tubes —— Mondo Birthmark ► Alt. Rock
2011 ● Pearl Jam —— 9.11.2011 Toronto, Canada ► Hard Rock
2014 ● Heart —— Heart & Friends – Home For The Holidays ► Album Rock