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 06
● The Who —— Tommy [EP] ► British Rock >> 1970
● The Stylistics —— The Stylistics ► Philly Soul >> 1971
● The Cars —— Shake It Up ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Rod Stewart —— Tonight I’m Yours ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Rod Stewart —— Absolutely Live ► Blues-Rock >> 1982
● The Pointer Sisters —— Break Out ► Soul >> 1983
● 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 >> 1987
● Scorpions —— Crazy World ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 1990
● The Pogues —— Hell’s Ditch ► Post-Punk/College Rock >> 1990
● Steve Winwood —— Refugees Of The Heart ► Album Rock >> 1990
● Cher —— It’s A Man’s World ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Elvis Costello And Richard Harvey —— Jake’s Progress [Sndtrk] ► Orchestral Soundtrack >> 1995
● Elton John —— Love Songs ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Supertramp —— Is Everybody Listening? ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2001
● Rick Springfield —— Christmas With You ► Power Pop >> 2007
● Gram Parsons —— Gram Parsons Archive, Vol. 1: Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969 ► Country-Rock >> 2007
● Queen —— Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ’86 ► Glam Rock >> 2012
● Aerosmith —— Music From Another Dimension ► Hard Rock >> 2012
● 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 >> 2015
November 07
● Manfred Mann Chapter Three —— Chapter Three ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1969
● Bette Midler —— The Divine Miss M ► Pop-Rock Vocals >> 1972
● Neil Young —— Journey Through The Past [Sndtrk] ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● David Bowie —— Space Oddity ► Glam Rock >> 1972
● Chris Squire —— Fish Out Of Water [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Bette Midler —— Divine Madness ► Pop-Rock Vocals >> 1980
● Eagles —— Eagles Live ► Country-Rock >> 1980
● Elvis Costello —— Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How’s Your Fathers ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Ozzy Osbourne —— Diary Of A Madman ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Grace Jones —— Living My Life ► Disco/Club-Dance >> 1982
● Yes —— 90125 ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Cocteau Twins —— Sunburst And Snowblind [EP] ► Folk-Rock >> 1983
● U2 —— Under A Blood Red Sky ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1983
● The Rolling Stones —— Undercover ► Blues-Rock >> 1983
● Yes —— 9012Live: The Solos ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● Elton John —— Ice On Fire ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● David Sylvian —— Secrets Of The Beehive ► Ambient >> 1987
● R.E.M. —— Green ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Wet Wet Wet —— The Memphis Sessions [UK] ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1988
● Eric Clapton —— Journeyman ► Blues-Rock >> 1989
● Alice In Chains —— Alice In Chains ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 1995
● Queen —— Made In Heaven ► Glam Rock >> 1995
● Bonnie Raitt —— Road Tested ► Blues-Rock >> 1995
● Madonna —— Something To Remember ► Dance-Pop >> 1995
● Greg Graffin —— American Lesion ► Alt Rock >> 1997
● Genesis —— Genesis Archives, Vol. 2: 1976-1992 ► Prog Rock >> 2000
● The Pretenders —— Greatest Hits ► Post-Punk >> 2000
● James Taylor —— Greatest Hits Volume 2 ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Natalie Cole —— Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 ► Soul-Pop >> 2000
● Fatboy Slim —— Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars ► Brit-Hop >> 2000
● The Aquabats —— Myths, Legends And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2 ► Ska-Punk Revival >> 2000
● Phish —— The Siket Disc ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2000
● Elton John —— Peachtree Road ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● David Bowie —— The Platinum Collection ► Glam Rock >> 2005
● Dire Straits —— Private Investigations: The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Dave Matthews Band —— The Best Of What’s Around, Vol. 1 ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006
● J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton —— The Road To Escondido ► Blues-Rock >> 2006
● Foo Fighters —— Skin And Bones ► Grunge Rock >> 2006
● Dion —— Son Of Skip James ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Pink Floyd —— The Best Of Pink Floyd: A Foot In The Door ► Prog Rock >> 2011
November 08
● The Beach Boys —— Beach Boys’ Party! ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● Diana Ross & The Supremes And The Temptations —— Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations ► Soul >> 1968
● Neil Diamond —— Neil Diamond ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Billy Preston —— I Wrote A Simple Song ► Funk >> 1971
● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin IV ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Elton John —— Elton John’s Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Styx —— Man Of Miracles ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1974
● Thin Lizzy —— Nightlife ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Sly & The Family Stone —— High On You ► Funk >> 1975
● George Harrison —— The Best Of George Harrison [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Motörhead —— Ace Of Spades ► Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Architecture & Morality ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Queen —— Greatest Hits ► Glam-Rock >> 1981
● 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 >> 1982
● New Edition —— All For Love ► Soul-Pop >> 1985
● W.A.S.P. —— Inside The Electric Circus ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● Quincy Jones —— Back On The Block ► Soul-Pop >> 1989
● Elton John —— To Be Continued… ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Iron Maiden —— Live At Donington ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Paul McCartney —— Paul Is Live ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Eagles —— Hell Freezes Over ► Country-Rock >> 1994
● Big Audio —— Higher Power ► Dance-Rock >> 1994
● Cher —— not.com.mercial ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Limp Bizkit —— Greatest Hitz ► Rap-Metal >> 2005
● Traffic —— Last Great Traffic Jam ► Prog Rock >> 2005
● 38 Special —— Live ► Southern Rock >> 2005
● The Tragically Hip —— Yer Favorites ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Pablo Cruise —— It’s Good To Be Love ► Pop-Rock >> 2011
● Rush —— Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2011
November 09
● Elvis Presley —— Girls! Girls! Girls! ► Rock n Roll >> 1962
● Badfinger —— No Dice ► Power Pop >> 1970
● Roberta Flack —— Quiet Fire ► Smooth Soul >> 1971
● Diana Ross —— Lady Sings The Blues [Sndtrk] ► Soul – Motown >> 1972
● Billy Joel —— Piano Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Carpenters —— The Singles: 1969-1973 ► Easy Listening >> 1973
● Santana —— Welcome ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1973
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ► Album Rock >> 1976
● Iron Maiden —— The Soundhouse Tapes [EP] ► Heavy Metal >> 1979
● The Stranglers —— La Folie ► Punk-Rock >> 1981
● Men At Work —— Business As Usual ► Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Twisted Sister —— Come Out And Play ► Hair 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
● Loudness —— Thunder In The East ► Heavy Metal/Japanese Metal >> 1985
● Dokken —— Under Lock And Key ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● Killer Dwarfs —— Stand Tall ► Heavy Metal/Pop Metal >> 1986
● Candlemass —— Nightfall ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal >> 1987
● Eurythmics —— Savage ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1987
● The Tubes —— The Best Of The Tubes ► Alt. Rock >> 1992
● Cher —— Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Genesis —— The Way We Walk, Vol. 1 (The Shorts) ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● Phil Collins —— Both Sides ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Céline Dion —— The Colour Of My Love ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Wu-Tang Clan —— Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) ► East Coast Rap >> 1993
● The Outlaws —— Hittin’ The Road ► Southern Rock >> 1993
● Nirvana —— Legacy Of Noise [Bootleg] ► Grunge >> 1993
● Mark Knopfler —— Screenplaying ► Roots Rock >> 1993
● The Dubliners —— Further Along ► Irish Folk >> 1996
● Golden Earring —— Naked II ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● Jimmy Buffett —— Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Queen —— Greatest Hits III ► Glam Rock >> 1999
● Anal Cunt —— It Just Gets Worse ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore >> 1999
● 38 Special —— Live At Sturgis ► Southern Rock >> 1999
● Tonic —— Sugar ► Alt/Roots Rock >> 1999
● Linda Ronstadt —— Hummin’ To Myself ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Poco —— Last Roundup, The ► Country-Rock >> 2004
● Weezer —— iTunes Originals – Weezer ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2010
● Eric Clapton —— Slowhand At 70 – Live At The Royal Albert Hall ► Blues-Rock >> 2015
November 10
● Elvis Presley —— His Hand In Mine ► Rock n Roll >> 1960
● The Moody Blues —— Days Of Future Passed ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1967
● Grateful Dead —— Live/Dead ► Album Rock >> 1969
● Barclay James Harvest —— Baby James Harvest ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● The Byrds —— The Best Of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II ► Country-Rock >> 1972
● Dusty Springfield —— See All Her Faces ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
● The O’Jays —— Ship Ahoy ► Soul – Philly >> 1973
● Chicago —— Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits ► Jazz-Rock >> 1975
● Neil Young With Crazy Horse —— Zuma ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Works, Vol. 2 ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Babylon By Bus ► Roots Reggae >> 1978
● The Clash —— Give ‘Em Enough Rope ► Punk >> 1978
● Neil Diamond —— The Jazz Singer [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Mötley Crüe —— Too Fast For Love ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● Billy Idol —— Rebel Yell ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Nik Kershaw —— The Riddle ► Synth-Pop >> 1984
● Triumph —— Thunder Seven ► Arena Rock >> 1984
● The Who —— Who’s Last ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● 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 >> 1986
● Cher —— Cher ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Robert Earl Keen, Jr. —— West Textures ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Gregorian —— Sadisfaction ► Euro-Pop >> 1991
● Golden Earring —— The Naked Truth, ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Peter Gabriel —— Revisited ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● Biohazard —— Urban Discipline ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1992
● Carpenters —— Seishun No Kagayaki: The Best Of (22 Hits Of The Carpenters) [Japan] ► Easy Listening >> 1995
● Oasis —— (What’s The Story) Morning Glory: Singles ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1996
● Cher —— Believe ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Rush —— Different Stages ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1998
● The Ataris —— Look Forward To Failure ► Pop-Punk >> 1998
● Dire Straits —— Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Staraits ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Bruce Springsteen —— Tracks ► Heartland Rock >> 1998
● Ayumi Hamasaki —— Loveppears ► Pop/House >> 1999
● Elton John —— Elton John’s Christmas Party ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● The Smiths —— The Sound Of The Smiths ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2008
● Jerry Garcia Band —— Let It Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2 ► Roots Rock >> 2009
● The Tubes —— Mondo Birthmark ► Alt. Rock >> 2009
● Pearl Jam —— 9.11.2011 Toronto, Canada ► Hard Rock >> 2011
● Heart —— Heart & Friends – Home For The Holidays ► Album Rock >> 2014
November 11
● The Who —— Ready Steady Who [EP] ► British Rock >> 1966
● John Lennon & Yoko Ono —— Unfinished Music, No. 1: Two Virgins ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● Elvis Presley —— That’s The Way It Is [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Rory Gallagher —— Tattoo ► Blues-Rock >> 1973
● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Gratitude ► Soul-Funk >> 1975
● Kiss —— Rock And Roll Over ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Parliament —— Motor Booty Affair ► Funk >> 1978
● Aerosmith —— Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● The Jacksons —— The Jacksons Live! ► Soul-Pop >> 1981
● Depeche Mode —— Catching Up With Depeche Mode ► New Wave/Synth-Pop >> 1985
● Jimmy Buffett —— Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hit(s) ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Bonnie Tyler —— Bitter Blue ► Pop Vocals (Female) >> 1991
● The Divinyls —— Essential ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Denim —— Back In Denim ► Glam-Rock >> 1992
● The Damned —— Not Of This Earth ► Goth Rock >> 1995
● Tricky —— effPre-Millennium Tension ► Electronic Trip-Hop >> 1996
● Led Zeppelin —— BBC Sessions ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● Bush —— Deconstructed ► Grunge Rock >> 1997
● Gregg Allman —— Searching For Simplicity ► Southern Rock >> 1997
● AFI —— Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes ► Hardcore Punk >> 1997
● Elton John —— Greatest Hits 1970–2002 ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Phil Collins —— Testify ► Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Bruce Springsteen —— the Essential Bruce Springsteen ► Heartland Rock >> 2003
● Pearl Jam —— Lost Dogs: Rarities And B Sides ► Hard Rock >> 2003
● Talking Heads —— Once In A Lifetime ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 2003
● Cheap Trick —— Budokan!: 30th Anniversary Edition ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 2008
● Mudcrutch —— Extended Play Live [EP] ► Southern Rock >> 2008
● Tracy Chapman —— Our Bright Future ► Folk-Rock >> 2008
● The Rolling Stones —— Sweet Summer Sun ► Blues-Rock >> 2013
November 12
● Marvin Gaye —— Hello Broadway ► Soul >> 1964
● Neil Young —— Neil Young ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Genesis —— Nursery Cryme ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Hall & Oates —— Whole Oats ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
● Buffalo Springfield —— Buffalo Springfield (Collection) ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Queen —— Sheer Heart Attack ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Hall & Oates —— War Babies ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● J. Geils Band —— Showtime! ► Blues-Rock >> 1982
● Duran Duran —— Arena ► Synth-Pop >> 1984
● The Smiths —— Hatful Of Hollow ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Madonna —— Like A Virgin ► Dance-Pop >> 1984
● John Farnham —— Whispering Jack ► Adult Contemporary >> 1986
● Elton John —— Elton John’s Greatest Hits Volume III ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Mark Knopfler —— The Princess Bride [Sndtrk] ► Roots Rock >> 1987
● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— 20 Years Of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Cilla Black —— Cilla’s World ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Kylie Minogue —— Rhythm Of Love ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Bad Religion —— 80-85 ► Punk Rock >> 1991
● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Lynyrd Skynyrd (Box Set) ► Southern Rock >> 1991
● Sade —— The Best Of Sade [UK] ► Quiet Storm >> 1994
● John Waite —— The Complete John Waite, Vol. 1: Falling Backwards ► Power Pop >> 1996
● Rod Stewart —— If We Fall in Love Tonight ► Adult Contemporary >> 1996
● Blind Melon —— Nico ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
● The Corrs —— The Corrs Unplugged ► Celtic Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Rod Stewart —— The Story So Far: The Very Best Of Rod Stewart ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● 3 Doors Down —— Away From The Sun ► Alt Metal >> 2002
● The Pretenders —— Loose Screw ► Post-Punk >> 2002
● Matchbox Twenty —— More Than You Think You Are ► Alt. Rock >> 2002
● Pearl Jam —— Riot Act ► Hard Rock >> 2002
● David Gray —— Greatest Hits ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Aretha Franklin —— Jewels In The Crown: All-Star Duets With The Queen ► Soul Pop >> 2007
● Led Zeppelin —— Mothership [UK] ► Hard Rock >> 2007
● The Rolling Stones —— GRRR! ► Blues-Rock >> 2012