Albums Released This Week (October 30 – November 5)

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):

● Buffalo Springfield —— Buffalo Springfield Again ► Folk-Rock >> 1967
● The Temptations —— The Temptations Christmas Card ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● Elton John —— Tumbleweed Connection ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● The Who —— Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy ► British Rock >> 1971
● Pink Floyd —— Meddle ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Stevie Wonder —— Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants ► Pop-R&B >> 1979
● Spandau Ballet —— Journeys To Glory ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 1981
● Mercyful Fate —— Melissa ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Anthrax —— Spreading The Disease ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1985
● George Michael —— Faith ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Joe Satriani —— Flying In A Blue Dream ► Instrumental >> 1989
● Wet Wet Wet —— Holding Back The River ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1989
● Jimmy Buffett —— Feeding Frenzy ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Roxy Music —— Heart Still Beating ► Prog Rock >> 1990
● Big Daddy Kane —— Taste Of Chocolate ► Golden Age Rap >> 1990
● Pulp —— Different Class ► Britpop >> 1995
● Blur —— Blur: The Best Of ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 2000
● Tracy Chapman —— Collection ► Folk-Rock >> 2001
● Bane —— Give Blood ► Hardcore Punk >> 2001
● Michael Jackson —— Invincible ► Dance-Pop >> 2001
● Phish —— Live Phish Volume 6 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2001
● Bonnie Raitt —— Decades Rock Live: Bonnie Raitt And Friends ► Blues-Rock >> 2006
● Eagles —— Long Road Out Of Eden ► Country-Rock >> 2007
● Ben E. King —— Love Is Gonna Get You ► Soul >> 2007
● Rod Stewart —— Merry Christmas, Baby ► Holiday Pop >> 2012
● Three Dog Night —— One ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 2012
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Psychedelic Pill ► Hard Rock >> 2012
● Trey Anastasio —— Paper Wheels ► Jam Band/Guitar Rock >> 2015

October 31

● Bob Dylan —— Carnegie Hall ► Folk >> 1964
● Elvis Presley —— Spinout ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Phil Ochs —— Pleasures Of The Harbor ► Folk-Rock >> 1967
● Jethro Tull —— Living In The Past ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Donna Summer —— Once Upon A Time… ► Disco >> 1977
● Smokey Robinson —— Smokin’ ► Quiet Storm >> 1978
● Klaus Schulze —— Dig It ► Space Rock >> 1980
● Cocteau Twins —— Head Over Heals ► Folk-Rock >> 1983
● Paul McCartney —— Pipes Of Peace ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Possessed —— Beyond The Gates ► Heavy/Death Metal >> 1986
● Roxette —— Pearls Of Passion ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Dinosaur Jr. —— Bug ► Alt. Rock >> 1988
● Paul McCartney —— Choba b CCCP [Russia] ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Soundgarden —— Ultramega OK ► Grunge Rock >> 1988
● Grateful Dead —— Built To Last ► Album Rock >> 1989
● Carpenters —— Loveliness ► Easy Listening >> 1989
● Naked Raygun —— Raygun…Naked Raygun ► Punk Rock >> 1990
● Ice Cube —— Death Certificate ► Gangsta Rap >> 1991
● Frank Zappa —— Civilization Phaze III ► 20th Century Classical >> 1994
● ABBA —— Thank You For The Music ► Euro-Pop >> 1994
● Julian Cope —— 20 Mothers ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Curtis Mayfield —— Live At The Bitter End ► Soul/Funk >> 1995
● Foreigner —— Mr. Moonlight ► Arena Rock >> 1995
● Paul Siebel —— Paul Siebel ► Country-Folk >> 1995
● Slipknot —— Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. ► Heavy Metal/Funk Metal >> 1996
● U2 —— All That You Can’t Leave Behind ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Anthology: Through the Years ► Album Rock >> 2000
● Bob Dylan —— The Essential Bob Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Phish —— Colorado ’88 ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2006
● The Who —— Endless Wire ► British Rock >> 2006
● Triumph —— Extended Versions: Triumph ► Arena Rock >> 2006
● The Fags —— Light ‘Em Up ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2006
● Phil Lesh & Friends —— Live At The Warfield ► Country-Rock >> 2006
● Richard Marx —— Emotional Remains ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2008
● Richard Marx —— Sundown ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2008

November 01

● Elvis Presley —— Fun In Acapulco ► Rock n Roll >> 1963
● The Supremes —— Merry Christmas ► Soul – Motown >> 1965
● The Temptations —— Temptin’ Temptations ► Soul – Motown >> 1965
● Canned Heat —— Living The Blues ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Grateful Dead —— American Beauty ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Billy Joel —— Cold Spring Harbor ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales —— Hooteroll? ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1971
● Elvis Presley —— Burning Love And Hits From His Movies, Vol. 3 ► Rock n Roll >> 1972
● James Taylor —— One Man Dog ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● The Hollies —— Romany ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
● Slade —— Slayed? ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● Roxy Music —— Stranded ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Kraftwerk —— Autobahn ► Techno-Rock >> 1974
● Poco —— Cantamos ► Country-Rock >> 1974
● Scorpions —— Fly To The Rainbow ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock >> 1974
● The Band —— Northern Lights-Southern Cross ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● James Taylor —— Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Carpenters —— Special Series [Japan] ► Easy Listening >> 1979
● Queen —— News Of The World ► Glam Rock >> 1977
● Jefferson Starship —— Freedom At Point Zero ► Arena Rock >> 1979
● Aerosmith —— Night In The Ruts ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Simple Minds —— Real To Real Cacophony ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1979
● Hall & Oates —— X-Static ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Simple Minds —— Themes For Great Cities 79/81 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1981
● Phil Collins —— Hello, I Must Be Going! ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Cocteau Twins —— Treasure ► Folk-Rock >> 1984
● Harry Connick, Jr. —— 20 ► Piano Jazz >> 1988
● Ratt —— Reach For The Sky ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal >> 1988
● The Shamen —— En-Tact ► Alt Rock/Electro-Psych >> 1990
● Steve Earle —— The Hard Way ► Alt. Country >> 1990
● Big Audio Dynamite II —— Kool-Aid ► Dance-Rock >> 1990
● Grateful Dead —— Infrared Roses ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1991
● The Black Crowes —— Amorica ► Southern Rock >> 1994
● Aerosmith —— Big Ones ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● Huey Lewis & The News —— Four Chords And Several Years Ago ► Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Mariah Carey —— Merry Christmas ► Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Nirvana —— MTV Unplugged In New York ► Grunge >> 1994
● Tom Petty —— Wildflowers ► Album Rock >> 1994
● Incubus —— Fungus Amongus ► Funk Metal >> 1995
● John Hiatt —— Live From Austin, TX ► Roots Rock >> 1995
● East 17 —— Around The World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far ► Dance-Pop >> 1996
● Kylie Minogue —— Inpossible Princess ► Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Carbon Leaf —— Ether-Electrified Porch Music ► AA Alt Rock >> 1999
● Westlife —— Westlife [UK] ► Teen Pop/Boy Band >> 1999
● James Taylor —— James Taylor: A Christmas Album ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Santana —— All That I Am ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2005
● The Tragically Hip —— Hipeponymous ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Nirvana —— Silver: The Best In The Box ► Grunge >> 2005
● Blouse —— Blouse ► Indie Rock/Neo-Psychedelia >> 2011
● Journey —— Greatest Hits 2 ► AOR Rock >> 2011
● Cast —— Magic Hour ► Britpop >> 2011
● The Beach Boys —— The Smile Sessions ► Pop-Rock >> 2011

November 02

● Cream —— Disraeli Gears ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Creedence Clearwater Revival —— Willy And The Poor Boys ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Yes —— Time And A Word ► Prog Rock >> 1970
● John Lennon —— Mind Games ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Ringo Starr —— Ringo ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Miles Davis —— Water Babies ► Jazz/Be-Bop Fusion >> 1976
● The Police —— Outlandos d’Amour ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Paul McCartney & Wings —— Wings Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● The Damned —— Machine Gun Etiquette ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● Rory Gallagher —— Stage Struck ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Re-ac-tor ► Folk-Rock >> 1981
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Long After Dark ► Album Rock >> 1982
● Paul McCartney —— All The Best! ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Bryan Ferry —— Bete Noire ► Prog. Rock >> 1987
● George Harrison —— Cloud Nine ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Bad Religion —— No Control ► Punk Rock >> 1989
● The Smiths —— …Best II ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● The Smiths —— Best…I ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Madness —— Madstock! ► Ska Revival >> 1992
● Pink Floyd —— Shine On ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● k. d. lang —— Even Cowgirls Get The Blues ► Alt Country Rock >> 1993
● The Band —— Jericho ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Kate Bush —— The Red Shoes ► Art Rock >> 1993
● Dixie Chicks —— Shouldn’t Have Told You That ► Country-Rock >> 1993
● The Bee Gees —— Size Isn’t Everything ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Bryan Adams —— So Far So Good ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Frank Zappa —— The Yellow Shark ► 20th Century Classical >> 1993
● Aretha Franklin —— Greatest Hits ► Soul >> 1998
● Bright Eyes —— Letting Off The Happiness ► Indie Rock/Emo >> 1998
● Oasis —— The Masterplan ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1998
● Genesis —— The Way We Walk, Vols. 1-2: The Shorts And Longs ► Prog Rock >> 1998
● Bane —— It All Comes Down To This ► Hardcore Punk >> 1999
● The Lovin’ Spoonful —— Live At The Hotel Seville ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Mariah Carey —— Rainbow ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Counting Crows —— This Desert Life ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Poco —— Running Horse ► Country-Rock >> 2002
● Jethro Tull —— Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● 7 Walkers —— 7 Walkers ► Swampadelic Funk >> 2010
● Weezer —— Death To False Metal ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2010
● No Doubt —— Icon ► Ska-Pop >> 2010
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— National Ransom ► Country-Rock >> 2010

November 03

● Elvis Presley —— Harum Scarum ► Rock n Roll >> 1965
● The Easybeats —— Volume 3 ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1966
● Diana Ross & The Supremes —— Cream Of The Crop ► Soul >> 1969
● Diana Ross —— Everything Is Everything ► Soul – Motown >> 1970
● Hall & Oates —— Abandoned Luncheonette ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Neil Diamond —— Jonathan Livingston Seagull [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Triumph —— Rock & Roll Machine ► Arena Rock >> 1977
● The Jam —— All Mod Cons ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● Sly & The Family Stone —— Back On The Right Track ► Soul-Funk >> 1979
● Neil Young —— Hawks & Doves ► Folk-Rock >> 1980
● Whitesnake —— Live…In The Heart Of The City ► Arena Rock >> 1980
● ABBA —— Super Trouper ► Euro-Pop >> 1980
● The Church —— Temperature Drop In Down Town Winterland [EP] ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1982
● Kim Wilde —— Another Step ► Hi-NRG >> 1986
● Kool & The Gang —— Forever ► Dance-Pop >> 1986
● John Lennon —— Menlove Ave. ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Your Funeral…My Trial ► Post-punk Alt Rock >> 1986
● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— American Dream ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● Grand Funk Railroad —— Grand Funk Railroad ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Elton John —— Greatest Hits 1976–1986 ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Bon Jovi —— Keep The Faith ► Arena Rock >> 1992
● Rage Against The Machine —— Rage Against The Machine ► Rap-Metal >> 1992
● Angra —— Angels Cry ► Heavy Metal/Brazilian Metal >> 1993
● Front Line Assembly —— [FLA]vour Of The Week ► Industrial Rock >> 1997
● Queen —— Queen Rocks ► Glam Rock >> 1997
● Eddie Money —— Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection ► Album Rock >> 1998
● Beck —— Mutations ► AA Pop-Rock >> 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
● Vintersorg —— Cosmic Genesis ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal >> 2000
● Foo Fighters —— Greatest Hits ► Grunge Rock >> 2009
● Nirvana —— Live In Reading ► Grunge >> 2009
● REO Speedwagon —— Not So Silent Night…Christmas With REO Speedwagon ► Arena Rock >> 2009
● Weezer —— Raditude ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2009

November 04

● The Rolling Stones —— Got Live If You Want It! ► Blues-Rock >> 1966
● The Allman Brothers Band —— The Allman Brothers Band ► Southern Rock >> 1969
● David Bowie —— Man Of Words/Man Of Music ► Glam Rock >> 1969
● David Bowie —— The Man Who Sold The World ► Glam Rock >> 1970
● Passport —— Hand Made ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1973
● The Temptations —— House Party ► Soul – Motown >> 1975
● Jean-Luc Ponty —— Imaginary Voyage ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● Rod Stewart —— Foot Loose & Fancy Free ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● The Ramones —— Rocket To Russia ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Black Sabbath —— Mob Rules ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Paul Simon —— Hearts And Bones ► Folk-Pop >> 1983
● Hawkwind —— This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic ► Space Rock >> 1984
● Hawkwind —— Anthology, Vol. 1 ► Space Rock >> 1985
● Barbra Streisand —— The Broadway Album ► Easy Listening >> 1985
● The Clash —— Cut The Crap ► Punk >> 1985
● The Pretenders —— Get Close ► Post-Punk >> 1986
● Megadeth —— Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● They Might Be Giants —— They Might Be Giants ► Alt. Rock >> 1986
● Sinead O’Connor —— The Lion And The Cobra ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Cocteau Twins —— The Box Set ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Aphex Twin —— Richard D. James Album ► Electronica – Dark Ambient >> 1996
● Soundgarden —— A-Sides ► Grunge Rock >> 1997
● Shania Twain —— Come On Over ► Country-Pop >> 1997
● Richard Marx —— Greatest Hits ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Bad Manners —— Heavy Petting ► Ska Revival >> 1997
● Jane’s Addiction —— Kettle Whistle ► Alt. Rock >> 1997
● Asia —— Live In Philadelphia ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● The Beach Boys —— The Pet Sounds Sessions ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Spice Girls —— Spiceworld ► Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Harmonia —— Tracks And Traces ► Krautrock/Kosmische Musik >> 1997
● Evanescence —— Origin ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2000
● The Allman Brothers Band —— Peakin’ At The Beacon ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● Iron Maiden —— BBC Archives ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Iron Maiden —— Beast Over Hammersmith ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Iron Maiden —— Best Of The ‘B’ Sides ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Iron Maiden —— Edward The Great ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Sarah McLachlan —— Afterglow ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● Bob Seger —— Greatest Hits 2 ► Album Rock >> 2003
● Peter Gabriel —— Hit ► Prog 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
● Little River Band —— Streams Of Success ► Soft Rock >> 2003
● Stephen Stills —— Turnin’ Back The Pages ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● The Rolling Stones —— Live Licks ► Blues-Rock >> 2004
● Queen —— Queen On Fire – Live At The Bowl ► Glam Rock >> 2004
● Lou Reed —— Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse ► Hard Rock >> 2008
● Led Zeppelin —— The Definitive Collection ► Hard Rock >> 2008
● ZZ Top —— Live From Texas ► Blues-Rock >> 2008
● Guns N’ Roses —— Appetite For Democracy ► Hard Rock >> 2014
● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete ► Folk-Rock >> 2014
● Bob Dylan —— The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Raw ► Folk-Rock >> 2014
● The Doobie Brothers —— Southbound\ ► Pop-Rock >> 2014
● Neil Young —— Storytone ► Orchestral Rock >> 2014

November 05

● Manfred Mann —— Mann Made ► Folk-Pop >> 1965
● Barclay James Harvest —— Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Status Quo —— Dog Of Two Head ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Elton John —— Madman Across The Water ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Grateful Dead —— Europe ’72 ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● Various Artists —— All This And World War II [Sndtrk] ► Beatles Covers >> 1976
● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— A Kiss In The Dreamhouse ► Post-Punk >> 1982
● Alison Moyet —— Alf ► New Wave Synth-pop >> 1984
● REO Speedwagon —— Wheels Are Turnin’ ► Arena Rock >> 1984
● Phil Collins —— Serious Hits…Live! ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● My Bloody Valentine —— Loveless ► Indie Rock >> 1991
● Paul Simon —— Paul Simon’s Concert In The Park ► Folk-Pop >> 1991
● Oasis —— Definitely Maybe: Singles ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1996
● Johnny Cash —— Unchained ► Classic Country >> 1996
● The Clean —— Unknown Country ► Post-Punk >> 1996
● Simple Minds —— The Best Of Simple Minds ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2001
● Pink Floyd —— Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd ► Prog Rock >> 2001
● New Order —— Back To Mine ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Little Feat —— Live At The Rams Head ► Southern Rock >> 2002
● Eric Clapton —— One More Car, One More Rider ► Blues-Rock >> 2002
● The Church —— Parallel Universe ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2002
● Paul Simon —— The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don’t Know Where I’m Goin’ ► Folk-Pop >> 2002
● The Wallflowers —— Red Letter Days ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2002
● The Who —— View From A Backstage Pass ► British Rock >> 2007
● Bob Dylan —— The Complete Album Collection, Vol. 1 ► Folk-Rock >> 2013
● Kool & The Gang —— Kool For the Holidays ► Holiday Funk >> 2013