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):
September 02
1965 ● Brenda Lee —— Too Many Rivers ► Country-Pop
1977 ● Van Der Graaf —— The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome ► Prog Rock
1977 ● Thin Lizzy —— Bad Reputation ► Hard Rock
1980 ● Dead Kennedys —— Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables ► Punk-Rock
1981 ● Teddy Pendergrass —— It’s Time For Love ► Soul/Quiet Storm
1981 ● Ronnie Wood —— 1234 ► Hard Rock
1983 ● The Moody Blues —— The Present ► Prog Rock
1985 ● Billy Joel —— Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 (1973-1985) ► Pop-Rock
1985 ● UB40 —— Baggariddim ► Reggae-Pop
1986 ● Jeffrey Osbourne —— Emotional ► Soul-Pop
1991 ● David Bowie & Tin Machine —— Tin Machine II ► Hard Rock
1991 ● Level 42 —— Guaranteed ► New Wave Synth Pop
1991 ● Garth Brooks —— Ropin’ The Wind ► Country-Rock
1992 ● Zard —— Hold Me ► Pop-Rock
1993 ● Sepultura —— Chaos A.D. ► Heavy Metal
1996 ● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Universal ► New Wave Synth Pop
1996 ● Neneh Cherry —— Man ► Trip Hop
1996 ● The Blood Divine —— Awaken ► Heavy Metal/Goth Metal
1997 ● War —— Colección Latina ► Funk
1997 ● Genesis —— Calling All Stations ► Prog Rock
1997 ● Joe Jackson —— Heaven & Hell ► Classical Pop
1999 ● Amon Amarth —— The Avenger ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal
2003 ● The Innocence Mission —— Befriended ► Alt Pop-Rock
2013 ● Bryan Adams —— Live At Sydney Opera House ► Pop-Rock
2014 ● Counting Crows —— Somewhere Under Wonderland ► AA Pop-Rock
September 03
1971 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Future Games ► Blues-Rock
1978 ● Diana Ross —— Ross ► Soul – Motown
1982 ● Golden Earring —— Cut ► Hard Rock
1982 ● Golden Earring —— Cut ► Hard Rock
1984 ● Iron Maiden —— Powerslave ► Heavy Metal
1990 ● George Michael —— Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 ► Dance-Pop
1990 ● Judas Priest —— Painkiller ► Heavy Metal
1991 ● Stevie Nicks —— TimeSpace ► Pop-Rock
1991 ● Blues Traveler —— Travelers And Thieves ► Alt Country Rock
1991 ● Rush —— Roll The Bones ► Arena Rock
1996 ● Tina Turner —— Wildest Dreams ► Pop-Rock
1996 ● The Knack —— Banding ► Power Pop
2007 ● Yes —— Live At Montreux 2003 ► Prog Rock
2007 ● Procol Harum —— A Whiter Shade Of Pale [EP] ► Psychedelic Rock
2012 ● Mark Knopfler —— Privateering ► Roots Rock
September 04
1970 ● The Rolling Stones —— Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out ► Rock n Roll
1973 ● Queen —— Queen ► Prog Rock
1973 ● Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson —— Winter In America ► Hip-Hop
1979 ● Trooper —— Flying Colors ► Hard Rock
1981 ● Meat Loaf —— Dead Ringer ► Arena Rock
1981 ● George Strait —— Strait Country ► Country-Rock
1981 ● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— Nine Tonight ► Heartland Rock
1982 ● The Who —— It’s Hard ► British Rock
1984 ● Donna Summer —— Cats Without Claws ► Disco
1989 ● Love And Rockets —— Love And Rockets ► Alt Pop-Rock
1990 ● Soul Asylum —— And The Horse They Rode In On ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1990 ● The Rembrandts —— The Rembrandts ► AA Pop-Rock
1990 ● Dan Folgelberg —— The Wild Places ► Country-Rock
1990 ● Rush —— Chronicles ► Arena Rock
1992 ● Sugar —— Copper Blue ► Alt Rock
1995 ● Jethro Tull —— Roots To Branches [UK] ► Prog Rock
2000 ● Powderfinger —— Odyssey Number Five ► Alt Rock
2001 ● System Of A Down —— Toxicity ► Heavy Metal
2001 ● The Apples In Stereo —— Sound Effects ► Indie Pop-Rock/Power Pop
2001 ● April Wine —— Back To The Mansion ► Arena Rock
2012 ● Matchbox Twenty —— North ► Alt. Rock
2012 ● Stars —— The North ► Chamber Pop
2012 ● Melissa Etheridge —— 4th Street Feeling ► Roots Rock
2012 ● Korn —— The Path Of Totality Tour – Live At The Hollywood Palladium ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal
2015 ● Iron Maiden —— The Book Of Souls ► Heavy Metal
September 05
1971 ● Poco —— From The Inside ► Country-Rock
1974 ● The Jackson 5 —— Dancing Machine ► Soul – Motown
1975 ● Jethro Tull —— Minstrel In The Gallery ► Prog Rock
1978 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Skynyrd’s First And…Last ► Southern Rock
1980 ● Gary Numan —— Telekon ► New Wave Synth Pop
1986 ● Skinny Puppy —— Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse ► Alt. Rock – Industrial
1987 ● Grim Reaper —— Rock You To Hell ► Thrash Metal
1987 ● Motörhead —— Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Heavy Metal
1987 ● Y & T —— Contagious ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal
1988 ● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Peepshow ► Alt. Rock
1989 ● Big Audio Dynamite —— Megatop Phoenix ► Dance-Rock
1989 ● The Tragically Hip —— Up To Here ► Folk-Rock
1989 ● Soundgarden —— Louder Than Love ► Grunge Rock
1989 ● Mick Jones —— Mick Jones ► Hard Rock
1994 ● Shed Seven —— Change Giver ► Britpop
1995 ● The Fall —— The Twenty-Seven Points ► Post-Punk
1995 ● Die Flippers —— Sommersprossen ► Pop/Schlager
1995 ● Dion —— Rock “N Roll Christmas ► Pop-Rock
1997 ● Mack 10 —— Based On A True Story ► Gangsta Rap
2000 ● Ryan Adams —— Heartbreaker ► Acoustic Pop-Rock
2006 ● Iron Maiden —— A Matter Of Life And Death ► Heavy Metal
2011 ● Queen —— Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984-1995) ► Glam Rock
September 06
1965 ● Merle Haggard —— Strangers ► Trad Country
1974 ● Judas Priest —— Rocka Rolla ► Heavy Metal
1974 ● Hawkwind —— Hall Of The Mountain Grill ► Space Rock
1979 ● Aretha Franklin —— La Diva ► Disco Pop
1979 ● Kool & The Gang —— Ladies’ Night ► Disco/Funk
1982 ● Icehouse —— Primitive Man ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1985 ● John Cale —— Artificial Intelligence ► Art Rock
1988 ● New Kids On The Block —— Hangin’ Tough ► Teen Pop
1994 ● David Gray —— Flesh ► AA Pop-Rock
1994 ● Widespread Panic —— Ain’t Life Grand ► Southern Rock
1995 ● Land —— Land ► Electronic/Fusion
1999 ● Yazoo —— Only Yazoo ► Synth-Pop
2004 ● Alison Moyet —— Voice [UK] ► AA Pop-Rock
2004 ● Mike + The Mechanics —— Rewired + Hits – The Latest + Greatest ► Brit Pop-Rock
2005 ● The Rolling Stones —— A Bigger Bang ► Blues-Rock
September 07
1973 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— Over-Nite Sensation ► Art Rock
1974 ● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Another Time ► Soul-Funk
1979 ● Iggy Pop —— New Values ► Alt. Rock / Punk
1979 ● The Slits —— Cut ► Punk-Rock
1979 ● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Join Hands ► Glam Rock
1979 ● Gary Numan —— The Pleasure Principle ► New Wave Synth Pop
1981 ● Matt Johnson —— Burning Blue Soul ► Post-Punk
1982 ● Kool & The Gang —— As One ► Disco
1982 ● Iggy Pop —— Zombie Birdhouse ► Alt. Rock / Punk
1984 ● Queensrÿche —— The Warning ► Heavy Metal
1984 ● Jethro Tull —— Under Wraps ► Prog Rock
1984 ● Mercyful Fate —— Don’t Break The Oath ► Heavy Metal
1987 ● Pet Shop Boys —— Actually ► Dance-Pop
1987 ● Timothy B. Schmit —— Timothy B. ► Country-Rock
1987 ● Mike Oldfield —— Islands ► Progressive Rock
1990 ● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin Boxed Set ► Hard Rock
1992 ● Toto —— Kingdom Of Desire [UK] ► Pop-Rock/Arena Rock
1993 ● John Hiatt —— Perfectly Good Guitar ► Roots Rock
1993 ● John Mellencamp —— Human Wheels ► Roots Rock
1993 ● Iggy Pop —— American Caesar ► Alt. Rock / Punk
1998 ● Belle & Sebastian —— The Boy With The Arab Strap ► Chamber Pop
1999 ● Agnostic Front —— Riot, Riot, Upstart ► Hardcore Punk
1999 ● Buzzcocks —— Modern ► Punk-Rock
2004 ● Jesse Colin Young —— Living In Paradise ► Folk-Rock
2004 ● Matthew Sweet —— Living Things ► Power Pop
2004 ● Christine McVie —— In The Meantime ► Pop-Rock
2009 ● Cilla Black —— Cilla All Mixed Up ► Dance-Pop
2010 ● Natalie Cole —— The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year ► Holiday Soul-Pop
September 08
1958 ● Gene Vincent —— A Gene Vincent Record Date ► Rock n Roll
1970 ● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Natural Resources ► Soul – Motown
1970 ● The Jackson 5 —— Third Album ► Soul – Motown
1971 ● LaBelle —— LaBelle ► Funk
1972 ● Mott The Hoople —— All The Young Dudes ► Hard Rock
1976 ● Hall & Oates —— Bigger Than The Both Of Us ► Pop-Rock
1976 ● Bunny Wailer —— Blackheart Man ► Roots Reggae
1978 ● Styx —— Pieces Of Eight ► Prog/Art Rock
1978 ● Dave Edmunds —— Tracks On Wax 4 ► Roots/Pub Rock
1978 ● David Bowie —— Stage ► Glam Rock
1980 ● Kate Bush —— Never For Ever ► Prog Rock
1981 ● The Cure —— …Happily Ever After ► Post-Punk
1982 ● Peter Gabriel —— Security ► Prog Rock
1986 ● The Human League —— Crash ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1986 ● The B-52’s —— Bouncing Off The Satellites ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1987 ● Mr. Mister —— Go On… ► L. A. New Wave
1987 ● Pink Floyd —— A Momentary Lapse Of Reason ► Prog Rock
1987 ● Rush —— Hold Your Fire ► Arena Rock
1988 ● Bad Religion —— Suffer ► Punk Rock
1988 ● Sam Phillips —— The Indescribable Wow ► AltRock/Secular
1992 ● Screaming Trees —— Sweet Oblivion ► Neo-Psychedelia
1996 ● Marilyn Manson —— Antichrist Superstar ► Heavy Metal/Alt Metal
1997 ● The Crystal Method —— Vegas ► Electronic/Industrial
1998 ● Hole —— Celebrity Skin ► Grunge
1998 ● The Church —— Hologram Of Baal ► Alt. Power Pop
1998 ● Blonde Redhead —— In An Expression Of The Inexpressible ► Alt Rock/Indie Rock
1999 ● Tristania —— Beyond The Veil ► Heavy Metal/Gloom Metal
2003 ● Iron Maiden —— Dance Of Death ► Heavy Metal
2009 ● Phish —— Joy ► Prog Rock/Jam Band
2009 ● Phish —— Party Time ► Prog Rock/Jam Band
2009 ● Washed Out —— Life Of Leisure [EP] ► Electronica
2014 ● Queen —— Queen: Live At The Rainbow ’74 ► Glam Rock