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 20
1963 ● The Tornadoes —— Bustin’ Surfboards ► Surf Rock
1976 ● The Stills-Young Band —— Long May You Run ► Folk-Rock
1978 ● Yes —— Tormato ► Prog Rock
1980 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Blizzard Of Ozz ► Hard Rock
1982 ● Bruce Springsteen —— Nebraska ► Album Rock
1982 ● Dire Straits —— Love Over Gold ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock
1982 ● Poco —— Ghost Town ► Country-Rock
1983 ● Renaissance —— Time-Line ► Prog Rock
1985 ● Kate Bush —— Hounds Of Love ► Prog Rock
1985 ● Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers —— Hero ► Pop-Rock
1986 ● Huey Lewis & The News —— Fore! ► Pop-Rock
1987 ● Jane’s Addiction —— Jane’s Addiction ► Alt. Rock
1988 ● BulletBoys —— BulletsBoys ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal
1988 ● Luther Vandross —— Any Love ► Smooth Soul
1991 ● Ween —— The Pod ► Avant Garde/Lo-Fi
1993 ● Seam —— The Problem With Me ► Indie Rock
1993 ● Cilla Black —— Through The Years ► Pop-Rock
1994 ● Robert Palmer —— Honey ► Blue-Eyed Soul
1994 ● Liz Phair —— Whip-Smart ► Indie Rock
1999 ● Jamiroquai —— 1999 Remixes ► Alt Pop-Rock
1999 ● Rae & Christian —— Blazing The Crop [UK] ► Electronic Dance Mix
1999 ● Yes —— The Ladder ► Prog Rock
2004 ● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus ► Alt Rock
2004 ● Bryan Adams —— Room Service ► Pop-Rock
2005 ● Motörhead —— BBC Live & In Session ► Heavy Metal
2005 ● Bon Jovi —— Have A Nice Day ► Arena Rock
2005 ● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Illumination ► Soul-Funk
2005 ● Poco —— Bareback At Big Sky ► Country-Rock
2011 ● Pearl Jam —— Pearl Jam Twenty ► Hard Rock
September 21
1973 ● Billy Preston —— Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music ► Funk
1973 ● Thin Lizzy —— Vagabonds Of The Western World ► Hard Rock
1979 ● Foghat —— Boogie Motel ► Hard Rock
1979 ● The Stranglers —— The Raven ► Punk-Rock
1979 ● Cheap Trick —— Dream Police ► Hard Rock/Power Pop
1981 ● Sheena Easton —— You Could Have Been With Me ► Pop-Rock
1982 ● Janet Jackson —— Janet Jackson ► Pop-Soul
1982 ● Luther Vandross —— Forever, For Always, For Love ► Smooth Soul
1984 ● America —— Perspective ► Folk-Rock
1987 ● Various Artists —— Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2 ► Mixed Rock
1990 ● Indigo Girls —— Nomads Indians Saints ► Folk-Rock
1990 ● Phish —— Lawn Boy ► Prog Rock/Jam Band
1992 ● ABBA —— Gold: Greatest Hits ► Euro-Pop
1993 ● Nirvana —— In Utero ► Grunge
1993 ● Bad Religion —— Recipe For Hate ► Punk Rock
1993 ● Melissa Etheridge —— Yes I Am ► Roots Rock
1993 ● Scorpions —— Face The Heat ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock
1993 ● Led Zeppelin —— Boxed Set 2 ► Hard Rock
1993 ● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 ► Hard Rock
1993 ● Sting —— Demolition Man ► Pop-Rock
1995 ● Skunk Anansie —— Paranoid And Sunburnt ► Heavy Metal
1998 ● Diabolical Masquerade —— Nightwork ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal
1999 ● Tori Amos —— To Venus And Back ► AA Pop-Rock
1999 ● The Church —— A Box Of Birds ► Alt. Power Pop
1999 ● Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ —— The Essential Live Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ ► Southern Rock
1999 ● Pete Townshend —— Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit For Maryville Academy ► Prog Rock
2000 ● The Monkees —— The Headquarters Sessions ► Pop-Rock
2004 ● Green Day —— American Idiot ► Alt. Rock
2004 ● Elvis Costello —— Il Sogno ► String Quartet
2004 ● Elvis Costello And The Imposters —— The Delivery Man ► Roots Rock
2004 ● John Fogerty —— Déjà Vu All Over Again ► Folk-Rock
2004 ● John Waite —— The Hard Way ► Power Pop
2009 ● Duran Duran —— Live At Hammersmith ’82! ► New Wave Synth-Pop
September 22
1969 ● The Band —— The Band ► Folk-Rock
1975 ● Smokie —— Changing All The Time ► Glam Rock
1975 ● George Harrison —— Extra Texture (Read All About It) ► Pop-Rock
1978 ● Funkadelic —— One Nation Under A Groove ► Funk
1978 ● The Buzzcocks —— Love Bites ► Punk-Rock
1978 ● Camel —— Breathless ► Prog Rock
1978 ● Jethro Tull —— Busting Out: Jethro Tull Live ► Folk-Rock
1978 ● The Ramones —— Road To Ruin ► Punk-Rock
1981 ● King Crimson —— Discipline ► Prog Rock
1986 ● Alice Cooper —— Constrictor ► Hard Rock
1987 ● Icehouse —— Man Of Colours ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1988 ● Lyle Lovett —— Step Inside This House (Disc 1) ► Folk-Rock
1989 ● Robby Krieger —— Door Jams ► Jazz-Rock
1989 ● Bob Dylan —— Oh Mercy ► Folk-Rock
1990 ● 2 Live Crew —— Live In Concert ► East Coast Rap
1992 ● Extreme —— III Sides To Every Story ► Pop-Metal
1992 ● Roy Buchanan —— Sweet Dreams: The Anthology ► Blues-Rock
1992 ● Jethro Tull —— A Little Light Music ► Folk-Rock
1993 ● Happy Mondays —— Double Easy – The U.S. Singles ► Alt Pop-Rock
1997 ● BT —— ESCM (Electric Sky Church Music) ► Electronic/House Music
1997 ● Elton John —— The Big Picture ► Pop-Rock
1998 ● Apocalyptica —— Inquisition Symphony ► Heavy Metal/Neo-Classical Metal
1998 ● Goo Goo Dolls —— Dizzy Up The Girl ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge
1998 ● Millencolin —— Same Old Tunes ► Euro-punk
1998 ● Chris Isaak —— Speak Of The Devil ► AA Pop-Rock
1998 ● Kiss —— Psycho Circus ► Hard Rock
1999 ● Luca Turilli —— King Of The Nordic Twilight ► Heavy Metal/Symphonic Metal
2003 ● Cilla Black —— Beginnings: Greatest Hits & New Songs ► Pop-Rock
2008 ● David Gilmour —— Live in Gda?sk ► Prog Rock
2009 ● Pearl Jam —— Backspacer ► Hard Rock
2009 ● Stephen Stills & Manassas —— Manassas Pieces ► Folk-Rock
2009 ● Various Artists —— Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968 ► Garage Rock
2014 ● Leonard Cohen —— Popular Problems ► Soft Rock
2018 ● Chic —— It’s About Time ► Dance-Funk
September 23
1963 ● The Beach Boys —— Surfer Girl ► Surfer
1965 ● The Easybeats —— Easy ► Rock ‘N’ Roll
1969 ● Isaac Hayes —— Hot Buttered Soul ► Soul
1969 ● Diana Ross & The Supremes And The Temptations —— Together ► Soul
1969 ● The Temptations —— Puzzle People ► Soul – Motown
1970 ● Santana —— Abraxas ► Jazz-Rock Fusion
1970 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— Idlewild South ► Southern Rock
1976 ● The Who —— The Story Of The Who ► British Rock
1977 ● Steely Dan —— Aja ► Jazz-Rock
1977 ● Carpenters —— Passage ► Soft Rock
1977 ● Randy Newman —— Little Criminals ► Folk-Rock
1977 ● The Stranglers —— No More Heroes ► Punk-Rock
1977 ● The Rolling Stones —— Love You Live ► Blues-Rock
1978 ● Blondie —— Parallel Lines ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1981 ● The Opposition —— Breaking The Silence ► Post-Punk
1981 ● Tommy Tutone —— Tommy Tutone – 2 ► Power Pop
1981 ● Frank Zappa —— You Are What You Is ► Art Rock
1982 ● Billy Joel —— The Nylon Curtain ► Pop-Rock
1985 ● The Fall —— This Nation’s Saving Grace ► Post-Punk
1985 ● 10,000 Maniacs —— The Wishing Chair ► Folk-Rock
1986 ● Boston —— Third Stage ► Arena Rock
1989 ● Poco —— Legacy ► Country-Rock
1990 ● The Human League —— Romantic? ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1996 ● Fatboy Slim —— Better Living Through Chemistry ► Brit-Hop
1996 ● Iron Maiden —— Best Of The Beast ► Heavy Metal
1996 ● John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey —— Dance Hall At Louse Point ► Indie Rock
1997 ● Jann Arden —— Happy? ► AA Pop-Rock
1997 ● Asia —— Live In Osaka ► Prog Rock
1997 ● Sarah Brightman —— Time To Say Goodbye ► Showtunes
1997 ● Jackson Browne —— The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne ► Folk-Rock
1997 ● Cream —— Those Were The Days ► Blues-Rock
1997 ● Todd Rundgren —— With A Twist… ► Pop-Rock
1997 ● Three Dog Night —— 20 Greatest Hits ► Blue-Eyed Soul
1997 ● John Waite —— When You Were Mine ► Power Pop
2003 ● Alice Cooper —— The Eyes Of Alice Cooper ► Hard Rock
2003 ● Gin Blossoms —— 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Gin Blossoms ► Power Pop
2003 ● Limp Bizkit —— Results May Vary ► Rap-Metal
2003 ● The Yardbirds —— Live! Blueswailing July ’64 ► Blues Rock
2003 ● Elvis Costello —— North ► Alt. Pop-Rock
2003 ● Aretha Franklin —— So Damn Happy ► Soul Pop
2003 ● Joni Mitchell —— The Complete Geffen Recordings ► Folk-Rock
2003 ● Triumph —— Live At The US Festival ► Arena Rock
2008 ● Little River Band —— We Call It Christmas ► Soft Rock
2008 ● Jackson Browne —— Time The Conqueror ► Folk-Rock
2014 ● John Mellencamp —— Plain Spoken ► Roots Rock
2016 ● Frank Zappa —— ZAPPAlite ► Prog Rock
September 24
1965 ● The Rolling Stones —— Out Of Our Heads [UK] ► Blues-Rock
1969 ● Laura Nyro —— New York Tendaberry ► Folk-Rock
1971 ● T. Rex —— Electric Warrior ► Glam Rock
1973 ● Roy Orbison —— Milestones ► Pop-Rock
1975 ● Rush —— Caress Of Steel ► Prog Rock
1977 ● Motörhead —— Motörhead ► Heavy Metal
1979 ● Eagles —— The Long Run ► Country-Rock
1981 ● Kool & The Gang —— Something Special ► Funk
1984 ● The Honeydrippers —— The Honeydrippers, Vol. I ► Roots Rock
1984 ● David Bowie —— Tonight ► Glam Rock
1984 ● Depeche Mode —— Some Great Reward [UK] ► Synth-Pop
1989 ● Spandau Ballet —— Heart Like A Sky ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1990 ● Megadeth —— Rust In Peace ► Heavy Metal
1990 ● Simple Minds —— Themes – Volume 1: March 79 – April 82 ► New Wave Alt. Pop
1990 ● AC/DC —— The Razor’s Edge ► Hard Rock
1990 ● Badfinger —— Day After Day: Live ► Pop-Rock
1991 ● Nirvana —— Nevermind ► Grunge
1991 ● A Tribe Called Quest —— The Low End Theory ► Jazz Rap
1991 ● Red Hot Chili Peppers —— Blood Sugar Sex Magik ► Alt. Funk-Rock
1991 ● The Cult —— Ceremony ► Hard Rock
1991 ● Kid ‘N Play —— Face The Nation ► Comedy Rap
1991 ● John Prine —— The Missing Years ► Folk-Rock
1991 ● Thompson Twins —— Queer ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1991 ● Bryan Adams —— Waking Up The Neighbors ► Pop-Rock
1991 ● Little Feat —— Shake Me Up ► Southern Rock
1991 ● James Taylor —— New Moon Shine ► Folk-Rock
1993 ● Led Zeppelin —— The Complete Studio Recordings ► Hard Rock
1996 ● Weezer —— Pinkerton ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop
1996 ● Sheryl Crow —— Sheryl Crow ► Roots Rock
1996 ● Zumpano —— Goin’ Through Changes ► Alt. Power Pop
1996 ● Elton John —— Love Songs [Eur] ► Pop-Rock
1996 ● Frank Zappa —— Läther ► Orchestral Rock
1998 ● Frank Zappa —— Mystery Disc ► Art Rock
2002 ● Elvis Presley —— Elv1s: 30 No. 1 Hits ► Rock n Roll
2002 ● Linda Ronstadt —— The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt ► Pop-Rock
2002 ● Beck —— Sea Change ► AA Pop-Rock
2002 ● Jesse Colin Young —— Songs For Christmas ► Holiday Folk-Rock
2002 ● Blue Öyster Cult —— A Long Day’s Night ► Metal
2002 ● Jackson Browne —— The Naked Ride Home ► Folk-Rock
2002 ● Steve Earle —— Jerusalem ► Alt. Country
2002 ● Peter Gabriel —— Up ► Prog Rock
2007 ● PJ Harvey —— White Chalk ► Indie Rock
2007 ● New Order —— iTunes Originals – New Order ► Alt Pop-Rock
2009 ● Foreigner —— Can’t Slow Down ► Arena Rock
2010 ● Ace Of Base —— The Golden Ratio ► Euro-Dance Pop
2013 ● Cher —— Closer To The Truth ► Pop-Rock
2013 ● Gov’t Mule —— Shout! ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock
2013 ● Various Artists —— And I’ll Scratch Yours ► Prog Rock
2013 ● Metallica —— Metallica Through The Never ► Heavy Metal
September 25
1965 ● The Ventures —— The Ventures A Go-Go ► Rock n Roll Instrumental
1967 ● The Doors —— Strange Days ► Blues-Rock
1969 ● Gladys Knight & The Pips —— Nitty Gritty ► Soul
1970 ● Ringo Starr —— Beaucoups Of Blues ► Pop-Rock
1972 ● Black Sabbath —— Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 ► Hard Rock
1974 ● J. Geils Band —— Nightmares…And Other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle ► Blues-Rock
1976 ● Black Sabbath —— Technical Ecstasy ► Hard Rock
1978 ● Village People —— Cruisin’ ► Disco
1978 ● The Beach Boys —— M.I.U. Album ► Pop-Rock
1979 ● Gang Of Four —— Entertainment! ► Post-Punk
1979 ● The Buzzcocks —— Singles Going Steady ► Punk-Rock
1979 ● Barry Manilow —— One Voice ► AM Pop
1981 ● The Creatures —— Wild Things ► Alt Post-Punk/goth rock
1982 ● The Psychedelic Furs —— Forever Now ► Post-Punk New Wave
1988 ● They Might Be Giants —— Lincoln ► Alt. Rock
1989 ● The Sugarcubes —— Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1990 ● The Replacements —— All Shook Down ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1990 ● Carly Simon —— Have You Seen Me Lately ► Pop-Rock
1990 ● Simple Minds —— Themes – Volume 2: August 82 – April 85 ► New Wave Alt. Pop
1990 ● Grateful Dead —— Without A Net (First Set) ► Psychedelic Rock
1990 ● The Vaughan Brothers —— Family Style ► Blues-Rock
1992 ● John Cale —— Fragments Of A Rainy Season ► Art Rock
1994 ● Melt-Banana —— Speak Squeak Creak ► Noise Rock
1995 ● Harem Scarem —— Voice Of Reason ► Hard Rock/Glam Metal
1995 ● David Bowie —— 1. Outside ► Industrial Rock
2000 ● Kylie Minogue —— Light Years ► Dance-Pop
2000 ● David Bowie —— Bowie At The Beeb ► Glam Rock
2000 ● Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis —— You Win Again ► Folk-Rock
2000 ● Yes —— House Of Yes: Live From The House Of Blues ► Prog Rock
2001 ● 38 Special —— A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night ► Southern Rock
2001 ● Ryan Adams —— Gold ► Folk-Rock
2001 ● The Innocence Mission —— Small Planes ► Alt Pop-Rock
2001 ● The Knack —— Normal As The Next Guy ► Power Pop
2006 ● Focus —— Focus 9 / New Skin ► Prog Rock/Fusion
2007 ● Melissa Etheridge —— The Awakening ► Roots Rock
2007 ● Foo Fighters —— Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace ► Grunge Rock
2007 ● Deborah Harry —— Necessary Evil ► Alt. Pop-Rock
2007 ● Steve Earle —— Washington Square Serenade ► Alt. Country
2007 ● Joni Mitchell —— Shine ► Folk-Rock
2012 ● No Doubt —— Push And Shove ► Ska-Pop
2015 ● David Bowie —— Five Years (1969-1973) ► Glam Rock
2015 ● Don Henley —— Cass County ► Country-Rock
September 26
1969 ● The_Beatles —— Abbey Road ► Pop-Rock
1969 ● Billy Preston —— That’s The Way God Planned It ► Funk
1972 ● J. Geils Band —— “Live” Full House ► Blues-Rock
1974 ● Jim Croce —— Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits ► Folk-Pop
1974 ● John Lennon —— Walls And Bridges ► Pop-Rock
1977 ● Ringo Starr —— Ringo The 4th ► Pop-Rock
1983 ● Mötley Crüe —— Shout At The Devil ► Heavy Metal
1986 ● Magnum —— Vigilante ► Hard Rock
1988 ● Oingo Boingo —— Boingo Alive ► New Wave Ska-Pop
1989 ● Daniel Lanois —— Acadie ► Alt. Rock
1989 ● Thompson Twins —— Big Trash ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1990 ● Kool & The Gang —— The Ballad Collection ► Dance-Pop
1990 ● Kool & The Gang —— The Dance Collection ► Dance-Pop
1994 ● Massive Attack —— Protection ► Trip-Hop
1995 ● AC/DC —— Ballbreaker ► Hard Rock
1995 ● Prince —— The Gold Experience ► Soul-Funk
1995 ● The Velvet Underground —— Peel Slowly And See ► Alt. Rock
2000 ● Good Charlotte —— Good Charlotte ► Punk Rock/Ska Punk
2000 ● John Hiatt —— Crossing Muddy Waters ► Roots Rock
2000 ● Mark Knopfler —— Sailing To Philadelphia ► Roots Rock
2000 ● Soul Asylum —— Black Gold: The Best Of Soul Asylum ► Alt. Pop-Rock
2000 ● Matthew Sweet —— Time Capsule: Best Of 90/00 ► Power Pop
2000 ● Styx —— Arch Allies: Live At Riverport ► Prog/Art Rock
2006 ● Janet Jackson —— 20 Y.O. ► Pop-Soul
2006 ● Sarah McLachlan —— Mirrorball: The Complete Concert ► Folk-Rock
2011 ● The Smiths —— The Smiths Complete ► Alt. Pop-Rock
2011 ● Pink Floyd —— Discovery ► Prog Rock
Ramones, Road to ruin, was released the 21th of September – not the 22nd.
Hans Kristian:
Of my usual sources, Discogs, MusicBrainz and Billboard all show 9/22/1978 as the release date for Road to Ruin. RateYourMusic and Wikipedia show 9/21/1978. Other sites (including 45Cat and LastFM have mixed information).
From experience, I tend toward Discogs and Billboard, at least in this case.
Cheers, Dr. Rock