Dr. Rock's Blog & Roll

Here's a sampling of the best music ever made! - great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop which were released this week (and some related albums of note):


Jun 27

● The Mothers Of Invention ------ Freak Out! ► Art Rock >> 1966
● Grateful Dead ------ From The Mars Hotel ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1974
● Lee Aaron ------ Call Of The Wild ► Hard Rock >> 1985
● Chaka Khan ------ Destiny ► Funk >> 1986
● Jethro Tull ------ 20 Years Of Jethro Tull ► Prog Rock >> 1988
● Ranking Roger ------ Radical Departure ► Ska >> 1988
● The B-52's ------ Cosmic Thing ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Don Henley ------ The End Of The Innocence ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer ------ Black Moon ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● Beck ------ One Foot In The Grave ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Neil Young ------ Mirror Ball ► Folk-Rock >> 1995
● Bon Jovi ------ These Days ► Arena Rock >> 1995
● HammerFall ------ Glory To The Brave ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1997
● Chuck Berry ------ The Anthology ► Rock n Roll >> 2000


Jun 28

● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ------ Come And Get These Memories ► Soul - Motown >> 1963
● Manfred Mann ------ Mighty Garvey! ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Elton John ------ Caribou ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● The Soft Boys ------ Underwater Moonlight ► Post-Punk/Psych-Folk >> 1980
● Jon Lord ------ Before I Forget ► Hard Rock >> 1982
● Men at Work ------ Cargo ► Synth-Pop >> 1983
● AC/DC ------ Fly On The Wall ► Hard Rock >> 1985
● Amy Grant ------ Lead Me On ► Pop-Rock/Christian >> 1988
● House Of Pain ------ Same As It Ever Was ► West Coast/Hardcore Rap >> 1994


Jun 29

● Pink Floyd ------ A Saucerful Of Secrets ► Prog Rock >> 1968
● Great White ------ Once Bitten… ► Heavy Metal >> 1987
● Whitney Houston ------ Whitney ► Pop >> 1987
● Billy Idol ------ Cyberpunk ► Electronica >> 1993
● Blind Guardian ------ Nightfall In Middle-Earth ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1992
● Barbra Streisand ------ Back To Broadway ► Easy Listening >> 1993
● Jeff Beck ------ Crazy Legs ► Rock n Roll >> 1993
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ------ Liberator ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1993
● Styx ------ Brave New World ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1999
● Alice In Chains ------ Nothing Safe: Best Of The Box ► Heavy Metal >> 1999
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ Thirty Years Of Funk: 1969 - 1999 ► Hard Rock >> 1999
● The Cure ------ The Cure ► Post-Punk >> 2004


Jun 30

● Stephen Stills ------ Stephen Stills 2 ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● Sly & The Family Stone ------ Fresh ► Soul-Funk >> 1973
● Kiss ------ Love Gun ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Queen ------ The Game ► Glam Rock >> 1980
● Big Country ------ The Seer ► New Wave/Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Madonna ------ True Blue ► Dance-Pop >> 1986
● Various Artists ------ La Bamba [Sndtrk] ► Roots Rock >> 1987
● Neil Young ------ Life ► Folk-Rock >> 1987
● Biohazard ------ Biohazard ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1990
● Mary Chapin Carpenter ------ Come On Come On ► Country-Folk >> 1992
● P.J. Harvey ------ Dry ► Indie Rock >> 1992
● Skinny Puppy ------ Last Rights ► Alt. Rock - Industrial >> 1992
● Bonnie Tyler ------ Natural Force ► Pop Vocals (Female) >> 1992
● The Chills ------ Soft Bomb ► Alt Indie Rock >> 1992
● The Clarks ------ Love Gone Sour Suspicion And Bad Debt ► Garage Rock >> 1994
● Iron Savior ------ Iron Savior ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1997
● Earth, Wind & Fire ------ Plugged In & Live ► Soul-Funk >> 1998
● Wilco ------ Wilco (The Album) ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 2009


Jul 01

● Elvis Presley ------ Loving You ► Rock n Roll >> 1957
● Jackie DeShannon ------ Lonely Girl ► Pop-Rock >> 1968
● The Band ------ Music From Big Pink ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Cactus ------ Cactus ► Hard Rock >> 1970
● Donny Hathaway ------ Everything Is Everything ► Soul >> 1970
● The Beach Boys ------ Summertime Blues ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Ray Campi & His Rockabilly Rebels ------ Born To Rock ► Rockabilly >> 1977
● The Korgis ------ The Korgis ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● The Korgis ------ Dumb Waiters ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Loudness ------ Disillusion ► Heavy Metal/Japanese >> 1984
● Ray Davies ------ Return To Waterloo [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Wham! ------ Music From The Edge Of Heaven ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Green Day ------ 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours ► Alt. Rock >> 1991
● Rick Wakeman ------ Black Nights At The Court Of Ferdinand IV ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Cannibal Corpse ------ Butchered At Birth ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1991
● Hole ------ Pretty On The Inside ► Grunge >> 1991
● East 17 ------ Walthamstow ► Dance-Pop >> 1993
● Wolfstone ------ Year Of The Dog ► Celtic Rock >> 1994
● Blues Traveler ------ Straight On Till Morning ► Alt Country Rock >> 1997
● Roy Buchanan ------ Live ► Blues-Rock >> 1999


Jul 02

● The Jazz Crusaders ------ Chile Con Soul ► Jazz Fusion >> 1965
● The Jazz Crusaders ------ Live At Newport ► Jazz Fusion >> 1966
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse ------ Rust Never Sleeps ► Folk-Rock >> 1979
● Foreigner ------ 4 ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions ------ Imperial Bedroom ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1982
● The Time ------ Ice Cream Castle ► Funk >> 1984
● Lyle Lovett ------ Lyle Lovett ► Alt. Country >> 1986
● Devo ------ Smooth Noodle Maps ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk New Wave >> 1990
● Alice Cooper ------ Hey Stoopid ► Heavy Metal/Shock Metal >> 1991
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ------ Into The Great Wide Open ► Album Rock >> 1991
● Crowded House ------ Woodface ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Asia ------ Arena ► Prog Rock >> 1996
● Blues Traveler ------ Live From The Fall ► Alt Country Rock >> 1996
● Dave Matthews Band ------ Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2009


Jul 03

● Ronnie Wood ------ Now Look ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● The Jacksons ------ Triumph ► Soul/pop >> 1980
● Lindsey Buckingham ------ Go Insane ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ Seven Turns ► Southern Rock >> 1990
● Cryptopsy ------ None So Vile ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1996
● Blackmail ------ Do Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep? ► Post-Grunge >> 2000
● Various Artists ------ G-A-Y ► Dance-Pop >> 2000

Labels: albums released by date, albums released by year, Albums Released This Week, pop album release dates, rock album history, rock album release dates