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):


Jan 30

● The Kingston Trio ------ Make Way ► Folk-Pop >> 1961
● The Rolling Stones ------ The Rolling Stones No. 2 ► Blues-Rock >> 1965
● The Velvet Underground ------ White Light/White Heat ► Alt. Rock >> 1968
● Moby Grape ------ Moby Grape '69 ► Psychedelic Rock (SFO) >> 1969
● T. Rex ------ Futuristic Dragon ► Glam Rock >> 1976
● Blue Öyster Cult ------ Club Ninja ► Metal >> 1986
● The Blue Nile ------ Hats ► Synth/Dream-Pop >> 1989
● New Order ------ Technique ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Free Kitten ------ Nice Ass ► Indie Rock >> 1995
● Ministry ------ Filth Pig ► Industrial Metal >> 1996


Jan 31

● Tony Bennett ------ The Movie Song Album ► Easy Listening >> 1966
● Al Green ------ Let's Stay Together ► Soul (Southern) >> 1972
● Christopher Cross ------ Another Page ► Pop-Rock, Soft >> 1983
● Curtis Mayfield ------ BBC Radio 1 In Concert ► Soul/Funk >> 1994
● Tori Amos ------ Under The Pink ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994


Feb 01

● The Doors ------ Morrison Hotel ► Blues-Rock >> 1970
● The Doobie Brothers ------ What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Girl ------ Sheer Greed ► Heavy Metal/Glam-Metal >> 1980
● Earthstar ------ Atomkraft? Nein, Danke! ► Kosmische Musik >> 1981
● Eric Clapton ------ Money And Cigarettes ► Blues-Rock >> 1983
● Tesla ------ The Great Radio Controversy ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Accept ------ Objection Overruled ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Metal >> 1993
● Paul McCartney ------ Off The Ground ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Fugees ------ Blunted On Reality ► Rap/Contemporary R&B >> 1994
● Green Day ------ Dookie ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Blondie ------ No Exit ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Dr. John ------ Duke Elegant ► New Orleans R&B >> 2000
● The Beach Boys ------ Greatest Hits Volume Three: Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986 ► Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Jack Johnson ------ Brushfire Fairy Tales ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2001
● Jack Johnson ------ Sleep Through The Static ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2008


Feb 02

● Lynyrd Skynyrd ------ Gimme Back My Bullets ► Southern Rock >> 1976
● Genesis ------ A Trick Of The Tail [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1976
● Stiff Little Fingers ------ Inflammable Material ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● Iron Maiden ------ Killers ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● The Style Council ------ Cost Of Loving ► Synth-Pop >> 1987
● Expose ------ Exposure ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● The Psychedelic Furs ------ Midnight To Midnight ► New Wave Post-Punk >> 1987
● Lita Ford ------ Lita ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Brian May ------ Back To The Light ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Belly ------ Star ► Alt Rock/Dream Pop >> 1993
● Pavement ------ Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain ► Indie Rock/Noise Rock >> 1994
● Built To Spill ------ Keep It A Secret ► Indie Rock/Pop-Rock >> 1999


Feb 03

● The Beatles ------ Twist And Shout ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Jethro Tull ------ This Was ► Prog Rock >> 1969
● The Byrds ------ Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde ► Country-Rock >> 1969
● Rainbow ------ Difficult To Cure ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Earth ------ Earth 2 ► Drone Doom Rock >> 1993
● Energy Orchard ------ Pain Killer ► Alt Indie Rock >> 1995
● David Bowie ------ Earthling ► Techno Rock >> 1997
● Texas ------ White On Blonde ► Blues-Rock >> 1997
● Various Artists ------ Blues Brothers 2000 [Sndtrk] ► Blues-Rock >> 1998
● Pearl Jam ------ Yield ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Incubus ------ A Crow Left Of The Murder… ► Funk Metal >> 2004


Feb 04

● The Strawbs ------ Grave New World ► Prog. Rock >> 1972
● Elvis Presley ------ Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite ► Contemporary Adult Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Fleetwood Mac ------ Rumours ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● The Buggles ------ The Age Of Plastic ► New Wave Power Pop >> 1980
● The Ramones ------ End Of The Century ► Punk-Rock >> 1980
● Echo & The Bunnymen ------ Porcupine ► Post-Punk >> 1983
● Widespread Panic ------ Space Wrangler ► Southern Rock >> 1988
● Bob Marley & The Wailers ------ Talkin' Blues ► Roots Reggae >> 1991
● Widespread Panic ------ Bombs & Butterflies ► Southern Rock >> 1997
● Silverchair ------ Freak Show ► Grunge Rock >> 1997
● Tony Bennett ------ Tony Bennett On Holiday ► Easy Listening >> 1997


Feb 05

● Barclay James Harvest ------ Once Again ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Minnie Riperton ------ Stay In Love ► Soul-Pop >> 1977
● The Bee Gees ------ Spirits Having Flown ► Disco >> 1979
● The Cure ------ Boys Don't Cry ► Post-Punk >> 1980
● Queen ------ Innuendo ► Glam Rock >> 1991
● Nirvana ------ Hormoaning ► Grunge >> 1992
● Deep Purple ------ Purpendicular ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Belinda Carlisle ------ Voila ► Pop-Rock >> 2007

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