Monday, June 25, 2012
Albums Released This Week (June 25 - July 1)
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 25
● Chicago ------ Chicago VI ► Jazz-Rock >> 1973
● Frank Zappa ------ One Size Fits All ► Art Rock >> 1975
● Alice Cooper ------ Alice Cooper Goes To Hell ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Huey Lewis & The News ------ Huey Lewis And The News ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Peter Criss ------ Let Me Rock You ► Hard Rock >> 1982
● Mike Oldfield ------ Discovery ► Progressive Rock >> 1984
● Skinny Puppy ------ Cleanse Fold And Manipulate ► Alt. Rock - Industrial >> 1987
● Deicide ------ Deicide ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1990
● The Moody Blues ------ Keys Of The Kingdom ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Bonnie Raitt ------ Luck Of The Draw ► Blues-Rock >> 1991
● Jay-Z ------ Reasonable Doubt ► East Coast Rap >> 1996
● King Crimson ------ Thrakattak ► Prog Rock >> 1996
● Kiss ------ You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!! ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Ozzy Osbourne ------ Live At Budokan ► Hard Rock >> 2002
Jun 26
● The Beatles ------ A Hard Day's Night ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● The Rolling Stones ------ Flowers ► Rock n Roll >> 1967
● Bad Company ------ Bad Company ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Bob Dylan And the Band ------ The Basement Tapes ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Grateful Dead ------ Steal Your Face ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Trooper ------ Two For The Show ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Queen ------ Live Killers ► Glam Rock >> 1979
● Icehouse ------ Sidewalk ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1984
● Bad English ------ Bad English ► Arena Rock >> 1989
● Cameo ------ Real Men Wear Black ► Soul-Funk >> 1990
● The Chemical Brothers ------ Exit Planet Dust ► Eletronica/Big beat >> 1995
● Badly Drawn Boy ------ The Hour Of Bewilderbeast ► Indie Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Lou Reed ------ American Poet ► Album Rock >> 2001
Jun 27
● The Mothers Of Invention ------ Freak Out! ► Art Rock >> 1966
● Grateful Dead ------ From The Mars Hotel ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1974
● Motörhead ------ No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● 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
● Alison Moyet ------ Singles ► AA Pop-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
● Da Brat ------ Funkdafied ► G-Funk >> 1994
● House Of Pain ------ Same As It Ever Was ► West Coast/Hardcore Rap >> 1994
● Limp Bizkit ------ Gold Cobra ► Rap-Metal >> 2011
● David Cook ------ This Loud Morning ► Post-Grunge Pop-Rock >> 2011
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 ------ Somewhere Far Beyond ► 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/Grunge Metal >> 1999
● Mötley Crüe ------ Supersonic And Demonic Reloics ► Heavy Metal >> 1999
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ Thirty Years Of Funk: 1969 - 1999 ► Hard Rock >> 1999
● The Cure ------ The Cure ► Post-Punk >> 2004
● Rush ------ Feedback ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2004
Jun 30
● James Brown ------ Live At the Apollo ► Soul >> 1963
● 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
● Cowboy Junkies ------ Miles From Our Home ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Earth, Wind & Fire ------ Plugged In & Live ► Soul-Funk >> 1998
● Extreme ------ Running Gag ► Pop-Metal >> 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
● Otis Redding ------ Tell The Truth ► Memphis Soul >> 1970
● Trooper ------ Trooper ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● 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 Metal >> 1984
● Ray Davies ------ Return To Waterloo [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Wham! ------ Music From The Edge Of Heaven ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Rory Gallagher ------ Defender ► Blues-Rock >> 1987
● 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
● Limp Bizkit ------ Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ ► Rap-Metal >> 1997 ● Roy Buchanan ------ Live ► Blues-Rock >> 1999
● Shpongle ------ Tales Of The Inexpressible ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Trooper ------ Hits From Ten Albums ► Hard Rock >> 2010
Jun 25
● Chicago ------ Chicago VI ► Jazz-Rock >> 1973
● Frank Zappa ------ One Size Fits All ► Art Rock >> 1975
● Alice Cooper ------ Alice Cooper Goes To Hell ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Huey Lewis & The News ------ Huey Lewis And The News ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Peter Criss ------ Let Me Rock You ► Hard Rock >> 1982
● Mike Oldfield ------ Discovery ► Progressive Rock >> 1984
● Skinny Puppy ------ Cleanse Fold And Manipulate ► Alt. Rock - Industrial >> 1987
● Deicide ------ Deicide ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1990
● The Moody Blues ------ Keys Of The Kingdom ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Bonnie Raitt ------ Luck Of The Draw ► Blues-Rock >> 1991
● Jay-Z ------ Reasonable Doubt ► East Coast Rap >> 1996
● King Crimson ------ Thrakattak ► Prog Rock >> 1996
● Kiss ------ You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!! ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Ozzy Osbourne ------ Live At Budokan ► Hard Rock >> 2002
Jun 26
● The Beatles ------ A Hard Day's Night ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● The Rolling Stones ------ Flowers ► Rock n Roll >> 1967
● Bad Company ------ Bad Company ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Bob Dylan And the Band ------ The Basement Tapes ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Grateful Dead ------ Steal Your Face ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Trooper ------ Two For The Show ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Queen ------ Live Killers ► Glam Rock >> 1979
● Icehouse ------ Sidewalk ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1984
● Bad English ------ Bad English ► Arena Rock >> 1989
● Cameo ------ Real Men Wear Black ► Soul-Funk >> 1990
● The Chemical Brothers ------ Exit Planet Dust ► Eletronica/Big beat >> 1995
● Badly Drawn Boy ------ The Hour Of Bewilderbeast ► Indie Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Lou Reed ------ American Poet ► Album Rock >> 2001
Jun 27
● The Mothers Of Invention ------ Freak Out! ► Art Rock >> 1966
● Grateful Dead ------ From The Mars Hotel ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1974
● Motörhead ------ No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith ► Heavy Metal >> 1981
● 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
● Alison Moyet ------ Singles ► AA Pop-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
● Da Brat ------ Funkdafied ► G-Funk >> 1994
● House Of Pain ------ Same As It Ever Was ► West Coast/Hardcore Rap >> 1994
● Limp Bizkit ------ Gold Cobra ► Rap-Metal >> 2011
● David Cook ------ This Loud Morning ► Post-Grunge Pop-Rock >> 2011
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 ------ Somewhere Far Beyond ► 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/Grunge Metal >> 1999
● Mötley Crüe ------ Supersonic And Demonic Reloics ► Heavy Metal >> 1999
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ Thirty Years Of Funk: 1969 - 1999 ► Hard Rock >> 1999
● The Cure ------ The Cure ► Post-Punk >> 2004
● Rush ------ Feedback ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2004
Jun 30
● James Brown ------ Live At the Apollo ► Soul >> 1963
● 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
● Cowboy Junkies ------ Miles From Our Home ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Earth, Wind & Fire ------ Plugged In & Live ► Soul-Funk >> 1998
● Extreme ------ Running Gag ► Pop-Metal >> 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
● Otis Redding ------ Tell The Truth ► Memphis Soul >> 1970
● Trooper ------ Trooper ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● 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 Metal >> 1984
● Ray Davies ------ Return To Waterloo [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Wham! ------ Music From The Edge Of Heaven ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Rory Gallagher ------ Defender ► Blues-Rock >> 1987
● 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
● Limp Bizkit ------ Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ ► Rap-Metal >> 1997 ● Roy Buchanan ------ Live ► Blues-Rock >> 1999
● Shpongle ------ Tales Of The Inexpressible ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Trooper ------ Hits From Ten Albums ► Hard Rock >> 2010
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