Monday, August 20, 2012
Albums Released This Week (August 20 - 26)
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):
Aug 20
● Harmonia ------ Deluxe ► Krautrock/Kosmische Musik >> 1975
● Kiss ------ Kiss Destroys Anaheim, Pt. 1 ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Kiss ------ Kiss Destroys Anaheim, Pt. 2 ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Bob Dylan ------ Slow Train Coming ► Folk-Rock >> 1979
● Heart ------ Passionworks ► Album Rock >> 1983
● Asia ------ Astra ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● Queensrÿche ------ Empire ► Heavy Metal >> 1990
● Black Sabbath ------ TYR ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts ------ Notorious ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Luis Miguel ------ Nada Es Igual ► Latin Pop >> 1996
● Boards Of Canada ------ Music Has The Right To Children ► Techno-Ambient >> 1998
● The Black Crowes ------ Live ► Southern Rock >> 2002
Aug 21
● Etta James ------ Tell Mama ► Soul >> 1968
● The Nice ------ Nice ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1969
● Chillliwack ------ Wanna Be A Star ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Metallica ------ The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited ► Heavy Metal >> 1987
● Various Artists ------ Dirty Dancing [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Jethro Tull ------ Rock Island ► Prog Rock >> 1989
● Alice In Chains ------ Facelift ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 1990
● Prince ------ Graffiti Bridge ► Funk-Pop >> 1990
● Rainbow ------ Stranger To Us All ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Palace Music ------ Viva Last Blues ► Indie Rock/Country-Rock >> 1995
● Oasis ------ Be Here Now ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1997
● Paul McCartney ------ Liverpool Sound Collage ► Electronica/Ambient >> 2000
● John Waite ------ Figure In A Landscape ► Power Pop >> 2001
● The Damned ------ Grave Disorder ► Goth Rock >> 2001
Aug 22
● Herbie Hancock ------ Man-Child ► Fusion >> 1975
● Manfred Mann ------ Nightingales & Bombers ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Dennis Wilson ------ Pacific Ocean Blue ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Depeche Mode ------ Construction Time Again ► Synth-Pop >> 1983
● L.A. Guns ------ Cocked & Loaded ► Heavy Metal >> 1989
● Jefferson Airplane ------ Jefferson Airplane ► Arena Rock >> 1989
● Portishead ------ Dummy ► Trip-Hop >> 1994
● Marvin Gaye ------ Anthology ► Soul - Motown >> 1995
● King Crimson ------ B'Boom: Official Bootleg - Live In Arentina ► Prog Rock >> 1995
● The Gathering ------ Mandylion ► Alt Rock/Prog Metal >> 1995
● Buju Banton ------ Unchained Spirit ► Dancehall Reggae >> 2000
● The Marshall Tucker Band ------ Live On Long Island 04-18-80 ► Southern Rock >> 2006
Aug 23
● Jimi Hendrix Experience ------ Are You Experienced? ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1967
● Fleetwood Mac ------ Mr. Wonderful ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● Tygers Of Pang Yang ------ Wild Cat ► Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Yazoo ------ Upstairs At Eric's ► Synth-Pop >> 1982
● Ratt ------ Ratt [EP] ► Glam Metal >> 1983
● Frank Zappa ------ Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger ► Art Rock/Contemporary Orchestral >> 1984
● Diana Ross ------ Eaten Alive ► Smooth Soul >> 1985
● Various Artists ------ Now That's What I Call Music 7 ► Rock >> 1986
● Bad Company ------ Dangerous Age ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Jane's Addiction ------ Nothing's Shocking ► Alt. Rock >> 1988
● Jeff Buckley ------ Grace ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Dinosaur Jr. ------ Without A Sound ► Alt. Rock >> 1994
● Symphony X ------ The Damnation Game ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal >> 1995
● Gardenian ------ Soulburner ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1999
Aug 24
● Jeff Beck Group ------ Truth ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● R.E.M. ------ Chronic Town [EP] ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Rainbow ------ Bent Out Of Shape ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● John (Cougar) Mellencamp ------ The Lonesome Jubilee ► Roots Rock >> 1987
● Corey Hart ------ Young Man Running ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Kylie Minogue ------ Greatest Hits ► Dance-Pop >> 1992
● Tha Alkaholics ------ 21 & Over ► West Coast Rap >> 1993
● Annihilator ------ Set The World On Fire ► Thrash Metal >> 1993
● Shaggy ------ Midnite Lover ► Dancehall Reggae >> 1997
● Moloko ------ I Am Not A Doctor ► Electronic/Dance >> 1998
● Christina Aguilera ------ Christina Aguilera ► Dance-Pop >> 1999
● Lou Bega ------ A Little Bit Of Mambo ► Latin Pop/Mambo >> 1999
● Donovan ------ Beat Café ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Steve Earle ------ The Revolution Starts Now ► Alt. Country >> 2004
Aug 25
● Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston ------ Take Two ► Soul - Motown >> 1966
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ On Time ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● The Kinks ------ Everybody's In Show Biz ► British Rock >> 1972
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ Brothers And Sisters ► Southern Rock >> 1973
● Bruce Springsteen ------ Born To Run ► Album Rock >> 1975
● The Replacements ------ Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1981
● The Time ------ What Time Is It? ► Funk >> 1982
● Alice Cooper ------ Zipper Catches Skin ► Heavy Metal >> 1982
● Hooters ------ One Way Home ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Metallica ------ …And Justice For All ► Heavy Metal >> 1998
● Danny O'Keefe ------ Redux ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Garth Brooks ------ Beyond The Season ► Country Christmas >> 1992
● The Wallflowers ------ The Wallflowers ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● The Brian Jones Massacre ------ Methodrone ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1995
● Rammstein ------ Sehnsucht ► Industrial/Krautrock >> 1997
● Gamma Ray ------ Somewhere Out In Space ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1997
● Everclear ------ Live From Toronto ► Grunge-Punk >> 1998
● Nicole Wray ------ Make It Hot ► Urban Contemporary >> 1998
● Lauryn Hill ------ The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill ► Neo-Soul/Hip Hop >> 1998
● Guns N' Roses ------ Use Your Illusion II ► Hard Rock >> 1998
Aug 26
● The Walker Brothers ------ Portrait ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Diana Ross & The Supremes ------ Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing And Perform "Funny Girl" ► Soul >> 1968
● The Supremes ------ Live At London's Talk Of The Town ► Soul - Motown >> 1968
● Marvin Gaye ------ In The Groove ► Soul - Motown >> 1968
● Otis Redding ------ Historic Performances Recorded At The Monterey International Pop Festival ► Memphis Soul >> 1970
● Grateful Dead ------ Dead Set ► Folk-Rock >> 1981
● The Cure ------ The Head On The Door ► Post-Punk >> 1985
● Blur ------ Leisure ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1991
● Amy Grant ------ House Of Love ► Pop-Rock/Christian >> 1994
● Tha Alkaholics ------ Likwidation ► West Coast Rap >> 1997
● Creed ------ My Own Prison ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1997
● Peter Frampton ------ Now ► Arena Rock >> 2003
● Warren Zevon ------ The Wind ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Little Feat ------ Join The Band ► Southern Rock >> 2008

● Harmonia ------ Deluxe ► Krautrock/Kosmische Musik >> 1975
● Kiss ------ Kiss Destroys Anaheim, Pt. 1 ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Kiss ------ Kiss Destroys Anaheim, Pt. 2 ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Bob Dylan ------ Slow Train Coming ► Folk-Rock >> 1979
● Heart ------ Passionworks ► Album Rock >> 1983
● Asia ------ Astra ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● Queensrÿche ------ Empire ► Heavy Metal >> 1990
● Black Sabbath ------ TYR ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts ------ Notorious ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Luis Miguel ------ Nada Es Igual ► Latin Pop >> 1996
● Boards Of Canada ------ Music Has The Right To Children ► Techno-Ambient >> 1998
● The Black Crowes ------ Live ► Southern Rock >> 2002

● Etta James ------ Tell Mama ► Soul >> 1968
● The Nice ------ Nice ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1969
● Chillliwack ------ Wanna Be A Star ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Metallica ------ The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited ► Heavy Metal >> 1987
● Various Artists ------ Dirty Dancing [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Jethro Tull ------ Rock Island ► Prog Rock >> 1989
● Alice In Chains ------ Facelift ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 1990
● Prince ------ Graffiti Bridge ► Funk-Pop >> 1990
● Rainbow ------ Stranger To Us All ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Palace Music ------ Viva Last Blues ► Indie Rock/Country-Rock >> 1995
● Oasis ------ Be Here Now ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1997
● Paul McCartney ------ Liverpool Sound Collage ► Electronica/Ambient >> 2000
● John Waite ------ Figure In A Landscape ► Power Pop >> 2001
● The Damned ------ Grave Disorder ► Goth Rock >> 2001

● Herbie Hancock ------ Man-Child ► Fusion >> 1975
● Manfred Mann ------ Nightingales & Bombers ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Dennis Wilson ------ Pacific Ocean Blue ► Pop-Rock >> 1977
● Depeche Mode ------ Construction Time Again ► Synth-Pop >> 1983
● L.A. Guns ------ Cocked & Loaded ► Heavy Metal >> 1989
● Jefferson Airplane ------ Jefferson Airplane ► Arena Rock >> 1989
● Portishead ------ Dummy ► Trip-Hop >> 1994
● Marvin Gaye ------ Anthology ► Soul - Motown >> 1995
● King Crimson ------ B'Boom: Official Bootleg - Live In Arentina ► Prog Rock >> 1995
● The Gathering ------ Mandylion ► Alt Rock/Prog Metal >> 1995
● Buju Banton ------ Unchained Spirit ► Dancehall Reggae >> 2000
● The Marshall Tucker Band ------ Live On Long Island 04-18-80 ► Southern Rock >> 2006

● Jimi Hendrix Experience ------ Are You Experienced? ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1967
● Fleetwood Mac ------ Mr. Wonderful ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● Tygers Of Pang Yang ------ Wild Cat ► Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Yazoo ------ Upstairs At Eric's ► Synth-Pop >> 1982
● Ratt ------ Ratt [EP] ► Glam Metal >> 1983
● Frank Zappa ------ Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger ► Art Rock/Contemporary Orchestral >> 1984
● Diana Ross ------ Eaten Alive ► Smooth Soul >> 1985
● Various Artists ------ Now That's What I Call Music 7 ► Rock >> 1986
● Bad Company ------ Dangerous Age ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Jane's Addiction ------ Nothing's Shocking ► Alt. Rock >> 1988
● Jeff Buckley ------ Grace ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Dinosaur Jr. ------ Without A Sound ► Alt. Rock >> 1994
● Symphony X ------ The Damnation Game ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal >> 1995
● Gardenian ------ Soulburner ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1999

● Jeff Beck Group ------ Truth ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● R.E.M. ------ Chronic Town [EP] ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Rainbow ------ Bent Out Of Shape ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● John (Cougar) Mellencamp ------ The Lonesome Jubilee ► Roots Rock >> 1987
● Corey Hart ------ Young Man Running ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Kylie Minogue ------ Greatest Hits ► Dance-Pop >> 1992
● Tha Alkaholics ------ 21 & Over ► West Coast Rap >> 1993
● Annihilator ------ Set The World On Fire ► Thrash Metal >> 1993
● Shaggy ------ Midnite Lover ► Dancehall Reggae >> 1997
● Moloko ------ I Am Not A Doctor ► Electronic/Dance >> 1998
● Christina Aguilera ------ Christina Aguilera ► Dance-Pop >> 1999
● Lou Bega ------ A Little Bit Of Mambo ► Latin Pop/Mambo >> 1999
● Donovan ------ Beat Café ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Steve Earle ------ The Revolution Starts Now ► Alt. Country >> 2004

● Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston ------ Take Two ► Soul - Motown >> 1966
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ On Time ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● The Kinks ------ Everybody's In Show Biz ► British Rock >> 1972
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ Brothers And Sisters ► Southern Rock >> 1973
● Bruce Springsteen ------ Born To Run ► Album Rock >> 1975
● The Replacements ------ Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1981
● The Time ------ What Time Is It? ► Funk >> 1982
● Alice Cooper ------ Zipper Catches Skin ► Heavy Metal >> 1982
● Hooters ------ One Way Home ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Metallica ------ …And Justice For All ► Heavy Metal >> 1998
● Danny O'Keefe ------ Redux ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Garth Brooks ------ Beyond The Season ► Country Christmas >> 1992
● The Wallflowers ------ The Wallflowers ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● The Brian Jones Massacre ------ Methodrone ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1995
● Rammstein ------ Sehnsucht ► Industrial/Krautrock >> 1997
● Gamma Ray ------ Somewhere Out In Space ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1997
● Everclear ------ Live From Toronto ► Grunge-Punk >> 1998
● Nicole Wray ------ Make It Hot ► Urban Contemporary >> 1998
● Lauryn Hill ------ The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill ► Neo-Soul/Hip Hop >> 1998
● Guns N' Roses ------ Use Your Illusion II ► Hard Rock >> 1998

● The Walker Brothers ------ Portrait ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Diana Ross & The Supremes ------ Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing And Perform "Funny Girl" ► Soul >> 1968
● The Supremes ------ Live At London's Talk Of The Town ► Soul - Motown >> 1968
● Marvin Gaye ------ In The Groove ► Soul - Motown >> 1968
● Otis Redding ------ Historic Performances Recorded At The Monterey International Pop Festival ► Memphis Soul >> 1970
● Grateful Dead ------ Dead Set ► Folk-Rock >> 1981
● The Cure ------ The Head On The Door ► Post-Punk >> 1985
● Blur ------ Leisure ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1991
● Amy Grant ------ House Of Love ► Pop-Rock/Christian >> 1994
● Tha Alkaholics ------ Likwidation ► West Coast Rap >> 1997
● Creed ------ My Own Prison ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1997
● Peter Frampton ------ Now ► Arena Rock >> 2003
● Warren Zevon ------ The Wind ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Little Feat ------ Join The Band ► Southern Rock >> 2008
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