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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):


Mar 24
● The Easybeats ------ It's 2 Easy ► Rock 'N' Roll >> 1966
● Elton John ------ Friends ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Slade ------ Slade Alive! ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks ------ Striking It Rich ► Country-Rock >> 1972
● Pink Floyd ------ The Dark Side Of The Moon [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Chicago ------ Chicago VIII ► Jazz-Rock >> 1975
● Lynyrd Skynyrd ------ Nuthin' Fancy ► Southern Rock >> 1975
● Motörhead ------ Overkill ► Heavy Metal >> 1979
● Talking Heads ------ The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1982
● The Rolling Stones ------ Dirty Work ► Blues-Rock >> 1986
● Pet Shop Boys ------ Please ► Dance-Pop >> 1986
● They Might Be Giants ------ Apollo 18 ► Alt. Rock >> 1992
● Running Wild ------ Black Hand Inn ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1994
● Supertramp ------ Some Things Never Change ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1997
● Everclear ------ White Trash Hell ► Grunge-Punk >> 1997
● Journey ------ Greatest Hits Live ► Arena Rock >> 1998
● Blue Öyster Cult ------ Heaven Forbid ► Metal >> 1998
● Indigo Girls ------ Poseidon And The Bitter Bug ► Folk-Rock >> 2009


Mar 25
● The Beach Boys ------ Surfin' U.S.A. ► Pop-Rock >> 1963
● Billy Preston ------ The Wildest Organ In Town ► Soul >> 1966
● Jimi Hendrix ------ Band Of Gypsys ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1970
● John Cale ------ Vintage Violence ► Art Rock >> 1970
● The Kinks ------ The Kink Kronikles ► British Rock >> 1972
● Earth, Wind & Fire ------ Open Our Eyes ► Soul-Funk >> 1974
● John Cale ------ Slow Dazzle ► Art Rock >> 1975
● Paul McCartney & Wings ------ Wings At The Speed Of Sound ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Triumph ------ Progressions Of Power ► Arena Rock >> 1980
● Devo ------ DEV-O LIVE ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk New Wave >> 1981
● The Church ------ The Blurred Crusade ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Joe Jackson ------ Big World ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1986
● The Cure ------ Entreat ► Post-Punk >> 1991
● Shakira ------ Peligro ► New Jack Swing >> 1993
● Powerman 5000 ------ True Force ► Heavy Metal >> 1994
● Sleater-Kinney ------ Call The Doctor ► Punk/Riot Grrl >> 1996
● Dinosaur Jr. ------ Hand It Over ► Alt. Rock >> 1997
● Daft Punk ------ Homework ► House >> 1997
● The Notorious B.I.G. ------ Life After Death ► Gangsta Rap >> 1997
● Machine Head ------ The More Things Change… ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 1997
● Simple Minds ------ The Early Years 1977-1978 ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1998
● Rick Slick ------ The Art Of Storytelling ► Rap >> 1999
● The Raconteurs ------ Consolers Of The Lonely ► Alt. Rock >> 2008
● The B-52's ------ Funplex ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 2008
● Counting Crows ------ Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2008
● Simple Minds ------ Celebrate: The Greatest Hits ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2013


Mar 26
● John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers ------ John Mayall Plays John Mayall ► Blues-Rock >> 1965
● The Kinks ------ Percy [Sndtrk] ► British Rock >> 1971
● The Mothers Of Invention ------ Just Another Band From L.A. ► Art Rock >> 1972
● ABBA ------ Ring Ring ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Smokey Robinson ------ A Quiet Storm ► Soul/Quiet Storm >> 1975
● Santana ------ Amigos ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● Thin Lizzy ------ Jailbreak ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Village People ------ Go West ► Disco >> 1979
● Van Halen ------ Women And Children First… ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● The Oak Ridge Boys ------ Fancy Free ► Country-Pop >> 1981
● Keel ------ Right To Rock, The ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ------ Southern Accents ► Album Rock >> 1985
● Van Halen ------ 5150 ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● Heart ------ Brigade ► Album Rock >> 1990
● Cross ------ Mad: Bad: And Dangerous To Know ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Digital Underground ------ Sex Packets ► Pop-Rap >> 1990
● Bob Dylan ------ The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Rod Stewart ------ Vagabond Heart ► Blues-Rock >> 1991
● Anal Cunt ------ 40 More Reasons To Hate Us ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore >> 1996
● Bonnie Tyler ------ Free Spirit ► Pop Vocals (Female) >> 1996
● Coldplay ------ The Singles 1999-2006 ► Alt. Rock/Brit Pop >> 2007


Mar 27
● Bob Dylan ------ Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock >> 1967
● Ringo Starr ------ Sentimental Journey ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Three Dog Night ------ Seven Separate Fools ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1972
● Ian Hunter ------ You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic ► Album Rock >> 1979
● David Gilmour ------ About Face ► Prog Rock >> 1984
● Run-D.M.C. ------ Run-D.M.C. ► Rap >> 1984
● King Crimson ------ Three Of A Perfect Pair ► Prog Rock >> 1984
● The Outfield ------ Voices Of Babylon ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Slint ------ Spiderland ► Experimental/Indie Rock >> 1991
● Silverchair ------ Frogstomp ► Grunge >> 1995
● Embrace ------ Drawn From Memory ► Alt Rock/Post-Britpop >> 2000
● Peter Cetera ------ Another Perfect World ► Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Bruce Springsteen ------ Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live In New York City ► Heartland Rock >> 2001
● Massive Attack ------ Collected ► Trip-Hop >> 2006
● Machine Head ------ The Blackening ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 2007
● Stevie Nicks ------ Crystal Visions - The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks ► Pop-Rock >> 2007


Mar 28
● The Rolling Stones ------ Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) ► Rock >> 1966
● The Rascals ------ The Young Rascals ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1966
● Led Zeppelin ------ Houses Of The Holy ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● 10cc ------ Look Hear? ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Al Jarreau ------ Jarreau ► Jazz-Pop Vocal >> 1983
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ------ Like A Rock ► Heartland Rock >> 1986
● Roxette ------ Joyride ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● En Vogue ------ Funky Divas ► Dance-Pop >> 1992
● The Divine Comedy ------ Promenade ► Brit Pop >> 1994
● Wilco ------ A.M. ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1995
● Sarah McLachlan ------ The Freedom Sessions ► Folk-Rock >> 1995
● Big L ------ Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous ► Hardcore Rap >> 1995
● Common ------ Like Water For Chocolate ► Alt Hip Hop >> 2000
● Various Artists ------ Romeo Must Die: The Album [Sndtrk] ► R&B/funk-rap >> 2000


Mar 29
● Diana Ross ------ Diana! ► Soul >> 1971
● The Jackson 5 ------ Skywriter ► Soul - Motown >> 1973
● Mott The Hoople ------ The Hoople ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● King Crimson ------ Starless And Bible Black ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Charlie Daniels Band ------ Saddle Tramp ► Southern Rock >> 1976
● Supertramp ------ Breakfast In America ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1979
● Billy Joel ------ Glass Houses ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Iron Maiden ------ The Number Of The Beast ► Heavy Metal >> 1982
● Slade ------ Rogues Gallery ► Glam Rock >> 1985
● Bobby McFerrin ------ Simple Pleasures ► Pop-Reggae >> 1988
● Little Feat ------ Representing The Mambo ► Southern Rock >> 1989
● The Kinks ------ Phobia ► British Rock >> 1993
● Suede ------ Suede ► Brit Pop >> 1993
● The Subdudes ------ Annunciation ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● Phish ------ Hoist ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 1994
● GWAR ------ This Toilet Earth ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1994
● Gamma Ray ------ Power Plant ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1999
● Judy Collins ------ Portrait Of An American Girl ► Folk-Pop >> 2005
● Bob Dylan ------ All The Best: Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 2011


Mar 30
● The Kinks ------ The Kink Kontroversy ► British Invasion >> 1966
● Billy Preston ------ Club Meeting ► Soul >> 1967
● Peter Frampton ------ Frampton ► Arena Rock >> 1975
● The Commodores ------ Commodores ► Soul-Funk >> 1977
● Magazine ------ Secondhand Daylight ► Post-Punk >> 1979
● The Pretenders ------ Extended Play ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● Erasure ------ The Circus ► Alt. Dance/Synthpop >> 1987
● Bryan Adams ------ Into The Fire ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Onyx ------ Bacdafucup ► Hardcore Rap >> 1993
● Pink Floyd ------ The Division Bell ► Prog Rock >> 1994
● Choking Victim ------ No Gods, No Managers ► Hardcore Punk >> 1999
● Bob Dylan ------ The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert At Philharmonic Hall ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Aerosmith ------ Honkin' On Bobo ► Hard Rock >> 2004
● Los Lonely Boys ------ Los Lonely Boys ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● The Who ------ Then And Now ► British Rock >> 2004

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