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 released this week (and some related albums of note):


Jan 12
● Johnny Cash ------ Greatest! ► Country >> 1959
● The Kinks ------ Live At Kelvin Hall ► British Rock >> 1968
● Led Zeppelin ------ Led Zeppelin ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● Alice Cooper ------ Love It To Death ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter And Tompall Glaser ------ Wanted! The Outlaws ► Outlaw Country >> 1976
● April Wine ------ The Nature Of The Beast ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Deep Purple ------ The House Of Blue Light ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Triumph ------ Edge Of Excess ► Arena Rock >> 1993
● Denis Leary ------ No Cure For Cancer ► Stand Up Comedy >> 1993
● The Black Crowes ------ By Your Side ► Southern Rock >> 1999
● The Church ------ Magician Among The Spirits Plus Some ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1999


Jan 13
● Bob Dylan ------ The Times They Are A-Changin' ► Folk-Rock >> 1964
● Manfred Mann ------ Soul Of Mann ► Rock n Roll >> 1967
● Dusty Springfield ------ Dusty In Memphis ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● The Beatles ------ Yellow Submarine ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● Poco ------ Deliverin' ► Country-Rock >> 1971
● Weather Report ------ Live In Tokyo ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1972
● Aerosmith ------ Aerosmith ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Peter Frampton ------ Premonition ► Arena Rock >> 1986
● Sloan ------ Smeared ► Alt Indie Rock >> 1993
● Against All Authority ------ All Fall Down ► Ska-Punk >> 1998
● King Crimson ------ Night Watch ► Prog Rock >> 1998
● Mark Knopfler ------ Wag The Dog [Sndtrk] ► Roots Rock >> 1998
● Bruce Springsteen ------ Greatest Hits ► Heartland Rock >> 2009


Jan 14
● Paul Simon ------ Paul Simon ► Folk-Pop >> 1972
● David Bowie ------ Low ► Glam Rock >> 1977
● Nena ------ Nena ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Smokey Robinson ------ Smoke Signals ► Soul - Motown >> 1986
● Lou Reed ------ Magic And Loss ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Eric Clapton ------ Rush [Sndtrk] ► Blues-Rock >> 1992
● Björk ------ Telegram ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Enigma ------ The Screen Behind The Mirror ► Ambient >> 2000
● Kathleen Edwards ------ Failer ► Alt Country-Rock >> 2003
● Bruce Springsteen ------ High Hopes ► Heartland Rock >> 2014


Jan 15
● Jimi Hendrix Experience ------ Axis: Bold As Love ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1968
● MC5 ------ Back in the USA ► Garage Rock >> 1970
● Dusty Springfield ------ A Brand New Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Aretha Franklin ------ This Girl's In Love With You ► Soul >> 1970
● John Lee Hooker And Canned Heat ------ Hooker 'N Heat ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Marvin Gaye ------ In Our Lifetime ► Soul - Motown >> 1981
● Barbara Dickson ------ All For A Song ► MOR Pop >> 1982
● Kool & The Gang ------ Emergency ► Dance-Pop >> 1984
● John Fogerty ------ Centerfield ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● The Commodores ------ Nightshift ► Soul-Funk >> 1985
● Sabbat ------ History Of A Time To Come ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1988
● The Sundays ------ Reading, Writing And Arithmetic ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● David Lee Roth ------ A Little Ain't Enough ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Accept ------ Predator ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Metal >> 1996
● Barbara Kessler ------ What You Keep ► Alt. Country >> 2012


Jan 16
● ZZ Top ------ ZZ Top's First Album ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Blue Öyster Cult ------ Blue Öyster Cult ► Metal >> 1972
● Michael Jackson ------ Forever, Michael ► Soul >> 1975
● The Temptations ------ A Song For You ► Soul - Motown >> 1975
● Bob Dylan ------ Desire ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Wang Chung ------ Points On The Curve ► New Wave/Dance-Pop >> 1984
● Peter Murphy ------ Deep ► Goth Rock >> 1990
● Joan Jett ------ The Hit List ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● The Knack ------ Serious Fun ► Power Pop >> 1991
● Siouxsie And The Banshees ------ The Rapture ► Alt. Rock >> 1995
● Cibo Matto ------ Viva! La Woman ► Trip Hop >> 1996
● Air ------ Moon Safari ► Psychedelic Pop >> 1998
● America ------ Here & Now ► Folk-Rock >> 2007


Jan 17
● Simon & Garfunkel ------ Sounds Of Silence ► Folk-Pop >> 1966
● Aretha Franklin ------ Soul '69 ► Soul >> 1969
● Joni Mitchell ------ Court And Spark ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Bob Dylan ------ Planet Waves ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Bob Dylan ------ Blood On The Tracks ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● John Foxx ------ Metamatic ► New Wave Electronic Pop >> 1980
● Black Sabbath ------ Live Evil ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Smokey Robinson ------ Yes It's You Lady ► Soul - Motown >> 1983
● Green Day ------ Kerplunk! ► Alt. Rock >> 1992
● The Roots ------ Do You Want More?!!!??! ► Jazz Rap >> 1995
● Explosions In The Sky ------ How Strange, Innocense ► Instrumental >> 2000
● Van Morrison ------ The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast 1998 ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Pearl Jam ------ Live On Ten Legs ► Hard Rock >> 2011
● Kathleen Edwards ------ Voyageur ► Alt Country-Rock >> 2012


Jan 18
● Pink Floyd ------ A Nice Pair ► Prog Rock >> 1974
● Smokey Robinson ------ Deep In My Soul ► Soul/Quiet Storm >> 1977
● Diana Ross ------ An Evening With Diana Ross ► Soul - Motown >> 1977
● Gentle Giant ------ Playing The Fool ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Warren Zevon ------ Excitable Boy ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Sheena Easton ------ Take My Time ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Jean-Luc Ponty ------ Mystical Adventures ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1982
● Bryan Adams ------ Cuts Like A Knife ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Soul Asylum ------ Made To Be Broken ► Alt. Rock/Garage Rock >> 1986
● AC/DC ------ Blow Up Your Video ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● ZZ Top ------ Antenna ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● Mark Lanegan ------ Whiskey For The Holy Ghost ► Roots Rock >> 1994
● Gotthard ------ G. ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● The Who ------ Greatest Hits Live ► British Rock >> 2010
● Gregg Allman ------ Low Country Blues ► Southern Rock >> 2011

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