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):


Mar 16
● The Kingston Trio ------ Stereo Concert ► Folk-Pop >> 1959
● The Beach Boys ------ Shut Down, Vol. 2 ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Otis Redding & Carla Thomas ------ King And Queen ► Soul >> 1967
● Manfred Mann ------ What A Mann ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● T. Rex ------ Tanx ► Glam Rock >> 1973
● Marvin Gaye ------ I Want You ► Soul - Motown >> 1976
● REO Speedwagon ------ You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish ► Arena Rock >> 1978
● Bijelo Dugme ------ Bitanga I Princeza ► Yugoslav Prog Rock >> 1979
● The Who ------ Face Dances ► British Rock >> 1981
● The Smithereens ------ Green Thoughts ► College Rock >> 1988
● Kid Rock ------ The Polyfuze Method ► Rap Rock >> 1993
● The Cardigans ------ Life ► Power Pop >> 1995
● Morcheeba ------ Big Clam ► Downtempo Trip-Hop >> 1998
● Simple Minds ------ Neapolis ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1998
● Jeff Beck ------ Who Else! ► Instrumental Rock >> 1999
● Jackson Browne ------ The Very Best Of Jackson Browne ► Folk-Rock >> 2004


Mar 17
● Grateful Dead ------ The Grateful Dead ► Psychedelic Rock (SFO) >> 1967
● Jackie DeShannon ------ New Image ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● The Rascals ------ Freedom Suite ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1969
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer ------ Works, Vol. 1 ► Prog. Rock >> 1977
● Generation X ------ Generation X ► Punk Rock >> 1978
● Elvis Costello ------ This Year's Model ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Bad Company ------ Desolation Angels ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Depeche Mode ------ Black Celebration ► Synth-Pop >> 1986
● Ozzy Osbourne ------ Just Say Ozzy ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Twisted Sister ------ Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister ► Hair Metal >> 1992
● k. d. lang ------ Ingenue ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Melissa Etheridge ------ Never Enough ► Roots Rock >> 1992
● No Doubt ------ No Doubt ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Hanson ------ MMMBop ► Pop-Rock/Teen Pop >> 1996
● The Dismemberment Plan ------ The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified ► Post-Hardcore Punk >> 1997
● Van Halen ------ Van Halen III ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Paul McCartney ------ Back In The World ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Bryan Adams ------ 11 ► Pop-Rock >> 2008
● Van Morrison ------ Keep It Simple [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 2008


Mar 18
● Gene Vincent ------ Gene Vincent Rocks! And The Blue Caps Roll ► Rock n Roll >> 1958
● Peter, Paul & Mary ------ Album 1700 ► Classic Folk >> 1967
● Donna Summer ------ A Love Trilogy ► Disco >> 1976
● Iggy Pop ------ The Idiot ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Grace Slick ------ Dreams ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1980
● The Beatles ------ Anthology 2 ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Gary Numan & Tubeway Army ------ The Premier Hits ► Synth-Pop >> 1996
● Aerosmith ------ Nine Lives ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● Buzzcocks ------ Buzzcocks ► Punk-Rock >> 2003
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ Hittin' The Note ► Southern Rock >> 2003


Mar 19
● Bob Dylan ------ Bob Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 1962
● Jethro Tull ------ Aqualung ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Cat Stevens ------ Buddha And The Chocolate Box ► Folk-Pop >> 1974
● Kiss ------ Dressed To Kill ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● America ------ Hearts ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● The Doobie Brothers ------ Takin' It To The Streets ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Natalie Cole ------ I Love You So ► Soul-Pop >> 1979
● The Beach Boys ------ L.A. (Light Album) ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Black Flag ------ Who's Got The 10 1/2? ► Punk-Rock/Hardcore >> 1986
● DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ------ Rock The House ► Pop-Rap >> 1987
● Ozzy Osbourne And Randy Rhoads ------ Tribute ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Cowboy Junkies ------ The Caution Horses ► Alt. Rock >> 1990
● Robert Plant ------ Manic Nirvana ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Depeche Mode ------ Violator ► Synth-Pop >> 1990
● George Strait ------ Chill Of An Early Fall ► Classic Country >> 1991
● Barenaked Ladies ------ Born On A Pirate Ship ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1996
● The Who ------ Blues To The Bush ► British Rock >> 2000
● Jimmy Buffett ------ Far Side Of The World ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Donovan ------ Pied Piper ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Scorpions ------ Sting In The Tail ► Heavy Metal >> 2010


Mar 20
● The Temptations ------ Meet The Temptations ► Soul - Motown >> 1964
● Elvis Presley ------ Good Times ► Adult Contemporary >> 1974
● Wild Cherry ------ Wild Cherry ► Funk >> 1976
● Praying Mantis ------ Time Tells No Lies ► Heavy Metal (New Wave of British) >> 1981
● Bell Biv Devoe ------ Poison ► New Jack Swing >> 1990
● Blue Aeroplanes ------ Swagger ► Art Rock >> 1990
● Iron Fire ------ Thunderstorm ► Speed Metal >> 2000
● Cocteau Twins ------ Lullabies To Violaine, Volume 1: Singles And Extended Plays 1982-1990 ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Cocteau Twins ------ Lullabies To Violaine, Volume 2: Singles And Extended Plays 1993-1996-1990 ► Folk-Rock >> 2006
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ------ The Abattoir Blues Tour ► Alt Rock >> 2007
● Joss Stone ------ Introducing Joss Stone ► Pop-Soul (Neo-Soul) >> 2007


Mar 21
● Al Green ------ Back Up Train ► Soul (Southern) >> 1967
● The Faces ------ First Step ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Tangerine Dream ------ Rubycon ► Art Rock/Electronic >> 1975
● AC/DC ------ Let There Be Rock [Australia] ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Slade ------ Whatever Happened To Slade ► Hard Rock >> 1977
● Rose Royce ------ Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! ► Disco/Funk >> 1978
● Pink Floyd ------ The Final Cut ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Pixies ------ Surfer Rosa ► Garage Rock >> 1988
● Tina Turner ------ Tina Live In Europe ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Madonna ------ Like A Prayer ► Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Bonnie Raitt ------ Nick Of Time ► Blues-Rock >> 1989
● Alison Moyet ------ Essex ► Synth-Pop >> 1994
● Stevie Wonder ------ Conversation Peace ► Pop-R&B >> 1995
● The Tea Party ------ The Edges Of Twilight ► Blues-Rock >> 1995
● Death ------ Symbolic ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1995
● Against All Authority ------ 24 Hour Roadside Resistance ► Ska-Punk >> 2000
● Patti Smith ------ Gung Ho ► Heartland Rock >> 2000
● Led Zeppelin ------ Latter Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume Two ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● Ben Harper ------ Both Sides Of The Gun ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006


Mar 22
● The Beatles ------ Please Please Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1963
● Bob Dylan ------ Bringing It All Back Home ► Folk-Rock >> 1965
● The Beatles ------ The Early Beatles ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● The Temptations ------ The Temptations Sing Smokey ► Soul - Motown >> 1965
● Elvis Presley ------ You'll Never Walk Alone ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Frank Zappa ------ Apostrophe (*) ► Art Rock >> 1974
● Eagles ------ On The Border ► Country-Rock >> 1974
● The Soft Machine ------ Bundles ► Jazz Fusion >> 1975
● Elvis Presley ------ The Sun Sessions ► Rock 'N Roll >> 1976
● The Beatles ------ Reel Music ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Savatage ------ The Dungeons Are Calling ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal >> 1984
● Alcatrazz ------ Disturbing The Peace ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● John Paul Jones ------ Scream For Help [Sndtrk] ► Blues-Rock >> 1985
● Anthrax ------ Among The Living ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1987
● Morrissey ------ Viva Hate ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● White Zombie ------ Make Them Die Slowly ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1989
● Nine Inch Nails ------ Head Like A Hole ► Industrial Metal >> 1990
● Iron Maiden ------ A Real Live One ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Yes ------ Talk ► Prog Rock >> 1994
● Cheap Trick ------ Woke Up With A Monster ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1994
● The Headstones ------ Teeth And Tissue ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ------ B-Sides & Rarities ► Alt Rock >> 2005
● Billy Idol ------ Devil's Playground ► Hard Rock >> 2005
● Soundgarden ------ Telephantasm ► Grunge >> 2011

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