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):


Jun 15
● The Temptations ------ Getting' Ready ► Soul - Motown >> 1966
● Jeremy Dormouse ------ Toad ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Jackie DeShannon ------ Songs ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Manfred Mann's Earth Band ------ Messin' ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● John Denver ------ Back Home Again ► Folk-Pop >> 1974
● Bob Dylan ------ Street Legal ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● Dire Straits ------ Communique ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1979
● America ------ Silent Letter ► Folk-Rock >> 1979
● Duran Duran ------ Duran Duran ► Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Steve Miller ------ Abracadabra ► Album Rock >> 1982
● John Waite ------ No Brakes ► Power Pop >> 1984
● King Diamond ------ Abigail ► Heavy Metal >> 1987
● Nirvana ------ Bleach ► Grunge >> 1989
● Ozzy Osbourne ------ Live & Loud ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Pete Townshend ------ Psychoderelict ► Prog Rock >> 1993
● Neil Young ------ Unplugged ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Pansy Division ------ Deflowered ► Punk/Queercore >> 1994
● ZZ Top ------ Concert Classics ► Prog Rock >> 1998
● Dokken ------ Erase The Slate ► Heavy Metal >> 1999
● Sarah McLachlan ------ Mirrorball ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Santana ------ Supernatural ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1999
● Fleetwood Mac ------ Live In Boston ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Phish ------ Undermind ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2004
● Queen ------ The Singles Collection: Volume 2 ► Glam Rock >> 2009
● Chris Isaak ------ Live At The Fillmore ► Adult Contemporary >> 2010
● John Mellencamp ------ On Rural Route 7609 ► Roots Rock >> 2010


Jun 16
● Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band ------ Trout Mask Replica ► Avant-Gard >> 1969
● Three Dog Night ------ Golden Biscuits ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1971
● Elvis Presley ------ Love Letters From Elvis ► Rock n Roll >> 1971
● Roxy Music ------ Roxy Music ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Ringo Starr ------ Bad Boy ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Olivia Newton-John ------ Grease [Sndtrk] ► Country-Pop >> 1978
● Carly Simon ------ Come Upstairs ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Carpenters ------ Made In America ► Easy Listening >> 1981
● Ringo Starr ------ Old Wave ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● The Smiths ------ The Queen Is Dead ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Big Audio Dynamite II ------ The Globe ► Dance-Rock >> 1991
● Type O Negative ------ Slow, Deep And Hard ► Heavy Metal/Goth Metal >> 1991
● Taj Mahal ------ Taj's Blues ► Folk-Blues >> 1992
● Peter Cetera ------ World Falling Down ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Michael Jackson ------ HIStory: Past, Present, Future, Book I ► Dance-Pop >> 1995
● Radiohead ------ OK Computer ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Aaron Carter ------ Aaron Carter ► Teen Dance-Pop >> 1998
● Neil Finn ------ Try Whistling This ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Little Feat ------ Under The Radar ► Southern Rock >> 1998
● Ringo Starr ------ Vertical Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Jellybricks ------ Power This ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Shpongle ------ Nothing Lasts…But Nothing Is Lost ► Pop-Rock >> 2005
● George Harrison ------ Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison ► Pop-Rock >> 2009
● James Taylor ------ Before This World ► Folk-Rock >> 2015


Jun 17
● Elvis Presley ------ Something For Everybody ► Pop-Rock >> 1961
● Elvis Presley ------ From Elvis In Memphis ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1969
● Eagles ------ Eagles ► Country-Rock >> 1972
● LaBelle ------ Chameleon ► Funk >> 1976
● Crosby, Stills & Nash ------ CSN ► Folk-Rock >> 1977
● David Gilmour ------ David Gilmour ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ------ Crush ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1985
● Natalie Cole ------ Everlasting ► Soul-Pop >> 1987
● The Replacements ------ Pleased To Meet Me ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Van Halen ------ For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Cher ------ Love Hurts [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Foreigner ------ Unusual Heat ► Arena Rock >> 1991
● Ghost ------ Temple Stone ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1994
● Megadeth ------ Cryptic Writings ► Heavy Metal >> 1997
● Blink-182 ------ Dude Ranch ► Punk-Pop >> 1997
● 10,000 Maniacs ------ Love Among The Ruins ► Folk-Rock >> 1997
● 38 Special ------ Resolution ► Southern Rock >> 1997
● Peter Gabriel ------ Long Walk Home [Sndtrk] ► Prog Rock >> 2002
● Steve Winwood ------ About Time ► Album Rock >> 2003
● Finger Eleven ------ Finger Eleven ► Alt. Rock >> 2003
● Bryan Adams ------ Live At The Budokan ► Pop-Rock >> 2003
● Sam Cooke ------ Portrait of a Legend 1951 - 1964 ► Soul >> 2003
● Bon Iver ------ Bon Iver, Bon Iver ► Dream Pop >> 2011
● Bob Dylan ------ A Long Time A Growin' - Volume 1-5 ► Folk-Rock >> 2013
● David Gray ------ Mutineers ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2014


Jun 18
● The Yardbirds ------ Remember ► British Invasion >> 1971
● Elvis Presley ------ Elvis: As Recorded Live At Madison Square Garden ► Rock n Roll >> 1972
● Donny Hathaway ------ Extension Of A Man ► Soul >> 1973
● Joe Walsh ------ The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get ► Blues-Rock >> 1973
● Brand X ------ Unorthodox Behavior ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● John Mellencamp (John Cougar) ------ John Cougar ► Roots Rock >> 1979
● King Crimson ------ Beat ► Prog Rock >> 1982
● Pink Floyd ------ Works ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Dolly Parton ------ Burlap & Satin ► Country-Pop >> 1984
● Rod Stewart ------ Camouflage ► Blues-Rock >> 1984
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ------ From Her To Eternity ► Post-punk Alt Rock >> 1984
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions ------ Goodbye Cruel World ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1984
● "Weird Al" Yankovic ------ Dare To Be Stupid ► Comedy/Parody >> 1985
● Alias ------ Alias ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● 3rd Bass ------ Derelicts Of Dialect ► Golden Age >> 1991
● Cher ------ Love Hurts ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Cher ------ Love Hurts ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Patti Smith ------ Gone Again ► Heartland Rock >> 1996
● The Ramones ------ Greatest Hits Live ► Punk-Rock >> 1996
● Little Feat ------ Live From Neon Park ► Southern Rock >> 1996
● Primitive Radio Gods ------ Rocket ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
● Toni Braxton ------ Secrets ► Soul-Pop >> 1996
● AFI ------ Very Proud Of Ya ► Hardcore Punk >> 1996
● Phish ------ Ventura ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2013


Jun 19
● Diana Ross ------ Diana Ross ► Soul - Motown >> 1970
● Smokey Robinson ------ Smokey ► Soul >> 1973
● Marvin Gaye ------ Marvin Gaye Live! ► Soul >> 1974
● Trooper ------ Thick As Thieves ► Hard Rock >> 1978
● Blue Öyster Cult ------ Mirrors ► Metal >> 1979
● Oingo Boingo ------ Only A Lad ► New Wave Ska-Pop >> 1981
● Glenn Frey ------ The Allnighter ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● The Rolling Stones ------ Rewind (1971-1984) ► Blues-Rock >> 1984
● John Waite ------ Rover's Return ► Power Pop >> 1987
● Jimmy Page ------ Outrider ► Blues-Rock >> 1988
● Reef ------ Replenish ► Brit Pop >> 1995
● Duran Duran ------ Pop Trash ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2000
● 311 ------ From Chaos ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
● The Church ------ Greatest Hits Acoustic ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2002


Jun 20
● The Beatles ------ Yesterday…And Today ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Grateful Dead ------ Aoxomoxoa ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1969
● Otis Redding ------ Love Man ► Memphis Soul >> 1969
● Bob Dylan ------ Before The Flood ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Neil Young ------ Tonight's The Night ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Foreigner ------ Double Vision ► Arena Rock >> 1978
● Blues Brothers ------ Blues Brothers [Sndtrk] ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● Peter Frampton ------ Rise Up ► Arena Rock >> 1980
● Scorpions ------ World Wide Live ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● Chicago ------ Chicago 19 ► Jazz-Rock >> 1988
● Bobby Brown ------ Don't Be Cruel ► New Jack Swing >> 1988
● Prince ------ Batman ► Dance-Pop >> 1989
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ Dreams ► Southern Rock >> 1989
● Big Audio Dynamite ------ F-Punk ► Dance-Rock >> 1995
● Dusty Springfield ------ A Very Fine Love ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Little Feat ------ Chinese Work Songs ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● The Clarks ------ Let It Go ► Heartland Rock >> 2000
● Ayreon ------ Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal >> 2000
● Gram Parsons ------ The Complete Reprise Sessions ► Country-Rock >> 2006
● Guster ------ Ganging Up On The Sun ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006
● Pearl Jam ------ Live At Easy Street ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Counting Crows ------ New Amersterdam: Live At Heineken Music Hall ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006
● Weather Report ------ Live In Offenbach 1978 ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2011


Jun 21
● The Byrds ------ Mr. Tambourine Man ► Country-Rock >> 1965
● John Mayall ------ Bare Wires ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● Deep Purple ------ Deep Purple ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● Buck Owens ------ Ruby ► Country-Rock/Bakersfield >> 1971
● Mick Taylor ------ Mick Taylor ► Blues-Rock >> 1979
● Crosby, Stills & Nash ------ Daylight Again ► Folk-Rock >> 1982
● Carpenters ------ Ketteiban (The Definitive) [Japan] ► Easy Listening >> 1982
● Marilyn ------ Despite Straight Lines ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Mötley Crüe ------ Theatre Of Pain ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● White Lion ------ Pride ► Hard Rock/Hair Metal >> 1987
● Big Daddy Kane ------ Long Live The Kane ► Golden Age Rap >> 1988
● Anita Baker ------ Compositions ► Quiet Storm >> 1990
● Poison ------ Flesh & Blood ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal >> 1990
● Uncle Tupelo ------ No Depression ► Alt. Country >> 1990
● Manic Street Preachers ------ Gold Against The Soul ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● James Taylor ------ Best Live ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ------ Creepin On Ah Come Up ► Gangsta Rap >> 1994
● John Mellencamp ------ Dance Naked ► Roots Rock >> 1994
● Sinergy ------ Beware The Heavens ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal >> 1999
● New Order ------ Best Remixes ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2005
● The Jackson 5 ------ Live At The Forum ► Soul - Motown >> 2010
● The Chain Gang of 1974 ------ Wayward Fire ► Electronic Pop >> 2011

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