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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):


Aug 03
● Brenda Lee ------ Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! ► Country-Pop >> 1959
● Creedence Clearwater Revival ------ Green River ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Canned Heat ------ Future Blues ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Stevie Wonder ------ Innervisions ► Pop-R&B >> 1973
● Talking Heads ------ Fear Of Music ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1979
● Peter Frampton ------ The Art Of Control ► Arena Rock >> 1982
● Def Leppard ------ Hysteria ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Babes In Toyland ------ To Mother ► Hard Rock/Riot Grrl >> 1991
● The Hollywood Flames ------ The Hollywood Flames ► Doo-Wop >> 1992
● Uncle Tupelo ------ March 16-20, 1992 ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1992
● INXS ------ Welcome To Wherever You Are ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1992
● Sheryl Crow ------ Tuesday Night Music Club ► Blues-Rock >> 1993
● Buju Banton ------ Voice Of Jamaica ► Dancehall Reggae >> 1993
● Kylie Minogue ------ Mixes ► Dance-Pop >> 1998
● The Pietasters ------ Awesome Mix Tape Vol. 6 ► Ska/Soul >> 1999
● Alison Krauss ------ Forget About It ► Bluegrass >> 1999
● Basement Jaxx ------ Remedy ► Progressive House >> 1999
● The Black Crowes ------ Croweology ► Southern Rock >> 2010
● Gov't Mule ------ Mulennium ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock >> 2010


Aug 04
● Aretha Franklin ------ Aretha Arrives ► Soul >> 1967
● Michael Jackson ------ Ben ► Soul Ballad >> 1972
● Rainbow ------ Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● Slayer ------ Haunting The Chapel ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Gin Blossoms ------ New Misrable Experience ► Power Pop >> 1992
● Donovan ------ Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Pink Floyd ------ 1967: The First Three Singles ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Dimmu Borgir ------ Godless Savage Garden ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1998


Aug 05
● The Beatles ------ Revolver [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Pink Floyd ------ The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn ► Prog Rock >> 1967
● The Stooges ------ The Stooges ► Proto-Punk >> 1969
● Pat Benatar ------ Crimes Of Passion ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions ------ Punch The Clock ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Young MC ------ Brainstorm ► Rap >> 1991
● HiM ------ Interpretive Belief System ► Heavy Metal/Goth Metal >> 1997
● 311 ------ Transistor ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Jeff Beck ------ Jeff ► Instrumental Rock >> 2003
● Jack Bruce ------ More Jack Than God ► Prog Rock/Fusion >> 2003
● Bob Dylan ------ Constructing The Legend ► Folk-Rock >> 2013


Aug 06
● Johnny Cash ------ Ring Of Fire: The Best Of Johnny Cash ► Outlaw Country >> 1963
● The Beatles ------ Help! [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● Peter, Paul & Mary ------ LifeLinesLive ► Folk-Pop >> 1996
● Barry White ------ Can't Get Enough ► Soul >> 1974
● Romeo Void ------ Benefactor ► Post-Punk >> 1982
● Prince ------ Purple Rain ► Album Rock >> 1984
● Midnight Oil ------ Species Deceases ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Dramarama ------ Live At The China Club ► Alt Hard Rock >> 1990
● Harem Scarem ------ Harem Scarem ► Hard Rock/Glam Metal >> 1991
● Yes ------ Yesyears ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Modest Mouse ------ Interstate 8 ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
● The Human League ------ Secrets ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 2001
● Ringo Starr ------ King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His All-Starr Band ► Pop-Rock >> 2002


Aug 07
● Brenda Lee ------ All The Way ► Country-Pop >> 1961
● The Byrds ------ The Byrd's Greatest Hits ► Country-Rock >> 1967
● The Moody Blues ------ A Question Of Balance ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1970
● Stevie Wonder ------ Signed, Sealed And Delivered ► Pop-R&B >> 1970
● King Curtis ------ Live At The Fillmore West ► Soul >> 1971
● Roberta Flack ------ Roberta Flack ► Pop-Soul >> 1978
● Black Sabbath ------ Born Again ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● Loudness ------ Hurricane Eyes ► Heavy Metal/Japanese Metal >> 1987
● Jellyfish ------ Bellybutton ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1990
● Jon Bon Jovi ------ Blaze Of Glory ► Arena Rock >> 1990
● Extreme ------ Extreme II: Pornograffitti ► Pop-Metal >> 1990
● The Fall ------ Extricate ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Rory Gallagher ------ BBC Sessions ► Blues-Rock >> 1999


Aug 08
● Bob Dylan ------ Another Side Of Bob Dylan ► Folk-Rock >> 1964
● The Yardbirds ------ Over, Under, Sideways, Down ► British Invasion >> 1966
● The Beatles ------ Revolver ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Electric Light Orchestra ------ Xanadu [Sndtrk] ► Prog. Rock >> 1980
● Debbie Harry ------ Koo Koo ► New Eave Dance-Pop >> 1981
● Robert Cray ------ Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark ► Blues-Rock >> 1988
● N.W.A. ------ Straight Outta Compton ► Hip-Hop >> 1988
● Tina Turner ------ What's Love Got To Do With It [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● April Wine ------ Frigate ► Arena Rock >> 1994
● Citizen King ------ Brown Bag ► Alt Rock/Punk Hop >> 1995
● Moonspell ------ Wolfheart ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1995
● Ben Folds Five ------ Ben Folds Five ► Indie Rock/Piano Rock >> 1995
● De La Soul ------ Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump ► Alt Rap >> 2000
● The Moody Blues ------ Hall Of Fame ► Prog Rock >> 2000
● Shaggy ------ Hot Shot ► Dancehall Reggae >> 2000
● Bad Company ------ Live In Albuquerque 1976 ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Gin Blossoms ------ Major Lodge Victory ► Power Pop >> 2006


Aug 09
● John Sebastian ------ The Four Of Us ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● Minnie Riperton ------ Perfect Angel ► Soul-Pop >> 1974
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ Good Singin', Good Playin' ► Hard Rock >> 1976
● Billy Joel ------ An Innocent Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Motörhead ------ Orgasmatron ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● Danzig ------ Danzig ► Heavy Metal/Blues Metal >> 1988
● The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ------ Workin' Band ► Country-Rock >> 1988
● Julian Cope ------ Autogeddon ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Machine Head ------ Burn My Eyes ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 1994
● Therion ------ Theli ► Heavy Metal/Symphonic Metal >> 1996
● Stephen Stills ------ Man Alive! ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Yes ------ Songs From Tsongas ► Prog Rock >> 2005

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