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):


Nov 02
● Cream ------ Disraeli Gears ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Creedence Clearwater Revival ------ Willy And The Poor Boys ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Yes ------ Time And A Word ► Prog Rock >> 1970
● John Lennon ------ Mind Games ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Ringo Starr ------ Ringo ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Miles Davis ------ Water Babies ► Jazz/Be-Bop Fusion >> 1976
● The Police ------ Outlandos d'Amour ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Paul McCartney & Wings ------ Wings Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● The Damned ------ Machine Gun Etiquette ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● Rory Gallagher ------ Stage Struck ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse ------ Re-ac-tor ► Folk-Rock >> 1981
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ------ Long After Dark ► Album Rock >> 1982
● Paul McCartney ------ All The Best! ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Bryan Ferry ------ Bete Noire ► Prog. Rock >> 1987
● George Harrison ------ Cloud Nine ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Bad Religion ------ No Control ► Punk Rock >> 1989
● The Smiths ------ …Best II ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● The Smiths ------ Best…I ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Madness ------ Madstock! ► Ska Revival >> 1992
● Pink Floyd ------ Shine On ► Prog Rock >> 1992
● k. d. lang ------ Even Cowgirls Get The Blues ► Alt Country Rock >> 1993
● The Band ------ Jericho ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Kate Bush ------ The Red Shoes ► Art Rock >> 1993
● Dixie Chicks ------ Shouldn't Have Told You That ► Country-Rock >> 1993
● The Bee Gees ------ Size Isn't Everything ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Bryan Adams ------ So Far So Good ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Bright Eyes ------ Letting Off The Happiness ► Indie Rock/Emo >> 1998
● Oasis ------ The Masterplan ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1998
● Genesis ------ The Way We Walk, Vols. 1-2: The Shorts And Longs ► Prog Rock >> 1998
● Bane ------ It All Comes Down To This ► Hardcore Punk >> 1999
● The Lovin' Spoonful ------ Live At The Hotel Seville ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Mariah Carey ------ Rainbow ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Counting Crows ------ This Desert Life ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1999
● 7 Walkers ------ 7 Walkers ► Swampadelic Funk >> 2010
● Weezer ------ Death To False Metal ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2010
● No Doubt ------ Icon ► Ska-Pop >> 2010
● Elvis Costello ------ National Ransom ► Country-Rock >> 2010
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions ------ National Ransom ► Roots Rock >> 2010


Nov 03
● Elvis Presley ------ Harum Scarum ► Rock n Roll >> 1965
● The Easybeats ------ Volume 3 ► Rock 'N' Roll >> 1966
● Diana Ross & The Supremes ------ Cream Of The Crop ► Soul >> 1969
● Diana Ross ------ Everything Is Everything ► Soul - Motown >> 1970
● Hall & Oates ------ Abandoned Luncheonette ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Neil Diamond ------ Jonathan Livingston Seagull [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Triumph ------ Rock & Roll Machine ► Arena Rock >> 1977
● The Jam ------ All Mod Cons ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● Sly & The Family Stone ------ Back On The Right Track ► Soul-Funk >> 1979
● Neil Young ------ Hawks & Doves ► Folk-Rock >> 1980
● ABBA ------ Super Trouper ► Euro-Pop >> 1980
● The Church ------ Temperature Drop In Down Town Winterland [EP] ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1982
● Kim Wilde ------ Another Step ► Hi-NRG >> 1986
● Kool & The Gang ------ Forever ► Dance-Pop >> 1986
● John Lennon ------ Menlove Ave. ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ------ Your Funeral…My Trial ► Post-punk Alt Rock >> 1986
● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ------ American Dream ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ Grand Funk Railroad ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Bon Jovi ------ Keep The Faith ► Arena Rock >> 1992
● Rage Against The Machine ------ Rage Against The Machine ► Rap-Metal >> 1992
● Angra ------ Angels Cry ► Heavy Metal/Brazilian Metal >> 1993
● Front Line Assembly ------ [FLA]vour Of The Week ► Industrial Rock >> 1997
● Queen ------ Queen Rocks ► Glam Rock >> 1997
● Beck ------ Mutations ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Rolling Stones ------ No Security ► Blues-Rock >> 1998
● The Bee Gees ------ One Night Only ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Shamen ------ UV ► Alt Rock/Electro-Psych >> 1998
● Vintersorg ------ Cosmic Genesis ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal >> 2000
● Foo Fighters ------ Greatest Hits ► Grunge Rock >> 2009
● Nirvana ------ Live In Reading ► Grunge >> 2009
● Weezer ------ Raditude ► Alt. Rock/Power Pop >> 2009


Nov 04
● The Rolling Stones ------ Got Live If You Want It! ► Blues-Rock >> 1966
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ The Allman Brothers Band ► Southern Rock >> 1969
● David Bowie ------ Man Of Words/Man Of Music ► Glam Rock >> 1969
● David Bowie ------ The Man Who Sold The World ► Glam Rock >> 1970
● Passport ------ Hand Made ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1973
● The Temptations ------ House Party ► Soul - Motown >> 1975
● Jean-Luc Ponty ------ Imaginary Voyage ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● Rod Stewart ------ Foot Loose & Fancy Free ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● The Ramones ------ Rocket To Russia ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Black Sabbath ------ Mob Rules ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Paul Simon ------ Hearts And Bones ► Folk-Pop >> 1983
● Hawkwind ------ This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic ► Space Rock >> 1984
● Hawkwind ------ Anthology, Vol. 1 ► Space Rock >> 1985
● Barbra Streisand ------ The Broadway Album ► Easy Listening >> 1985
● The Clash ------ Cut The Crap ► Punk >> 1985
● The Pretenders ------ Get Close ► Post-Punk >> 1986
● Megadeth ------ Peace Sells…But Who's Buying? ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● They Might Be Giants ------ They Might Be Giants ► Alt. Rock >> 1986
● Sinead O'Connor ------ The Lion And The Cobra ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Cocteau Twins ------ The Box Set ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Aphex Twin ------ Richard D. James Album ► Electronica - Dark Ambient >> 1996
● Soundgarden ------ A-Sides ► Grange Rock >> 1997
● Shania Twain ------ Come On Over ► 0 >> 1997
● Bad Manners ------ Heavy Petting ► Ska Revival >> 1997
● Jane's Addiction ------ Kettle Whistle ► Alt. Rock >> 1997
● Asia ------ Live In Philadelphia ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Spice Girls ------ Spiceworld ► Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Harmonia ------ Tracks And Traces ► Krautrock/Kosmische Musik >> 1997
● Evanescence ------ Origin ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2000
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ Peakin' At The Beacon ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● Iron Maiden ------ BBC Archives ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Iron Maiden ------ Beast Over Hammersmith ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Iron Maiden ------ Best Of The 'B' Sides ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Iron Maiden ------ Edward The Great ► Heavy Metal >> 2002
● Sarah McLachlan ------ Afterglow ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● Bob Seger ------ Greatest Hits 2 ► Album Rock >> 2003
● Peter Gabriel ------ Hit ► Prog Rock >> 2003
● Coldplay ------ Live 2003 ► Alt. Rock/Brit Pop >> 2003
● Ben E. King ------ Person To Person: Live At The Blue Note ► Soul >> 2003
● Stephen Stills ------ Turnin' Back The Pages ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● The Rolling Stones ------ Live Licks ► Blues-Rock >> 2004
● Queen ------ Queen On Fire - Live At The Bowl ► Glam Rock >> 2004
● Led Zeppelin ------ The Definitive Collection ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Lou Reed ------ Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse ► Hard Rock >> 2008
● ZZ Top ------ Live From Texas ► Blues-Rock >> 2008
● Guns N' Roses ------ Appetite For Democracy ► Hard Rock >> 2014


Nov 05
● Manfred Mann ------ Mann Made ► Folk-Pop >> 1965
● Barclay James Harvest ------ Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Status Quo ------ Dog Of Two Head ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Elton John ------ Madman Across The Water ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Grateful Dead ------ Europe '72 ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● Various Artists ------ All This And World War II [Sndtrk] ► Beatles Covers >> 1976
● Siouxsie And The Banshees ------ A Kiss In The Dreamhouse ► Post-Punk >> 1982
● Alison Moyet ------ Alf ► New Wave Synth-pop >> 1984
● Phil Collins ------ Serious Hits…Live! ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● My Bloody Valentine ------ Loveless ► Indie Rock >> 1991
● Paul Simon ------ Paul Simon's Concert In The Park ► Folk-Pop >> 1991
● Oasis ------ Definitely Maybe: Singles ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1996
● Johnny Cash ------ Unchained ► Classic Country >> 1996
● The Clean ------ Unknown Country ► Post-Punk >> 1996
● Simple Minds ------ The Best Of Simple Minds ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 2001
● Pink Floyd ------ Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd ► Prog Rock >> 2001
● New Order ------ Back To Mine ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Little Feat ------ Live At The Rams Head ► Southern Rock >> 2002
● Eric Clapton ------ One More Car, One More Rider ► Blues-Rock >> 2002
● The Church ------ Parallel Universe ► Alt. Power Pop >> 2002
● Paul Simon ------ The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin' ► Folk-Pop >> 2002
● The Wallflowers ------ Red Letter Days ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2002
● The Who ------ View From A Backstage Pass ► British Rock >> 2007
● Bob Dylan ------ The Complete Album Collection, Vol. 1 ► Folk-Rock >> 2013
● Kool & The Gang ------ Kool For the Holidays ► Holiday Funk >> 2013


Nov 06
● The Stylistics ------ The Stylistics ► Philly Soul >> 1971
● The Cars ------ Shake It Up ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Rod Stewart ------ Tonight I'm Yours ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Rod Stewart ------ Absolutely Live ► Blues-Rock >> 1982
● The Pointer Sisters ------ Break Out ► Soul >> 1983
● Stevie Wonder ------ Characters ► Pop-R&B >> 1987
● Various Artists ------ Less Than Zero [Sndtrk] ► Various >> 1987
● N.W.A. ------ N.W.A. And The Posse ► Hip-Hop >> 1987
● Scorpions ------ Crazy World ► Heavy Metal >> 1990
● The Pogues ------ Hell's Ditch ► Post-Punk/College Rock >> 1990
● Steve Winwood ------ Refugees Of The Heart ► Album Rock >> 1990
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions ------ Jake's Progress [Sndtrk] ► Orchestral Soundtrack >> 1995
● Supertramp ------ Is Everybody Listening? ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2001
● Rick Springfield ------ Christmas With You ► Power Pop >> 2007
● Gram Parsons ------ Gram Parsons Archive, Vol. 1: Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969 ► Country-Rock >> 2007
● Queen ------ Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest '86 ► Glam Rock >> 2012
● Aerosmith ------ Music From Another Dimension ► Hard Rock >> 2012


Nov 07
● Bette Midler ------ The Divine Miss M ► Pop-Rock Vocals >> 1972
● Neil Young ------ Journey Through The Past [Sndtrk] ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● David Bowie ------ Space Oddity ► Glam Rock >> 1972
● Billy Joel ------ Piano Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Chris Squire ------ Fish Out Of Water [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Bette Midler ------ Divine Madness ► Pop-Rock Vocals >> 1980
● Eagles ------ Eagles Live ► Country-Rock >> 1980
● Ozzy Osbourne ------ Diary Of A Madman ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Grace Jones ------ Living My Life ► Disco/Club-Dance >> 1982
● Yes ------ 90125 ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Cocteau Twins ------ Sunburst And Snowblind [EP] ► Folk-Rock >> 1983
● U2 ------ Under A Blood Red Sky ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1983
● The Rolling Stones ------ Undercover ► Blues-Rock >> 1983
● Yes ------ 9012Live: The Solos ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● Elton John ------ Ice On Fire ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● David Sylvian ------ Secrets Of The Beehive ► Ambient >> 1987
● R.E.M. ------ Green ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Wet Wet Wet ------ The Memphis Sessions [UK] ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1988
● Eric Clapton ------ Journeyman ► Blues-Rock >> 1989
● Alice In Chains ------ Alice In Chains ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal >> 1995
● Queen ------ Made In Heaven ► Glam Rock >> 1995
● Bonnie Raitt ------ Road Tested ► Blues-Rock >> 1995
● Greg Graffin ------ American Lesion ► Alt Rock >> 1997
● Genesis ------ Genesis Archives, Vol. 2: 1976-1992 ► Prog Rock >> 2000
● The Pretenders ------ Greatest Hits ► Post-Punk >> 2000
● James Taylor ------ Greatest Hits Volume 2 ► Folk-Rock >> 2000
● Natalie Cole ------ Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 ► Soul-Pop >> 2000
● Fatboy Slim ------ Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars ► Brit-Hop >> 2000
● The Aquabats ------ Myths, Legends And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2 ► Ska-Punk Revival >> 2000
● Phish ------ The Siket Disc ► Prog Rock/Jam Band >> 2000
● Dire Straits ------ Private Investigations: The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 2005
● Dave Matthews Band ------ The Best Of What's Around, Vol. 1 ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2006
● J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton ------ The Road To Escondido ► Blues-Rock >> 2006
● Foo Fighters ------ Skin And Bones ► Grunge Rock >> 2006
● Pink Floyd ------ The Best Of Pink Floyd: A Foot In The Door ► Prog Rock >> 2011


Nov 08
● The Beach Boys ------ Beach Boys' Party! ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● Diana Ross & The Supremes And The Temptations ------ Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations ► Soul >> 1968
● Neil Diamond ------ Neil Diamond ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Billy Preston ------ I Wrote A Simple Song ► Funk >> 1971
● Led Zeppelin ------ Led Zeppelin IV ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Elton John ------ Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Styx ------ Man Of Miracles ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1974
● Thin Lizzy ------ Nightlife ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Sly & The Family Stone ------ High On You ► Funk >> 1975
● George Harrison ------ The Best Of George Harrison [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Motörhead ------ Ace Of Spades ► Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ------ Architecture & Morality ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Queen ------ Greatest Hits ► Glam-Rock >> 1981
● The Waitresses ------ I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get The Parts ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1982
● ABBA ------ The Singles: The First Ten Years ► Euro-Pop >> 1982
● New Edition ------ All For Love ► Soul-Pop >> 1985
● W.A.S.P. ------ Inside The Electric Circus ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● Quincy Jones ------ Back On The Block ► Soul-Pop >> 1989
● Iron Maiden ------ Live At Donington ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Paul McCartney ------ Paul Is Live ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Eagles ------ Hell Freezes Over ► Country-Rock >> 1994
● Big Audio ------ Higher Power ► Dance-Rock >> 1994
● Limp Bizkit ------ Greatest Hitz ► Rap-Metal >> 2005
● Traffic ------ Last Great Traffic Jam ► Prog Rock >> 2005
● The Tragically Hip ------ Yer Favorites ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Pablo Cruise ------ It's Good To Be Love ► Pop-Rock >> 2011
● Rush ------ Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland ► Prog/Art Rock >> 2011

Labels: Albums Released This Week, hard rock albums, heavy metal albums, rock album history, rock albums by date, soul music albums