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 07
● Genesis ------ From Genesis To Revelation ► Pop-Rock >> 1969
● Mountain ------ Climbing! ► Hard Rock >> 1970
● The Byrds ------ The Byrds ► Country-Rock >> 1973
● Carpenters ------ Live In Japan ► Easy Listening >> 1975
● David Bowie ------ Young Americans ► Glam Rock >> 1975
● Tears For Fears ------ The Hurting ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1983
● Chris Rea ------ On The Beach ► Album Rock >> 1986
● The Beatles ------ Past Masters, Volume One ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● The Beatles ------ Past Masters, Volume Two ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Aphex Twin ------ Selected Ambient Works Volume II ► Electronica - Dark Ambient >> 1994
● Eric Clapton ------ The Cream Of Eric Clapton ► Blues-Rock >> 1995
● Human Nature ------ Telling Everybody [US] ► Dance-Pop/Boy Band >> 1997
● Beatsteaks ------ Launched ► Hardcore Punk/Kraut Rock >> 2000
● Ben E. King ------ Soul Masters ► Soul >> 2005
● Buzzcocks ------ Flat-Pack Philosophy ► Punk-Rock >> 2006
● Donald Fagen ------ Morph The Cat ► Jazz-Rock >> 2006
● Van Morrison ------ Pay The Devil ► Folk-Rock >> 2006


Mar 08
● The Beach Boys ------ Today! ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● Ben E. King ------ What Is Soul ► Soul >> 1967
● Alice Cooper ------ Love It To Death ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Aerosmith ------ Get Your Wings ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Foreigner ------ Foreigner ► Arena Rock >> 1977
● The Fall ------ Hex Enduction Hour ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1982
● Reba McEntire ------ Just A Little Love ► Country-Pop >> 1984
● Luther Vandross ------ The Night I Fell In Love ► Smooth Soul >> 1995
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions ------ Brutal Youth ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Nine Inch Nails ------ The Downward Spiral ► Industrial Metal >> 1994
● Failure ------ Magnified ► Post-Grunge/Alt Metal >> 1994
● Babble ------ The Stone ► Electro Dance-Pop >> 1994
● Soundgarden ------ Superunknown ► Grange Rock >> 1994
● David Lee Roth ------ Your Filthy Little Mouth ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● Godspeed You Black Emperor! ------ Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada ► Instrumental/Experimental >> 1999
● Rory Gallagher ------ Wheels Within Wheels ► Blues-Rock >> 2003
● R.E.M. ------ Collapse Into Now ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2011


Mar 09
● Canned Heat ------ The New Age ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Steely Dan ------ Katy Lied ► Jazz-Rock >> 1975
● Manfred Mann's Earth Band ------ Angel Station ► Prog Rock >> 1979
● Haircut 100 ------ Pelican West ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Dolly Parton ------ Real Love ► Country-Pop >> 1985
● U2 ------ The Joshua Tree ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Gary Moore ------ Wild Frontier ► Roots Rock (Irish) >> 1987
● Curve ------ Doppelgänger ► Alt Rock/Shoegazing >> 1992
● Gotthard ------ Gotthard ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Widespread Panic ------ Everyday ► Southern Rock >> 1993
● The Moody Blues ------ A Night At Red Rocks With The Colorado Symphony Orchestra ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Sting ------ Ten Summoner's Tales ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Space ------ Tin Planet ► Brit Pop >> 1998
● Lynyrd Skynyrd ------ 20th Century Masters ► Southern Rock >> 1999
● Van Morrison ------ Back On Top ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Beth Borton ------ Central Reservation ► Alt Adult Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Scorpions ------ Eye II Eye ► Heavy Metal >> 1999
● Citizen King ------ Mobile Estates ► Alt Rock/Punk Hop >> 1999
● Wilco ------ Summerteeth ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1999
● Franz Ferdinand ------ Franz Ferdinand ► Alt. Indie-Rock >> 2004
● The Morning Benders ------ Big Echo ► Dream Pop >> 2010
● White Hinterland ------ Kairos ► Dream Pop >> 2010
● Dark Tranquility ------ We Are The Void ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal >> 2010


Mar 10
● Aretha Franklin ------ I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You ► Soul >> 1967
● Cat Stevens ------ Matthew & Son ► Folk-Pop >> 1967
● Thin Lizzy ------ Shades Of A Blue Orphanage ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● Dolly Parton ------ Touch Your Woman ► Country-Pop >> 1972
● Carpenters ------ MAX 20 [Japan] ► Easy Listening >> 1973
● The Temptations ------ Wings Of Love ► Soul - Motown >> 1976
● T. Rex ------ Dandy In The Underworld ► Glam Rock >> 1977
● The Buzzcocks ------ Another Music In A Different Kitchen ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● Simple Minds ------ Life In A Day ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1979
● John Cale ------ Honi Scott ► Art Rock >> 1981
● Joe Walsh ------ There Goes The Neighborhood ► Blues-Rock >> 1981
● Queen ------ Classic Queen ► Glam Rock >> 1992
● Queen ------ Classic Queen ► Glam Rock >> 1992
● Buffalo Tom ------ Let Me Come Over ► Alt Folk-Rock >> 1992
● The Church ------ Priest=Aura ► Alt. Power Pop >> 1992
● Zard ------ Forever You ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Sheena Easton ------ Body & Soul ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● The Bee Gees ------ Still Waters [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Bad Manners ------ The Collection ► Ska Revival >> 1998
● Robbie Robertson ------ Contact From The Underworld Of Red Boy ► Roots Rock >> 1998
● Killah Priest ------ Heavy Mental ► East Coast Rap >> 1998
● Eric Clapton ------ Pilgrim ► Blues-Rock >> 1998
● Rory Gallagher ------ The Essential ► Blues-Rock >> 2008
● Rick Springfield ------ My Precious Little One: Lullabies For a New Generation ► Power Pop >> 2009


Mar 11
● Manfred Mann ------ Up The Junction [Sndtrk] ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1968
● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ------ Déjà Vu ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Harry Chapin ------ Heads And Tales ► Folk-Pop >> 1972
● Chicago ------ Chicago VII ► Jazz-Rock >> 1974
● Alice Cooper ------ Welcome To My Nightmare ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● Quiet Riot ------ Metal Health ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Eric Clapton ------ Behind The Sun ► Blues-Rock >> 1985
● Depeche Mode ------ 101 ► Synth-Pop >> 1989
● Brenda Lee ------ Brenda Lee ► Country-Pop >> 1991
● Annihilator ------ Refresh The Demon ► Thrash Metal >> 1996
● Blonde Redhead ------ Fake Can Be Just As Good ► Alt Rock/Indie Rock >> 1997
● dEUS ------ In A Bar, Under The Sea ► Avant Grunge >> 1997
● Santana ------ Live At The Fillmore ► Jazz Fusion >> 1997
● Heart ------ These Dreams: Greatest Hits ► Album Rock >> 1997
● The Clash ------ The Essential Clash ► Punk >> 2003
● Machine Head ------ Hellalive ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal >> 2003
● Everclear ------ Slow Motion Daydream ► Grunge-Punk >> 2003


Mar 12
● The Velvet Underground ------ The Velvet Underground & Nico ► Alt. Rock >> 1967
● Yoko Ono ------ Fly ► Avant-Garde/Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Parliament ------ Chocolate City ► Funk >> 1975
● Bob Dylan ------ Masterpieces ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● The Rolling Stones ------ Sucking In The Seventies ► Rock n Roll >> 1981
● The Jam ------ The Gift ► Punk-Rock >> 1982
● Dire Straits ------ Alchemy: Dire Straits Live ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Berlin ------ Love Life ► L. A. Synth-Pop >> 1984
● Kool & The Gang ------ Kool & The Gang At Their Best ► Funk-Soul >> 1985
● Prong ------ Beg To Differ ► Thrash Metal >> 1990
● Robyn Hitchcock ------ Eye Of The Hurricane ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Rick Astley ------ Free ► Dance-Pop >> 1991
● R.E.M. ------ Out Of Time ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Céline Dion ------ Falling Into You ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Sting ------ Mercury Falling ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Kiss ------ MTV Unplugged ► Hard Rock >> 1996
● Indigo Girls ------ Become You ► Folk-Rock >> 2002
● Eric Clapton ------ Old Sock ► Blues-Rock >> 2013


Mar 13
● Tyrannosaurus Rex ------ A Beard Of Stars ► Psych Rock >> 1970
● Hot Tuna ------ Double Dose ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● Slade ------ We'll Bring The House Down ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● The Cars ------ Heartbreak City ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1984
● The Fleshtones ------ Fleshtones vs. Reality ► Punk-Rock >> 1987
● Carly Simon ------ My Romance ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Bad Religion ------ Generator ► Punk Rock >> 1992
● Selena ------ Amor Prohibido ► Latin Dance-Pop >> 1994
● Disco Inferno ------ In Debt ► Post-Punk Alt/Experimental >> 1995
● The Hives ------ A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T ► Garage Rock >> 1998
● Natalie Cole ------ The Best Of Natalie Cole ► Soul-Pop >> 2001
● Eric Clapton ------ Reptile ► Blues-Rock >> 2001
● Neil Young ------ Live At Massey Hall 1971 ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● The Innocence Mission ------ We Walked In Song ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2007

Labels: Albums Released This Week, hard rock albums, rock album history, rock albums by date