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):


December 25
● Laura Nyro ------ Smile ► Folk-Pop >> 1976
● Zard ------ Mō Sagasanai ► Pop-Rock >> 1991


December 26
● Warren Zevon ------ Stand In The Fire ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Kreator ------ Past Life Trauma (1985 - 1992) ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 2000


December 27
● Bob Dylan ------ John Wesley Harding ► Folk-Rock >> 1967
● Leonard Cohen ------ The Songs Of Leonard Cohen ► Folk-Pop >> 1967
● The Jackson 5 ------ Greatest Hits ► Soul - Motown >> 1971
● Genesis ------ Wind & Wuthering ► Prog Rock >> 1976
● Todd Rundgren's Utopia ------ Adventures In Utopia ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Mike + The Mechanics ------ Favourites/The Very Best Of ► Brit Pop-Rock >> 2000
● Dion ------ Bronx In Blue ► Blues-Rock >> 2005
● Loverboy ------ Setlist: The Very Best Of Loverboy Live ► Arena Rock >> 2011
● Bob Dylan ------ The 50th Anniversary Collection ► Folk-Rock >> 2012


December 28
● Stevie Wonder ------ With A Song In My Heart ► Pop-R&B >> 1963
● Suicide ------ Suicide ► No Wave Synth-Pop >> 1977
● Leon Redbone ------ Christmas Island ► Ragtime >> 1987
● R.E.M. ------ iTunes Originals - R.E.M. ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2004


December 29
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ Grand Funk ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● America ------ America ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● The Byrds ------ Farther Along ► Country-Rock >> 1971
● The Trammps ------ Disco Inferno ► Disco >> 1976
● Neil Young ------ Trans ► Folk-Rock >> 1982
● Various Artists ------ Miami Vice II [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Meat Beat Manifesto ------ 99% ► Techno-Industrial >> 1990
● All Saints ------ The Remix Album ► Electronic Dance-Pop >> 1998


December 30
● Three Dog Night ------ Harmony ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1971
● Chris Squire ------ Fish Out Of Water ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Rough Trade ------ For Those Who Think Young ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Ric Ocasek ------ Beatitude ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Cocteau Twins ------ The 'Pink Opaque ► Folk-Rock >> 1985


December 31
● Steve Winwood ------ Arc of A Diver ► Album Rock >> 1980
● Live ------ Mental Jewelry ► Post-Grunge Alt Rock >> 1991
● Wet Wet Wet ------ The Memphis Sessions ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1993

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