Albums Released This Week (December 26 - January 1)

Here's a sampling of the best music ever made! - great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop which were released this week (and some related albums of note):

Dec 26

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

Dec 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

Dec 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
● Ace Of Base ------ The Golden Ratio ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 1999

Dec 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
● Meat Beat Manifesto ------ 99% ► Techno-Industrial >> 1990
● All Saints ------ The Remix Album ► Electronic Dance-Pop >> 1998

Dec 30

● 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

Dec 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

Jan 01

● Carl Perkins ------ The Dance Album ► Rockabilly >> 1957
● Otis Redding ------ Pain In My Heart ► Memphis Soul >> 1964
● The Hollies ------ Stay With The Hollies ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● Jeff Beck ------ Live In Japan ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Rush ------ Permanent Waves ► Arena Rock >> 1980
● Badfinger ------ Say No More ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Kenny G ------ Six Of Hearts ► Jazz-Pop >> 1997
● Curtis Mayfield ------ Man Of Inspiration ► Soul/Funk >> 1998
● Mariah Carey ------ Valentines ► Pop-Rock >> 2000