Albums Released This Week (July 2 - 8)

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):

Jul 02


● The Jazz Crusaders ------ Chile Con Soul ► Jazz Fusion >> 1965
● The Jazz Crusaders ------ Live At Newport ► Jazz Fusion >> 1966
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse ------ Rust Never Sleeps ► Folk-Rock >> 1979
● Foreigner ------ 4 ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions ------ Imperial Bedroom ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1982
● The Time ------ Ice Cream Castle ► Funk >> 1984
● ZZ Top ------ People Are People ► Synth-Pop >> 1984
● Lyle Lovett ------ Lyle Lovett ► Alt. Country >> 1986
● Devo ------ Smooth Noodle Maps ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk New Wave >> 1990
● Alice Cooper ------ Hey Stoopid ► Heavy Metal/Shock Metal >> 1991
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ------ Into The Great Wide Open ► Album Rock >> 1991
● Crowded House ------ Woodface ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Asia ------ Arena ► Prog Rock >> 1996
● Blues Traveler ------ Live From The Fall ► Alt Country Rock >> 1996
● Dave Matthews Band ------ Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2009

Jul 03


● Ronnie Wood ------ Now Look ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● The Jacksons ------ Triumph ► Soul/pop >> 1980
● Lindsey Buckingham ------ Go Insane ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ Seven Turns ► Southern Rock >> 1990
● Various Artists ------ Am I Cool Or What? ► Soul-Jazz >> 1991
● Cryptopsy ------ None So Vile ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1996
● Blackmail ------ Do Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep? ► Post-Grunge/Kraut Rock >> 2000
● Various Artists ------ G-A-Y ► Dance-Pop >> 2000

Jul 04


● David Ackles ------ American Gothic ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● Neil Diamond ------ Beautiful Noise ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Mission Of Burma ------ Signals, Calls, And Marches ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● Yazoo ------ You And Me Both ► Synth-Pop >> 1983
● Kylie Minogue ------ Kylie ► Dance-Pop >> 1988
● The Prodigy ------ Music For The Jilted Generation ► Electro-Industrial >> 1994
● Funkdoobiest ------ Brothas Doobie ► Latino Rap >> 1995
● Foo Fighters ------ Foo Fighters ► Grunge Rock >> 1995
● Brother Cane ------ Seeds ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Mogwai ------ Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997) ► Cosmic Post-Rock >> 1997
● Underoath ------ Act Of Depression ► Heavy Metal/Christian Metal >> 1999
● Jimmy Page And The Black Crowes ------ Live At The Greek: Excess All Areas ► Blues-Rock >> 2000
● Johnny Cash ------ American V: A Hundred Highways ► Trad Country/Americana >> 2006

Jul 05


● Ray Charles ------ Ray Charles At Newport ► Soul >> 1958
● The Beach Boys ------ Summer Days (And Summer Nights!) ► Pop-Rock >> 1965
● The Beach Boys ------ Best Of The Beach Boys ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Creedence Clearwater Revival ------ Creedence Clearwater Revival ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Cass Elliott ------ Bubblegum, Lemonade, And… Something For Mama ► Bubblegum Pop >> 1969
● Frank Zappa ------ Waka/Jawaka ► Art Rock >> 1972
● Bryan Ferry ------ Another Time, Another Place ► Prog. Rock >> 1974
● The Beach Boys ------ 15 Big Ones ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Suicidal Tendencies ------ Suicidal Tendencies ► Punk Metal >> 1983
● Billy Squier ------ Signs Of Life ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● Björk ------ Debut ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Smog ------ Julius Caesar ► Alt Rock/Lo-Fi >> 1993
● U2 ------ Zooropa ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Hootie & The Blowfish ------ Cracked Rear View ► Pop-Rock >> 1994
● The Auteurs ------ How I Learned To Love The Bootboys ► Glam Rock >> 1999

Jul 06


● MC5 ------ High Time ► Garage Rock/Proto-Punk >> 1971
● Diana Ross ------ Surrender ► Soul - Motown >> 1971
● Emerson, Lake & Palmer ------ Trilogy ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Steely Dan ------ Countdown To Ecstasy ► Jazz-Rock >> 1973
● Jethro Tull ------ A Passion Play [UK] ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● The B-52's ------ The B-52's ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Public Image Ltd. ------ This Is What You Want…This Is What You Get ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● The Jacksons ------ Victory ► Soul/pop >> 1984
● Heart ------ Heart ► Album Rock >> 1985
● Quiet Riot ------ QR III ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● Echo & The Bunnymen ------ Echo & The Bunnymen ► Post-Punk >> 1987
● Grateful Dead ------ In The Dark ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Todd Rundgren ------ No World Order ► Art Rock >> 1993
● Akinyele ------ Vagina Diner ► Dirty Rap >> 1993
● Miss Kitten & The Hacker ------ Champagne ► Electro Pop >> 1998
● Dokken ------ The Very Best Of Dokken ► Heavy Metal >> 1999

Jul 07


● Jimmy Cliff ------ The Harder They Come [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Reggae >> 1972
● Barry Manilow ------ Barry Manilow I ► AM Pop >> 1973
● Elvis Presley ------ Elvis: As Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis ► Adult Contemporary >> 1974
● Yes ------ Going For The One ► Prog Rock >> 1977
● Styx ------ The Grand Illusion ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1977
● David Sylvian ------ Brilliant Trees ► Ambient >> 1984
● Steve Winwood ------ Back In The High Life ► Album Rock >> 1986
● David Lee Roth ------ Eat 'Em And Smile ► Hard Rock >> 1986
● k. d. lang ------ Angel With A Lariat ► Alt Country Rock >> 1987
● Dwight Yoakam ------ Hillbilly Deluxe ► Alt Country-Rock >> 1987
● Eric B. and Rakim ------ Paid in Full ► Hardcore Rap >> 1987
● Laura Branigan ------ Touch ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Frank Zappa ------ Beat The Boots ► Art Rock >> 1991
● Robert Fripp ------ Show Of Hands ► Art Rock >> 1991
● Dream Theater ------ Images And Words ► Heavy Metal/Progressive >> 1992
● Against All Authority ------ Against All Authority ► Ska-Punk >> 1997
● Dropkick Murphys ------ Boys On The Docks ► Punk Rock >> 1997
● Barenaked Ladies ------ Stunt ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Jeff Beck ------ Live At B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill ► Instrumental Rock >> 2006

Jul 08


● Duster Bennett ------ Smiling Like I'm Happy ► Blues-Rock >> 1968
● Canned Heat ------ Halleujah ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Ministry ------ Twitch ► Industrial Metal >> 1986
● Pete Townshend ------ Another Scoop ► Prog Rock >> 1987
● Zard ------ Today Is Another Day ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Emperor ------ Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1997
● Midnight Oil ------ The Real Thing ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2000
● David Lee Roth ------ Diamond Dave ► Hard Rock >> 2003