Albums Released This Week (July 9 - 15)

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 09


● Wham! ------ Fantastic ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Public Image Ltd. ------ This Is What You Want…This Is What You Get [UK] ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● Meat Puppets ------ Forbidden Places ► Alt. Rock >> 1991
● The Samples ------ Underwater People ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1992
● REO Speedwagon ------ Building The Bridge ► Arena Rock >> 1996
● I Mother Earth ------ Scenery And Fish ► Alt. Rock >> 1996
● Counting Crows ------ Hard Candy ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2002

Jul 10


● The Beatles ------ A Hard Day's Night [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● The Shadows ------ Jigsaw ► Instrumental Rock 'N' Roll >> 1967
● Otis Redding ------ Live In Europe ► Memphis Soul >> 1967
● Tim Buckley ------ Happy Sad ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Chicago ------ Chicago V ► Jazz-Rock >> 1972
● Parliament ------ Up For The Down Stroke ► Funk >> 1974
● The Kinks ------ Low Budget ► British Rock >> 1979
● The Korgis ------ Sticky George ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● N.R.B.Q. ------ Honest Dollar ► Roots Rock >> 1992
● Zard ------ Yureru Omoi ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Melissa Etheridge ------ Skin ► Roots Rock >> 2001
● Coldplay ------ Parachutes ► Alt. Rock/Brit Pop >> 2000
● Stephen Stills ------ Just Roll Tape: April 26th, 1968 ► Folk-Rock >> 2007

Jul 11


● King Curtis ------ Party Time ► Jazz-Soul >> 1961
● The Doors ------ Waiting For The Sun ► Psych Rock >> 1968
● Fleetwood Mac ------ Fleetwood Mac ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Village People ------ Village People ► Disco >> 1977
● Ultravox ------ Vienna ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1980
● Shalamar ------ The Look ► Disco >> 1983
● Joy Division ------ Substance ► Post-Punk >> 1988
● Gloria Estefan ------ Cuts Both Ways ► Latin Pop >> 1989
● Kyuss ------ …And The Circus Leaves Town ► Heavy Metal/Stoner Rock >> 1995
● Shaggy ------ Bombastic ► Dancehall Reggae >> 1995
● Mötley Crüe ------ New Tattoo ► Heavy Metal >> 2000
● The Anti-Nowhere League ------ Out Of Control ► Punk Rock >> 2000
● Kansas ------ Somewhere To Elsewhere ► Arena Rock >> 2000
● Everclear ------ Songs From An American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How To Smile ► Grunge-Punk >> 2000

Jul 12


● The Shadows ------ The Sound Of The Shadows ► Instrumental Rock 'N' Roll >> 1965
● Kenny Loggins ------ Nightwatch ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Eurythmics ------ Revenge ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1986
● Bananarama ------ True Confessions ► New Wave Dance-Pop >> 1986
● Marilyn Manson ------ Portrait Of An American Family ► Heavy Metal/Alt Metal >> 1994
● Amorphis ------ Tales From The Thousand Lakes ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1994
● Witness ------ Before The Calm ► Electronic/Lo-Fi >> 1999
● Incubus ------ If Not, When? ► Funk Metal >> 2011

Jul 13


● The Beach Boys ------ All Summer Long ► Sunshine Pop >> 1964
● Grateful Dead ------ History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) ► Country-Rock >> 1973
● Bob Dylan ------ Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Killing Joke ------ Fire Dances ► Heavy Metal/Post-Punk >> 1983
● Dio ------ The Last In Line ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Ian Gillan ------ Naked Thunder ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● George Harrison ------ Live In Japan ► Pop-Rock >> 1992
● Matthew Sweet ------ Altered Beast ► Power Pop >> 1993
● Toni Braxton ------ Toni Braxton ► Soul-Pop >> 1993
● Gang Starr ------ Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr ► East Coast Rap >> 1999
● Jimmy Buffett ------ License To Chill ► Country-Rock >> 2004
● The Innocence Mission ------ My Room In The Trees ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 2010

Jul 14


● The Bee Gees ------ Bee Gees' 1st [UK] ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Supertramp ------ Supertramp ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1970
● Billy Preston ------ A Whole New Thing ► Soul-Funk >> 1977
● Bob Dylan ------ Knocked Out Loaded ► Folk-Rock >> 1986
● Megadeth ------ Countdown To Extinction ► Heavy Metal >> 1992
● Elliott Smith ------ Roman Candle ► Indie Rock/Lo-Fi >> 1994
● Counting Crows ------ Across A Wire: Live In New York City ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Ace Of Base ------ Flowers ► Euro-Dance Pop >> 1998
● The Beastie Boys ------ Hello Nasty ► Rap >> 1998

Jul 15


● The Yardbirds ------ Roger The Engineer ► British Invasion >> 1966
● Neil Diamond ------ Moods ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
● Donnie Iris ------ Back On The Streets ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● America ------ A View From The Ground ► Folk-Rock >> 1982
● Big Country ------ The Crossing ► New Wave/Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1983
● The Damned ------ Phantasmagoria ► Goth Rock >> 1985
● Lionel Richie ------ Dancing On The Ceiling ► Soul-Dance >> 1986
● Spandau Ballet ------ Through The Barricades ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1986
● Tonic ------ Lemon Parade ► Alt/Roots Rock >> 1996
● The Samples ------ Outpost ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1996
● The Dandy Warhols ------ …The Dandy Warhols Come Down ► Psych Rock >> 1997
● Sarah McLachlan ------ Surfacing ► Folk-Rock >> 1997
● Dwight Yoakam ------ Under The Covers ► Alt Country-Rock >> 1997