Albums Released This Week (October 22 - 28)

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):

Oct 22

● Donovan ------ Fairytale [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1965
● Led Zeppelin ------ Led Zeppelin II ► Hard Rock >> 1969
● Kiss ------ Hotter Than Hell ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Elton John ------ Blue Moves ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Cher ------ Prisoner ► Pop-Disco >> 1979
● The Cure ------ Concert: The Cure Live ► Post-Punk >> 1984
● Paul McCartney ------ Give My Regards To Broad Street ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller ------ Classical Gas ► Folk-Rock >> 1987
● Ozzy Osbourne ------ No Rest For The Wicked ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Pet Shop Boys ------ Behavior ► Electro-pop/Dance >> 1990
● Matthew Sweet ------ Girlfriend ► Power Pop >> 1991
● Death ------ Human ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1991
● Sarah McLachlan ------ Fumbling Towards Ecstasy ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Phil Collins ------ Dance Into The Light ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Journey ------ Trial By Fire ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1996
● The Dillenger Escape Plan ------ Under The Running Board ► Heavy Metal/Mathcore >> 1998
● The Cranberries ------ Wake Up And Smell The Coffee ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Santana ------ Shaman ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2002
● Ray Davies ------ Working Man's Café ► Pop-Rock >> 2007

Oct 23

● Frank Zappa ------ Chunga's Revenge ► Art Rock >> 1970
● Genesis ------ Trespass ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Al Green ------ I'm Still in Love With You ► Soul (Southern) >> 1972
● Harry Chapin ------ On The Road To Kingdom Come ► Folk-Pop >> 1976
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions ------ Almost Blue ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Sammy Hagar ------ Standing Hampton ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Willie Nelson ------ Without A Song ► Outlaw Country >> 1983
● Wham! ------ Make It Big ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Iggy Pop ------ Blah Blah Blah ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Terence Trent D'Arby ------ Neither Fish Nor Flesh (A Soundtrack Of Love, Faith, Hope & Destruction) ► Pop-R&B >> 1989
● Betty Boo ------ Boomania ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Deep Purple ------ Slaves And Masters ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Ozzy Osbourne ------ Ozzmosis ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Atomic Kitten ------ Right Now ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Bush ------ Golden State ► Grunge Rock >> 2001
● Incubus ------ Morning View ► Funk Metal >> 2001
● Toni Braxton ------ Snowflakes ► Soul-Pop >> 2001
● Mötley Crüe ------ Carnival Of Sins: Live, Vols. 1-2 ► Heavy Metal >> 2007
● Neil Young ------ Chrome Dreams II ► Folk-Rock >> 2007
● Heart ------ Dreamboat Annie Live ► Album Rock >> 2007
● Robert Plant & Alison Krauss ------ Raising Sand ► Folk-Rock >> 2007

Oct 24

● Grateful Dead ------ Grateful Dead (Live Skull & Roses) ► Country-Rock >> 1971
● John Lennon ------ Shaved Fish ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Roxy Music ------ Siren ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Rory Gallagher ------ Calling Card ► Blues-Rock >> 1976
● Cheap Trick ------ All Shook Up ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1980
● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ------ Organisation ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1980
● Billy Idol ------ Don't Stop ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Stryper ------ To Hell With The Devil ► Heavy Metal/Christian >> 1986
● Dead Can Dance ------ The Serpent's Egg ► Folk-Pop >> 1988
● Brenda Lee ------ A Brenda Lee Christmas ► Country-Pop >> 1991
● Silver Jews ------ Starlite Walker ► Alt Rock/Indie Rock >> 1994
● 20 Fingers ------ 20 Fingers ► Dance-Pop >> 1995
● The Pretenders ------ The Isle Of View ► Post-Punk >> 1995
● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ------ It's A Mystery ► Album Rock >> 1995
● Simply Red ------ Life ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1995
● The Smashing Pumpkins ------ Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness ► Hard Rock >> 1995
● Anthrax ------ Stomp 442 ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1995
● Linkin Park ------ Hybrid Theory ► Hard Rock >> 2000
● Christina Aguilera ------ My Kind Of Christmas ► Dance-Pop >> 2000

Oct 25

● Jimi Hendrix Experience ------ Electric Ladyland [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1968
● Pink Floyd ------ Ummagumma ► Prog Rock >> 1969
● Chicago ------ At Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1-4 (Chicago IV) ► Jazz-Rock >> 1971
● The Doors ------ Other Voices ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Jeff Beck Group ------ Rough And Ready ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Poco ------ A Good Feelin' to Know ► Country-Rock >> 1972
● Bob Marley & The Wailers ------ Natty Dread ► Roots Reggae >> 1974
● Paul Simon ------ Still Crazy After All These Years ► Folk-Pop >> 1975
● Al Di Meola ------ Land Of The Midnight Sun ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● Joe Walsh ------ You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind ► Blues-Rock >> 1976
● Aretha Franklin ------ Aretha ► Soul >> 1980
● Culture Club ------ Waking Up With The House On Fire ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1984
● The Cars ------ Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Howard Jones ------ One To One ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1986
● The Traveling Wilburys ------ Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Frank Zappa ------ You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 ► Art Rock >> 1988
● Joni Mitchell ------ Turbulent Indigo ► Folk-Rock >> 1994
● Madonna ------ Bedtime Stories ► Dance-Pop >> 1994
● Bob Seger ------ Greatest Hits ► Album Rock >> 1994
● Common Sense ------ Resurrection ► Underground Rap >> 1994
● Madonna ------ Evita [Sndtrk] ► Dance-Pop >> 1996
● The Brian Jones Massacre ------ Thank God For Mental Illness ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1996
● Faithless ------ Sunday 8PM/Saturday 3AM ► Trip-hop/Dance >> 1999
● Bette Midler ------ Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook ► Female Vocalist >> 2005
● Aerosmith ------ Rockin' The Joint ► Hard Rock >> 2005

Oct 26

● Sam & Dave ------ Soul Men ► Soul >> 1967
● Diana Ross And Marvin Gaye ------ Diana & Marvin ► Soul >> 1973
● Neil Diamond ------ Serenade ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● The Fall ------ Dragnet ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1979
● Pat Benatar ------ In The Heat Of The Night ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● J. Geils Band ------ Freeze-Frame ► Blues-Rock >> 1981
● Gary Numan ------ Berserker ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1984
● Meat Loaf ------ Live At Wembley ► Arena Rock >> 1987
● Hooters ------ Zig Zag ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1989
● The Velvet Underground ------ Live MCMXCIII ► Alt. Rock >> 1993
● 10,000 Maniacs ------ MTV Unplugged ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● The Cure ------ Paris ► Post-Punk >> 1993
● Blur ------ The Special Collectors Edition ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1994
● Napalm Death ------ Words From The Exit Wound [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Grindcore >> 1998
● Akinyele ------ Aktapuss ► Dirty Rap >> 1999
● B*Witched ------ Awake And Breathe ► Pop/Girl Group >> 1999
● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ------ Looking Forward ► Folk-Rock >> 1999
● Incubus ------ Make Yourself ► Funk Metal >> 1999
● Bush ------ The Science Of Things ► Grunge Rock >> 1999
● Genesis ------ Turn It On Again: The Hits ► Prog Rock >> 1999

Oct 27

● Ten Years After ------ Ten Years After ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Johnny Winter ------ Second Winter ► Blues-Rock >> 1969
● Ten Years After ------ A Space In Time ► Blues-Rock >> 1971
● Stevie Wonder ------ Talking Book ► Pop-R&B >> 1972
● Angel ------ Angel ► Heavy Metal >> 1975
● Bobby Womack ------ Safety Zone ► Smooth Soul >> 1975
● Slade ------ Slade Alive, Vol. 2 ► Hard Rock >> 1978
● Motörhead ------ Bomber ► Heavy Metal >> 1979
● Hawkwind ------ Levitation ► Space Rock >> 1980
● Ringo Starr ------ Stop And Smell The Roses ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Prince ------ 1999 ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● George Harrison ------ Gone Troppo ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Bob Dylan ------ Infidels ► Folk-Rock >> 1983
● Celtic Frost ------ To Mega Therion ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● XTC ------ Skylarking ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Robbie Robertson ------ Robbie Robertson ► Roots Rock >> 1987
● Neil Young ------ Harvest Moon ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Jefferson Airplane ------ Jefferson Airplane Loves You ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1992
● AC/DC ------ Live ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Michael Nesmith ------ Tropical Campfires ► Country-Rock >> 1992
● Ayreon ------ The Final Experiment ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal >> 1995
● John Lennon ------ Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of JoHn Lennon ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Simon & Garfunkel ------ Old Friends ► Folk-Pop >> 1997
● The Afghan Whigs ------ 1965 ► Post-Punk >> 1998
● Bryan Adams ------ On A Day Like Today ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● R.E.M. ------ Up ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Haunted ------ Made Me Do It ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 2000
● Genesis ------ Turn It On Again: The Hits - The Tour Collection ► Prog Rock >> 2008
● Jack Johnson ------ En Concert ► AA Folk-Rock >> 2009
● Sting ------ If On A Winter's Night… ► Pop-Rock >> 2009
● Stephen Stills ------ Live At Shepherd's Bush ► Folk-Rock >> 2009
● Spandau Ballet ------ Once More ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 2009

Oct 28

● The Kinks ------ Face To Face ► British Rock >> 1966
● Neil Young ------ Decade ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● Rush ------ Hemispheres ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1978
● Bob Dylan ------ Biograph ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Oingo Boingo ------ Dead Man's Party ► New Wave Ska-Pop >> 1985
● Iron Maiden ------ Somewhere In Time ► Heavy Metal >> 1996
● Mike + The Mechanics ------ Living Years ► Brit Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Deborah Harry ------ Def, Dumb & Blonde ► New Eave Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Richard Marx ------ Rush Street ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Genesis ------ We Can't Dance ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Bob Dylan ------ World Gone Wrong ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Millencolin ------ Tiny Toons ► Euro-punk >> 1994
● The Beatles ------ Anthology 3 ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Michael McDonald ------ Blue Obsession ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1997
● Kiss ------ Carnival Of Souls: The Final Sessions ► Hard Rock >> 1997
● The Aquabats ------ The Fury Of The Aquabats ► Ska-Punk Revival >> 1997
● Dave Matthews Band ------ Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95 ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Asia ------ Live in Koln ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● The Moody Blues ------ December ► Prog Rock >> 2003
● The Cure ------ 4:13 Dream ► Post-Punk >> 2008