Albums Released This Week (October 29 - November 4)

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 29

● The Beach Boys ------ Surfin' Safari ► Hot Rod >> 1962
● Neil Diamond ------ The Feel Of Neil Diamond ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● The Byrds ------ Ballad Of Easy Rider ► Country-Rock >> 1969
● Dave Mason ------ It's Like You Never Left ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● David Bowie ------ David Live ► Glam Rock >> 1974
● Frank Zappa ------ Zoot Allures ► Art Rock >> 1976
● ABBA ------ Greatest Hits Vol. 2 ► Euro-Pop >> 1979
● Pat Benatar ------ Get Nervous ► Hard Rock >> 1982
● Bryan Adams ------ Reckless ► Pop-Rock >> 1984
● Frankie Goes To Hollywood ------ Welcome To The Pleasuredome ► New Wave Club/Dance >> 1984
● Rush ------ Power Windows ► Arena Rock >> 1985
● The Beautiful South ------ Choke ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Freddie Jackson ------ Do Me Again ► Soul >> 1990
● Paul McCartney ------ Tripping The Live Fantastic ► Pop-Rock >> 1990
● Paul McCartney ------ Choba b CCCP [US] ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● The New York Rock And Soul Revue ------ Live At The Beacon ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Big Daddy Kane ------ Prince Of Darkness ► Golden Age Rap >> 1991
● Wilco ------ Being There ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1996
● Earth, Wind & Fire ------ Greatest Hits Live ► Soul-Funk >> 1996
● Ghostface Killah ------ Ironman ► Rap-soul >> 1996
● Yes ------ Keys To The Ascension ► Prog Rock >> 1996
● Nirvana ------ Nirvana ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2002
● Mariah Carey ------ Merry Christmas II You ► Pop-Rock >> 2010

Oct 30

● Buffalo Springfield ------ Buffalo Springfield Again ► Folk-Rock >> 1967
● The Temptations ------ The Temptations Christmas Card ► Soul - Motown >> 1970
● Elton John ------ Tumbleweed Connection ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● The Who ------ Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy ► British Rock >> 1971
● Pink Floyd ------ Meddle ► Prog Rock >> 1971
● Stevie Wonder ------ Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants ► Pop-R&B >> 1979
● Spandau Ballet ------ Journeys To Glory ► New Wave Synht-Pop >> 1981
● Mercyful Fate ------ Melissa ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Anthrax ------ Spreading The Disease ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1985
● George Michael ------ Faith ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Joe Satriani ------ Flying In A Blue Dream ► Instrumental >> 1989
● Wet Wet Wet ------ Holding Back The River ► Blue-Eyed Soul >> 1989
● Jimmy Buffett ------ Feeding Frenzy ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Roxy Music ------ Heart Still Beating ► Prog Rock >> 1990
● Big Daddy Kane ------ Taste Of Chocolate ► Golden Age Rap >> 1990
● Pulp ------ Different Class ► Britpop >> 1995
● Blur ------ Blur: The Best Of ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 2000
● Bane ------ Give Blood ► Hardcore Punk >> 2001
● Michael Jackson ------ Invincible ► Dance-Pop >> 2001
● Eagles ------ Long Road Out Of Eden ► Country-Rock >> 2007

Oct 31

● Bob Dylan ------ Carnegie Hall ► Folk >> 1964
● Elvis Presley ------ Spinout ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● Phil Ochs ------ Pleasures Of The Harbor ► Folk-Rock >> 1967
● Jethro Tull ------ Living In The Past ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Donna Summer ------ Once Upon A Time... ► Disco >> 1977
● Smokey Robinson ------ Smokin' ► Quiet Storm >> 1978
● Klaus Schulze ------ Dig It ► Space Rock >> 1980
● Cocteau Twins ------ Head Over Heals ► Folk-Rock >> 1983
● Paul McCartney ------ Pipes Of Peace ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Possessed ------ Beyond The Gates ► Heavy/Death Metal >> 1986
● Roxette ------ Pearls Of Passion ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Dinosaur Jr. ------ Bug ► Alt. Rock >> 1988
● Paul McCartney ------ Choba b CCCP [Russia] ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Soundgarden ------ Ultramega OK ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● Grateful Dead ------ Built To Last ► Album Rock >> 1989
● Billy Joel ------ Storm Front ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● Naked Raygun ------ Raygun...Naked Raygun ► Punk Rock >> 1990
● Ice Cube ------ Death Certificate ► Gangsta Rap >> 1991
● ABBA ------ Thank You For The Music ► Euro-Pop >> 1994
● Julian Cope ------ 20 Mothers ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Curtis Mayfield ------ Live At The Bitter End ► Soul/Funk >> 1995
● Foreigner ------ Mr. Moonlight ► Arena Rock >> 1995
● Slipknot ------ Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. ► Heavy Metal/Funk Metal >> 1996
● U2 ------ All That You Can't Leave Behind ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 2000
● The Who ------ Endless Wire ► British Rock >> 2006

Nov 01

● Elvis Presley ------ Fun In Acapulco ► Rock n Roll >> 1963
● The Temptations ------ Temptin' Temptations ► Soul - Motown >> 1965
● Canned Heat ------ Living The Blues ► Folk-Rock >> 1968
● Grateful Dead ------ American Beauty ► Folk-Rock >> 1970
● Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales ------ Hooteroll? ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1971
● Elvis Presley ------ Burning Love And Hits From His Movies, Vol. 3 ► Rock n Roll >> 1972
● James Taylor ------ One Man Dog ► Folk-Rock >> 1972
● The Hollies ------ Romany ► Pop-Rock >> 1972
● Slade ------ Slayed? ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● Roxy Music ------ Stranded ► Prog Rock >> 1973
● Kraftwerk ------ Autobahn ► Techno-Rock >> 1974
● Poco ------ Cantamos ► Country-Rock >> 1974
● Scorpions ------ Fly To The Rainbow ► Heavy Metal >> 1974
● The Band ------ Northern Lights-Southern Cross ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● James Taylor ------ Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Queen ------ News Of The World ► Glam Rock >> 1977
● Jefferson Starship ------ Freedom At Point Zero ► Arena Rock >> 1979
● Aerosmith ------ Night In The Ruts ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Hall & Oates ------ X-Static ► Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Phil Collins ------ Hello, I Must Be Going! ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Harry Connick, Jr. ------ 20 ► Piano Jazz >> 1988
● Ratt ------ Reach For The Sky ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal >> 1988
● Steve Earle ------ The Hard Way ► Alt. Country >> 1990
● Big Audio Dynamite II ------ Kool-Aid ► Dance-Rock >> 1990
● Grateful Dead ------ Infrared Roses ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1991
● The Black Crowes ------ Amorica ► Southern Rock >> 1994
● Aerosmith ------ Big Ones ► Hard Rock >> 1994
● Huey Lewis & The News ------ Four Chords And Several Years Ago ► Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Mariah Carey ------ Merry Christmas ► Pop-Rock >> 1994
● Nirvana ------ MTV Unplugged In New York ► Grunge >> 1994
● Tom Petty ------ Wildflowers ► Album Rock >> 1994
● Incubus ------ Fungus Amongus ► Funk Metal >> 1995
● East 17 ------ Around The World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far ► Dance-Pop >> 1996
● Kylie Minogue ------ Inpossible Princess ► Dance-Pop >> 1997
● Carbon Leaf ------ Ether-Electrified Porch Music ► AA Alt Rock >> 1999
● Westlife ------ Westlife [UK] ► Teen Pop/Boy Band >> 1999
● James Taylor ------ James Taylor: A Christmas Album ► Folk-Rock >> 2004
● Santana ------ All That I Am ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2005
● Cast ------ Magic Hour ► Britpop >> 2011

Nov 02

● Cream ------ Disraeli Gears ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Creedence Clearwater Revival ------ Willy And The Poor Boys ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Yes ------ Time And A Word ► Prog Rock >> 1970
● John Lennon ------ Mind Games ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Ringo Starr ------ Ringo ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Miles Davis ------ Water Babies ► Jazz/Be-Bop Fusion >> 1976
● The Police ------ Outlandos d'Amour ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Paul McCartney & Wings ------ Wings Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● The Damned ------ Machine Gun Etiquette ► Punk-Rock >> 1979
● Rory Gallagher ------ Stage Struck ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● Neil Young & Crazy Horse ------ Re-ac-tor ► Folk-Rock >> 1981
● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ------ Long After Dark ► Album Rock >> 1982
● Paul McCartney ------ All The Best! ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Bryan Ferry ------ Bete Noire ► Prog. Rock >> 1987
● George Harrison ------ Cloud Nine ► Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Bad Religion ------ No Control ► Punk Rock >> 1989
● Madness ------ Madstock! ► Ska Revival >> 1992
● k. d. lang ------ Even Cowgirls Get The Blues ► Alt Country Rock >> 1993
● The Band ------ Jericho ► Folk-Rock >> 1993
● Kate Bush ------ The Red Shoes ► Art Rock >> 1993
● Dixie Chicks ------ Shouldn't Have Told You That ► Country-Rock >> 1993
● The Bee Gees ------ Size Isn't Everything ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Bryan Adams ------ So Far So Good ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Bright Eyes ------ Letting Off The Happiness ► Indie Rock/Emo >> 1998
● Oasis ------ The Masterplan ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1998
● Genesis ------ The Way We Walk, Vols. 1-2: The Shorts And Longs ► Prog Rock >> 1998
● Bane ------ It All Comes Down To This ► Hardcore Punk >> 1999
● Mariah Carey ------ Rainbow ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Counting Crows ------ This Desert Life ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1999

Nov 03

● Elvis Presley ------ Harum Scarum ► Rock n Roll >> 1965
● The Easybeats ------ Volume 3 ► British Invasion >> 1966
● Diana Ross & The Supremes ------ Cream Of The Crop ► Soul >> 1969
● Diana Ross ------ Everything Is Everything ► Soul - Motown >> 1970
● Hall & Oates ------ Abandoned Luncheonette ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Neil Diamond ------ Jonathan Livingston Seagull [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 1973
● Triumph ------ Rock & Roll Machine ► Arena Rock >> 1977
● The Jam ------ All Mod Cons ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● Sly & The Family Stone ------ Back On The Right Track ► Soul-Funk >> 1979
● Neil Young ------ Hawks & Doves ► Folk-Rock >> 1980
● ABBA ------ Super Trouper ► Euro-Pop >> 1980
● Kim Wilde ------ Another Step ► Hi-NRG >> 1986
● John Lennon ------ Menlove Ave. ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ------ Your Funeral…My Trial ► Post-punk Alt Rock >> 1986
● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ------ American Dream ► Folk-Rock >> 1988
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ Grand Funk Railroad ► Hard Rock >> 1992
● Bon Jovi ------ Keep The Faith ► Arena Rock >> 1992
● Rage Against The Machine ------ Rage Against The Machine ► Rap-Metal >> 1992
● Angra ------ Angels Cry ► Heavy Metal/Brazilian Metal >> 1993
● Front Line Assembly ------ [FLA]vour Of The Week ► Industrial Rock >> 1997
● Beck ------ Mutations ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1998
● The Rolling Stones ------ No Security ► Blues-Rock >> 1998
● The Bee Gees ------ One Night Only ► Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Vintersorg ------ Cosmic Genesis ► Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal >> 2000

Nov 04

● The Rolling Stones ------ Got Live If You Want It! ► Blues-Rock >> 1966
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ The Allman Brothers Band ► Southern Rock >> 1969
● David Bowie ------ Man Of Words/Man Of Music ► Glam Rock >> 1969
● David Bowie ------ The Man Who Sold The World ► Glam Rock >> 1970
● Passport ------ Hand Made ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1973
● The Temptations ------ House Party ► Soul - Motown >> 1975
● Jean-Luc Ponty ------ Imaginary Voyage ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1976
● Rod Stewart ------ Foot Loose & Fancy Free ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● The Ramones ------ Rocket To Russia ► Punk-Rock >> 1977
● Black Sabbath ------ Mob Rules ► Hard Rock >> 1981
● Paul Simon ------ Hearts And Bones ► Folk-Pop >> 1983
● Hawkwind ------ This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic ► Space Rock >> 1984
● Hawkwind ------ Anthology, Vol. 1 ► Space Rock >> 1985
● Barbra Streisand ------ The Broadway Album ► Easy Listening >> 1985
● The Clash ------ Cut The Crap ► Punk >> 1985
● The Pretenders ------ Get Close ► Post-Punk >> 1986
● Megadeth ------ Peace Sells…But Who's Buying? ► Heavy Metal >> 1986
● They Might Be Giants ------ They Might Be Giants ► Alt. Rock >> 1986
● Sinead O'Connor ------ The Lion And The Cobra ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1987
● Aphex Twin ------ Richard D. James Album ► Electronica - Dark Ambient >> 1996
● Bad Manners ------ Heavy Petting ► Ska Revival >> 1997
● Asia ------ Live In Philadelphia ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Harmonia ------ Tracks And Traces ► Krautrock/Kosmische Musik >> 1997
● Evanescence ------ Origin ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal >> 2000
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ Peakin' At The Beacon ► Southern Rock >> 2000
● Sarah McLachlan ------ Afterglow ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● Bob Seger ------ Greatest Hits 2 ► Album Rock >> 2003
● Coldplay ------ Live 2003 ► Alt. Rock/Brit Pop >> 2003
● Stephen Stills ------ Turnin' Back The Pages ► Folk-Rock >> 2003
● The Rolling Stones ------ Live Licks ► Blues-Rock >> 2004
● Lou Reed ------ Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse ► Hard Rock >> 2008
● ZZ Top ------ Live From Texas ► Blues-Rock >> 2008