Albums Released This Week (September 10 - 16)

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):

Sep 10

● Eric Clapton ------ Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert ► Blues-Rock >> 1973
● Randy Newman ------ Good Old Boys ► Folk-Rock >> 1974
● Frank Zappa ------ Roxy & Elsewhere ► Art Rock >> 1974
● Kiss ------ Alive! ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● Bob Dylan ------ Hard Rain ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Billy Joel ------ Songs In The Attic ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Diana Ross ------ Silk Electric ► Soul - Motown >> 1982
● Bill Drummond ------ The Man ► Folk-Pop >> 1986
● Betty Boo ------ Boomania ► Dance-Pop >> 1990
● Jethro Tull ------ Catfish Rising ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● John Cale ------ Even Cowgirls Get The Blues ► Art Rock >> 1991
● Sarah McLachlan ------ Solace ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● R.E.M. ------ New Adventures In Hi-Fi ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Rush ------ Test For Echo ► Prog/Art Rock >> 1996
● Alison Moyet ------ The Essential Alison Moyet ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2001
● Alison Moyet ------ Hometime ► AA Pop-Rock >> 2002


Sep 11

● Manfred Mann ------ The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann [UK] ► Blues-Rock >> 1964
● Chad & Jeremy ------ Of Cabbages And Kings ► Folk-Pop >> 1967
● The Beach Boys ------ Smiley Smile ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Bruce Springsteen ------ The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle ► Album Rock >> 1973
● Gentle Giant ------ Giant For A Day ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Foreigner ------ Head Games ► Arena Rock >> 1979
● Ultravox ------ Rage In Eden ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1981
● Falco ------ Falco 3 ► Dance-Pop >> 1985
● Triumph ------ The Sport Of Kings ► Arena Rock >> 1986
● Jethro Tull ------ Crest Of A Knave ► Prog Rock >> 1987
● The Temptations ------ Together Again ► Soul >> 1987
● Melissa Etheridge ------ Brave And Crazy ► Roots Rock >> 1989
● Eurythmics ------ We Too Are One ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1989
● Warrant ------ Cherry Pie ► Hard Rock >> 1990
● Bob Dylan ------ Under The Red Sky ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Stephen Stills ------ Stills Alone ► Folk-Rock >> 1991
● Blur ------ The Great Escape ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop >> 1995
● Belinda Carlisle ------ A Man And A Woman ► Pop-Rock >> 1996
● Mariah Carey ------ Butterfly ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Steps ------ Step One [UK] ► Britpop >> 1998
● Mariah Carey ------ Glitter [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock >> 2001

Sep 12

● Brenda Lee ------ "Let Me Sing" ► Country-Pop >> 1963
● The Rolling Stones ------ Through The Past Darkly (Big Hits, Vol. 2) ► Blues-Rock >> 1969
● The Jackson 5 ------ G.I.T.: Get It Together ► Soul - Motown >> 1973
● Thin Lizzy ------ Fighting ► Hard Rock >> 1975
● Electric Light Orchestra ------ A New World Record ► Prog. Rock >> 1976
● Chicago ------ Chicago XI ► Jazz-Rock >> 1977
● XTC ------ Black Sea ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1980
● David Bowie ------ Scary Monsters ► Glam Rock >> 1980
● Saga ------ Heads Or Tales ► Prog. Rock >> 1983
● UB40 ------ Labour Of Love ► Reggae-Pop >> 1983
● Skinny Puppy ------ VIVIsectVI ► Alt. Rock - Industrial >> 1988
● Aerosmith ------ Pump ► Hard Rock >> 1989
● Annihilator ------ Never, Neverland ► Thrash Metal >> 1990
● Disco Inferno ------ D. I. Go Pop ► Post-Punk Alt/Experimental >> 1994
● Lenny Kravitz ------ Circus ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Big Audio Dynamite ------ Planet B.A.D. ► Post-Punk Alt. Rock >> 1995
● Jethro Tull ------ Roots To Branches ► Prog Rock >> 1995
● Stina Nordenstam ------ Dynamite ► Pop-Rock/Dream Pop >> 1996
● Sloan ------ Between The Bridges ► Alt Indie Rock >> 1999
● Christina Aguilera ------ Mi Reflejo ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● At The Drive-In ------ Relationship Of Command ► Punk Rock >> 2000
● Bob Seger ------ Face The Promise ► Album Rock >> 2006
● Peter Frampton ------ Fingerprints ► Arena Rock >> 2006
● Everclear ------ Welcome To The Drama Club ► Grunge-Punk >> 2006
● Metallica ------ Death Magnetic ► Heavy Metal >> 2008


Sep 13

● Manfred Mann ------ My Little Red Book Of Winners! ► Rock n Roll >> 1965
● Bobby Darin ------ If I Were A Carpenter ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Yes ------ Close To The Edge ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Fleetwood Mac ------ Heros Are Hard To Find ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Ronnie Wood ------ I've Got My Own Album To Do ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● LaBelle ------ Nightbirds ► Funk >> 1974
● Kate Bush ------ The Dreaming ► Art Rock >> 1982
● Simple Minds ------ New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) ► New Wave Alt. Pop >> 1982
● Kiss ------ Animalize ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● Dokken ------ Tooth And Nail ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Stevie Wonder ------ In Square Circle ► Pop-R&B >> 1985
● Tanita Tikram ------ Ancient Heart ► Pop-Rock >> 1988
● The Smiths ------ Rank ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Jeff Healey Band ------ See The Light ► Blues-Rock >> 1988
● Fishbone ------ Truth And Soul ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Tina Turner ------ Foreign Affair ► Pop-Rock >> 1989
● The Cure ------ Show ► Post-Punk >> 1993
● Blues Traveler ------ Four ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● Eric Clapton ------ From The Cradle ► Blues-Rock >> 1994
● Various Artists ------ If I Were A Carpenter ► Alt Rock >> 1994
● Curtis Mayfield ------ Live ► Soul/Funk >> 1994
● The Notorious B.I.G. ------ Ready to Die ► Gangsta Rap >> 1994
● The Beatles ------ Yellow Submarine Songtrack ► Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Bonnie Raitt ------ Souls Alike ► Blues-Rock >> 2005
● Phil Collins ------ Going Back ► Pop-Rock >> 2010
● Bush ------ The Sea Of Memories ► Grunge Rock >> 2011

Sep 14

● Doris Day ------ The Doris Day Christmas Album ► Holiday Pop >> 1964
● The Byrds ------ (Untitled) ► Country-Rock >> 1970
● Jethro Tull ------ Stormwatch ► Prog Rock >> 1979
● Genesis ------ Abacab ► Prog Rock >> 1981
● Faith No More ------ Introduce Yourself ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Mick Jagger ------ Primitive Cool ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Meat Beat Manifesto ------ Armed Audio Warfare ► Techno-Industrial >> 1990
● Blind Melon ------ Blind Melon ► Alt. Rock >> 1992
● Jethro Tull ------ A Little Light Music [UK] ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Counting Crows ------ August And Everything After ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Prince ------ The Hits/The B-Sides ► Dance-Pop >> 1993
● Bryan Adams ------ Live ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Earth, Wind & Fire ------ Millenium ► Soul-Funk >> 1993
● dEUS ------ In A Bar, Under The Sea [UK] ► Avant Grunge >> 1996
● Luis Miguel ------ Amarte Es Un Placer ► Latin Pop >> 1999
● Iggy Pop ------ Avenue B ► Retro Rock >> 1999


Sep 15

● Otis Redding ------ Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul ► Memphis Soul >> 1965
● Jefferson Airplane ------ Jefferson Airplane Takes Off ► Psychedelic Rock (SFO) >> 1966
● The Kinks ------ Something Else By The Kinks ► British Rock >> 1967
● The Band ------ Cahoots ► Folk-Rock >> 1971
● Bobby Womack ------ Communication ► Soul-Funk >> 1971
● Deep Purple ------ Fireball ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Grand Funk Railroad ------ Phoenix ► Hard Rock >> 1972
● John Denver ------ Rocky Mountain High ► Folk-Pop >> 1972
● Poco ------ Crazy Eyes ► Country-Rock >> 1973
● Hall & Oates ------ Daryl Hall & John Oates ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● David Crosby & Graham Nash ------ Wind On The Water ► Folk-Rock >> 1975
● Pink Floyd ------ Wish You Were Here ► Prog Rock >> 1975
● Frank Zappa ------ Studio Tan ► Art Rock >> 1978
● Huey Lewis & The News ------ Sports ► Pop-Rock >> 1983
● Motörhead ------ No Remorse ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions ------ Blood & Chocolate ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Ric Ocasek ------ This Side Of Paradise ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Donna Summer ------ All Systems Go ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● The Ramones ------ Halfway To Sanity ► Punk-Rock >> 1987
● Tiffany ------ Tiffany ► Dance-Pop >> 1987
● Love And Rockets ------ Express ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Rick Wakeman ------ 2000 A.D. Into The Future ► Prog Rock >> 1991
● Bad 4 Good ------ Refugee ► Heavy Metal/Teen Metal >> 1992
● New Edition ------ Home Again ► Soul-Pop >> 1996
● America ------ Human Nature ► Folk-Rock >> 1998
● Marilyn Manson ------ Mechanical Animals ► Heavy Metal/Alt Metal >> 1998
● Death ------ Sound Of Perseverance ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1998
● Ace Frehley ------ Anomaly ► Pop-Metal >> 2009


Sep 16

● Neil Diamond ------ Just For You ► Pop-Rock >> 1967
● Jimi Hendrix Experience ------ Electric Ladyland ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1968
● Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ------ Easy ► Soul - Motown >> 1969
● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ------ Sugar 'N' Spice ► Soul - Motown >> 1969
● Diana Ross ------ Baby, It's Me ► Soul - Motown >> 1977
● Talking Heads ------ Talking Heads: 77 ► New Wave Art-Rock >> 1977
● Rory Gallagher ------ Top Priority ► Blues-Rock >> 1979
● Gary Numan ------ Warriors ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1983
● Deep Purple ------ Perfect Strangers ► Hard Rock >> 1984
● Kiss ------ Asylum ► Hard Rock >> 1985
● Slayer ------ Hell Awaits ► Heavy Metal >> 1985
● The Waterboys ------ This Is The Sea ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Lizzy Borden ------ Visual Lies ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal >> 1987
● Eazy-E ------ Eazy-Duz-It ► Gangsta Rap >> 1988
● Talk Talk ------ Spirit Of Eden ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1988
● Jonathan Richman ------ I, Jonathan ► College Rock >> 1992
● Gloria Estefan ------ Exitos De Gloria Estefan ► Latin Pop >> 1990
● Buena Vista Social Club ------ Buena Vista Social Club ► Afro-Cuban Jazz >> 1997
● Brooks & Dunn ------ The Greatest Hits Collection ► Country-Rock >> 1997
● Joss Stone ------ The Soul Sessions ► Soul (Neo-Soul) >> 2003