Albums Released This Week (September 17 - 23)

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 17

● Manfred Mann ------ The Manfred Mann Album ► Rock n Roll >> 1964
● Colosseum ------ Colosseum Live ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 1971
● Scorpions ------ In Trance ► Heavy Metal >> 1975
● Ringo Starr ------ Ringo's Rotogravure ► Pop-Rock >> 1976
● Frank Zappa ------ Joe's Garage: Act I ► Art Rock >> 1979
● The Doobie Brothers ------ One Step Closer ► Pop-Rock >> 1980
● Phil Lynott ------ The Phil Lynott Album ► Album Rock >> 1982
● General Public ------ All The Rage ► New Wave Ska Pop >> 1984
● Thompson Twins ------ Here's To Future Days ► New Wave Dance-pop >> 1985
● Yes ------ Big Generator ► Prog Rock >> 1987
● Frank Zappa ------ London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 ► Classical Fusion >> 1987
● Cocteau Twins ------ Heaven Or Las Vegas ► Folk-Rock >> 1990
● Mariah Carey ------ Emotions ► Pop-Rock >> 1991
● Ozzy Osbourne ------ No More Tears ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Steve Earle ------ Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator ► Alt. Country >> 1991
● Uncle Tupelo ------ Still Fear Gone ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1991
● Guns N' Roses ------ Use Your Illusion I ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● Guns N' Roses ------ Use Your Illusion II ► Hard Rock >> 1991
● KMFDM ------ Money ► Heavy Metal >> 1992
● Cake ------ Fashion Nugget ► Alt Rock/College Rock >> 1996
● The Cardigans ------ First Band On The Moon ► Power Pop >> 1996
● ZZ Top ------ Rhythmeen ► Blues-Rock >> 1996
● Hall & Oates ------ Marigold Sky ► Pop-Rock >> 1997


Sep 18

● Fleetwood Mac ------ Kiln House ► Pop-Rock >> 1970
● Black Sabbath ------ Paranoid ► Hard Rock >> 1970
● Elephant's Memory ------ Elephant's Memory ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1972
● Ace Frehley ------ Ace Frehley ► Pop-Metal >> 1978
● Hall & Oates ------ Along The Red Ledge ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Twisted Sister ------ Under The Blade ► Hair Metal >> 1982
● Dokken ------ Breaking The Chains ► Heavy Metal >> 1983
● Kiss ------ Lick It Up ► Hard Rock >> 1983
● The Replacements ------ Tim ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Glass Tiger ------ Thin Red Line ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Kiss ------ Crazy Nights ► Hard Rock >> 1987
● Janet Jackson ------ Rhythm Nation 1814 ► Dance-Pop >> 1989
● Derek & The Dominos ------ The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition ► Blues-Rock >> 1990
● At The Drive-In ------ El Gran Orgo ► Punk Rock >> 1997
● Fantastic Plastic Machine ------ Luxury ► Trip Hop >> 1998
● Björk ------ Selmasongs: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer In The Dark [Sndtrk] [UK] ► Trip Hop >> 2000
● Billy Idol ------ Original Sound ► Hard Rock >> 2006
● Free ------ Chronicles ► Hard Rock/Blues-Rock >> 2006
● Pearl Jam ------ Live At Lollapalooza 2007 ► Hard Rock >> 2007


Sep 19

● Elvis Presley ------ King Creole ► Rock n Roll >> 1958
● King Curtis ------ Old Gold ► Soul >> 1961
● Mick Jagger ------ Performance [Sndtrk] ► Rock >> 1970
● Dave Mason ------ Split Coconut ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Linda Ronstadt ------ Living In The USA ► Pop-Rock >> 1978
● Country Joe McDonald ------ On My Own ► Blues-Rock >> 1980
● White Spirit ------ White Spirit ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal >> 1980
● Triumph ------ Allied Forces ► Arena Rock >> 1981
● Luther Vandross ------ Give Me The Reason ► Smooth Soul >> 1986
● Paul McCartney ------ Press To Play ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Bon Jovi ------ New Jersey ► Hard Rock >> 1988
● Level 42 ------ Staring At The Sun ► New Wave Synth Pop >> 1988
● Anthrax ------ State Of Euphoria ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal >> 1988
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ------ Tender Prey ► Alt Rock >> 1988
● Enya ------ Watermark ► Jazz-Pop >> 1988
● David Bowie ------ Sound + Vision ► Glam Rock >> 1989
● Obituary ------ Cause Of Death ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal >> 1990
● Kylie Minogue ------ Kylie Minogue ► Dance-Pop >> 1994
● The Flaming Lips ------ Clouds Taste Metallic ► Neo-Psychedelia >> 1995
● Michael Bolton ------ Greatest Hits ► Pop-Rock >> 1995
● Son Volt ------ Trace ► Alt. Country-Rock >> 1995
● AFI ------ The Art Of Drowning ► Hardcore Punk >> 2000
● Madonna ------ Music ► Dance-Pop >> 2000
● Björk ------ Selmasongs: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer In The Dark ► Trip Hop >> 2000
● Weather Report ------ Forecast: Tomorrow ► Jazz-Rock Fusion >> 2006
● The Black Crowes ------ Freak 'N' Roll…Into The Fog ► Southern Rock >> 2006


Sep 20

● The Stills-Young Band ------ Long May You Run ► Folk-Rock >> 1976
● Yes ------ Tormato ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Ozzy Osbourne ------ Blizzard of Ozz ► Hard Rock >> 1980
● Poco ------ Ghost Town ► Country-Rock >> 1982
● Dire Straits ------ Love Over Gold ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock >> 1982
● Bruce Springsteen ------ Nebraska ► Album Rock >> 1982
● Renaissance ------ Time-Line ► Prog Rock >> 1983
● Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers ------ Hero ► Pop-Rock >> 1985
● Kate Bush ------ Hounds Of Love ► Prog Rock >> 1985
● Huey Lewis & The News ------ Fore! ► Pop-Rock >> 1986
● Luther Vandross ------ Any Love ► Smooth Soul >> 1988
● BulletBoys ------ BulletsBoys ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal >> 1988
● Ween ------ The Pod ► Avant Garde/Lo-Fi >> 1991
● Seam ------ The Problem With Me ► Indie Rock >> 1993
● Liz Phair ------ Whip-Smart ► Indie Rock >> 1994
● Jamiroquai ------ 1999 Remixes ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Rae & Christian ------ Blazing The Crop [UK] ► Electronic Dance Mix >> 1999
● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ------ Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus ► Alt Rock >> 2004
● Bryan Adams ------ Room Service ► Pop-Rock >> 2004
● Bon Jovi ------ Have A Nice Day ► Arena Rock >> 2005
● Earth, Wind & Fire ------ Illumination ► Soul-Funk >> 2005


Sep 21

● Billy Preston ------ Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music ► Funk >> 1973
● Thin Lizzy ------ Vagabonds Of The Western World ► Hard Rock >> 1973
● Foghat ------ Boogie Motel ► Hard Rock >> 1979
● Cheap Trick ------ Dream Police ► Hard Rock/Power Pop >> 1979
● Sheena Easton ------ You Could Have Been With Me ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● Luther Vandross ------ Forever, For Always, For Love ► Smooth Soul >> 1982
● Janet Jackson ------ Janet Jackson ► Pop-Soul >> 1982
● America ------ Perspective ► Folk-Rock >> 1984
● Various Artists ------ Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2 ► Mixed Rock >> 1987
● ABBA ------ Gold: Greatest Hits ► Euro-Pop >> 1992
● Led Zeppelin ------ Boxed Set 2 ► Hard Rock >> 1993
● Sting ------ Demolition Man ► Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Scorpions ------ Face The Heat ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Nirvana ------ In Utero ► Grunge >> 1993
● Bad Religion ------ Recipe For Hate ► Punk Rock >> 1993
● Melissa Etheridge ------ Yes I Am ► Roots Rock >> 1993
● Skunk Anansie ------ Paranoid And Sunburnt ► Heavy Metal >> 1995
● Diabolical Masquerade ------ Nightwork ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal >> 1998
● Pete Townshend ------ Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit For Maryville Academy ► Prog Rock >> 1999
● Tori Amos ------ To Venus And Back ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1999
● Green Day ------ American Idiot ► Alt. Rock >> 2004
● John Waite ------ The Hard Way ► Power Pop >> 2004


Sep 22

● The Band ------ The Band ► Folk-Rock >> 1969
● Smokie ------ Changing All The Time ► Glam Rock >> 1975
● George Harrison ------ Extra Texture ► Pop-Rock >> 1975
● Funkadelic ------ Funkadelic ► Funk >> 1970
● Camel ------ Breathless ► Prog Rock >> 1978
● Jethro Tull ------ Busting Out: Jethro Tull Live ► Folk-Rock >> 1978
● The Buzzcocks ------ Love Bites ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● The Ramones ------ Road To Ruin ► Punk-Rock >> 1978
● King Crimson ------ Discipline ► Prog Rock >> 1981
● Icehouse ------ Man Of Colours ► New Wave Synth-Pop >> 1987
● Robbie Krieger ------ Door Jams ► Jazz-Rock >> 1989
● Bob Dylan ------ Oh Mercy ► Folk-Rock >> 1989
● Extreme ------ III Sides To Every Story ► Pop-Metal >> 1992
● Jethro Tull ------ A Little Light Music ► Folk-Rock >> 1992
● Roy Buchanan ------ Sweet Dreams: The Anthology ► Blues-Rock >> 1992
● Happy Mondays ------ Double Easy - The U.S. Singles ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Elton John ------ The Big Picture ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● BT ------ ESCM (Electric Sky Church Music) ► Electronic/House Music >> 1997
● Apocalyptica ------ Inquisition Symphony ► Heavy Metal/Neo-Classical Metal >> 1998
● Kiss ------ Psycho Circus ► Hard Rock >> 1998
● Millencolin ------ Same Old Tunes ► Euro-punk >> 1998
● Chris Isaak ------ Speak Of The Devil ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1998
● Luca Turilli ------ King Of The Nordic Twilight ► Heavy Metal/Symphonic Metal >> 1999
● Pearl Jam ------ Backspacer ► Hard Rock >> 2009
● Stephen Stills & Manassas ------ Manassas Pieces ► Folk-Rock >> 2009


Sep 23

● The Beach Boys ------ Surfer Girl ► Surfer >> 1963
● The Temptations ------ Puzzle People ► Soul - Motown >> 1969
● Diana Ross & The Supremes ------ Together ► Soul >> 1969
● The Allman Brothers Band ------ Idlewild South ► Southern Rock >> 1970
● Steely Dan ------ Aja ► Jazz-Rock >> 1977
● The Rolling Stones ------ Love You Live ► Blues-Rock >> 1977
● Blondie ------ Parallel Lines ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1978
● The Opposition ------ Breaking The Silence ► Post-Punk >> 1981
● Frank Zappa ------ You Are What You Is ► Art Rock >> 1981
● Billy Joel ------ The Nylon Curtain ► Pop-Rock >> 1982
● The Fall ------ This Nation's Saving Grace ► Pop-Rock/Post-Punk >> 1985
● 10,000 Maniacs ------ The Wishing Chair ► Folk-Rock >> 1985
● Boston ------ Third Stage ► Arena Rock >> 1986
● Poco ------ Legacy ► Country-Rock >> 1989
● Fatboy Slim ------ Better Living Through Chemistry ► Brit-Hop >> 1996
● Jann Arden ------ Happy? ► AA Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Asia ------ Live In Osaka ► Prog Rock >> 1997
● Sarah Brightman ------ Time To Say Goodbye ► Showtunes >> 1997
● John Waite ------ When You Were Mine ► Power Pop >> 1997
● Todd Rundgren ------ With A Twist… ► Pop-Rock >> 1997
● Limp Bizkit ------ Results May Vary ► Rap-Metal >> 2003
● Jackson Browne ------ Time The Conqueror ► Folk-Rock >> 2008