June 4th
Rock Albums Released on This Day in History
The perfect daily read for fans looking to explore rock history one day—and one album—at a time.
Featured Rock Albums
1984
Bruce Springsteen
– Born in the U.S.A.
These aren’t tales of triumph—they’re dispatches from people who lost something along the way: jobs, homes, their place in the country they were told would take care of them. Bruce doesn’t scream; he testifies. He delivers heartbreak with a hook.
More Rock Albums Released Today
Some are obscure or lesser-known, while others played a pivotal role in shaping the sound of rock and roll.
Year
Artist – Album
2021
Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend
Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee
Rise Against – Nowhere Generation
Billy Gibbons – Hardware
Liz Phair – Soberish
James – All the Colours of You
Red Fang – Arrows
Cleopatrick – Bummer
Flotsam and Jetsam – Blood in the Water
Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting
Tim Buckley – Bear’s Sonic Journals: Merry-Go-Round at the Carousel
Rostam – Changephobia
Van Canto – To the Power of Eight
Atreyu – Baptize
2015
Tremonti – Cauterize
2014
Arch Enemy – War Eternal
Buck-Tick – Arui wa Anarchy
2013
Barenaked Ladies – Grinning Streak
Portugal. The Man – Evil Friends
Rogue Wave – Nightingale Floors
Big Black Delta – Big Black Delta
Sleeping with Sirens – Feel
The Maine – Forever Halloween
Megadeth – Super Collider
City and Colour – The Hurry and the Harm
Frankie & The Heartstrings – The Days Run Away
2012
Liars – WIXIW
2007
Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full
Biffy Clyro – Puzzle
Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos
2002
Avril Lavigne – Let Go
Interpol – Interpol
Manowar – Warriors of the World
Los Lobos – Good Morning Aztlán
Dillinger Four – Situationist Comedy
Steve Vai – The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1
Atreyu – Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
INXS – The Best of INXS
2001
Emil Bulls – Angel Delivery Service
1997
Glueleg – Clodhopper
1996
Metallica – Load
Grant Lee Buffalo – Copperopolis
Core – Revival
Bryan Adams – 18 til I Die
Jimmy Buffett – Banana Wind
1994
Zard – Oh My Love
1991
Indigo Girls – Back on the Bus, Y’all
Frank Zappa – Make a Jazz Noise Here
1990
James – Gold Mother
The Stranglers – 10
Entombed – Left Hand Path
1982
Everything but the Girl – Eden
1982
Genesis – Three Sides Live
1980
The Kinks – One for the Road
Cold Chisel – East
1973
Jimmy Buffett – A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
1971
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
1969
Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash at San Quentin
1965
The Beatles – Beatles for Sale No. 2
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