May 26th
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
1987
The Cure
– Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
The Cure’s Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is a sprawling, unpredictable ride—goth epics, synth-pop, and feverish post-punk colliding in glorious excess. From Just Like Heaven to Shiver and Shake, it’s chaotic, ambitious, and impossible to ignore.
1967
The Beatles
– Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Considered one of the earliest art rock LPs and a precursor to progressive rock, Sgt. Pepper is a pivotal piece of British psychedelic music. It combines a variety of styles, including as Western and Indian classical music, circus, music hall, and avant-garde.
The Mothers of Invention
– Absolutely Free
Its combination of jazz, classical, avant-garde, and rock idioms in multi-sectional, suite-like pieces is considered a significant and influential antecedent to progressive rock. The album is a demonstration of intricate musical composition with political and social criticism.
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
2023
Water from Your Eyes – Everyone’s Crushed
Matchbox Twenty – Where the Light Goes
The Barnestormers – The Barnestormers
The Dirty Nil – Free Rein to Passions
Heart Attack Man – Freak of Nature
Metal Church – Congregation of Annihilation
Fishbone – Fishbone
Miya Folick – Roach
Immortal – War Against All
AJJ – Disposable Everything
D4vd – Petals to Thorns
Sparks – The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
2021
Black Midi – Cavalcade
2019
Batushka – Panihida
2017
The Charlatans – Different Days
Danzig – Black Laden Crown
Frenzal Rhomb – Hi-Vis High Tea
Rhapsody of Fire – Legendary Years
In Hearts Wake – Ark
New Order – NOMC15
Alestorm – No Grave But the Sea
The Letter Black – Pain
2015
Lifehouse – Out of the Wasteland
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love
Cory Marks – This Man
2014
Bury Tomorrow – Runes
2009
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
Hayden – The Place Where We Lived
Eros Ramazzotti – Ali e radici
Minsk – With Echoes in the Movement of Stone
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us
2008
Shai Hulud – Misanthropy Pure
Ihsahn – angL
Cryptopsy – The Unspoken King
Terror – The Damned, the Shamed
2006
Luca Turilli – The Infinite Wonders of Creation
2003
Blackmail – Friend or Foe?
Shed Seven – Where Have You Been Tonight? Live
2000
Kreator – Past Life Trauma (1985–1992)
1998
Jeff Buckley – Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
Sloan – Navy Blues
The B-52’s – Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation
1997
The Jam – Direction Reaction Creation
Acrimony – Tumuli Shroomaroom
1992
Ocean Colour Scene – Ocean Colour Scene
Tom Tom Club – Dark Sneak Love Action
Los Lobos – Kiko
1987
Simple Minds – Live in the City of Light
1986
AC/DC – Who Made Who
1982
Chrome – 3rd from the Sun
1978
David Gilmour – David Gilmour
1972
Peter Frampton – Wind of Change
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