Rock Albums Released Today
Rock Albums Released on This Day in History is a daily list of albums that have shaped Rock music across decades. From iconic classics to hidden gems, discover or revisit albums from various genres and past eras.
September 18th
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
2007
Between the Buried and Me
– Colors
Colors is chaotic, indulgent, and relentless—a sprawling labyrinth of sound where brutality and beauty slam into each other. It overwhelms with purpose, leaving listeners exhausted, exhilarated, and convinced that excess can be its own kind of perfection.
1970
Black Sabbath
– Paranoid
Paranoid is Sabbath at their purest—blunt, relentless, and eerily alive. Every riff feels like a hammer strike, every lyric like a curse whispered in a factory of fire. It doesn’t try to scare you. It succeeds by sounding like it knows something you don’t.
1967
The Beach Boys
– Smiley Smile
Smiley Smile strips the polish from pop and leaves a mess of fragile beauty in its place. It’s haunted, playful, and quietly rebellious—a strange little record that hums with broken magic and whispers that perfection was never the point.
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
The National – Laugh Track
2020
Semisonic – You’re Not Alone
Yours Truly – Self Care
Napalm Death – Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
10 Years – Violent Allies
Osees – Protean Threat
Knuckle Puck – 20/20
Movements – No Good Left to Give
Joan Osborne – Trouble and Strife
Matt Berry – Phantom Birds
Eric Johanson – Below Sea Level
Okkervil River – A Dream in the Dark: Two Decades of Okkervil River Live
2015
Keith Richards – Crosseyed Heart
Pwr Bttm – Ugly Cherries
David Gilmour – Rattle That Lock
Shinedown – Threat to Survival
The Black Dahlia Murder – Abysmal
Chris Cornell – Higher Truth
Ugly Kid Joe – Uglier Than They Used ta Be
Mercury Rev – The Light in You
Metric – Pagans in Vegas
Reflections – The Color Clear
Motion City Soundtrack – Panic Stations
The Front Bottoms – Back on Top
Atreyu – Long Live
David Cook – Digital Vein
Jon Stevens – Woman
Creeper – The Callous Heart
Le Butcherettes – A Raw Youth
blessthefall – To Those Left Behind
Battles – La Di Da Di
Ann Wilson – The Ann Wilson Thing! – #1
2012
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Down – Down IV – Part I
Local H – Hallelujah! I’m a Bum
Ben Folds Five – The Sound of the Life of the Mind
Go Radio – Close the Distance
Devin Townsend – Project Epicloud
2007
New Found Glory – From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II
Motion City Soundtrack – Even If It Kills Me
Dropkick Murphys – The Meanest of Times
Ministry – The Last Sucker
The Donnas – Bitchin’
Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild
Suicide Silence – The Cleansing
Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
Rogue Wave – Asleep at Heaven’s Gate
Kevin Drew – Spirit If…
Submersed – Immortal Verses
Pat Monahan – Last of Seven
Four Year Strong – Rise or Die Trying
The Black Dahlia Murder – Nocturnal
Thousand Foot Krutch – The Flame in All of Us
2006
WarCry – La Quinta Esencia
Elton John – The Captain & the Kid
Level 42 – Retroglide
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager
2002
Socialburn – World Outside
2001
Remy Zero – The Golden Hum
Superchunk – Here’s to Shutting Up
Evergrey – In Search of Truth
Live – V
Therapy? – Shameless
7 Angels 7 Plagues – Jhazmyne’s Lullaby
Alice Cooper – Dragontown
Ill Niño – Revolution Revolución
Place of Skulls – Nailed
John Mayer – Room for Squares
Collective Soul – Seven Year Itch: Greatest Hits, 1994–2001
Jon Bon Jovi – The Power Station Years: The Unreleased Recordings
1997
At the Drive-In – El Gran Orgo
1995
Skunk Anansie – Paranoid and Sunburnt
Echobelly – On
1990
The Flaming Lips – In a Priest Driven Ambulance
The Call – Red Moon
Hunters & Collectors – Collected Works
Derek and the Dominos – The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition
1989
Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy
ALL – Allroy’s Revenge
Coroner – No More Color
Tina Turner – Foreign Affair
1987
Black – Wonderful Life
1981
Genesis – Abacab
Heaven 17 – Penthouse and Pavement
1978
Ace Frehley – Ace Frehley
Gene Simmons – Gene Simmons
Paul Stanley – Paul Stanley
Peter Criss – Peter Criss
1970
Fleetwood Mac – Kiln House
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Rock Albums Released in September
September has always been a dynamic month for rock music, signaling a fresh start as the industry ramps up for the fall season. For many artists, it became a prime moment to release new albums, offering a balance between the summer’s vibrancy and the introspective energy of autumn. However, in the earlier decades of rock, some albums arrived in September without an exact release date, lost to less stringent documentation practices of the time. These albums often carried the experimental and genre-defying sounds that defined the era, reflecting both the bold creativity of the artists and the fluid nature of album distribution back then.
Year
Artist – Album
1997
- Mark Seymour – King Without a Clue
1995
- Mike Scott – Bring ’em All In
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – Hate Rock ‘N’ Roll
1993
- Energy Orchard – Shinola
- Sepultura – Chaos A.D.
1991
- Cinderella – Live Train to Heartbreak Station
- Monks of Doom – Meridian
- Tuxedomoon – The Ghost Sonata
1989
- Loudness – Soldier of Fortune
- Steeleye Span – Tempted and Tried
1988
- Tom Waits – Big Time
- GWAR – Hell-O
- Bolt Thrower – In Battle There Is No Law
- Los Lobos – La pistola y el corazón
1987
- Armored Saint – Raising Fear
- Grim Reaper – Rock You to Hell
- Squeeze – Babylon and On
- Billy Idol – Vital Idol (US/Remix)
- The Brandos – Honor Among Thieves
- The Reels – Neighbors
- Housemartins – The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
- Spacemen 3 – The Perfect Prescription
- Van Morrison – Poetic Champions Compose
- Loverboy – Wildside
1986
- The Velvet Underground – Another View
- W.A.S.P. – Inside the Electric Circus
- Cro-Mags – The Age of Quarrel
- Petra – Back to the Street
- Corey Hart – Fields of Fire
- Lizzy Borden – Menace to Society
- Billy Bragg – Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
1985
- Vandenberg – Alibi
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
- Hüsker Dü – Flip Your Wig
- Black Flag – The Process of Weeding Out
- Roger Daltrey – Under a Raging Moon
1984
- Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (Soundtrack)
- Bachman–Turner Overdrive – Bachman–Turner Overdrive
- Nazareth – The Catch
- Dennis DeYoung – Desert Moon
- Black Flag – Family Man
- Rickie Lee Jones – The Magazine
- Fates Warning – Night on Bröcken
- Zebra – No Tellin’ Lies
- Dave Edmunds – Riff Raff
- The Go-Betweens – Spring Hill Fair
- Tubeway Army – The Plan
- Steve Hackett – Till We Have Faces
- Survivor – Vital Signs
1983
- Rainbow – Bent Out of Shape
- Dokken – Breaking the Chains
- Diamond Head – Canterbury
- Gang of Four – Hard
- The Romantics – In Heat
- The Comsat Angels – Land
- Y & T – Mean Streak
- X – More Fun in the New World
- The Joe Perry Project – Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker
- Jimmy Buffett – One Particular Harbour
- The Reels – Pitt Street Farmers
- Aldo Nova – Subject…Aldo Nova
- 10cc – Windows in the Jungle
1982
- The Who – It’s Hard
- Mike Rutherford – Acting Very Strange
- Twisted Sister – Under the Blade
- Witchfinder General – Death Penalty
- Linda Ronstadt – Get Closer
- Larry Gowan – Gowan
- Kenny Loggins – High Adventure
- Captain Beefheart – Ice Cream for Crow
- Sheena Easton – Madness, Money & Music
- Gillan – Magic
- Scandal – Scandal
- Iggy Pop – Zombie Birdhouse
1981
- Triumph – Allied Forces
- Whitehouse – Buchenwald
- Mental As Anything – Cats & Dogs
- Grand Funk Railroad – Grand Funk Lives
- Altered Images – Happy Birthday
- The Who – Hooligans
- Kix – Kix
- Ian Dury – Lord Upminster
- The Residents – Mark of the Mole
- Michael Schenker Group – MSG
- Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band – Nine Tonight
- Cabaret Voltaire – Red Mecca
- Raven – Rock Until You Drop
- Nazareth – Snaz (Live)
- Sunnyboys – Sunnyboys
- John Entwistle – Too Late the Hero
- Joan Armatrading – Walk Under Ladders
- Chilliwack – Wanna Be a Star
1980
- Kansas – Audio-Visions
- Molly Hatchet – Beatin’ the Odds
- The Rezillos – Rev Up
1979
- Rory Gallagher – Top Priority
- The Alan Parsons Project – Eve
- The Who – Quadrophenia
- Wire – 154
- Bonnie Raitt – The Glow
- Santana – Marathon
- Pere Ubu – New Picnic Time
- Harry Chapin – Legends of the Lost and Found
- Dragon – Power Play
- Sammy Hagar – Street Machine
- This Heat – This Heat
1978
- Styx – Pieces of Eight
- Gary Moore – Back on the Streets
- Uriah Heep – Fallen Angel
- Flamin’ Groovies – Flamin’ Groovies Now
- Heart – Dog & Butterfly
- Dragon – O Zambezi
- Tina Turner – Rough
- Blue Öyster Cult – Some Enchanted Evening
- Van Morrison – Wavelength
- Ted Nugent – Weekend Warriors
1977
- Harry Chapin – Dance Band on the Titanic
- Richard Hell and the Voidoids – Blank Generation
- The Boomtown Rats – The Boomtown Rats
- The Babys – Broken Heart
- Klaatu – Hope
- Cheap Trick – In Color
- Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band – Intakes
- Steve Hillage – Motivation Radio
- Linda Ronstadt – Simple Dreams
- Grateful Dead – What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been
1976
- Tommy Bolin – Private Eyes
- Montrose – Jump on It
- Ted Nugent – Free-for-All
- Bay City Rollers – Dedication
- Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading
- Tom Waits – Small Change
- Dr. Feelgood – Stupidity
- JJ Cale – Troubadour
- April Wine – The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazy
1975
- Leo Sayer – Another Year
- Artful Dodger – Artful Dodger
- Budgie – Bandolier
- Dan Fogelberg – Captured Angel
- The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – The Car Over the Lake Album
- Smokie – Changing All the Time
- Electric Light Orchestra – Face the Music
- The J. Geils Band – Hotline
- John Fogerty – John Fogerty
- Can – Landed
- Kansas – Masque
- Man – Maximum Darkness
- Linda Ronstadt – Prisoner in Disguise
- Procol Harum – Procol’s Ninth
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Symphonion Dream
- Ted Nugent – Ted Nugent
- Montrose – Warner Bros. Presents
- Black Oak Arkansas – X-Rated
1974
- Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado
- Gentle Giant – The Power and the Glory
- Lou Reed – Sally Can’t Dance
- The Velvet Underground – 1969: The Velvet Underground Live
- Grace Slick / Paul Kantner / Jefferson Starship – Dragon Fly
- Sherbet – Slipstream
- Felix Cavaliere – Felix Cavaliere
- Joe Cocker – I Can Stand a Little Rain
- Roger McGuinn – Peace on You
- Robert Palmer – Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley
- Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes – Tooth Fang & Claw
- Jon Lord and Eberhard Schoener – Windows
- Traffic – When the Eagle Flies
1973
- James Gang – Bang
- Gilbert O’Sullivan – I’m a Writer, Not a Fighter
- Cher – Half-Breed
- Man – Back into the Future
- Cass Elliot – Don’t Call Me Mama Anymore
- Poco – Crazy Eyes
- Family – It’s Only a Movie
- Ike & Tina Turner – Live! The World of Ike & Tina
- Atomic Rooster – Nice ‘n’ Greasy
- John Mayall – Ten Years Are Gone
1972
- Black Sabbath – Vol. 4
- Family – Bandstand
- Bonnie Raitt – Give It Up
- Boz Scaggs – My Time
- Brinsley Schwarz – Nervous on the Road
- Mickey Hart – Rolling Thunder
- Pentangle – Solomon’s Seal
- Budgie – Squawk
- David Clayton-Thomas – Tequila Sunrise
1971
- April Wine – April Wine
- Jefferson Airplane – Bark
- Joy of Cooking – Closer to the Ground
- John Sebastian – The Four of Us
- Free – Free Live!
- Cher – Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
- Halfnelson – Halfnelson
- James Gang – Live in Concert
- Uriah Heep – Look at Yourself
- Sandy Denny – The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
- Wishbone Ash – Pilgrimage
- Steve Miller Band – Rock Love
- Santana – Santana (III)
- Golden Earring – Seven Tears
- Savoy Brown – Street Corner Talking
- Buzzy Linhart – The Time to Live is Now
1970
- Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
- Atomic Rooster – Death Walks Behind You
- Todd Rundgren – Runt
- Seals and Crofts – Down Home
- Shocking Blue – Scorpio’s Dance
- If – If
- Johnny Winter – Johnny Winter And
- Blue Cheer – The Original Human Being
1969
- Man – 2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle
- The Guess Who – Canned Wheat
- Love – Four Sail
- Al Stewart – Love Chronicles
- The Nice – Nice
- The Bob Seger System – Noah
- Vanilla Fudge – Rock & Roll
- Van der Graaf Generator – The Aerosol Grey Machine
- Status Quo – Spare Parts
- Savoy Brown – A Step Further (Live + studio)
- The Flamin’ Groovies – Supersnazz
- Pearls Before Swine – These Things Too
- The Soft Machine – Volume Two
1968
- The Who – Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
- Procol Harum – Shine On Brightly
1967
- Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant
- Van Morrison – Blowin’ Your Mind!
- Chuck Berry – Live at Fillmore Auditorium
- Captain Beefheart – Safe as Milk
1966
- Donovan – The Real Donovan
- Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep – Mountain High
- The Ventures – Wild Things!
1965
- The Animals – Animal Tracks
- The Hollies – Hollies
- The Ventures – The Ventures a Go-Go
- Hep Stars – We and Our Cadillac
- Lesley Gore – My Town, My Guy & Me
1964
- The Animals – The Animals
1963
- Martha and the Vandellas – Heat Wave
1961
- Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again
- The Shadows – The Shadows
The daily guide to the rock albums that have left an indelible mark on music history, each released on this day across past years. Rock Albums Released on This Day in History offers a journey through time, revisiting the albums that have shaped the genre and influenced generations. Shining a spotlight on legendary records, cult classics, and hidden gems, celebrating the diverse sounds behind these unforgettable releases.
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