June 3rd
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
2013
Queens of the Stone Age
– …Like Clockwork
Instead of leaning on their usual angular ferocity, QOTSA plays with restraint, letting tension simmer like a cigarette burning in the dark. There’s still groove, but it’s wounded now. Elegant, even. It’s like they fed desert rock through a bottle of bourbon and a notebook full of bad dreams.
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
2022
Memphis May Fire – Remade in Misery
Drive-By Truckers – Welcome 2 Club XIII
The Linda Lindas – Growing Up
Horsegirl – Versions of Modern Performance
Bleed from Within – Shrine
Gwar – The New Dark Ages
Andrew Bird – Inside Problems
Shintaro Sakamoto – Like a Fable
Crobot – Feel This
Angel Olsen – Big Time
2016
Paul Simon – Stranger to Stranger
Volbeat – Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie
The Kills – Ash & Ice
Dark Funeral – Where Shadows Forever Reign
The Claypool Lennon Delirium – Monolith of Phobos
Psychic Ills – Inner Journey Out
Hellyeah – Unden!able
Beartooth – Aggressive
Cat’s Eyes – Treasure House
Jimmy Barnes – Soul Searchin’
2015
House of Lords – Indestructible
2014
Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
Nazareth – Rock ‘n’ Roll Telephone
Echo & the Bunnymen – Meteorites
Hamilton Leithauser – Black Hours
2013
Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
2011
The Vines – Future Primitive
Alestorm – Back Through Time
Saxon – Call to Arms
Kaiser Chiefs – The Future Is Medieval
Falconer – Armod
Def Leppard – Mirror Ball – Live & More
2009
Titãs – Sacos Plásticos
2008
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Weezer – Weezer (Red Album)
Disturbed – Indestructible
Gavin Rossdale – Wanderlust
Journey – Revelation
Alesana – Where Myth Fades to Legend
2003
Eels – Shootenanny!
The Unseen – Explode
Sugar Ray – In the Pursuit of Leisure
Train – My Private Nation
Sam Roberts – We Were Born in a Flame
John Mellencamp – Trouble No More
The Planet Smashers – Mighty
Armor for Sleep – Dream to Make Believe
Riverboat Gamblers – Something to Crow About
2002
Northern State – Dying in Stereo
The Books – Thought for Food
Hawkwind – Live 1990
1997
Days of the New – Days of the New
Faith No More – Album of the Year
Seven Mary Three – RockCrown
The Huntingtons – Fun and Games
Napalm Death – Inside the Torn Apart
Bruce Dickinson – Accident of Birth
Sinéad O’Connor – Gospel Oak
Suicidal Tendencies – Prime Cuts
Rush – Retrospective II
Moist – Creature
Pat Benatar – Innamorata
Sepultura – Blood Rooted
Steve Winwood – Junction Seven
Boston – Greatest Hits
Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson – G3: Live in Concert
Katell Keineg – Jet
Fluid Ounces – Big Notebook For Easy Piano
1991
Deacon Blue – Fellow Hoodlums
1986
Belinda Carlisle – Belinda
1985
Bryan Ferry – Boys and Girls
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Firstborn Is Dead
1983
America – Your Move
1977
Peter Frampton – I’m in You
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