May 15th
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
2009
Green Day
– 21st Century Breakdown
21st Century Breakdown doesn’t pretend to be lean or focused. It’s a big, messy sprawl of ideas, riffs, and slogans. There’s something admirable in its size, in its refusal to shrink or settle. Green Day aimed for the rafters—even if they occasionally tripped on their own ambition getting there.
2007
Wilco
– Sky Blue Sky
Sky Blue Sky isn’t trying to be the future of rock music. It’s more interested in the present. And for Wilco, that’s a riskier move than all the sonic experiments in the world. But they make it feel like the most natural thing.
2001
Weezer
– Weezer (Green Album)
The Green Album is Weezer repressing emotion with surgical precision, and somehow still landing an album of irresistible pop-rock bangers. It’s a retreat from vulnerability—and maybe a survival mechanism—but it’s catchy as hell.
Tool
– Lateralus
Lateralus is less an album than a high-wire act over a bottomless pit of human need. Tool doesn’t offer comfort. They offer challenge. And if you’re up for it, they might just teach you something about yourself that’s hard to unhear.
1987
Heart
– Bad Animals
Heart’s Bad Animals is pure 80s rock spectacle—soaring vocals, massive hooks, and polished production. Ann Wilson’s voice fuels power ballads like Alone, proving Heart could dominate arenas with raw emotion and unapologetic grandeur.
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
2020
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Reunions
Asking Alexandria – Like a House on Fire
Paradise Lost – Obsidian
Firewind – Firewind
Infant Island – Beneath
KennyHoopla – How Will I Rest in Peace if I’m Buried by a Highway?
Gabbie Hanna – Bad Karma
Emma Blackery – My Arms Are Open
Willie Nile – New York at Night
The Teskey Brothers – Live at the Forum
Sparks – A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
2012
Best Coast – The Only Place
Hot Water Music – Exister
Meiko – The Bright Side
mewithoutYou – Ten Stories
Lisa Marie Presley – Storm & Grace
2009
Coldplay – LeftRightLeftRightLeft
2007
The Exies – A Modern Way of Living with the Truth
Megadeth – United Abominations
They Might Be Giants – The Else
The Angelic Process – Weighing Souls with Sand
The Avett Brothers – Emotionalism
Hopesfall – Magnetic North
Job for a Cowboy – Genesis
Dance Gavin Dance – Downtown Battle Mountain
2006
Phoenix – It’s Never Been Like That
2001
Econoline Crush – Brand New History
Megadeth – The World Needs a Hero
Seventh Key – Seventh Key
Cowboy Junkies – Open
Marillion – Anoraknophobia
The Go-Go’s – God Bless The Go-Go’s
2000
Mojave 3 – Excuses for Travellers
Motörhead – We Are Motörhead
1998
The Notwist – Shrink
1997
Poi Dog Pondering – Liquid White Light
1996
Morning Again – The Cleanest War
Nickelback – Curb
1995
Supergrass – I Should Coco
Sidi Bou Said – Bodies
Slant 6 – Inzombia
Opeth – Orchid
1990
Dio – Lock up the Wolves
Y&T – Ten
Squeeze – A Round and a Bout
1989
The The – Mind Bomb
1987
Jane’s Addiction – Jane’s Addiction
1986
The Cure – Standing on a Beach
1985
Stryper – Soldiers Under Command
1984
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn’t Stand the Weather
Kick Axe – Vices
1981
Squeeze – East Side Story
The Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk
The Moody Blues – Long Distance Voyager
1974
Bill Wyman – Monkey Grip
1972
The Beach Boys – Carl and the Passions – “So Tough”
1970
King Crimson – In the Wake of Poseidon
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