May 30th
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
1980
Radiohead
– Amnesiac
Thom Yorke sounds like he’s broadcasting from a room full of broken machines, singing lullabies to ghosts that no longer listen. There’s an ache behind every line, a disorientation that’s somehow more intimate than confessional.
1980
Peter Gabriel
– Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel’s third solo Peter Gabriel informally dubbed Melt for its cover art doesn’t want to be liked. It wants to stick to your ribs, to whisper weird things in your sleep. And it does. Melt is Gabriel’s broken mirror—and if you’re brave enough to stare, you’ll see more than just his reflection.
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
2014
Sleep Party People – Floating
2011
Blondie – Panic of Girls
Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins – A Scarcity of Miracles
2008
Alanis Morissette – Flavors of Entanglement
Communic – Payment of Existence
Hollenthon – Opus Magnum
Pyramaze – Immortal
Sabaton – The Art of War
Týr – Land
2006
Alien Ant Farm – Up in the Attic
Les Claypool – Of Whales and Woe
The Sound of Animals Fighting – Lover, the Lord Has Left Us…
George Thorogood & The Destroyers – The Hard Stuff
Peeping Tom – Peeping Tom
2005
Oasis – Don’t Believe the Truth
Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock & Roll
2004
Frank Zappa – Joe’s Corsage
2000
Uncle Kracker – Double Wide
Nashville Pussy – High as Hell
Billy Bragg and Wilco – Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
Kid Rock – The History of Rock
1998
dredg – Leitmotif
1997
Dimmu Borgir – Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
1995
Kansas – Freaks of Nature
Eddie Money – Love and Money
1990
Jane Wiedlin – Tangled
1989
Stevie Nicks – The Other Side of the Mirror
Edwyn Collins – Hope and Despair
1988
Bob Dylan – Down in the Groove
1986
Europe – The Final Countdown
1984
Jefferson Starship – Nuclear Furniture
1980
Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel
1979
Peter Frampton – Where I Should Be
1975
Wings – Venus and Mars
1974
Electric Light Orchestra – The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach
1973
George Harrison – Living in the Material World
1972
The Velvet Underground – Live at Max’s Kansas City
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