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Stacey Q Better Than Heaven 40th anniversary album cover 1986

Stacey Q Marks 40 Years of Better Than Heaven

Stacey Q’s debut album Better Than Heaven turns 40 on 17 October, four decades after the release that delivered the hit single Two of Hearts.

Tagged as: 1980s dance, Atlantic Records, Better Than Heaven, Cherry Pop, Facts of Life, Hi-NRG, Jon St James, SSQ, Stacey Q, Two of Hearts, We Connect

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Counting Crows Recovering the Satellites album cover 30th anniversary

Counting Crows Recovering The Satellites Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after it topped the Billboard 200, Counting Crows’ Recovering the Satellites still stands as the album that proved the band could follow a breakthrough without playing safe, led by the song Adam Duritz calls his best.

Tagged as: 1996 Albums, A Long December, Adam Duritz, alternative rock, ARIA Charts, August and Everything After, Billboard 200, Counting Crows, Gil Norton, Recovering the Satellites

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Motörhead Overnight Sensation Turns 30 As The Trio That Stuck

by Paul Cashmere

Three decades on, Motörhead’s Overnight Sensation still stands as the album that settled the band into its longest-running line-up and produced some of Lemmy’s sharpest writing of the 1990s.

Tagged as: 1996 Albums, Ace of Spades, Another Perfect Day, heavy metal, Howard Benson, Lemmy Kilmister, Mikkey Dee, Motorhead, Motörhead albums, Overnight Sensation, Phil Campbell, Würzel

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Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record album cover 50th anniversary

Electric Light Orchestra’s A New World Record Marks 50 Years Since The Breakthrough That Changed Everything

by Paul Cashmere

Half a century on, ELO’s A New World Record still stands as the moment Jeff Lynne’s songwriting clicked and the band finally broke through in Britain and beyond.

Tagged as: 1976 Albums, 50th Anniversary, A New World Record, Do Ya, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Livin Thing, Rockaria, Telephone Line

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Korn’s Life Is Peachy Turns 30: The Chaotic Sessions That Defined Nu Metal

by Paul Cashmere

Three decades after its release, Korn’s Life Is Peachy still sounds like a band running on pure momentum and chaos. The story of how it was made remains as raw as the record itself.

Tagged as: 30th anniversary, A.D.I.D.A.S., Good God, Indigo Ranch, Jonathan Davis, Korn, Life Is Peachy, nu-metal, Ross Robinson

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The Monkees Justus Turns 30 With Michael Nesmith’s Full Return

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after its release, Justus remains the sole Monkees studio album written, performed and produced exclusively by Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork.

Tagged as: 30th anniversary, Circle Sky, Davy Jones, Justus, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Monkees albums, Peter Tork, Rhino Records, The Monkees

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The Lemonheads Car Button Cloth 30th anniversary limited white vinyl edition Fire Records

The Lemonheads Mark Car Button Cloth’s 30th Anniversary With Limited White Vinyl And Rarities

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years on, The Lemonheads’ Car Button Cloth returns as a limited white vinyl with rarities. The final Atlantic album that never quite fitted the commercial mould has quietly built its own following.

Tagged as: 30th anniversary, alternative rock, Atlantic Records, Australian charts, Car Button Cloth, Evan Dando, Fire Records, Noel Gallagher, The Lemonheads, Tom Morgan

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Midnight Oil performing live during the era of their 1996 album Breathe

Midnight Oil Album Breathe Marks 30 Years Since Its Raw Departure

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years on, we revisit Midnight Oil and the stripping back of their signature sound on the atmospheric 1996 record Breathe.

Tagged as: 90s Rock, Australian music, Breathe, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, Noise11, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst

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Thin Lizzy Johnny The Fox album cover 50th anniversary 1976

Thin Lizzy’s Johnny The Fox Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

Thin Lizzy’s Johnny The Fox turns 50 on October 16, 2026, revisiting the album’s creation, “Don’t Believe A Word” and Brian Robertson’s final studio album with the band.

Tagged as: 1976, Album Anniversaries, Brian Downey, Brian Robertson, Don’t Believe A Word, Jailbreak, Johnny The Fox, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy

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Wang Chung Mosaic album cover 40th anniversary

Wang Chung’s Mosaic Turns 40 With A Catalogue Of Eighties Pop Ambition

by Paul Cashmere

Wang Chung’s Mosaic turns 40, revisiting the 1986 album that produced three US Top 40 singles including “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”.

Tagged as: 1980s Music, Album Anniversaries, Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Hypnotize Me, Let's Go, Mosaic, new wave, Wang Chung

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Spiderbait performing during the Ivy And The Big Apples era

Spiderbait’s Ivy And The Big Apples Turns 30 With A Very Unlikely Hit At Its Centre

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after its release, Spiderbait’s Ivy And The Big Apples remains the album that turned an unlikely alternative band into Australian hitmakers, led by the history-making “Buy Me A Pony”.

Tagged as: ARIA Awards, Australian rock, Buy Me A Pony, calypso, Ivy and the Big Apples, Janet English, Kram, Spiderbait, Triple J Hottest 100

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Howard Jones One To One 40th anniversary album artwork

Howard Jones’ One To One Turns 40 With Phil Collins Connection Still Standing Out

by Paul Cashmere

Howard Jones’ One To One turns 40, revisiting the album that expanded his synth-pop sound with Nile Rodgers, Steve Ferrone and Phil Collins.

Tagged as: 1986 albums, Album Anniversaries, Arif Mardin, Howard Jones, Nile Rodgers, One To One, Phil Collins, synth-pop

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Berlin Count Three & Pray album cover featuring Terri Nunn, John Crawford and Rob Brill

Berlin’s Count Three & Pray Turns 40 With The Hit That Split The Band

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Berlin’s Count Three & Pray remains a fascinating album because its biggest success, “Take My Breath Away”, also exposed the creative divisions within the band.

Tagged as: 1986 music, Berlin, Bob Ezrin, Count Three & Pray, Giorgio Moroder, John Crawford, Rob Brill, Take My Breath Away, Terri Nunn, Tom Whitlock, Top Gun

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Donna Summer Four Seasons Of Love 1976 album cover

Donna Summer’s Four Seasons Of Love Turns 50 With Four Songs That All Ruled Disco

by Paul Cashmere

Donna Summer’s Four Seasons Of Love turns 50 in 2026. Explore the concept behind the 1976 album and the four seasonal songs that topped the US disco chart.

Tagged as: 1970s music, Album Anniversaries, disco, disco albums, Donna Summer, Four Seasons Of Love, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte

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ABBA Arrival album cover marking the 50th anniversary of the 1976 album

ABBA Arrival Turns 50 With A Legacy That Now Belongs In The National Recording Registry

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA’s Arrival turns 50, revisiting the album that transformed the Swedish group into a global pop force and was later selected for preservation by the Library of Congress.

Tagged as: 1976 Albums, Abba, Agnetha Fältskog, Album Anniversaries, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Arrival, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Dancing Queen, Fernando

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Trivium The Crusade Turns 20 With The Album That Changed Their Sound

by Paul Cashmere

Trivium’s The Crusade turns 20, revisiting the controversial stylistic shift that replaced much of the band’s screaming with clean vocals and classic thrash influences.

Tagged as: album anniversary, Ascendancy, heavy metal, Matt Heafy, metal, Roadrunner Records, Shogun, The Crusade, thrash metal, Trivium

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Rod Stewart performing songs from Still The Same... Great Rock Classics Of Our Time

Rod Stewart Revisited 13 Rock Classics On Still The Same

by Paul Cashmere

Twenty years ago Rod Stewart swapped The Great American Songbook for a very different collection of classics, revisiting songs made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Seger, Bonnie Tyler, Badfinger and more.

Tagged as: Badfinger, Bob Seger, Bonnie Tyler, Cat Stevens, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Great Rock Classics Of Our Time, Rod Stewart, Rod Stewart albums, Rod Stewart covers, Still The Same, the Eagles, The Pretenders

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The Monkees in 1966 during the era of their debut self-titled album

The Monkees’ Debut Album Turns 60 With A Surprising Credit Story

by Paul Cashmere

The Monkees’ self-titled debut album turns 60, revealing the unusual recording process behind a record that became one of pop’s biggest television-era successes.

Tagged as: 1966, Album Anniversaries, Davy Jones, Last Train to Clarksville, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, pop music, The Monkees

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Albert Hammond Jr. during the Yours To Keep era

Albert Hammond Jr.’s Yours To Keep Turns 20 With Sean Lennon And Julian Casablancas Inside The Story

by Paul Cashmere

Albert Hammond Jr.’s debut solo album Yours To Keep turns 20, revealing an unexpected musical connection between Sean Lennon, Julian Casablancas and the Strokes guitarist.

Tagged as: Albert Hammond Jr, Album Anniversaries, Julian Casablancas, Rough Trade Records, Sean Lennon, Strokes solo albums, The Strokes, Yours To Keep

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The Heads featuring Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison during the No Talking, Just Head era

The Heads’ No Talking, Just Head Turns 30 With A Very Different Legacy

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after The Heads released No Talking, Just Head, the album remains a fascinating chapter in the Talking Heads story, from its remarkable guest singers to the legal battle with David Byrne.

Tagged as: 1996, album anniversary, Andy Partridge, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Debbie Harry, Jerry Harrison, Johnette Napolitano, Michael Hutchence, No Talking Just Head, Talking Heads, The Heads, Tina Weymouth

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Lamb Of God And Trivium Turn Melbourne Into A Mini Soundwave

by Paul Cashmere

Lamb Of God, Trivium and Bleed From Within delivered an intense triple-header at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena, with Trivium spanning their catalogue and Lamb Of God balancing Into Oblivion with songs from Ashes Of The Wake and Sacrament.

Tagged as: Ascendancy, Ashes Of The Wake, Bleed From Within, heavy metal, Into Oblivion, John Cain Arena, Lamb Of God, Melbourne concerts, metal, Sacrament, Trivium

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Chris Isaak performing during the Baja Sessions era

Chris Isaak’s Baja Sessions Turns 30 With A Fresh Look At His Own Past

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years on, Chris Isaak’s Baja Sessions reveals itself as more than a laid-back collection of covers, with the singer revisiting songs from three earlier albums in radically different arrangements.

Tagged as: 30th anniversary, Acoustic Music., Baja Sessions, Chris Isaak, Heart Shaped World, music news, Only The Lonely, Roy Orbison, San Francisco Days, Silvertone

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Marilyn Manson Antichrist Superstar album artwork for the 30th anniversary

Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar Turns 30 Under A Shadow Of Controversy

by Paul Cashmere

Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar turns 30, with the landmark 1996 album now viewed alongside the serious allegations and legal battles surrounding Brian Warner.

Tagged as: 1990s Rock, Album Anniversaries, Antichrist Superstar, Brian Warner, Esme Bianco, Evan Rachel Wood, industrial rock, Marilyn Manson, The Beautiful People, Trent Reznor

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A-ha band members photographed at the Haleakala volcano for the cover of Scoundrel Days

A-ha Celebrate 40 Years Of Scoundrel Days And The Cut And Paste Studio Magic That Built The Album

by Paul Cashmere

Released as the highly anticipated follow-up to ‘Hunting High And Low’, the Norwegian trio’s second record introduced a darker sound and a hit stitched together from two completely different ideas.

Tagged as: A-ha, Cry Wolf, Magne Furuholmen, Manhattan Skyline, Morten Harket, Music Anniversary., Pål Waaktaar, Scoundrel Days, synth-pop

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Johnny Cash performing during the 1960s, marking the era of his 1966 album Happiness Is You.

Johnny Cash’s Happiness Is You Turns 60 As His Career Was About To Change Forever

by Paul Cashmere

Johnny Cash’s Happiness Is You turns 60, offering a snapshot of the Man in Black just before television and a new run of major hits expanded his career.

Tagged as: Columbia Records, country music, Folsom Prison, Happiness Is You, Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1966, Johnny Cash albums, The Johnny Cash Show

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The Datsuns performing during the Smoke & Mirrors era

The Datsuns’ Smoke & Mirrors Turns 20 With A Return To Their Own Sound

by Paul Cashmere

Twenty years after its release, The Datsuns’ Smoke & Mirrors remains the album where the New Zealand rock band stepped away from outside expectations and reclaimed their own sound.

Tagged as: 20th anniversary, Dolf de Borst, garage rock, hard rock, New Zealand rock, Smoke & Mirrors, Stuck Here For Days, System Overload, The Datsuns

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Matchbox Twenty Yourself Or Someone Like You

Matchbox Twenty’s ‘Yourself Or Someone Like You’ Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Matchbox Twenty’s Yourself Or Someone Like You turns 30, revisiting the album’s unlikely commercial rise and the stories behind Long Day, Push and 3AM.

Tagged as: 1990s music, 3AM, Album Anniversaries, Back 2 Good, Long Day, Matchbox Twenty, Push, Rob Thomas, Rock Music, Yourself Or Someone Like You

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Kurt Cobain performing live with Nirvana on stage playing a fender guitar

Nirvana’s Heaviest Posthumous Statement From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah Reaches Its 30th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Originally intended to be packaged with MTV Unplugged, Nirvana’s blistering live compilation was delayed when Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl found the grieving process too raw. Three decades on, it remains the definitive document of their ferocious stage energy.

Tagged as: Dave Grohl, From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah, Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

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John Fogerty Eye of the Zombie album cover 1986 40th anniversary

John Fogerty’s Eye Of The Zombie Turns 40 And The Songs He Left Off Stage For Years

by Paul Cashmere

On its 40th anniversary, John Fogerty’s Eye of the Zombie remains the solo album he largely erased from his live set for more than two decades after a mixed critical reception and modest chart run.

Tagged as: 1986, anniversary, Centerfield, Change in the Weather, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Eye of the Zombie, John Fogerty, Warner Bros Records

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