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Manfred Mann’s Earth Band The Roaring Silence 50th anniversary

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s The Roaring Silence Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s The Roaring Silence turns 50, revisiting the album’s chart revival and its historic transformation of Bruce Springsteen’s “Blinded By The Light” into a US No. 1 hit.

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Pearl Jam performing live during the No Code era

Pearl Jam No Code Turns 30 As Its Singles Find A Second Life In The Catalogue

by Paul Cashmere

Pearl Jam’s No Code turns 30, revisiting the album’s singles and the No Code songs that remain part of the band’s live catalogue.

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Donovan Sunshine Superman 60th anniversary

Donovan’s Sunshine Superman Turns 60: The Beatles, Ben Lee And Led Zeppelin Connections

by Paul Cashmere

Donovan’s Sunshine Superman turns 60, revisiting the landmark 1966 album, its US No. 1 title song and extraordinary connections to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Ben Lee.

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Iron Maiden A Matter Of Life And Death 20th anniversary album artwork

Iron Maiden A Matter Of Life And Death Turns 20

by Paul Cashmere

Iron Maiden’s A Matter Of Life And Death turns 20 in August 2026. Revisit the 2006 album, its progressive direction, recording process, chart success and landmark full-album tour.

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Paul McCartney Press To Play 40th anniversary album artwork

Paul McCartney’s Press To Play Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney’s Press To Play turns 40, revisiting the 1986 album’s ambitious production, Eric Stewart songwriting partnership and mixed commercial legacy.

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The Supremes performing during the 1966 A' Go-Go era

Paul Simon’s Graceland Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

The Supremes A’ Go-Go turns 60, marking the landmark 1966 Motown album that became the first album by an all-female group to top the Billboard 200.

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he Supremes performing during the 1966 A' Go-Go era

The Supremes A’ Go-Go Turns 60

by Paul Cashmere

The Supremes A’ Go-Go turns 60, marking the landmark 1966 Motown album that became the first album by an all-female group to top the Billboard 200.

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Outkast André 3000 and Big Boi during the Idlewild era

Outkast Idlewild Turns 20: The Final Chapter Of A Groundbreaking Hip-Hop Partnership

by Paul Cashmere

Outkast’s Idlewild turns 20, revisiting the final studio album from André 3000 and Big Boi, its jazz, blues and soul influences, major singles and the history before and after its release.

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Lamb Of God performing during the Sacrament era

Lamb Of God’s Sacrament Turns 20

by Paul Cashmere

Lamb Of God’s Sacrament turns 20, revisiting the 2006 album that became a major commercial breakthrough for the Richmond metal band.

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Skyhooks performing during the Straight In A Gay Gay World era in 1976

Skyhooks Celebrate 50 Years Of Straight In A Gay Gay World

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks’ Straight In A Gay Gay World turns 50, marking the 1976 album’s place in the band’s classic era and its collaboration with producer Ross Wilson.

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Bush The Sea Of Memories 15th Anniversary Edition

Bush Celebrate The Sea Of Memories With 15th Anniversary Edition

by Paul Cashmere

Bush will celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Sea Of Memories with a 2026 remastered edition featuring nine bonus tracks, due September 25, 2026.

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Aaliyah One In A Million 30th anniversary

Aaliyah’s One In A Million Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Aaliyah’s One In A Million turns 30, marking three decades since the album reshaped her sound and helped define a new era of R&B production.

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Type O Negative October Rust Turns 30 | Noise11

Type O Negative’s October Rust Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Type O Negative’s October Rust turns 30, revisiting the 1996 gothic metal landmark, its singles, history, humour and complete tracklisting.

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Huey Lewis And The News Fore! album cover

Huey Lewis And The News Fore! Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Huey Lewis And The News’ Fore! turns 40, marking four decades since the 1986 No. 1 album produced five Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles.

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Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet album cover

Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet turns 40, marking the anniversary of the album that transformed the band into global rock stars with You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin’ on a Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive.

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Nick Cave Kicking Against The Pricks

Nick Cave Marks 40 Years Of Kicking Against The Pricks

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ Kicking Against The Pricks turns 40 in 2026, revisiting the 1986 album that broadened the band’s musical vocabulary through covers of blues, gospel, country and pop songs.

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Jefferson Airplane Takes Off

Jefferson Airplane Celebrates 60 Years Of Jefferson Airplane Takes Off

by Paul Cashmere

Jefferson Airplane’s debut album Jefferson Airplane Takes Off turns 60 on August 15, 2026, marking the beginning of one of America’s most significant rock catalogues.

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White Zombie Supersexy Swingin Sounds

White Zombie Marks 30 Years Of Supersexy Swingin’ Sounds

by Paul Cashmere

White Zombie’s Supersexy Swingin’ Sounds marks 30 years in 2026, revisiting material from Astro-Creep: 2000 and serving as the band’s final album release.

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Eels Beautiful Freak

Eels Beautiful Freak Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Eels’ Beautiful Freak turns 30 on 13 August 2026, marking three decades since the album introduced Mark Oliver Everett’s band to an international audience.

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Neil Diamond The Feel Of Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond’s Debut Album The Feel Of Neil Diamond Turns 60

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Diamond’s 1966 debut album The Feel Of Neil Diamond turns 60 as A Beautiful Noise begins its Melbourne season, revisiting the songs that launched his recording career.

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Christina Aguilera Back To Basics

Christina Aguilera Back To Basics Turns 20 As Landmark Double Album Reaches Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Christina Aguilera’s landmark double album Back To Basics turns 20, celebrating an ambitious release that topped charts around the world, won Grammy honours and remains one of the defining records of her career.

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Linda Ronstadt Hasten Down The Wind

Linda Ronstadt Hasten Down The Wind Marks 50 Years As A Landmark Album

by Paul Cashmere

Linda Ronstadt’s landmark 1976 album Hasten Down The Wind reaches its 50th anniversary, celebrating the Grammy-winning record that became her third consecutive million-selling album.

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William Orbit Facebook profile

William Orbit, Grammy-Winning Producer Behind Madonna’s Ray Of Light, Dies At 69

by Paul Cashmere

Grammy-winning British musician and producer William Orbit, best known for his work with Madonna on Ray Of Light, has died aged 69.

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Lionel Ritchie Dancing On The Ceiling

Lionel Richie’s Dancing On The Ceiling Turns 40 As The Album That Closed An Extraordinary Chapter

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Lionel Richie’s Dancing On The Ceiling remains one of the biggest albums of the 1980s, producing multiple hit singles before the singer stepped away from recording for almost a decade.

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The Beatles Revolver

The Beatles’ Revolver Turns 60 As The Album That Changed Pop Music Forever

by Paul Cashmere

Released on 5 August 1966, Revolver transformed The Beatles from a touring pop group into studio innovators. Sixty years later, its influence continues while the differences between the UK and US editions remain an important part of Beatles history.

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Stone Sour Come Whatever May

Stone Sour’s Come What(ever) May Turns 20 As Band’s Biggest Album Reaches Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

Stone Sour’s second album Come What(ever) May celebrates its 20th anniversary. The 2006 release became the band’s biggest selling album and featured the breakthrough hit “Through Glass”.

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The Exciting Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett’s The Exciting Wilson Pickett Turns 60

by Paul Cashmere

Wilson Pickett’s The Exciting Wilson Pickett turns 60, celebrating the landmark Atlantic Records album that delivered four classic soul hits and cemented his place among the genre’s greatest artists.

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Crowded House debut album 1986

Crowded House Debut Album Turns 40: The Record That Took Neil Finn From Split Enz Survivor To Global Songwriter

by Paul Cashmere

Released in August 1986, Crowded House transformed Neil Finn from the final leader of Split Enz into an international songwriting force. Forty years later, the album remains a landmark of Australasian music.

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Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged

Alice In Chains’ Unplugged Turns 30 As A Defining Live Album Endures

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after its release, Alice In Chains’ Unplugged remains one of the most influential live albums of the MTV era, documenting the band’s emotional acoustic performance and Layne Staley’s final headlining concert.

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Sublime

Sublime’s Self Titled Album Turns 30 as a Defining Record of the 1990s

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after its release, Sublime’s self titled album remains one of the defining alternative albums of the 1990s, continuing to influence new generations of musicians and fans.

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