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Jethro Tull MU The Best Of

Jethro Tull’s ‘M.U. The Best Of Jethro Tull’ Returns As Half-Speed Remastered Vinyl Release

by Paul Cashmere

Jethro Tull’s first greatest hits album M.U. The Best Of Jethro Tull will be reissued on limited-edition half-speed remastered vinyl on 31 July 2026 as part of Warner Music’s Spirit Of ’76 campaign.

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Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde

Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde Marks 60 Years Since Landmark Double Album

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde reaches its 60th anniversary, revisiting the landmark 1966 double album that reshaped rock music through its New York and Nashville recordings.

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The Beatles Yesterday and Today

The Beatles Yesterday And Today Turns 60: The Album That Sparked The Butcher Cover Controversy

by Paul Cashmere

Sixty years after its release, The Beatles’ Yesterday And Today remains one of the most discussed albums in the band’s catalogue, remembered for its controversial butcher cover and its unique place in the group’s North American discography.

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Sting Bring On The Night

Sting Bring On The Night Turns 40: The Live Album That Defined His Post-Police Reinvention

by Paul Cashmere

Released in 1986, Sting’s Bring On The Night captured the early stages of his solo career and remains a landmark live recording 40 years later.

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Beck Odelay

Beck Odelay Turns 30: The Album That Redefined Alternative Music In The Late 1990s

by Paul Cashmere

Beck’s Odelay celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026. The landmark album featuring Where It’s At, Devils Haircut and The New Pollution remains one of the defining releases of the 1990s.

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Rod Stewart A Night On The Town

Rod Stewart’s A Night On The Town Turns 50, Revisiting One Of Rock’s Most Defining Albums

by Paul Cashmere

Rod Stewart’s A Night On The Town reaches its 50th anniversary, highlighting the enduring impact of Tonight’s The Night, The First Cut Is The Deepest and The Killing Of Georgie.

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The Smiths The Queen The Dead

The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead Turns 40, Four Decades After Defining An Era

by Paul Cashmere

The Smiths’ classic 1986 album The Queen Is Dead turns 40, four decades after establishing itself as one of the most influential records in alternative music history.

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Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Blink-182 Celebrate 25 Years Of Take Off Your Pants And Jacket With Expanded Anniversary Edition

by Paul Cashmere

Blink-182 have released a 25th anniversary edition of Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, bringing six previously exclusive bonus tracks together on streaming platforms for the first time.

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The Temptations Getting Ready 1966

The Temptations Gettin’ Ready Turns 60, The Album That Changed Motown’s Direction

by Paul Cashmere

The Temptations’ 1966 album Gettin’ Ready turns 60, celebrating a landmark Motown release that introduced Norman Whitfield as the group’s key producer and featured classics including Get Ready and Ain’t Too Proud To Beg.

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Chicago X

Chicago X Turns 50: The Album That Changed Chicago’s Trajectory

by Paul Cashmere

Fifty years after its release, Chicago X remains a pivotal album in Chicago’s catalogue, producing the band’s first No. 1 hit and marking a major shift toward mainstream pop success.

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Neil Diamond Beautiful Noise

Neil Diamond’s Beautiful Noise Turns 50 As Australia Prepares For A New Chapter On Stage

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Diamond’s landmark 1976 album Beautiful Noise turns 50 this week, celebrating the record that transformed his career while Australia prepares for the 2026 premiere of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical in Melbourne.

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The Beatles Rock and Roll Music

The Beatles’ Rock And Roll Music Compilation Marks 50 Years Since 1976 Release

by Paul Cashmere

A 50th anniversary look at The Beatles 1976 compilation Rock And Roll Music, its production, chart impact and legacy in catalogue releases.

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Genesis Invisible Touch

Genesis Celebrate 40 Years Of Invisible Touch: The Pop Pivot That Redefined Their Global Reach

by Paul Cashmere

Genesis’ Invisible Touch marks its 40th anniversary, revisiting the band’s 1986 commercial peak and global pop-rock breakthrough.

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Metallica Load

Metallica Load At 30: The Album That Divided Fans And Redefined The Band

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after Load transformed Metallica’s sound and image, the album remains one of the most debated releases in rock history. Here’s how the 1996 record reshaped the band’s future.

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Bryan Adams 18 til I Die

Bryan Adams 18 Til I Die Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Bryan Adams’ seventh album 18 Til I Die turns 30, celebrating a record that delivered international hits and sold millions worldwide.

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Cream Wheels of Fire

Cream’s Wheels Of Fire Gets Expanded Super Deluxe Edition With Unreleased Recordings And New Audio Restoration

by Paul Cashmere

Cream’s Wheels Of Fire will be reissued in a 5CD Super Deluxe Edition featuring newly restored audio, unreleased studio recordings, expanded live performances and rare alternate mixes.

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Queen A Kind of Magic

Queen A Kind Of Magic Turns 40: The Album That Closed Queen’s Touring Era

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Queen’s A Kind Of Magic remains one of the band’s defining albums, producing multiple hit singles and marking the final Queen album promoted with a tour featuring Freddie Mercury.

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Slayer Undisputed Attitude

Slayer Undisputed Attitude Turns 30 As The Band’s Most Divisive Album Reaches A Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

Slayer’s Undisputed Attitude turns 30 this week, revisiting the punk and hardcore influences that shaped the band and sparked one of the biggest debates of their career.

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Porno For Pyros Good Gods Urge

Porno For Pyros Good God’s Urge Turns 30 As The Band’s Final Studio Statement Reaches A Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after its release, Good God’s Urge remains Porno for Pyros’ final studio statement and a document of experimentation, instability and change.

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Run DMC Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell Turns 40 And The Album That Took Hip-Hop Mainstream Still Resonates

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after Raising Hell changed the direction of hip-hop, Run-D.M.C.’s landmark album continues to stand as one of the genre’s defining releases.

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AC/DC Who Made Who

AC/DC Who Made Who Turns 40 As Soundtrack Outlives The Film It Was Created To Serve

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, AC/DC’s Who Made Who remains one of the band’s most distinctive projects, transforming from a soundtrack for Maximum Overdrive into a major catalogue success.

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Europe The Final Countdown

Europe The Final Countdown Turns 40 As The Album That Took A Swedish Band Global

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Europe’s The Final Countdown remains one of the defining hard rock albums of the 1980s and the record that took the Swedish band onto the world stage.

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Poison Look What The Cat Dragged In

Poison Look What The Cat Dragged In Turns 40 As Debut Album Marks A Defining Hair Metal Moment

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after release, Poison’s Look What The Cat Dragged In remains one of the defining albums of the 1980s hard rock movement and a breakthrough commercial success.

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ChangesOneBowie David Bowie

David Bowie Changesonebowie Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

David Bowie’s influential 1976 compilation Changesonebowie turns 50, revisiting the songs and collaborations that defined Bowie’s rise during his landmark RCA era.

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Blue Oyster Cult Agents of Fortune

Blue Öyster Cult Agents Of Fortune Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

Blue Öyster Cult’s landmark 1976 album Agents Of Fortune turns 50 this week. Featuring ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’, the Platinum-selling record became the band’s commercial breakthrough and remains a cornerstone of classic American hard rock.

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Peter Gabriel So

Peter Gabriel’s ‘So’ Turns 40 As Landmark Album Continues To Shape Pop And Art Rock

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Peter Gabriel’s So remains one of the defining albums of the 1980s, blending art rock, soul and world music into a global commercial breakthrough.

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Billy Joel Turnstiles

Billy Joel’s ‘Turnstiles’ Turns 50 As New York Classic Marks A Career Turning Point

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel’s ‘Turnstiles’ turns 50 this week, celebrating the album that reconnected the artist with New York and laid the foundation for his breakthrough success with ‘The Stranger’.

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Warren Zevon self titled album 1976

Warren Zevon’s Self-Titled Album Turns 50 As Its All-Star Cast And Classic Songs Continue To Resonate

by Paul Cashmere

Warren Zevon’s self-titled 1976 breakthrough album turns 50, celebrating a landmark record featuring Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Glenn Frey and songs later made famous by Linda Ronstadt.

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Rainbow Rising

Rainbow Rising Turns 50 As Heavy Metal Landmark Continues To Shape The Genre

by Paul Cashmere

Rainbow’s Rising reaches its 50th anniversary as one of the defining albums in heavy metal history, featuring Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio and the enduring classic “Stargazer”.

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The Beach Boys Pet Sounds 1966

The Beach Boys Pet Sounds Turns 60

by Paul Cashmere

Sixty years after release, The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds remains one of the most influential albums in music history, redefining studio production and modern pop songwriting.

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