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Alice Cooper's 1986 comeback album Constrictor turns 40, marking the point where the shock-rock pioneer returned from a three-year recording hiatus with Kane Roberts, a harder-edged sound and two songs that became closely linked to horror cinema, "He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask)" and "Teenage Frankenstein".

Throwing Muses marked the 40th anniversary of their influential debut album in 2026, a record that established Kristin Hersh, Tanya Donelly and the band as distinctive voices in the emerging alternative rock landscape.

Elvis Costello's 1986 reunion with The Attractions produced one of the most uncompromising records of his career, a tense, stripped-back album whose reputation has grown substantially in the four decades since its release.

Tina Turner's 1986 album Break Every Rule followed her extraordinary comeback with another international success, led by the Phil Collins-assisted hit Typical Male.

Forty years after its release, Lionel Richie's third solo album Dancing On The Ceiling remains the final studio release from the most commercially successful period of his career, completing a remarkable run that dominated pop music throughout the 1980s.

Big Country's third album The Seer turns 40 this month, marking a pivotal release that delivered the band's biggest UK hit single, a landmark collaboration with Kate Bush and a return to the Celtic influences that defined their early success.

Forty years after its release, Genesis' Invisible Touch remains the band's most commercially successful album, a pop-driven 1986 set that topped charts worldwide, produced five US Top Five singles, and marked a defining shift in the group's studio approach and sound.