Howard Jones

Three decades after its release, the Spice Girls' debut remains the best-selling album by a girl group in history-a pop phenomenon that topped charts worldwide, sparked Spicemania, and turned five young women into an enduring global force.

Released on 15 October 1996, Korn's second album arrived amid exhaustion, excess and a creative surge that still sounds raw three decades later.

The only Monkees album written, performed and produced entirely by the four members still stands as a rare moment of complete creative control three decades on.

Fire Records has issued a limited white vinyl edition of the 1996 album, complete with a download of previously scarce tracks, as the record that closed the band's Atlantic era continues to attract a dedicated following.

Chris Isaak's 1996 album was more than a collection of acoustic covers. For its 30th anniversary, the album stands out as a rare moment when Isaak deliberately stripped back songs from his own catalogue and heard them differently.

Sheryl Crow's second album, released on September 24, 1996, marked a decisive shift from the collaborative approach of Tuesday Night Music Club and produced the enduring hits "If It Makes You Happy" and "Everyday Is A Winding Road".

Moby's radical move from electronic music into punk and alternative rock reaches its 30th anniversary on September 23, marking one of the most divisive and consequential detours of his career.