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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.

The Moody Blues celebrate 40 years since the release of ‘The Other Side Of Life', the band's 1986 studio album that redefined their sound with synth-driven production and a renewed creative partnership with producer Tony Visconti.

Dwight Yoakam's 1986 debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. turns 40 with its place in country music history firmly established, from its unlikely beginnings as a self-financed independent EP to its role in the rise of the New Traditionalist movement.

Four decades on, Ozzy Osbourne's The Ultimate Sin remains a pivotal chapter in Ozzy Osbourne's solo career, a record that captured mid-80s heavy metal at full velocity while reshaping his band and legacy.