1982

New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

When The Samba Takes You: Avalon at 40

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Andy McKay, Avalon, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, More Than This, Phil Manzanera, Roxy Music

The final Roxy Music studio album still enchants after all these years

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Heavy Metal 

6-6-6: The Legacy of the Beast

March 22, 2022April 5, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bruce Dickinson, Clive Burr, Invaders, Iron Maiden, Paul Di’anno, Run to the Hills, Samson, Steve Harris, The Number of the Beast, Universal Music Enterprises

Iron Maiden’s career-defining The Number Of The Beast turns 40

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Folk New Wave Rock 

Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?: Shoot Out the Lights at 40

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, Don't Reneg On Our Love, Joe Boyd, Richard and Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Shoot Out The Lights, Wall of Death

The fiery final album from Richard & Linda Thompson set a new standard for the quintessential breakup LP

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New Wave Power Pop 

We Were Happy There: Peter Holsapple on 40 years of The dB’s Repercussion

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1982, Albion Records, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Peter Holsapple, Repercussion, The dB's, Will Rigby

How a 1982 merger of Power Pop and New Wave became a cult classic

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Getting in Focus: Picture This by Huey Lewis and the News Turns 40

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, album, Anniversary, Do You Believe In Love, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis and the News, MTV, Picture This, Workin' For A Livin'

In early ’82, the beloved San Francisco band got their first taste of serious chart success

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Punk 

Bad Religion: Damned To Be Free

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bad Religion, Brett Guerwitz, Brian Baker, Elvis Costello, Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, King Crimson, The Dead Boys, The Jam, The Ramones

Looking back on 40 years of the punk legends’ first classic How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

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jazz Records Soul 

NEWS: Verve To Reissue 1982 Nina Simone Classic

February 10, 2020June 18, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1982, Fodder On My Wings, Nina Simone, Universal Music Enterprises, Verve Records

Fodder On My Wings comes out on April 3rd

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Funk New Wave Pop Soul 

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Two Thousand Nineteen, Party Over, Oops, Deluxe Edition Time!

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1982, 1999, Deluxe Edition, First Avenue, Prince, Prince and the Revolution, Rhino

Prince’s first major crossover album gets the reissue it deserves 

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