Easy For Her to Say: Linda Ronstadt’s Get Closer at 40
The final mainstream pop album the iconic singer would make for seven years is a gleefully mixed bag
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“A Change of Synergy”: Rush’s Signals at 40
Looking back on the album that began the Canadian trio’s controversial keyboard era
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One Life’s Enough: The Who’s It’s Hard at 40
Looking back on one of the band’s most underrated albums
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And You’ll Hum This Tune Forever: Dexys Midnight Runners’ Too-Rye-Ay at 40
There’s so much more to this album than “Come On Eileen”
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Wolves Out The Door: Chronic Town at 40
Looking back on the EP that helped introduce the world to R.E.M.
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When Don Henley Flew Solo: I Can’t Stand Still at 40
Looking back on the Eagles drummer’s debut LP
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I’m Made Of Metal: Screaming For Vengeance Turns 40
Looking back on the definitive Judas Priest album of the 1980s
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When The Samba Takes You: Avalon at 40
The final Roxy Music studio album still enchants after all these years
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6-6-6: The Legacy of the Beast
Iron Maiden’s career-defining The Number Of The Beast turns 40
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Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?: Shoot Out the Lights at 40
The fiery final album from Richard & Linda Thompson set a new standard for the quintessential breakup LP
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We Were Happy There: Peter Holsapple on 40 years of The dB’s Repercussion
How a 1982 merger of Power Pop and New Wave became a cult classic
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Getting in Focus: Picture This by Huey Lewis and the News Turns 40
In early ’82, the beloved San Francisco band got their first taste of serious chart success
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Bad Religion: Damned To Be Free
Looking back on 40 years of the punk legends’ first classic How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
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NEWS: Verve To Reissue 1982 Nina Simone Classic
Fodder On My Wings comes out on April 3rd
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THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Two Thousand Nineteen, Party Over, Oops, Deluxe Edition Time!
Prince’s first major crossover album gets the reissue it deserves
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