1982

Rock 

Underrated Tom Petty Album Gets Reissued 

September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1982, Backstreet Records, Deluxe Edition, Long After Dark, Reissues, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, UMe, You Got Lucky

Deluxe edition of Long After Dark due out Oct. 18th

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Rock 

The Who Live at Shea Stadium to See Official Audio Release

January 18, 2024February 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1982, John Entwistle, Kenney Jones, live album, Mercury Studios, New York, Pete Townshend, Queens, Roger Daltrey, Shea Stadium, The Clash, The Who

The famous 1982 concert will be released on CD and vinyl March 1st

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock 

Billy Idol Releases Expanded Edition of 1982 Solo Debut

July 29, 2023July 31, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, Billy Idol, Dancing With Myself, expanded edition, Generation X, Hot In The City, reissue, Universal Music Enterprises, White Wedding

Updated version includes a remix in Dolby Atmos and live bonus disc

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Bruce Folk Music Journalism 

Warren Zanes Talks Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska

June 15, 2023June 23, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments “Frankie Teardrop”, 1982, Alan Vega, Books, Bruce Springsteen, Deliver Me From Nowhere, Martin Rev, Nebraska, Penguin Books, Suicide, Warren Zanes

Inside the author’s new book Deliver Me From Nowhere

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Marshall Crenshaw on Marshall Crenshaw

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 1982, Gin Blossoms, John Lennon, Marshall Crenshaw, Warner Bros. Records, Yep Roc

Celebrated singer-songwriter on the 40th anniversary expanded edition of his eponymous 1982 debut

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Electronic New Wave Rock 

Sample and Hold: Neil Young’s Trans Turns 40

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 1983, 40th Anniversary, Kraftwerk, Like An Inca, Neil Young, Sample and Hold, Trans, Transforner Man

Looking back on his excursion into electronic music

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Rock 

Little Victories: Bob Seger’s The Distance Turns 40

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Alto Reed, Bill Payne, Bob Seger, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Bobby Hall, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Campbell, Craig Frost, Danny Kortchmar, Davey Johnstone, David Hood, Don Felder, Elton John Band, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Little Feat, Pete Carr, Randy McCormick, Roger Hawkins, Roy Bittan, Russ Kunkel, The Eagles, Waddy Wachtel

The Detroit rock great released this Silver Bullet Band classic in the last week of 1982

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

War Machine: KISS’s Creatures of the Night Turns 40 

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Ace Frehley, Bryan Adams, Creatures of the Night, Eric Carr, Gene Simmons, I Love It Loud, Jim Vallance, Kiss, Paul Stanley, Super Deluxe Edition, Vinnie Vincent, War Machine

Diving into the new Super Deluxe Edition of the classic 1982 LP

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Soul 

Hot Just Like An Oven: Marvin Gaye’s Midnight Love at 40

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bob Marley, David Ritz, Gordon Banks, Joy, Marvin Gaye, Midnight Lady, Midnight Love, Odell Brown, Sexual Healing, Third World Girl

Why the singer’s final studio album is so much more than “Sexual Healing”

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Funk Pop Rock Soul 

Too High To Get Over: Thriller Turns 40

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Beat It, Billie Jean, Eddie Van Halen, Epic Records, Human Nature, Michael Jackson, P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), Quincy Jones, The Girl Is Mine, Thriller, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Why Michael Jackson’s smash 1982 LP remains the biggest selling album of all time

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Punk Rock 

The Missing Link: The Damned’s Strawberries Turns 40

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1982, Blondie, Captain Sensible, CHEAP TRICK, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Dave Vanian, Machine Gun Etiquette, Moody Blues, Strawberries, The Black Album, The Cars, The Damned, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison

How did we miss out on one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time?

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Blues Hard Rock Rock Zep 

We’re Gonna Groove: Led Zeppelin’s Coda Turns 40

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, Coda, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Poor Tom, Robert Plant, Walter's Walk, We're Gonna Groove, Wearing and Tearing

In retrospect, Zep’s final collection of studio recordings provides an intriguing addendum

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Alternative Rock New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

Exquisite Corpse: The Sky’s Gone Out by Bauhaus at 40

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bauhaus, Brian Eno, Daniel Ash, David Bowie, David J, Kevin Haskins, Peter Murphy, The Sky’s Gone Out, Third Uncle, Ziggy Stardust

A look back at the seminal goth quartet at the time of their penultimate album

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Funk New Wave Pop Prince Rock Soul 

A Pocket Full of Horses: Prince’s 1999 at 40

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1982, 1999, 40th Anniversary, Adam Ant, Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, Joe Jackson, Little Red Corvette, Men At Work, Phil Collins, Prince, Stray Cats, The Go-Gos, Warner Bros.

Looking back at the Purple One’s breakthrough double LP

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Firing On All Cylinders: Hall & Oates’ H2O at 40

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 T.A. Inskeep 0 Comments 1982, Daryl Hall, Family Man, GE Smith, H2O, John Oates, Maneater, Men At Work, One On One, Phil Collins, Stray Cats, The Supremes

The album the acclaimed duo released at the zenith of their Imperial Phase is their artistic peak, too

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