1983

Pop Soul 

Stuck On You: Lionel Richie’s Can’t Slow Down at 40

October 14, 2023October 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, All Night Long (All Night), Bob Giraldi, Bob Rafelson, Can't Slow Down, David Foster, Hello, Lionel Richie, Mike Nesmith, Penny Lover, Richard Marx, Steve Lukather, Stuck On You, The Commodores, Toto

Looking back on a Diamond-certified soul classic

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Pop 

Money Changes Everything: Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual at 40

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 Craig Peters 1 Comment "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, 1983, 40th Anniversary, An Innocent Man, Billy Joel, Blue Angel, Captain Lou Albano, Cyndi Lauper, David Wolff, Frontiers, Huey Lewis, Hulk Hogan, Journey, Jules Shear, Keep it Up, Loverboy, Portrait Records, Prince, Robert Hazard, She's So Unusual, sports, The Brains, The Fabulous Moolah, The Hooters, Wendi Richter

Looking back on the album that made her a sensation

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Alternative Rock Industrial New Wave Pop Rock 

With Sympathy: Al Jourgensen at 65

October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1983, 65th birthday, Al Jourgensen, Boston, Brad Hallen, Chicago, Mark Pothier, Ministry, Nervous Eaters, The Cars, With Sympathy

Celebrating the industrial icon by looking at his least favorite Ministry album

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Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

That’s All: the Self-Titled Genesis LP at 40

October 3, 2023October 3, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1983, Atlantic Records, Cabaret Voltaire, Devo, Genesis, Mama!, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, That's All, Tony Banks

Looking back on the band’s last grasp at art-rock glory

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Heart and Soul: Sports by Huey Lewis & The News Turns 40

September 15, 2023September 16, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Chrysalis Records, Clover, Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Heart and Soul, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis & The News, Huey Lewis and the News, I Want a New Drug, If This Is It, Nick Lowe, sports, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Thin Lizzy

Looking back on their classic third album

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Keep It Warm: Black Sabbath’s Born Again At 40

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 Nathan Carson 2 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bev Bevan, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Born Again, Deep Purple, Geezer Butler, Geoff Nicholls, Ian Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Trashed

Looking back on the metal legends’ sole album with Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan

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Blues Experimental Rock 

Tom Waits Celebrates 40 Years of Swordfishtrombones with New Reissues

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Frank's Wild Years, Island Records, Kathleen Brennan, Rain Dogs, Reissues, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits

Also available today are remastered editions of Rain Dogs and Frank’s Wild Years

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Hard Rock Metal! Rock 

Tell The World: Ratt’s Debut EP Turns 40

August 24, 2023August 24, 2023 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bobby Blotzer, EP, Juan Croucier, Ratt, Robbin Crosby, Stephen Pearcy, Warren DeMartini

Looking back on the glam-metal greats’ opening salvo

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Rock 

Borderline: Cheap Trick’s Next Position Please at 40

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 Craig Peters 2 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, At Budokan, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Dream Police, Jon Brant, Next Position Please, One On One, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Roy Thomas Baker, Sir George Martin, Todd Rundrgen, Tom Petersson, Tom Werman

Looking back on the band’s Rundgren-produced 7th LP

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Rock 

Easy Money: Billy Joel’s An Innocent Man at 40

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, An Innocent Man, Billy Joel, Tell Her About It, The Longest Time, Uptown Girl

Looking back on a most underrated album from the Long Island Piano Man

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Pop 

Lucky Star: Madonna’s Debut at 40

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Borderline, Danceteria, Detroit, Everybody, holiday, Jellybean Benitez, John Sex, Lucky Star, Madonna, Mark Kamins, Michael Gira, Mo Ostin, New York City, Robert Fripp, Seymour Stein, Swans

Inside the Material Girl’s infectious first LP

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Marshall Crenshaw: Field Day of Dreams

July 24, 2023July 26, 2023 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Beatlemania, Buddy Holly, Chris Donato, Field Day, Marshall Crenshaw, Robert Crenshaw, Steve Lillywhite, Warner Bros. Records, Yep Roc

A 40th Anniversary reissue revisits the New Wave great’s classic sophomore LP

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New Wave Rock 

In The Mood: Robert Plant’s The Principle of Moments at 40

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Atlantic Records, Big Log, Es Peranza Records, In the Mood, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Robbie Blunt, Robert Plant, The Principle of Moments

Remembering the former Led Zeppelin frontman’s breakout solo venture

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Alternative Rock Rock 

WATCH: Love Tractor Shares Lyric Video for “J.E.B. Pharoahs”

July 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 10000 Maniacs, 1983, 40th Anniversary, Alex Chilton, Around The Bend, Athens, Dream Syndicate, Georgia, Husker Du, Indigo Girls, Love Tractor, Meat Puppets, Propeller Sound Recordings, Robyn Hitchcock, The Bongos, The dB's, The Feelies, The Gun Club, The Replacements, Violent Femmes

The celebrated Athens, GA, band is reissuing their 1983 sophomore LP Around The Bend on September 1st

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New Wave Rock 

Tea in the Sahara: The Police’s Synchronicity at 40

June 17, 2023June 18, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1983, Andy Summers, Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Stewart Copeland, Sting, Synchronicity, The Police, Wrapped Around Your Finger

Looking back on the trio’s final studio album

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