25th Anniversary

Alternative Rock Country and/or Western Folk Rock 

Hesitating Beauty: Billy Bragg & Wilco’s Mermaid Avenue at 25

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Billy Bragg, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue, Wilco

Looking back on a sonic monument to legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

See You In Hell: Monster Magnet’s Power Trip at 25

June 16, 2023June 17, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, A&M Records, Dave Wyndorf, Ed Mundell, Matt Hyde, Monster Magnet, Powertrip, Space Lord

Celebrating one mother mother of a rock album

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

Opened Twice: Jeff Buckley’s Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk at 25

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 Dave Steinfeld 2 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Back In NYC, Genesis, Grace, Jeff Buckley, Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, Tom Verlaine

Honoring the legacy of his abrupt final album

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Alternative Rock Experimental Indie Rock Noise Pop Rock 

Your Neck Is My Favorite: Sonic Youth’s A Thousand Leaves Turns 25

May 12, 2023May 13, 2023 Dan Weiss 2 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, A Thousand Leaves, Geffen Records, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Sunday, Thurston Moore, Wharton Tiers

How do you explain your favorite album?

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Temptation Waits: Garbage’s Version 2.0 at 25

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Angelfish, Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, Garbage, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Version 2.0

Looking back on the group’s forward-thinking second album

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Blues Hard Rock Rock Zep 

Most High: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant’s Walking into Clarksdale at 25

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Charlie Jones, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin, Michael Lee, Most High, Robert Plant, Walking Into Clarksdale

The Led Zeppelin duo’s second offering found them opting for more subdued sounds

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Dream Pop Electronic Hip Hop Soul 

Inertia Creeps: Massive Attack’s Mezzanine at 25

April 20, 2023April 23, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, 3D, Angel, Daddy G, Liz Fraser, Massive Attack, Mezzanine, Mushroom, Robert De Naja, Teardrop, Tricky, Virgin Records

Looking back on the Bristol greats’ darkest album

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adblock Alternative Rock Britpop Glam Rock 

TV Movie: Pulp’s This Is Hardcore at 25

March 30, 2023August 10, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Candida Doyle, Douglas Sirk, England, Jarvis Cocker, Mark Webber, Nick Banks, Pulp, Sheffield, Steve Mackey, This Is Hardcore

Looking back on the British pop group’s cinematic sixth LP

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Rock 

Do The Evolution: Pearl Jam’s Yield at 25

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Do The Evolution, Eddie Vedder, Given To Fly, Jack Irons, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Stone Gossard, Wishlist, Yield

Is it the band’s best studio album?

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Alternative Rock Britpop Rock 

Lucky Men: The Verve’s Urban Hymns at 25

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Allen Klein, Andrew Loog Oldham, Bernard Butler., Bitter Sweet Symphony, Lucky Man, Nick McCabe, Simon Tong, Sonnet, The Drugs Don't Work, The Rolling Stones, The Verve, Urban Hymns

Looking back on the album that helped break the band in America

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Electronic Hip Hop 

Tales of Deceit: Portishead’s Portishead at 25

September 28, 2022May 29, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Beth Gibbons, Cowboys, Geoff Barrow, Go! Discs, Humming, Portishead, Portishead (1997)

Looking back on the Bristol outfit’s classic second album

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Blues Dylan Folk Rock 

Not Dark Yet: Bob Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind at 25

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, Cold Irons Bound, Daniel Lanois, Dirt Road Blues, Down In The Groove, Empire Burlesque, Highlands, Infidels, Knocked Out Loaded, Love Sick, Lovesick, Not Dark Yet, Saved, Shot of Love, Time Out of Mind, U2

Looking back on a legend reclaiming his legacy

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adblock Alternative Rock Rock 

Future Boys: Catherine Wheel’s Adam and Eve at 25

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Adam & Eve, Brian Futter, Catherine Wheel, Chrome, Dave Hawes, England, Ferment, Happy Days, Rob Dickinson, Shoegaze

Looking back on the English band’s classic penultimate album

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Alternative Rock Electronic Experimental Rock 

He Talks In Maths: OK Computer at 25

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Airbag, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Lucky, OK Computer, Paranoid Android, Phil Selway, Radiohead, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Thom Yorke

The third Radiohead LP remains a masterful testament to the band’s inventive experimentation and skilled songcraft

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Britpop Rock 

Hollow Little Reign: In It For The Money at 25

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Danny Goffey, In It For The Money, Mick Quinn, Richard III, Supergrass

If I Should Coco was a bright display of a young Supergrass dizzy with possibility, those possibilities were even more fully realized on their sophomore masterpiece

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