35th Anniversary

Hard Rock Rock 

Heaven Knows: Now and Zen and Kingdom Come at 35

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1988, 35th Anniversary, Germany, Get It On, Heaven Knows, Jimmy Page, Kingdom Come, Led Zeppelin, Now and Zen, Robert Plant, Tall Cool One

Robert Plant’s fourth solo album and Kingdom Come’s debut came out in tandem. Really.

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Holiday Pop 

Special Indeed: A Very Special Christmas at 35

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, A Very Christmas, A&M Records, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Christmas, John Mellencamp, Madonna, Patti Smith, Run DMC, Stevie Nicks, Sting, The Eurythmics, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Whitney Houston

The greatest modern-era Christmas compilation was released in 1987; here’s why it’s so memorable

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Six Months In Sabbath: The Ray Gillen Footnote

November 28, 2022November 30, 2022 Nathan Carson 2 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, Bob Daisley, Geoff Nicholls, Glenn Hughes, John Sykes, Ray Gillen, The Eternal Idol

Looking back on 35 years of The Eternal Idol and its sessions

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Bruce Electronic Folk Pop Rock Synth 

Tougher Than The Rest: Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love at 35

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Against Me!, Bon Iver, Brilliant Disguise, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, Low Cut Connie, Phosphorescent, Prince, Sharon Van Etten, Ted Leo, the Front Bottoms, the Gaslight Anthem, The Hold Steady, Titus Andronicus, Tougher Than The Rest, Tunnel Of Love

Celebrating the ’80s Boss album that sounds most like 2022

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Yet Another Movie: Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason at 35

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1987, 35th Anniversary, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Anthony Moore, Carmine Appice, David Gilmour, Dogs Of War, Jim Keltner, Learning To Fly, Nick Mason, On The Turning Away, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Sorrow

Looking back at the band’s classic first LP without Roger Waters 

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Alternative Rock New Wave Rock 

The Time Has Come: Midnight Oil’s Diesel and Dust at 35

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1987, 35th Anniversary, Aborigines, Australia, Beds Are Burning, Bones Hillman, Columbia Records, Diesel and Dust, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Peter Gifford, Rob Hirst, The Dead Heart

Looking back on the Australian band’s most successful LP

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Glam Hard Rock Heavy Metal Pop 

Sticky Sweet: 35 Years of Hysteria

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Animal, Armageddon It, Def Leppard, Hysteria, Joe Elliott, Love Bites, Phil Collen, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Rick Allen, Rick Savage, Rocket, Steve Clark, Women

Pouring some more sugar on the biggest Def Leppard album

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Punk Rock 

Redd Kross’s Neurotica at 35: Still Playing Their Songs

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Jeff McDonald, Merge Records, Red Cross, Red Kross, Redd Kross, Steven McDonald, Teen Babes From Monsanto, that dog., The Bangles, The Go-Gos, The Muffs, Third Eye, Tommy Erdelyi, Tommy Ramone

Looking back at the album where the teen babes from Monsanto became men

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Ashtray Floors, Dirty Clothes and Filthy Jokes: Pleased To Meet Me at 35

July 5, 2022July 7, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Alex Chilton, Bob Stinson, Chris Mars, Jim Dickinson, Paul Westerberg, Pleased To Meet Me, Slim Dunlap, The Replacements, Tommy Ramone, Tommy Stinson

Inside The Replacements’ classic 1987 LP

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Holiday Pop 

Feed The World: Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” at 35

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 5 Comments 1984, 35th Anniversary, Band Aid, Bob Geldof, Do They Know It's Christmas?, Midge Ure, The Boomtown Rats, Ultravox

An exclusive chat with Midge Ure on co-writing the all-star charity single

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Pop 

To Be The Noisiest: Big Bam Boom at 35

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 2 Comments 1984, 35th Anniversary, Big Bam Boom, Daryl Hall, Hall and Oates, John Oates, Out of Touch

The final album of Daryl Hall and John Oates’ imperial phase seemed to put production ahead of songwriting

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Alternative Rock Punk 

Let’s All Turn Back: Stoneage Romeos at 35

September 30, 2019October 3, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1984, 35th Anniversary, Hoodoo Gurus, Radio Birdman, Stoneage Romeos, The Saints, The Scientists

On the ragged endurance of that classic first Hoodoo Gurus LP

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Folk Pop 

If I Had A Rocket Launcher: 35 Years of Bruce Cockburn’s Stealing Fire

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1979, 35th Anniversary, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Bruce Cockburn, Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, If I Had a Rocket Launcher, Lovers In a Dangerous Time, Peggy's Kitchen Wall, Rumours of Glory, Stealing Fire, The Trouble with Normal

On the anniversary of the Canadian songwriter’s classic 13th LP, its relevance remains strong.

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