40th Anniversary

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Irish Rock 

This Is The One: Thin Lizzy’s Thunder and Lightning at 40

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Brian Downey, Ireland, Irish, John Sykes, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy, Thunder and Lightning, Warner Bros. Records

Reflecting on the Irish greats’ final studio album

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Blues New Wave Rock 

Sharp Dressed Men: ZZ Top’s Eliminator at 40

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Eliminator, Fairlight, Frank Beard, Gimme All Your Lovin', Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Synthesizers, Texas, Warner Bros. Records, ZZ Top

How the Texas trio learned to stop worrying and love the synthesizer

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New Wave Pop Soul 

How Spandau Ballet Embraced Their Inner Soul Boys 40 Years Ago on True

March 16, 2023 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Al Green, Altered Images, Bananarama, Duran Duran, Gary Kemp, Grover Washington Jr., Marvin Gaye, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, Trevor Horn, True

The third time was the charm for the New Romantics-turned-R&B merchants

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Alternative Rock Irish Rock 

Like A Song…: U2’s War at 40

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., New Year’s Day, Seconds, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Surrender, The Edge, Two Hearts Beat As One, U2, war

Looking back on the album that broke the band in the United States

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Punk 

Time Has Come Today: The Ramones’ Subterranean Jungle at 40

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments ” Ramones, 1983, 40th Anniversary, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Richie Ramone, Subterranean Jungle, The Ramones

Looking back on the band’s return to their punk roots

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Rock 

Heavy Metal Poisoning: Styx’s Kilroy Was Here at 40

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Dennis DeYoung, Kilroy Was Here, Styx, Tommy Shaw

Misunderstood gem or the album that killed the band?

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New Wave Pop Rock 

I Guess It’s Just a Feeling: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) at 40

January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, David A. Stewart, Eurythmics, New Wave, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Who's That Girl

Eurythmics’ pop breakthrough is sneakily subversive

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Pop Rock 

But It Feels So Right: Bryan Adams’ Cuts Like a Knife at 40

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bryan Adams, Canada, Cuts Like a Knife, Jim Vallance, Mutt Lange, Rod Stewart, South Park, Sting, Straight From The Heart

The Canadian hitmaker’s U.S. breakthrough revisited

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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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Music Journalism Television Video 

My Late Night With David Letterman Tapes

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Billy Sternberg 1 Comment 10000 Maniacs, 40th Anniversary, Aaron Neville, Blues Traveler, Cher, David Letterman, Debbie Gibson, Late Night With David Letterman, Lisa Stansfield, NBC, Run DMC, Soup Dragons, Spin Doctors, The Feelies

Revisiting our favorite music performances from the show for its 40th Anniversary

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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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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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