A sweeping episode featuring the third albums by Echo and the Bunnymen, U2 and the Thompson Twins. Also, Leonard Cohen goes '80s. Earth invents a genre. Dinosaur Jr. sells out. Turns out I like Superchunk more than Grant Lee Buffalo. And it turns out Yield isn't the worst Pearl Jam album. There's more: A concept album about Anne Frank (seriously). Ani Difranco's most commercial album. Madonna embrances contemporary elecontrica. Finally Gastr del Sol's final album.

35th Anniversary of Porcupine by Echo and the Bunnymen

35th Anniversary of War by U2

35th Anniversary of Quick Step and Side Kick by the Thompson Twins

30th Anniversary of I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

25th Anniversary of Earth 2

25th Anniversary of Where You Been by Dinosaur Jr

25th Anniversary of On the Mouth by Superchunk

25th Anniversary of Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

20th Anniversary of Yield by Pearl Jam

20th Anniversary of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

20th Anniversary of Little Plastic Castle by Ani Difranco

20th Anniversary of Ray of Light by Madonna

20th Anniversary of Camoufleur by Gastr del Sol

Host: Riley Haas

November anniversaries from 1992 and 1997 including:

25th Anniversary of Rage Against the Machine

25th Anniversary of White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean by NOFX

25th Anniversary of Urban Discipline by Biohazard

25th Anniversary of Pure Guava by Ween

25th Anniversary of The Future by Leonard Cohen

20th Anniversary of The Lonesome Crowded West by Modest Mouse

20th Anniversary of Mi media naranja by Labradford

Due to a schedulding conflict, the following albums were missed:

25th Anniversary of The Bodyguard

20th Anniversary of Spiceworld by The Spice Girls

20th Anniversary of Come On Over by Shania Twain

A lot of big selling records this episode:

35th Anniversary of Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics

35th Anniversary of Trouble in Paradise by Randy Newman

35th Anniversary of Cuts Like a Knife by Bryan Adams

35th Anniversary of Pyromania by Def Leppard

35th Anniversary of Duck Rock by Malcom McLaren

35th Anniversary of What Makes a Man Start Fires? by Minutemen

30th Anniversary of If I Should Fall from Grace with God by The Pogues

30th Anniversary of What Up, Dog? by Was (Not Was)

20th Anniversary of Moon Safari by AIR

20th Anniversary of Mark Hollis

20th Anniversary of Wide Open Spaces by Dixie Chicks

Host: Riley Haas

Is Frank Sinatra the greatest singer of all time? How many classic albums were really released in January 1968?

60th Anniversary of Come Fly with Me (6) by Frank Sinatra

60th Anniversary of Have 'Twangy Guitar Will Travel (9) by Duane Eddy

50th Anniversary of Sing Me Back Home (2) by Merle Haggard

50th Anniversary of The Notorious Byrd Brothers (3 or 15)

50th Anniversary of Vincebus Eruptum (16) by Blue Cheer

50th Anniversary of Boogie with Canned heat (22)

50th Anniversary of Gris-Gris (22) Dr. John

50th Anniversary of Lady Soul (22) by Aretha Franklin

50th Anniversary of White Light/White Heat (30) by the Velvet Underground

50th Anniversary of A Beacon from Mars by Kaleidoscope

50th Anniversary of Did She Mention My Name? by Gordon Lightfoot

50th Anniversary of Taj Mahal

 Host: Riley Haas

Was Springsteen's debut the birth of a stunning new talent? Is Yoko Ono listenable? How does instrumental prog rock compare to regular prog rock? Also: Little Feat goes New Orleans, Elton John goes mediocre and T. Rex embraces soul. We celebrate Gram Parsons' debut album and wonder why we can't get into Warren Zevon. We learn the album "Baker Street" is from is really terrible. Bootsy Collins goes solo and Pere Ubu takes New Wave to strange new places.

 

45th Anniversary of Greetings from Astbury Park, NJ by Bruce Springsteen

45th Anniversary of Approximately Infinite Universe by Yoko Ono

45th Anniversary of The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Rick Wakeman

45th Anniversary of Dixie Chicken by Little Feat

45th Anniversary of Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John

45th Anniversary of Tanx by T Rex

45th Anniversary of GP

40th Anniversary of Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon

40th Anniversary of City to City by Gerry Rafferty

40th Anniversary of Bootsy? Player of the Year

40th Anniversary of The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

Host: Riley Haas

Wrapping up 2017 with a bunch of records with no known date of release. Too many records:

 

50th Anniversary of High Priestess of Soul by Nina Simone

50th Anniversary of Nina Simone Sings the Blues

50th Anniversary of You Got My Mind Messed Up

45th Anniversary of Faust So Far

45th Anniversary of Neu!

40th Anniversary of Cluster & Eno

40th Anniversary of Equal Rights by Peter Tosh

40th Anniversary of Heart of the Congos

40th Anniversary of Police and Thieves by Junior Murvin

40th Anniversary of Two Sevens Clash by Culture

35th Anniversary of Back from Samoa by Angry Samoans

35th Anniversary of Milo Goes to College by Descendants

35th Anniversary of Special Beat Service by The Beat

35th Anniversary of Vs by Mission of Burma

30th Anniversary of At My Window by Townes Van Zandt

30th Anniversary of Daddy's Highway by The Bats

30th Anniversary of Shaku Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mombazo

20th Anniversary of The Divine Wings of Tragedy by Symphony X

Host: Riley Haas

A ridiculous episode, including as many December anniversaries as we possibly could fit it:

50th Anniversary of Axis: Bold as Love by the Jimi Hendrix Experience

50th Anniversary of Mr. Fantasy by Traffic

50th Anniversary of Their Satanic Majesties Request by the Rolling Stones

50th Anniversary of The Who Sell Out

50th Anniversary of Wild Honey by the Beach Boys

50th Anniversary of John Wesley Harding by Bod Dylan

50th Anniversary of Songs of Leonard Cohen

50th Anniversary of Pandemonium Shadow Show by Nilsson

50th Anniversary of Song Cycle by Van Dyke Parks

45th Anniversary of Octopus by Gentle Giant

40th Anniversary of The Belle Album by Al Green

40th Anniversary of ABBA: The Album

40th Anniversary of Before and After Science by Brian Eno

40th Anniversary of Suicide

30th Anniversary of You're Living All Over Me

Host: Riley Haas

Parliament goes electro, Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees get weird, Michael Jackson releases the Most Successful Album of All Time, the Dead Kennedys sound like themselves, Sinead O'Connor releases her debut album, Doom Metal is invented, the Eurytmics think they get weird, The Sisters of Mercy comit to Goth and some Australian band gets overrated.

35th Anniversary of Computer Games by George Clinton

35th Anniversary of A Kiss in the Dreamhouse by Siouxsie and the Banshees

35th Anniversary of Thriller by Michael Jackson

35th Anniversary of Plastic Surgery Disasters by Dead Kennedys

30th Anniversary of The Lion and the Cobra by Sinead O'Connor

30th Anniversary of Nightfall by Candlemass

30th Anniversary of Savage by Eurythmics

30th Anniversary of Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy

30th Anniversary of Calenture by The Triffids

A November 1972 and 1977 episode featuring Lou Reed's most successful album, Steely Dan's debut, the best krautrock album of all time? Also, an overlooked Joni Mitchell classic, the most financially successful album of 1972, the Ramones' best record, the most successful film soundtrack of all time. As well as Earth, Wind and Fire, Eric Clapton, Parliament and something called Throbbing Gristle.

45th Anniversary of Transformer by Lou Reed

45th Anniversary of Can't Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan

45th Anniversary of Ege Bamyasi by Can

45th Anniversary of For the Roses by Joni Mitchell

45th Anniversary of The World Is a Ghetto by War

40th Anniversary of Rocket to Russia by Ramones

40th Anniversary of Saturday Night Fever

40th Anniversary of All 'n All by Earth, Wind and Fire

40th Anniversary of a Slowhand by Eric Clapton

40th Anniversary of Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome by Parliament

40th Anniversary of The Second Annual Report by Throbbing Gristle

A psychedelic 1967 episode. We love that cream.

50th Anniversary of Forever Changes by Love

50th Anniversary of Disraeli Gears by Cream

50th Anniversary of Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues

50th Anniversary of Buffalo Springfield Again

50th Anniversary of After Bathing at Baxter's by Jefferson Airplane

50th Anniversary of Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles

50th Anniversary of The Amboy Dukes

50th Anniversary of Easter Everywhere by The 13th Floor Elevators

Host: Riley Haas