35th Anniversary of

Rum Sodomy & the Lash by The Pogues

The Head on the Door by The Cure

30th Anniversary of

World Clique by Deee-Lite

Bossanova by Pixies

Facelift by Alice in Chains

Persistence of Time by Anthrax

Ritual de lo habitual by Jane's Addiction

No Fences by Garth Brooks 

Time's Up by Living Colour

55th Anniversary of I Ain't Marching Any More by Phil Ochs

50th Anniversary of Close to You by The Carpenters and Spirit in the Dark by Aretha Franklin

45th Anniversary of Atlantic Crossing by Rod Stewart, Honey by Ohio Players, Free Hand by Gentle Giant, Pick of the Litter by The Spinners

40th Anniversary of The Affectionate Punch by The Associates, Kaleidoscope by Siouxsie and the Banshees, Crimes of Passion by Pat Benatar, Give Me the Night by George Benson, The Swell Maps in "Jane From Occupied Europe" and Wild Planet by The B-52's

See Episodes 9 and 12 for more

Heart sells out. Suicidal Tendencies get funky and Pantera gets groovy. Next, D'Angelo stands out, Kyuss break up, Shaggy breaks out, Ani plays bass, the Geraldine Fibbers blow me away, Selena dreams of you, Elliott Smith is mopey and Bone Thus-n-Harmony impress me. Finally, Coldplay are boring, Jill Scott is ambitious, In Flames are too catchy and Who Let the Dogs Out isn't the worst album ever.

35th Anniversary of Heart

30th Anniversary of Lights, Camera, Revolution! by Suicidal Tendencies

30th Anniversary of Cowboys from Hell by Pantera

25th Anniversary of Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

25th Anniversary And the Circus Leaves Town by Kyuss

25th Anniversary Boombastic by Shaggy

25th Anniversary Not a Pretty Girl by Ani DiFranco

25th Anniversary Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home by Geraldine Fibbers

25th Anniversary Dreaming of You by Selena

25th Anniversary Elliott Smith

25th Anniversary E. 1999 Eternal by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

20th Anniversary of Parachutes by Coldplay, Who is Jill Scott? Clayman by In Flames, Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men

Foo Fighters, Left and Leaving,

55th Anniversary of Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys

55th Anniversary of More Hits by The Supremes

50th Anniversary of Free Your Mind...and Your Ass Will Follow by Funkadelic

50th Anniversary Osmium by Parliament

45th Anniversary of KC and the Sundshine Band

45th Anniversary of Sabotage by Black Sabbath

45th Anniversary of Rhinestone Cowboy by Glenn Campbell

45th Anniversary of Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed

45th Anniversary of In the City by Tavares

40th Anniversary of Searching for the Young Soul Rebels by Dexy's Midnight Runners

40th Anniversary of Vienna by Ultravox

40th Anniversary of Crocodiles by Echo and the Bunnymen

40th Anniversary of Voices by Hall & Oates

Fear Factory plays industrial metal with real drums, Natalie Merchant goes solo and the Chemical Brothers debut. Then Queens of the Stone Age get weird, Modest Mouse gets more polished, Cursive goes High Concept, Deftones go British, the White Stripes don't break just yet and Badly Drawn Boy figures out American indie rock.

 

25th Anniversary of Demanufacture by Fear Factory

25th Anniversary of Tigerlily by Natalie Merchant

25th Anniversary of Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

20th Anniversary of Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age

20th Anniversary of The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse

20th Anniversary of Domestica by Cursive

20th Anniversary of White Pony by Deftones

20th Anniversary of De Stijl by The White Stripes

20th Anniversary of Hour of the Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy

Sting goes solo and grows old, Talking Heads abandon the avant garde, Megadef debuts, Motley Crue forgets to paly metal, Mekons (maybe) invent alt country and Rites of Spring (maybe) invent emo. Then Entombed invent Swedish death metal, NKOTB continue to suck, Teenage Fanclub debut as a grunge band, Uncle Tupelo doesn't invent alt country, Deicide offends people, Sonic Youth sells out and Mariah Carey's voice is introduced to the world.

35th Anniversary of

The Dream of the Blue Turtles by Sting

Little Creatures by Talking Heads

Killing is My Business...and Business is Good! by Megadeth

Theatre of Pain by Motley Crue

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

Rites of Spring

30th Anniversary of

Left Hand Path by Entombed

Step by Step by New Kids on the Block

A Catholic Education by Teenage Fanclub

Mariah Carey

No Depression by Uncle Tupelo

Deicide

Goo by Sonic Youth

Host: Riley Haas

Guest: Jennifer Olijnyk

Check out these other anniversaries from previous episodes: Fables of the Reconstruction of the Fables of the Reconstruction of the Fables of the..., The First Born is Dead,

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Them leave the garage. Diana Ross leaves the Supremes. Then, The Isley Brothers try to balance funk with ballads, the Eagles find disco, War diversifies, the most famous rarities collection of its era is released and the Bee Gees find more disco than the Eagles. Finally, Bob Marley puts out his last album, The Soft Boys help invent '80s jangle pop, Chic forget to write songs and Queen diversify.

55th Anniversary of The Angry Young Them

50th Anniversary of Diana Ross

45th Anniversary of The Heat Is On by The Isley Brothers

45th Anniversary of One of These Nights by Eagles

45th Anniversary of Why Can't We Be Friends? by War

45th Anniversary of The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan and the Band

45th Anniversary of Main Course by Bee Gees

40th Anniversary of Uprising by Bob Marley and the Wailers

40th Anniversary of Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

40th Anniversary of Real People by Chic

40th Anniversary of The Game by Queen

Sleater-Kinney continue their winning streak, Ween grow as a band, Pearl Jam put out one of their best albums, Britney claims to have matured, Eminem continues to be angry, Maynard James Keenan makes a non-Tool record, Bright Eyes includes a fake interview on his album for some reason, and Billy Bragg and Wilco wrap up their Woody Guthrie project.

20th Anniversary of

All Hands on the Bad One by Sleater-Kinney

White Pepper by Ween

Binaural by Pearl Jam

Oops!...I Did It Again by Britney Spears

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

Mer de Noms by A Perfect Circle

Fevers and Mirrors by Bright Eyes

Mermaid Avenue Vol. II by Billy Bragg and Wilco

New Order start to get dancy. Then Wilson Phillips and the Breeders both debut. Finally, The Apples in Stereo launch Elephant Six, Take That have their biggest hit, Scott Walker begins his second act, Meshuggah destroy metal conventions, Supergrass get more attention than any pop band should get, Everclear try to tell stories and Hayden growls his way through his pseudo debut.

5th Anniversary of Low-Life by New Order

30th Anniversary of Wilson Phillips

30th Anniversary of Pod by The Breeders

25th Anniversary of Fun Trick Noisemaker by The Apples in Stereo

25th Anniversary of Nobody Else by Take That

25th Anniversary of Tilt by Scott Walker

25th Anniversary of Destroy Erase Improve by Meshuggah

25th Anniversary of I Should Coco by Supergrass

25th Anniversary of Sparkle and Fade by Everclear

25th Anniversary of Everything I Long For by Hayden

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Exodus didn't actually help invent thrash metal (at least on record). And Prince tells bandwagon fans to fuck off.

Then Inspiral Carpets get lumped in with the Happy Mondays, Nick Cave finds his mellower side, Fugazi defines post-hardcore for the '90s, En Vogue are Born to Sing, A Tribe Called Quest help invent alternative hip hop, Lou Reed and John Cale reunite and Bathory invent viking metal.

 

35th Anniversary of Bonded by Blood by Exodus

35th Anniversary of Around the World in a Day by Prince and The Revolution

30th Anniversary of Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

30th Anniversary of Life by Inspiral Carpets

30th Anniversary of The Good Son by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

30th Anniversary of Repeater by Fugazi

30th Anniversary of Born to Sing by En Vogue

30th Anniversary of People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm a Tribe Called Quest

30th Anniversary of Songs for Drella by Lou Reed and John Cale

30th Anniversary of Hammerheart by Bathory

 Host: Riley Haas

Guest: Evan Sue-Ping

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