The Jackson 5 have another hit and Tim Buckley moves ever further out. Then Elton John gets personal, Wings slack off, Curtis Mayfield creates a sadly relevant album cover and the Pointer Sisters mix funk with Duke Ellington. Finally, Devo devolves, Joan Jett celebrates her childhood, Diana Ross hires Chic and The (English) Beat debut.

50th Anniversary of ABC by The Jackson 5

50th Anniversary of Lorca by Tim Buckley

45th Anniversary of Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John

45th Anniversary of Venus and Mars by Wings

45th Anniversary of There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

45th Anniversary of Steppin' by The Pointer Sisters

40th Anniversary of Freedom of Choice by Devo

40th Anniversary of Joan Jett [aka Bad Reputation]

40th Anniversary of Diana by Diana Ross 

40th Anniversary of I Just Can't Stop It by The Beat

 

Looking for these?  The Correct Use of Soap, Peter Gabriel [Melt], In the Wake of Poseidon, Let It Be, Live at Leeds, Songs the Lord Taught Us

King Crimson reunited and reinvents themselves for the nth time; Tindersticks release another album called Tindersticks, KMFDM start getting campy and White Zombine break up. Then, Smog gets more polished but sounds like Will Oldham, The Hives have their biggest hit, Moloko merges trip hop with soul, The Apples in Stereo pretend they get rawer, and Elliott Smith completes one last album.

25th Anniversary of Thrak by King Crimson

25th Anniversary of Tindersticks [II]

25th Anniversary of Nihil by KMFDM

25th Anniversary ofAstro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head by White Zombie

20th Anniversary of Dongs of Sevotion by Smog

20th Anniversary of Veni Vidi Vicious by The Hives

20th Anniversary of Things to Make and Do by Moloko

20th Anniversary of The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone by The Apples In Stereo

20th Anniversary of Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

Looking for these? Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, Wowee Zowee

Marthan and the Vandellas throw a Dance Party. Then Elton John releases his second album, Paul McCartney breaks up the Beatles, Amon Duul II do their thing, Gram Parsons records his last Burritos record and Randy Newman writes 12 songs. Next, ABBA releases a self-titled record, Richard and Linda Thompson convert to Islam but don't tell anyone, Funkadelic Take It to the Stage and Nazareth write a good pun. Finally Pete Townshend goes New Wave, The Cure go goth and The Feelies have Crazy Rhythms.

55th Anniversary of  Dance Party by Martha and the Vandellas

50th Anniversary of Elton John

50th Anniversary of McCartney

50th Anniversary of Yeti by Amon Duul II

50th Anniversary of Burrito Deluxe by The Flying Burrito Brothers

50th Anniversary of 12 Songs by Randy Newman

45th Anniversary of ABBA

45th Anniversary of Let's Take It to the Stage by Funkadelic

45th Anniversary of Hair of the Dog by Nazareth

45th Anniversary of Hokey Pokey by Richard Thompson and Linda Thompson

40th Anniversary of Empty Glass by Pete Townshend

40th Anniversary of Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

40th Anniversary of Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies

2Pac takes on the world, Death releases a symbol, the Tea Party rip off Zeppelin, Red House Painters clean up, Smog isn't so funny, O' Dirty Bastard raps like nobody else and Railroad Jerk mixes alt rock with blues. Then members of Godspeed make a very Godspeed record, Broadcast debut, Cat Power stops writing songs, NSYNC breakaway from the manager and Common is ernest.

25th Anniversary of Me Against the World by 2pac

25th Anniversary of Symbolic by Death

25th Anniversary of The Edges of Twilight by The Tea Party

25th Anniversary of Ocean Beach by Red House Painters

25th Anniversary of Wild Love by Smog

25th Anniversary of Return to the 36 Chambers by Ol' Dirty Bastard

25th Anniversary of One Track Mind by Railroad Jerk

20th Anniversary of He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms... by A Silver Mt. Zion

20th Anniversary of The Noise Made by People by Broadcast

20th Anniversary of The Covers Record by Cat Power

20th Anniversary of No Strings Attached by NSYNC

20th Anniversary of Like Water for Chocolate by Common

Looking for Faith No More or Radiohead? We talked about them in the past:

The Bends

King for a Day...Fool for a Lifetime

The Beach Boys mature, the Temptations really do sing Smokey Robinson, Otis Redding shines in comparison and the Sonics don't actually invent punk.

Then, Neil Young joins CSN, Leon Russell has an all star debut, John Cale's debut is considerably less all star and  Small Faces become Faces/

Finally, Alice Cooper goes solo, 10cc spend an awful lot of time  making pop music, KISS dress to kill your sense of taste, Tangerine Dream hears echoes, Lynyrd Skynyrd shure ain't fancy, John Cale gets rougher, Smokey Robinson rebels against funk by making a quiet storm, Jeff Beck goes jazz, Janis Ian has her biggest hit and Steely Dan continue to annoy your host.

55th Anniversary of The Beach Boys Today!

55th Anniversary of The Temptations Sing Smokey

55th Anniversary of The Great Otis Redding Sings Sould Ballads

55th Anniversary of Here Are The Sonics

50th Anniversary of Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

50th Anniversary of Leon Russell

50th Anniversary of Vintage Violence by John Cale

50th Anniversary of First Step by Faces

45th Anniversary of Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice cooper

45th Anniversary of The Original Soundtrack by 10cc

45th Anniversary of That's the Way of the World by Earth, Wind & Fire

45th Anniversary of Dressed to Kill by KISS

45th Anniversary of Rubycon by Tangerine Dream

45th Anniversary of Nuthin' Fancy by Lynyrd Skynyrd

45th Anniversary of Slow Dazzle by John Cale

45th Anniversary of A Quiet Storm by Smokey Robinson

45th Anniversary of Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck

45th Anniversary of Between the Lines by Janis Ian

45th Anniversary of Katy Lied by Steely Dan

For Go Gir Crazy! by the Dictators please see Episode 1.

For Bring It All Back Home by Bob Dylan and Young Americans by David Bowie, please see Episode 2.

The Psychedelic Furs and Tuxedomoon debut. Billy Joel goes "punk". Van Halen write less catchy songs and Genesis get stock between prog and pop. Then the Meat Puppets add psychedelia to cowpunk and Slayer get loud. Finally, Salt 'n' Pepa talk about sex, Digital Underground get ambitious, Sinead O'Connor has her biggest hit and Helmet debuts.

40th Anniversary of The Psychedelic Furs

40th Anniversary of Glass Houses by Billy Joel

40th Anniversary of Half-mute by Tuxedomoon

40th Anniversary of Women and Children First by Van Halen

40th Anniversary of Duke by Genesis

35th Anniversary of Up on the Sun by Meat Puppets

35th Anniversary of Hell Awaits by Slayer

30th Anniversary of Blacks' Magic by Salt-N-Pepa

30th Anniversary of Sex Packets by Digital Underground

30th Anniversary of I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinead O'Connor

30th Anniversary of Strap It On by Helmet

Shania Twain becomes a star, the Jayhawks play better country than Sahana, Trikcy leaves Massive Attack, PJ Harvey brings you something though I'm not sure it's love, Jewel bombs and then becomes a star in the span of 18 months and Mike Watt has too many friends. Then, Ghostface Killah saves Wu Tang, Soilwork pummels us, 3 Doors Down make very mediocre music, Kid Koala has some fun at his own expense and Yo La Tengo move further into Dream Pop.

25th Anniversary of The Woman in Me by Shania Twain

25th Anniversary of Tomorrow the Green Grass by The Jayhawks

25th Anniversary of Maxinquaye  by Tricky

25th Anniversary of To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey

25th Anniversary of Pieces of You by Jewel

25th Anniversary of Ball-Hog or Tugboat by Mike Watt

20th Anniversary of Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah

20th Anniversary of The Chainheart Machine by Soilwork

20th Anniversary of The Better Life by 3 Doors Down

20th Anniversary of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Kid Koala

20th Anniversary of And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo

Sugarhill Gang release their "debut album". Elvis Costello gets happy. OMD debut. Colossal Youth take pop to the most minimalist place possible. The Smiths tell you what not to eat. Whitney Houston debuts. Phil Collins does 1985 to the 1985est. Tears for Fears have their biggest hit. Killing Joke finds their rhythm. The KLF go on a train journey. Primus debut. MC Hammer hurts us. The Black Crowes debut. Death give us spiritugal healing.

40th Anniversary of

Sugarhill Gang 

Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Colossal Youth by Young Marble Giants

35th Anniversary of

Meat is Murder by The Smiths

Whitney Houston

No Jacket Required by Phil Collins

Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears

Night Time by Killing Joke

30th Anniversary of

Chill Out by The KLF

Frizzle Fry by Primus

Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em by MC Hammer

Shake Your Money Marker by The Black Crowes

Spiritual Healing by Death

A pretty big episode this time: Run-DMC are the Kings of Rock, Oh yeah Yello put out an album, Husker Du get less ambitious, GWAR offend your parents, The Sundays have their biggest hit, They Might Be Giants get on Tiny Toons, The Banshees break up, Throwing Muses add some cello, The Roots give us more, Swans go pop, Leftfield debut, HIM suck, D'Angelo tries to save soul and Primal Scream forget vowels exist.

35th Anniversary of King of Rock by Run-DMC

35th Anniversary of Stella by Yello

35th Anniversary of New Day Rising by Husker Du

30th Anniversary of Scumdogs of the Universe by Gwar

30th Anniversary of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic by The Sundays

30th Anniversary of Flood by They Might Be Giants

25th Anniversary of The Rapture by Siouxsie and the Banshees

25th Anniversary of University by Throwing Muses

25th Anniversary of Do You Want More?!!!??! by The Roots

25th Anniversary of The Great Annihilator by Swans

25th Anniversary of Leftism by Leftfield

20th Anniversary of Razorblade Romance by HIM

20th Anniversary of Voodoo by D'Angelo

20th Anniversary of XTRMNATR by Primal Scream

The Impressions make their most famous song. The Doors embrace the blues. Black Sabbath "invent" metal. Funkalelic invent their own sound. The Move get crazy. Van Der Graaf Generator get scary. And then AC/DC debut, Slappy Happy makes a record with Henry Cow and Loudon Wainwright III has jokes that will likely offend you.

55th Anniversary of People Get Ready by The Impressions

50th Anniversary of

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

Black Sabbath

Funkadelic

Shazam by The Move

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other by Van der Graaf Generator

45th Anniversary of

High Voltage by AC/DC

Desperate Straights by Slapp Happy with Henry Cow

Unrequited by Loudon Wainwright III