A large episode: Bill Haley is credited with putting out the frst rock and roll record, the Beatles run out of steam, the Rolling Stones return to their roots, Amon Duul invents Krautrock, then a note about talking about the avant garde on a popular music podcast. Then, Desmond Dekker brings Jamaican music to the UK and Fairport Convention creates UK folk rock. Rufus makes slick funk and two instrumental prog rock groups put out their third albums. From 1979, we have the greatest punk album of all time. From 1984, Bruce Cockburn tries to imitate talking heads. Savatage discover Andrew Llloyd Webber in 1989 and Pestilence release an excellent death metal record. Finally, Kelis debuts in 1999.

65th Anniversary of Rock with Bill Haley and the Comets

55th Anniversary of Beatles for Sale

50th Anniversary of Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

50th Anniversary of Phallus Dei by Amon Duul

50th Anniversary of This Is Demond Dekkar

50th Anniversary of Liege & Lief by Fairport Convention

45th Anniversary of Rufusized by Rufus and Chaka Khan

45th Anniversary of The Civil Surface by Egg

45th Anniversary of Red Queen to Gryphon Three

40th Anniversary of London Calling by The Clash

35th Anniversary of Stealing Fire by Bruce Cockburn

30th Anniversary of Gutter Ballet by Savatage

30th Anniversary of Consuming Impulse by Pestilence

20th Anniversary of Kaleidoscope by Kelis

Is Syd Barrett a genius? Did Simon and Garfunkel need to orchestrate their folk pop? Is Moondance Van Morrison's best album? And is American Woman the the Guess Who's best album?

Plus: Bob Dylan's breakup record and Gil Scott-Heron gets a bigger band.

Finally, debuts by Buggles, Pretenders, John Foxx, Durutti Column and Wipers, Rush discover new wave and synthpop and Aksak Maboul change their name.

50th Anniversary of The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

50th Anniversary of Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunnkel

50th Anniversary of Moondance by Van Morrison

50th Anniversary of American Woman by the Guess Who

45th Anniversary of Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan

45th Anniversary of The First Minute of a New Day by Gil-Scott Heron, Brian Jackson and the Midnight Band

40th Anniversary of The Age of Plastic by The Buggles

40th Anniversary of Pretenders

40th Anniversary of Permanent Waves by Rush

40th Anniversary of Metamatic by John Foxx

40th Anniversary of Un Peu de l'Ame des Bandits by Aqsak Maboul

40th Anniversary of The Return of the Durutti Column

40th Anniversary of Is This Real? by Wipers

This episode features the biggest live album of the 1990s, a girlgroup album that doesn't sound like one, and one of the biggest bands of the 1990s trying to get less popular. Then, Mariah Carey uses her voice in ever crazier ways, the Foo Fighters win a Grammy for a recording from Dave Grohl's basement, the (sort of) last album by Rage Against the Machine, Fiona Apple has the longest album title ever and Beck puts out his dance (read: Prince) album.

25th Anniversary of

MTV Unplugged in New York by Nirvana

CrazySexyCool by TLC

Vitalogy by Pearl Jam

20th Anniversary of

Rainbow by Mariah Carey

There is Nothing Left to Lose by Foo Fighters

The Battle of Los Angeles by Rage Against the Machine

When the Pawn... by Fiona Apple

Midnite Vultures by Beck

The Jam try a concept out. The Raincoats debut. Public Image Limited gets weirder. Pink Floyd puts out a rock opera. Simple Minds are actually interesting. Then, the Cocteau Twins define dream pop. Destruction debuts. Madonna gets bigger. Billy Bragg brews up. Celtic Frost takes thrash to strange new places. Finally, the Creatures forget what decade they're in, Ministry gets louder and NoMeansNo puts out the record regarded as their best.

40th Anniversary of Setting Sons by The Jam

40th Anniversary of The Raincoats

40th Anniversary of Metal Box by PiL

40th Anniversary of The Wall by Pink Floyd

40th Anniversary of Real to Real Cacophony by Simple Minds

35th Anniversary of Treasure by Cocteau Twins

35th Anniversary of Sentence of Death by Destruction

35th Anniversary of Like a Virginby Madonna

35th Anniversary of Brewing Up with Billy Bragg

35th Anniversary of Morbid Tales by Celtic Frost

30th Anniversary of Boomerang by The Creatures

30th Anniversary of The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste by Ministry

30th Anniversary of Wrong by Nomeansno

CCR's best? album, the birth of southern rock, Jefferson Airplane sing "motherfucker" and Scott Engel writes his own songs. Then, electronic music gets commercial, Queen gets more democratic and Roxy Music stays weird (enough). Then we talk about my favourite ever rock opera, plus Brian Eno conquering mountains and Linda Ronstadt's biggest hit.

50th Anniversary of Willy and the Poor Boys by CCR

50th Anniversary of The Allman Brothers Band

50th Anniversary of Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane

50th Anniversary of Scott 4 by Scott Engel

45th Anniversary of Autobahn by Kraftwerk

45th Anniversary of Sheer Heart Attack by Queen

45th Anniversary of Country Life by Roxy Music

45th Anniversary of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis

45th Anniversary of Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) by Eno

45th Anniversary of Heart Like a Wheel by Linda Ronstadt

There could be so many more albums for this episode but we chose a Belgian alternative rock album that wasn't even released in October plus The Cranberries' biggest hit, Dream Theater being cheesey, the birth of Nu Metal, a quiet singer-songriter record, some (more) prog metal, supposedly the best album of 1999 according to Pitchfork and some post grunge posing as alternative metal.

25th Anniversary of Worst Case Scenario by Deus

25th Anniversary of No Need to Argue by The Cranberries

25th Anniversary of Awake by Dream Theater

25th Anniversary of Korn

25th Anniversary of Geek the Girl by Lisa Germano

20th Anniversary of Still Life by Opeth

20th Anniversary of Emergency & I by The Dismemberment Plan

20th Anniversary of Make Yourself by Incubus

A wide-ranging episode featuring many albums over two decades:

60th Anniversary of The Genius of Ray Charles

55th Anniversary of Bitter Tears by Johnny Cash

50th Anniversary of In the Court of the Crimson King

50th Anniversary of Arthur by The Kinks

50th Anniversary of Led Zeppelin II

45th Anniversary of Fear by John Cale

45th Anniversary of Red by King Crimson

45th Anniversary of Natty Dread by Bob Marley and the Wailers

45th Anniversary of Caught Up by Millie Jackson

40th Anniversary of Broken English by Marianne Faithful

40th Anniversary of Regatta de Blanc by The Police

40th Anniversary of Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

40th Anniversary of Damn the Torpedoes  by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

U2 discovers their "wall of sound", a hardcore punk band gets serious and melodic and Wham rip off Motown. (Also, a 4+ hour performance art piece.) Then, Neil Young finally makes a recognizably Neil Young album, Kate Bush continues being Kate Bush, Galaxie 500 discover the saxophone and Nine Inch Nails invent '90s industrial rock.

35th Anniversary of

The Unforgettable Fire by U2

Let It Be by The Replacements

Make It Big by Wham!

And a brief mention of United States Live by Laurie Anderson

30th Anniversary of

Freedom by Neil Young

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

On Fire by Galaxie 500

Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails

On this episode, we talk about the Tragically Hip's debut because this is a Canadian podcast. Then we have a guest for Rhythm Nation and Monster. Then there's Built to Spill, Soul Coughing, Ween, John Paul Jones back from the dead, Nine Inch Nails and the possible birth of mathcore.

30th Anniversary of Up to Here The Tragically Hip

30th Anniversary of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

25th Anniversary of There's Nothing Wrong with Love by Built to Spill

25th Anniversary of Monster by REM

25th Anniversary of  Ruby Vroom by Soul Coughing

25th Anniversary of Chocolate and Cheese by Ween

20th Anniversary of Zooma by John Paul Jones

The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails

Calculating Infinity by Dillinger Escape Plan

Tons of debuts: Gary Numan, The Slits, Gang of Four, This Heat, Alphaville and Voivod. Plus, Siouxsie and the Banshees help invent post punk. Frank Zappa does Rock Opera. Yellow Magic Orchestra meld disco with synthpop. Wire get more diverse. Iron Maiden get proggier. Depeche Mode write songs. Robyn Hitchcock has fun.

35th Anniversary of

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan

Join Hands by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Cut by The Slits

Joe's Garage by Frank Zappa

Entertainment! by Gang of Four

Solid State Survivor by Yellow Magic Orchestra

This Heat

154 by Wire

30th Anniversary of

Powerslave by Iron Maiden

Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode

Forever Young by Aphaville

I Often Dream of Trains by Robyn Hitchcock

Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads

War and Pain by Voivod