Fleetwood Mac expands its sound into pop. The Band continue to be The Band. Laura Nyro gets weirder. The Beatles release their best and sort of final album. The Guess Who release their weirdest album. The Soft Machine embrace Zappa. Hawkwind are the people's prog rock band. Randy Newman gets racist. LaBelle get funky. Supertramp get poppy. And ELO get pretentious.

50th Anniversary of Then Play On  by Fleetwood Mac

50th Anniversary of The Band

50th Anniversary of New York Tendaberry by Laura Nyro

50th Anniversary of Abbey Road by The Beatles

50th Anniversary of Canned Wheat by The Guess Who

50th Anniversary of The Soft Machine Volume 2

45th Anniversary of Hall of the Mountain Grill by Hawkwind

45th Anniversary of Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

45th Anniversary of Nightbirds by LaBelle

45th Anniversary of Crime of the Century by Supertramp

45th Anniversary of Eldorado by Electric Light Orchestra

Jann Arden's biggest hit. The debuts of Portishead, Jeff Buckley, Oasis and Koenjihyakkei (who???). Also, Sebadoh get more polished, Sloan release a near-perfect power pop record, and the Dixie Chicks have a big hit.

25th Anniversary of

Living Under June by Jann Arden

Dummy by Portishead

Grace by Jeff Buckley

Bakesale by SebadohDefinitely Maybe by Oasis

Twice Removed by Sloan

The Hundred Sights of Koenji by Koenjihyakkei

20th Anniversary of Fly by Dixie Chicks

Host: Riley Haas

Guetss: Matt Forsythe, Jennifer Olijnyk

Bob Dylan gets confessional. The Supremes have a huge hit. CCR release one of their best records. The Stooges help invent punk. Santana changes Latin Rock. CAN invents Krautrock. Minnie Riperton shows off her voice. Leonared Cohen is angry. Average White Band have a big hit. Talking Heads start to change their sound. Michael Jackson leaves Motown. XTC like American New Wave.

55th Anniversary of Another Side of Bob Dylan

55th Anniversary of Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes

50th Anniversary of Green River by CCR

50th Anniversary of The Stooges

50th Anniversary of Santana

50th Anniversary of Monster Movie by CAN

45th Anniversary of Perfect Angel by Minnie Riperton

45th Anniversary of New Skin for the Old Ceremony by Leonard Cohen

45th Anniversary of AWB

40th Anniversary of Fear of Music by Talking Heads

40th Anniversary of Off the Wall by Michael Jackson

40th Anniversary of Drums and Wires by XTC

The debuts of Elliott Smith, Coolio and Macy Gray. Ani Difranco's best album? My favourite album of the 1990s (or at least 1999). An At the Drive-In EP (for some reason). And I'm joined by a guest to talk about the infamous Hootie and the Blowfish record and Destiny's Child's 2nd album. (Beyonce is older than she says she is!!!!)

25th Anniversary of Cracked Rear View by Hootie and Blowfish

25th Anniversary of Roman Candle by Elliott Smith

25th Anniversary of It Takes a Thief by Coolio

25th Anniversary of Out of Range by Ani DiFranco

20th Anniversary of On How Life Is by Macy Gray

20th Anniversary of California by Mr Bungle

20th Anniversary of Vaya by At the Drive-In

20th Anniversary of The Writing's on the Wall by Destiny's Child

Host: Riley Haas

Guests: Jennifer Olijnyk, Merrick the dog

A mini episode featuring four of the biggest albums of the 1980s:

35th Anniversary of Ride the Lightning by Metallica

35th Anniversary of Zen Arcade by Husker Du

35th Anniversary of Double Nickels on the Dime by Minutemen

30th Anniversary of Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

It's a big episode but it could have been so much bigger and probably should have been split in half:

25th Anniversary of Regulate...G Funk Era by Warren G

25th Anniversary of Welcome to Sky Valley by Kyuss

25th Anniversary of Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

20th Anniversary of Enema of the State by Blink 182

20th Anniversary of Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

20th Anniversary of Astro Lounge by Smash Mouth

20th Anniversary of Ágætis byrjun by Sigur Ros

20th Anniversary of Supernatural by Santana 

20th Anniversary of The White Stripes

20th Anniversary of The Beta Band

20th Anniversary of Significant Other by Limp Bizkit

20th Anniversary of Slipknot

The crazy thing is there could have been at least 3 more records.

Chuck Berry puts outs a compilatoin and pretends it's an album. The Beatles invent Folk Rock. The Beach Boys ignore the Beatles' existence. Fairport Convention gets more British. Tim Buckley goes jazz. Neil Young gets slightly less depressing. Stevie Wonder continues to do nothing for me. Robert Wyatt gets paralyzed but somehow still makes an album. The Meters deliver the funk. The B-52s make punk fun.

60th Anniversary of Chuck Berry Is on Top

55th Anniversary of A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles

55th Anniversary All Summer Long by The Beach Boys

50th Anniversary of Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

50th Anniversary of Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

45h Anniversary of On the Beach by Neil Young

45h Anniversary of Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

45h Anniversary of Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

45h Anniversary of Rejuvenation by The Meters

40th Anniversary of The B-52's

Springsteen's biggest hit. Robert Smith joins the Banshees. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds debut their brand of post punk. Prince's biggest hit. The Violent Femmes find god. Nirvana debuts. Mike Patton joins Faith No More.

35th Anniversary of Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen

35th Anniversary of Hyaena by Siouxsie and the Banshees

35th Anniversary of From Her to Eternity by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

35th Anniversary of Purple Rain by Prince

35th Anniversary of Hallowed Ground by Violent Femmes

30th Anniversary of Bleach by Nirvana

30th Anniversary of The Real Thing by Faith No More

One of the most difficult "great" albums of all time. (The most difficult?) Roberta Flack's debut. The Grateful Dead balance weirdness and songs. Deep Purple gets harder but stays proggy. Kaleidoscope are awesome. White Noise makes one of the more radical records of the era. Plus, some glam rock. The Cars get slighly artier. Neil Young tries to stay relevant. And the most influential record of 1979.

50th Anniversary of Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

50th Anniversary of First Take by Roberta Flack

50th Anniversary of Aoxomoxoa by The Grateful Dead

50th Anniversary of Deep Purple

50th Anniversary of Incredible! Kaleidoscope

50th Anniversary of An Electric Storm by White Noise

45th Anniversary of The Psychomodo by Cockney Rebel

40th Anniversary Candy-O by The Cars

40th Anniversary Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

40th Anniversary Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young and Crazy Horse

A relatively brief list of albums this episode, including one of the most popular records for my generation, the best songs Frank Black's ever written, a weird Beastie Boys record, one of the earliest post metal albums, the Flaming Lips "best" record, a massive electronic music album and one of the best selling albums of all time.

25th Anniversary of Weezer

25th Anniversary of Teenager of the Year by Frank Black

25th Anniversary of Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

20th Anniversary of Times of Grace by Neurosis

20th Anniversary of The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

20th Anniversary of Play by Moby

20th Anniversary of Millennium by Backstreet Boys