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1995 - All You Can Eat - k.d. lang
30 Years Ago - 1995 k.d. lang released her third album All You Can Eat. "If I Were You" peaked at #1 Club. "Sexuality" made #3 Club.
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1995 - Design of a Decade: 1986-1996
30 Years Ago - 1995 Janet Jackson released her first greatest hits album Design of a Decade: 1986-1996. The album featured 2 new songs....
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1985 - Picture Book/1995 - Life - Simply Red
40 Years Ago - 1985 Simply Red released their debut album Picture Book. "Money's Too Tight (to Mention)" is a remake of the Valentine...
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1995 - Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
30 Years Ago - 1995 No Doubt released their third album Tragic Kingdom. It was produced by "Break My Stride" singer Matthew Wilder and...
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2000 - Bette - Bette Midler
25 Years Ago - 2000 Better Midler released the album Bette to coincide with the premiere of her CBS sitcom. "Nobosy Else but You" was...
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1980 - Dirty Mind - Prince
45 Years Ago - 1980 Prince released his third album Dirty Mind. Oh that cover...is it hot in here? "Uptown" made #5 R&BÂ and Club. "When...
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1980 - Making Movies - Dire Straits
45 Years Ago - 1980 Dire Straits released their third album Making Movies . "Tunnel of Love" (featured in An Officer and a Gentleman)...
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1985 - High Priority - Cherrelle
40 Years Ago - 1985 Cherrelle released her second album High Priority. She worked again with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. "You Look Good To...
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1980 - Remain in Light - Talking Heads
45 Years Ago - 1980 Talking Heads released their fourth album Remain in Light. The album again was produced by Brian Eno. "Once in a...
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Oct 51 min read
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1985 - How to Be a...Zillionaire! - ABC
40 Years Ago - 1985 ABC released their third album How to Be a...Zillionaire! "(How to Be A) Millionaire" peaked at #20 and #4 Club. "Be...
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Oct 41 min read
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1980 - Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police
45 Years Ago - 1980 The Police released their third album Zenyatta Mondatta. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" won the Grammy for Best Rock...
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Oct 31 min read
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1995 - (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
30 Years Ago - 1995 Oasis released their second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? "Morning Glory" was the first released in...
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Oct 21 min read
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1990 - Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy - Adamski
35 Years Ago - 1990 Adamski released his first album Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy . The album is notable for the song "Killer"...
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Oct 11 min read
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1985 - How Could It Be - Eddie Murphy
40 Years Ago - 1985 Eddie Murphy released his debut album How Could It Be. This studio album was recorded as part of fulfilling a...
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Sep 301 min read
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1990 - Some People's Lives - Bette Midler
35 Years Ago - 1990 Bette Midler released her seventh album Some People's Lives. "From a Distance" won songwriter Julie Gold a Grammy...
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Sep 291 min read
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1995 - Daydream - Mariah Carey
30 Years Ago - 1995 Mariah Carey released her fifth album Daydream. "Fantasy" samples Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" and peaked at #1...
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Sep 281 min read
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2000 - Revelation - 98 Degrees
25 Years Ago - 2000 98 Degrees released their fourth album Revelation. "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" peaked at #2, #8 Pop...
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Sep 271 min read
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1995 - The Gold Experience - Prince
30 Years Ago - 1995 Prince released his seventeenth album The Gold Experience. At the time he was still knows as his glyph. "The Most...
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Sep 261 min read
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1990 - X - INXS
35 Years Ago - 1990 INXS released their seventh album X. The X stood for the band's tenth year since their debut album. "Suicide Blonde"...
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Sep 251 min read
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1990 - The Razors Edge - AC/DC
35 Years Ago - 1990 AC/DC released their twelfth album The Razors Edge. "Thunderstruck" made #5 Mainstream Rock. "Moneytalks" made #23...
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Sep 241 min read
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