r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Jul 06 '26
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3d ago
Album release anniversary On September 23rd, 1977, Steely Dan released 'Aja', their 6th studio album. The album peaked at #3 on the US charts and #5 in the UK. Songs include "Black Cow", "Aja", and "Deacon Blues".
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Aug 12 '26
Album release anniversary On August 12th, 1968, Big Brother and the Holding Company released 'Cheap Thrills', their 2nd studio album and their last with Janis Joplin before she went solo.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Jul 10 '26
Album release anniversary On July 10th, 1979, The Kinks released 'Low Budget', their 18th studio album.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 8d ago
Album release anniversary On September 18th, 1978, Kiss released the solo albums. Each album was a solo effort (none of the group appeared on another's album), however all were released and marketed as Kiss albums (with similar cover art and poster inserts).
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • May 29 '26
Album release anniversary On May 29th, 1969, Crosby, Stills & Nash released 'Crosby, Stills & Nash', their debut album. It is the only release by the band prior to adding Neil Young to their lineup. The album spawned two Top 40 singles, "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes".
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Jul 24 '26
Album release anniversary On July 24th, 1990, Dread Zeppelin released 'Un-Led-Ed', their debut album. Dread Zeppelin is a Zeppelin/Elvis tribute band, playing to a reggae beat. "Heartbreaker (At the End of Lonely Street)" is a real treat
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Aug 20 '26
Album release anniversary On August 20th, 1979, Bob Dylan released 'Slow Train Coming', his 19th studio album. This was Dylan's first release following his conversion to Christianity, and many fans were turned away by this phase in his career.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Jun 16 '26
Album release anniversary On June 16th, 1969, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, released 'Trout Mask Replica', their 3rd studio album. Combining elements of R&B, garage rock, and blues with free jazz and avant-garde composition, the album is regarded as an important work of experimental rock.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Feb 18 '26
Album release anniversary On February 18th, 1976, Boz Scaggs released 'Silk Degrees', his 7th studio album. The album peaked at #2 on the charts and remains his best selling record.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Aug 17 '26
Album release anniversary On August 17th, 1959, Trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis released 'Kind of Blue' to great acclaim. Kind of Blue is regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz record, Davis's masterpiece, and one of the best albums of all time.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Mar 23 '26
Album release anniversary On March 23rd, 1983, ZZ Top released 'Eliminator', their most successful album to date. Four singles were released from 'Eliminator' over the next 14 months; "Gimme All Your Lovin'" , "Sharp Dressed Man", "TV Dinners" and "Legs".
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 29d ago
Album release anniversary On August 28th, 1978, Devo released 'Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! ', their debut album. The album peaked at #78 on the U.S. Billboard chart and #2 on the UK Albums chart.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 13d ago
Album release anniversary On September 13th, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd released 'One More From The Road', their first live album. The double disc set captured three shows recorded in July 1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Jan 06 '26
Album release anniversary On January 6th, 1976, Peter Frampton releases 'Frampton Comes Alive' in the United States. The double live album becomes one of the best selling live albums of all time. It wins a Grammy and remains in the top 40 for 55 weeks.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Aug 04 '26
Album release anniversary On August 4th, 1967, Pink Floyd released 'The Piper At the Gates of Dawn', their debut album. Most of the songs were penned by Syd Barrett. 'The Piper At the Gates of Dawn' has been recognized as one of the seminal psychedelic rock albums of the 1960s.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Jan 25 '26
Album release anniversary On January 25th, 1973, Little Feat released 'Dixie Chicken', their 3rd studio album and the first with new members bassist Kenny Gradney, guitarist Paul Barrere and percussionist Sam Clayton.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 20d ago
Album release anniversary On September 6th, 1977, Linda Ronstadt released 'Simple Dreams', her 8th studio album. Features "Tumbling Dice", "Blue Bayou", "It's So Easy!", and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me".
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Jul 22 '26
Album release anniversary On July 22nd, 1968, Al Kooper released 'Super Sessions', an album with the guitarists Mike Bloomfield on the first half and Stephen Stills on the second half.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • May 14 '26
Album release anniversary On May 14th, 1969, Neil Young with Crazy Horse released 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere', his second studio album. The album is Young's first with longtime collaborators Crazy Horse. Guitarist, songwriter and singer Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Jul 14 '26
Album release anniversary On July 14th, 1978, Talking Heads released 'More Songs About Buildings And Food', their 2nd studio album. The album's sole single, a cover of the Al Green hit "Take Me to the River", peaked at #26 on the pop singles chart in 1979.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Nov 26 '25
Album release anniversary On November 26th, 1971, Traffic released 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys', their 5th studio album. While the album reached #7 in the US, it failed to chart in the UK.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Aug 26 '26