Music is not only pleasure to the ears, but music is also a way to establish eras in American culture. In 2017, we have a plethora of iconic albums turning either forty, thirty, twenty, or ten years old, marking their place in decades like the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, and the 2000s. Here is a list of thirty albums having a birthday this year.
1977
- Sex Pistols- Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols!
- Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
- Talking Heads- Talking Heads: 77
Cover of the Talking Heads album Talking Heads: 77. Photo from Wikimedia. - Ramones- Rocket to Russia
- The Damned- Damned Damned Damned
- David Bowie- Low
- Television- Marquee Moon
- Iggy Pop- Lust for Life
- The Clash- The Clash
- The Jam- In the City
1987
- U2- The Joshua Tree
The Joshua Tree album cover. Photo from Flickr. - Guns N’ Roses- Appetite for Destruction
- Michael Jackson- Bad
- The Smiths- Strangeways, Here We Come
- The Cure- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
- George Michael- Faith
- Eric B. and Rakim- Paid in Full
- Whitney Houston- Whitney
- Prince- Sign O’ the Times
- New Order- Substance
1997
- Radiohead- OK Computer
- The Verve- Urban Hymns
- Notorious B.I.G- Life After Death
- Oasis- Be Here Now
- Foo Fighters- The Color and the Shape
- Blur- Blur
- Wu Tang Clan- Wu Tang Clan Forever
- The Prodigy- The Fat of the Land
- Green Day- Nimrod
- Daft Punk- Homework
2007
- Radiohead- In Rainbows
- Kanye West- Graduation
- Arctic Monkeys- Favorite Worst Nightmare
- M.I.A- Kala
Enhanced album art for M.I.A.’s Kala. Photo from Flickr. - LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
- Fall Out Boy- Infinity on High
- Nine Inch Nails- Year Zero
- Foo Fighters- Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
- Panda Bear- Person Pitch
- MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
