Anita Baker’s ‘Rapture’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary

March 15, 2026 Christopher A. Daniel

The elegantly crafted ‘Rapture’ remains Baker’s finest of many fine moments in her legendary career, largely due to one key element: the passion of her unforgettable voice.

Anita Baker’s Debut Album ‘The Songstress’ Turns 35 | An Anniversary Retrospective

May 30, 2018 Sonya Alexander

‘The Songstress’ is the perfect title for Ms. Baker's first album for indeed she is precisely this, in spades.

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Jamiroquai’s ‘Travelling Without Moving’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

Three decades on and despite loads of unwarranted criticism, Jamiroquai’s terrific third studio album still sounds as fresh and invigorating as ever.

Bob Dylan’s ‘Modern Times’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

‘Modern Times’ mourns a musical idiom by giving it another good try, because if it’s in your bones, that’s how you grieve stuff anyway.

The Roots’ ‘Game Theory’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

The Roots’ seventh studio affair is the disquieted soundtrack to learning you’re in a game engineered for you to lose—a first-person shooter with your weapons removed.

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