Blur’s Debut Album ‘Leisure’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

August 22, 2026 Terry Nelson

For those of you who were champions of Blur from the very beginning with their underappreciated debut LP, you have been rewarded handsomely in the decades since.

Blur’s ‘13’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

March 13, 2024 Andy Healy

With their heartbreak inspired sixth studio affair, the band expanded their horizons with a move into more experimental and introspective territories.

Blur’s ‘Think Tank’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

May 4, 2023 Quentin Harrison

After a four-year hiatus following 1999’s ’13,’ ‘Think Tank’ reintroduced Blur as a band retaining their core musical sensibilities and thriving in a contemporary context.

It Wasn’t Easy, But Nothing Is: Blur’s Eponymous Fifth Studio Album ‘Blur’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective

February 6, 2022 Erika Wolf

Blur Eponymous Fifth Studio Album Blur (1997)

Having failed in years prior to break through in America (while then arch-rivals Oasis enjoyed stateside fame), Blur’s fifth studio affair was a personal triumph for the band.

Biz Markie’s ‘I Need A Haircut’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

The hip-hop legend’s third studio affair features some of his most entertaining and inspired lyrical performances, with heavy doses of Biz’s signature goofiness side by side with serious-minded narratives.

Björk’s ‘Vespertine’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

On her fourth studio affair, Björk relinquishes the big beats that dominated her previous work, opting instead for hushed, whispered snatches of vocals with electronic bleeps, whirs and pulses.

Her New World Of Funk: 30 Years On, Aaliyah’s ‘One In A Million’ Is Still Hot Like Fire

A masterwork of its era, ‘One In A Million’ was a beam supporting the bridge between the joyful excesses of early ‘90s R&B and the burgeoning cool of neo soul.