Josh Ritter’s ‘The Animal Years’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

March 15, 2026 Jeremy Levine

With his ruminations on love and war, Ritter’s fourth studio affair asks us to remember the human, even when humanity feels corrupt.

Josh Ritter’s ‘Gathering’ Turns 5 | Album Anniversary

September 18, 2022 Jeremy Levine

A clear career peak for Ritter, ‘Gathering’ is a cohesive work with a defined narrative structure, recurring themes of approaching storms, and a battery of songs as good as anything else in his catalogue.

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Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary

Having been previously regarded as a predominantly country and adult contemporary artist, Newton-John’s provocative eleventh studio affair set about to frame the singer in a new light.

Freddie Hubbard’s ‘First Light’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary

With ‘First Light,’ the legendary trumpeter pushed the musical envelope to make something radically different from his previous works, as he distanced himself from the soul-jazz model.