Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary

August 20, 2026 Terry Nelson

Four decades later, ‘Graceland’ remains true to what it was from the start—a beautiful, tangled, genuinely collaborative album that changed what pop music could sound like.

Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary

January 21, 2025 Terry Nelson

Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water 55 anniversary

What sets ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ apart from its contemporaries is the seamless interplay between folk, rock, and gospel influences, a display of Simon and Garfunkel’s versatility as artists.

LIVING IN SPIN: Revisiting Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland' (1986)

August 22, 2016 Grace Curtis

“Living in Spin” is a recurring Albumism column, in which Grace Curtis examines the points at which the aural, carnal, and emotional impulses converge.

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.

Pearl Jam’s Debut Album ‘Ten’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

Most records are missing one of these elements: technical virtuosity, raw emotion, and balanced structure. Pearl Jam’s dynamic debut LP impressively possesses all three in droves.

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

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.