Paula Abdul’s ‘Spellbound’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

May 10, 2026 Mark Chappelle

Amidst high expectations and intense scrutiny following her breakthrough 1988 debut LP ‘Forever Your Girl,’ Abdul—ever the consummate professional—delivered another gem with ‘Spellbound.’

Paula Abdul’s ‘Head Over Heels’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective

June 11, 2020 Quentin Harrison

With her third studio affair, Abdul reached the apex of her artistic power. So it was unfortunate then that the record never found the commercial audience it deserved.

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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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