The ‘New Jack City’ Soundtrack Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

March 1, 2026 Justin Chadwick

Featuring Ice-T, Johnny Gill, Guy, Keith Sweat, and Troop & LeVert with Queen Latifah, the soundtrack remains a thrilling artifact of early ‘90s hip-hop, new jack swing and R&B music.

SOUNDTRACK SALUTE: Seven ‘70s Soundtracks That Still Sound Dyn-o-mite Today

December 13, 2016 Terry Nelson

Our Terry Nelson flashes back to the 1970s to revisit seven of the decade’s finest soundtracks in this latest installment of our ‘Soundtrack Salute’ series.

SOUNDTRACK SALUTE: Nine ‘90s Soundtracks That Still Sound Superb Today

July 6, 2016 Justin Chadwick

Today’s soundtracks simply aren’t what they used to be. Thankfully, we can always revisit these excellent artifacts from the final years of the 20th century.

SOUNDTRACK SALUTE: Eight ‘80s Soundtracks That Still Sound Totally Awesome Today

April 4, 2016 Terry Nelson

Our Terry Nelson invites us on a nostalgic trip down memory lane, as he digs in to a varied yet representative assortment of unforgettable ‘80s film music.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Debut Album ‘Read My Lips’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

With her debut solo affair, Ellis-Bextor made the dancefloor feel elegant and faintly surreal, a place where heartbreak could wear lipstick and emotional catastrophe could arrive with a four-on-the-floor beat.

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

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.

The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tattoo You’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary

When listening to ‘Tattoo You,’ you would never know that it is this Frankenstein's monster of an album that was pieced together with songs that came from their most creatively fertile period.