Bon Iver’s Eponymous Second Album ‘Bon Iver’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary

June 13, 2026 Jeremy Levine

Bon Iver Eponymous Second Album Bon Iver Turns 15

Bon Iver’s second studio affair is a record about stillness, regardless of what the lyrics say. Musically, the band paints this vivid of a picture.

The Smiths’ ‘The Queen Is Dead’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary

June 13, 2026 Terry Nelson

Terry Nelson revisits The Smiths’ watershed album and examines why, relative to other long players of the same era, it still resonates so profoundly today.

Heather B.’s Debut Album ‘Takin’ Mine’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

June 9, 2026 Jesse Ducker

Heather B Debut Album Takin’ Mine turns 30

The gifted emcee’s debut LP captures the rough and rugged zeitgeist of mid-1990s East Coast hip-hop as well as any full-length of the era.

Random Axe’s Eponymous Debut Album ‘Random Axe’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary

June 8, 2026 Jesse Ducker

Random Axe Eponymous Debut Album Random Axe Turns 15

Though perfectly imperfect, the album brought three superstars—Black Milk, Guilty Simpson and Sean Price—together to record a project solely focused on giving their audience raw hip-hop.

Chaka Khan’s ‘Destiny’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary

June 7, 2026 Mark Chappelle

‘Destiny’ is full of saturated colors, big brawny beats, exaggerated flourishes, skyscraper-tall pop-rock, and Khan’s voice dwarfs them all.

Phyllis Hyman’s ‘Prime of My Life’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

June 7, 2026 Brandon Ousley

Hyman’s final studio LP before her tragic death remains a bright portrait of her masterful use of pathos to create beauty from chaos.

Alicia Keys’ Debut Album ‘Songs in A Minor’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

June 3, 2026 Justin Chadwick

Keys’ inaugural effort is a masterfully executed hybrid of classic and contemporary soul, replete with an acute streetwise sensibility to balance its creator’s musical intelligence and passion.

John Mayer’s Debut Album ‘Room For Squares’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

June 2, 2026 Matthew Hocter

John Mayer Debut Album Room For Squares Turns 25

Mayer’s debut still lingers so powerfully not because it perfected youth, but because it documented confusion with startling honesty before confusion became commodified into an aesthetic.

Belle and Sebastian’s Debut Album ‘Tigermilk’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

June 2, 2026 Justin Chadwick

Belle and Sebastian Debut Album Tigermilk Turns 30

Initially considered an underground indie classic, the reverence for ‘Tigermilk’ has rightfully become more widespread over time.

Digital Underground’s ‘Future Rhythm’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

May 30, 2026 Jesse Ducker

Digital Underground Future Rhythm Turns 30

The group’s fourth studio affair is as convincing a testament to the genius of the late Shock G and the rest of the members of the group as their “golden age” material that preceded it.

The Cardigans’ ‘First Band on the Moon’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

So much more than their massive hit “Lovefool,” The Cardigans’ terrific third LP reflected the band’s evolving confidence and musical maturation at the time.

Mariah Carey’s ‘Glitter’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

Instead of the disproportionate attention paid to the commercial performance of ‘Glitter,’ the focus should actually rest on Carey’s continued desire to marry pop, R&B, and hip-hop genres for the masses.

CeCe Peniston’s ‘I’m Movin’ On’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

After early career success like Peniston’s, many artists would rather sell their souls than chance to change the formula, even if they have to create work they don’t love. Peniston refused.