Every year albums turn another year older, some celebrating a milestone ‘birthday.’ 2021 is no different and below is a list of those albums celebrating significant anniversaries this year.
40th Anniversary
- 2/21/81 – Rush – Moving Pictures
- 4/29/81 – Van Halen – Fair Warning
- 5/5/81 – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Hard Promises
- 7/31/81 – Journey – Escape
- 8/23/81 – The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
- 10/2/81 – The Police – Ghost in the Machine
- 11/7/81 – Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman
- 11/23/81 – AC/DC – For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
35th Anniversary
- 3/3/86 – Metallica – Master of Puppets
- 3/24/86 – Van Halen – 5150
- 5/16/86 – Poison – Look What the Cat Dragged In
- 7/28/86 – R.E.M. – Life’s Rich Pageant
- 8/18/86 – Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
30th Anniversary
- 3/12/91 – R.E.M. – Out of Time
- 4/16/91 – Temple of the Dog – Temple of the Dog
- 5/28/91 – Smashing Pumpkins – Gish
- 6/18/91 – Van Halen – For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
- 7/2/91 – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Into the Great Wide Open
- 8/12/91 – Metallica – Metallica
- 8/27/91 – Pearl Jam – Ten
- 9/17/91 – Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears
- 9/17/91 – Guns n’ Roses – Use Your Illusion I & II
- 9/24/91 – Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger
- 9/24/91 – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- 9/24/91 – Nirvana – Nevermind
- 11/19/91 – U2 – Achtung Baby
25th Anniversary
- 3/26/96 – Stone Temple Pilots – Tiny Music…
- 4/16/96 – Rage Against the Machine – Evil Empire
- 4/30/96 – Dave Matthews Band – Crash
- 5/21/96 – Soundgarden – Down on the Upside
- 6/1/96 – Metallica – Load
- 7/30/96 – Sublime – Sublime
- 8/27/96 – Pearl Jam – No Code
- 9/24/96 – Weezer – Pinkerton
- 11/19/96 – Bush – Razorblade Suitcase
20th Anniversary
- 5/8/01 – Sum 41 – All Killer No Filler
- 5/22/01 – Staind – Break the Cycle
- 6/12/01 – Blink-182 – Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
- 7/3/01 – The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
- 8/28/01 – Slipknot – Iowa
- 9/11/01 – System of a Down – Toxicity
- 9/11/01 – Nickelback – Silver Side Up
10th Anniversary
- 1/11/11 – Cage the Elephant – Thank You Happy Birthday
- 3/15/11 – Awolnation – Megalithic Symphony
- 4/12/11 – Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
- 12/6/11 – The Black Keys – El Camino
