From the classics to those rare gems you forgot about, each week music blogger Sam Smith reviews an album celebrating an anniversary. Offering a mix of history, quirky facts, and of course tunes, catch anniversary albums every Monday on Morning Glory with Geneva for your fix of music history.
This week Sam takes a look at "Aquemini," the third studio album from Atlanta hip-hop duo Outkast. Released in 1998, "Aquemini" is considered by many to be Outkast's best album and one of the best rap albums of all time.
This week Sam takes a look at The Kinks sixth studio album "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society." Released in 1968, on this album the band began exploring more traditional English themes in what was a concept album of sorts looking at a time long gone in English society.
This week Sam takes a look at the debut album from American indie band R.E.M. "Murmur." Released in 1983, this album helped kick off the indie/alternative rock scene in the States, or what some called college rock.
This week Sam pays tribute to the late Aretha Franklin by looking at her 1968 classic "Aretha Now." This album formed part of her classic period between 1967 and 1968 at Atlantic Records,
This week Sam takes a look at the only studio album from American "neo-soul" singer Lauryn Hill "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill." Released in 1998, this album is one of only two rap albums to ever win the album of the year at the Grammys.
This week Sam takes a look at the debut album from gangsta rap group NWA "Straight Outta Compton." Released in 1988, this album helped to resurrect hip-hop in LA and ushered in the era of gangsta rap in America during the 1990s.
This week Sam takes a look at the sixth studio album from British band Pulp "This Is Hardcore." Released in 1998, this album took more of a darker tone as lead singer Jarvis Cocker battled fame and a cocaine addiction.
This week Sam takes a look at Stevie Wonder's 1973 masterpiece "Innervisions." This album, his sixteenth, is considered a 70s classic and forms part of Stevie's golden period of albums.
This week Sam takes a look at the highly influential second studio album from New York rap group Public Enemy "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back." Released in 1988, this album was one of the first notable politically conscious rap records and went on to influence the scope of political music to come.
This week Sam takes a look at the 6th studio album from Radiohead "Hail to the Thief." Released in 2003, this is often seen as the forgotten Radiohead album but still holds up well as a period piece in their discography.
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