Album Milestone Anniversaries in 2025

I haven't gotten around to doing research for 2010, 2015 and 2020. 

Maybe in due time, along with collages. 

January

14: Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)

20: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)

24: Stackridge - Extravaganza (1975)

24: The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (1990)

24: Van Halen - Balance (1995)

25: Pat Metheny - The Way Up (2005)

26: Chicago - Chicago II (1970)

26: Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)

27: Sculptured - Apollo Ends (2000)

28: Spiral Architect - A Skeptics Universe (2000)

29: Fish - Vigil in the Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)

Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

Spock's Beard - The Light (1995)

February

1: Peter Hamill - Nadir's Big Chance (1975)

1: Bend Sinister - Through the Broken City (2005)

4: God is an Astronaut - All Is Violent All Is Bright (2005)

7: Karnivool - Themata (2005) 

8: Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True (2000)

8: People For Audio - And This Will Be Our Homecoming (2005)

11: The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (Japan) (2005)

13: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)

14: The Who - Live at Leeds (1970)

14: Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

14: Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)

15: Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day (1980)

16: Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)

22: Call Florence Pow - These Are the Plans...(2000)

22: Josh Rouse - Nashville (2005)

24: Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975)

25: Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair (1985)

28: Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)

28: Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom (1990)

29: Steve Stevens - Flamenco A Go-Go (2000) 

Ambrosia - Ambrosia (1975)

Kansas - Song for America (1975)

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)

Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea - No Mystery (1975)

March

1: Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)

7: David Bowie - Young Americans (1975)

7: Echolyn - As the World (1995)

8: Kaddisfly - Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn (2005)

10: Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)

11: Crosby Stills Nash and Young - Dejavu (1970)

11: 10cc - The Original Soundtrack (1975)

13: Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)

19: Depeche Mode - Violator  (1990)

21: Death - Symbolic (1995)

21: Kevin Gilbert - Thud (1995)

21: The Tea Party - The Edges of Twilight (1995)

21: Transatlantic - SMPT:e (2000)

22: Soft Machine - Bundles (1975)

22: The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)

25: The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

24: Genesis - Duke (1980)

26: Van Halen - Women and Children First (1980)

27: Rick Wakeman - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975)

28: Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime (1995)

28: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)

29: Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)

30: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)

Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green (1970)

April

1: Journey - Journey (1975)

1: The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'clock (1985)

3: King Crimson - Thrak (1995)

3: Doves - Lost Souls (2000)

4: Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial (1975)

10: Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)

11: Steve Hillage - Fish Rising (1975)

20: Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970)

21: Abba - Abba (1975)

22: Prince - Around the World in a Day (1985)

25: Camel - The Snow Goose (1975)

25: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)

25: Klimt 1918 - Dopoguerra (2005)

26: The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse (2005)

26: Time of Orchids - Sarcast While (2005)

Margot and the Nuclear So & So's - The Dust of Retreat (2005)

sElf - Porno, Mint & Crime (2005)

May

2: Human Radio - Human Radio (1990)

3: King Crimson - USA (1975)

4: Mew - Half the World is Watching (2000)

5: King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)

8: The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)

9: Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)

10: Al Di Meola - Splendido Hotel (1980)

17: System of a Down - Mezmerize (2005)

19: Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

22: King's X - Please Come Home Mr.Bulbous (2000)

23: Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [3/Melt] (1980)

23: Shaman - Reason (2005)

24: Gospel - The Moon Is a Dead World (2005)

June

1: a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)

1: Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)

3: Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock (1970)

6: Soft Machine - Third (1970)

6: Ulver - Blood Inside (2005)

7: Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil (2005)

7: Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)

7: Shadow Gallery - Room V (2005)

10: The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)

17: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)

20: Neil Young - Tonight's the Night (1975)

20: Galactic Cowboys - Let It Go (2000)

21: dredg - Catch Without Arms (2005)

21: Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams (2005)

24: Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight (1995)

27: The Chap - Ham (2005)

25: Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)

28: Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee (1990)

30: Queen - The Game (1980)

Michael Nesmith and the First National Band - Magnetic South (1970)

Fairport Convention - Rising for the Moon (1975)

Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)

July

4: The Flower Kings - Space Revolver (2000)

5: Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)

8: Various Artists - Back to the Future Soundtrack (1985)

11: Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)

11: Ultravox - Vienna (1980)

11: Shadow Gallery - Carved in Stone (1995)

11: Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)

12: The Ebb & Flow - Time to Echolocate (2005)

17: Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Jean-Luc Ponty - Rite of Strings (1995)

18: Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)

24: Yes - Time and a Word (1970)

25: Caravan - Cunning Stuns (1975)

25: Fates Warning - Disconnected (2000)

26: Veda - The Weight of an Empty Room (2005)

28: Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)

August

3: The Beatles - Help! (1965)

7: Jellyfish - Bellybutton (1990)

15: White Willow - Sacrament (2000)

16: Aviatic - Arrival (2005)

18: Daryl Hall and John Oates - Daryl Hall and John Oates (1975)

18: Yes - Drama (1980)

20: Queensryche - Empire (1990)

21: Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)

22: Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)

22: The Gathering - Mandylion (1995)

22: Spock's Beard - V (2000)

23: Greg Herriges - It Plays Me (2005)

23: Minus the Bear - Menos el Oso (2005)

23: Neverending White Lights - Act I: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies (2005)

23: The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005)

25: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)

27: Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (1975)

30: Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)

Miles Davis - Agharta (1975)

Kool and the Gang - Spirit of the Boogie (1975)

September

1: The Brecker Brothers - The Brecker Bros. (1975)

1: Electric Light Orchestra - Face the Music (1975)

3: George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)

4: Rush - Chronicles (1990)

5: Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)

5: sElf - Gizmodgery (2000)

6: Between the Buried and Me - Alaska (2005)

12: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)

12: At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)

12: VAST - Music for People (2000)

13: Sheena Ringo - 勝訴ストリップ (Shōso Strip) (2000)

13: Sigur Ros - Takk...(2005)

14: Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)

15: Foghat - Fool for the City (1975)

16: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)

18: Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)

19: Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons [EP] (1995)

19: Oceansize - Everyone Into Position (2005)

19: Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites (2005)

20: Kansas - Masque (1975)

20: Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)

23: Santana - Abraxas (1970)

24: Rush - Caress of Steel (1975)

24: Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)

25: INXS - X (1990)

27: Gojira - From Mars to Sirius (2005)

27: King's X - Ogre Tones (2005)

27: Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)

Heart - Dreamboat Annie (1975) (UK)

October

2: Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)

3: The Who - The Who By Numbers (1975)

3: The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)

3: Enchant - Juggling Nine or Dropping Ten (2000)

4: Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (2005)

5: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1970)

5: Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985) 

8: Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)

9: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (2000)

10: Tears for Fears - Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995)

10: Pure Reason Revolution - Cautionary Tales for the Brave (2005)

11: Kiss Kiss - Kiss Kiss (2005)

14: INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)

15: Rush - Power Windows (1985)

15: Opeth - Orchid (1995)

17: Bruce Springsteen - The River (1980)

17: Saigon Kick - Devil in the Details (1995)

17: Burst - Origo (2005)

20: U2 - Boy (1980)

23: Genesis - Trespass (1970)

23: King's X - Faith Hope Love (1990)

24: Roxy Music - Siren (1975)

24: Savatage - Dead Winter Dead (1995)

24: sElf - Subliminal Plastic Motives (1995)

27: Hawkwind - Levitation (1980)

30: U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)

31: Steve Howe - Beginnings (1975)

31: Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I (2000)

Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte (1975)

Nektar - Recycled (1975)

Fates Warning - The Spectre Within (1985)

November

1: Michael Nesmith and the First National Band - Loose Salute (1970)

1: The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

6: Queen - Made in Heaven (1995)

7: Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water (1975)

8: Paulson - All At Once (2005)

9: Badfinger - No Dice (1970)

9: Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)

10: Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)

12: Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)

14: Chroma Key - You Go Now (2000)

17: John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy (1980)

20: Emerson Lake and Palmer - Emerson Lake and Palmer (1970)

22: System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)

26: Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace (1990) 

27: Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant (1970)

28: The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

30: George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (1970)

Robert Palmer - Riptide (1985)

December

1: Styx - Equinox (1975)

1: I Can't Believe It's Not Rock - I Can't Believe It's Not Rock (2000)

3: The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)

11: King Crimson - Lizard (1970)

No Month or Date Found

Gypsy - Gypsy (1970)

Electromagnets - Electromagnets (1975)

White Willow - Ignis Fatuus (1995) (Spring)

Cloud Cult - Who Killed Puck? (2000)

Klimt 1918 - Secession Makes Modern Music (2000)

The Year 1985 Albums Calendar and Rankings

1985: the Mid 1980's, and the age of Pop/Synth-Pop/Pop-Rock/New Romantic/New Wave among other styles.

Thrash Metal, Blue Eyed Soul, supergroups and songs getting played on MTV of course.

1985, while probably not the best year of the 1980's, still has a lot of depth. The 80's hits were possibly around if not at their peak. My wife may look at the artists from this year that were big as 1 of her favorites. Prince, Robert Palmer, Power Station, Whitney Houston, Sade, Laura Branigan, Corey Hart, Sheila E, Sheena Easton.

As for my favorites, Misplaced Childhood was the 1st Marillion album I ever heard and while maybe among their perfect albums, I put it 3rd or 4th, it still is a lifer record for me. Power Windows, while not my favorite Synth-era Rush album, still holds up and has a bunch great deeper tracks (Middletown Dreams). I will say, a few years back, I found in revisiting it, the synths to be a little dated at points, to the point I probably prefer some of the other synth/80's Rush more for that reason (Hold Your Fire namely, which I at 1 time saw as slightly worse, but now feel the opposite).

And of course Rush and Marillion toured the US right around this time, in 1986? Had I known them and been into the music I am now, back then as a 8-9 y/o, I likely would have ranked them 1 and 2 then like now.

The 1st proggy Fates Warning album The Spectre Within, and 1 that gets overshadowed by the album that followed.

Songs from the Big Chair from Tears for Fears certainly holds up and compares very favorably to many of the best albums of the 1980's, especially in Pop/Pop-Rock and music that was mainstream enough.

1. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
2. Rush - Power Windows
3, Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
4. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
5. Various Artists - Back to the Future Soundtrack
6. The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock
7. Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles
8. Prince - Around the World in a Day
9. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
10. Annie Haslam - Still Life
11. a-ha - Hunting High and Low
12. INXS - Listen Like Thieves
13. Blue Canoe - Blue Canoe
14. Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics
15. Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
16. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare to Be Stupid
17. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
18. Peter Gabriel - Birdy
19, The Power Station - The Power Station
20. Savatage - Power of the Night
21. Heart - Heart
22. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required




Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
rel January 25, 1985


Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
rel February 2, 1985


Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
rel February 14, 1985


Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
rel February 25, 1985


Roy Harper and Jimmy Page - Whatever Happened to Jugula?
rel March 4, 1985


Alexander O'Neal - Alexander O'Neal
rel March 8, 1985


Peter Gabriel - Birdy
rel March 18, 1985


The Power Station - The Power Station
rel March 25, 1985


Paul Young - The Secret of Association
rel March 25, 1985


Katrina and the Waves - Katrina and the Waves
rel March 1985


The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock
rel April 1, 1985


Prince - Around the World in a Day
rel April 22, 1985


Freddie Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy
rel April 29, 1985


Richard Thompson - Across a Crowded Room
rel April 1985


Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
rel May 13, 1985


Savatage - Power of the Night
rel May 20, 1985


a-ha - Hunting High and Low
rel June 1, 1985


Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles
rel June 1, 1985


Talking Heads - Little Creatures
rel June 10, 1985


Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
rel June 12, 1985


Corey Hart - Boy in the Box
rel June 14, 1985


Jerry Goodman - On the Future of Aviation
rel June 16, 1985


Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
rel June 17, 1985


"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare to Be Stupid
rel June 18, 1985


Heart - Heart
rel July 6, 1985


Various Artists - Back to the Future Soundtrack
rel July 8, 1985


Laura Branigan - Hold Me
rel July 15, 1985


Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love
rel August 13, 1985


The Family - The Family
rel August 19, 1985


Sheila E - Romance 1600
rel August 26, 1985


Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
rel September 16, 1985


Jane Siberry - The Speckless Sky
rel September 24, 1985


Hall and Oates - Live at the Apollo (with David Ruffin and Eddie Kendrick)
rel September 30, 1985


Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics
rel October 5, 1985


INXS - Listen Like Thieves
rel October 14, 1985


Iron Maiden - Live After Death
rel October 14, 1985


Rush - Power Windows
rel October 15, 1985


Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time
rel October 21, 1985


Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
rel October 28, 1985


Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
rel October 1985


Sade - Promise
rel November 4, 1985


Hawkwind - The Chronicle of the Black Sword
rel November 11, 1985


Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
rel November 25, 1985


Mr, Mister - Welcome to the Real World
rel November 27, 1985


Sheena Easton - Do You
rel November 1985


Robert Palmer - Riptide
rel November 1985


Blue Canoe - Blue Canoe
rel 1985


Boiled in Lead - Boiled in Lead
rel 1985


Jerry Goodman - On the Future of Aviation
rel 1985


Annie Haslam - Still Life
rel 1985


Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
rel 1985


Stanley Jordan - Magic Touch
rel 1985


Pat Metheny - The Falcon and the Snowman
rel 1985


Oregon - Crossing
rel 1985


Ozric Tentacles - Erpsongs
rel 1985