While everyone is busy compiling their Best of 2013 lists, we’re already looking ahead to next year. 2014 is certain to be noteworthy because we’re in the middle of a sweet spot for anniversaries and milestones: records released in 1989 are turning 25, the Class of 1984 braces for the big 3-Oh, and some heavyweight Britpop LPs are bratty teenagers no longer.
But for our money, the juice is in 1989, so as we count down to 2014, here are 25 records set to celebrate their 25th anniversary over the course of next year. Get those special-special edition deluxe re-re-re-release presses ready!
Pixies Doolittle
Operation Ivy Energy
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine
Faith No More The Real Thing
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
The Cure Disintegration
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814
The Jesus & Mary Chain Automatic
Madonna Like A Prayer
New Order Technique
Nirvana Bleach
Neil Young Freedom
Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique
Skinny Puppy Rabies
Red Hot Chili Peppers Mother’s Milk
The B-52s Cosmic Thing
De La Soul 3 Feet High And Rising
Motley Crue Dr. Feelgood
Lou Reed New York
Tom Petty Full Moon Fever
The Cult Sonic Temple
EPMD Unfinished Business
Skid Row Skid Row
Fine Young Cannibals The Raw & The Cooked
Soundgarden Louder Than Love
