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40 Albums That Turn 45 in 2022

These 40 albums that turn 45 in 2022 feature timeless debuts and some of the most iconic titles in rock. Scroll through the gallery below to see which albums are…

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These 40 albums that turn 45 in 2022 feature timeless debuts and some of the most iconic titles in rock.

Scroll through the gallery below to see which albums are turning 45 in 2022..

Fleetwood Mac - ‘Rumours’

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Sex Pistols - ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’

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David Bowie - ‘Low’

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Television - ‘Marquee Moon’

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Steely Dan - ‘Aja’

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Elvis Costello - ‘My Aim Is True’

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David Bowie - ‘“Heroes”’

Bowie_Heroes_RCA.jpgRCA

Iggy Pop - ‘Lust for Life’

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - ‘Street Survivors’

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Pink Floyd - ‘Animals’

Pink-Floyd_Animals_Harvest.jpgHarvest

Ramones - ‘Rocket to Russia’

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Talking Heads - ‘Talking Heads: 77’

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Bob Marley and the Wailers - ‘Exodus’

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Jackson Browne - ‘Running on Empty’

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Cheap Trick - ‘In Color’

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Meat Loaf - ‘Bat Out of Hell’

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Kraftwerk - ‘Trans-Europe Express’

Kraftwerk_Kling-Klang.jpgKling Klang

Ramones - ‘Leave Home’

ramones-leave-home_Sire.jpgSire

Rush - ‘A Farewell to Kings’

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Electric Light Orchestra - ‘Out of the Blue’

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Billy Joel - ‘The Stranger’

billy-joel_Columbia.jpgColumbia

The Clash - ‘The Clash’

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Ted Nugent - ‘Cat Scratch Fever’

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Steve Miller Band - ‘Book of Dreams’

steve-miller-book_Capitol.jpgCapitol

Queen - ‘News of the World’

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Thin Lizzy - ‘Bad Reputation’

thin-lizzy_Mercury.jpgMercury

AC/DC - ‘Let There Be Rock’

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Jethro Tull - ‘Songs from the Wood’

jethro-tull_Chrysalis.jpgChrysalis

The Runaways - ‘Queens of Noise’

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Sammy Hagar - ‘Sammy Hagar’

sammy-hagar_Capitol.jpgCapitol

Cheap Trick - ‘Cheap Trick’

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Foreigner - ‘Foreigner’

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Kansas - ‘Point of Know Return’

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Heart - ‘Little Queen’

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Styx - ‘The Grand Illusion’

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KISS - ‘Love Gun’

KISS_Love-Gun_UMG.jpgUMG

Yes - ‘Going for the One’

yes_going-for-the-one_Atlantic.jpgAtlantic

Neil Young - ‘American Stars ‘n Bars’

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Eric Clapton - ‘Slowhand’

eric-clapton_RSO.jpgRSO

Richard Hell - ‘Blank Generation’

richard-hell_Sire.jpgSire

Aerosmith - ‘Draw the Line’

Aerosmith_draw_Columbia.jpgColumbia
Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights