Tommy Shaw - Girls With Guns

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Girls With Guns, the debut solo album from Styx guitarist/singer Tommy Shaw. It spent twenty-five weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 50.

Julian Lennon - Valotte

Tomorrow (October 15th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Valotte, the debut album of Julian Lennon. This 1984 release went to number 60 in Denmark, number 41 in Japan, number 20 in the UK, number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (where it spent forty-six weeks total on the chart), number 15 in New Zealand, number 12 in Canada, and number 8 in Australia.

Scandal - The Warrior

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of The Warrior, the only full length album from Scandal from the 80’s. After the promotional tour ended, Patty Smyth left the group and the rest disbanded until 2004. Fueled by a hit single, this one spent forty-one weeks on the US Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 17.

Lou Reed - New Sensations

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of New Sensations, the thirteenth solo album from the late Lou Reed. The 1984 release went to number 92 in the UK and spent thirty-two weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 56.

Al Stewart - Time Passages

This month marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Time Passages, the eighth studio release from Scottish singer-songwriter Al Stewart. This 1978 album, which went to number 39 in the UK and number 10 on the US Billboard Album chart, was produced by Alan Parsons.