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November 5, 2026
Cover of “Justified” by Justin Timberlake. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
STORY OF THE DAYHow Justin Timberlake Turned Michael Jackson's Castoffs Into Justified
Jive Records released Justin Timberlake's debut solo album Justified on November 5, 2002, built on songs Michael Jackson had turned down from The Neptunes.
4 min read · Soul
STORY · Alternative
Why Did Siouxsie and the Banshees Bet on a Dreamhouse?
Siouxsie and the Banshees released A Kiss in the Dreamhouse on November 5, 1982, via Polydor, with no synthesizers and a string section instead.
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Cover of “A Kiss in the Dreamhouse” by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Hip-Hop
Tupac Shakur: How a Seven-Day Rush Became Makaveli
Tupac Shakur's fifth studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, arrived on November 5, 1996. It was credited to Makaveli and released four months ahead of schedule.
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STORY · Rock
Why Did Bryan Adams Almost Leave 'Heaven' Off Reckless?
Bryan Adams released Reckless on A&M Records on November 5, 1984. Manager Bruce Allen's question about where the rock was pushed the gentle ballad 'Heaven' back into the tracklist.
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Cover of “Reckless” by Bryan Adams. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Rock
Why Did Elton John Risk Madman Across the Water?
Elton John released Madman Across the Water on November 5, 1971, his third album in twelve months and his first real experiment with progressive rock.
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Cover of “Madman Across the Water” by Elton John. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Folk
How Did Johnny Cash Make His Final Album Hit So Hard?
Johnny Cash released American IV: The Man Comes Around on November 5, 2002, his final album while alive. It was built largely from covers and anchored by a stark reading of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt".
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STORY · Rock
Why Did Eminem Revisit The Marshall Mathers LP?
Eminem released The Marshall Mathers LP 2 on November 5, 2013, a sequel to his third album that began as an accident of songwriting rather than a plan.
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Cover of “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” by Eminem. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Pop
How Did Miki Matsubara's Debut Single Conquer the World?
Miki Matsubara's 1979 debut single 'Mayonaka no Door〜Stay With Me' has passed 500 million Spotify plays. It is the first 20th-century Japanese song to reach that mark.
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STORY · Alternative
How Radiohead Reunited Kid A and Amnesiac
Radiohead's Kid A and Amnesiac came from the same sessions but lived as separate albums. On November 5, 2021, Kid A Mnesia reunited them with a third disc of unheard material.
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Cover of “Kid A Mnesia” by Radiohead. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Metal
Why Did Bullet for My Valentine Make Their Heaviest Album?
Bullet for My Valentine released their self-titled seventh album on November 5, 2021, through Spinefarm Records. Matt Tuck pushed harsh vocals to roughly 60 percent of the mix.
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Cover of “Bullet for My Valentine” by Bullet for My Valentine. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Soul
How Summer Walker Made Heartbreak a Chart-Topping Story
Summer Walker's Still Over It arrived on November 5, 2021, via LVRN and Interscope. It turned her relationship with London on da Track into a dated, track-by-track account.
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Cover of “Still Over It” by Summer Walker. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
Why Did The Stranglers Rebuild Aural Sculpture?
Epic Records rejected The Stranglers' Brussels tapes and forced a new producer on the band. Aural Sculpture was rebuilt around Laurie Latham's brass trio and released on November 5, 1984.
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Cover of “Aural Sculpture” by The Stranglers. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Jazz
Miles Davis's Dingo at 35
Warner Bros. released Miles Davis's Dingo soundtrack, written with Michel Legrand, on November 5, 1991 — the last studio album Davis completed before his death.
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STORY · Rock
Why Did Eric Clapton Call One More Car, One More Rider a Farewell?
Eric Clapton's eighth live album, One More Car, One More Rider, arrived on November 5, 2002. It was drawn from two Staples Center shows on a tour he had announced as his last.
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Cover of “One More Car, One More Rider” by Eric Clapton. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Rock
How Depeche Mode Rebuilt Freelove for the Dance Floor
Depeche Mode cut Freelove from 6:10 to 3:59, brought in Flood for a new mix, and released it on Mute Records on November 5, 2001.
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Cover of “Freelove” by Depeche Mode. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
How Charly García's Clics modernos rewired Argentine rock
Charly García released Clics modernos on November 5, 1983, five days after Argentina's first post-dictatorship presidential election. The New York-recorded album sounded nothing like his earlier rock.
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Cover of “Clics modernos” by Charly García. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Rock
Why Does Jakob Dylan Struggle with Red Letter Days?
The Wallflowers released Red Letter Days on November 5, 2002, with Jakob Dylan taking on most lead guitar duties for the first time. Dylan later said he finds the album hard to listen to.
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Cover of “Red Letter Days” by The Wallflowers. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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Today · November 4, 2026
STORY · Rock
How Did David Bowie Lose Control of The Man Who Sold the World?
David Bowie's third album reached American shops on November 4, 1970, under a title and cover the label chose without him. The record he wanted to call Metrobolist only got that name back in 2020.
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Cover of “The Man Who Sold the World” by David Bowie. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
My Bloody Valentine's Loveless at 35
My Bloody Valentine's Loveless took two and a half years and nineteen studios to finish. It arrived on November 4, 1991, and was greeted as a landmark of shoegaze.
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Cover of “Loveless” by My Bloody Valentine. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Rock
How Shania Twain's Come On Over Broke Every Rule
Shania Twain's Come On Over, released on Mercury Records in November 1997, was written entirely with producer Mutt Lang. It became the best-selling studio album by a woman in history.
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Cover of “Come On Over” by Shania Twain. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
How Aphex Twin Made Richard D. James Album
Aphex Twin's Richard D. James Album arrived on November 4, 1996, built from a car-boot violin, a single Macintosh and breakbeats pushed to new speeds.
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Cover of “Richard D. James Album” by Aphex Twin. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
How The Clash Lost Control of Cut the Crap
The Clash released Cut the Crap on November 4, 1985, with Paul Simonon absent from the recordings. Manager Bernie Rhodes was credited as producer under a pseudonym.
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Cover of “Cut the Crap” by The Clash. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
They Might Be Giants at 40
They Might Be Giants released their untitled debut, known to fans as The Pink Album, on Bar/None Records on November 4, 1986. It grew into a 100,000-copy independent success.
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Cover of “They Might Be Giants” by They Might Be Giants. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Hip-Hop
Why Did Three 6 Mafia Aim for World Domination?
Three 6 Mafia released Chapter 2: World Domination on November 4, 1997 through Hypnotize Minds and Relativity Records. The album turned a Memphis cult following into a top-40 Billboard 200 placing.
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STORY · Metal
X Japan's Dahlia at 30: A Final Album
X Japan's Yoshiki spent three years recording Dahlia at his own North Hollywood studio. The album hit number one in Japan before the band split in 1997.
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Cover of “Dahlia” by X Japan. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Pop
How Barbra Streisand Fought for The Broadway Album
Barbra Streisand released The Broadway Album on Columbia Records on November 4, 1985, after her label told her show tunes were not pop music.
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Cover of “The Broadway Album” by Barbra Streisand. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Hip-Hop
How Ja Rule Turned a Feud Into Blood in My Eye
Ja Rule released Blood in My Eye on November 4, 2003, a project that began as a mixtape and became a full album aimed at 50 Cent, G-Unit, Eminem and D12.
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Cover of “Blood in My Eye” by Ja Rule. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Pop
Why Did Alicia Keys Call Her Album Here?
Alicia Keys wrote roughly thirty songs in ten days at a New York studio called The Oven. That burst became Here, her sixth album, released on RCA Records on November 4, 2016.
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Cover of “Here” by Alicia Keys. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Pop
Robbie Williams' The Heavy Entertainment Show at 10
Robbie Williams released The Heavy Entertainment Show on November 4, 2016. It was his eleventh studio album, arriving after he signed with Sony Music five months earlier.
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Cover of “The Heavy Entertainment Show” by Robbie Williams. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
How Ramones Made Rocket to Russia Outrun Punk's Chaos
The Ramones released Rocket to Russia on November 4, 1977. Johnny Ramone demanded the band outplay the Sex Pistols, and Tommy Ramone played on his last album with the group.
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Cover of “Rocket to Russia” by Ramones. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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