These albums turn 40 in 2020, but they’re anything but over the hill.

Scroll through the gallery below to see 33 albums that turn 40 in 2020.

• AC/DC – ‘Back in Black’

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  Released July 25, 1980.

• Van Halen – ‘Women and Children First’

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  Released March 26, 1980.

• U2 – ‘Boy’

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  Released October 20, 1980.

• The Cars – ‘Panorama’

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  Released August 15, 1980.

• The Romantics – ‘The Romantics’

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  Released January 4, 1980.

• The Rolling Stones – ‘Emotional Rescue’

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  Released June 20, 1980.
• REO Speedwagon – ‘Hi Infidelity’

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  Released November 21, 1980.

• Ramones – ‘End of the Century’

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  Released February 4, 1980.

• Queen – ‘The Game’

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  Released June 30, 1980.

• Queen – ‘Flash Gordon’

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  Released December 8, 1980.

• The Pretenders – ‘Pretenders’

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  Released January 19, 1980.

• The Police – ‘Zenyatta Mondatta’

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  Released October 3, 1980.
• Pete Townshend – ‘Empty Glass’

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  Released April 21, 1980.

• Pat Benatar – ‘Crimes of Passion’

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  Released August 5, 1980.

• Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Blizzard of Ozz’

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  Released September 20, 1980.

• Motorhead – ‘Ace of Spades’

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  Released November 8, 1980.

• KISS – ‘Unmasked’

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  Released May 20, 1980.

• Judas Priest – ‘British Steel’

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  Released April 14, 1980.
• Journey – ‘Departure’

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  Released March 23, 1980.

• Joan Jett – ‘Bad Reputation’

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  Released May 17, 1980.

• The J. Geils Band – ‘Love Stinks’

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  Released January 28, 1980.

• Heart – ‘Bebe le Strange’

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  Released February 14, 1980.

• Hall & Oates – ‘Voices’

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  Released July 29, 1980.

• Dire Straits – ‘Making Movies’

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  Released October 17, 1980.
• Def Leppard – ‘On Through the Night’

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  Released March 14, 1980.

• David Bowie – ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’

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  Released September 12, 1980.

• The Cure – ‘Boys Don’t Cry’

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  Released February 5, 1980.

• The Clash – ‘Sandinista!’

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  Released December 12, 1980.

• Bruce Springsteen – ‘The River’

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  Released October 17, 1980.

• Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – ‘Against the Wind’

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  Released February 25, 1980.
• Blondie – ‘Autoamerican’

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  Released November 19, 1980.

• Black Sabbath – ‘Heaven and Hell’

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  Released April 25, 1980.

• Billy Joel – ‘Glass Houses’

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  Released March 10, 1980.

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