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BraveWords has one of the biggest music collections on the planet, with thousands of items signed. Each week we will showcase the last seven days of birthdays featuring some of the greatest releases in hard rock and heavy metal history. From November 20th - 26th, the following albums/releases celebrated an anniversary. Click the gallery above to view all the photos from the past week. 

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Happy 50th

ALICE COOPER's Muscle Of Love - November 20th, 1973

Happy 33rd
CINDERELLA's Heartbreak Station - November 20th, 1990

Happy 22nd
AEROSMITH’s Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology - November 20th, 200

Happy 16th
SEBASTIAN BACH's Angel Down - November 20th, 2007

Happy 16th
Rhino's Heavy Metal Box - November 20th, 2007 

Happy 48th
QUEEN's A Night At The Opera - November 21st, 1975

Happy 34th
RUSH’s Presto - November 21, 1989

Happy 27th
ANVIL’s Plugged In Permanent - November 21st 1996

Happy 38th
DOKKEN’s Under Lock And Key – November 22nd, 1985

Happy 35th
PINK FLOYD’s Delicate Sound Of Thunder - November 22nd, 1988
Recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York, in August 1988

Happy 23rd
YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN’s War To End All Wars – November 22nd, 2000 (CORRECT + PHOTOGRAPHED)

Happy 42nd
AC/DC's For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) - November 23rd, 1981
The band’s first US #1 album, and it stayed there three weeks. The name of the album was inspired by a book Angus Young read about Roman gladiators (Those About To Die by Daniel P. Mannix) and he came up with the phrase For Those About To Die, We Salute You.

Happy 42nd
PINK FLOYD’s A Collection Of Great Dance Songs - November 23rd, 1981

Happy 40th
THE WHO’s Who's Greatest Hits - November 23rd, 1983

Happy 36th
BLACK SABBATH's The Eternal Idol - November 23rd, 1987
36 years ago today (November 23rd, 1987) we heard singer Tony Martin for the first time. Happy 🎂 BLACK SABBATH's The Eternal Idol. Great album, very underrated. The grand finale title track a stunning and stirring Sabbath moment. 🤘❤️ Su

Happy 35th
CANDLEMASS’Ancient Dreams - November 23rd, 1988

Happy 30th
GUNS N' ROSES' The Spaghetti Incident - November 23rd, 1993
METALLICA's Live Shit: Binge & Purge - November 23rd, 1993

Happy 24th
METALLICA's S&M - November 23rd, 1999

Happy 24th
GUNS N' ROSES' Live ERA '87-'93 - November 23rd, 1999
GUNS N' ROSES' first official (and only) live album.

Happy 24th
LED ZEPPELIN’s Early Days: Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume One - November 23rd, 1999

Happy 15th
GUNS N' ROSES' Chinese Democracy - November 23rd, 2008

Happy 31s
PINK FLOYD’s Shine On - November 24th, 1992
To coincide with their 25th anniversary as a recording and touring band

Happy 25th
METALLICA’S Garage Inc. - November 24th, 1998

Happy 26th
PSYCHO MOTEL's Welcome To The World - November 25th, 1997
The side project from IRON MAIDEN’s Adrian Smith. Dave Murray and Scott Gorham guest. 🎂🤘

Happy 46th
ERIC CLAPTON’s Slowhand - November 25th, 1977
Titled after his own nickname, ERIC CLAPTON’s excellent Slowhand album turns 46 today (November 25th, 1977). 

Happy 29th
CRYPTOPSY’s Blasphemy Made Flesh - November 25th, 1994

Happy 7th
WITCHERY’s In His Infernal Majesty’s Service – November 25th, 2016

Happy 58th
THE KINKS’ The Kink Kontroversy - November 26th, 1965

Happy 52nd 
YES’ Fragile - November 26th, 1971

Happy 21st
IRON MAIDEN’s Eddie's Archive - November 26th, 2002

Happy 2nd
HYPOCRISY - Worship - November 26, 2021