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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  Released on February 4, 1977.

• Sex Pistols – ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’

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  Released on October 28, 1977

• David Bowie – ‘Low’

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  Released on January 14, 1977.

• Television – ‘Marquee Moon’

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  Released on February 8, 1977.

• Steely Dan – ‘Aja’

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  Released on September 23, 1977.
• Elvis Costello – ‘My Aim Is True’

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  Released on July 22, 1977.

• David Bowie – ‘“Heroes”’

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  Released on October 14, 1977.

• Iggy Pop – ‘Lust for Life’

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  Released on September 9, 1977.

• Lynyrd Skynyrd – ‘Street Survivors’

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  Released on October 17, 1977.

• Pink Floyd – ‘Animals’

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  Released on January 21, 1977
• Ramones – ‘Rocket to Russia’

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  Released on November 4, 1977.

• Talking Heads – ‘Talking Heads: 77’

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  Released on September 16, 1977.

• Bob Marley and the Wailers – ‘Exodus’

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  Released on June 3, 1977.

• Jackson Browne – ‘Running on Empty’

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  Released on December 6, 1977.

• Cheap Trick – ‘In Color’

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  Released in September 1977.
• Meat Loaf – ‘Bat Out of Hell’

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  Released on October 21, 1977.

• Kraftwerk – ‘Trans-Europe Express’

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  Released in March 1977.

• Ramones – ‘Leave Home’

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  Released on January 10, 1977.

• Rush – ‘A Farewell to Kings’

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  Released on September 1, 1977.

• Electric Light Orchestra – ‘Out of the Blue’

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  Released on October 3, 1977.
• Billy Joel – ‘The Stranger’

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  Released on September 29, 1977.

• The Clash – ‘The Clash’

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  Released on April 8, 1977.

• Ted Nugent – ‘Cat Scratch Fever’

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  Released on May 13, 1977.

• Steve Miller Band – ‘Book of Dreams’

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  Released in May 1977.

• Queen – ‘News of the World’

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  Released on October 28, 1977.
• Thin Lizzy – ‘Bad Reputation’

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  Released on September 2, 1977.

• AC/DC – ‘Let There Be Rock’

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  Released on March 21, 1977.

• Jethro Tull – ‘Songs from the Wood’

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  Released on February 11, 1977.

• The Runaways – ‘Queens of Noise’

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  Released in January 1977.

• Sammy Hagar – ‘Sammy Hagar’

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  Released in January 1977.
• Cheap Trick – ‘Cheap Trick’

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  Released on February 3, 1977.

• Foreigner – ‘Foreigner’

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  Released on March 8, 1977.

• Kansas – ‘Point of Know Return’

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  Released on October 11, 1977.

• Heart – ‘Little Queen’

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  Released on May 14, 1977.

• Styx – ‘The Grand Illusion’

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  Released on July 7, 1977.
• KISS – ‘Love Gun’

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  Released on June 30, 1977.

• Yes – ‘Going for the One’

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  Released on July 15, 1977.

• Neil Young – ‘American Stars ‘n Bars’

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  Released on June 13, 1977.

• Eric Clapton – ‘Slowhand’

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  Released on November 25, 1977.

• Richard Hell – ‘Blank Generation’

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  Released in September 1977.
• Aerosmith – ‘Draw the Line’

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  Released on December 9, 1977,

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