So, because I was turning 40 this past year, I started a bit of a project where I listen to a bunch of albums that are as old as I am. I thought it would be fun to go through the year of 1984 and listen to the albums as they came out 40 years ago. Basically, in chronological order. I did a monthly report of the albums to a music server I’m on and then later decided I should collect my thoughts in a document. Many of the albums are ones I've heard before, but I also threw in some ones that were new to me, spicing things up. I tried to include each album's released date when I could, but some just had a month without a date (at least as best I as could tell). Given my current listening tastes, a vast majority of this article is going to feature hard rock and heavy metal (though there are a few oddballs thrown in.) This is going to be a long one, so settle in!