Welcome back to the Coming Around Again podcast, part of the Pop Shop family, where host Andrew Unterberger and a variety of guests discuss notable anniversaries being celebrated in the music world.

This week, we look back at Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love album, released in early October of 1987. Three decades later, the album still holds an interesting place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's catalog, as arguably his most personal album -- written near the end of his first marriage and at the outset of the relationship that would soon become his second, and while Springsteen was still grappling with the superstardom that his previous LP, 1984's Born in The U.S.A., had catapulted him towards.

However, the record continues to divide fans with its smaller-scale songwriting and synth-heavy, '80s-hued production. Variety senior music editor Jem Aswad comes on the pod this week to debate whether Tunnel's sonics hamper the strength of its songs, or whether in 2017, trends in modern rock have actually rendered the album's softer edges more contemporary than they've sounded since '87. Aswad also discusses his recent Variety cover story on Springsteen, what it's like talking with The Boss these days, and what his upcoming album might end up sounding like.

Listen below, and be sure to check back every week to see which classic artists, albums and songs are Coming Around Again!