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L.A. Woman
L.A. Woman (also "LA Woman") is the Doors' sixth and final studio album with Jim Morrison, released April 19, 1971 on Elektra, produced by Bruce Botnick and the band at their Santa Monica Boulevard workshop, their bluesiest record with "Riders on the Storm" and "Love Her Madly."
Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Larks' Tongues in Aspic is King Crimson's fifth studio album (March 1973), the debut of the Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Cross, and Muir lineup, a violin-driven progressive rock landmark that launched a multi-decade Larks' pentalogy.
Lateralus
Lateralus is the third studio album by American rock band Tool, released on May 15, 2001, through Volcano Entertainment, and known for a title track built on the Fibonacci sequence.
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin II is Led Zeppelin's second studio album, released October 22, 1969 on Atlantic and produced by Jimmy Page. Recorded across studios in London, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and New York between tours, it hit No 1 on the US Billboard 200 and sold over 10 million US copies.
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin IV, also called Untitled, Four Symbols, Runes, or Zoso, is Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album, released November 8, 1971 with four member symbols as its title. Recorded at Headley Grange, it includes Stairway to Heaven and sold over 37 million copies.
Let It Bleed
Let It Bleed is a 1969 studio album by the Rolling Stones, released on London and Decca records and anchored by "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want".
Lick It Up
Lick It Up is Kiss's eleventh studio album, released September 18, 1983, the band's first without makeup, unveiled on MTV the same day. Produced by Michael James Jackson, Simmons, and Stanley; gold in 1983, platinum in 1990.
List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee list: official roster since 1986 across Performer, Musical Influence, Musical Excellence, and Ahmet Ertegun Award categories, from Elvis Presley's inaugural class to the announced 2026 class.
Little Queen
Little Queen is Heart's second studio album, released May 14, 1977 on Portrait Records. Produced by Mike Flicker in Seattle, it contains Barracuda (US #11) and earned Canadian double platinum certification.
Live Through This
Live Through This is Hole's second album, released April 12, 1994 on DGC. Recorded in Marietta, Georgia with Kristen Pfaff and Patty Schemel, it went Platinum days after Kurt Cobain's death.
Lizard (album)
Lizard (1970) is King Crimson's third studio album, recorded at Wessex Studios with Fripp, Sinfield, Collins, Haskell, and McCulloch, featuring Jon Anderson on the 23-minute title suite.
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One is the Kinks' eighth studio album (Pye, 27 November 1970), a Ray Davies concept album satirizing the music industry, with the hit singles "Lola" (#2 UK, #9 US) and "Apeman" (#5 UK).
Lonesome Crow
Lonesome Crow (German: Lonesome Crow) is the 1972 debut album by German hard rock band Scorpions, recorded October 1971 at Star Studios Hamburg, produced by Conny Plank, with a 15-year-old Michael Schenker on lead guitar, released on Brain Records.
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll is Rainbow's third studio album, released 14 April 1978 on Polydor. It was the band's last album with singer Ronnie James Dio, peaked at #89 on the Billboard 200, and preceded Blackmore's shift to a mainstream sound.
Love Gun
Love Gun is Kiss's sixth studio album, released June 30, 1977 on Casablanca, produced by Eddie Kramer at the Record Plant; first Kiss album with lead vocals from all four members and last with Peter Criss on every track.
Love It to Death
Love It to Death: 1971 third album by the Alice Cooper band, released March 9, 1971 on Straight/Warner Bros., produced by Jack Richardson and Bob Ezrin. First commercial breakthrough, with "I'm Eighteen" peaking at No. 21 on the Hot 100; album reached No. 35 on the Billboard 200.
Lovedrive
Lovedrive, the Scorpions' sixth studio album (1979, Harvest/EMI, Mercury), their commercial breakthrough after Uli Jon Roth's exit, featuring new guitarist Matthias Jabs and Michael Schenker on five tracks, peaking at US #55 and UK #36.
Lulu (Lou Reed and Metallica album)
Lulu (2011) is a ten-song collaborative concept album by Lou Reed and Metallica, based on Frank Wedekind's Lulu Plays, recorded in San Rafael and released October 31, 2011.
Machina/The Machines of God
Machina/The Machines of God is The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, released February 29, 2000 on Virgin. A Flood-produced concept album about rock star Zero becoming Glass, it was the original lineup's last record, paired with the free internet release Machina II, and reissued in 2025.
Machine Head (album)
Machine Head (album) is Deep Purple's 1972 sixth studio album, recorded in Montreux after a fire destroyed the Montreux Casino. It reached #1 in the UK and #7 on the Billboard 200, selling two million US copies and launching "Smoke on the Water".
Mainstream Rock (chart)
Billboard's Mainstream Rock (chart), now Mainstream Rock Airplay, weekly ranks the most-played songs on U.S. mainstream rock radio via Mediabase detections and Luminate data; begun March 21, 1981, all-time leader Shinedown.
Making Movies
Making Movies is a 1980 studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, produced by Jimmy Iovine and Mark Knopfler, that reached number 4 in the UK.
Mechanical Animals
Mechanical Animals is Marilyn Manson's third studio album, released September 15, 1998 on Nothing/Interscope. A glam-rock concept album built on the Omega alien persona, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Smashing Pumpkins' 1995 double album (28 songs, Virgin Records), debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, earned seven Grammy nominations, and was RIAA Diamond certified.
Metal Machine Music
Metal Machine Music: Lou Reed's 1975 RCA double album of pure guitar feedback, 64 minutes with no songs or vocals, initially panned and withdrawn, later a noise-music touchstone.
Monster (Kiss album)
Monster (2012) is Kiss's twentieth and, to date, final studio album, produced by Paul Stanley with Greg Collins, recorded to analog tape via CLASP, led by the single "Hell or Hallelujah", and supported by the Monster World Tour.
More popular than Jesus
"More popular than Jesus" is a remark John Lennon made in March 1966 claiming the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, which sparked American record burnings.
Morrison Hotel
Morrison Hotel: The Doors' fifth studio album, released February 9, 1970 on Elektra (EKS-75007), produced by Paul A. Rothchild; a blues-rock comeback photographed at a real Skid Row Los Angeles hotel, reaching No. 4 in the US.
Moving Pictures (Rush album)
Moving Pictures is Rush's eighth studio album, released February 12, 1981, recorded at Le Studio, Quebec, with Terry Brown. Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Red Barchetta, and YYZ made it Rush's best-selling album.
Music from "The Elder"
Music from "The Elder" is Kiss's ninth studio album, released November 10, 1981 on Casablanca: a Bob Ezrin-produced art-rock concept album from Gene Simmons's story, Kiss's first US album that failed to go gold.