25 articles
Bare Trees
Bare Trees is Fleetwood Mac's sixth studio album, released March 1972 on Reprise. Same lineup as Future Games, last album with Danny Kirwan, includes Sentimental Lady; certified Platinum in 1988.
Born to Run
Born to Run names Bruce Springsteen's career-saving 1975 album and title track, his 2016 autobiography, and Christopher McDougall's 2009 Tarahumara running bestseller; distinct works sharing one title.
Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" is the Beach Boys' 18th studio album, released May 15, 1972 on Brother/Reprise; eight songs, 34 minutes, with Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar newly in the lineup, peaking at No. 50 in the US.
Communiqué (Dire Straits album)
Communiqué, Dire Straits' second studio album (June 1979), produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett, recorded at Compass Point, Nassau; nine Mark Knopfler songs, UK #5, #1 in several European countries, last quartet album.
Dire Straits (album)
Dire Straits (1978) is the self-titled debut album by the British rock band Dire Straits, recorded at Basing Street Studios, produced by Muff Winwood, containing "Sultans of Swing", peaking at UK number 5.
Dreamboat Annie
Dreamboat Annie is the 1975 debut album by rock band Heart, recorded in Vancouver and released on Mushroom Records (Canada September 1975; US February 14, 1976), with hit singles "Magic Man," "Crazy On You," and the title track, selling over 2.5 million copies.
Excitable Boy
Excitable Boy is Warren Zevon's third album, released January 1978 on Asylum, produced by Jackson Browne and Waddy Wachtel; his breakthrough, containing the #21 hit Werewolves of London and peaking at #8 on the Billboard 200.
Exile on Main St.
Exile on Main St. (1972), the Rolling Stones' first double LP, recorded mainly at Villa Nellcôte in southern France; blues, gospel and country-inflected rock later ranked Number Seven by Rolling Stone.
Heroes Are Hard to Find
Heroes Are Hard to Find is Fleetwood Mac's ninth studio album, released September 13, 1974 on Reprise; the last with Bob Welch, first recorded in Los Angeles, peaking at No. 34 on the Billboard 200.
Imagine (John Lennon album)
Imagine (1971) is John Lennon's second solo album, produced with Yoko Ono and Phil Spector at Ascot Sound Studios, Tittenhurst Park. It topped charts in seven countries, contains Jealous Guy and How Do You Sleep?, and its title song became Lennon's best-selling single.
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is John Lennon's debut solo studio album, released in 1970, and is widely regarded as one of the most confessional albums in rock.
L.A. (Light Album)
L.A. (Light Album) is the Beach Boys' 1979 studio album on Caribou Records, their last of the 1970s, known for the 11-minute disco "Here Comes the Night" and Dennis Wilson's final major contributions.
McCartney (album)
McCartney is the 1970 debut solo album by Paul McCartney, written and performed almost entirely by him at his London home, released a month before the Beatles' Let It Be.
Mystery to Me
Mystery to Me is a 1973 studio album by Fleetwood Mac, the last they recorded in England, mixing soft rock with funk, reggae, and disco and featuring "Hypnotized."
Penguin (album)
Penguin (1973) is the seventh studio album by British rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on Reprise Records in March 1973. Recorded at Benifold, Hampshire, it was the first album after Danny Kirwan's firing and the only one featuring vocalist Dave Walker, reaching number 49 in the US.
Ram (album)
Ram (1971), Paul and Linda McCartney's Apple Records album, the only one credited to both; second post-Beatles LP, recorded in New York and Los Angeles, UK No. 1, US No. 2, home of "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey".
Rumours (album)
Rumours, Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album (released February 4, 1977), recorded amid the band's mutual breakups, spent 31 weeks at US number one, won the Grammy Album of the Year, and has sold over 40 million copies.
Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones studio album released 23 April 1971, first on Rolling Stones Records with the tongue logo; recorded 1969–1970 at Olympic, Trident, Muscle Shoals, and Stargroves; Andy Warhol zipper cover.
The Captain and Me
The Captain and Me is The Doobie Brothers' third studio album, released March 2, 1973 on Warner Bros., produced by Ted Templeman, with hits "Long Train Runnin'" (#8) and "China Grove" (#15), double platinum.
The Long Run (album)
The Long Run (1979) is the Eagles' sixth studio album and last before their 1980 breakup; produced by Bill Szymczyk over 18 months in Miami, a US number 1, 7x Platinum, with three Top 10 singles.
The Who by Numbers
The Who by Numbers is The Who's seventh studio album (1975), produced by Glyn Johns, featuring Townshend's confessional songwriting, the hit "Squeeze Box," Entwistle's join-the-dots cover, and a 2026 50th-anniversary Super Deluxe reissue.
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is Bruce Springsteen's second album, recorded with the E Street Band at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York, and released in 1973 on Columbia; critically praised, commercially weak, home of Rosalita, Sandy, and Kitty's Back.
Third/Sister Lovers
Third/Sister Lovers is Big Star's third album, recorded fall 1974 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, by Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens with producer Jim Dickinson, shelved after rejected 1975 test pressings and released 1978 on PVC.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (album)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976), the band's debut album on Shelter Records, produced by Denny Cordell, featuring Breakdown and American Girl; slow US sales, UK breakthrough in 1977.
Toto (album)
Toto is the 1978 self-titled debut album by Los Angeles session-musician band Toto on Columbia: #9 Billboard 200, gold then platinum, with "Hold the Line" at #5 Hot 100; produced by the band at Studio 55.