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McCartney III
McCartney III, Paul McCartney's 18th solo studio album, released 18 December 2020 on Capitol Records; third in the self-titled trilogy with McCartney (1970) and McCartney II (1980), written, performed, and produced entirely by McCartney alone in lockdown at his Hog Hill Mill studio in Sussex.
Meat Is Murder
Meat Is Murder, The Smiths' second studio album (Rough Trade, 11 February 1985), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart for 13 weeks; nine Morrissey-Marr tracks produced by the band, engineered by Stephen Street, with a vegetarianist title track and US edition adding "How Soon Is Now?".
Medicine at Midnight
Medicine at Midnight is the Foo Fighters' tenth studio album, released February 5, 2021 on Roswell Records. Nine songs, 36:32, produced with Greg Kurstin, disco- and Bowie's Let's Dance-inspired; won the 2022 Grammy for Best Rock Album.
Mellow Gold
Mellow Gold is Beck Hansen's major-label debut album, released March 1, 1994 on Geffen/DGC. Built from home-recorded tapes with producers Karl Stephenson, Tom Rothrock, and Rob Schnapf, it fuses folk, rap, psychedelia, and rock, and launched with the platinum-selling hit single "Loser".
Mercury Comet (album)
Mercury Comet is Smash Mouth's seventh studio album, released August 12, 2026: its first original-material album since Magic (2012), first without Steve Harwell, featuring vocalist Zach Goode, 12 tracks, and cover art controversy.
Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)
Merriweather Post Pavilion is Animal Collective's ninth studio album, released January 2009 on Domino, produced by Ben Allen in Oxford, Mississippi as a trio; a critically acclaimed electronic pop breakthrough named 2009's best album by several outlets.
Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album)
Minutes to Midnight is Linkin Park's third studio album, released May 2007 on Warner Bros. Co-produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda, it dropped nu metal for alternative rock, topped UK and US charts, and divided critics (Metacritic 56).
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Modern Life Is Rubbish: Blur's second studio album (10 May 1993), produced by Stephen Street, UK Albums Chart No. 15, a cornerstone of Britpop; the title is also shared by a 2018 romance comedy film.
Modern Vampires of the City
Modern Vampires of the City is Vampire Weekend's third studio album, released May 14, 2013 on XL Recordings, produced by Rostam Batmanglij and Ariel Rechtshaid, a number-one Billboard 200 record about faith and mortality.
Moisturizer (album)
Moisturizer, also stylized moisturizer, is Wet Leg's second studio album (11 July 2025, Domino), produced by Dan Carey, 12 tracks and 38 minutes, recorded in Brighton, a UK number one with Metacritic 84.
Monster (R.E.M. album)
Monster (1994) is R.E.M.'s ninth studio album, a loud glam-influenced rock record produced with Scott Litt after Automatic for the People; it debuted at No. 1 in the US and seven other countries and went four-times Platinum.
Monuments to an Elegy
Monuments to an Elegy, The Smashing Pumpkins' ninth studio album (2014, Martha's Music/BMG), a 32-minute, nine-song Teargarden by Kaleidyscope installment recorded by Billy Corgan and Jeff Schroeder with drummer Tommy Lee, Metascore 70.
Moon Music
Moon Music, also presented as Music of the Spheres Vol. 2, is the tenth studio album by the British band Coldplay, released in October 2024. It topped the UK chart.
More (Pulp album)
More is the eighth studio album by English band Pulp, released 6 June 2025 on Rough Trade. Their first album in 24 years after We Love Life (2001), it was produced by James Ford, recorded in three weeks, debuted at No. 1 in the UK, and reached Metacritic 83.
Morning Phase
Morning Phase is Beck's twelfth studio album, released in 2014, a companion to Sea Change that won three Grammy Awards including Album of the Year.
Morning View
Morning View is Incubus's fourth album, released October 23, 2001 on Epic. Written and recorded in a rented Malibu beach house on Morning View Drive, it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, went multi-platinum, and was re-recorded as Morning View XXIII in 2024.
Murmur (album)
Murmur is R.E.M.'s 1983 debut album on I.R.S. Records, produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon in Charlotte, North Carolina; 12 songs, about 200,000 copies sold, No. 1 Rolling Stone critics poll.
My New Band Believe (album)
My New Band Believe is the self-titled 2026 debut album by Cameron Picton's London collective, released on Rough Trade. The ex-Black Midi bassist's acoustic, folk- and prog-leaning record spans eight songs in 36 minutes.
My Skyscraper
My Skyscraper is a 2026 double album by Steven Hall, who records as Nirosta Steel. The 17-track compilation spans decades of work and earned a 9.0 from Pitchfork.
Mylo Xyloto
Mylo Xyloto is Coldplay's fifth studio album, released 24 October 2011 on Parlophone; a dystopian love-story concept album produced by Dravs, Green, and Simpson with Brian Eno, it topped charts in 34 countries and spawned comics and the Live 2012 film.
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."
Neon Ballroom
Neon Ballroom: third studio album by Australian band Silverchair, released 8 March 1999 on Murmur/Sony. Produced by Nick Launay, it featured David Helfgott, orchestration, and a choir, hit number one in Australia, and earned 10 ARIA nominations.
Neon Bible
Neon Bible is Arcade Fire's second studio album, released March 2007 on Merge and Mercury. Recorded in a converted Quebec church, it pairs apocalyptic themes of religion and consumerism with Springsteen-influenced, organ-heavy indie rock.
Neon Pill
Neon Pill is the sixth studio album by American rock band Cage the Elephant (also the title of its lead single), released May 17, 2024 via RCA Records; produced by John Hill, born from Matt Shultz's 2023 arrest and recovery, it reached No. 1 on Alternative Airplay and earned a 2025 Grammy nomination.
Nervous Young Man
Nervous Young Man is the eighth self-released Car Seat Headrest album, put out by Will Toledo on Bandcamp on August 23, 2013. A conceptual double album of songs written between ages 17 and 21, it includes the long tracks Boxing Day and The Gun Song and the Disjecta Membra outtakes companion.
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
New Adventures in Hi-Fi is R.E.M.'s tenth studio album, released September 9, 1996 on Warner Bros. Written and recorded on 8-track during the 1995 Monster tour, it was the last album with drummer Bill Berry and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Night Visions
Night Visions (2012) is Imagine Dragons' debut studio album, released September 4, 2012 on KIDinaKORNER/Interscope, produced with Alex da Kid; it debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, spent 408 weeks there, and is 7x platinum in the US.
No Code
No Code is Pearl Jam's fourth studio album, released August 27, 1996 on Epic; 13 tracks, 49:37, produced with Brendan O'Brien, first album with drummer Jack Irons, and a deliberate retreat from Ten's arena-rock sound.
No Hard Feelings (The Beaches album)
No Hard Feelings is the third studio album by Canadian rock band The Beaches, released August 29, 2025 on AWAL; 11 songs, 34 minutes, produced by Gus Van Go in Toronto, follow-up to Blame My Ex.
No Line on the Horizon
No Line on the Horizon is U2's twelfth studio album, released 27 February 2009, produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, and Steve Lillywhite, recorded in Fez, Dublin, New York, and London, debuting at No. 1 in 30 countries.