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Sable, Fable
SABLE, fABLE (also styled Sable, Fable) is Bon Iver's fifth studio album, released April 11, 2025 on Jagjaguwar, combining the 2024 SABLE EP with nine new fABLE tracks about love and renewal.
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Sailing the Seas of Cheese is Primus's second studio album, released May 14, 1991 on Interscope; the funk-metal trio's major-label debut went gold by 1993 via MTV singles "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" and "Tommy the Cat."
Salad Days (Mac DeMarco album)
Salad Days, also known as Salad Days (Mac DeMarco album), is a 2014 indie rock/jangle pop studio album by Canadian musician Mac DeMarco, released April 1, 2014 on Captured Tracks, self-recorded in his Brooklyn apartment, reaching number 30 on the Billboard 200.
Sam's Town
Sam's Town (2006) is The Killers' second album, the follow-up to Hot Fuss. Recorded in Las Vegas at the Palms with Flood and Alan Moulder, it shifted from new wave to Springsteen-style heartland rock, hit No. 1 in the UK, No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and was later reappraised as underrated.
Sanctuary (Evanescence album)
Sanctuary (Evanescence album): Evanescence's sixth studio album, released June 5, 2026 via BMG; follow-up to The Bitter Truth; singles Afterlife and Who Will You Follow, the band's first two Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1s.
Screamadelica
Screamadelica, Primal Scream's third studio album (1991, Creation Records), produced largely by Andrew Weatherall and Hugo Nicolson, fused acid house, dub, and rock, reached UK No. 8, and won the inaugural 1992 Mercury Prize.
Sea Change (album)
Sea Change (2002) is Beck's melancholy acoustic breakup album on Geffen, produced by Nigel Godrich at Ocean Way Studios, with strings by David Campbell; precursor to Morning Phase.
Second Song
Second Song is the second studio album by Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts (also the TV on the Radio song from 2011). Released 18 September 2026 on Reprise, it is counted as Young's 50th studio album, seven tracks, 42:12, recorded at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, produced by Lou Adler and the Volume Dealers.
Self-ish
SELF-iSH (2016) is the second album by Will Wood & The Tapeworms, released on Say-10, produced by Kevin Antreassian; a dark cabaret and piano rock concept album, remastered in 2020 and reissued later.
Sentimental Hygiene
Sentimental Hygiene is Warren Zevon's sixth studio album, released July 7, 1987 on Virgin after five years away, backed by R.E.M.'s Buck, Mills, and Berry with guests Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and George Clinton.
Shish (album)
Shish (SHISH) is the tenth studio album by Portugal. The Man, released November 7, 2025 on their KNIK label via Thirty Tigers. Named for Shishmaref, Alaska, its ten tracks (41:47) are all Alaskan place names, produced by John Gourley and Kane Ritchotte.
Showbiz (Muse album)
Showbiz is the 1999 debut studio album by English rock band Muse, recorded at Sawmills and RAK Studios with producer John Leckie, released via Mushroom, Taste Media, and Maverick, and known for early Radiohead comparisons.
Silos (Starset album)
SILOS is the fifth studio album by Starset, released September 12, 2025 on Fearless Records: 16 tracks, about 57 minutes, built from eight 2024–2025 singles and two covers, originally conceived as an EP.
Silver Side Up
Silver Side Up is Nickelback's third studio album, released September 11, 2001 on Roadrunner Records. Produced with Rick Parashar, it spawned "How You Remind Me", a four-week Billboard Hot 100 number one, sold over 10 million copies, and won four 2002 Juno Awards.
Simulation Theory (album)
Simulation Theory, eighth studio album by English rock band Muse (2018, Warner Bros.), produced with Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, and Timbaland; an 1980s synth-rock pivot with Kyle Lambert cover art, Metacritic score 63, and a 2019 world tour and concert film.
Singin' to an Empty Chair
Singin' to an Empty Chair is the sixth studio album by Chicago indie rock band Ratboys, released February 6, 2026 on New West Records; produced by Chris Walla, titled after the Gestalt empty chair therapy technique, addressing estrangement.
Slanted and Enchanted
Slanted and Enchanted (also Slanted & Enchanted) is Pavement's 1992 Matador debut album, recorded lo-fi at Gary Young's Stockton, California studio over seventeen days, whose title comes from Emily Dickinson via David Berman and which helped define 1990s indie rock.
Small Changes (album)
Small Changes (2024) is Michael Kiwanuka's fourth album, released 22 November on Polydor/Geffen, produced by Danger Mouse and Inflo; 11 tracks, 40 minutes, Metascore 83, UK chart peak number 2.
Smoke + Mirrors
Smoke + Mirrors is Imagine Dragons' second studio album (2015), self-produced with Alex da Kid on KIDinaKORNER/Interscope. Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, their first US and Canada No. 1; certified 2x Platinum; includes "I Bet My Life".
So Much for the Afterglow
So Much for the Afterglow is Everclear's third studio album, released October 7, 1997 on Capitol Records. Originally titled Pure White Evil, it was rebuilt after label rejection and became the band's double-Platinum best-seller with hits "Father of Mine" and "Everything to Everyone."
Solar Power (album)
Solar Power is Lorde's third studio album, released 20 August 2021 on Republic and produced with Jack Antonoff and Malay. An acoustic, folk-tinged departure from Melodrama, it scored 69 on Metacritic and divided critics.
Something About Airplanes
Something About Airplanes is the 1998 debut studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released August 18, 1998 on Barsuk/Elsinor, produced by Chris Walla on an eight-track recorder, reissued in 2008 and 2026.
Something to Consume
Something to Consume is the 2025 debut album by Austin, Texas band Die Spitz, released September 12 on Third Man Records. Produced by Will Yip, the 11-track, 34-minute record blends metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze and scored 82 on Metacritic.
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is Gorillaz's seventh studio album (23 October 2020, Parlophone), compiling the band's monthly Song Machine episodes begun with "Momentary Bliss" in January 2020; 11 standard and 17 deluxe tracks, UK number 2, US Billboard 200 number 12.
Songs from the Wedding Cake
Songs from the Wedding Cake is the sixth studio album by English indie pop band Blossoms, released 2 October 2026. Produced by Shawn Lee, recorded to tape, a marriage-themed concept album named for Stockport Town Hall.
Songs of Experience (U2 album)
Songs of Experience is U2's 14th studio album, released 1 December 2017 on Island/Universal, companion to Songs of Innocence and inspired by William Blake's poems. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Ryan Tedder among others, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 186,000 units and a Metacritic score of 63.
Songs of Innocence (U2 album)
Songs of Innocence, U2's 13th studio album (2014), gifted free by Apple to over 500 million iTunes users in 119 countries; autobiographical Dublin childhood songs, produced by Danger Mouse, Epworth, Tedder; No. 9 US, No. 6 UK.
Southern Accents
Southern Accents: sixth 1985 studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, a troubled loose concept album about the modern South on MCA, produced by Petty, Jimmy Iovine, Mike Campbell, Dave Stewart, and Robbie Robertson, best known for "Don't Come Around Here No More" and its title track.
Souvlaki (album)
Souvlaki is Slowdive's second album, released 1 June 1993 on Creation Records. Recorded across three studios after roughly 40 scrapped songs, with Brian Eno guesting, it became a shoegaze classic despite poor initial reviews.
Sprained Ankle (album)
Sprained Ankle is Julien Baker's debut solo album, released October 23, 2015 on 6131 Records after a 2014 independent digital release. Nine sparse guitar and piano songs about depression, substance abuse, and faith, recorded at Spacebomb Studios.