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Allbarone

Allbarone (also All Bar One) is Baxter Dury's eighth studio album, produced by Paul Epworth and released 12 September 2025 on Heavenly Recordings; a nine-track, 34:32 electronic club-pop record scoring Metascore 88.

Alter Bridge (album)

Alter Bridge is the self-titled eighth studio album by American hard rock band Alter Bridge, released January 9, 2026 on Napalm Records. Recorded at 5150 Studios and produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, with singles "Silent Divide" and "What Lies Within".

AM (Arctic Monkeys album)

AM (2013) is the fifth studio album by English rock band Arctic Monkeys, released on Domino. Produced by James Ford and Ross Orton with R&B and hip-hop influences, it hit UK No 1 with 157,000 first-week sales and became their biggest commercial success.

An Eraser and a Maze

An Eraser and a Maze, also titled An Eraser And A Maze, is Modest Mouse's eighth studio album, released June 5, 2026 on Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace Recordings/Virgin Music Group; it is the band's first indie release since 1997 and first since drummer Jeremiah Green's death.

Angel (Lizzy McAlpine album)

Angel is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine, released September 18, 2026 on Indigo Blue/RCA; a folk-influenced record produced with Mason Stoops and Taylor Mackall, inspired by Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake, featuring Fleet Foxes on 'Soldier of the road'.

Angles (The Strokes album)

Angles (2011) is The Strokes' fourth studio album, their first since 2006, on RCA/Rough Trade. Ten songs, 34 minutes; recorded without Julian Casablancas, who added vocals separately; UK chart peak number 3.

Antidepressants (album)

Antidepressants is Suede's tenth studio album, released 5 September 2025 on BMG. Recorded live with producer Ed Buller as a post-punk follow-up to Autofiction, it reached No. 2 in the UK and earned an 84.2/100 review consensus.

Are You Gonna Go My Way

Are You Gonna Go My Way: Lenny Kravitz's third studio album and its title track, released March 9, 1993 on Virgin Records. Recorded analog at Waterfront Studios, Hoboken; sold over four million copies, hit number 1 on Billboard Album Rock Tracks, and earned 1994 Grammy nominations.

Around the Sun

Around the Sun is R.E.M.'s 13th studio album, released October 5, 2004 on Warner Bros., produced by Pat McCarthy with the band. Its troubled, interrupted recording, UK number 1 but weak US sales, and poor reviews made it the band's critical low point.

As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again is the ninth studio album by The Decemberists, released June 14, 2024 on YABB Records/Thirty Tigers. Their first double album, 13 songs in 1 hour 7 minutes, closing with the 19:20 "Joan in the Garden".

As You Were (Liam Gallagher album)

As You Were is Liam Gallagher's 2017 debut solo album on Warner Bros., produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat and Greg Kurstin. It hit UK Number 1 with 103,000 first-week sales, set a 20-year vinyl record, and scored 71 on Metacritic.

At the Beach, in Every Life

At the Beach, in Every Life is Gigi Perez's self-produced debut album, released April 25, 2025 on Outtahere/Island Records; 12 tracks, 46:46, led by the UK number-one viral hit "Sailor Song" and themed on her sister Celene's death.

Audioslave (album)

Audioslave (2002) is the self-titled debut album by the supergroup of Chris Cornell with Rage Against the Machine's Morello, Commerford, and Wilk, produced by Rick Rubin; 14 tracks, Billboard 200 number seven, 3x Platinum in the US.

August and Everything After

August and Everything After: Counting Crows' debut studio album, released September 14, 1993 on Geffen, produced by T Bone Burnett. Eleven folk-rock tracks incl. "Mr. Jones"; 7x Platinum in the US.

Automatic for the People

Automatic for the People is R.E.M.'s eighth studio album, released October 5, 1992 on Warner Bros. A quiet, mortality-themed record with John Paul Jones string arrangements, it sold 18 million copies and is regarded as the band's finest album.

Baby (Dijon album)

Baby is the second studio album by American singer-producer Dijon (Dijon Duenas), surprise-released August 15, 2025 on R&R/Warner Records with no singles. A 12-track pop/R&B collage about new fatherhood, made with Mk.gee, Andrew Sarlo, and BJ Burton; Pitchfork scored it 9.0 Best New Music.

Backspacer

Backspacer is Pearl Jam's ninth studio album, released September 20, 2009, produced by Brendan O'Brien and named for a key on Eddie Vedder's typewriter. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 189,000 first-week copies, the band's first chart-topper since No Code (1996).

Badmotorfinger

Badmotorfinger (1991) is Soundgarden's third album, released on A&M the same day as Nirvana's Nevermind. Produced by Terry Date, first with bassist Ben Shepherd, it sold over two million copies and was Grammy-nominated for Best Metal Performance.

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.

Be Here Now (album)

Be Here Now is Oasis' third studio album, released 21 August 1997 on Creation Records, produced by Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher. Fastest-selling UK album on release (696,000 first week), No. 1 in 15 countries, later critically reversed and partly reassessed.

Beatles for Sale

Beatles for Sale is the fourth studio album by the Beatles, released by Parlophone on 4 December 1964 and number one in the UK for 11 weeks.

Before the World Turns to Dust

Before the World Turns to Dust is The Calling's third album, released September 25, 2026 via TLG/Virgin, its first in 22 years since Two (2004). Alex Band's comeback after a Parkinson's diagnosis, self-funding, 15 tracks produced by John Fields.

Before These Crowded Streets

Before These Crowded Streets is the third studio album by the Dave Matthews Band, released in 1998, produced by Steve Lillywhite, and considered the band's most experimental album.

Behind the Mask (album)

Behind the Mask is Fleetwood Mac's fifteenth studio album (April 1990, Warner Bros.), its first without Lindsey Buckingham, replaced by Billy Burnette and Rick Vito. It hit UK number 1 but number 18 in the US, and drew mixed reviews.

Beneath the Eyrie

Beneath the Eyrie is the Pixies' seventh studio album, released September 13, 2019 on Infectious/BMG. Third post-reunion album, produced by Tom Dalgety at a converted church in Hurley, New York, titled after an eagle's nest.

Big Modern!

Big Modern! (BIG MODERN!) is the sixth studio album by Connecticut jam band Goose, released June 12, 2026 on No Coincidence Records: 15 tracks, 69 minutes, produced by D. James Goodwin, with an 1980s synth-pop sound about digital overstimulation.

Binaural (album)

Binaural is Pearl Jam's sixth studio album, released May 16, 2000 on Epic; first with drummer Matt Cameron, produced by Tchad Blake using binaural two-microphone recording, 13 tracks, 52:05, 226,000 first-week US sales.

Black Gives Way to Blue

Black Gives Way to Blue is Alice in Chains' fourth studio album, released September 29, 2009 on Virgin; first with vocalist William DuVall after Layne Staley's 2002 death, with Elton John on the title track.

Bleach (Nirvana album)

Bleach, Nirvana's 1989 Sub Pop debut album, recorded for $606.17 with Jack Endino, initially sold about 35,000 copies, later 1.7 million in the US after Nevermind.

Bleachers (album)

Bleachers (2024) is the self-titled fourth studio album by Jack Antonoff's band Bleachers, released March 8, 2024 on Dirty Hit; it peaked at number 5 in the UK and features Lana Del Rey, Florence Welch, Matty Healy, and Aaron Dessner.