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15 Big Ones
15 Big Ones is a 1976 studio album by The Beach Boys, produced by Brian Wilson. It features a mix of eight covers and seven original songs.
52nd Street (album)
52nd Street (ニューヨーク52番街) is Billy Joel's sixth studio album, released October 1978 on Columbia; recorded at A&R Recording on Manhattan's 52nd Street with Phil Ramone, it was his first Billboard 200 number one, won the 1979 Album of the Year Grammy, and was the first commercial CD (Japan, October 1, 1982).
A Man Without Love (album)
A Man Without Love is Engelbert Humperdinck's 1968 Decca/Parrot LP, produced by Peter Sullivan, built around his chart-topping title single and peaking at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.
ABBA (album)
ABBA is the self-titled 1975 third album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, recorded at Glen Studio and Metronome Studio in Stockholm. Its singles I Do I Do I Do, Mamma Mia, and SOS made the group international stars.
ABBA: The Album
ABBA: The Album is ABBA's fifth studio album, recorded May–November 1977 and released December 1977 in Sweden, known for 'The Name of the Game', 'Take a Chance on Me' and the mini-musical The Girl with the Golden Hair.
Abbey Road
Abbey Road (1969) is the Beatles' eleventh and final recorded studio album, released 26 September 1969 on Apple. Known for its zebra-crossing cover photo, the side-two medley, eight-track recording, and 17 UK weeks at number one.
All Summer Long (album)
All Summer Long is the Beach Boys' sixth studio album, released July 13, 1964 on Capitol (T-2110/ST-2110), produced by Brian Wilson; it peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and features the No. 1 single I Get Around.
Back to the Egg
Back to the Egg, Wings' ninth and final studio album by Paul McCartney, released June 8, 1979 (UK) with Laurence Juber and Steve Holly, Rockestra guest sessions, and a 1980 Grammy for Rockestra Theme.
Beatles '65
Beatles '65 is the Beatles' fifth Capitol Records album, released in the US and Canada on 15 December 1964. Compiled from Beatles for Sale plus I'll Be Back and the I Feel Fine/She's a Woman single, it jumped from number 98 to number one on Billboard, the chart's highest such move.
Ben (Michael Jackson album)
Ben is Michael Jackson's second solo studio album, released on Motown in 1972. The title track, "Ben," was his first solo Hot 100 number-one single and earned an Academy Award nomination.
Blue Moves
Blue Moves, Elton John's eleventh studio album (Rocket Records, October 22, 1976), a double LP recorded in Toronto, produced by Gus Dudgeon; peaked at No. 3 UK/US, RIAA Platinum, led by 'Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word'.
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) is Elton John's ninth studio album, an autobiographical concept album with Bernie Taupin about their early London years; the first album ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, featuring Someone Saved My Life Tonight.
Caribou (album)
Caribou is Elton John's eighth studio album (1974, DJM/MCA), named after Caribou Ranch, Colorado, not Dan Snaith's project. Recorded in nine days, it hit No. 1 in the US and UK with "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" and "The Bitch Is Back".
Christopher Cross (album)
Christopher Cross (1979) is the Grammy-sweeping soft rock debut by Christopher Cross, produced by Michael Omartian; it hit No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and won five Grammys including the Big Four in 1981.
Cold Spring Harbor (album)
Cold Spring Harbor (1971) is Billy Joel's debut solo album, released by Family Productions; a mastering error sped up the original LP, and the 1983 Columbia remix with corrected speed became the standard version.
Crying (album)
Crying (1962) is the third studio album by Roy Orbison on Monument Records, produced by Fred Foster in Nashville. Its title track, written with Joe Melson, hit No. 2 on the Billboard chart; the 12-track LP collects his operatic ballads.
David Bowie (1967 album)
David Bowie (1967) is David Bowie's debut studio album, released 1 June 1967 on Deram, produced by Mike Vernon, a 14-track UK music hall and baroque pop record that failed commercially and is distinguished from his second self-titled 1969 album.
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player is Elton John's sixth studio album (January 1973), recorded at the Château d'Hérouville with Gus Dudgeon; his first UK No.1 album, containing Crocodile Rock and Daniel.
Elton John (album)
Elton John (1970) is Elton John's second studio album, recorded at Trident Studios with producer Gus Dudgeon and arranger Paul Buckmaster; it introduced "Your Song" and made him a star.
Empty Sky
Empty Sky is Elton John's debut album, released in the UK on DJM on 6 June 1969, produced by Steve Brown with Bernie Taupin lyrics; it missed the UK charts, reached the US only in 1975, and peaked at #6 Billboard.
Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)
Fleetwood Mac is a 1975 Fleetwood Mac studio album, the first with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, that reached number one and sold over five million US copies.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is Elton John's 1973 double album with Bernie Taupin, produced by Gus Dudgeon, recorded in France after a failed Jamaica attempt; eight weeks at Billboard No. 1, 8x Platinum RIAA.
Got to Be There
Got to Be There is Michael Jackson's debut solo album, released by Motown on January 24, 1972 when he was 13. Its singles "Got to Be There" (No. 4 Hot 100) and "Rockin' Robin" (No. 2) launched his solo career.
Holland (album)
Holland is the Beach Boys' 19th studio album, released January 8, 1973 on Brother/Reprise. Recorded in a barn in Baambrugge, Netherlands, it added "Sail On Sailor" after label rejection and included the Mount Vernon and Fairway EP.
Honky Château
Honky Château, Elton John's fifth studio album (May 1972), recorded at Château d'Hérouville, France, produced by Gus Dudgeon; his first US No. 1 album, containing Rocket Man and Honky Cat.
Little Deuce Coupe
Little Deuce Coupe is a 1963 Beach Boys car song by Brian Wilson and Roger Christian about a hot-rodded 1932 Ford, and the title track of the October 1963 album of the same name; its B-side peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album reached No. 4.
Living in the Material World
Living in the Material World is George Harrison's second post-Beatles studio album, released May 30, 1973; produced by Harrison after Phil Spector's exit, it topped the US album chart with the No. 1 single Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth), and received a Paul Hicks-remixed 50th anniversary reissue in 2024.
London Town (Wings album)
London Town (1978) is the seventh studio album by Paul McCartney's band Wings, recorded February 1977 to January 1978 in London, the Virgin Islands aboard the yacht Fair Carol, and Scotland; released 31 March 1978, peaked at UK number 4.
M.I.U. Album
M.I.U. Album (Maharishi International University) is the Beach Boys' 22nd studio album, released 1978 on Brother/Reprise, produced by Al Jardine and Ron Altbach in Fairfield, Iowa; easy-listening soft rock, last Reprise album, minor hit "Come Go With Me".
Madman Across the Water
Madman Across the Water is Elton John's fourth studio album, released November 1971 on DJM/UNI. Recorded at Trident Studios with producer Gus Dudgeon and arranger Paul Buckmaster, it contains Tiny Dancer and Levon, peaked at No. 8 on Billboard, and No. 41 in the UK.