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...And Then There Were Three...

...And Then There Were Three... is Genesis's ninth studio album, released March 31, 1978 on Charisma and Atlantic, the band's first after Steve Hackett's exit, produced by David Hentschel and Genesis, with the single Follow You Follow Me.

4 (Foreigner album)

Foreigner's fourth studio album 4 (1981, Atlantic), produced by Mutt Lange and Mick Jones at Electric Lady Studios; the quartet-era record spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded "Urgent," "Waiting for a Girl Like You," and "Juke Box Hero."

90125

90125 is the eleventh studio album by English progressive rock band Yes, released 7 November 1983 on Atco Records. Begun as the band Cinema, it introduced Trevor Rabin, brought back Jon Anderson and Tony Kaye, and produced Yes's only US #1 single, "Owner of a Lonely Heart."

A Day at the Races (album)

A Day at the Races is Queen's fifth studio album, released 10 December 1976, first self-produced Queen record, recorded at Sarm East, The Manor and Wessex. UK No. 1, US No. 5, featuring Somebody To Love.

A Hard Day's Night (album)

A Hard Day's Night is the Beatles' third studio album, released in the UK in July 1964 as the soundtrack to their debut feature film.

A Kind of Magic

A Kind of Magic (1986) is Queen's twelfth studio album, largely written for the film Highlander, reaching UK number one for 63 chart weeks and supporting Freddie Mercury's final tour.

A Momentary Lapse of Reason

A Momentary Lapse of Reason is Pink Floyd's 1987 album, the first without Roger Waters, produced by David Gilmour and Bob Ezrin, recorded largely on the Astoria houseboat, peaking at No. 3 in the UK and US and remixed in 2019.

A New World Record

A New World Record is Electric Light Orchestra's sixth studio album, released October 1976 on Jet/United Artists, produced by Jeff Lynne, featuring Livin' Thing, Telephone Line, Rockaria!, and Do Ya; it sold five million copies in its first year.

A Night at the Opera (Queen album)

A Night at the Opera is Queen's fourth studio album, released 21 November 1975, produced by Roy Thomas Baker, costing about £40,000, and featuring Bohemian Rhapsody; it gave Queen their first UK number-one album.

A Question of Balance

A Question of Balance is the Moody Blues' sixth studio album, released August 7, 1970 on Threshold Records; it reached UK number 1 and US number 3, led by the single "Question", with leaner live-oriented arrangements.

A Trick of the Tail

A Trick of the Tail (1976) is Genesis's seventh studio album and first without Peter Gabriel, with Phil Collins on lead vocals; recorded at Trident Studios, it reached UK No. 3 and outsold all earlier Genesis albums.

Abacab

Abacab is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released in 1981 and recorded with engineer Hugh Padgham at their Surrey studio The Farm.

Absolutely Free

Absolutely Free is the 1967 second album by Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention on Verve, recorded November 1966 on an $11,000 MGM budget, structured as two linked suites including "Plastic People" and "Brown Shoes Don't Make It."

Aja (album)

Aja, pronounced "Asia," is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released in 1977 and known for the hit singles "Peg," "Deacon Blues," and "Josie."

All Things Must Pass

All Things Must Pass: George Harrison's November 1970 Apple Records triple album, co-produced with Phil Spector, first solo Beatle album to reach number one, featuring My Sweet Lord and a 2021 50th anniversary remix.

Alone in the Universe

Alone in the Universe: 2015 Jeff Lynne's ELO comeback album on Columbia, first new ELO album since Zoom; also John Gribbin's 2011 astrobiology book, a Seussical song, and a 2015 film.

Amnesiac (album)

Amnesiac (Radiohead, 2001) studio album from the same sessions as Kid A; UK number 1, Grammy-winning Stanley Donwood library packaging, Gnostic memory themes, later ranked among the 2000s' best albums.

Amused to Death

Amused to Death is Roger Waters' third solo album, released September 1992 on Columbia Records. Inspired by Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, it critiques television culture, war, and religion, featuring Jeff Beck, reached UK No. 8, and was remastered in 5.1 in 2015.

Animals (Pink Floyd album)

Animals is Pink Floyd's tenth studio album, released January 1977, inspired by Orwell's Animal Farm with pigs, dogs, and sheep as social classes, recorded at Britannia Row, famous for its Battersea Power Station inflatable pig cover, and remixed by James Guthrie in 2022.

Another Green World

Another Green World (1975) is Brian Eno's third solo album on Island Records: 14 tracks, only five with vocals, built from improvisation with Phil Collins, Percy Jones, John Cale, and Robert Fripp using Oblique Strategies cards; it bridged his rock records and ambient music.

Apostrophe (')

The apostrophe (') is an English punctuation mark for contractions and possessives, not plurals. Guides differ on names ending in s (Styles's vs Styles'); Unicode distinguishes U+0027, U+2019, and U+02BC.

Asia (Asia album)

Asia (1982) is the self-titled Geffen debut by the supergroup of John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, and Carl Palmer; produced by Mike Stone, it topped the Billboard 200 for nine weeks and was 1982's best-selling US album.

Atom Heart Mother

Atom Heart Mother: Pink Floyd's fifth studio album, released 2 October 1970 on Harvest; first UK No. 1, featuring the 23-minute Ron Geesin co-written title suite and the cow cover Lulubelle III.

Aurora (Yes album)

Aurora is the 24th studio album by English progressive rock band Yes, released 12 June 2026 on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music. Third of a trilogy with The Quest and Mirror to the Sky, produced by Steve Howe, featuring the Czech National Symphony Orchestra on the title track.

Avalon (Roxy Music album)

Avalon is Roxy Music's eighth and final studio album, released May 1982. A UK No. 1 for three weeks and the band's biggest US success, it spawned More Than This, Take a Chance With Me, and the title track.

Benefit (album)

Benefit is Jethro Tull's third studio album, released April 1970 on Island Records (ILPS 9123). Recorded at Morgan Studios, it peaked at UK number 3, marked the band's shift from blues rock toward progressive folk rock, and was Glenn Cornick's last album with the band.

Berlin Trilogy

The Berlin Trilogy is David Bowie's run of three albums, Low, "Heroes", and Lodger (1977–1979), made with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti; only "Heroes" was recorded in Berlin, at Hansa Studios near the Wall.

Black Tie White Noise

Black Tie White Noise is David Bowie's eighteenth studio album, released in April 1993. His first solo album since 1987, it reunited him with Nile Rodgers and topped the UK chart.

Blackstar (album)

Blackstar (★) is David Bowie's 25th and final studio album, released 8 January 2016 on his 69th birthday, two days before his death; a jazz-inflected seven-track record made with the Donny McCaslin Quartet and Tony Visconti, it won four posthumous Grammys.

Boston (album)

Boston (1976) is the debut album by American rock band Boston on Epic Records, recorded mainly by Tom Scholz in his Watertown basement; fastest-selling American debut, 17 times Platinum, with "More Than a Feeling".