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Brain Salad Surgery
Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1973 on their Manticore label, featuring Karn Evil 9, Jerusalem, Toccata, and H.R. Giger's iconic cover art and ELP logo.
Breakfast in America
Breakfast in America is Supertramp's sixth studio album, released March 1979 on A&M. Recorded over eight months in Los Angeles, it topped the US chart for six weeks, sold over 18 million copies, and spawned The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, and Take the Long Way Home.
Brian Wilson Presents Smile
Brian Wilson Presents Smile is a 2004 studio album by Brian Wilson that completes SMiLE, the legendary Beach Boys project abandoned in 1967, released by Nonesuch Records.
Brilliant Trees
Brilliant Trees, the 1984 debut solo album by David Sylvian (former Japan frontman), released on Virgin Records, produced with Steve Nye, featuring Sakamoto, Czukay, Hassell and Wheeler; peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart.
Brothers in Arms (album)
Written and produced by Mark Knopfler, Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by Dire Straits, released in May 1985 and sold over 30 million copies.
Calling All Stations
Calling All Stations is the final studio album by Genesis, released in 1997. It was recorded without Phil Collins and led by Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Ray Wilson.
Can't Buy a Thrill
Can't Buy a Thrill is Steely Dan's 1972 debut album on ABC Records, produced by Gary Katz, featuring Do It Again and Reelin' In the Years, peaking at No. 17 on Billboard.
Caress of Steel
Caress of Steel (September 1975) is Rush's third studio album and first full progressive rock record, with the epics The Necromancer and The Fountain of Lamneth. It reached only Billboard No. 148, failed commercially, and precipitated the 'Down the Tubes' tour before 2112 rescued the band.
Chicago (album)
Chicago, retroactively known as Chicago II, is the second studio album by the rock band Chicago, a 1970 double album featuring the hit suite "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon."
Chicago III
Chicago III is the third studio album by the American rock band Chicago, a double LP released January 11, 1971 on Columbia, produced by James William Guercio; it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200.
Chicago Transit Authority (album)
Chicago Transit Authority (1969) is Chicago's self-titled debut double album on Columbia, produced by James William Guercio; a horn-driven jazz-rock record that peaked at #17, charted a then-record 171 weeks, and entered the National Recording Registry in 2025.
Chicago V
Chicago V (1972) is Chicago's fourth studio album and first single LP, released July 10, 1972 on Columbia. It became the band's first Billboard 200 number one, with "Saturday in the Park" reaching No. 3.
Circling from Above
Circling from Above is Styx's 18th studio album, released July 18, 2025 on Alpha Dog 2T/UMe. 13 tracks, 41 minutes, written by Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, and Lawrence Gowan, produced by Evankovich, exploring technology versus nature.
Close to the Edge
Close to the Edge (1972) is Yes's fifth album, recorded at Advision Studios by Anderson, Howe, Squire, Wakeman, and Bruford; three long tracks, No. 4 UK, widely called the band's finest and a prog landmark.
Cloud Nine (George Harrison album)
Cloud Nine (1987) is George Harrison's eleventh studio album, co-produced with ELO's Jeff Lynne, his comeback after five years, yielding the US No. 1 "Got My Mind Set On You" and leading to the Traveling Wilburys.
Countdown to Ecstasy
Countdown to Ecstasy is Steely Dan's second studio album, released July 1973 on ABC Records. Eight tracks, Gary Katz production, Donald Fagen's first full turn as lead vocalist; a critical success that peaked at number 35 in the US.
Crime of the Century (album)
Crime of the Century, Supertramp's third studio album (1974, A&M), produced by Ken Scott; breakthrough prog-rock record with School, Bloody Well Right, Dreamer; UK Top 5, million-selling in Canada.
Crises (album)
Crises is Mike Oldfield's eighth studio album, released on Virgin in 1983; a 20-minute title track plus pop songs including the Maggie Reilly hit Moonlight Shadow (UK No. 4) and Shadow on the Wall.
Crisis? What Crisis?
Crisis? What Crisis? is Supertramp's fourth studio album, released November 1975 on A&M Records, produced by Ken Scott and the band; it peaked at No. 20 in the UK and No. 44 in the US.
Curious Ruminant
Curious Ruminant is Jethro Tull's 24th studio album, released March 7, 2025 on InsideOut Music; nine folk-progressive tracks, third album in four years, with the 16:42 epic Drink From The Same Well.
Cutouts
Cutouts is the third studio album by The Smile, the English art rock band featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, released through XL Recordings in 2024.
Dark Horse (George Harrison album)
Dark Horse (1974), George Harrison's third solo album, released December 1974 on his new Dark Horse Records label, recorded amid laryngitis that made his voice hoarse; top five in America, weak in the UK.
David Bowie (1969 album)
David Bowie (1969), also known as Space Oddity and Man of Words/Man of Music, is Bowie's second studio album, released 14 November 1969 on Philips, led by the top-five UK single Space Oddity and reissued by RCA in 1972.
Days of Future Passed
Days of Future Passed, the Moody Blues' second album (Deram, November 1967), a day-in-the-life concept record with the London Festival Orchestra, born from a hijacked Decca stereo-demo project and often called the first progressive rock album.
Departure (Journey album)
Departure, Journey's sixth studio album (1980, Columbia), produced by Geoff Workman and Kevin Elson, peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 with singles "Any Way You Want It" and "Walks Like a Lady", and was the band's last album with founding keyboardist-vocalist Gregg Rolie before Jonathan Cain joined.
Discovery (Electric Light Orchestra album)
Discovery (1979) is ELO's eighth studio album, produced by Jeff Lynne at Musicland Studios, Munich. First ELO album without strings, first UK number-one, five hit singles including Don't Bring Me Down.
Drama (Yes album)
Drama (1980) is the tenth Yes studio album and the only one with Buggles singer Trevor Horn on lead vocals, replacing Jon Anderson alongside Geoff Downes; it reached No. 2 in the UK, sold disappointingly, and led to the band's 1981 breakup.
Duke (album)
Duke is Genesis' tenth studio album, released March 28, 1980; the trio Banks, Collins, and Rutherford recorded it at Polar Studios, Stockholm, and it became the band's first UK No.1 album, peaking at No.11 in the US and yielding the hits Turn It On Again, Duchess, and Misunderstanding.
Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra album)
Eldorado (A Symphony by the Electric Light Orchestra) is ELO's fourth studio album, released September 1974 on Jet Records. Produced by Jeff Lynne with a 30-piece orchestra and choir arranged by Louis Clark, it was the band's first concept album and first US gold record.
ELO 2
ELO 2, titled Electric Light Orchestra II in the US, is Electric Light Orchestra's second studio album (February 1973, Harvest/United Artists), the first made without Roy Wood, containing five long tracks including their first American hit, Roll Over Beethoven.