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In the Wake of Poseidon
In the Wake of Poseidon is King Crimson's second studio album, released May 1970 on Island and Atlantic. Recorded after the debut lineup collapsed, it reached UK No. 4 and mirrors In the Court of the Crimson King's structure.
In Through the Out Door
In Through the Out Door, Led Zeppelin's eighth and final studio album, released August 15, 1979 on Swan Song; recorded at Polar Studios, Stockholm, dominated by John Paul Jones's Yamaha GX-1, six cover sleeves, six-times platinum in the US.
Infinity (Journey album)
Infinity (1978) is Journey's fourth album, its first with singer Steve Perry, produced by Roy Thomas Baker for Columbia. It moved the band from jazz fusion to pop-rock, hit No. 21 in the US, went platinum, and yielded "Wheel in the Sky" and "Lights."
Innuendo (album)
Innuendo is Queen's fourteenth and penultimate studio album, released February 1991 on Parlophone and Hollywood Records, produced with David Richards, and the last released in Freddie Mercury's lifetime; its single and album both hit UK number 1.
Invisible Touch
Invisible Touch: Genesis album (6 June 1986), recorded at The Farm, Surrey, by Phil Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford; the band's biggest seller at over 15 million copies, with five US Top 5 singles and the title track as its only US No. 1 single.
Islands (King Crimson album)
Islands is King Crimson's fourth studio album, released December 1971 on Island Records, the last with lyricist Peter Sinfield and the only studio record by the Fripp, Collins, Burrell, Wallace line-up.
It's Hard
It's Hard (The Who, 1982): the band's tenth studio album, released 4 September 1982 on Polydor and Warner Bros., produced by Glyn Johns, reaching #11 UK and #8 US, the last Who album with Entwistle and Kenney Jones.
Jazz (Queen album)
Jazz is Queen's seventh studio album, released 10 November 1978 on EMI and Elektra. Recorded entirely outside England at Mountain Studios, Montreux, with Roy Thomas Baker; includes Don't Stop Me Now, Fat Bottomed Girls, and Bicycle Race.
Jesus Christ Superstar (album)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1970 concept album): double-LP rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice on Decca, with Ian Gillan as Jesus and Murray Head as Judas; gold in three weeks, banned by BBC, basis of the 1971 Broadway musical.
John Barleycorn Must Die
John Barleycorn Must Die is Traffic's third studio album, released by Island Records in July 1970 and recorded by the trio of Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood.
Journey (Journey album)
Journey (1975) is the self-titled debut album by the rock band Journey, released April 1, 1975 on Columbia. A largely instrumental jazz-fusion progressive rock record by the original Schon, Rolie, Valory, Tickner, Dunbar lineup, produced by Roy Halee; it sold about 100,000 copies and peaked at No. 130.
Katy Lied
Katy Lied is Steely Dan's fourth studio album, released March 1975 on ABC Records; recorded at ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles, with a dbx noise-reduction fault, Michael McDonald's debut, and 2025 UHQR reissue.
Kid A
Kid A is Radiohead's fourth studio album, released October 2000 on Capitol and produced with Nigel Godrich. The experimental, electronics-driven follow-up to OK Computer reached No. 1 in the UK and US, won the 2001 Grammy for Best Alternative Album, and was later named album of the decade by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and The Times.
Laughing Stock
Laughing Stock, Talk Talk's fifth and final studio album, released 16 September 1991 on Verve/Polydor; recorded at Wessex Studios 1990-91 with Tim Friese-Greene, Phill Brown, about 50 musicians; UK chart No. 26; foundational post-rock influence.
Leftoverture
Leftoverture is the fourth studio album by American progressive rock band Kansas, released October 21, 1976 on Kirshner Records. Known for the hit "Carry On Wayward Son" (US No. 11), the closing suite "Magnum Opus," and 4x Platinum US sales.
Let It Be (Beatles album)
Let It Be is the Beatles' final released studio album (8 May 1970, Apple Records), recorded in January 1969 as the Get Back project, re-produced by Phil Spector, and later reissued as Let It Be... Naked (2003) and in 2021 Super Deluxe editions.
Lives Outgrown
Lives Outgrown, Beth Gibbons' debut solo album released May 17, 2024 on Domino, is a 10-track, 45-minute folk-leaning record co-produced with James Ford and Lee Harris, noted for its improvised drum kit and mortality themes.
Lodger (album)
Lodger is David Bowie's thirteenth studio album, released May 1979 on RCA and produced with Tony Visconti; the final Berlin Trilogy album with Brian Eno, recorded in Montreux and New York, all-vocal, UK number 4.
Love over Gold
Love over Gold is Dire Straits' fourth studio album, released September 1982 on Vertigo/Warner Bros. Five Knopfler-produced songs including the 14-minute Telegraph Road; UK No. 1, No. 1 in 16 countries, US No. 19.
Low (David Bowie album)
Low is David Bowie's eleventh studio album, released 14 January 1977 on RCA and first of the Berlin Trilogy. Mostly recorded at Château d'Hérouville, mixed at Hansa, West Berlin; produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti; peaked at UK number 2.
Luck and Strange
Luck and Strange is David Gilmour's fifth solo studio album, released 6 September 2024 on Sony Music, his first in nine years, produced with Charlie Andrew, lyrics by Polly Samson, UK and German number one.
Made in Heaven
Made in Heaven (1995) is Queen's fifteenth and final studio album, a posthumous release built on Freddie Mercury's last vocals, recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux; it topped charts in 13 countries and sold over 20 million copies.
Marbles (album)
Marbles is Marillion's thirteenth studio album, a fan-funded double album released in 2004, produced by Dave Meegan, whose single "You're Gone" reached the UK Top 10 and whose closer "Neverland" is a fan favorite.
Meddle
Meddle, Pink Floyd's sixth studio album (1971, Harvest), recorded at Abbey Road, AIR and Morgan Studios; features the 23-minute 'Echoes', reached No. 3 UK and No. 70 US, and bridges Atom Heart Mother and Dark Side of the Moon.
Mer de Noms
Mer de Noms ("sea of names") is the 2000 debut album by A Perfect Circle, the band of Billy Howerdel and Tool's Maynard James Keenan; it debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and went RIAA platinum.
Murder Ballads
Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1996 and featuring guests Kylie Minogue, PJ Harvey, and Shane MacGowan.
Never for Ever
Never for Ever (1980) is Kate Bush's third studio album, co-produced with Jon Kelly, her first UK No.1 album and the first by a British female solo artist to top the UK chart, featuring Babooshka, Army Dreamers, and Breathing.
No More Shall We Part
No More Shall We Part is the 11th studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Released in 2001, it was recorded in London and features guest musicians.
Nursery Cryme
Nursery Cryme, Genesis's third studio album (Charisma CAS 1052, November 1971), debuts the classic lineup of Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, and Rutherford; recorded at Trident Studios with producer John Anthony, featuring "The Musical Box" and "The Return of the Giant Hogweed".
O\I
o\i (backslash, not oblique) is Peter Gabriel's eleventh studio album, released 27 November 2026 on Real World; 13 tracks completing the 25-track i/o / o\i project, delivered song by song on each full moon of 2026.