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Oh Mercy
Oh Mercy is the twenty-sixth studio album by Bob Dylan, released in September 1989 on Columbia Records and produced by Daniel Lanois in New Orleans.
OK Computer
OK Computer is Radiohead's third studio album, released May 1997, produced with Nigel Godrich and largely recorded at St Catherine's Court near Bath. A 12-track art rock landmark on technology and alienation, it topped the UK chart and entered the National Recording Registry in 2014.
On the Third Day
On the Third Day (1973) is the third studio album by Electric Light Orchestra, its first without Roy Wood. Released on United Artists (US) and Warner Bros. (UK), it features Showdown, Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, and Marc Bolan guest guitar.
Out of the Blue (Electric Light Orchestra album)
Out of the Blue is ELO's 1977 Jet Records double album, written by Jeff Lynne in Switzerland and recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich; 17 tracks including Concerto for a Rainy Day and Mr. Blue Sky, UK No. 4, over 10 million sold.
Over-Nite Sensation
Over-Nite Sensation: 1973 Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention album on DiscReet, seven funk-rock satire tracks including Montana and I'm The Slime, RIAA Gold in 1976, Billboard peak 32, 50th anniversary box set 2023.
Permanent Waves
Permanent Waves is Rush's seventh studio album, released January 1980, recorded at Le Studio, Quebec, with Terry Brown. Six songs, about 36 minutes; first Rush album in the Billboard 200 Top 5, marking the shift to shorter, radio-friendly songs.
Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds, the Beach Boys' 1966 album (Capitol T 2458), written and produced by Brian Wilson with lyricist Tony Asher, a 13-track mono concept album that peaked at US number 10, inspired Sgt. Pepper, and ranks second on Rolling Stone's 2003 greatest-albums list.
Peter Gabriel (1977 album)
Peter Gabriel (nicknamed Car) is Peter Gabriel's debut solo album, released 25 February 1977 after he left Genesis, produced by Bob Ezrin in Toronto and London, featuring Solsbury Hill, reaching UK number 7.
Peter Gabriel (1978 album)
Peter Gabriel (1978), nicknamed Scratch, is Peter Gabriel's second solo album, produced by Robert Fripp, recorded in the Netherlands and New York, released June 1978 on Charisma.
Peter Gabriel (1980 album)
Peter Gabriel (1980), aka Melt or Peter Gabriel III, is Peter Gabriel's third self-titled solo album, produced by Steve Lillywhite; it introduced the gated reverb drum sound on "Intruder", featured Kate Bush on the UK No. 4 single "Games Without Frontiers", and closed with the political song "Biko".
Peter Gabriel (1982 album)
Peter Gabriel (1982 album), also called Security or Peter Gabriel 4, is Gabriel's fourth self-titled solo album, released 10 September 1982, co-produced with David Lord, his first fully digital recording, featuring the Fairlight CMI and the US top 40 hit Shock the Monkey.
Pieces of Eight
Pieces of Eight is the eighth studio album by American rock band Styx, released in 1978, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard 200 and featuring "Renegade".
Point of Know Return
Point of Know Return is Kansas' fifth studio album, released October 11, 1977 on Kirshner, produced by Jeff Glixman. It peaked at No. 4 on Billboard, went sextuple platinum, and yielded "Dust in the Wind," the band's highest-charting single at No. 6 on the Hot 100.
Power Windows (album)
Power Windows, Rush's eleventh studio album (October 1985), first produced with Peter Collins, recorded at The Manor, AIR Montserrat, and Sarm East; synth-heavy, power-themed lyrics, first Rush album released directly to CD, Billboard 200 #10.
Presto (album)
Presto (1989) is Rush's 13th studio album and first for Atlantic Records, produced with Rupert Hine at Le Studio. It dialed back synthesizers for a guitar-led sound; The Pass addresses teen suicide; it reached Billboard No. 16 and went RIAA Gold.
Pretzel Logic
Pretzel Logic (1974) is Steely Dan's third studio album, produced by Gary Katz at the Village Recorder. It reached No. 8 in the US on the strength of "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", was NME's Album of the Year, and was the last album by Steely Dan as a formal touring band.
Queen (Queen album)
Queen (1973) is the British rock band Queen's self-titled debut album, recorded 1971-1972 at Trident and De Lane Lea Studios, released on EMI/Elektra, peaking at No. 83 US and No. 32 UK, gold in both markets; reissued remixed as Queen I in 2024.
Radio K.A.O.S.
Radio K.A.O.S. is Roger Waters' second solo album, a June 1987 EMI/Columbia concept record about Billy, a Welsh boy who hears radio waves, contacts an L.A. station, and fakes a nuclear attack; it peaked at No. 50.
Rattle That Lock
Rattle That Lock is David Gilmour's fourth solo studio album, released 18 September 2015 on Columbia Records: 10 tracks, 51 minutes, produced with Phil Manzanera, lyrics mostly by Polly Samson, title track inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost Book 2 and a French train-station chime.
Relayer
Relayer (1974) is Yes' seventh studio album, the only classic-era album with Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz after Rick Wakeman's exit, featuring the 21:54 War and Peace-inspired epic The Gates of Delirium, Sound Chaser, and To Be Over.
Remain in Light
Remain in Light is Talking Heads' fourth studio album, released October 8, 1980 on Sire Records, produced by Brian Eno. Built from looping Afrobeat grooves with Jon Hassell and Adrian Belew, it reached #19 and joined the National Recording Registry in 2016.
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is Rainbow's 1975 debut album, recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, with Ronnie James Dio and Elf members, produced by Martin Birch, and featuring "Man on the Silver Mountain".
Roxy Music (album)
Roxy Music (1972) is the English art rock band's self-titled debut album, released June 16, 1972 on Island Records, produced by Peter Sinfield at Command Studios, London; Virginia Plain was recorded separately and added to later editions.
Rush (Rush album)
Rush (1974) is the Canadian band Rush's self-titled debut album, issued on their Moon Records label March 18, 1974 and the only one featuring drummer John Rutsey; its Zeppelin-style hard rock song Working Man broke the band in Cleveland.
Say You Will (album)
Say You Will: 2003 Reprise album, Fleetwood Mac's seventeenth and final studio LP, first without Christine McVie since 1970; produced by Lindsey Buckingham, debuted at number 3 on Billboard and went gold in July 2003.
Secrets of the Beehive
Secrets of the Beehive is David Sylvian's third solo album (Virgin, 1987), a predominantly acoustic art-pop record with Ryuichi Sakamoto's orchestral arrangements, produced by Steve Nye at Studio Miraval; UK number 37.
Selling England by the Pound
Selling England by the Pound is the fifth studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis, released in October 1973 and their first UK Top 10 record, peaking at number 3.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles' 1967 album produced by George Martin at Abbey Road, a loosely framed concept record with Peter Blake's famous cover, 27 UK weeks at number one, and a 2017 Giles Martin remix.
Shades of Deep Purple
Shades of Deep Purple is the debut album by the rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968. Its cover of "Hush" became a US hit, reaching number 4.
Sheer Heart Attack
Sheer Heart Attack is a 1974 studio album by Queen. It was the band's third record and its first to reach the US Top 20.