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Signals (Rush album)
Signals (1982) is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, recorded at Le Studio, Quebec. Known for Subdivisions, the synth-forward sound, the Canadian number-one single New World Man, and as Rush's last album with producer Terry Brown.
Skeleton Tree
Skeleton Tree is a 2016 studio album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, written largely before the death of Cave's 15-year-old son Arthur in 2015.
Smile (The Beach Boys album)
SMiLE is the unfinished 1966-67 Beach Boys album Brian Wilson built with lyricist Van Dyke Parks as a follow-up to Pet Sounds; shelved in 1967, later realized as Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE (2004) and The Smile Sessions (2011).
So (album)
So is Peter Gabriel's fifth solo studio album, released in May 1986; it topped the UK chart and featured Sledgehammer and Don't Give Up with Kate Bush.
Some Time in New York City
Some Time in New York City (1972) is John Lennon and Yoko Ono's part-studio, part-live double album with Elephant's Memory, a political record produced with Phil Spector and regarded as his weakest solo release.
Spirit of Eden
Spirit of Eden (1988) is Talk Talk's fourth album, written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene, recorded improvisationally in darkness at Wessex Studios and edited digitally; a commercial failure that became a foundational post-rock record.
Stand Up (Jethro Tull album)
Stand Up (1969) is the second studio album by British rock band Jethro Tull, released September 1, 1969. Its UK No. 1 success, Martin Barre's arrival on guitar, and the Bach-based Bourée distinguish it from the blues debut This Was.
Starless and Bible Black
Starless and Bible Black, King Crimson's sixth album (March 1974, Island), is largely a disguised live recording from the 1973-74 Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Cross tour, peaking at UK number 28, bridging Larks' Tongues in Aspic and Red.
Station to Station
Station to Station: David Bowie's tenth studio album, released January 23, 1976 on RCA, produced with Harry Maslin, introducing the Thin White Duke, blending soul and Kraftwerk-influenced art rock, peaking at No. 3 in the US.
Surf's Up (album)
Surf's Up (album), also issued as Landlocked during production, is the Beach Boys' 1971 Brother/Reprise studio album; its title track revives the abandoned Smile sessions, it reached No. 29 in the US and No. 15 in the UK, and it was expanded in the 2021 Feel Flows box set.
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Tales from Topographic Oceans, Yes's sixth studio album (December 7, 1973, Atlantic), is a double concept album with four side-long tracks based on the Hindu shastras from Autobiography of a Yogi; it topped the UK chart, reached US #6, and prompted Rick Wakeman's departure.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Alan Parsons Project album)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe is the 1976 debut album by The Alan Parsons Project, a Poe-based prog concept album by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, UK chart peak No. 56, remixed in 1987 with Orson Welles narration.
Tarkus
Tarkus is the 1971 second studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on Island/Cotillion, whose side-long 20:59 seven-movement title suite gave the band its only UK number one album.
The Beatles (album)
The Beatles, known as the White Album, is the Beatles' 30-track double album released 22 November 1968 on Apple, recorded at Abbey Road May–October 1968 after Rishikesh songwriting, first Apple-label album, 19-times platinum in the US.
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) is Pink Floyd's eighth studio album, recorded at Abbey Road, selling over 45 million copies, charting 741 weeks on the Billboard 200, and certified 15x platinum in the US.
The Division Bell
The Division Bell (1994) is Pink Floyd's 14th studio album, the second without Roger Waters and the last with Richard Wright. Recorded at the Astoria and other studios with Bob Ezrin, lyrics chiefly by Polly Samson; it topped charts in the UK, US, Australia, and New Zealand, sold over 12 million copies, and spawned The Endless River (2014).
The Dreaming (album)
The Dreaming is Kate Bush's fourth studio album, released by EMI in September 1982, her first self-produced record, built on the Fairlight CMI and Linn drum machine.
The Electric Light Orchestra (album)
The Electric Light Orchestra (1971), issued in the US as No Answer, is ELO's self-titled debut album on Harvest, a rock-classical fusion led by 10538 Overture, recorded by Lynne, Wood, Bevan, Hunt, and Woolam.
The Endless River
The Endless River (2014) is Pink Floyd's fifteenth and final studio album, a mostly instrumental tribute to Richard Wright built from 20 hours of unused 1993 Division Bell sessions, released by Columbia with one song, Louder Than Words.
The Final Cut (album)
The Final Cut (1983) is Pink Floyd's album and last with Roger Waters, subtitled A Requiem for the Post War Dream; a Falklands War and anti-Thatcher concept record made without Rick Wright.
The Grand Illusion
The Grand Illusion is Styx's seventh album, released by A&M on July 7, 1977. Recorded at Paragon Studios, Chicago, it hit No. 6 on the Billboard 200, went triple platinum, and spawned "Come Sail Away" and "Fooling Yourself."
The Kick Inside
The Kick Inside is Kate Bush's 1978 debut album on EMI, produced by Andrew Powell, containing the UK number one "Wuthering Heights"; it peaked at UK number three, went BPI Platinum, and made Bush the first woman to top the UK singles chart with a self-written song.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: 1974 double concept album by Genesis, sixth and last studio album with Peter Gabriel, telling the surreal New York story of Rael; UK No. 10, US No. 41, 50th-anniversary edition 2025.
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is Traffic's fifth studio album, released November 1971 on Island Records, produced by Steve Winwood, reaching No. 7 in the US but not charting in the UK, anchored by the 11:41 title track.
The Miracle (album)
The Miracle (album), Queen's 13th studio album, released 22 May 1989 on Parlophone; first Queen album with all songs collectively credited to the band, a UK No. 1 recorded 1987–1989 with David Richards, not supported by touring.
The New Sound
The New Sound is the 2024 debut solo album by Geordie Greep, frontman of the experimental rock band black midi, released through Rough Trade Records.
The Next Day
The Next Day is David Bowie's 2013 comeback studio album, his first in ten years, recorded in secret in New York with producer Tony Visconti. Announced on his 66th birthday with "Where Are We Now?", it topped the UK chart for the first time since 1993 and reached number 1 in 15 countries.
The Nightfly
The Nightfly is Donald Fagen's 1982 debut solo album on Warner Bros., produced by Gary Katz, one of the first fully digital recordings (3M 32-track, Wendel II drums), themed on late-1950s Cold War suburbia with the hit I.G.Y.
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Roger Waters' 1984 debut solo album, a 42-minute real-time dream concept record rejected by Pink Floyd, featuring Eric Clapton, charting at UK number 13.
The Sensual World
The Sensual World is Kate Bush's sixth studio album, released October 1989 on EMI, reaching UK number 2. Its title track reworks Molly Bloom's Ulysses soliloquy after the Joyce estate refused permission; later re-recorded as Flower of the Mountain.