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Comedown Machine

Comedown Machine is the fifth studio album by The Strokes, released March 26, 2013 on RCA, produced by Gus Oberg. Known for its 1980s new-wave sound, falsetto vocals, RCA tape-box cover art, minimal promotion, and Metascore 68.

Comes in Waves

Comes in Waves is Carly Simon's 2026 album on Iris Records, her first of original songs since 2008's This Kind of Love, recorded on Martha's Vineyard after her Parkinson's diagnosis, featuring Ben and Sally Taylor, Andreas Vollenweider, and John Forté.

Cometh the Storm

Cometh the Storm is the ninth studio album by American stoner/sludge metal band High on Fire, released April 19, 2024 on MNRK Heavy; first album with drummer Coady Willis, recorded with Kurt Ballou, featuring Turkish folk influences.

Communiqué (Dire Straits album)

Communiqué, Dire Straits' second studio album (June 1979), produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett, recorded at Compass Point, Nassau; nine Mark Knopfler songs, UK #5, #1 in several European countries, last quartet album.

Compton (album)

Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre is Dr. Dre's third studio album, released August 7, 2015 on Aftermath/Interscope exclusively via Apple Music; inspired by the Straight Outta Compton biopic, it scrapped Detox and earned a Metacritic score of 82.

Concept album

Concept album: an album whose tracks share a single idea, theme, or narrative. Also called a unified or thematic album; forerunners include Sinatra's 1950s LPs and Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads, with Sgt. Pepper (1967) generally recognized as the first rock example.

Confessions (Usher album)

Confessions is the fourth studio album by American singer Usher, released in March 2004. It sold 1.1 million copies in its first week and spent nine weeks at number one.

Confessions II

Confessions II is Madonna's 15th studio album (July 3, 2026, Warner Records), a sequel to 2005's Confessions on a Dance Floor, produced by Stuart Price as a continuous mix of 16 songs; distinct from Usher's "Confessions Part II."

Confessions on a Dance Floor

Confessions on a Dance Floor is Madonna's tenth studio album (released 15 November 2005, Warner Bros.), a continuous-mix dance-pop disco album made with Stuart Price, featuring "Hung Up" sampling ABBA; RIAA platinum, 2006 Grammy winner, with sequel Confessions II in 2026.

Confident (album)

Confident is Demi Lovato's fifth studio album, released October 16, 2015 on Hollywood, Island, and Safehouse Records. An 11-track, 39-minute electropop record with Max Martin and Ryan Tedder, it peaked at number 6 in the UK.

Confield

Confield is the sixth studio album by Autechre (Sean Booth and Rob Brown), released 30 April 2001 on Warp Records (WARP128). Nine tracks built largely with Max/MSP in real time; reissued on vinyl in 2023 and in Japan in 2026.

Conflict DLC

Conflict DLC is the sixth studio album by the band Health, released in 2025, which combines industrial metal and electronic music as a continuation of RAT WARS.

Congratulations (album)

Congratulations (2010) is the second studio album by American band MGMT, released April 13, 2010 on Columbia. Produced with Sonic Boom, it is a nine-track psychedelic rock record dubbed a "no singles" album, a deliberate turn from Oracular Spectacular's synth-pop hits, with a Metacritic score of 72.

Congratulations I'm Sorry

Congratulations I'm Sorry is the Gin Blossoms' third studio album, released February 13, 1996 on A&M Records. Produced with John Hampton, it peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, went platinum, and yielded the Top 10 hit "Follow You Down".

Construction Time Again

Construction Time Again is Depeche Mode's third studio album (Mute, 22 August 1983), the first with Alan Wilder as a full member and the band's first to use samplers; it reached UK number 6 and includes "Everything Counts".

Continuum (John Mayer album)

Continuum is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mayer, released in 2006 and winner of the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.

Contra (album)

Contra is the second studio album by the American indie rock band Vampire Weekend, released on XL Recordings in January 2010; it topped the Billboard charts with 124,000 first-week US sales.

Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)

Contraband is Velvet Revolver's 2004 RCA debut album by Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Dave Kushner, and Scott Weiland; it debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 256,000 first-week copies and features the singles Slither, Fall to Pieces, and Dirty Little Thing.

Control (Janet Jackson album)

Control is the third studio album by American singer Janet Jackson, released in 1986. Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, it became her breakthrough.

Controversy (Prince album)

Controversy (1981) is Prince's fourth studio album on Warner Bros., bridging Dirty Mind and 1999; recorded at his Kiowa Trail home studio and Sunset Sound, with the title track and Let's Work topping the Billboard Dance Charts.

Cool World (Chat Pile album)

Cool World is the 2024 second studio album by Oklahoma City sludge-metal band Chat Pile, released October 11, 2024 on The Flenser; ten tracks, 42:44, first album with outside producer Ben Greenberg, broadening God's Country's themes to global systemic violence.

Cosmic Egg

Cosmic Egg is the second album by Australian hard rock band Wolfmother, released October 26, 2009 on Modular/Interscope; Andrew Stockdale wrote it himself after founding members departed, recorded with producer Alan Moulder, peaking at UK No. 35.

Cosmic Thing

Cosmic Thing is the B-52's' fifth studio album, released June 27, 1989 on Reprise and produced by Don Was and Nile Rodgers. Their comeback after guitarist Ricky Wilson's 1985 death, it hit #3 on Billboard, went quadruple platinum, and spawned "Love Shack" and "Roam".

Cosmo's Factory

Cosmo's Factory is Creedence Clearwater Revival's fifth studio album, released July 16, 1970 on Fantasy Records and named after drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford's rehearsal space; it spent nine weeks at US No. 1 and topped UK, Canadian, and Australian charts.

Count Your Blessings (Bring Me the Horizon album)

Count Your Blessings is the 2006 deathcore debut album by British band Bring Me the Horizon, released on Visible Noise (US: Epitaph), 10 songs, 36 minutes; re-recorded in 2026 as Count Your Blessings | Repented with producer Buster Odeholm.

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.

Countdown to Extinction

Countdown to Extinction is Megadeth's fifth studio album (Capitol, September 14, 1992), produced with Max Norman, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200, double Platinum, featuring Symphony of Destruction and Sweating Bullets.

Country Grammar

Country Grammar is Nelly's debut album, released June 27, 2000; it reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, spawned "Ride Wit Me" (No. 3 pop), and was RIAA Diamond-certified for over 10 million copies.

Country Squire

Country Squire (2019) is Tyler Childers's third studio album, released via RCA Nashville and his Hickman Holler imprint, produced by Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson; nine songs, 35 minutes, Metascore 85, first major-label release.

Courage (Celine Dion album)

Courage is the 27th studio album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released November 15, 2019. It is her first English-language work since 2013, tackling themes of grief.