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Court and Spark
Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell's sixth studio album, released January 17, 1974 on Asylum Records. Her best-selling record, it peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200, yielded the Top 10 single Help Me, and marked her embrace of jazz with the L.A. Express.
Cowboy Carter
Cowboy Carter (Act II: Cowboy Carter) is Beyoncé's eighth studio album, released March 29, 2024, a country-inflected, genre-blending survey of Black roots in country music; it won the 2025 Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Country Album.
Cowboys and Dreamers
Cowboys and Dreamers is the 31st studio album by American country singer George Strait, released in 2024 through MCA Nashville and his first collection of new material since 2019.
Cowboys from Hell
Cowboys from Hell is Pantera's fifth studio album, released July 24, 1990 on ATCO Records; the Texas band's major-label debut and first platinum album, it shed their glam metal past and pioneered groove metal.
Crack the Skye
Crack the Skye is Mastodon's fourth studio album (2009, Reprise), a concept album about astral projection, Rasputin, and ether, produced by Brendan O'Brien in Atlanta; its title track honors drummer Brann Dailor's late sister Skye.
Cracked Rear View
Cracked Rear View is the 1994 debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on Atlantic Records and produced by Don Gehman. It topped the US chart five times in 1995, was RIAA-certified 21x Platinum, and yielded the hits Hold My Hand, Let Her Cry, Only Wanna Be with You, and Time.
Crash (Charli XCX album)
Crash (2022) is Charli XCX's fifth studio album, her final Atlantic/Asylum release, a self-styled 'sell-out' mainstream pop record with Rina Sawayama, Christine and the Queens, and Caroline Polachek; her first UK number-one album.
Crash (Kehlani album)
Crash is Kehlani's fourth studio album, released June 21, 2024 through TSNMI/Atlantic; its eclectic mix of dancehall, trap R&B, country, and rock earned three Grammy nominations.
Crave (Megan Stalter album)
Crave (stylized CRAVE) is the debut studio album by American comedian and singer Meg Stalter, released September 18, 2026. The 16-track, 43-minute dance-pop and electroclash record was produced with Matias Mora and Jesse Thomas, preceded by singles including Prettiest Girl in America.
CrazySexyCool
CrazySexyCool is TLC's second studio album (LaFace, November 15, 1994), also the name of the 2013 VH1 biopic; it produced the No. 1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls", went diamond in the US, and won the 1996 Grammy for Best R&B Album.
Creature in the Black Night
Creature in the Black Night is Dayseeker's sixth studio album (Apple Music calls it the seventh LP), a horror-themed post-hardcore record released October 24, 2025 on Spinefarm Records, produced by Daniel Braunstein, mixed by Zakk Cervini, with songwriting guests Cody Quistad and Mitchell Stark.
Creature of Habit (album)
Creature of Habit is Courtney Barnett's fourth studio album, indie rock, released March 27, 2026 on Mom+Pop; written partly in Joshua Tree, featuring Waxahatchee and Flea, produced by John Congleton.
Creedence Clearwater Revival (album)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (album): the American band's 1968 Fantasy Records debut, eight tracks in 33:17, with covers "Susie Q" and "I Put a Spell on You" and the original "Porterville."
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.
Critical Thinking (album)
Critical Thinking is the fifteenth studio album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, released 14 February 2025 on Columbia. 12 tracks, 41:44, produced by Dave Eringa and Loz Williams, UK chart number 2, Metacritic 82, first single with Nicky Wire lead vocals.
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994) is the second studio album by American indie rock band Pavement, released on Matador Records. Also known for the 2004 reissue LA's Desert Origins, it features "Cut Your Hair", "Gold Soundz", and "Range Life" and peaked at #121 on the US chart.
Crosby, Stills & Nash (album)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (album), the 1969 Atlantic debut by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash; folk rock with three-part harmonies, No. 6 Billboard, 4x platinum, featuring Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.
Cross (Justice album)
Cross (†) is the 2007 debut album by French electronic duo Justice (Gaspard Augé, Xavier de Rosnay) on Ed Banger/Because Music; a 12-track, 48-minute 'disco opera' with D.A.N.C.E., Genesis, and Stress, Grammy-nominated and reissued in 2022.
Cross Purposes
Cross Purposes is Black Sabbath's seventeenth studio album, released January 31, 1994 on I.R.S. Records; the only Martin-era album with Geezer Butler, featuring Eddie Van Halen uncredited on Evil Eye, remastered in 2024.
Cry Baby (Melanie Martinez album)
Cry Baby is Melanie Martinez's 2015 Atlantic debut concept album about her alter ego Cry Baby, using childhood imagery for adult themes; 13 tracks, number six on the Billboard 200, 2x-Platinum, with a music video for every song.
Cry Baby (Vince Staples album)
Cry Baby is Vince Staples' seventh studio album and first independent release (Section Eight Arthouse/Loma Vista, June 5, 2026): a 10-track, 35-minute noise rock and post-punk album critiquing racism, war, and media, scoring 87 on Metacritic.
Crying (album)
Crying (1962) is the third studio album by Roy Orbison on Monument Records, produced by Fred Foster in Nashville. Its title track, written with Joe Melson, hit No. 2 on the Billboard chart; the 12-track LP collects his operatic ballads.
Cryptic Writings
Cryptic Writings, Megadeth's seventh studio album (Capitol, June 17, 1997), produced by Nashville's Dann Huff, reached US number 10, launched the hit single Trust, and was Nick Menza's last Megadeth record.
CSN (album)
CSN (1977) is Crosby, Stills & Nash's third album, the second trio record and first without Neil Young, released by Atlantic. It peaked at number 2 on Billboard, sold over four million copies, and yielded the top-ten single "Just A Song Before I Go".
Ctrl (SZA album)
Ctrl (pronounced "control") is SZA's debut studio album, released June 9, 2017 on Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA. Originally titled A and long delayed, it earned five Grammy nominations, a Metacritic score of 87, and record Billboard 200 longevity for a Black female artist's debut.
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.
Cursum Perficio
Cursum Perficio is Anthrax's twelfth studio album, released September 18, 2026 on Nuclear Blast and Megaforce, its first since 2016's For All Kings; the Latin title means 'I complete my journey' and hints it may be the thrash band's last.
Curtis (50 Cent album)
Curtis is 50 Cent's third studio album, released September 11, 2007 on Shady/Aftermath/Interscope. It lost its famous first-week sales battle with Kanye West's Graduation (691,000 vs 957,000 copies), peaked at number 2, and scored 58 on Metacritic.