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The Beatles' Second Album
The Beatles' Second Album is a Capitol Records US compilation released April 10, 1964 (T 2080/ST 2080), the third Beatles LP issued in America. Its 11 tracks went to Number 1 for five weeks and include first LP appearances of I Call Your Name and Long Tall Sally.
The Bends (album)
The Bends is Radiohead's second studio album, released 13 March 1995 on XL Recordings. Produced by John Leckie, recorded through 1994, it features Fake Plastic Trees, Just, and Street Spirit, and introduced engineer Nigel Godrich.
The Best Damn Thing
The Best Damn Thing is Avril Lavigne's third studio album (RCA, April 17, 2007), a pop-punk record led by "Girlfriend" and produced by Dr. Luke, Butch Walker, Rob Cavallo, and Deryck Whibley; it topped US and UK charts and went double platinum in the US.
The Big Day (album)
The Big Day, the 2019 debut studio album by Chance the Rapper (Chancelor Bennett), a 22-track self-released record inspired by his wedding to Kirsten Corley; scored 71 on Metacritic but 3.7 from fans, followed six years later by Star Line.
The Black (Asking Alexandria album)
The Black (2016) is the fourth studio album by British metalcore band Asking Alexandria, released on Sumerian Records. It is their only album with Ukrainian vocalist Denis Stoff, who replaced Danny Worsnop, and peaked at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart.
The Black (Imminence album)
The Black (2024) is the fifth studio album by Swedish metalcore band Imminence, released April 12, 2024; 12 tracks, 52 minutes, violin-led symphonic metalcore produced by Eddie Berg, Harald Barrett, and Henrik Udd.
The Black Album (Jay-Z album)
The Black Album is Jay-Z's eighth studio record, released in 2003. It features 12 producers, including Kanye West and Timbaland, and sold 3.5 million copies.
The Black Album (Prince album)
The Black Album is Prince's sixteenth studio album, an eight-song funk record withdrawn days before its 1987 release and officially issued by Warner Bros. in 1994.
The Black Parade
The Black Parade is My Chemical Romance's third studio album, released October 24, 2006 on Reprise. A Rob Cavallo-produced emo rock opera about The Patient, a dying cancer patient, it spawned the UK No. 1 "Welcome to the Black Parade" and went 4x Platinum in the US.
The Blue Notebooks
The Blue Notebooks is Max Richter's second studio album, released in 2004 on FatCat's 130701 imprint. Tilda Swinton reads Kafka and Miłosz over chamber strings, piano, and electronics; recorded in 2003 as quiet protest against the Iraq war.
The Blueprint
The Blueprint, Jay-Z's sixth studio album (September 11, 2001, Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), a soul-sampling East Coast hip hop classic produced largely by Kanye West and Just Blaze, selling 427,000+ first week and entering the National Recording Registry.
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (Blueprint 2) is Jay-Z's 2002 double album, sequel to The Blueprint; 25 tracks, debuted at No. 1 with 545,000 copies, later condensed as Blueprint 2.1.
The Blueprint 3
The Blueprint 3 is Jay-Z's eleventh studio album, the final Blueprint trilogy installment, released September 8, 2009 on Roc Nation. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 476,000 first-week US sales and features Empire State of Mind and Run This Town.
The Boatman's Call
The Boatman's Call (1997) is the tenth studio album by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds on Mute, a sparse piano-led record shaped by the end of his affair with PJ Harvey, peaking at UK number 22.
The Book of Souls
The Book of Souls (2015) is Iron Maiden's 16th studio album, its first double album at 92 minutes, produced by Kevin Shirley and Steve Harris in Paris, reaching UK number one and spawning a two-year world tour.
The Boy Who Played the Harp
The Boy Who Played the Harp is the third studio album by British rapper Dave, released in October 2025 and debuted at Number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
The Boys of Dungeon Lane
The Boys of Dungeon Lane is Paul McCartney's twentieth solo studio album, released in 2026, an autobiographical record about his postwar Liverpool childhood that topped the global charts.
The Bridge (Billy Joel album)
The Bridge, Billy Joel's ninth studio album (July 1986, Columbia), produced by Phil Ramone, with Ray Charles, Cyndi Lauper, and Steve Winwood guests; 2x Platinum in the US, UK peak No. 38.
The Buffet
The Buffet is R. Kelly's thirteenth studio album, released December 11, 2015 on RCA Records; 13 standard tracks (18 deluxe), guests include Lil Wayne, Jhené Aiko, and Tinashe; peaked at number 16, Metascore 60.
The Captain and Me
The Captain and Me is The Doobie Brothers' third studio album, released March 2, 1973 on Warner Bros., produced by Ted Templeman, with hits "Long Train Runnin'" (#8) and "China Grove" (#15), double platinum.
The Car (album)
The Car (2022) is Arctic Monkeys' seventh studio album, released 21 October 2022 on Domino; written by Alex Turner, produced by James Ford, recorded at Butley Priory, La Frette, and RAK Studios; a strings-led follow-up to Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino that peaked at UK number 2.
The Cars (album)
The Cars (1978) is the American new wave band's self-titled debut on Elektra, produced by Roy Thomas Baker at London's AIR Studios in about 12-14 days; it stayed on the Billboard 200 139 weeks, went six-times platinum, and yielded "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl."
The Center Won't Hold
The Center Won't Hold (2019) is Sleater-Kinney's ninth album, produced by St. Vincent on Mom + Pop Music, and the last with drummer Janet Weiss, who left in July 2019; it scored 80 on Metacritic.
The Chronicles of Life and Death
The Chronicles of Life and Death (クロニクル・オヴ・ライフ・アンド・デス) is Good Charlotte's third album, released October 5, 2004 on Daylight/Epic, produced by Eric Valentine, issued in parallel Life and Death editions with Billy Martin artwork.
The Clash (album)
The Clash (album): 1977 CBS debut by The Clash, first major UK punk record, No. 12 UK, recorded with Micky Foote, revised US version 1979 with singles added.
The Clearing (Wolf Alice album)
The Clearing is the fourth studio album by English rock band Wolf Alice, released 22 August 2025 on Columbia Records. Written in Seven Sisters, recorded in Los Angeles with Greg Kurstin, it is their first major-label album, nominated for the 2025 Mercury Prize.
The College Dropout
The College Dropout (2004) is Kanye West's debut studio album on Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam: 21 tracks, chipmunk-soul sampling, number 2 Billboard 200 debut, triple platinum, and Grammy winner for Best Rap Album.
The Colour of My Love
The Colour of My Love is Céline Dion's third English-language and twelfth overall studio album, released November 9, 1993 on Columbia/Epic; 15 tracks produced mainly by David Foster, featuring "The Power of Love" and "Think Twice".
The Crossroads (album)
The Crossroads is the third studio album by American rapper Cordae, released through Art@War and Atlantic Records in November 2024, with guests including Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Anderson .Paak.
The Crux (Djo album)
The Crux is the third studio album by Djo, Joe Keery's musical project, released April 4, 2025 on AWAL. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios with Adam Thein, it is a 12-track hotel-concept record blending 1960s-70s psychedelic rock with indie pop, later nominated for a Grammy for Best Album Cover.