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The Sickness
The Sickness (2000) is the debut album by Chicago metal band Disturbed, released on Giant/Reprise, with singles Stupify, Voices, and Down with the Sickness; five-times Platinum, 4 million sold, 25th anniversary reissue and 34-date tour in 2025.
The Silver Scream
The Silver Scream is Ice Nine Kills' fifth album (2018, Fearless Records), a metalcore concept record whose 13 songs each adapt a horror film, with a linked music-video storyline and a 2021 sequel, Welcome to Horrorwood.
The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood
The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood (2021), also called Welcome to Horrorwood, is the sixth album by horror-themed metalcore band Ice Nine Kills, a Fearless Records sequel to The Silver Scream with tracks based on films like American Psycho and Candyman.
The Sky, the Earth & All Between
The Sky, the Earth & All Between is Architects' 11th studio album (Epitaph, 28 February 2025), produced by ex-Bring Me The Horizon's Jordan Fish; it peaked at UK number 2 and reached number 1 on the Official Record Store Chart.
The Slim Shady LP
The Slim Shady LP is Eminem's second studio album and major-label debut, released February 23, 1999, on Aftermath/Interscope. Dr. Dre and Bass Brothers production; Slim Shady alter ego; 283,000 first-week sales; Grammy Best Rap Album.
The Slow Rush
The Slow Rush (2020) is the fourth Tame Impala album by Kevin Parker, released 14 February 2020 on Interscope: 12 tracks in 57 minutes about time and nostalgia, five years after Currents, scoring 79 on Metacritic.
The Smiths (album)
The Smiths (1984) is the English band's debut album on Rough Trade, re-recorded by John Porter after Troy Tate sessions, peaking at No. 2 on the UK chart for 33 weeks, the year's best-selling indie album.
The Sound of Perseverance
The Sound of Perseverance is Death's seventh and final 1998 studio album, a progressive death metal record by Chuck Schuldiner recorded at Morrisound with Christy, Hamm, Clendenin, including a Painkiller cover.
The Spirit Room
The Spirit Room is Michelle Branch's 2001 Maverick/Warner Bros. major-label debut, produced by John Shanks, with singles Everywhere, All You Wanted, and Goodbye to You; 2x Platinum, Billboard 200 No. 28.
The Stage (album)
The Stage (album) is the seventh studio album by Avenged Sevenfold, featuring drummer Brooks Wackerman. Released in 2016, the album explores themes of artificial intelligence and humanity.
The Stone Roses (album)
The Stone Roses (1989) is the English band's debut album, produced by John Leckie, recorded at Battery, Rockfield, and The Manor studios, entered the UK chart at No 32, and became the defining Madchester record.
The Story of the Ghost
The Story of the Ghost, Phish's seventh studio album (Elektra, October 27, 1998), produced by Andy Wallace from jam sessions at Bearsville Studios and a Vermont farmhouse; a funky, dreamy 14-track set reissued on vinyl in 2019.
The Stranger (album)
The Stranger (1977) is Billy Joel's fifth studio album, his first with producer Phil Ramone, recorded at A&R Studios, New York. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, spawned four Top 40 hits including "Just the Way You Are," won two 1979 Grammys, and is his best-selling studio album with Diamond certification.
The Suburbs
The Suburbs is Arcade Fire's third studio album (2010), a 16-track concept record about suburban childhood and sprawl, produced by Markus Dravs and winner of the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year.
The Surface Seems So Far
The Surface Seems So Far is the ninth studio album by South African rock band Seether, released September 20, 2024 on Fantasy Records. Produced by Shaun Morgan with Matt Hyde, it is one of the band's heaviest records; lead single Judas Mind was their 10th No. 1 at U.S. rock radio.
The Sweet Escape
The Sweet Escape is Gwen Stefani's second solo album, released December 5, 2006 on Interscope. Produced with Pharrell, Akon, Swizz Beatz, and Tony Kanal, it opened at number three on the Billboard 200 and went 2x Platinum in the US.
The System Has Failed
The System Has Failed is Megadeth's tenth studio album, released September 14, 2004 on Sanctuary Records. Conceived as a Dave Mustaine solo album after his 2002 arm injury, it became the band's comeback with Chris Poland, Jimmie Lee Sloas, and Vinnie Colaiuta.
The Things They Believe
The Things They Believe is the 2021 album by British metal band Loathe on SharpTone Records: a 35-minute, 12-track fully instrumental ambient companion to I Let It In And It Took Everything, featuring saxophonist John Waugh.
The Third Reich 'n Roll
The Third Reich 'n Roll (1976), The Residents' second released album on Ralph Records, pairs two side-long suites, Swastikas on Parade and Hitler Was a Vegetarian, deconstructing 1960s pop hits under a notorious Nazi-themed Dick Clark cover.
The Thrill of It All (Sam Smith album)
The Thrill of It All is Sam Smith's second studio album, released 3 November 2017 on Capitol. Known for debuting at number one in both the UK and US, the gospel-tinged single Too Good at Goodbyes, and the faith-and-identity song HIM.
The Thunderfist Chronicles
The Thunderfist Chronicles is the eighth studio album by Scottish pirate metal band Alestorm, released June 20, 2025 on Napalm Records; eight tracks, 45 minutes, with a 17-minute closer and guests Patty Gurdy and Russell Allen.
The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan album)
Bob Dylan's third studio album (Columbia, February 10, 1964), his first made up entirely of original songs, recorded solo acoustic in New York; it peaked at No. 4 in the UK and No. 20 in the US.
The Top (album)
The Top is the fifth studio album by English rock band The Cure, released in 1984 on Fiction Records, produced by Robert Smith, Chris Parry, and David M. Allen; essentially a Robert Smith solo record after Simon Gallup's exit, it reached No. 10 in the UK and No. 180 in the US.
The Tortured Poets Department
The Tortured Poets Department is Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album, announced at the February 2024 Grammys and released April 19, 2024, as a 16-track set expanded hours later into the 31-track Anthology, produced with Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner.
The Ultimate Sin
The Ultimate Sin (1986) is Ozzy Osbourne's fourth studio album, produced by Ron Nevison, featuring Jake E. Lee. Peaked at No. 6 Billboard 200 and No. 8 UK; double platinum in the US; deleted from catalog in 2002.
The Underworld Awaits Us All
The Underworld Awaits Us All is Nile's tenth studio album, released August 23, 2024 on Napalm Records. The 11-track, 53:34 brutal/technical death metal album was produced by Karl Sanders at Serpent Headed Studio with Mark Lewis mixing.
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is a 1987 studio album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was the band's third release and first to enter the Billboard 200.
The Velvet Rope
The Velvet Rope is Janet Jackson's sixth studio album, released October 7, 1997 on Virgin Records, produced with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. A dark, confessional concept album on depression, sexuality, and homophobia, it topped the Billboard 200 and sold over 10 million copies.
The Visitors (ABBA album)
The Visitors is ABBA's eighth studio album, released in Sweden on November 30, 1981, recorded after both couples' divorces; "One of Us" was its major hit.
The Way I Am (Luke Combs album)
The Way I Am is Luke Combs' sixth studio album, released March 20, 2026 on Sony Music Nashville/Seven Ridges. A 22-track, 73-minute set produced with Jonathan Singleton and Chip Matthews, featuring Alison Krauss on "Ever Mine"; it debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums and No. 2 on the Billboard 200.