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A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975
A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975 is Queen's first official release of their 24 December 1975 Hammersmith Odeon Christmas Eve concert, issued 20 November 2015 on CD, vinyl, DVD, Blu-ray, and Super Deluxe box set after its BBC Old Grey Whistle Test broadcast.
A Night at the Opera (Queen album)
A Night at the Opera is Queen's fourth studio album, released 21 November 1975, produced by Roy Thomas Baker, costing about £40,000, and featuring Bohemian Rhapsody; it gave Queen their first UK number-one album.
A Pagan Place
A Pagan Place is the second studio album by the folk rock band The Waterboys, released in 1984 and named after Edna O'Brien's 1970 novel.
A Pale White Dot
A Pale White Dot is Periphery's eighth studio album, released May 15, 2026 on 3DOT Recordings. A 12-song, 47-minute concept album about loneliness, titled after Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot, and the band's first non-numbered release since Juggernaut (2015).
A Question of Balance
A Question of Balance is the Moody Blues' sixth studio album, released August 7, 1970 on Threshold Records; it reached UK number 1 and US number 3, led by the single "Question", with leaner live-oriented arrangements.
A Rush of Blood to the Head
A Rush of Blood to the Head is Coldplay's second studio album, released 26 August 2002 on Parlophone; a louder, piano-driven follow-up to Parachutes featuring In My Place, The Scientist, and Clocks, with a Metacritic score of 80.
A Saucerful of Secrets
A Saucerful of Secrets is Pink Floyd's second album (UK, late June 1968, Columbia SCX6258), recorded August 1967 to April 1968 with producer Norman Smith during Syd Barrett's departure and David Gilmour's arrival, peaking at No. 9 with the 12-minute avant-garde title track.
A Seat at the Table
A Seat at the Table is Solange's third studio album, released September 30, 2016 on Saint/Columbia. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 72,000 units and won her first Grammy for "Cranes in the Sky".
A Star Is Born (1976 soundtrack)
A Star Is Born (1976 soundtrack): Columbia Records album by Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson for the Frank Pierson rock film. Hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, won the Oscar and three Grammys for "Evergreen".
A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack)
A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack): album from the Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga film, released October 5, 2018 with 34 tracks including 18 original songs; Gaga's fifth and Cooper's first number one album, featuring "Shallow".
A Thousand Suns
A Thousand Suns is Linkin Park's fourth studio album, released September 14, 2010 on Machine Shop/Warner Bros. A nuclear-war concept album co-produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 241,000 first-week US copies.
A Toot and a Snore in '74
A Toot and a Snore in '74 is a 1992 bootleg album (Mistral Music MM 9225) of the March 28, 1974 Los Angeles jam session, the only known post-breakup recording of John Lennon and Paul McCartney playing together, with Stevie Wonder, Harry Nilsson, Jesse Ed Davis, and Bobby Keys.
A Trick of the Tail
A Trick of the Tail (1976) is Genesis's seventh studio album and first without Peter Gabriel, with Phil Collins on lead vocals; recorded at Trident Studios, it reached UK No. 3 and outsold all earlier Genesis albums.
A Whole New Sound
A Whole New Sound is a 2024 Walt Disney Records compilation of 12 Disney songs covered by pop-punk and alternative artists including Simple Plan, Yellowcard, New Found Glory, and Tokio Hotel, released digitally September 6, 2024.
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side: the two faces of a vinyl or cassette single, A being the promoted song and B the bonus track; includes double A-sides from the Beatles (1965) to streaming-era dual singles.
A.K.A. (album)
A.K.A. (Also Known As) is Jennifer Lopez's eighth studio album, released June 13, 2014, on Capitol Records; RedOne executive-produced this urban-pop return, which debuted with 33,000 copies at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Aaliyah (album)
Aaliyah (2001), self-titled final studio album by Aaliyah, on Blackground/Virgin; produced with Timbaland and Static Major; singles "We Need A Resolution," "Rock the Boat"; released weeks before her death.
Aashiqui (आशिकी) (soundtrack)
Aashiqui (आशिकी) soundtrack: 1990 T-Series album of Mahesh Bhatt's Hindi film, composed by Nadeem-Shravan with lyrics mostly by Sameer Anjaan; sold roughly 15 to 20 million cassettes and launched 1990s ghazal-style romance music.
Abacab
Abacab is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released in 1981 and recorded with engineer Hugh Padgham at their Surrey studio The Farm.
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus is Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' thirteenth studio album, a 2004 Mute double album recorded in Paris with Nick Launay, their first without Blixa Bargeld, featuring the London Community Gospel Choir and a UK chart peak of number 11.
ABBA (album)
ABBA is the self-titled 1975 third album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, recorded at Glen Studio and Metronome Studio in Stockholm. Its singles I Do I Do I Do, Mamma Mia, and SOS made the group international stars.
ABBA: The Album
ABBA: The Album is ABBA's fifth studio album, recorded May–November 1977 and released December 1977 in Sweden, known for 'The Name of the Game', 'Take a Chance on Me' and the mini-musical The Girl with the Golden Hair.
Abbey Road
Abbey Road (1969) is the Beatles' eleventh and final recorded studio album, released 26 September 1969 on Apple. Known for its zebra-crossing cover photo, the side-two medley, eight-track recording, and 17 UK weeks at number one.
Abraxas (album)
Abraxas is Santana's second studio album, released September 23, 1970 on Columbia. It hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, yielded "Black Magic Woman" (No. 4) and "Oye Como Va" (No. 13), and defined Latin rock.
Absolute Elsewhere
Absolute Elsewhere is Blood Incantation's two-track, 43:39 studio album blending death metal with 1970s prog, released October 4, 2024 on Century Media and recorded at Berlin's Hansa Studios with producer Arthur Rizk.
Absolutely Free
Absolutely Free is the 1967 second album by Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention on Verve, recorded November 1966 on an $11,000 MGM budget, structured as two linked suites including "Plastic People" and "Brown Shoes Don't Make It."
Absolution (album)
Absolution is Muse's third studio album (2003), produced by Rich Costey, their first UK number 1 with 86 Top 100 weeks, an apocalyptic symphonic rock record, reissued as the XX Anniversary edition in 2023.
Access All Areas (Flo album)
Access All Areas is the 2024 debut album by British girl group FLO, released on Island Records and executive produced by MNEK. 16 R&B tracks; peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart; Metacritic metascore 69.
Ace Frehley (album)
Ace Frehley (1978) is the Casablanca solo debut by Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, released September 18, 1978 with three bandmate solo albums; produced by Eddie Kramer, it yielded the hit "New York Groove" (No. 13) and shipped the most copies of the four.
Achtung Baby
Achtung Baby is U2's seventh studio album, released November 18, 1991 on Island Records. Recorded from October 1990 at Berlin's Hansa Studios and in Dublin with Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, it reinvented the band's sound with electronic beats and sold about 18 million copies.