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Reality Bites (soundtrack)

Reality Bites (soundtrack): Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Ben Stiller's 1994 Gen X romantic comedy, released February 1, 1994 on RCA; 14 tracks, notable for Lisa Loeb's "Stay (I Missed You)", the first Billboard #1 by an independent artist.

Reanimation (ИIMATIOИ) (Linkin Park album)

Reanimation ([REAИIMATIOИ]) is Linkin Park's first remix album, released July 30, 2002 on Warner Bros. It reworks Hybrid Theory and its B-sides with hip-hop and rock guests, produced by Mike Shinoda, selling 1.2 million units by 2003.

Reasonable Doubt (album)

Reasonable Doubt is Jay-Z's debut studio album, released June 25, 1996 on Roc-A-Fella/Priority/Freeze. Produced by DJ Premier, Ski, and Clark Kent, it peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard 200, popularized mafioso rap, and later entered the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Rebel (mixtape)

Rebel (mixtape): EsDeeKid's 2025 debut tape, also called Rebel by the masked Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid, 11 tracks, Wraith9-produced, featuring Rico Ace, fakemink, and Fimiguerrero.

Rebel Diamonds

Rebel Diamonds is The Killers' second greatest-hits compilation (after Direct Hits), released 8 December 2023: 20 tracks from all seven studio albums plus three 2022-2023 songs, hitting UK Number 1 and spawning a 2024 arena tour.

Rebel Heart

Rebel Heart is Madonna's 13th studio album, released March 10, 2015 on Interscope after demo leaks. Producers include Diplo, Avicii, Kanye West, and Ariel Rechtshaid; 19-track standard, Metascore 68.

Rebirth (Lil Wayne album)

Rebirth is Lil Wayne's seventh studio album and rock crossover debut, released February 2, 2010 on Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown after repeated delays; it scored 37 on Metacritic, the lowest-reviewed record of 2010.

Recess (album)

Recess is the 2014 debut studio album by American electronic producer Skrillex (Sonny Moore), released March 14 on OWSLA/Big Beat; 11 tracks, 46 minutes, guests include Ragga Twins, Chance the Rapper, and CL; it debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

Reckless (Bryan Adams album)

Reckless (1984) is Bryan Adams' fourth studio album, produced with Bob Clearmountain and written with Jim Vallance; it hit #1 on Billboard in 1985, sold about 12 million copies, and launched "Summer of '69" and "Heaven".

Reckoning (R.E.M. album)

Reckoning, alternatively titled File Under Water, is R.E.M.'s second studio album (1984, I.R.S. Records), produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon; it peaked at No. 27 in the US and No. 91 in the UK and went Gold in 1991.

Recovery (Aaron Carter album)

Recovery is a 2024 posthumous album by American singer Aaron Carter, collecting previously unheard music assembled by his family after his death in November 2022.

Recovery (Eminem album)

Recovery (2010) is Eminem's seventh studio album, originally planned as Relapse 2, released June 18, 2010 on Shady/Aftermath/Interscope; 17 tracks, singles Not Afraid, Love the Way You Lie, No Love, Space Bound; best-selling album of 2010.

Red (Taylor Swift album)

Red (2012), Taylor Swift's fourth studio album on Big Machine Records, sold 1.2 million copies in week one and bridged country and pop via Max Martin and Shellback, preceding 1989 and the 2021 re-recording Red (Taylor's Version).

Red (Taylor's Version)

Red (Taylor's Version) is Taylor Swift's 2021 Republic Records re-recording of her 2012 album Red, second in the Taylor's Version project: 30 tracks, nine vault songs, and the 10-minute All Too Well.

Red Headed Stranger

Red Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson's 18th studio album (May 1975, Columbia), is a spare outlaw-country concept album about a fugitive preacher; recorded for $4,000, it went double platinum and gave Nelson his first country number one single.

Red Pill Blues

Red Pill Blues is Maroon 5's sixth studio album, released November 3, 2017 on 222/Interscope; a minimal, electronic R&B-pop record titled after The Matrix, featuring SZA, Kendrick Lamar, Future, and the Diamond-certified hit Girls Like You with Cardi B.

Red Rose Speedway

Red Rose Speedway is the 1973 second album by Paul McCartney and Wings on Apple, featuring the US number-one single "My Love", originally planned as a double album and reconstructed in the 2018 Archive Collection reissue.

Redeemer of Souls

Redeemer of Souls is the seventeenth studio album by the British heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in July 2014 and their first without guitarist K.K. Downing.

Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge

Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge is the third studio album by Ghanaian-Australian artist Genesis Owusu (Kofi Owusu-Ansah), released May 15, 2026 on Ourness; a 14-track, 50-minute political genre-blender produced by Dann Hume, scoring 88 on Metacritic.

Reflection (Fifth Harmony album)

Reflection is the 2015 debut studio album by American girl group Fifth Harmony (Epic/Syco), featuring "BO$$", "Sledgehammer", and "Worth It"; RIAA Gold then Platinum, Canada Gold, 2.3 billion Spotify streams.

Reflections (From Ashes to New album)

Reflections is the fifth studio album by Pennsylvania band From Ashes to New, released April 17, 2026 via Better Noise Music, made after the band scrapped 16 demos, with "Drag Me" giving them their first Billboard Mainstream Rock No. 1.

Reflektor

Reflektor is the fourth studio album by the Canadian rock band Arcade Fire, a double album co-produced by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, released in October 2013.

Reggatta de Blanc

Reggatta de Blanc, The Police's second album (A&M, 2 October 1979), pseudo-French for 'white reggae'; UK number-one album whose singles 'Message in a Bottle' and 'Walking on the Moon' topped the UK chart, with the title track winning the 1981 Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Regional at Best

Regional at Best is Twenty One Pilots' second studio album, self-released July 8, 2011; the band's first record with Josh Dun and last independent album before Fueled by Ramen, discontinued since 2012 with six tracks re-recorded for Vessel.

Reign in Blood

Reign in Blood, Slayer's third studio album (Def Jam, October 7, 1986), produced by Rick Rubin: a ten-track, roughly 29-minute thrash landmark featuring "Angel of Death," released via Geffen after CBS refused, peaking at No. 94 on the Billboard 200.

Reise, Reise

Reise, Reise is Rammstein's fourth studio album, released 27 September 2004, recorded in Malaga, Spain, produced by Jacob Hellner; reached German number 1 and went double platinum.

Relapse (Eminem album)

Relapse is Eminem's sixth studio album, released May 19, 2009 after five years, a Dr. Dre-produced concept album about addiction, with Relapse: Refill reissue, a 2010 Best Rap Album Grammy, and a shelved Relapse 2.

Relayer

Relayer (1974) is Yes' seventh studio album, the only classic-era album with Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz after Rick Wakeman's exit, featuring the 21:54 War and Peace-inspired epic The Gates of Delirium, Sound Chaser, and To Be Over.

Release (Pet Shop Boys album)

Release (2002) is the eighth Pet Shop Boys studio album on Parlophone, a guitar- and piano-driven record with Johnny Marr, UK #7, 800,000 sales, their least commercially successful album, NME called it substandard Oasis.

Remain in Light

Remain in Light is Talking Heads' fourth studio album, released October 8, 1980 on Sire Records, produced by Brian Eno. Built from looping Afrobeat grooves with Jon Hassell and Adrian Belew, it reached #19 and joined the National Recording Registry in 2016.