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Ride Lonesome (album)

Ride Lonesome is Beck's 15th studio album, released September 18, 2026 on Iliad/Capitol. Produced by Beck, mixed by Nigel Godrich, it is a spiritual sequel to Sea Change and Morning Phase, written after his 2021 divorce.

Ride the Lightning

Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1984. Recorded in Copenhagen, it expanded thrash metal with structured songs and darker lyrics.

Right Place, Wrong Person

Right Place, Wrong Person is BTS leader RM's second solo album, released May 24, 2024 by Big Hit Music. The 11-track alternative record, title track "LOST!", debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 37 in the UK.

Right Thurr

Right Thurr: 2003 debut single by St. Louis rapper Chingy (Howard Bailey Jr.), lead hit from Jackpot, produced by The Trak Starz; Hot 100 No. 2, New Zealand No. 1, UK No. 17.

Ring Ring (album)

Ring Ring, ABBA's 1973 debut album, released in Sweden March 26, 1973 as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida; recorded 1972–73; title track third in the 1973 Swedish Eurovision selection.

Ringo (album)

Ringo (album): Ringo Starr's third studio album, Apple Records, 1973, produced by Richard Perry. Only post-breakup album featuring all four ex-Beatles; No. 2 Billboard 200, US No. 1 singles "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen", RIAA platinum.

Rio (Duran Duran album)

Rio is Duran Duran's second studio album, released 10 May 1982, recorded at AIR Studios London with producer Colin Thurston. It reached UK No. 2, and its David Kershenbaum-remixed November 1982 US reissue peaked at No. 6, breaking the band in America via MTV.

Riot!

Riot! is Paramore's second studio album, released June 12, 2007 on Fueled by Ramen. Produced by David Bendeth, its singles Misery Business, Crushcrushcrush, and That's What You Get made the teenage Tennessee band stars, selling 700,000 copies in a year.

Risk (Megadeth album)

Risk (1999), Megadeth's eighth studio album on Capitol, recorded in Nashville with producer Dann Huff; a hard rock/electronica departure from metal, Jimmy DeGrasso's studio debut, Marty Friedman's last Megadeth album.

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is Rainbow's 1975 debut album, recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, with Ronnie James Dio and Elf members, produced by Martin Birch, and featuring "Man on the Silver Mountain".

River of Dreams

River of Dreams (1993) is Billy Joel's twelfth and final pop studio album, released on Columbia, produced mainly by Danny Kortchmar with cover art by Christie Brinkley. It topped the Billboard 200 for three weeks, earned four Grammy nominations, and closes with the farewell song "Famous Last Words."

Road to Ruin (Ramones album)

Road to Ruin (1978) is the Ramones' fourth studio album on Sire, their first with drummer Marky Ramone, produced by Tommy Ramone and Ed Stasium, featuring "I Wanna Be Sedated"; it peaked at 103 in the US and 32 in the UK.

Rock Steady (album)

Rock Steady, No Doubt's fifth studio album (Interscope, December 11, 2001), a dancehall- and electropop-leaning record produced by Sly & Robbie, Prince, The Neptunes, Nellee Hooper, Ric Ocasek, and William Orbit, peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard 200.

Rocket to Russia

Rocket to Russia is the Ramones' third studio album, released November 4, 1977 on Sire Records. The punk classic featuring Sheena Is a Punk Rocker and Rockaway Beach was the last album recorded by all four founding members.

Rod Stewart discography

Rod Stewart discography: catalog of the British singer's roughly 32 solo studio albums (1969–2024, Mercury, Warner Bros., Capitol), Faces and Jeff Beck Group recordings, UK number-one singles like Maggie May, certifications, and 2024–2025 releases.

Rodeo (Travis Scott album)

Rodeo is Travis Scott's debut studio album, released September 4, 2015 on Grand Hustle/Epic. A dark, psychedelic trap record following Days Before Rodeo, with guests including Kanye West and The Weeknd; Metascore 64, later two-times platinum.

Roja (soundtrack)

Roja is the 1992 debut soundtrack album of composer A. R. Rahman, written for Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, selling over 3 million units and winning Rahman a National Film Award.

Role Model Hermit

Role Model Hermit is the 2026 debut album by London trio mary in the junkyard, released on AMF Records. Produced by Oli Bayston, the 11-track art-rock, folk and post-punk record scored 82/100 from critics and drew praise for its folklore-based storytelling.

Roman Candle (album)

Roman Candle (1994) is Elliott Smith's debut album, released on Cavity Search. Recorded on 4-track in a Portland basement, nine sparse acoustic songs including "Condor Ave" and "No Name #1" through "No Name #4".

Romance (Camila Cabello album)

Romance is Camila Cabello's second studio album, released December 6, 2019 on Epic/Syco. Built around her Shawn Mendes relationship, it features "Señorita", debuted at No. 1 in Canada and No. 3 in the US, and scored 71 on Metacritic.

Romance (Fontaines D.C. album)

Romance (2024), fourth album by Irish band Fontaines D.C., released on XL Recordings, produced by James Ford, their first without Dan Carey; 11 tracks blending Britpop, shoegaze, and nu metal; Metacritic 89.

Romance: Untold

Romance: Untold is ENHYPEN's second studio album (BELIFT LAB, July 12, 2024), opening the ROMANCE vampire-romance series with lead single XO (Only If You Say Yes) featuring JVKE; it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold 2,344,749 first-week copies.

Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)

Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture is the 1996 Capitol Records soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's film, mixing alternative rock, pop, and soul tracks.

Room for Squares

Room for Squares is John Mayer's debut studio album, released June 5, 2001 on Aware Records and re-released by Columbia on September 18, 2001; 13 tracks, 54 minutes, produced by John Alagía.

Room Under the Stairs

Room Under the Stairs is the fourth studio album by Zayn, released May 17, 2024, on Mercury Records. Co-produced with Dave Cobb and recorded in a shoe cupboard at his rural Pennsylvania home, it shifts from R&B toward stripped-back, country-inspired material.

Roots (Sepultura album)

Roots (1996, Roadrunner) is Sepultura's sixth studio album, its last with Max Cavalera, blending downtuned groove metal, Brazilian percussion, and Xavante field recordings; it hit Billboard 200 #27, sold over 2 million copies, and prefigured nu metal.

Rosenrot

Rosenrot, Rammstein's fifth studio album (Vertigo Berlin, October 28, 2005), 11 tracks largely from Reise, Reise outtakes plus six new songs; number 1 in Germany, Austria, Estonia, Finland, and Mexico.

Rosie (Rosé album)

rosie is the debut studio album by BLACKPINK's Rosé, released December 6, 2024 via Atlantic Records and THEBLACKLABEL. The 12-track, 36-minute English-language breakup album, whose lead single "APT." with Bruno Mars was the first female K-pop Hot 100 Top 10 hit, earned a Metacritic score of 70.

Rough and Rowdy Ways

Rough and Rowdy Ways is Bob Dylan's 39th studio album, released June 19, 2020 on Columbia, his first original-material album since Tempest (2012). Ten tracks closing with the 16:54 No. 1 single Murder Most Foul; recorded at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys.

Roxette discography

Roxette discography: catalog of Swedish pop duo Roxette (Gessle and Fredriksson), from Pearls of Passion (1986) to Good Karma (2016), over 80 million records sold, four US number ones.