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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: 1974 double concept album by Genesis, sixth and last studio album with Peter Gabriel, telling the surreal New York story of Rael; UK No. 10, US No. 41, 50th-anniversary edition 2025.

The Last in Line

The Last in Line is Dio's 1984 second album, recorded at Caribou Ranch with keyboardist Claude Schnell; it peaked at UK No. 4 and US Billboard No. 23, went RIAA Platinum in 1987, and later named the band Last In Line.

The Last Will and Testament

The Last Will and Testament is Opeth's fourteenth studio album, a concept album released on November 22, 2024, marking the return of Mikael Åkerfeldt's death metal growled vocals.

The Last Wun

The Last Wun is Gunna's sixth studio album, released August 8, 2025 via Young Stoner Life/300 Entertainment; 25 tracks, Turbo executive production, Afrobeats features, No. 3 Billboard 200 debut.

The Less I Know the Better

The Less I Know the Better: 2015 disco-funk Tame Impala song by Kevin Parker from Currents; bassline is a guitar synth, nearly given to Mark Ronson, 2.65 billion Spotify streams, won triple j's Hottest 100 of the Decade.

The Life of a Showgirl

The Life of a Showgirl is Taylor Swift's twelfth studio album, released October 3, 2025, produced with Max Martin and Shellback, announced on the New Heights podcast, and inspired by the Eras Tour.

The Life of a Showgirl (song)

"The Life of a Showgirl" (2025) is the closing title-track duet of Taylor Swift's twelfth album, featuring Sabrina Carpenter; it tells the fictional showgirl Kitty's cautionary story, is Gold in Australia and Silver in the UK, and ends with Vancouver Eras Tour crowd noise.

The Life of Pablo

The Life of Pablo is Kanye West's seventh studio album, released February 13, 2016 on Def Jam/GOOD as a Tidal exclusive after earlier titles So Help Me God, Swish, and Waves; it was the first Billboard No. 1 driven mostly by streaming and was repeatedly updated after release.

The Light in the Piazza (musical)

The Light in the Piazza is a 2005 Broadway musical by Adam Guettel (music and lyrics) and Craig Lucas (book), based on Elizabeth Spencer's novella, about Margaret and Clara Johnson in Florence; it won six Tony Awards including Best Original Score.

The Lightning Thief (musical)

The Lightning Thief is a rock musical with music by Rob Rokicki, adapted from Rick Riordan's 2005 novel, following Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, and reaching Broadway in 2019.

The Lion and the Cobra

The Lion and the Cobra (1987) is Sinéad O'Connor's debut album on Ensign/Chrysalis, titled from Psalm 91; nine tracks including Troy, Mandinka, and I Want Your (Hands on Me).

The Lion King (1994 soundtrack)

The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records, May 31, 1994), songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, score by Hans Zimmer; 1994's top-selling US album, four Grammys, two Oscars, over 10 million copies sold.

The Lion King (2019 soundtrack)

The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the 2019 Walt Disney Records album for Jon Favreau's remake: Hans Zimmer's reworked score, Elton John–Tim Rice songs sung by Beyoncé, Donald Glover and the cast, plus "Never Too Late" and Beyoncé's companion album The Gift.

The Lion King (musical)

The Lion King (musical): Disney's 1997 Broadway stage adaptation of the 1994 animated film, directed by Julie Taymor with Elton John and Tim Rice's score; six Tonys, highest-grossing entertainment title, running at the Minskoff Theatre.

The Lion King: The Gift

The Lion King: The Gift is Beyoncé's 2019 companion album to Disney's Lion King remake, also called The Gift, curated with African and diaspora artists, separate from the official soundtrack, with Spirit as its only song in the film and Black Is King as its visual album.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Wimoweh), pop hit by the Tokens, adapted from Solomon Linda's 1939 Zulu song "Mbube"; 1961 US No. 1, family won 2006 royalties settlement.

The Little Drummer Boy

The Little Drummer Boy, originally "Carol of the Drum", is a 1941 Christmas carol by Katherine Kennicott Davis, popularized by the 1958 Harry Simeone Chorale recording and the 1977 Crosby-Bowie duet.

The Little Mermaid (musical)

The Little Mermaid is Disney's 2008 Broadway musical adapted from the 1989 animated film and Andersen's tale, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright; 685 performances at the Lunt-Fontanne, later revised and licensed worldwide.

The Living Tombstone discography

The Living Tombstone (TLT), Israeli-American electronic rock duo of Yoav Landau and Sam Haft; discography spans 2011 fandom songs, FNaF Diamond single, My Ordinary Life, albums Zero One (2020) and Rust (2025).

The Loco-Motion

The Loco-Motion: 1962 pop song by Brill Building writers Gerry Goffin and Carole King, recorded by their babysitter Little Eva. Hit No. 1 twice (Little Eva 1962, Grand Funk 1974) and again via Kylie Minogue in 1987.

The Logical Song

The Logical Song: 1979 Supertramp single from Breakfast in America, written by Roger Hodgson about his boarding school years; UK No. 7, US No. 6, Ivor Novello Award winner, later covered by Scooter.

The Long and Winding Road

The Long and Winding Road: Paul McCartney ballad (Lennon-McCartney) on Let It Be, Phil Spector-produced, last Beatles US number one (13 June 1970), central to the band's breakup and Let It Be... Naked.

The Long Run (album)

The Long Run (1979) is the Eagles' sixth studio album and last before their 1980 breakup; produced by Bill Szymczyk over 18 months in Miami, a US number 1, 7x Platinum, with three Top 10 singles.

The Look of Love (1967 song)

"The Look of Love" is a 1967 Bacharach-David song written for the spoof Bond film Casino Royale, first recorded instrumentally by Stan Getz and defined by Dusty Springfield's Oscar-nominated version, later a top-10 hit for Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66.

The Lost Tapes 2

The Lost Tapes 2 is Nas's 2019 compilation of 16 unreleased tracks from his Hip Hop Is Dead, Untitled, Life Is Good, and Nasir sessions, released via Mass Appeal/Def Jam; Metascore 58. Distinct from same-named albums by Luniz and Sada Baby.

The Love for Three Oranges

The Love for Three Oranges (L'Amour des trois oranges, Любовь к трём апельсинам), Prokofiev's Op. 33 comic opera in four acts with prologue, premiered in Chicago in 1921 in French, after Meyerhold's 1913 divertissement and Gozzi's 1761 play.

The Low End Theory

The Low End Theory: 1991 second album by A Tribe Called Quest on Jive Records, 14 tracks fusing jazz and hip hop; gold 1992, platinum 1995, National Recording Registry 2022.

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is Traffic's fifth studio album, released November 1971 on Island Records, produced by Steve Winwood, reaching No. 7 in the US but not charting in the UK, anchored by the 11:41 title track.

The Madcap Laughs

The Madcap Laughs is Syd Barrett's debut solo album, released January 3, 1970 on Harvest after his Pink Floyd exit. Recorded 1968-1969 at Abbey Road with producers Peter Jenner, Malcolm Jones, David Gilmour, and Roger Waters.

The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte, K. 620) is Mozart's two-act Singspiel with spoken dialogue, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, premiered 30 September 1791 at Vienna's Theater auf der Wieden; known for Masonic symbolism, the Queen of the Night arias, and 223 early performances.