Wikipedia: List of albums

List of albums
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This is a list of musical albums with articles in the Wikipedia. For a list of particularly notable albums (with or without an extant article) see List of albums by genre.

Numbers and punctuation

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe - 1987 - breakthrough folk rock album and last to feature Natalie Merchant
3rd Bass - The Cactus Album - 1989 - one of the first critically acclaimed hip hop albums by a white group
? & the Mysterians - Ninety-Six Tears - 1966 - cult classic psychedelic rock album

A

ABBA - Super Trouper - 1980 - best-selling Europop album
ABBA - Waterloo - 1974 - massively best-selling album throughout Europe
Above the Law - Black Mafia Life - 1993 - acclaimed gangsta rap album that re-established the group after a two year break
AC/DC - Back in Black - 1980 - bestselling album, first after the death of Bon Scott and featuring Brian Johnson
AC/DC - Highway to Hell - 1979 - international hit that helped make the band a mainstream success, last to feature Bon Scott
Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier - 1980 - influential post punk album, first recorded with a brand-new backing band
Aerosmith - Draw the Line - 1977 - third album, commercial and critical disappointment in the light of previous success
Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts - 1979 - sixth album, recorded partially after the departure of Joe Perry
Aerosmith - Rocks - 1976 - internationally popular second album
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic - 1975 - breakthrough success for the band
The Afghan Whigs - Congregation - 1991 - popular grunge music album that some considered watered-down
AFI - Art of Drowning - 2000 - unusually popular punk rock album that achieved unusual chart success
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock - The Album - 1986 - featuring one of the earliest hip hop mainstream hits, "Planet Rock"
Al Green - Call Me - 1973 - Green's most popular album, which uniquely incorporated country music into album-oriented soul
Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - 1975 - cult favorite, avant-garde progressive rock album that retells various Edgar Allen Poe stories
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 1995 - massive blockbuster remembered for plaintive and starkly emotional vocals
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies - 1973 - widely regarded as the best album by the band in the first period of their career
Alice in Chains - Dirt - 1992 - influential album that helped break grunge music into the mainstream
The Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East - 1971 - band's most popular release and an influential live recording
America - Homecoming - 1973 - breakthrough success for the band
Ani DiFranco - Ani DiFranco - 1989 - debut release that made DiFranco famous for her songwriting and plaintive vocals
The Animals - Animalism - 1966 - critically acclaimed blues rock album
Anthrax - Among the Living - 1987 - fourth album and band's most popular
Anthrax - Persistence of Time - 1990 - ninth album by Anthrax, and the first to incorporate lyrics stressing peace and tolerance
Anthrax - State of Euphoria - 1988 - seventh album, critical failure regarded as one of the band's weakest efforts
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do - 1995 - critically acclaimed ambient album
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - 1967 - bestselling, critically-acclaimed album that includes Franklin's signature song, "Respect"
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul - 1968 - popular album that proved Franklin could consistently succeed with full-length LPs
Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black - 1971 - Grammy-winning, critically acclaimed release
Arrested Development - Three Years, Five Months, Two Days in the Life of - 1992 - popular album that helped break hip hop into the mainstream, early hit for alternative and southern hip hop
Arthur Brown - Crazy World of Arthur Brown - 1968 - cult favorite psychedelic rock album
Ash - 1977 - 1996 - popular Britpop album
Asia - Asia - 1982 - breakthrough album by the progressive rock band
Audioslave - Audioslave - 2002 - debut release by Audioslave, formed out of the ashes of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden
Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile - 1977 - critically acclaimed reggae album

B

The B-52's - The B-52s (album) - 1979 - breakthrough New Wave-pop hit
Babes in Toyland - Fontanelle - 1992 - influential early riot grrl album
Bad Brains - I Against I - 1986 - popular alternative rock, roots reggae and hardcore punk album
Bad Company - Bad Company - 1974 - popular hard rock album
Bad Religion - Suffer - 1988 - critically success punk rock album, the first to be recorded after the old line-up was reinstituted
Badfinger - No Dice - 1970 - early example of power pop
Badfinger - Straight Up - 1971 - pioneering album that cemented the sound of power pop
Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving - 1983 - internationally popular New Wave-pop album
The Band - Music from Big Pink - 1968 - early and influential mix of country, Appalachian folk music and rock and roll
The Band - The Band - 1969 - one of the most acclaimed folk-rock fusions
Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Lunch - 1990 - second indie tape release, helped establish a cult following for the band
Barrington Levy - Englishman - 1979 - Levy's international breakthrough dancehall album
Barry White - Stone Gon' - 1973 - commercially and critically successful soul album, known as White's contribution to album-oriented 1970s soul
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds - 1966 - critically acclaimed album widely acknowledged as the band's best, and one of the most influential rock albums
The Beach Boys - Endless Summer - 1974 - bestseller for three years, collection of prior singles
The Beach Boys - Smile - legendary unreleased album, much-sought after
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill - 1986 - breakthrough album for group and hip hop among mainstream fans
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique - 1989 - gave the group critical credibility, making them one of the first white hip hop groups to do so
The Beatles - 1 - 2000 - collection of #1 hits that sparked a renaissance in Beatles' popularity
The Beatles - Abbey Road - 1969 - one of the band's most acclaimed works, featuring both hit singles and more complex, multi-part compositions
The Beatles - Beatles for Sale - 1964 - fourth album that saw major musical innovation and growth from the band
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - 1964 - third album, based off the film of the same name, regarded as competent, but not as innovative as later work
The Beatles - Help - 1965 - soundtrack to a film of the same name, not as popular as many other LPs, but much critically-acclaimed
The Beatles - Let It Be - 1970 - final Beatles album, often considered disappointing
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - 1967 - soundtrack to a film of the same name; soundtrack widely acclaimed, but the film flopped
The Beatles - Please Please Me - 1963 - blockbuster that launched the Beatles' career
The Beatles - Revolver - 1966 - turning-point in the band's career, marking the end of simple pop and increasing complexity in lyrics and accompaniment
The Beatles - Rubber Soul - 1965 - blockbuster album that introduced the first of many major innovations, such as the use of the sitar
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967 - widely acknowledged as a masterpiece of psychedelic rock
The Beatles - The White Album - 1968 - self-titled release colloquially referred to be the color of the album cover, major critical success often considered the most avant-garde of the Beatles recordings
The Beatles - With the Beatles - 1963 - second album, began The Beatles' musical evolution
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine - 1969 - hit film and sountrack, widely regarded as humorous, fun and solid if not as pioneering as other releases
Beck - Mellow Gold - 1994 - breakthrough album
Beck - Midnite Vultures - 1999 - popular genre-bending album that mixed soul, funk and hip hop with indie rock
Beck - Mutations - 1998 - follow-up to blockbuster Odelay, failed to live up to prior commercial or critical success
Beck - Odelay - 1996 - gave Beck massive mainstream success
Beck - One Foot in the Grave - 1994 - cult favorite that established Beck's devoted fanbase
Beck - Sea Change - 2002 - popular later album
The Bee Gees - The Bee Gees' First - 1967 - psychedelic rock album that had some fans, most of whom were disappointed by the future switch to pop-disco
The Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever - 1977 - blockbuster album that established the primacy of disco on the American pop charts
Beenie Man - Blessed - 1995 - Beenie Man's international breakthrough that became a hit in Jamaica and elsewhere
Ben Folds - Rocking the Suburbs - 2001 - mainstream success and first solo album for Folds
Ben Harper - Fight for Your Mind - 1995 - expanded Harper's fanbase with excellent reviews, last solo album before adding The Innocent Criminals
Better Than Ezra - Surprise - 1989
Big Star - Radio City - 1974 - influential early power pop album and cult favorite
Billy Bragg - Talking with the Taxman about Poetry - 1986 - cult favorite that established Bragg's musical capabilities by adding new instruments and more accompaniment
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell - 1983 - blockbuster beakthrough release
Billy Joel - The Piano Man - 1973 - commercially well-received album that began Joel's career
Björk - Debut - 1993 - debut solo album that established the singer's quirky image and gave her a solid fanbase
Blackstar - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Blackstar - 1998 - influential alternative hip hop album
Black Crowes - Amorica - 1994 - despite lukewarm critical receptions, Amorica was a best-seller due to controversy aroused by the album cover
Black Crowes - Shake Your Moneymaker - 1990 - debut album that established a devoted fanbase for the band
Black Flag - Damaged - 1981 - influential hardcore punk album
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality - 1971 - less well-received than Paranoid, still considered a classic of early heavy metal
Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 1971 - considered one of the first heavy metal music albums
Black Uhuru - Chill Out - 1982 - influential dub music album
Blind Faith - Blind Faith - 1969 - best-selling sole album by a supergroup
Blind Melon - Blind Melon - 1992 - breakthrough traditional rock album
blink-182 - Buddha - 1994 - debut album originally released only on tape
blink-182 - Enema of the State - 1999 - popular pop punk album that earned the band scorn from punk rock purists
Blondie - Parallel Lines - 1978 - breakthrough New Wave album that brought the band and genre to mainstream audiences
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father to the Man - 1968 - pioneering fusion of jazz, rock and classical music
Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster - 1996 - popular success known for a bizarre sense of humor
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum - 1968 - cult favorite and early influence on heavy metal music
Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune - 1976 - one of the earliest heavy metal albums to have mainstream appeal
Blues Traveler - Four - 1994 - popular album that helped the band achieve its only taste of mainstream success
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish - 1993 - second album that established the band's reputation and added psychedelia and other influences
Blur - Parklife - 1994 - one of the most influential examples of early Britpop that helped break the genre into pop audiences
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks - 1975
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde - 1966
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home - 1965
Bob Dylan - Love and Theft - 2001
Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes - 1975
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus - 1977
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising - 1980
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin' - 1973
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Catch a Fire - 1973
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Natty Dread - 1974
Bob Seger - Live Bullet - 1976
Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi - 1984
Bon Jovi - Crossroad - 1994
Bon Jovi - Crush - 2000
Bon Jovi - New Jersey - 1988
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E 1999 Eternal - 1995
Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time - 1989
Booker T. & the MGs - Green Onions - 1962
Bootsy Collins - Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band - 1976
Boston - Boston - 1976
Bounty Killer - My Xperience - 1996
Bread - Bread - 1969
The Breeders - Last Splash - 1993
Brian Eno - Another Green World - 1975
Bright Eyes - Every Day and Every Night - 2000
Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors - 2000
Bright Eyes - Letting Off the Happiness - 1998
Bright Eyes - Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground - 2002
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski Belkacem - Vous and Nous - 1977
Brinsley Schwarz - Silver Pistol - 1972
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time - 1999
Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again - 2000
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Born in the U.S.A - 1984
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Born to Run - 1975 - Springsteen's breakthrough album that included the blockbuster title track and made him a mainstream star
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey - 1973 - debut album that began a series of articles hyping Springsteen as the next big thing in music
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Nebraska - 1982 - critically acclaimed album released only after Springsteen scrapped the record and released the stripped-down demos
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band\ - The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle - 1973
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Darkness on the Edge of Town - 1978
Budgie - Bandolier - 1975
Budgie - Budgie - 1971
Budgie - Deliver Us from Evil - 1982
Budgie - If I Were Britannia I'd Waive the Rules - 1976
Budgie - In For The Kill - 1974
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend - 1973
Budgie - Nightflight - 1981
Budgie - Power Supply - 1980
Budgie - Squawk - 1971
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again - 1967
Buju Banton - Till Shiloh - 1995
Bunny Wailer - Liberation - 1989
Burning Spear - Man in the Hills - 1976
Bush - Sixteen Stone - 1994
The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo - 1968