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Hello, Dolly! -- Original Broadway Cast, June 6, 1964



RCA Victor 1087

 

Producer: Andy Wiswell

 

Track listing: Prologue / I Put My Hand In / It Takes a Woman / Put on Your Sunday Clothes / Ribbons Down My Back / Motherhood / Dancing / Before the Parade Passes By /

Elegance / Hello, Dolly! / It Only Takes Moment / So Long ...

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Around the World in a Day -- Prince and the Revolution, June 1, 1985



Producers: Prince and the Revolution

 


Track listing: Around the World in a Day / Paisley Park / Condition of the Heart / Raspberry Beret / Tamborine / America ...

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Tug Of War -- Paul McCartney, May 29, 1982



Producer: George Martin

 

Track listing: Tug of War / Take It Away / Somebody Who Cares / What's That You're Doing? / Here Today / Ballroom Dancing / The Pound Is Sinking ...

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Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy -- Elton John, June 7, 1975

Following the artistic disappointment of Caribou, Elton John and his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin returned in peak form with the autobiographical Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy. The former part the title refers to the flamboyant singer-pianist, while the latter is a reference to the lyricist, whose words often invoke tales of the old West. "There's no doubt about it," says producer Gus Dudgeon. "Captain Fantastic, technically, musically, and compositionally [is] the most cohesive Elton John album. It was very obviously going to be something special from the minute we first heard the songs." << MORE >>

The Beatles/ 1967-1970 -- The Beatles, May 26, 1973



Producer: George Martin

 

Track listing: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely

Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends / ...

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Wings At The Speed Of Sound – Wings, April 24, 1976



Capitol 11525

 

Producer: Paul McCartney

 

Track listing: Let 'Em In / The Note You Never Wrote / ...

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Totally Krossed Out -- Kris Kross, May 23, 1992



Producer: .Jermaine Dupri

 

Track listing: Intro Interview/Jump/ Lil' Boys in do Hood / Warm It Up / The Way of Rhyme / Party / We're in do House / A ...

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Chicago VII – Chicago, April 27, 1974



Columbia 32810

 

Producer: James William Guercio

 

Track listing: Prelude to Aire /Aire / Devil's Sweet Italian ...

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Rumours -- Fleetwood Mac, April 2, 1977



Warner 3010

 

Producers: Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, and Ken Coillat

 

Track listing: Second Hand News / ...

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Frampton Comes Alive! -- Peter Frampton, April 10, 1976



A&M 3703

 

Producer: Peter Frampton

 

Track listing: Something's Happening / Doobie Wah / Show Me the Way / It's a Plain ...

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No Jacket Required -- Phil Collins, March 30, 1985



Atlantic 81240

 


Producer: Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham

 

Track listing: Sussudio / Only You Know and ...

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Lady Sings the Blues -- Diana Ross, April 7, 1973



Motown 758

 

Executive Producer: Berry Gordy

 

Track listing: The Arrest / Lady Sings the Blues / Baltimore ...

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The Sign -- Ace of Base, April 4, 1994



Arista 18740

 

Producers: Joker, Buddha, PoP, Ekman, Adebrratt, Carr, and T.O.E.C.

 

Track listing: All That She ...

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America – America, March 25, 1972



Warner Bros. 2576

 


Producers: Ian Samwell, Jeff Dexter, and America

 


Track listing: Riverside / Sandman / ...

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Superunknown – Soundgarden, March 26, 1994



A&M 0198

 

Producers: Michael Beinhorn and Soundgarden

 

Track listing: Let Me Drown / My Wave / Fell ...

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Centerfield -- John Fogerty, March 23, 1985



Warner Bros. 25203

 

Producer: John Fogerty

 


Track listing: The Old Man Down the Road / Rock and ...

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John Denver's Greatest Hits – John Denver, March 30, 1974



RCA 0374

 


Producer: Milton Okun

 

Track listing: Take Me Home, Country Roads Follow Me / Starwood ...

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"Dueling Banjos" From The Original Sountrack Deliverance, Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell – March 17, 1973



Warner Bros. 2683

 


Producer: None listed

 

Track listing: Dueling Banjos / Little Maggie Shuckin' the Corn / ...

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The Music Man -- Original Broadway Cast, March 17, 1958



Capitol 0990

 

Musical director: Morton Da Costa

 

Track listing: Overture and Rock Island Iowa Stubborn / ...

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Harvest -- Neil Young, March 11, 1972



Reprise 2032

 


Producers: Elliot Mazer, Neil Young, Jack Nitzsche, and Henry Lewy

 


Track listing: Out on the ...

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