Album Events

1969 Jul 25 Yes release self-titled debut album
Yes is the 1969 eponymous debut album from the British progressive rock band Yes, considered among the first progressive rock albums. With the original Yes line-up of vocalist Jon Anderso...
1970 Jul 24 Yes release Time and a Word
Time and a Word is the second album by progressive rock band Yes, released in mid-1970 in the UK and November 1970 in the US. This was the last Yes album to feature the group's original l...
1971 Feb 19 Yes release The Yes Album
The Yes Album is the third album by British progressive rock band Yes. The first release to feature 23-year-old guitarist Steve Howe, the album was released on Atlantic Records in Februar...
1971 Nov 26 Yes release Fragile
Fragile is the fourth album by the British progressive rock band Yes, released on Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album with keyboardist Rick Wakeman after the departure of Tony...
1972 Feb Scorpions release their first album Lonesome Crow
Lonesome Crow is the first album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions produced by Conny Plank and released in 1972. It is the band's only album with lead guitarist Michael Schenker...
1972 Sep 13 Yes release Close to the Edge
Close to the Edge is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes. According to the vocalist, Jon Anderson, the title track is inspired by Hermann Hesse's book Siddh...
1973 Dec 14 Yes release Tales from Topographic Oceans
Tales from Topographic Oceans is the sixth studio album by British progressive rock band Yes. It is a double album, released on Atlantic Records in December 1973 in most of the world and ...
1974 Nov 1 Scorpions release Fly to the Rainbow
Fly to the Rainbow is the second studio album by German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1974. In support of their Lonesome Crow album, Scorpions appeared as the opening act for th...
1974 Dec 13 Yes release Relayer
Relayer is the seventh studio album by the progressive rock band Yes. Recorded and released in 1974, it is the only Yes studio album to feature Patrick Moraz, who replaced keyboardist Ric...
1975 Sep 17 Scorpions release In Trance
In Trance is the third studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1975, The album's music was the complete departure from the progressive Krautrock of the two prev...
1976 Oct 9 Scorpions release Virgin Killer
Virgin Killer is the fourth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions. It was released in 1976 and was the first album of the band to attract attention outside Europe. The tit...
1977 Jul 22 Yes release Going for the One
Going for the One is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Yes. It was released in 1977 after an extended break for solo activity, and is especially notable for marking...
1978 Scorpions release Tokyo Tapes
Tokyo Tapes is a live album by German heavy metal band Scorpions. "Tokyo Tapes" was Scorpions' first live album, recorded at Sun Plaza Hall (Tokyo, Japan) on April 24 and 27, during th...
1978 Jan Scorpions release Taken by Force
Taken By Force is the fifth studio album by German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1978. This was the final Scorpions album to feature guitarist Ulrich Jon Roth. Roth left the ban...
1978 Sep 20 Yes release Tormato
Tormato is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock group Yes. Issued as the follow-up to 1977's acclaimed Going for the One, Tormato received less than charitable reviews upon ...
1979 Feb 25 Scorpions release Lovedrive
Lovedrive is the sixth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1979. Lovedrive was a major evolution of the band's sound, which exhibited their "classic style" ...
1980 Mar 31 Scorpions release Animal Magnetism
Animal Magnetism is the seventh studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1980. The RIAA certified Animal Magnetism as Gold on 8 March 1984, and Platinum on 28 Oc...
1980 Aug 22 Yes release Drama
Drama is the tenth studio album by British progressive rock group Yes. It is unique for being the first Yes album release without vocalist Jon Anderson. In early 1980, after rehearsing mu...
1980 Oct 20 U2 releases debut album "Boy"
Boy is the debut album from Irish rock band U2, released October 20, 1980. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album received generally positive reviews. Common themes among the album's son...
1981 Oct 12 U2 releases second studio album, "October"
"I remember the pressure it was made under, I remember writing lyrics on the microphone, and at £50 an hour that's quite a pressure. Lillywhite was pacing up and down the studio... he cope..." —Bono on the challenges encountered recording October after a briefcase full of lyrics was stolen
1982 Mar 29 Scorpions release Blackout
Blackout is the eighth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1982. After losing his voice during the writing of the album, lead vocalist Klaus Meine had to...
1982 Nov 30 Michael Jackson Releases "Thriller"
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and c...
1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases his self-titled debut album
"Weird Al" Yankovic is the eponymous debut album by American parodist Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic. Mostly recorded in March 1982, the album was released as an LP and on Compact Cas...
1983 Feb 28 U2 releases third studio album, "War"
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on February 28, 1983 (1983-02-28). The album has come to be regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because o...
1983 Nov 7 U2 releases live album "Under a Blood Red Sky"
Under a Blood Red Sky is a live album by Irish rock band U2, produced by Jimmy Iovine and released in 1983. Along with its companion concert film, Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky...
1983 Nov 14 Yes release 90125
90125 is the eleventh album by progressive rock group Yes, released in 1983. It was the first album since the breakup of Yes in 1980. It is also the first album to feature Trevor Rabin, a...
1984 Feb 28 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases In 3-D
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D, is the second studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1984. It features the Michael Jackson parody "Eat It" which made Yankovic internationally famous...
1984 Mar 27 Scorpions release Love at First Sting
Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1984. Love at First Sting became the most successful album of the band in the USA where...
1984 Aug 10 Voivod release their debut album, War and Pain
War and Pain is the debut album from Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod, which was released on August 10, 1984 through Metal Blade Records. According to a 1986 TV intervi...
1984 Oct 1 U2 releases fourth studio album, "The Unforgettable Fire"
The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released in 1984. Far more ambient and abstract than the hard-hitting War, it was at the time the band’s most mark...
1985 Jun 18 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases Dare to Be Stupid
Dare to Be Stupid is the third studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1985. The album was one of many produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. The musical styles ...
1985 Jun 20 Scorpions release World Wide Live
World Wide Live is a live album by German heavy metal band Scorpions released in 1985, produced by Dieter Dierks. It was originally released as a 2LP vinyl set, in a gatefold-sleeve, a...
1985 Oct Kreator release Endless Pain
Endless Pain is the debut album of the thrash metal band Kreator, released in 1985 by Noise Records. On this album both Petrozza and Reil share vocal duties. This album has been known ...
1986 Mar 14 Voivod release Rrröööaaarrr
Rrröööaaarrr is the second album by Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released in 1986 on Noise Records.
1986 Oct 21 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases Polka Party!
Polka Party! is the fourth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1986. The album is the third of Yankovic's to be produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. The mu...
1986 Nov Kreator release Pleasure to Kill
Pleasure to Kill is the second studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator. The lyrical themes follow those found on their first album Endless Pain. Many death metal bands cite this ...
1987 Mar 9 U2 releases fifth studio album, "The Joshua Tree"
The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released 9 March 1987 on Island Records. Recording took place from July to November 1986 at Windmill Lane Studios in Dubli...
1987 Apr 3 Voivod release Killing Technology
Killing Technology is the third album from Canadian Thrash metal/Progressive metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on Noise Records and was the first to add the progressive sound in ...
1987 Sep 28 Yes release Big Generator
Big Generator is the twelfth studio album by progressive rock band Yes. It was released in 1987 on Atlantic Records' Atco subsidiary label (Yes' last studio album for Atlantic) and was th...
1987 Oct Kreator release Terrible Certainty
Terrible Certainty is the third studio album by thrash metal band Kreator released in 1987 through Noise Records. It was released on cd, cassette, black vinyl, and as a limited edition re...
1988 Apr 12 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases Even Worse
Even Worse is the fifth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1988. The album was the fifth produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. This album, like Polka Party...
1988 Apr 16 Scorpions release Savage Amusement
Savage Amusement is the tenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1988. It peaked at #5 in the USA where it became platinum on June 20, 1988. The album w...
1988 Jun 29 Voivod release Dimension Hatröss
Dimension Hatröss is the fourth album from the Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released on June 29, 1988 on Noise Records. The Batman theme's cover only appear...
1988 Sep 30 Forbidden releases their first album Forbidden Evil
Forbidden Evil is the debut album from San Francisco, California thrash metal band, Forbidden, released in 1988. The title of this album refers to their original name before shortening it...
1988 Oct 10 U2 releases "Rattle and Hum" album
The album, which was made following the band's 1987 Joshua Tree Tour, is a mix of live recordings, covers, and new songs. To a greater extent than their previous album, The Joshua Tree, t...
1988 Oct 18 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases Greatest Hits
"Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits is a compilation CD of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic that features his best known songs from his first five studio albums.
1989 Jun 19 Kreator release Extreme Aggression
Extreme Aggression is the fourth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator released in 1989. While the band had already gained a sizeable following in the US due to their 1987 tour...
1989 Jul 18 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff
UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989) is the sixth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The album featured many music cuts from the film as well as some of the c...
1989 Oct 13 Voivod release Nothingface
Nothingface is the fifth album by Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released by Mechanic/MCA Records on October 13, 1989. The album marked a change for the band,...
1989 Nov 14 Scorpions release Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads
Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads is an official compilation album of 1980s hits by the German rock band Scorpions, released in 1989 on the Mercury Records label. The title is considered by som...