Atlantic Records Events

1969 Jan 12 Led Zeppelin releases self-titled debut album
Led Zeppelin is the debut album of English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded in October 1968 at Olympic Studios in London and released on Atlantic Records on 12 January 1969. The al...
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...
1969 Oct 22 Led Zeppelin II is released
Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released 22 October 1969 on Atlantic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at several location...
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...
1970 Oct 5 Led Zeppelin III is released
Led Zeppelin III is the third album by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded between January and July 1970 and was released on 5 October 1970 by Atlantic Records. Composed large...
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 8 Led Zeppelin's fourth album is released
The untitled fourth album by English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on 8 November 1971. It has no official title printed anywhere on the album, and is generally referred to as Led Ze...
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 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 Mar 28 Led Zeppelin releases Houses of the Holy
Houses of the Holy is the fifth album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on 28 March 1973. The album title is a dedication by the band to their fans who appea...
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 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 Feb 17 AC/DC release High Voltage
High Voltage is the debut studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in February 1975. Six of the album's eight songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Sc...
1975 Feb 24 Led Zeppelin releases Physical Graffiti
Physical Graffiti is the sixth album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is a double album which was released on 24 February 1975. Recording sessions for the album were initially di...
1976 May 14 AC/DC releases High Voltage Internationally
High Voltage is the first internationally-released album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. Originally released on Atlantic Records, this edition of High Voltage has proven popular, sell...
1976 Sep 20 AC/DC releases Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is the third studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in September 1976. All songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott.
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 May 25 AC/DC releases Powerage
Powerage is the fifth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in May 1978. It is also AC/DC's fourth international studio album. All songs were written by Angus Young, M...
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 Jul 27 AC/DC releases Highway to Hell
Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in July 1979. It is also AC/DC's fifth international studio album. It was the last album featuring B...
1980 Jul 25 AC/DC releases Back in Black
Back in Black is the 7th studio album (in Australia, 6th in the rest of the world) by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released on 25 July 1980. Back in Black was the first AC/DC album re...
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...
1981 Nov 23 AC/DC releases For Those About to Rock We Salute You
For Those About to Rock We Salute You is the eighth album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in 1981. The album was a follow-up to their highly successful album Back in Black. F...
1983 Jun 27 Twisted Sister release You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll is Twisted Sister's second full-length album, released on June 27, 1983.
1983 Aug 15 AC/DC releases Flick of the Switch
Flick of the Switch is the ninth album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, recorded shortly after their European Tour at the beginning of 1983. The album was originally released in the Un...
1983 Aug 23 Ratt release their self-titled EP
Ratt is Ratt's first official release, originally released on the band's Time Coast label. The version of "Back For More" featured on this EP is an earlier recording than the one on Out o...
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 Mar 27 Ratt release Out of the Cellar
Out of the Cellar is the breakthrough album by heavy metal band Ratt, released in 1984. It is RIAA certified 3x Platinum. Produced by Beau Hill, the album features their best-known hit, "...
1984 May 10 Twisted Sister release Stay Hungry
Stay Hungry is the third album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister. Released on May 10, 1984, the album features the band's two biggest hits, "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wann...
1985 May 20 Savatage release Power of the Night
Power of the Night is the third album by the heavy metal band Savatage and was released in 1985. This record was produced by the hot producer of the time, Max Norman, who became better kn...
1985 Jun 13 Ratt release Invasion of Your Privacy
Invasion of Your Privacy is Ratt's second full length album. Beau Hill, who produced their smash debut album, returned to helm production on this album. Greeted with positive reviews, Inv...
1985 Jun 28 AC/DC releases Fly on the Wall
Fly on the Wall is the tenth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, originally released on 28 June 1985. The band's second and last self-produced album, it was also the first AC...
1985 Nov 9 Twisted Sister release Come Out and Play
Come Out and Play is the fourth album by the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released by Atlantic Records. It was less successful than its predecessor Stay Hungry (1984) both cr...
1986 May 24 AC/DC releases Who Made Who
Who Made Who is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1986 as the soundtrack to the Stephen King movie Maximum Overdrive. King would allude to the album's title song in ...
1986 Jun 30 Savatage release Fight for the Rock
Fight for the Rock is the fourth album released by the band Savatage, their first with new bass player Johnny Lee Middleton, who has since become the only ever-present member on each Sava...
1986 Aug 9 Ratt release Dancing Undercover
Dancing Undercover is Ratt's third full length album. It was produced by Beau Hill. The album contained the hit single/video "Dance", as well as "Body Talk", which was used on the soundtr...
1987 Overkill releases Taking Over
Taking Over is the second album by thrash metal band Overkill, released by Megaforce Records in 1987. The album, was the last to feature Rat Skates on drums, who would leave the band late...
1987 Jul 7 Testament Releases "The Legacy"
Testament's first album, The Legacy, was released in 1987 on Megaforce Records. Testament received instant fame within thrash circles and were often compared with fellow Bay Area thrash p...
1987 Aug 13 Twisted Sister release Love Is for Suckers
Love Is for Suckers is the fifth album by the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. According to the Live At Wacken DVD, the material was originally meant to be a solo album by Twisted Sister'...
1987 Sep 28 Savatage release Hall of the Mountain King
Hall of the Mountain King is an album by the progressive metal group Savatage, released in 1987 under the direction of Paul O'Neill. It is their first album produced by O'Neill, who was a...
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...
1988 May 10 Testament Releases The New Order
The New Order is the second album by the thrash metal group Testament, released on May 10, 1988. It is the album that broke Testament into the thrash metal mainstream, with singles "Trial...
1988 Jul 5 Overkill releases Under the Influence
Under The Influence is the third studio album by thrash metal band Overkill in 1988 on Megaforce Records. This was the first Overkill release to feature Sid Falck on drums. The album spaw...
1988 Nov 1 Ratt release Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky is Ratt's fourth full length album. Though it sold well enough to achieve Platinum sales status and spawned the popular "I Want a Woman" and "Way Cool Jr.", it was not e...
1989 Aug 8 Testament Releases "Practice What You Preach"
Practice What You Preach is the third album by thrash metal band Testament, released in 1989. The album's lyrical themes are more about politics and society than the occult themes of the ...
1989 Oct 13 Overkill releases The Years of Decay
The Years of Decay is the fourth studio album by thrash metal band Overkill. It was released in 1989 on the Megaforce label, with distribution handled by Atlantic Records. The album featu...
1989 Dec 1 Savatage release Gutter Ballet
Gutter Ballet is the sixth album produced by the progressive metal band Savatage. This was the second album created under the direction of producer Paul O'Neill and was initially released...
1990 Aug 21 Ratt release Detonator
Detonator is Ratt's fifth studio album, released in August 1990. Though their previous album, Reach for the Sky, went Platinum, it met with much criticism regarding the quality of thei...
1990 Oct 9 Testament Releases "Souls of Black"
Souls of Black is the fourth album by Testament, released in 1990. It preceded several changes in style to rather diverse styles of metal, including the traditional heavy metal sound hear...
1991 Sep 3 Overkill releases Horrorscope
Horrorscope (original working title - "Bare Bones") is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill. Released in 1991 on Atlantic Records, it was their first album to fea...