Civilized Man is the ninth studio album by the British artist Joe Cocker, released in May 1984, his first on Capitol label. It includes a cover of the 1981 Squeeze hit "Tempted", as well as "There Goes My Baby", a 1959 hit single from The Drifters.
Songs for the album were recorded at two different sessions. Side "A", recorded at Village Recorders in Los Angeles, was produced by Gary Katz and features as a backing band the core of the then current group Toto (Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, and David Paich), whereas side "B", recorded in Nashville, was produced by Stewart Levine, and features Music City stalwarts (David Briggs, Reggie Young and Larrie Londin). The album also features an appearance by Joe Cocker's former bandmate Jim Keltner (on "Long Drag Off a Cigarette").

From Out of Nowhere is the fourteenth studio album by British rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and the second credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO. The band's first studio album in four years, it was released on 1 November 2019 through Big Trilby and Columbia Records. The title track was released as the lead single on 26 September 2019. Lynne played most instruments on the album.

Seven and the Ragged Tiger is the third studio album by English new wave band Duran Duran. It was released on 21 November 1983 by EMI. It was the band's first and only number-one album on the UK Albums Chart, and would prove to be the last studio album for the band's most famous line-up until 2004's Astronaut.
Vocalist Simon Le Bon said the album "is an adventure story about a little commando team. 'The Seven' is for us—the five band members and the two managers—and 'the Ragged Tiger' is success. Seven people running after success. It's ambition. That's what it's about."

Whoosh! is the twenty-first studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 7 August 2020.
The group collaborated with producer Bob Ezrin, who had also worked for their previous two albums. They enjoyed the recording and production. Its release was promoted by a series of press statements from singer Ian Gillan, such as "Another album?! Whoosh?!! Gordon Bennett!!!". He explained the album's title was chosen for its onomatopoeic qualities, and "when viewed through one end of a radio-telescope, describes the transient nature of humanity on Earth". He also said fans should simply listen to the album as an enjoyable experience.

Raise Your Fist and Yell - семнадцатый студийный и десятый сольный альбом Элиса Купера, изданный в 1987 году. Это второй альбом, выпущенный музыкантом после перерыва в его творчестве. Raise Your Fist and Yell ещё более, чем предыдущий Constrictor, обращался к мрачной тематике, а его звучание стало намного жестче. Три основные темы альбома - это секс, бунт и смерть.

Muscle of Love - седьмой студийный альбом американского рок-певца Элиса Купера, выпущенный в 1973. Это последний студийный альбом альбом, записанный им в составе одноимённой рок-группы. Это концептуальный альбом о подростковой тоске, жизни на улицах Нью-Йорка и мужской проституции.

Love It to Death - третий студийный альбом Элиса Купера и его группы, записывавшийся во второй половине 1970 года и выпущенный в январе 1971 года лейблом Straight Records, принадлежавшим Фрэнку Заппе (позже все права на него перекупили Warner Bros.). Альбом (во многом благодаря усилиям продюсера Боба Эзрина) ознаменовал общую смену стилистического направления (от экспериментального эсид/психоделик-рока к глэму).

Hey Stoopid - девятнадцатый студийный и двенадцатый сольный альбом Элиса Купера, выпущенный в 1991 году. Песня «Hey Stoopid» посвящена проблеме самоубийства, а остальная часть альбома, по словам Элиса Купера - «это всего лишь рок-н-ролл».

From the Inside is the fourth solo studio album by American rock singer Alice Cooper, released on November 17, 1978 by Warner Bros. Records. It is a concept album about Cooper’s stay in a New York asylum due to his alcoholism. Each of the characters in the songs were based on actual people Cooper met in the asylum. Among other collaborators, the album features three longtime Elton John associates: lyricist Bernie Taupin, guitarist Davey Johnstone and bassist Dee Murray.

DaDa is the fifteenth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1983. DaDa would be Cooper’s last album until his sober re-emergence in 1986 with the album Constrictor. The album’s theme is ambiguous, however, ongoing themes in the songs’ lyrics suggest that the main character in question suffers from mental illness, resulting in the creation of many different personalities. The album alludes strongly to the dadaist movement: its cover was based on a painting by Salvador Dalí titled “Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire”.

Land of the Midnight Sun is the first album by Al Di Meola, released in 1976. The complex pieces (which include the three-part "Suite-Golden Dawn," an acoustic duet with Chick Corea on "Short Tales of the Black Forest" and a brief Bach violin sonata) show Di Meola's range even at this early stage.

The 1998 release Classics Live!: Complete pulls together the 16 tracks released on the 1986 album Classics Live! and its 1987 sequel Classics Live!, Vol. 2 onto one disc. Both albums contain performances cut at the Orpheum Theater in Boston in 1984 -- the first dates from February, the second from December -- which may not be the peak of Aerosmith's popularity, but they're on the verge of the late-'80s comeback and are starting to sound revitalized. For fans, they're worth hearing and this is the best way to hear them, as it contains both albums on one disc.

Back to Black is the second and final studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, released on 27 October 2006 by Island Records. Winehouse predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with then-ex-boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left her to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend. Their short-lived separation spurred her to create an album that explores themes of guilt, grief, infidelity and heartbreak in a relationship.

The Lexicon of Love II is the ninth studio album by English band ABC. It was released on 27 May 2016 on Virgin EMI, eight years after their previous album Traffic. After a performance of ABC's studio album The Lexicon of Love in concert with Anne Dudley, lead singer of the band Martin Fry felt that it was time to develop a proper follow-up to the album. He wrote over 40 songs for the album with various guest writers and recorded the album with himself and Gary Stevenson producing. On the album's release, it received generally favourable reviews.