Signature album
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A signature album is an album released by an artist or group that stands out as having critical and fan acclaim, and widespread success. A signature album can easily identify an artist or group. These albums are often praised if they are responsible for helping bring a new style of music into the mainstream, or bridge a gap between two genres that were once considered too unusual or unpopular.
Signature albums tend to be the same worldwide, unlike a signature song which can vary from country to country.
[edit] Examples of signature albums
- Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
- AC/DC - Back in Black
- Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera
- Bryan Adams - Reckless
- Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
- Alice in Chains - Dirt
- Bad Company - Bad Company
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
- Beck - Odelay
- The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
- Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
- Boston - Boston
- Brandy - Never Say Never
- Bush - Sixteen Stone
- Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
- Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
- The Cars - The Cars
- Kenny Chesney - When the Sun Goes Down
- Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
- Collective Soul - Collective Soul
- Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
- Cream - Disraeli Gears
- Creed - Human Clay
- Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
- Def Leppard - Hysteria
- Destiny's Child - Survivor
- The Doors - The Doors
- Duran Duran - Rio
- The Eagles - Hotel California
- Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
- Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- Green Day - Dookie
- Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
- INXS - Kick
- Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
- Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
- Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
- Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
- Janet Jackson - Control
- Michael Jackson - Thriller
- Billy Joel - The Stranger
- Journey - Escape
- Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall
- Toby Keith - Shock'n Y'all
- Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
- Lil' Kim - Hardcore
- Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water
- Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
- Live - Throwing Copper
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
- Madonna - Like a Virgin
- Massive Attack - Mezzanine
- Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
- Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell
- Metallica - Master of Puppets
- George Michael - Faith
- Dannii Minogue - Neon Nights
- Kylie Minogue - Fever
- Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
- Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
- Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
- Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
- Sean Paul - Dutty Rock
- Pearl Jam - Ten
- Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedos
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
- Poison - Open Up and Say...Ahh!
- The Police - Synchronicity
- Prince - Purple Rain
- Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
- Puff Daddy - No Way Out
- Queen - A Night at the Opera
- Quiet Riot - Metal Health
- Radiohead - OK Computer
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- Regurgitator - Unit
- Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues
- Rush - 2112
- The Scorpions - Love at First Sting
- Paul Simon - Graceland
- Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- Will Smith - Big Willie Style
- Jessica Simpson - In This Skin
- Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
- Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
- Soundgarden - Superunknown
- Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
- Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
- Stone Temple Pilots - Core
- The Strokes - Is This It
- System of a Down - Toxicity
- TLC - CrazySexyCool
- Shania Twain - Come on Over
- U2 - The Joshua Tree
- Van Halen - Van Halen
- The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
- Wings - Band on the Run
- The Who - Tommy
- ZZ Top - Eliminator
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