- ABBA - ABBA - 1975
- ABBA - ABBA - The Album - 1977
- ABBA - Arrival - 1976
- ABBA - Ring Ring - 1973
- ABBA - Super Trouper - 1980 - best-selling Europop album
- ABBA - The Visitor - 1981
- ABBA - Voulez-Vous - 1979
- ABBA - Waterloo - 1974 - massively best-selling album throughout Europe
- Above the Law - Livin' Like Hustlers - 1990
- Above the Law - Black Mafia Life - 1993 - acclaimed gangsta rap album that re-established the group after a two year break
- Absoluuttinen Nollapiste - Suljettu - 1999
- AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak - 1984
- AC/DC - Back in Black - 1980 - bestselling album, first after the death of Bon Scott and featuring Brian Johnson
- AC/DC - Ballbreaker - 1995
- AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video - 1988
- AC/DC - Bonfire - 1997 - box set featuring live recordings, unreleased tracks and a remastered Back in Black
- AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - 1976
- AC/DC - Flick of the Switch - 1983
- AC/DC - Fly on the Wall - 1985
- AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) - 1981
- AC/DC - If You Want Blood - 1978 - first official live album
- AC/DC - High Voltage (Australia) - 1975 - First album, released only in Australia
- AC/DC - High Voltage - 1976 - international debut, compilation of 2 earlier releases
- AC/DC - Highway to Hell - 1979 - international hit that helped make the band a mainstream success, last to feature Bon Scott
- AC/DC - Let There Be Rock - 1977
- AC/DC - Powerage - 1978
- AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip - 2000
- AC/DC - Strap It On - 2005
- AC/DC - T.N.T. - 1976
- AC/DC - The Razor's Edge - 1990
- AC/DC - Who Made Who - 1986
- Ace of Base - Happy Nation - 1992 - listed in the Guinness Book of World Records; highest selling debut album of all time.
- Ace of Base - The Sign - 1993 - listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
- Ace of Base - The Bridge - 1995
- Ace of Base - Flowers - 1998
- Ace of Base - Cruel Summer - 1998
- Ace of Base - Singles of the 90's - 1999
- Ace of Base - Greatest Hits - 2000
- Ace of Base - Da Capo - 2002
- Acumen Nation - Lord of the Cynics - 2003
- Acumen Nation - Transmissions From Eville - 1994
- Adam & the Ants - Dirk Wears White Sox - 1979
- Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier - 1980 - influential post punk album, first recorded with a brand-new backing band
- Add N to (X) - Add insult to injury - 2000
- The Adolescents - The Adolescents - 1981 - debut album, includes early members of Social Distortion
- Aerosmith - Draw the Line - 1977 - third album, commercial and critical disappointment in the light of previous success
- Aerosmith - Get a Grip - 1993
- Aerosmith - Honkin' on Bobo - 2004
- Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts - 1979 - sixth album, recorded partially after the departure of Joe Perry
- Aerosmith - Rocks - 1976 - internationally popular second album
- Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic - 1975 - breakthrough success for the band
- The Afghan Whigs - Congregation - 1991 - popular grunge music album that some considered watered-down
- AFI - AFI - November 2, 2004 - compilation of early years from 1995 to 2000 with their older label Nitro Records
- AFI - Art of Drowning - 2000 - unusually popular punk rock album that achieved unusual chart success
- AFI - Sing the Sorrow - 2003
- Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock - The Album - 1986 - featuring one of the earliest hip hop mainstream hits, "Planet Rock"
- Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose - 2002
- a-ha - Scoundrel Days 1986
- a-ha - Stay on These Roads - 1988
- Al Green - Call Me - 1973 - Green's most popular album, which uniquely incorporated country music into album-oriented soul
- The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - 1975 - cult favorite, avant-garde progressive rock album that retells various Edgar Allan Poe stories
- Alan Price - Between Today and Yesterday - 1974
- Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 1995 - massive blockbuster remembered for plaintive and starkly emotional vocals
- Alanis Morissette - So-Called Chaos - 2004
- Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie - 1998
- Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept - 2002
- Alex Lifeson - Victor - 1996
- Alex Lloyd - Distant Light - 2003
- Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies - 1973 - widely regarded as the best album by the band in the first period of their career
- Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love - 1973
- Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits - 1974
- Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare - 1975
- Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Goes to Hell - 1976
- Alice Cooper - Lace and Whiskey - 1977
- Alice Cooper - The Alice Cooper Show - 1977
- Alice Cooper - From the Inside - 1978
- Alice Cooper - Flush the Fashion - 1980
- Alice Cooper - Special Forces - 1981
- Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin - 1982
- Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds - 2005
- Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains - 1995
- Alice in Chains - Dirt - 1992 - influential album that helped break grunge music into the mainstream
- Alice in Chains - Facelift - 1990
- Alice in Chains - Greatest Hits - 2001
- Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies - 1994
- Alice in Chains - Live - 2000
- Alice in Chains - Music Bank - 1999
- Alice in Chains - Nothing Safe: The Best Of The Box - 1999
- Alice in Chains - Sap - 1992
- Alice in Chains - Unplugged - 1996
- Alien Ant Farm - ANThology - 2001
- Alizée - Gourmandises - 2000
- Alizée - Mes courants électriques - 2003
- Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit - 1998
- Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire - 1999
- Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary - 2001
- Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning - 2003
- The All-American Rejects - The All-American Rejects - 2002
- The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach - 1972 - the last album with Duane Allman, because he died a year before
- The Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East - 1971 - band's most popular release and an influential live recording
- Altamont - Civil War Fantasy - 1998
- Altamont - Our Darling - 2001
- Altamont - Wanted Dead Or Alive - 1997
- Alvin Lee - In Flight - 1974
- America - Homecoming - 1973 - breakthrough success for the band
- Amici Forever - The Opera Band - 2004
- Amphibious Assault - District Six - 2003
- Amy Grant - Age to Age - 1982 - this was Christian music's first gold (1983) and platinum (1985) album
- Amy Grant - The Collection - 1986
- Amy Grant - Straight Ahead - 1984
- Amy Grant - Unguarded - 1985 - this was Grant's first mainstream pop crossover success
- Andre 3000 & Big Boi - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 2003
- Ani DiFranco - Ani DiFranco - 1989 - debut release that made DiFranco famous for her songwriting and plaintive vocals
- Ani DiFranco - Dilate - 1996
- Ani DiFranco - Educated Guess - 2004
- Ani DiFranco - Evolve - 2003
- Ani DiFranco - Imperfectly - 1992
- Ani DiFranco - Knuckle Down - 2005
- Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle - 1998
- Ani DiFranco - Living in Clip - 1997
- Ani DiFranco - Not A Pretty Girl - 1994
- Ani DiFranco - Not So Soft - 1991
- Ani DiFranco - Out of Range - 1994
- Ani DiFranco - Puddle Dive - 1993
- Ani DiFranco - Revelling: Reckoning - 2001
- Ani DiFranco - So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter - 2002
- Ani DiFranco - To The Teeth - 1999
- Ani DiFranco - Up Up Up Up Up Up - 1999
- The Animals - Animalism - 1966 - critically acclaimed blues rock album
- Anthrax - Among the Living - 1987 - fourth album and band's most popular
- Anthrax - Armed and Dangerous - 1985
- Anthrax - Attack of the Killer B's - 1991
- Anthrax - Fistful of Metal - 1984
- Anthrax - I'm the Man - 1987
- Anthrax - The Island Years - 1994
- Anthrax - Persistence of Time - 1990 - ninth album by Anthrax, and the first to incorporate lyrics stressing peace and tolerance
- Anthrax - Sound of White Noise - 1993
- Anthrax - Spreading the Disease - 1986
- Anthrax - State of Euphoria - 1988 - seventh album, critical failure regarded as one of the band's weakest efforts
- Anthrax - Stomp 442 - 1995
- Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real - 1998
- Anti-Flag - Die for the Government - 1995
- Anti-Flag - Mobilize - 2002
- Anti-Flag - The Terror State - 2003
- A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe - 2004
- A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms - 2000
- A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 2003
- Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do - 1995 - critically acclaimed ambient album
- Apollo Sunshine - Katonah - 2003
- The Aquabats - The Return of the Aquabats! - 1995
- The Aquabats - The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death! - 1999
- The Aquabats - Charge!! - 2005
- Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - 1967 - bestselling, critically-acclaimed album that includes Franklin's signature song, "Respect"
- Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul - 1968 - popular album that proved Franklin could consistently succeed with full-length LPs
- Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black - 1971 - Grammy-winning, critically acclaimed release
- Arrested Development - Three Years, Five Months, Two Days in the Life of - 1992 - popular album that helped break hip hop into the mainstream, early hit for alternative and southern hip hop
- Arthur Brown - Crazy World of Arthur Brown - 1968 - cult favorite psychedelic rock album
- Ash - 1977 - 1996 - popular Britpop album
- Ash - Meltdown - June 29, 2004
- Ash - Trailer - 1994
- Ash - Live at the Wireless - 1997
- Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography - 2004
- Asia - Asia - 1982 - breakthrough album by the progressive rock band
- At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out - 1998
- At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command - 2000
- At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul - 1995
- At the Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease - 1994
- The Ataris - End Is Forever - 2002
- The Ataris - So Long, Astoria - 2003
- Audioslave - Audioslave - 2002 - debut release by Audioslave, formed out of the ashes of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden
- Audioslave - Out of Exile - 2005
- Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile - 1977 - critically acclaimed reggae album
- Autechre - Incunabula - 1993
- Autechre - Amber - 1994
- Autechre - Tri Repetae - 1995
- Autechre - Chiastic Slide - 1997
- Autechre - LP5 - 1998
- Autechre - EP7 - 1999
- Autechre - Confield - 2001
- Autechre - Draft 7.30 - 2003
- Autechre - Chiastic Slide - 1997
- The Avalanches - Since I Left You - 2000
- Avril Lavigne - Let Go - 2002
- Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin - 2004it:Lista di album (A)
