Rock Opera
228works
2,975pressings
1967first year
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Formats
Format by decade
| Format | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl | 80% | 76% | 63% | 8% | 9% | 28% | 38% |
| CD | · | · | 14% | 57% | 58% | 44% | 37% |
| Cassette | 7% | 15% | 17% | 31% | 4% | · | 5% |
| DVD | · | · | · | · | 16% | 4% | 1% |
| All Media | · | · | · | · | 4% | 6% | 6% |
Sounds like
Arena RockMusicalClassic RockProg RockAORArt RockSymphonic MetalHorror RockPower PopSymphonic RockProgressive MetalPop RockPsychedelic RockRock & Roll
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy | The Who | 1969 | 410 |
| Live At Leeds | The Who | 1970 | 304 |
| Jesus Christ Superstar | Various | 1970 | 294 |
| Quadrophenia | The Who | 1973 | 256 |
| Hair (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Galt MacDermot | 1979 | 149 |
| Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell | Meat Loaf | 1993 | 145 |
| Alice Cooper Goes To Hell | Alice Cooper (2) | 1976 | 115 |
| Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire | The Kinks | 1969 | 111 |
| Blows Against The Empire | Paul Kantner | 1970 | 79 |
| S.F. Sorrow | The Pretty Things | 1968 | 68 |
| Midnight At The Lost And Found | Meat Loaf | 1983 | 53 |
| The Story Of The Who | The Who | 1976 | 52 |
| Starmania | Michel Berger | 1979 | 45 |
| See Me, Feel Me / Overture From Tommy | The Who | 1970 | 44 |
| Tommy: The Movie | The Who | 1987 | 38 |
| The Story Of Simon Simopath | Nirvana (2) | 1967 | 25 |
| White Mansions - A Tale From The American Civil War 1861-1865 | Various | 1978 | 23 |
| Space Metal | Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One | 2002 | 20 |
| Pop History Vol 4 | The Who | 1970 | 18 |
| Jesus Christ Superstar | Andrew Lloyd Webber And Tim Rice | 1986 | 18 |
| Starmania | Michel Berger | 1988 | 18 |
| Quadrophenia | The Who | 1983 | 15 |
| Randy Newman's Faust | Randy Newman | 1995 | 14 |
| The Who At Kilburn: 1977 | The Who | 2008 | 14 |
| Revel In Time | Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One | 2022 | 14 |
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.