The most expensive albums ever made

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Will it be really 'Chinese Democracy"? And what else could be in content? "Loveless"? "Song Cycle"? "A Night At The Opera"?

― zeus, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 22:46 (nineteen years ago)

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― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

Loveless isn't even gonna come close. How much was that Jacko one about four or five years ago?

― Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

I'd always heard that it was "Gaucho".

― Bangelo, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

didn't korn spend at least $9023842039472389734289 on some album a while ago?

― the sir weeze, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

that was mostly to pay for the singer's hairplugs

― latebloomer, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

Does the Blue Monday 12" count, or are we discounting packaging costs??

― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

[i]How much was that Jacko one about four or five years ago?[i]

google says $50 million

― abanana, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:24 (nineteen years ago)

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― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

"The Seeds Of Love" by Tears For Fears was extremely expensive. Dunno if it beats "Aja" and "Gaucho" with all their session stars, but it is sure up there.

But, I mean, "Aja"? With several top class session musicians hired, and then several (possibly most?) of their contributions just ditched from the final mix. Surely must be close to it.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

Btw. I mean, I suppose this is a question of the cost of the actual recording.

If you are speaking of the most expensive album (as in actual retail price) ever sold (discounting special editions), then I guess "Music For Supermarkets" by Jarre comes close. After the recording, he pressed just one vinyl album and then burned all the mastertapes, making the only existing copy of the album quite a collector's item.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

.. if you like that sort of thing!

― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

Btw. I mean, I suppose this is a question of the cost of the actual recording.

Def Leppard spent $1 million on just the demo recordings for Adrenalize, but I don't have solid information on how much the actual album cost to record.

The most expensive album to make and promote was Garth Brooks' The Life of Chris Gaines. Capitol never officially acknowledged the expense accounts on it, but once you add in the TV special, the aborted film, and all the secondary promotion it totaled out to roughly $1.7 million per song.

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 1 March 2007 00:24 (nineteen years ago)

fleetwood mac's tusk cost around a million bucks. i guess that was a fortune at the time.

― Lawrence the Looter, Thursday, 1 March 2007 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

It's gotta be Smile.

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 1 March 2007 04:22 (nineteen years ago)

"Btw. I mean, I suppose this is a question of the cost of the actual recording"

Yes, it is. Gene Simmons' solo album could be a close call too.

― zeus, Thursday, 1 March 2007 10:05 (nineteen years ago)

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― abanana, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

Didn't Love Angel Music Baby cost like $100 mill to produce?

― the Dirt, Saturday, 3 March 2007 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

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