

These days only a few acts can make a real fanfare with an album release. Viral success means some kids making a tune into a dance routine on TikTok, and almost no-one seems to have the attention span to listen to a full album anymore.
Still, some of our favorite stories around music are to do with album releases.
Back when the album was king, the hype was often not that different to the release of a video game or movie.
And when acts break the usual protocol, interesting things would start to happen. Here are 10 of the best examples of this in action.
10 of the most surprising album releases
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As Content Director of Shortlist, Marc likes nothing more than to compile endless lists of an evening by candlelight. He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites, including TechRadar, Digital Camera World and Tom's Guide UK. At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech, so no change there then.
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