Daily album for May 7, 2026 The Band by The Band (1969)

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Cover art for The Band

Genres

  • classic rock
  • country rock
  • folk rock
  • rock
  • rock and roll
  • roots rock
  • southern rock

The Band, also known as The Brown Album, is the second studio album by the Canadian-American rock band the Band, released on September 22, 1969, by Capitol Records. According to Rob Bowman's liner notes for the 2000 reissue, The Band has been viewed as a concept album, with the songs focusing on people, places and traditions associated with a traditional view of Americana. Thus, many of the songs draw on historic themes, such as "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "King Harvest " and "Jawbone".

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