The resulting album was finished by his bandmates after his death in November 1991 and was finally released four years later. Having been diagnosed with AIDS, the ailing Freddie Mercury corralled the rest of the band to record as many vocals and demos while he was still able. George Harrison - Brainwashed album cover. The former Beatle died in November 2001 and the album was finally released a year later. The Quiet One had been tinkering with songs for his twelfth and final album for a number of years, but once he was diagnosed with throat cancer, he began working in earnest with his sone Dhani and ELO producer and fellow Traveling Wilbury Jeff Lynne. John Lennon - Milk And Honey album cover. While some of the album was a bit rough around the edges, the single Nobody Told Me made the UK Top 10. Having got his creative juices flowing again, both Lennon and wife Yoko Ono were in the middle of recording tracks for a follow-up, which emerged four years later as Milk And Honey. The Beatles was gunned down in New York December 1980 as he was experiencing something of a comeback with a new album, Double Fantasy. Recorded earlier that year, volume five again sees Rick Rubin as producer and features covers of songs by Bruce Springsteen and Hank Williams. The famous cover of Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt was taken from American IV, the last album to be released by The Man In Black before his death in September 2003. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways.Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York album cover. The performance of David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World flashed around the world following Cobain’s death, making this an essential purchase for mourning fans. Jim Morrison - An American Prayer album cover.īetween recording this acoustic set in November 1993 and its release exactly a year later, Kurt Cobain had committed suicide at his home in Seattle and the rest of the band were reeling in shock. The album got a mixed reception from fans. It contains that all-time classic I’m Horny I’m Stoned.Īnd that's not all - in 1978, the surviving Doors collabroated on some music to accompany spoken word recordings made by Morrison in 19. Jim Morrison checked out in a Paris apartment in July 1971, and it was a mere three months later that the surviving members - keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robbie Krieger and drummer John Densmore - issued this Lizard King-less LP. We take a look at some of the most notable times that albums have been released after the artist has tragically left us.