On this day in music history:

Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails (1989)

Blues on the Bayou by B.B. King (1998)

Live in Italy by Cecilia Bartoli (1998)

Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose by Meat Loaf (2006)

Bleed Out by Within Temptation (2023)

Pretty Hate Machine

Album by Nine Inch Nails,

released October 20, 1989.

Track List: Head Like A Hole; Terrible Lie; Down In It; Sanctified; Something I Can Never Have; Kinda I Want To; Sin; That’s What I Get; The Only Time; Ringfinger.

Blues on the Bayou

Album by B.B. King,

released October 20, 1998.

Track List: Blues Boys Tune; Bad Case of Love; I’ll Survive; Mean Ole’ World; Blues Man; Broken Promise; Darlin’ What Happened; Shake It Up and Go; Blues We Like; Good Man Gone Bad; If I Lost You; Tell Me Baby; I Got Some Outside Help I Don’t Need; Blues in ‘G’; If That Ain’t It I Quit.

Live in Italy

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released October 20, 1998.

Track List: Tu Ch’hai Le Penne, Amore; Amarilli; Al Fonte, Al Prato; Lascia la Spina; Agitata Da Due Venti; Oiseaux, Si Tous Les Ans, K. 307; La Pastorella, D 528; Havanaise; Hai Luli!; Zaide; Malinconia, Ninfa Gentile; Ma Rendi Pur Contento; La Conocchia; Me Voglio Fa ‘Na Casa; Mi Lagnero Tacendo; Mi Lagnero Tacendo (Il Risentimento); Mi Lagnero Tacendo (Sorzico); L’ Orpheline Du Tyrol; Riedi Al Soglio (Zelmira); Le Nozze Di Figaro: Voi Che Sapete; Canzonetta Spagnuola; Caro Mio Ben; Cinco Canciones Negras, No. 5: Canto Negro; Carmen: Seguedille (Carmen).

Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose

Album by Meat Loaf,

released October 20, 2006.

Track List: The Monster Is Loose; Blind As a Bat; It’s All Coming Back To Me Now; Bad For Good; Cry Over Me; In The Land of the Pig, The Butcher Is King; Monstro; Alive; If God Could Talk; If It Ain’t Broke Break It; What About Love; Seize the Night; The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be; Cry To Heaven.

Bleed Out

Album by Within Temptation,

released October 20, 2023.

Track list: We Go To War; Bleed Out; Wireless; Worth Dying For; Ritual; Cyanide Love; The Purge; Don't Pray For Me; Shed My Skin (Within Temptation & Annisokay); Unbroken; Entertain You; We Go To War (Instrumental); Bleed Out (Instrumental); Wireless (Instrumental); Worth Dying For (Instrumental); Ritual (Instrumental); Cyanide Love (Instrumental); The Purge (Instrumental); Don't Pray For Me (Instrumental); Shed My Skin (Instrumental); Unbroken (Instrumental); Entertain You (Instrumental).