# Are there any rock albums entirely in minor keys?

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**Created:** [August 20, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-rock-albums-entirely-in-minor-keys/416295 "2007-08-20T20:53:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-rock-albums-entirely-in-minor-keys/416295/1 "2007-08-20T20:53:13Z")

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Or at least in excess of 80% of the tracks?

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-rock-albums-entirely-in-minor-keys/416295/2 "2007-08-20T21:00:39Z")

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[Hate Songs in E Minor](http://www.amazon.com/Hate-Songs-Minor-Fudge-Tunnel/dp/B00000582Y), Fudge Tunnel.

There are probably hardcore and metal bands who have _never_ played a song in a major key.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-rock-albums-entirely-in-minor-keys/416295/3 "2007-08-20T21:20:26Z")

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Yeah, I was gonna suggest that you’d have a hard time finding any heavy metal that _wasn’t_ in a minor key.

IIRC from the sheet music I’ve seen, Prince tends to write in B-flat minor, but I haven’t seen what I would consider to be a representative sampling.