Expensive problems

The following is a list of the most expensive albums made with a recorded sum of over $1 million, then sorted by the most money spent in promotional campaigns and album covers. The recording process traditionally requires an investment in studio time and skilled record production labor, and the process can be expensive. In the late 1950s, the cost of producing pop albums ran from $3,000 to $7,000. The average cost of producing an album climbed to $15,000 in the 1960s. Early examples of record-breaking expensive albums include Sgt.