National Album Day announces full list of Great British Groups releases
National Album Day have announced the list of albums that will be released on Saturday 19 October, this year themed on Great British Groups.
In celebration of National Album Day, All Saints' self-titled debut album is finally making its debut on green vinyl. Babyshambles’ acclaimed 2007 album, Shotter’s Nation, will be reissued on 1LP clear vinyl. Celebrating their 55th anniversary as a band, English heavy metal icons Judas Priest are reissuing their seminal sixth studio album, British Steel on transparent, black and white splatter vinyl. Originally released in April 1980, it features the singles "Living After Midnight", "Breaking the Law" and "United". In 2017, it was ranked third on Rolling Stone's list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".
Full list of National Album Day:
Available for pre-order on 12th September
- All Saints - All Saints
- Babyshambles - Shotter’s Nation
- Daughter - Music From Before the Storm
- Dodgy - Homegrown
- Embrace - Out Of Nothing
- Gomez - How We Operate
- Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
- Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds: ULLAdubULLA - The Remix Album
- Judas Priest - British Steel
- Longpigs - The Sun Is Often Out
- Mike & the Mechanics - Living Years
- Oysterband & June Tabor - Freedom & Rain
- Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback
- Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls
- SHACK - H.M.S. FABLE
- Simple Minds - Big Music
- Simply Red - Simplified
- Slowdive - Slowdive
- Suede - Dog Man Star
- T. REX - The Slider
- Take That - Everything Changes: 30th Anniversary
- The Animals - The Animals
- The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
- The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
- The Lightning Seeds - Jollification
- The Proclaimers - This Is The Story
- The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
- The Specials - The Specials
- The Stranglers - La Folie
- The Subways - Money & Celebrity (Red & White split vinyl)
- The View - Cheeky for a Reason
- The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
- Travis - The Man Who
- Utah Saints - Utah Saints
- Wedding Present - Bizarro
- World Party - Goodbye Jumbo
National Album Day takes place on Saturday 19 October. The albums will be available to purchase in retailers across the UK, with some already available to pre-order now.
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