National Album Day (NAD) will return for its sixth year next month, to once again celebrate and promote the art of the album!
Held on Saturday, October 14th, this years theme will honour both the 75th anniversary of the LP format, and all things 90s, with projects that defined the decade available to purchase from retailers across the UK and on NAD itself. Organisers of the annual event also say they
Presented in association with Bowers & Wilkins and BBC Sounds, artists including Eternal, S Club, Melanie C, Dannii Minogue, Wu-Tang Clang, Lighthouse Family and Stereophonics will all re-release versions of their most classic and beloved records to coincide with the annual event in the hopes of “uniting the music community and celebrating the meaningful impact an album can make”.
Ahead of next months festivities music icons Gabrielle, Declan McKenna, Tricky and Nuno Bettencourt have been announced as this year’s NAD artist ambassadors.
Check out the full list of National Album Day titles set to be reissued or released:
808 state – ex:el (2LP)
Ace Of Base – Happy Nation (Picture Disc Vinyl)
Babybird – Ugly Beautiful (2LP)
Belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free (Picture Disc Vinyl)
Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish (2LP Transparent Orange Vinyl)
Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind (2LP Clear Gold Vinyl)
Catatonia – International Velvet (1LP Recycled Colour Vinyl)
Dannii Minogue – Girl (2XLP / 4CD Box Set)
Dinosaur Jr. – Where You Been (Limited Edition Double Splatter Vinyl)
Duster – Stratosphere (25th Anniversary Edition) (1LP Clear & Black Splatter Vinyl)
Eternal – Always and Forever (1LP Recycled Colour Vinyl)
Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby (2LP Half-Speed Remaster)
Gabrielle – Rise (1LP)
Garbage – Version 2.0 (2LP Blue Colour Vinyl)
Ginuwine – The Bachelor (2LP Red Vinyl)
Hole – Live Through This (1LP)
Idlewild – Captain (1LP Recycled Colour Vinyl)
James – Laid (2LP)
James – Gold Mother (2LP)
Jeff Buckley – Grace (1LP Lilac Wine Vinyl)
Leftfield – Leftism (2LP White & Black Marbled Vinyl)
Lighthouse Family – Ocean Drive
Marc Almond – Tenement Symphony (2LP / Deluxe 6CD/DVD)
Melanie C – Northern Star (1LP)
Nas – It Was Written (2LP Gold & Black Vinyl)
Neneh Cherry – Man (1LP)
Paul Weller – Wild Wood (1LP)
REM – Automatic For The People (1LP Yellow Vinyl)
Robert Miles – Dreamland (2LP)
S Club – S Club (1LP)
Shola Ama – Much Love (2LP Recycled Colour Vinyl)
Simply Red – Blue (1LP Blue Vinyl)
Siouxsie – The Rapture (2LP)
Songs: Ohia – Songs: Ohia (Colour Vinyl)
Songs: Ohia – Axxess & Ace (Colour Vinyl)
Stereophonics – Performance & Cocktails (1LP)
Stone Temple Pilots – Purple (1LP Recycled Colour Vinyl)
Stone Temple Pilots – Core (1LP Recycled Colour Vinyl)
Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque (1LP Transparent Yellow Vinyl)
The Corrs – Forgiven, Not Forgotten (1LP Recycled Colour Vinyl)
The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (1LP)
Tricky – Maxinquaye (3LP, 1LP & 2CD) *Released Friday 13th October*
Various Artists – The Virgin Suicides (Music From The Motion Picture) (1LP Recycled Colour Vinyl)
Various Artists – HELP (12”)
Various/V4 Visions – V4 Visions: Of Love & Androids (2LP Clear Smoke Vinyl)
Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) (1LP Gold Marbled Vinyl)
S Club Party (Official Music Video)
Since its launch back in 2018, National Album Day has been supported by a broad range of artist ambassadors, including Kylie Minogue, Joy Crookes, Sharleen Spiteri, Lewis Capaldi, Mark Ronson, La Roux, Elbow, Paloma Faith, Blossoms, Alice Cooper, Novelist, Tom Odell, Mahalia, Toyah Willcox and Jazzie B.
Last year Franz Ferdinand, India Arkin, KSI, The Mysterines, Sam Ryder, and The Staves were the latest talents to add their voices as passionate advocates of the long player.
“With the album celebrating the iconic milestone of 75 years, it couldn’t be a more exciting time to delve into a decade so rich in musical heritage and culture,” Kim Bayley, chief executive of NAD said via a press release. “From giving birth to legendary genres to launching the careers of many much-loved artists, the 90s is a decade that continues to connect and bring joy to music lovers, young and old, to this day.”
“We’re looking forward to not only celebrating the albums that shaped the decade but also to championing undiscovered gems and those that have inspired so many of today’s generation of artists.”
All NAD titles are available to pre-order now.