National Album Day To Celebrate Debut Albums From Black Sabbath, Jake Bugg, Jennifer Lopez And More
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Written by Jon Stickler
National Album Day will return on October 15.
Back for its fifth year, the 2022 theme will be debut albums, following previous themes of women in music and the '80s, among others.
Singer-songwriter Jake Bugg and rising Manchester artist Pip Millett are the latest artists to be confirmed as National Album Day ambassadors, joining Franz Ferdinand, KSI, The Mysterines, Sam Ryder and The Staves in celebrating the creativity and artistry that goes into making an album.
The debut theme will spotlight a range of first album releases across various genres and decades, from debut recordings that have become classics to those that took a little longer to be fully appreciated or which, years later, merit reappraisal.
See below for a list of exclusive debut albums that are being released or re-issued on vinyl and CD to coincide with the annual event.
National Album Day began in 2018, and is currently presented in association with official audio partner Bowers & Wilkins and official broadcast partner BBC Sounds.
National Album Day titles:
Alexander Ullman - 'Liszt: Piano Concertos 1&2, Sonata in B Minor' (CD)
Alt-J - 'An Awesome Wave' (limited fern green colour vinyl)
Black Sabbath - 'Black Sabbath' (limited black and purple splatter vinyl)
Blossoms - 'Blossoms' (limited edition orange vinyl)
Bunny Scott - 'The Love Somebody' (expanded edition CD)
Chase and Status - 'More Than A Lot '(limited pink and black marbled colour vinyl)
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram – 'Kingfish' (limited edition translucent yellow vinyl)
The Clash - 'The Clash' (transparent pink vinyl)
The Damned - 'Damned Damned Damned' (limited edition yellow vinyl)
Finley Quaye - 'Maverick A Strike' (yellow vinyl)
Jake Bugg - 'Jake Bugg' (10th Anniversary remastered with 16 bonus tracks 3CD set and 2-LP black & gold vinyl set)
Jamiroquai - 'Emergency on Planet Earth' (2-LP transparent vinyl)
Jennifer Lopez - 'One The 6' (peach coloured vinyl)
Mariah Carey - 'Mariah Carey' (coloured vinyl)
Marine Girls - 'Lazy Ways and Beach Party' (new edition CD)
Nas - 'Illmatic' (limited edition red and blue vinyl)
The National - 'The National'(white vinyl)
Nessa Barrett - 'Young Forever' (debut album release on CD)
The Police - 'Outlandos d’Amour' (limited edition blue vinyl)
Rainn Byrns - 'New In Town' (vinyl and CD)
Sharky - 'People Are Strange' (Digital fomat)
Smith & Burrows - 'Funny Looking Angels' (limited edition picture disc vinyl)
The Staves - 'Dead & Born & Grown' (recycled Coloured Vinyl)
Sub Focus - 'Sub Focus' (limited edition red, green & blue colour vinyl)
Supergrass - 'I Should Coco' (remastered black vinyl)
The The - 'Soul Mining' (remastered vinyl LP)
Travis - 'Good Feeling' (25th Anniversary vinyl re-issue with 'fan thank you' sleeve)
Wu Tang Clan - 'Enter The Wu-Tang' (36 Chambers) (limited edition gold vinyl)
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