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Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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January 1 | Raekwon | Unexpected Victory | [1] | |||
January 6 | Alcest | Les Voyages de l'Âme | Blackgaze, post-rock | Prophecy Productions | Martin Koller | [2] |
The Little Willies | For the Good Times | Country | Milking Bull, Parlophone | Lee Alexander | [3] | |
Rick Ross | Rich Forever | Hip hop | Maybach, Def Jam, Warner Bros. | Lil' Lody, Saint Denson, Arthur McArthur, Boi-1da, Beat Billionaire, Academy Productionz, DVLP & Filthy, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, D. Rich, The Inkredibles, Lex Luger, Mike Will Made It, DJ Spinz, Vinylz, Chuck Inglish, The Beat Bully | [4] | |
January 9 | Enter Shikari | A Flash Flood of Colour | Electronicore, post-hardcore | Ambush Reality | Dan Weller, Enter Shikari | [5] |
The Maccabees | Given to the Wild | Indie rock | Fiction, Polydor | The Maccabees, Tim Goldsworthy, Bruno Ellingham, Jag Jago | [6] | |
Todd Terje | It's the Arps | Olsen Records | [7] | |||
Trailer Trash Tracys | Ester | Domino, Double Six | [8] | |||
January 10 | The Babies | Cry Along with the Babies | Indie rock | New Images | [9] | |
Rae Spoon | I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets | Saved by Radio | [10] | |||
January 11 | The Big Pink | Future This | Electronic rock, indie rock, shoegazing | 4AD | Paul Epworth | [11] |
January 12 | Waxahatchee | American Weekend | Indie folk, lo-fi, alternative country | Don Giovanni | [12] | |
January 16 | Diagrams | Black Light | Full Time Hobby | [13] | ||
Pinch | FabricLive.61 | Electronic | Fabric | Pinch | [14] | |
Tribes | Baby | Island | [15] | |||
January 17 | Attack Attack! | This Means War | Metalcore | Rise | Caleb Shomo | [16] |
Kathleen Edwards | Voyageur | Country, folk, rock | MapleMusic | Kathleen Edwards, Justin Vernon | [17] | |
Voodoo Glow Skulls | Break the Spell | Rock, punk, ska punk | Smelvis Records | [18] | ||
January 18 | Nada Surf | The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy | Alternative rock | Barsuk, City Slang | Chris Shaw, Nada Surf | [19] |
January 20 | Aborted | Global Flatline | Death metal | Century Media | Jacob Hansen | [20] |
Anneke van Giersbergen | Everything is Changing | Alternative rock, pop rock | Agua Recordings | [21] | ||
Biohazard | Reborn in Defiance | Hardcore punk, rapcore, groove metal | Nuclear Blast | Toby Wright | [22] | |
January 23 | Deichkind | Befehl von ganz unten | Vertigo | [23] | ||
Lacuna Coil | Dark Adrenaline | Alternative metal, gothic metal | Century Media | Don Gilmore | [24] | |
January 24 | Cloud Nothings | Attack on Memory | Post-hardcore, noise rock, emo, indie rock | Carpark, Wichita | Steve Albini | [25] |
Elizaveta | Beatrix Runs | Pop | Universal Republic | Greg Wells, Elizaveta Khripounova | [26] | |
Foxy Shazam | The Church of Rock and Roll | Hard rock, glam rock | I.R.S. | Justin Hawkins | [27] | |
John K. Samson | Provincial | Folk, indie | Anti- | Paul Aucoin | [28] | |
Lamb of God | Resolution | Groove metal | Epic, Roadrunner | Josh Wilbur | [29] | |
mind.in.a.box | Revelations | Electronic, EBM, futurepop | Dreamweb Music, Metropolis | Stefan Poiss | [30] | |
Various artists | Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International | Rock, pop, folk, country | Amnesty International distributed by Fontana | Jeff Ayeroff, Julie Yannatta, Helen Garrett, Karen Scott, Martin Lewis | [31] | |
January 27 | John Williamson | The Big Red | Country | Warner Music Australasia | John Williamson | [32] |
Lana Del Rey | Born to Die | Baroque pop, sadcore, trip hop | Interscope, Polydor | Patrik Berger, Jeff Bhasker, Chris Braide, Emile Haynie, Justin Parker, Rick Nowels, Robopop, Al Shux | [33] | |
Sean Paul | Tomahawk Technique | Dancehall, dance-pop, hip house, R&B | Atlantic | Stargate, Shellback, Benny Blanco | [34] | |
Tord Gustavsen Quartet | The Well | Jazz | ECM | Manfred Eicher | [35] | |
January 29 | Die Antwoord | Ten$ion | Alternative hip hop, rave | Zef Recordz | [36] | |
January 30 | Pepe Deluxé | Queen of the Wave | Psychedelic rock, baroque pop, surf | Asthmatic Kitty, Catskills | James Spectrum | [37] |
Ringo Starr | Ringo 2012 | Rock and roll | Hip-O, UMe | Ringo Starr | [38] | |
January 31 | Aranda | Stop the World | Hard rock, post-grunge | Wind-up | Johnny K | [39] |
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour | Out of Frequency | Psychedelic pop | BMG | Lars Iversen | [40] | |
K'naan | More Beautiful Than Silence | Alternative hip hop | A&M Octone | K'naan | [41] | |
Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | Folk | Columbia | Ed Sanders, Patrick Leonard | [42] | |
Lincoln Durham | The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones | Acoustic blues, roots rock, blues | Lincoln Durham, Rayburn Publishing | Ray Wylie Hubbard, George Reiff | [43] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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February 3 | Goldfrapp | The Singles | Electropop, synth-pop, electroclash, trip hop, ambient, glam rock | Mute, Parlophone | Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory, Nick Batt, Flood, Pascal Gabriel, Jeremy Wheatley | [44] |
Young Guns | Bones | Alternative rock, hard rock, alternative metal | Live Forever, Wind-up, PIAS | Dan Weller | [45] | |
February 6 | Air | Le voyage dans la lune | Electronic, ambient | Virgin | Air | [46] |
Earth | Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II | Experimental rock, post-rock | Southern Lord Records | Stuart Hallerman, Dylan Carlson, Adrienne Davies | [47] | |
James Levy and the Blood Red Rose | Pray to Be Free | Heavenly | [48] | |||
Mark Lanegan Band | Blues Funeral | Alternative rock, blues rock | 4AD | Alain Johannes | [49] | |
Paul McCartney | Kisses on the Bottom | Jazz, traditional pop | Hear Music | Tommy LiPuma | [50] | |
Therapy? | A Brief Crack of Light | Alternative rock, alternative metal | Blast | Adam Sinclair, Therapy? | [51] | |
February 7 | The Fray | Scars & Stories | Alternative rock, pop rock | Epic | Brendan O'Brien | [52] |
of Montreal | Paralytic Stalks | Psychedelic pop, progressive rock, experimental rock | Polyvinyl | Kevin Barnes | [53] | |
Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Indie rock, folk | Jagjaguwar | Sharon Van Etten, Aaron Dessner | [54] | |
Silverstein | Short Songs | Post-hardcore, hardcore punk | Hopeless | Jordan Valeriote | [55] | |
Van Halen | A Different Kind of Truth | Hard rock, heavy metal | Interscope | Van Halen, John Shanks | [56] | |
February 10 | Eluveitie | Helvetios | Folk metal, melodic death metal | Nuclear Blast | Tommy Vetterli | [57] |
The Flashbulb | Opus at the End of Everything | Alphabasic | [58] | |||
Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken | The Death Defying Unicorn | Progressive rock | Stickman, Rune Grammofon | Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim, Bent Sæther | [59] | |
Soap&Skin | Narrow | Dark wave | Play It Again Sam | Anja Plaschg | [60] | |
February 13 | Burial | Kindred | Dubstep, 2-step garage | Hyperdub | Burial | [61] |
Emeli Sandé | Our Version of Events | R&B, soul, breakbeat | Virgin, EMI | Naughty Boy, Mojam, Craze & Hoax, Mike Spencer, Emile Haynie, Paul Herman, Ash Millard, Alicia Keys, Mojam Music, Gavin Powell | [62] | |
Goatwhore | Blood for the Master | Blackened death metal | [63] | |||
The Jane Bradfords | 100 Miles of Broken Pavement | [64] | ||||
February 14 | Beneath the Massacre | Incongruous | [65] | |||
Edyta Górniak | My | R&B, pop | Anaconda Productions | Bogdan Kondracki, Beatroots (Piotr Skotnicki, Piotr Remiszewski) | [66] | |
John Talabot | ƒIN | House | Permanent Vacation | John Talabot | [67] | |
Prima Donna | Bless this Mess | Glam rock, new wave, surf rock | [68] | |||
February 15 | Soen | Cognitive | Progressive metal, Progressive rock | Spinefarm | David Bottrill | [69] |
February 20 | Band of Skulls | Sweet Sour | Indie rock | Electric Blues Recordings, PIAS, Vagrant | Ian Davenport | [70] |
Sinéad O'Connor | How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? | Rock | Shamrock Solutions, One Little Indian | John Reynolds | [71] | |
February 21 | Apparatjik | Square Peg in a Round Hole | Experimental, alternative, electronic rock | Meta Merge Un | Apparatjik | [72] |
Chiddy Bang | Breakfast | Indie hip hop, hipster hop, rap rock, pop-rap, indietronica, hip hop soul | Virgin, I.R.S., Regal | Xaphoon Jones, Yuri Beats, iSHi | [73] | |
The Cranberries | Roses | Alternative rock | Cooking Vinyl | Stephen Street | [74] | |
Dustin Wong | Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads | Thrill Jockey | [75] | |||
fun. | Some Nights | Indie pop, indie rock | Fueled by Ramen | Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, Jake One | [76] | |
Lambchop | Mr. M | Rock | Merge | [77] | ||
The Menzingers | On the Impossible Past | Punk rock, heartland rock | Epitaph | Matt Allison | [78] | |
Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Noise pop, indie rock | [79] | |||
February 24 | The Black Sorrows | Crooked Little Thoughts | Soul, blues | Head Records | Joe Camilleri | [80] |
Desaster | The Arts of Destruction | [81] | ||||
Dirty Three | Toward the Low Sun | Post-rock | [82] | |||
The Ting Tings | Sounds from Nowheresville | Indie rock, indie pop, dance-punk, synth-pop, new wave, ska | Columbia | Jules De Martino | [83] | |
February 25 | Halloween | Terrortory | Heavy metal | Motor City Metal Records, Pure Steel | [84] | |
February 27 | Primal Rock Rebellion | Awoken Broken | Heavy metal, progressive metal, alternative metal | Spinefarm | Adrian Smith, Mikee Goodman | [85] |
February 28 | Corrosion of Conformity | Corrosion of Conformity | Stoner rock, sludge metal | Candlelight | Corrosion of Conformity, John Custer | [86] |
Memoryhouse | The Slideshow Effect | Dream pop | [87] | |||
Mouse on Mars | Parastrophics | Intelligent dance music, house | Monkeytown | Jan Saint Werner, Andi Toma | [88] | |
Plants and Animals | The End of That | Indie rock | Secret City | [89] | ||
Sent by Ravens | Mean What You Say | Tooth & Nail | [90] | |||
Shearwater | Animal Joy | Indie rock | Sub Pop | [91] | ||
Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds | Pound of Dirt | Rock | Modern Vintage Recordings | Brian Bender | [92] | |
Veil of Maya | Eclipse | Deathcore | [93] | |||
The Wooden Sky | Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun | [94] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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March 1 | Katie Kim | Cover & Flood | Lo-fi, indie folk, alternative rock | Flaming June Records | Katie Kim, John Haggis | [95] |
March 2 | BOL / Westerhus / Snah | Numb, Number | Jazz | Gigafon | [96] | |
March 5 | Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself | Indie folk, baroque pop | Bella Union, Mom+Pop | Andrew Bird, David Boucher | [97] |
Caravan Palace | Panic | Electro swing | Wagram | Caravan Palace | [98] | |
Katie Melua | Secret Symphony | Acoustic, blues, jazz | Dramatico | Mike Batt | [99] | |
Lionel Richie | Tuskegee | Country, R&B, pop | Mercury Nashville | Lionel Richie, Dann Huff, Nathan Chapman, Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney, Tony Brown, Jason Owen, Dirk Vanoucek | [100] | |
The Magnetic Fields | Love at the Bottom of the Sea | Indie pop, synth-pop | Merge, Domino | Stephin Merritt | [101] | |
The Stranglers | Giants | Punk rock, post-punk | Absolute, earMUSIC | Louie Nicastro, The Stranglers | [102] | |
March 6 | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball | Heartland rock, folk rock | Columbia | Ron Aniello, Bruce Springsteen | [103] |
Every Time I Die | Ex Lives | Hardcore punk, mathcore, Southern rock | Epitaph | Joe Barresi | [104] | |
Fireflight | Now | Christian rock, hard rock, post-grunge | Essential | Jasen Rauch | [105] | |
Now, Now | Threads | Indie rock | Trans Records | Howard Redekopp | [106] | |
March 8 | Blaze Bayley | The King of Metal | Heavy metal | Blaze Bayley Recordings | Blaze Bayley | [107] |
March 12 | Michael Kiwanuka | Home Again | Soul, folk, blues | London, Polydor, Interscope | Paul Butler | [108] |
March 13 | Cannibal Corpse | Torture | Death metal | Metal Blade | Erik Rutan | [109] |
I See Stars | Digital Renegade | Metalcore, electronicore | Sumerian | Joey Sturgis | [110] | |
Mac DeMarco | Rock and Roll Night Club | Indie rock, soft rock, lo-fi, glam rock | Captured Tracks | Mac DeMarco | [111] | |
Miike Snow | Happy to You | Indie pop, electropop | Downtown, Universal Republic | Miike Snow | [112] | |
Ruben Studdard | Letters from Birmingham | R&B, pop, soul | Shanachie | Blac Elvis, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Stargate, Teddy Riley, John Rich | [113] | |
Say Anything | Anarchy, My Dear | Pop punk, alternative rock | Equal Vision | Tim O'Heir | [114] | |
Spawn of Possession | Incurso | Technical death metal | Relapse | Magnus Sedenberg | [115] | |
March 16 | Susanna | Wild Dog | Pop, jazz | Rune Grammofon | Deathprod, Susanna | [116] |
March 19 | Apologies, I Have None | London | Folk punk, punk rock | Household Name | Peter Miles | [117] |
Mirrorring | Foreign Body | Ambient , psychedelic folk | Kranky | [118] | ||
The Shins | Port of Morrow | Alternative rock | Aural Apothecary, Columbia | Greg Kurstin, James Mercer | [119] | |
Toy Dolls | The Album After the Last One | Pop punk | King Midas | [120] | ||
March 20 | Anti-Flag | The General Strike | Punk rock | SideOneDummy | Anti-Flag | [121] |
Diggy Simmons | Unexpected Arrival | Hip hop, R&B | Atlantic | Diggy Simmons, D'Mile, Da Internz, Osinachi Nwaneri, Pop & Oak, Soundz, The Rockstars, Young Jerz | [122] | |
Esperanza Spalding | Radio Music Society | Jazz | Heads Up International | Esperanza Spalding, Q-Tip, Dave Love | [123] | |
Odd Future | The OF Tape Vol. 2 | Alternative hip hop | Odd Future | Tyler, the Creator, Left Brain, Frank Ocean, The Super 3 | [124] | |
March 23 | Katy Perry | Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection | Pop rock | Capitol | Ammo, Benny Blanco, Jon Brion, Cirkut, Kuk Harrell, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Christopher 'Tricky' Stewart, Stargate, Sandy Vee, Tommie Sunshine, Greg Wells | [125] |
Madonna | MDNA | Pop, electronic dance | Interscope | Madonna, Klas Åhlund, Alle Benassi, Benny Benassi, Demo Castellon, Free School, Jimmy Harry, Michael Malih, Indiigo, William Orbit, Martin Solveig | [126] | |
Meshuggah | Koloss | Extreme metal, progressive metal | Nuclear Blast | Meshuggah | [127] | |
Shinedown | Amaryllis | Alternative rock, hard rock, post-grunge | Atlantic, Roadrunner | Rob Cavallo | [128] | |
March 26 | The All-American Rejects | Kids in the Street | Alternative rock, power pop | Interscope, DGC | Greg Wells | [129] |
Blood Red Shoes | In Time to Voices | Alternative rock | V2 | Mike Crossey, Blood Red Shoes | [130] | |
Iron Maiden | En Vivo! | Heavy metal | EMI, Universal | Kevin Shirley | [131] | |
Justin Townes Earle | Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now | Country, folk | Bloodshot | Justin Townes Earle, Skylar Wilson | [132] | |
My Darkest Days | Sick and Twisted Affair | 604 | Joey Moi | [133] | ||
Rocket Juice & the Moon | Rocket Juice & the Moon | Afrobeat, psychedelic funk | Honest Jon's | [134] | ||
Roxette | Travelling | Pop rock | Roxette Recordings, Capitol | Clarence Öfwerman, Christoffer Lundquist, Per Gessle | [135] | |
The Used | Vulnerable | Emo, post-hardcore, alternative rock | Hopeless | John Feldmann | [136] | |
March 27 | Before Their Eyes | Redemption | Post-hardcore | inVogue | [137] | |
Clay Aiken | Steadfast | Decca | [138] | |||
Cowboy Junkies | The Wilderness | Alternative country | Latent | Michael Timmins | [139] | |
Janus | Nox Aeris | Alternative metal, nu metal | REALID Records | [140] | ||
Jay Brannan | Rob Me Blind | Folk, acoustic | Great Depression, Nettwerk | Jay Brannan, David Kahne | [141] | |
Joan Osborne | Bring It On Home | Blues, R&B | Saguaro Road | Jack Petruzzelli, Joan Osborne | [142] | |
Joel Plaskett Emergency | Scrappy Happiness | Indie rock | MapleMusic | Joel Plaskett | [143] | |
The Mars Volta | Noctourniquet | Progressive rock, electronic rock, experimental rock | Warner Bros., Sargent House, Rodriguez-Lopez Productions | Omar Rodríguez-López | [144] | |
OSI | Fire Make Thunder | Progressive rock, progressive metal | Metal Blade | Jim Matheos, Kevin Moore | [145] | |
Overkill | The Electric Age | Thrash metal | Nuclear Blast | Overkill | [146] | |
Stick to Your Guns | Diamond | Melodic hardcore, hardcore punk, metalcore | Sumerian | Andrew Berlin, Bill Stevenson | [147] | |
UFO | Seven Deadly | Hard rock, heavy metal | SPV/Steamhammer | Tommy Newton | [148] | |
Wretched | Son of Perdition | Technical death metal, melodic death metal | Victory | Wretched, Jamie King | [149] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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April 2 | Evans the Death | Evans the Death | Fortuna Pop! | [150] | ||
The Futureheads | Rant | A cappella | Nul | Dave Curle | [151] | |
Graham Coxon | A+E | Pop rock, alternative rock | Parlophone | Ben Hillier | [152] | |
Ian Anderson | Thick as a Brick 2 | Progressive rock | Chrysalis, EMI | Ian Anderson | [153] | |
Killing Joke | MMXII | Post-punk, industrial metal | Spinefarm, Universal | Killing Joke | [154] | |
Lostprophets | Weapons | Rock | Epic, Fearless | Ken Andrews | [155] | |
Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | Hip hop, dance-pop | Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Republic | Alex da Kid, Alex P, Pop & Oak, Benny Blanco, Blackout, Carl Falk, Cirkut, David Guetta, DJ Diamond Kuts, Dreamlab, Dr. Luke, Flip, Hit-Boy, Nikhil S., RedOne, T-Minus | [156] | |
Willis Earl Beal | Acousmatic Sorcery | Lo-fi, outsider, soul, blues | Hot Charity, XL | Willis Earl Beal | [157] | |
April 3 | Great Lake Swimmers | New Wild Everywhere | Folk rock | Nettwerk | Andy Magoffin | [158] |
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Wasted | [159] | ||||
Our Lady Peace | Curve | Alternative rock, art rock | Warner Music | Jason Lader, Raine Maida | [160] | |
Paul van Dyk | Evolution | Trance music, house music, progressive house, tech trance | Vandit | Paul van Dyk | [161] | |
Zammuto | Zammuto | Experimental, electronic | Temporary Residence Limited | [162] | ||
April 6 | M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion | Pop, rock | Merge, Bella Union | M. Ward | [163] |
Monica | New Life | R&B, soul | RCA | Monica Brown, Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Earl & E, Missy Elliott, Lamb, Rico Love, Pierre Medor, Mr. Morris, Polow da Don, Salaam Remi, D. Smith | [164] | |
April 10 | Cavo | Thick as Thieves | Hard rock, rock, post-grunge | Eleven Seven Music | Kato Khandwala | [165] |
Counting Crows | Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation) | Alternative rock, country rock, roots rock | Cooking Vinyl | Counting Crows, Shawn Dealey | [166] | |
Demon Hunter | True Defiance | Solid State | [167] | |||
Halestorm | The Strange Case Of.. | Hard rock, alternative metal, heavy metal, post-grunge | Atlantic | Howard Benson | [168] | |
Kishi Bashi | 151a | Indie pop | Joyful Noise | Kaoru Ishibashi | [169] | |
Manafest | Fighter | Christian rock | BEC | [170] | ||
Municipal Waste | The Fatal Feast | Thrash metal, crossover thrash | Nuclear Blast | Municipal Waste | [171] | |
April 13 | Future | Pluto | Hip hop | A1, Freebandz Entertainment, Epic | K.E. on the Track, Sonny Digital, Mike Will Made It, DJ Spinz, Jon Boi, Organized Noize, Nard & B, DJ Pharris, John Blu, Rico Wade, Luney Tunez, Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E. | [172] |
Jason Mraz | Love Is a Four Letter Word | Pop rock, alternative rock | Atlantic | Joe Chiccarelli, Rick Nowels | [173] | |
Train | California 37 | Rock, pop rock, folk rock, roots rock | Columbia, Sony Music | Espionage, David Hodges, Diji Parq, Butch Walker, Gregg Wattenberg | [174] | |
April 15 | DragonForce | The Power Within | Power metal | Essential Music, Roadrunner, 3Wise, JVC Victor | [175] | |
April 16 | Anathema | Weather Systems | Progressive rock, new prog | Kscope, The End | Christer-André Cederberg | [176] |
Cancer Bats | Dead Set on Living | Hardcore punk, sludge metal, Southern rock | Distort | Eric Ratz, Kenny Luong | [177] | |
The Gaddabouts | Look Out Now! | Jazz pop, folk rock, Americana | RacecarLOTTA Records | Steve Gadd | [178] | |
Spiritualized | Sweet Heart Sweet Light | Space rock, neo-psychedelia | Double Six | Jason Pierce | [179] | |
April 17 | Evans Blue | Graveyard of Empires | Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge | Sounds+Sights | Trevor Kustiak | [180] |
Maps & Atlases | Beware and Be Grateful | Indie rock | Barsuk | [181] | ||
Neon Trees | Picture Show | Alternative rock, new wave | Mercury | Justin Meldal-Johnsen | [182] | |
Thousand Foot Krutch | The End Is Where We Begin | Hard rock, nu metal, alternative metal, Christian metal | Fuel Music | Aaron Sprinkle, Trevor McNevan | [183] | |
William Beckett | Walk the Talk EP | Yike Records | [184] | |||
April 18 | Europe | Bag of Bones | Hard rock, blues rock | earMUSIC | Kevin Shirley | [185] |
Paradise Lost | Tragic Idol | Doom metal, gothic metal | Century Media | Jens Bogren | [186] | |
April 20 | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Blues rock, garage rock, alternative rock, folk rock | Third Man, XL, Columbia | Jack White | [187] |
Rufus Wainwright | Out of the Game | Pop rock | Decca, Polydor | Mark Ronson | [188] | |
April 23 | Feeder | Generation Freakshow | Alternative rock, post-grunge | Big Teeth Records | Grant Nicholas, Chris Sheldon | [189] |
April 24 | Alexz Johnson | Skipping Stone | Pop | Laydee Spencer Music Inc. | Jimmy Robbins, Greg Wells, Dillon Pace | [190] |
The Dandy Warhols | This Machine | Alternative rock | Beat the World, The End | The Dandy Warhols, Jeremy Sherrer | [191] | |
Deuce | Nine Lives | Rap rock | Five Seven Music | Deuce, Aaron Greene, Andrew Goldstein, Eugene Shakhov, Tristan Krause | [192] | |
Eve 6 | Speak in Code | Alternative rock, pop punk | Fearless | Don Gilmore | [193] | |
Moving Mountains | New Light | Triple Crown | [194] | |||
Santigold | Master of My Make-Believe | New wave, reggae fusion, electronic | Atlantic | Santi White, Ricky Blaze, Boys Noize, Diplo, John Hill, Greg Kurstin, Q-Tip, Dave Sitek, Switch, Nick Zinner | [195] | |
Torche | Harmonicraft | Sludge metal | Volcom | Torche | [196] | |
April 25 | Kent | Jag är inte rädd för mörkret | Alternative rock, pop rock | Sonet, Universal | Kent, Stefan Boman | [197] |
Marilyn Manson | Born Villain | Industrial rock | Cooking Vinyl, Hell, etc. | Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna | [198] | |
April 27 | Marina and the Diamonds | Electra Heart | Electronic | 679, Atlantic | DJ Chuckie, Cirkut, Diplo, Dr. Luke, Liam Howe, Devrim Karaoglu, Greg Kurstin, Fabian Lenssen, Ryan McMahon, Rick Nowels, Ryan Rabin, Dean Reid, Stargate | [199] |
Moonspell | Alpha Noir/Omega White | Melodic death metal, symphonic metal, gothic metal, gothic rock | Napalm | Tue Madsen | [200] | |
Saint Vitus | Lillie: F-65 | Doom metal | Season of Mist | Tony Reed | [201] | |
April 29 | Brendon Small | Brendon Small's Galaktikon | Heavy metal | BS Records | Brendon Small, Ulrich Wild | [202] |
April 30 | Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Indie rock | Sub Pop | Jonathan Wilson, Josh Tillman | [203] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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May 1 | B.o.B | Strange Clouds | Grand Hustle, Rebel Rock, Atlantic | T.I., B.o.B, Jim Jonsin, Dr. Luke, Cirkut, Ryan Tedder, Mynority, Stargate, Frequency, Super Water Sympathy, Billboard, Kuttah, Lil' C | [204] | |
Carrie Underwood | Blown Away | Country | Arista Nashville, 19 Recordings | Mark Bright | [205] | |
K'naan | Country, God or the Girl | Hip hop, alternative rock, pop rock, afrobeat, folk | A&M Octone | RedOne, Edwin 'Lil Eddie' Serrano, Sham & Motesart, Chuck Harmony, Brian 'Sweetwesty' West, Jimmy Joker, Jon Levine, Wayne Wilkin, Troy NoKA, Glass, Bob Ezrin, Alex da Kid, will.i.am, Ryan Tedder | [206] | |
Lone | Galaxy Garden | Rave | R&S | Matt Cutler | [207] | |
Norah Jones | Little Broken Hearts | Pop, alternative, indie pop | Blue Note | Danger Mouse | [208] | |
Pennywise | All or Nothing | Punk rock, melodic hardcore, skate punk | Epitaph | Cameron Webb | [209] | |
Various artists | Avengers Assemble (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | Alternative rock, hard rock | Hollywood, Marvel Music | Mitchell Leib, Dave Jordan | [210] | |
May 4 | Keane | Strangeland | Alternative rock | Island | Dan Grech-Marguerat | [211] |
May 7 | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Aufheben | Neo-psychedelia | A Records | [212] | |
Cover Drive | Bajan Style | Pop, R&B, hip hop | Polydor | [213] | ||
Meek Mill | Dreamchasers 2 | Hip hop | MMG | [214] | ||
May 8 | Pixel | Reminder | Jazz | Cuneiform | Jørgen Munkeby | [215] |
Silversun Pickups | Neck of the Woods | Alternative rock, indie rock, shoegazing | Dangerbird | Jacknife Lee | [216] | |
May 9 | Iggy Pop | Après | [217] | |||
May 11 | Garbage | Not Your Kind of People | Alternative rock, electronic | Stunvolume | Garbage | [218] |
Tenacious D | Rize of the Fenix | Comedy rock, hard rock, heavy metal, acoustic music | Columbia | John Kimbrough, John King | [219] | |
Zowie | Love Demolition | Pop, electro, punk | Sony BMG | [220] | ||
May 14 | Adam Lambert | Trespassing | Pop | 19, RCA | Josh Abraham, Ammo, Jason Bonilla, busbee, Cirkut, Josh Crosby, Adam Lambert, Robert Marvin, Lester Mendez, Dr. Luke, Oligee, The Smeezingtons, U-Tern, Rune Westberg, Fred Williams, Pharrell Williams | [221] |
May 15 | Beach House | Bloom | Dream pop, indie rock | Sub Pop | Chris Coady | [222] |
Best Coast | The Only Place | Indie rock, garage rock, surf pop | Wichita | Jon Brion | [223] | |
Hot Water Music | Exister | Punk rock, post-hardcore | Rise Records | Bill Stevenson | [224] | |
Killer Mike | R.A.P. Music | Hip hop | Williams Street | Killer Mike, El-P | [225] | |
Lisa Marie Presley | Storm & Grace | Roots rock | Universal Republic, XIX Recordings | T-Bone Burnett | [226] | |
Meiko | The Bright Side | Indie rock, indie pop | Fantasy | Meiko | [227] | |
mewithoutYou | Ten Stories | Indie rock | Pine Street | Aaron Weiss, Michael Weiss, Greg Jehanian, Richard Mazzotta, Brandon Beaver | [228] | |
May 18 | The Temper Trap | The Temper Trap | [229] | |||
May 21 | Burzum | Umskiptar | Viking metal | Byelobog | Varg Vikernes | [230] |
Tom Jones | Spirit in the Room | Island | Ethan Johns | [231] | ||
May 22 | Blue Foundation | In My Mind I Am Free | Electronic, shoegaze, dream pop | Dead People's Choice | [232] | |
The Bunny the Bear | The Stomach For It | Metalcore, post-hardcore, synth-pop | Victory | Doug White, Matthew Tybor, Alan Douches | [233] | |
Chris Price | Homesick | Indie pop, garage rock | Price the Band LLC | Chris Price | [234] | |
The Cult | Choice of Weapon | Hard rock | Cooking Vinyl | Chris Goss, Bob Rock | [235] | |
El-P | Cancer 4 Cure | Alternative hip hop, underground hip hop | Fat Possum | El-P | [236] | |
Haley Reinhart | Listen Up! | Pop | 19, Interscope | busbee, Rob Kleiner, Chris DeStefano, Chris Seefried, Rune Westberg, David Hodges, Jason Falkner, Shy Carter, J. Bonilla | [237] | |
John Mayer | Born and Raised | Folk rock, country rock, Americana | Columbia, Sony Music | John Mayer, Don Was | [238] | |
Kris Allen | Thank You Camellia | Pop rock | RCA, 19 | Tim Pagnotta, The Messengers, J. Bonilla, Kevin Kadish, Per Kristian 'Boots' Ottestad, Curt Schneider, Maison & Dragen, Chris DeStefano | [239] | |
MercyMe | The Hurt & The Healer | Contemporary Christian music | Fair Trade, Columbia | Brown Bannister, Dan Muckala | [240] | |
Mount Eerie | Clear Moon | Indie rock, experimental | P. W. Elverum & Sun | Phil Elverum | [241] | |
The Riverboat Gamblers | The Wolf You Feed | Volcom Entertainment | [242] | |||
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators | Apocalyptic Love | Hard rock, heavy metal | Dik Hayd International | Eric Valentine | [243] | |
Smile Empty Soul | 3's | Alternative metal, post-grunge | eOne Music | Eddie Wohl, Jay Baumgardner | [244] | |
Sonny Landreth | Elemental Journey | Blues | Landfall Records | Sonny Landreth | [245] | |
May 23 | Kyary Pamyu Pamyu | Pamyu Pamyu Revolution | J-pop, bubblegum pop, electropop | Warner Music Japan | Yasutaka Nakata, Keiichi Ishizaka, Yusuke Nakagawa | [246] |
Sigur Rós | Valtari | Post-rock, ambient | Parlophone | Sigur Rós, Alex Somers | [247] | |
May 25 | alt-J | An Awesome Wave | Indie pop | Infectious Music | Charlie Andrew | [248] |
Ladyhawke | Anxiety | New wave, indie rock, power pop | Modular | Pip Brown, Pascal Gabriel | [249] | |
Scissor Sisters | Magic Hour | Dance-pop, dance-rock, nu-disco, alternative rock, glam rock, new wave, house | Polydor | Scissor Sisters, Calvin Harris, Stuart Price, Alex Ridha, Pharrell Williams | [250] | |
Ultravox | Brilliant | EMI | [251] | |||
May 28 | Architects | Daybreaker | [252] | |||
Kylie Minogue | The Best of Kylie Minogue | Dance-pop, nu-disco, house, synth-pop, Europop | EMI | Babydaddy, Brothers in Rhythm, Guy Chambers, Ian Curnow, Cutfather, Daniel Davidsen, Rob Davis, Cathy Dennis, Johnny Douglas, Jim Eliot, Julian Gallagher, Phil Harding, Calvin Harris, Greg Kurstin, Steve Power, Stuart Price, Lucas Secon, Damon Sharpe, Jake Shears, Mike Spencer, Graham Stack, Richard 'Biff' Stannard, Stock Aitken Waterman, Sunnyroads, Mark Taylor, Peter Wallevik | [253] | |
Paloma Faith | Fall to Grace | Pop, soul, soft rock | RCA | Nellee Hooper, Jake Gosling, Al Shux, David Arnold | [254] | |
Public Image Ltd | This Is PiL | Alternative rock, post-punk | PiL official | Public Image Ltd | [255] | |
Ulver | Childhood's End | Art rock, electronic, dark ambient | Kscope | [256] | ||
May 29 | Japandroids | Celebration Rock | Garage rock | Polyvinyl | Japandroids | [257] |
Melody Gardot | The Absence | Jazz, blues, bossa nova | Verve | Heitor Pereira | [258] | |
Millencolin | The Melancholy Connection | Punk rock | Burning Heart, Epitaph | Millencolin | [259] | |
Regina Spektor | What We Saw from the Cheap Seats | Anti-folk, baroque pop, indie rock | Sire | Mike Elizondo, Regina Spektor | [260] | |
Sun Kil Moon | Among the Leaves | Folk rock | Caldo Verde | [261] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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June 1 | Alexandra Burke | Heartbreak on Hold | Pop, R&B | RCA | [262] | |
Delain | We Are the Others | Symphonic metal | CNR Music | Jacob Hellner, Fredrik Thomander, Anders Wikström | [263] | |
The Hives | Lex Hives | Garage rock, garage punk, post-punk revival | Disque Hives | The Hives | [264] | |
Kreator | Phantom Antichrist | Thrash metal | Nuclear Blast | Jens Bogren | [265] | |
Swearin' | Swearin' | Indie rock, punk | Salinas | [266] | ||
June 4 | Disclosure | The Face | Balearic beat, UK garage, dubstep, techno | Greco-Roman Records | Disclosure | [267] |
Liars | WIXIW | Experimental rock | Mute | Daniel Miller | [268] | |
June 5 | The Beach Boys | That's Why God Made the Radio | Soft rock | Capitol | Brian Wilson, Paul Fauerso | [269] |
Chris Robinson Brotherhood | Big Moon Ritual | Blues rock | Silver Arrow Records | Thom Monahan | [270] | |
Fear Factory | The Industrialist | Candlelight, AFM, Bodog | Rhys Fulber, Fear Factory | [271] | ||
Jukebox the Ghost | Safe Travels | Power pop | Yep Roc | Dan Romer | [272] | |
Melvins | Freak Puke | Alternative rock | Ipecac | Toshi Kasai, Melvins | [273] | |
The Mynabirds | Generals | Indie rock | Saddle Creek | Richard Swift | [274] | |
The Rocket Summer | Life Will Write the Words | Pop rock | Aviate Records | Bryce Avary | [275] | |
A Silent Film | Sand & Snow | Alternative rock | Creative Media Investments | A Silent Film | [276] | |
June 8 | Rush | Clockwork Angels | Progressive rock, hard rock | Anthem, Roadrunner | Rush, Nick Raskulinecz | [277] |
Usher | Looking 4 Myself | R&B, hip hop, pop, soul, electronic | RCA | Rico Love, Diplo, Jim Jonsin, The Neptunes, Danja, Salaam Remi, Swedish House Mafia, Max Martin, Shellback, will.i.am | [278] | |
June 10 | f(x) | Electric Shock | K-pop, dance-pop, electronic, synth-pop | S.M. Entertainment | Lee Soo Man | [279] |
June 11 | Amy Macdonald | Life in a Beautiful Light | Folk, rock, soft rock | Melodramatic, Mercury | [280] | |
iamamiwhoami | kin | Electronic, synth-pop, dream pop, trip hop | To whom it may concern., Cooperative Music | iamamiwhoami, Claes Björklund, Jonna Lee | [281] | |
June 12 | Future of the Left | The Plot Against Common Sense | Post-hardcore | Xtra Mile | [282] | |
Josh Turner | Punching Bag | Country | MCA Nashville | Frank Rogers | [283] | |
Metric | Synthetica | Indie rock, new wave | Metric Music International | Metric | [284] | |
Miss May I | At Heart | Metalcore | Rise | Machine | [285] | |
Motion City Soundtrack | Go | Alternative rock | Epitaph | Ed Ackerson, Motion City Soundtrack | [286] | |
June 15 | Britney Spears | Oops! I Did It Again: The Best of Britney Spears | Pop | Sony Music | [287] | |
Cheryl | A Million Lights | Pop | Polydor | Alex da Kid, Calvin Harris, will.i.am, Jaylien Wesley, Pantha, Agent X, HyGrade, Dada Life, Kid Gloves, Jim Beanz, Taio Cruz, Mathias Wollo, The Beamer Boyz, Billy Wes, Electric, Bibi Jones, Dave Munday | [288] | |
Justin Bieber | Believe | Pop, R&B, hip hop | Island, RBMG, Schoolboy | [289] | ||
June 16 | Manowar | The Lord of Steel | Power metal | Magic Circle Music | [290] | |
June 18 | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel.. | Epic | Fiona Apple, Charley Drayton | [291] | |
June 19 | Blood on the Dance Floor | Evolution | Electronica | Dark Fantasy Records | Dahvie Vanity, Jayy Von Monroe | [292] |
Bobby Womack | The Bravest Man in the Universe | XL | [293] | |||
Broadway | Gentlemen's Brawl | Post-hardcore, pop punk, alternative rock | Uprising | [294] | ||
Dirty Heads | Cabin by the Sea | Reggae | Five Seven Music | [295] | ||
For All Those Sleeping | Outspoken | [296] | ||||
The Ghost Inside | Get What You Give | Epitaph | [297] | |||
Lit | The View from the Bottom | Megaforce | Butch Walker | [298] | ||
The Smashing Pumpkins | Oceania | Alternative rock | EMI, Caroline Distribution, Martha's Music | Billy Corgan, Bjorn Thorsrud | [299] | |
Whitechapel | Whitechapel | Deathcore | Metal Blade | Mark Lewis | [300] | |
June 20 | Linkin Park | Living Things | Alternative rock, electronic rock | Warner Bros. | Rick Rubin, Mike Shinoda | [301] |
Maroon 5 | Overexposed | Pop | A&M Octone | Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco, Max Martin, Shellback | [302] | |
June 25 | The Offspring | Days Go By | Punk rock | Columbia | Bob Rock | [303] |
June 26 | Chris Cagle | Back in the Saddle | Country | Bigger Picture Music | [304] | |
DIIV | Oshin | Indie rock, dream pop, shoegaze | Captured Tracks | [305] | ||
Everclear | Invisible Stars | Alternative rock | eOne | [306] | ||
Gojira | L'Enfant Sauvage | Roadrunner | Joe Duplantier, Josh Wilbur | [307] | ||
Memphis May Fire | Challenger | Metalcore, post-hardcore, Southern rock | Rise | Cameron Mizell, Kellen McGregor | [308] | |
A Place to Bury Strangers | Worship | Noise rock | Dead Oceans | [309] | ||
June 29 | Chris Brown | Fortune | R&B, pop | RCA | Benny Benassi, Danja, Free School, Fuego, Jason 'JP' Perry, Polow da Don, Tha Bizness, The Runners, The Underdogs | [310] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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July 3 | Abandon All Ships | Infamous | Metalcore, electronicore | Universal Music Canada, Rise | Anthony Calabretta, Mark Spicoluk | [311] |
Flo Rida | Wild Ones | Hip hop | Atlantic, Poe Boy | [312] | ||
Periphery | Periphery II: This Time It's Personal | Progressive metal | Sumerian, Century Media | Misha Mansoor, Adam 'Nolly' Getgood | [313] | |
July 6 | 50 Cent | 5 (Murder by Numbers) | Hip hop | Hit-Boy, Havoc | [314] | |
July 10 | Aesop Rock | Skelethon | Hip hop | Rhymesayers Entertainment | Aesop Rock | [315] |
Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan | Indie rock, art pop, experimental | Domino | David Longstreth | [316] | |
Frank Ocean | Channel Orange | Alternative R&B, neo soul | Def Jam | Frank Ocean, Malay, Om'Mas Keith, Pharrell Williams | [317] | |
P.O.D. | Murdered Love | Rock | Razor & Tie | [318] | ||
Serj Tankian | Harakiri | Rock | Reprise, Serjical Strike | Serj Tankian | [319] | |
July 13 | Bury Tomorrow | The Union of Crowns | Melodic metalcore | Nuclear Blast | Antony Smith | [320] |
Nas | Life Is Good | Hip hop | Def Jam | Salaam Remi, No I.D., Nas, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Rodney Jerkins, DJ Hot Day, Swizz Beatz, Buckwild, Heavy D, Da Internz, 40, Al Shux, Boi-1da | [321] | |
July 15 | Psy | Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 | K-pop | YG Entertainment, Universal Music, YGEX, Avex Trax | Yang Hyun-suk, Psy, u-type | [322] |
July 17 | Baroness | Yellow & Green | Sludge metal | Relapse | John Congleton | [323] |
The Contortionist | Intrinsic | Progressive metal | Good Fight Music | Eyal Levi, Jason Suecof, Eric Guenther | [324] | |
KB | Weight & Glory | Christian hip hop | Reach | Dirty Rice, Coko Korinne, Black Knight, Andre Atkinson, Mark Mims, Maurice Tonia, Street Symphony, Alex Medina, Geeda, Joseph Prielozny, Cheesebeats (a.k.a. Tha Kracken), Halo, PK, Karac, Benjah, Sky, InnaCircle | [325] | |
Matisyahu | Spark Seeker | Reggae, hip hop, electronic | Fallen Sparks | Kool Kojak | [326] | |
Milo Greene | Milo Greene | Indie folk, folk rock | Chop Shop, Atlantic | [327] | ||
Soul Asylum | Delayed Reaction | Alternative rock | 429 | [328] | ||
Tremonti | All I Was | Hard rock, speed metal | Fret12 | Michael 'Elvis' Baskette | [329] | |
William Beckett | Winds Will Change | Pop rock | Yike Records | [330] | ||
July 18 | Gram Rabbit | Welcome to the Country | Psychedelic rock, space rock, country rock | Royal Order | Todd Rutherford, Jesika von Rabbit | [331] |
July 20 | Jennifer Lopez | Dance Again.. the Hits | Latin pop, dance, R&B | Epic | [332] | |
Passion Pit | Gossamer | Synth-pop, indie pop | Columbia | [333] | ||
Purity Ring | Shrines | Electropop | 4AD, Last Gang | Corin Roddick, Megan James | [334] | |
July 23 | The Gaslight Anthem | Handwritten | Heartland rock, indie rock | Mercury | Brendan O'Brien | [335] |
July 24 | Emilie Autumn | Fight Like a Girl | Dark cabaret, electro-industrial | The Asylum Emporium | Emilie Autumn | [336] |
July 27 | Testament | Dark Roots of Earth | Thrash metal | Nuclear Blast | Andy Sneap | [337] |
July 30 | Blur | Blur 21 | Alternative rock, Britpop, experimental rock | Food, Virgin, Parlophone | Stephen Street, William Orbit, Steve Lovell, Steve Power | [338] |
Rick Ross | God Forgives, I Don't | Hip hop | Slip-n-Slide, Def Jam, Maybach | Rick Ross, Rico Love, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League | [339] | |
July 31 | Wildlife Control | Wildlife Control | [340] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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August 10 | Mystery | The World is a Game | Progressive rock | Unicorn Digital | Michel St-Père | [341] |
August 13 | While She Sleeps | This Is the Six | Metalcore | Search and Destroy | Carl Bown | [342] |
Why? | Sod in the Seed | Alternative hip hop, indie rock | City Slang | [343] | ||
August 14 | 2 Chainz | Based on a T.R.U. Story | Hip hop | Def Jam | Mike Will Made It, Drumma Boy, Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E., Lex Luger, Kanye West | [344] |
In This Moment | Blood | Metalcore, alternative metal, nu metal, industrial metal | Century Media | [345] | ||
Insane Clown Posse | The Mighty Death Pop! | Horrorcore, Midwest hip hop | Psychopathic | Mike E. Clark | [346] | |
Yellowcard | Southern Air | Pop punk, alternative rock | Hopeless | [347] | ||
August 17 | Owl City | The Midsummer Station | Synth-pop, dance pop, pop | Universal Republic | Adam Young | [348] |
August 20 | Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Mature Themes | 4AD | [349] | ||
Bloc Party | Four | Alternative rock, art punk | Frenchkiss | Alex Newport | [350] | |
British Theatre | Dyed in the Wool Ghost | [351] | ||||
The Darkness | Hot Cakes | Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal | Wind-up | Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Nick Brine | [352] | |
Yeasayer | Fragrant World | Experimental rock, psychedelic pop | Secretly Canadian | [353] | ||
August 21 | DJ Khaled | Kiss the Ring | Hip hop | We the Best, Cash Money, Universal Republic | DJ Khaled, The Runners, Kanye West, Lex Luger, Cool & Dre, Just Blaze, Drumma Boy, Boi-1da, T-Minus, Lil Lody, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, AraabMuzik, Hit-Boy | [354] |
Ivy Queen | Musa | Latin | Siente | Luny Tunes, Noriega, Predikador, DJ Nelson, Keko Musik, EZP | [355] | |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Last of a Dyin' Breed | Southern rock, hard rock | Roadrunner | Bob Marlette | [356] | |
Trey Songz | Chapter V | R&B | Songbook, Atlantic | Troy Taylor, Rico Love, J-Kits, Benny Blanco, Eric Hudson, John 'SK' McGee, E. Miles, A-Wall, Darhyl Camper, Josh Garrison, C4, Ty Dolla Sign | [357] | |
August 22 | Alanis Morissette | Havoc and Bright Lights | Soft rock | Collective Sounds, Columbia, SevenOneMusic | Guy Sigsworth, Joe Chiccarelli | [358] |
August 24 | Rita Ora | Ora | Pop, R&B, dance | Roc Nation | will.i.am, Drake, The-Dream, Stargate | [359] |
Tantara | Based on Evil | Thrash metal | Indie Recordings | Flemming Rasmussen | [360] | |
August 27 | Archive | With Us Until You're Dead | Trip hop, alternative rock | Dangervisit Records | [361] | |
Dan Deacon | America | Electronic | Domino | Chester Endersby Gwazda, Dan Deacon | [362] | |
Katatonia | Dead End Kings | Progressive metal | Peaceville | Jonas Renkse, Anders Nyström, David Castillo | [363] | |
Marius Neset and Daniel Herskedal | Neck of the Woods | Jazz | Edition | Marius Neset, Daniel Herskedal | [364] | |
August 28 | The Chariot | One Wing | Metalcore, mathcore | Good Fight, eOne Music | Matt Goldman | [365] |
Circa Survive | Violent Waves | Indie rock, post-hardcore, progressive rock | Circa Survive, Sumerian | Circa Survive | [366] | |
Dwele | Greater Than One | R&B | RT Music Group, eOne Music | [367] | ||
Faber Drive | Lost in Paradise | Pop rock, alternative rock | 604 | [368] | ||
Maná | Exiliados en la Bahía: Lo Mejor de Maná | Latin, pop rock, alternative rock | Warner Music Mexico | Fher Olvera, Sergio Vallín | [369] | |
Matchbox Twenty | North | Alternative rock, pop rock | Atlantic | Matt Serletic | [370] | |
Minus the Bear | Infinity Overhead | Alternative rock | Dangerbird | Matt Bayles, Minus the Bear | [371] | |
Morning Glory | Poets Were My Heroes | Punk rock | Fat Wreck | [372] | ||
The Orb featuring Lee 'Scratch' Perry | The Orbserver in the Star House | Electronica, dub, IDM, trip hop, chill-out | Cooking Vinyl, The End | Thomas Fehlmann | [373] | |
Slaughterhouse | Welcome to: Our House | Hip hop | Shady, Interscope | Eminem, AraabMuzik, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, The Alchemist, Mr. Porter, No I.D., StreetRunner, Boi-1da, T-Minus | [374] | |
Swans | The Seer | Experimental, post-rock, post-punk | Young God | Michael Gira | [375] | |
Tamia | Beautiful Surprise | R&B | Plus 1 Music Group, EMI | Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly, David & Jon Anderson, Andre Brissett, Carvin & Ivan, Shep Crawford, Chuck Harmony, Luke Laird, The Monarch. Salaam Remi, The Runners | [376] | |
TobyMac | Eye on It | Contemporary Christian music, electronic music, pop, rock | ForeFront | TobyMac, David Garcia, Christopher Stevens, Jamie Moore, Telemitry | [377] | |
August 29 | Mount Eerie | Ocean Roar | Indie rock, noise rock | P.W. Elverum & Sun | Phil Elverum | [378] |
August 31 | Farrah Abraham | My Teenage Dream Ended | Pop, outsider music | Fredrick M. Cuevas | [379] | |
Two Door Cinema Club | Beacon | Indie rock | Kitsuné | Jacknife Lee | [380] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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September 3 | The Pineapple Thief | All the Wars | Progressive rock, alternative rock | Kscope | Bruce Soord | [381] |
The Vaccines | Come of Age | Indie rock, post-punk revival | Columbia | Ethan Johns | [382] | |
September 4 | Animal Collective | Centipede Hz | Psychedelic, experimental rock | Domino | Animal Collective, Ben H. Allen III | [383] |
Imagine Dragons | Night Visions | Alternative rock, indie rock | Interscope | Alex da Kid | [384] | |
Lecrae | Gravity | Hip hop | Reach | Big Juice, The Bridge, Dirty Rice, DJ Khalil, DJ Official, Dru Castro, Street Symphony, Heat Academy, Joseph Prielozny, Rudy Currence, ThaInnaCircle, Tyshane, Uforo Ebong, The Watchmen, Zach Crowell | [385] | |
Propagandhi | Failed States | Punk rock, melodic hardcore | Epitaph | John Paul Peters | [386] | |
The Sheepdogs | The Sheepdogs | Southern rock, boogie rock, rock, blues rock | Atlantic | Patrick Carney, Austin Scaggs | [387] | |
Two Gallants | The Bloom and the Blight | Indie rock | ATO | John Congleton, Adam Stephens, Tyson Vogel | [388] | |
September 5 | Agnes | Veritas | Dance | Roxy, Universal | Jonas Quant, Fraser T Smith, Magnus Lidehäll, Tony Nilsson, Vincent Pontare, Patrik Berger | [389] |
Pet Shop Boys | Elysium | Synth-pop | EMI | Andrew Dawson | [390] | |
The xx | Coexist | Indie pop | Young Turks | Jamie Smith | [391] | |
September 7 | Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra | Theatre Is Evil | 8 Ft. Records | John Congleton | [392] | |
Elephant9 with Reine Fiske | Atlantis | Rune Grammofon | [393] | |||
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson | Wreck & Ruin | Country | Liberation Music | Nash Chambers, Kasey Chambers Shane Nicholson | [394] | |
Lacrimosa | Revolution | Gothic metal, gothic rock | Hall of Sermon | Tilo Wolff | [395] | |
The Presets | Pacifica | House, synth-pop, electronic dance music, electropop, electronic | Modular | [396] | ||
The Script | #3 | Alternative rock, soft rock | Phonogenic | Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan | [397] | |
September 10 | Bob Dylan | Tempest | Columbia | Bob Dylan | [398] | |
David Byrne and St. Vincent | Love This Giant | Indie rock | 4AD, Todo Mundo | David Byrne, Annie Clark, John Congleton, Pat Dillett | [399] | |
Gallows | Gallows | Hardcore punk | Venn Records | Thomas Mitchener, Steve Sears | [400] | |
Joe McElderry | Here's What I Believe | Pop | Decca | [401] | ||
September 11 | The Avett Brothers | The Carpenter | Americana | American | Rick Rubin | [402] |
Billy Talent | Dead Silence | Punk rock, post-hardcore | Atlantic, Roadrunner | Ian D'Sa | [403] | |
Chris Robinson Brotherhood | The Magic Door | Blues rock | Silver Arrow Records | Thom Monahan | [404] | |
Dave Matthews Band | Away from the World | Alternative rock | RCA | Steve Lillywhite | [405] | |
Hoobastank | Fight or Flight | Post-grunge, alternative rock | Open E Entertainment | Gavin Brown | [406] | |
Little Big Town | Tornado | Country | Capitol Nashville | Jay Joyce | [407] | |
NOFX | Self Entitled | Punk rock | Fat Wreck Chords | Bill Stevenson | [408] | |
September 12 | John Frusciante | PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone | Synth-pop, alternative rock, pop rock | Record Collection | John Frusciante | [409] |
Richie Sambora | Aftermath of the Lowdown | Richie Sambora, Luke Ebbin | [410] | |||
September 14 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Kiss | Pop | 604, Schoolboy, Interscope | Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Josh Ramsay | [411] |
Kreayshawn | Somethin' 'Bout Kreay | Hip hop | Columbia | [412] | ||
Nelly Furtado | The Spirit Indestructible | Pop, R&B | Interscope, Mosley, Mushroom, Warner Bros. | Nelly Furtado, Darkchild, Salaam Remi, Mike Angelakos, Bob Rock, Fraser T Smith, Di Genius, The Demolition Crew, John Shanks, Tiësto | [413] | |
Various artists | Cruel Summer | Hip hop | GOOD, Def Jam | Kanye West, Boogz & Tapez, Don Jazzy, Hit-Boy, Lifted, Mannie Fresh, John Hill, Rico Beats, Emile, S1, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean, Plain Pat, Mike Will, Kenoe, Dnyc3 | [414] | |
September 17 | Aimee Mann | Charmer | Pop, rock | SuperEgo | Paul Bryan | [415] |
The Killers | Battle Born | Alternative rock | Island | Steve Lillywhite, Damian Taylor, Daniel Lanois, Brendan O'Brien, Stuart Price | [416] | |
Mika | The Origin of Love | Pop | Casablanca, Mushroom, Warner Bros. | [417] | ||
Rival Sons | Head Down | Blues rock | Earache | Dave Cobb | [418] | |
We Are the Ocean | Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow | Alternative rock, post-hardcore | Hassle | Pete Miles | [419] | |
September 18 | Ben Folds Five | The Sound of the Life of the Mind | Alternative rock | ImaVeePee Records | Joe Pisapia | [420] |
Brother Ali | Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color | Hip hop, rap | Rhymesayers Entertainment | Jake One | [421] | |
Devin Townsend Project | Epicloud | Progressive rock, experimental rock, progressive metal, new-age | HevyDevy | Devin Townsend | [422] | |
Down | Down IV – Part I | Heavy metal, sludge metal | [423] | |||
Go Radio | Close the Distance | Alternative rock | Fearless | [424] | ||
Grizzly Bear | Shields | Indie folk, psychedelic folk | Warp | [425] | ||
Local H | Hallelujah! I'm a Bum | Rock | SlimStyle Records | Sanford Parker | [426] | |
Michael Jackson | Bad 25 | Pop, R&B, funk, dance-pop, rock | Epic, Legacy | Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones | [427] | |
Pink | The Truth About Love | Pop rock, dance-pop, dance-rock | RCA Records | Greg Kurstin, Butch Walker, Max Martin, John Hill, DJ Khalil, Emile Haynie, Billy Mann, Shellback, Dan Wilson, Tracklacers, David Schuler | [428] | |
September 19 | Superfly | Force | Pop-rock, blues | Warner Music Japan | Kōichi Tsutaya | [429] |
September 21 | Deadmau5 | Album Title Goes Here | Progressive house, electro house, glitch, trip hop, ambient | Mau5trap, Ultra, Parlophone | Deadmau5 | [430] |
Green Day | ¡Uno! | Punk rock, pop punk, power pop | Reprise | Rob Cavallo, Green Day | [431] | |
Mumford & Sons | Babel | Indie folk, folk rock | Island, Glassnote, Gentlemen of the Road | Markus Dravs | [432] | |
No Doubt | Push and Shove | Pop | Interscope | Mark 'Spike' Stent | [433] | |
September 22 | Dragonette | Bodyparts | Universal Music Canada | [434] | ||
September 25 | As I Lay Dying | Awakened | Metalcore | Metal Blade | Bill Stevenson | [435] |
Lupe Fiasco | Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 | Hip hop | Atlantic | Lupe Fiasco, Charles 'Chilly' Patton, Darrale Jones, Kayne West The Audibles, B-Sides, Simonsayz, Soundtrakk, Mr. Inkredible, Infamous, King David, Julian Bunetta, Jason 'Poo Bear' Boyd, Famties & Bullit, Pro-Jay, Severe | [436] | |
Wanderlust | Record Time | Sony Music, Zip Records | [437] | |||
Yoko Ono, Kim Gordon, and Thurston Moore | Yokokimthurston | Rock, experimental rock | Chimera Music | [438] | ||
September 28 | Angband | Saved from the Truth | Power metal, progressive metal | Pure Steel | Mahyar Dean | [439] |
Muse | The 2nd Law | Alternative rock, new prog | Helium 3, Warner Bros. | Muse | [440] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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October 1 | AxeWound | Vultures | Metalcore | Search and Destroy | Matt Tuck | [441] |
John Cale | Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood | Art rock | Double Six | John Cale, Danger Mouse | [442] | |
Lower Than Atlantis | Changing Tune | Arena rock | Island | John Mitchell, Ben Humphreys | [443] | |
October 2 | Cody Simpson | Paradise | Pop, R&B | Atlantic | DJ Frank E, Shawn Campbell | [444] |
Diana Krall | Glad Rag Doll | Vocal jazz | Verve | T-Bone Burnett, Diana Krall | [445] | |
DJ Drama | Quality Street Music | Hip hop | eOne Music, Aphilliates, Powerhouse Productions | DJ Drama, Kane Beatz, T-Minus | [446] | |
Jackie Evancho | Songs from the Silver Screen | Classical crossover | Syco, Columbia | Bill Ross, Humberto Gatica | [447] | |
Matt and Kim | Lightning | Indie pop | Fader Label, Universal | Matt & Kim | [448] | |
The Mountain Goats | Transcendental Youth | Indie rock | Merge | Brandon Eggleston | [449] | |
Papa Roach | The Connection | Alternative metal, hard rock, alternative rock | Eleven Seven Music | James Michael, John Feldmann, Tylias | [450] | |
Three Days Grace | Transit of Venus | Alternative metal | RCA | Don Gilmore | [451] | |
Tristan Prettyman | Cedar + Gold | Pop | Capitol | Greg Wells | [452] | |
Van Morrison | Born to Sing: No Plan B | Jazz, blues, pop | Blue Note | Van Morrison | [453] | |
October 5 | Ellie Goulding | Halcyon | Electropop | [454] | ||
Peter Buck | Peter Buck | Alternative rock | Mississippi | Peter Buck | [455] | |
Tame Impala | Lonerism | Psychedelic rock | Modular Recordings | Kevin Parker | [456] | |
October 8 | All Time Low | Don't Panic | Pop punk, alternative rock | Hopeless | Mike Green, Alex Gaskarth | [457] |
October 9 | Between the Buried and Me | The Parallax II: Future Sequence | Progressive metal | Metal Blade | Jamie King | [458] |
The Birthday Massacre | Hide and Seek | Gothic rock | Metropolis | Rainbow, Michael Falcore | [459] | |
Coheed and Cambria | The Afterman: Ascension | Progressive rock, progressive metal | Hundred Handed, Everything Evil | Coheed and Cambria, Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner | [460] | |
Converge | All We Love We Leave Behind | Metalcore, post-hardcore, hardcore punk | Epitaph | Kurt Ballou | [461] | |
A Fine Frenzy | Pines | Pop rock | Virgin | Keefus Green | [462] | |
Kiss | Monster | Hard rock, heavy metal | Universal | Paul Stanley, Greg Collins | [463] | |
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis | The Heist | Alternative hip hop, indie hip hop | Macklemore LLC, ADA | Ryan Lewis | [464] | |
The Wallflowers | Glad All Over | Alternative rock | Columbia | Jay Joyce | [465] | |
Why? | Mumps, Etc. | Alternative hip hop, indie rock | Anticon, City Slang | Josiah Wolf, Yoni Wolf | [466] | |
October 12 | Brandy | Two Eleven | R&B | RCA, Chameleon | [467] | |
Leona Lewis | Glassheart | Pop, R&B | Syco, RCA | Leona Lewis, Fraser T Smith, Naughty Boy, Emeli Sandé, Ryan Tedder, Childish Gambino, Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins, will.i.am, Dallas Austin, and Calvin Harris | [468] | |
October 15 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! | Post-rock | Constellation | [469] | |
The HAARP Machine | Disclosure | Progressive death metal | Sumerian | Al Mu'min | [470] | |
Jake Bugg | Jake Bugg | Indie folk, indie rock | Mercury Records | Iain Archer, Mike Crossey, Matt Prime, Crispin Hunt, Jason Hart | [471] | |
My Dying Bride | A Map of All Our Failures | Doom metal | Peaceville Records | [472] | ||
October 16 | Anberlin | Vital | Rock, alternative | Universal Republic | Aaron Sprinkle | [473] |
Donald Fagen | Sunken Condos | Jazz-funk | Reprise Records | Donald Fagen, Michael Leonhart | [474] | |
In Fear and Faith | In Fear and Faith | Rise | [475] | |||
Mac DeMarco | 2 | Captured Tracks | Mac DeMarco | [476] | ||
ZZ Ward | Til the Casket Drops | Blues rock, hip hop, R&B, soul | Hollywood | Blended Babies, Theron 'Neff-U' Feemster, Michael 'Fitz' Fitzpatrick, Ludwig Göransson, Brent Kutzle, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Ryan Tedder | [477] | |
October 22 | Bridgit Mendler | Hello My Name Is.. | Pop, soul | Hollywood | [478] | |
Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap | Top Dawg, Aftermath, Interscope | Dr. Dre, The Neptunes, Scoop DeVille, THC, Sounwave, Tommy Black, Tae Beast, Willie B, Dave Free, Iman Omari, and Terrace Martin | [479] | |
Stone Sour | House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 | Alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal | Roadrunner | David Bottrill | [480] | |
Taylor Swift | Red | Pop rock, country pop | Big Machine Records | Jeff Bhasker, Scott Borchetta | [481] | |
October 23 | Anaal Nathrakh | Vanitas | Black metal, grindcore, death metal, industrial metal | Candlelight | Mick Kenney | [482] |
P.O.S | We Don't Even Live Here | Alternative hip hop | Rhymesayers Entertainment | P.O.S, Lazerbeak, Andrew Dawson, Cecil Otter, Patric Russell, Ryan Olson, Boys Noize, Housemeister | [483] | |
The Sword | Apocryphon | Heavy metal, doom metal | Razor & Tie | J. Robbins, The Sword | [484] | |
October 24 | Kylie Minogue | The Abbey Road Sessions | Orchestral | Parlophone | Steve Anderson, Colin Elliot | [485] |
October 26 | Calvin Harris | 18 Months | Electro house, synth-pop | Dillon Francis, Calvin Harris, Mark Knight, James F. Reynolds, Nicky Romero | [486] | |
October 30 | Cody Chesnutt | Landing on a Hundred | R&B | Vibration Vineyard, One Little Indian | Cody ChesnuTT, Matthew John, Patrice Bart-Williams | [487] |
The Coup | Sorry to Bother You | Hip hop | Anti- | Boots Riley, Damion Gallegos | [488] | |
Esthero | Everything Is Expensive | Pop, jazz, folk | Esthero | Esthero, Chin Injeti, Adam 12, The Brothers Rise, Justin Trugman, Jamie Rise, Josh Lopez, Bartholomew | [489] | |
Flyleaf | New Horizons | Alternative metal , alternative rock, Christian rock | A&M Octone | Howard Benson | [490] | |
Meek Mill | Dreams and Nightmares | Hip hop | Maybach Music Group | Rick Ross, Black Metaphor, Boi-1da, Cardiak, Got Koke, Infamous, Jahlil Beats, Jordan Evans, Kane Beatz, Kenoe, Key Wane, Lee Major, Matthew Burnett, The Agency, The Beat Bully, The Mad Violinist, The Renegades, Tommy Brown, Travis Sayles, Young Shun | [491] | |
Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Psychedelic Pill | Psychedelic rock, hard rock, folk rock | Reprise | Neil Young, John Hanlon, Mark Humphreys | [492] | |
Neurosis | Honor Found in Decay | Post-metal | Neurot, Relapse | Steve Albini, Neurosis | [493] | |
Thrice | Anthology | Alternative, post-hardcore | Staple Records | [494] | ||
October 31 | Ne-Yo | R.E.D. | R&B, hip hop, pop | Motown | Stargate, Salaam Remi, No I.D., Jim Jonsin, The Underdogs, Harvey Mason, Chuck Harmony, David Banner, Eric Hudson, Shea Taylor | [495] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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November 5 | Robbie Williams | Take the Crown | Pop rock | Island | [496] | |
Rolo Tomassi | Astraea | Mathcore, experimental rock | Destination Moon | Jason Sanderson, Rolo Tomassi | [497] | |
Thee Faction | Singing Down the Government, or, The War of Position and How We're Winning It | Garage rock | Soviet Beret | Smiley, Ian Shaw | [498] | |
November 6 | Aerosmith | Music from Another Dimension! | Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal | Columbia | Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Marti Frederiksen | [499] |
E-40 and Too Short | History: Function Music | Hip hop | Heavy on the Grind Entertainment, EMI | [500] | ||
E-40 and Too Short | History: Mob Music | Hip hop | Heavy on the Grind Entertainment, EMI | [501] | ||
November 7 | Boom Boom Satellites | Remixed | Electronica, rock | Sony Music Japan | [502] | |
Crystal Castles | (III) | [503] | ||||
November 9 | Anastacia | It's a Man's World | Rock, pop | BMG | Glen Ballard | [504] |
Christina Aguilera | Lotus | Pop, dance | RCA | Max Martin, Alex da Kid, Shellback, Chris Braide, busbee, Mike Del Rio, Jayson DeZuzio, Dem Jointz, Jason Gilbert, Jamie Hartman, Aeon 'Step' Manahan, Lucas Secon, Steve Robson, Supa Dups, Tracklacers | [505] | |
Green Day | ¡Dos! | Punk rock, pop punk, garage rock | Reprise | Rob Cavallo | [506] | |
Lana Del Rey | Paradise | Baroque pop, trip hop | Interscope | Rick Nowels, Rick Rubin | [507] | |
Lorentz & Sakarias | Himlen är som mörkast när stjärnorna lyser starkast | Baseline Music | [508] | |||
November 12 | Deftones | Koi No Yokan | Alternative metal, experimental rock | Reprise | Nick Raskulinecz | [509] |
Eivind Aarset | Dream Logic | Nu jazz | ECM | Jan Bang | [510] | |
November 13 | Aaron Lewis | The Road | Rock, country | Blaster Records | Aaron Lewis, James Stroud | [511] |
The Babies | Our House on the Hill | Indie rock | Woodsist | Rob Barbato | [512] | |
Soundgarden | King Animal | Alternative metal, grunge, psychedelic rock | Seven Four Entertainment, Republic | Adam Kasper, Soundgarden | [513] | |
Travis Barker and Yelawolf | Psycho White | Rap rock, alternative hip hop, horrorcore, reggae | LaSalle, Killer Distribution | Travis Barker, Yelawolf, Mix Master Mike | [514] | |
Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston | R&B, pop, soul, dance | RCA | [515] | ||
November 16 | The Seekers | The Golden Jubilee Album | Folk music, world music, folk rock | EMI Music Australia | [516] | |
Kelly Clarkson | Greatest Hits – Chapter One | Pop, pop rock | RCA, 19 | Max Martin, Luke Gottwald, Greg Kurstin, Rhett Lawrence, Ryan Tedder, Ben Moody, David Hodges, Jimmy Messer, David Kahne, Brian Kennedy, Ester Dean, Dante Jones, John Shanks, Raine Maida, Stephen Ferrera, Dann Huff, Steve Mac, Kara DioGuardi, Michael Knox, Sound Kollectiv, Thuy-An Julien | [517] | |
Pitbull | Global Warming | Pop, R&B | RCA, Mr. 305 | [518] | ||
November 19 | AC/DC | Live at River Plate | Rock | Columbia | [519] | |
Example | The Evolution of Man | Alternative hip hop, electro, dubstep | Ministry of Sound, Data | [520] | ||
Little Mix | DNA | Pop | Syco | TMS, Future Cut, Steve Mac, Jarrad Rogers, Richard 'Biff' Stannard, Ash Howes, Jon Levine, Xenomania, Fred Ball, Pegasus, Dapo Torimiro | [521] | |
Phillip Phillips | The World from the Side of the Moon | Folk rock, alternative rock | Interscope, 19 | Drew Pearson, Gregg Wattenberg | [522] | |
Rihanna | Unapologetic | Pop, R&B | Def Jam, SRP Records | Eric Bellinger, Sean Garrett, Swedish House Mafia, Labrinth, David Guetta | [523] | |
November 20 | Woe, Is Me | Genesi[s] | Metalcore, post-hardcore | Rise, Velocity | [524] | |
November 30 | Kesha | Warrior | Pop | RCA, Kemosabe | Dr. Luke | [525] |
Tulisa | The Female Boss | Pop, dance | Island, AATW | [526] |
Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Producer | Ref. |
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December 3 | Mylène Farmer | Monkey Me | Dance-pop, synth-pop, pop rock | Polydor | Laurent Boutonnat | [527] |
December 4 | Wiz Khalifa | O.N.I.F.C. | Hip hop | Atlantic | Sledgren | [528] |
December 7 | Bruno Mars | Unorthodox Jukebox | Pop, R&B, rock, soul | Atlantic | The Smeezingtons, Jeff Bhasker, Benny Blanco, Diplo, Paul Epworth, Emile Haynie, Mark Ronson, Supa Dups | [529] |
Green Day | ¡Tré! | Punk rock | [530] | |||
December 11 | The Game | Jesus Piece | West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap | [531] | ||
Lifehouse | Almería | Southern rock, acoustic music, country rock | Geffen | [532] | ||
December 18 | T.I. | Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head | Atlantic | Pharrell Williams | [533] | |
December 21 | Flotsam and Jetsam | Ugly Noise | Thrash metal, progressive metal | [534] | ||
Minuit | Last Night You Saw This Band | Electronic | Dollhouse Records | Ryan Beehre, Paul Dodge | [535] | |
December 24 | Wale | Folarin | Hip hop | [536] |