National Album Day has unveiled a special slate of exclusive limited edition releases to mark this year’s event, taking place on Saturday, October 18. Now in its eighth year, the annual celebration will focus on rock music, bringing together a mix of classic reissues and contemporary albums available through independent and specialist music stores across the UK as well as online. Many of the titles are already available for pre-order.
Launched in 2018 by the BPI and ERA with BBC Radio 2 as broadcast partner, National Album Day was created to spotlight the enduring cultural impact of the album format. Since its debut, vinyl sales have surged by a staggering 3163% over 17 years, proving the format’s continued relevance. Earlier this week, Wolf Alice, Architects, Nova Twins, and Iron Maiden were announced as official Album Champions for the 2025 edition, highlighting their support for a genre that continues to dominate vinyl sales, accounting for more than half of all Official Chart vinyl album sales in 2024.
This year’s lineup features 60 collectible records, many pressed on limited edition coloured vinyl. Among the highlights is the 50th anniversary edition of Queen’s landmark 1975 album A Night At The Opera, featuring the timeless anthem “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Other notable inclusions are Amy Macdonald’s 2010 sophomore release A Curious Thing, The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy, Teenage Fanclub’s Grand Prix, and Welsh entries from Stereophonics (Language. Sex. Violence. Other?) and Manic Street Preachers (This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours). Punk and new wave are represented with Sex Pistols’ Never Mind The Bollocks and The Stranglers’ Rattus Norvegicus.
Several other albums celebrating their golden anniversaries are also included, such as Patti Smith’s groundbreaking debut Horses, Status Quo’s On The Level, and Steve Hillage’s Fish Rising. Fans can also look forward to reissues from music legends including Elvis Presley (From Elvis in Memphis), Lou Reed (Transformer), Jimi Hendrix (Axis: Bold As Love), and The Rolling Stones (Their Satanic Majesties Request). Contemporary additions come from SKIN, Kasabian, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Liam Gallagher’s As You Were, ensuring a balance of heritage and modernity.
With such a wide-reaching list of releases, National Album Day 2025 promises to be another unmissable moment for fans and collectors alike, offering a chance to celebrate rock’s storied past and its vibrant present. A full list of titles is available via National Album Day or you can skim the list below:
Allman Brothers – Idlewild South
Amy MacDonald – A Curious Thing
Architects – Holy Hell
Architects – Lost Forever // Lost Together
Avenged Sevenfold – The Stage
Badfinger – Magic Christian Music
Bill Wyman – Stone Alone
Black Mountain – Black Mountain
Dinosaur Jr – Swap It Into Space
Elvis Presley – From Elvis In Memphis
Ghost – Meliora
Good Charlotte – The Young And The Hopeless
Hole – Live Through This
Hope Of The States – The Lost Riots
Ian Gillan Band – Live From The Budokan
Iggy & The Stooges – Raw Power 1LP classic version
Iggy Pop – The Idiot
Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold As Love
John Lees' Barclay James Harvest – Relativity
Judas Priest – Painkiller
Kasabian – Empire
Kiss – Love Gun
Liam Gallagher- As You Were
Lou Reed – Transformer
Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying and the Dead
Mozart Estate- Tower Block In A Jam Jar
New Model Army – Thunder and Consolation
Patti Smith – Horses
Porridge Radio – Every Bad (Deluxe)
Procol Harum – Procol Harum (Reissue)
Queen – A Night At The Opera
Reef – Replenish
Sabaton – Legends
Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks
SKIN – Fake Chemical State
Status Quo – On The Level (50th Anniversary)
Stereophonics – Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
Steve Hillage – Fish Rising (50th Anniversary Edition) (Reissue)
T. Rex – Bolan's Zip Gun (50th Anniversary)
T'Pau – Bridge Of Spies
Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
The Band – The Band
The Coral – The Invisible Invasion
The Fall – The Unutterable (Reissue)
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy (Colour Vinyl)
The Mission – Blue
The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request
The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus (Translucent Green Vinyl)
The Vaccines – What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?
The Verve – A Northern Soul
UFO – Phenomenon
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
Yes – Ready To Fly (Return Trip) (Reissue)
Yes – Big Generator
