Essential UK Rock Album Index
A genre-by-genre index of 72 curated albums. Editorial notes remain in the app.
British Invasion / Merseybeat
- Please Please MeThe Beatles · 1963
- A Hard Day's NightThe Beatles · 1964
- The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation SocietyThe Kinks · 1968
- My GenerationThe Who · 1965
- Out of Our HeadsThe Rolling Stones · 1965
Blues Rock
- Beggars BanquetThe Rolling Stones · 1968
- Disraeli GearsCream · 1967
- Roger the EngineerThe Yardbirds · 1966
- Then Play OnFleetwood Mac · 1969
- Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin · 1969
Psychedelic Rock
- The Piper at the Gates of DawnPink Floyd · 1967
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Beatles · 1967
- Their Satanic Majesties RequestThe Rolling Stones · 1967
- Ogdens' Nut Gone FlakeSmall Faces · 1968
- A Saucerful of SecretsPink Floyd · 1968
Progressive Rock
- In the Court of the Crimson KingKing Crimson · 1969
- Close to the EdgeYes · 1972
- Selling England by the PoundGenesis · 1973
- AqualungJethro Tull · 1971
- Brain Salad SurgeryEmerson, Lake & Palmer · 1973
Hard Rock
- Led Zeppelin IVLed Zeppelin · 1971
- Machine HeadDeep Purple · 1972
- A Night at the OperaQueen · 1975
- WhitesnakeWhitesnake · 1987
- Who's NextThe Who · 1971
Heavy Metal (incl. NWOBHM)
- ParanoidBlack Sabbath · 1970
- British SteelJudas Priest · 1980
- The Number of the BeastIron Maiden · 1982
- Ace of SpadesMotörhead · 1980
- HysteriaDef Leppard · 1987
Glam Rock
- Electric WarriorT. Rex · 1971
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsDavid Bowie · 1972
- Roxy MusicRoxy Music · 1972
- Aladdin SaneDavid Bowie · 1973
- Queen IIQueen · 1974
Punk Rock
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex PistolsSex Pistols · 1977
- The ClashThe Clash · 1977
- Damned Damned DamnedThe Damned · 1977
- Another Music in a Different KitchenBuzzcocks · 1978
- In the CityThe Jam · 1977
Post-Punk / New Wave
- Unknown PleasuresJoy Division · 1979
- Outlandos d'AmourThe Police · 1978
- JujuSiouxsie and the Banshees · 1981
- Seventeen SecondsThe Cure · 1980
- Power, Corruption & LiesNew Order · 1983
Gothic Rock
- In the Flat FieldBauhaus · 1980
- FloodlandThe Sisters of Mercy · 1987
- DisintegrationThe Cure · 1989
- HyaenaSiouxsie and the Banshees · 1984
- The NephilimFields of the Nephilim · 1988
Madchester
- The Stone RosesThe Stone Roses · 1989
- Pills 'n' Thrills and BellyachesHappy Mondays · 1990
- Some FriendlyThe Charlatans · 1990
- Gold MotherJames · 1990
Shoegaze
- LovelessMy Bloody Valentine · 1991
- Isn't AnythingMy Bloody Valentine · 1988
- SouvlakiSlowdive · 1993
- NowhereRide · 1990
Britpop
- (What's the Story) Morning Glory?Oasis · 1995
- ParklifeBlur · 1994
- Different ClassPulp · 1995
- SuedeSuede · 1993
- Urban HymnsThe Verve · 1997
Alternative / Indie Rock
- OK ComputerRadiohead · 1997
- Origin of SymmetryMuse · 2001
- A Rush of Blood to the HeadColdplay · 2002
- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm NotArctic Monkeys · 2006
- Hounds of LoveKate Bush · 1985
Other (folk rock, pub rock, etc.)
- Brothers in ArmsDire Straits · 1985
- RumoursFleetwood Mac · 1977
- Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton John · 1973
- Every Picture Tells a StoryRod Stewart · 1971