List of 2014 albums

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List of albums released

The following is a list of albums released in 2014.

First quarter

January

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
January 1	Del the Funky Homosapien	Iller Than Most	Hip hop		Del the Funky Homosapien	[1]
January 3	Legion of the Damned	Ravenous Plague	Death metal, thrash metal	Napalm	Andy Classen, Legion of the Damned
	Pixies	EP2	Alternative rock, indie rock		Gil Norton	[2]
January 6	Iced Earth	Plagues of Babylon	Heavy metal	Century Media	Jon Schaffer	[3]
	Jan Gunnar Hoff	Fly North	Jazz	Losen	Arve Henriksen, Jan Gunnar Hoff	[4]
	TVXQ	Tense	K-pop, R&B, dance, neo soul	S.M. Entertainment	Hiro Doi, Hitchhiker, Hwang Hyun, Kenzie, Lee Soo-man, Yoo Young-jin	[5]
January 7	Kid Ink	My Own Lane	Hip hop	RCA, Tha Alumni Music Group, 88 Classic	Arthur McArthur, Cardiak, Danja, Devin Cruise, DJ Ill Will, DJ Mustard, Mike DZL, The Futuristics, J Grand, Jonathan Lauture, KB, Larrance Dopson, Lasanna Harris, Lifted, M-Millz, Mikhail, N4, Ned Cameron, The Optimist, The Runners, Sham "Sak Pase" Joseph, soFly and Nius, Soundz
	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	Wig Out at Jagbags	Indie rock	Matador	Remko Schouten	[6]
January 10	Arve Henriksen	Chron	Electronica, jazz	Rune Grammofon	Arve Henriksen	[7]
January 13	East India Youth	Total Strife Forever	Electronic	Stolen		[8]
January 14	Bruce Springsteen	High Hopes	Rock, alternative rock, funk rock, hard rock	Columbia	Ron Aniello, Brendan O'Brien, Bruce Springsteen	[9]
	The Crystal Method	The Crystal Method	Trip hop, electronica, alternative dance	Tiny e Records
	James Vincent McMorrow	Post Tropical	Folk, indie folk	Vagrant		[10]
	Switchfoot	Fading West	Alternative rock, pop	lowercase people, Atlantic	Jon Foreman, Neal Avron, Tim Foreman	[11]
January 17	Alcest	Shelter	Post-rock, shoegazing, dream pop	Prophecy Productions	Birgir Jón Birgisson, MK
	Tord Gustavsen Quartet	Extended Circle	Jazz	ECM	Manfred Eicher	[12]
	Warpaint	Warpaint	Indie rock, dream pop	Rough Trade	Flood, Nigel Godrich	[13]
January 20	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Wanderlust	Pop, folk	EBGB's	Ed Harcourt	[14]
January 21	Against Me!	Transgender Dysphoria Blues	Punk rock	Total Treble Music	Laura Jane Grace	[15]
	Hard Working Americans	Hard Working Americans	Rock	Three Tigers / Melvin Records	Todd Snider, Dave Schools	[16]
	Ice Nine Kills	The Predator Becomes the Prey	Metalcore, post-hardcore	Outerloop, Fearless	Steve Sopchak	[17]
	Mogwai	Rave Tapes	Post-rock, electronic music	Rock Action	Paul Savage	[18]
	Monte Pittman	The Power of Three	Metal	Metal Blade	Flemming Rasmussen	[19]
	Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra	Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything	Post-rock, punk rock	Constellation		[20]
	Step Brothers	Lord Steppington	Hip hop	Rhymesayers	The Alchemist, Evidence	[21]
	Ty Dolla Sign	Beach House EP	Hip hop, R&B	Atlantic, Taylor Gang, Pu$haz Ink	Cardo, D.R.U.G.S., D'Mile, DJ Mustard, Mickley Adam, Mike Free, Ty Dolla Sign, Wiz Khalifa, Young Chop
	Young the Giant	Mind over Matter	Alternative rock	Fueled by Ramen	Justin Meldal-Johnsen	[22]
January 22	AKB48	Tsugi no Ashiato	J-pop	King	Yasushi Akimoto	[23]
January 24	Primal Fear	Delivering the Black	Power metal, heavy metal	Frontiers	Mat Sinner	[24]
January 27	Hildegunn Øiseth	Valencia	Jazz	Losen		[25]
	Mike Oldfield	Man on the Rocks	Rock	Virgin EMI	Mike Oldfield, Stephen Lipson	[26]
	Transatlantic	Kaleidoscope	Progressive rock	Inside Out, Radiant Records, Metal Blade	Transatlantic	[27]
	You Me at Six	Cavalier Youth	Alternative rock, pop-rock, rock	Virgin, Prospect Park, BMG	Neal Avron, Terry Hemmings
January 28	Casting Crowns	Thrive	CCM, Christian rock, worship	Beach Street, Reunion	Mark A. Miller
	Dave Barnes	Golden Days	Acoustic rock, pop, Southern rock	50 Year Plan Records
	David Crosby	Croz	Rock	Blue Castle Records	Daniel Garcia
	Down with Webster	Party for Your Life	Rap rock, hip hop, pop rock	Universal Music
	Dum Dum Girls	Too True	Indie pop	Sub Pop	Richard Gottehrer, Sune Rose Wagner
	Jamie Grace	Ready to Fly	CCM, Christian hip hop, R&B	Gotee	Christopher Stevens, Chuck Butler, David Garcia	[28]
	The Lawrence Arms	Metropole	Punk rock	Epitaph	Matt Allison, The Lawrence Arms	[29]
	The New Mendicants	Into the Lime	Indie rock	XPT Records	Norman Blake, Joe Pernice, Mike Belitsky	[30]
	Of Mice & Men	Restoring Force	Metalcore, nu metal	Rise	David Bendeth
	Periphery	Clear	Progressive metal, djent	Sumerian	Matt Halpern, Spencer Sotelo, Taylor Larson
	Quilt	Held in Splendor	Indie folk, psychedelic folk	Mexican Summer	Jarvis Taveniere
January 31	Broken Bells	After the Disco	Indie rock, alternative rock, space rock	Columbia	Danger Mouse	[31]
	Within Temptation	Hydra	Symphonic metal, power metal, gothic metal	Nuclear Blast, Dramatico, BMG, Universal Music	Daniel Gibson, Juno Jimmink, Martijn Spierenburg, Robert Westerholt	[32]

February

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
February 3	Augustines	Augustines	Indie rock	Votiv, Caroline International	Peter Katis
	Behemoth	The Satanist	Death metal, black metal	Nuclear Blast, Metal Blade, Mystic, Victor Entertainment, EVP Recordings	Behemoth, Daniel Bergstrand, Wojciech Wiesławski, Sławomir Wiesławski	[33][34]
	Katy B	Little Red	EDM, electronica, house, dubstep	Columbia, Sony Music	Al Shux, The Arcade, Fraser T Smith, Geeneus, George FitzGerald, Huxley, The Invisible Men, Jacques Greene, Joker, M. J. Cole, Moto Blanco, Route 94, Sampha
	Maxïmo Park	Too Much Information	Indie rock	V2, Daylighting	Maxïmo Park, Dave Okumu, Duncan Lloyd, Field Music	[35]
February 4	A. J. Croce	Twelve Tales	Rock, americana	Compass	Allen Toussaint, "Cowboy" Jack Clement, Mitchell Froom, Greg Cohen, Tony Berg, Kevin Killen	[36]
	Bombay Bicycle Club	So Long, See You Tomorrow	Indie rock, indietronica, alternative dance	Island, Vagrant	Ben H. Allen, Jack Steadman
	Gardens & Villa	Dunes	Indie rock	Secretly Canadian	Tim Goldsworthy
	Paul Rodgers	The Royal Sessions	Blues, soul	429, Pie Records	Perry A. Margouleff
	Toni Braxton & Babyface	Love, Marriage & Divorce	R&B, pop, soul	Motown	Babyface, Antonio Dixon, The Rascals	[37]
	Xiu Xiu	Angel Guts: Red Classroom	Art rock, experimental, synthpop	Polyvinyl	John Congleton
	Young Fathers	Dead	Alternative hip hop, alternative R&B	Anticon, Big Dada	Young Fathers
February 5	Temples	Sun Structures	Alternative rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock	Heavenly	James Bagshaw	[38]
February 7	John Butler Trio	Flesh & Blood	Folk	Jarrah, MGM	John Butler
	Neil Finn	Dizzy Heights	Alternative rock	Lester Records	Dave Fridmann
February 11	†††	†††	Electronic rock, dream pop, electronica	Sumerian	Crosses, Shaun Lopez	[39]
	Eric Church	The Outsiders	Country, Southern rock	EMI Nashville	Jay Joyce
	The Glitch Mob	Love Death Immortality	Electronic, glitch	Glass Air	edIT, Boreta, Ooah
	Sun Kil Moon	Benji	Folk rock	Caldo Verde	Mark Kozelek
February 12	Dead by April	Let the World Know	Melodic metalcore	Universal Music	Pontus Hjelm
February 14	Bonaparte	Bonaparte	Pop, punk rock	Bonaparte, Staatsakt	Andy Baldwin, Tim Fite, Tobias Jundt
	Cibo Matto	Hotel Valentine	Trip hop, indie pop, shibuya-kei	Chimera Music	Miho Hatori, Yuka Honda
	Cynic	Kindly Bent to Free Us	Progressive rock, jazz fusion, progressive metal	Season of Mist	Paul Masvidal, Sean Malone, Sean Reinert
	JoJo	LoveJo	Gospel, R&B, pop, soul	Atlantic	Da Internz, Stevie Mackey
	Mýa	With Love	R&B, soul	Planet 9	Mýa Harrison, Yonny, Antione Hart, Squat
	The Presidents of the United States of America	Kudos to You!	Alternative rock	PUSA Inc., Burnside Records	Martin Feveyear, The Presidents of the United States of America
	The Presidents of the United States of America	Thanks for the Feedback	Alternative rock	PUSA Inc., Burnside Records	Martin Feveyear
February 17	Angel Olsen	Burn Your Fire for No Witness	Indie rock, Alternative country, Folk	Jagjaguwar	John Congleton
	Boyzone	Love Me for a Reason – The Collection	Pop, pop rock	Spectrum	Absolute, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Greg Wells, Ian Curnow, Jim Steinman, Jon Douglas, Mac, Mike Mangini, Nigel Wright, Phil Harding, Ray Hedges, Stephen Lipson
	Jesca Hoop	Undress	Acoustic music	Last Laugh Records, Republic of Music	Jesca Hoop	[40]
	Nina Nesbitt	Peroxide	Folk pop	Island	Alex Smith, Iain Archer, Jake Gosling, James Earp, Matt Furmidge, Nina Nesbitt, Steve Mac	[41]
February 18	Candice Glover	Music Speaks	R&B, soul	19, Interscope	Anthony Taylor, Apex, The Co-Captains, D'Mile, Da Internz, Darkchild, Harvey Mason, Jr., Hot Sauce, The Jackie Boyz, Jevon Hill, Macs & Vans, Mike Will Made It, P-Nasty, Rob Kleiner, Rock City, The Underdogs	[42]
	I Killed the Prom Queen	Beloved	Melodic metalcore	Epitaph	Björn Strid, Fredrik Nordström	[43]
	Issues	Issues	Metalcore, nu metal	Rise	Kris Crummett, Matt Malpass, Nylo, Ty "Scout" Acord
	Kevin Seconds	Off Stockton		Rise		[44]
	Lake Street Dive	Bad Self Portraits	Pop, blue-eyed soul	Signature Sounds	Gudrun Cuillo, Robert Cuillo, Sam Kassirer	[45]
	Phantogram	Voices	Electronica, Trip hop , Indie pop	Republic	John Hill, Phantogram
February 20	Raimundos	Cantigas de Roda	Hardcore punk, punk rock, ska		Billy Graziadei
February 21	Beck	Morning Phase	Alternative rock, folk rock, country rock	Capitol	Beck
	Markus Schulz	Scream 2	Trance	Armada		[46]
	Papa vs Pretty	White Deer Park	Rock, indie rock, alternative rock	Peace & Riot, EMI	Dave Trumfio	[47]
February 24	Arthur Beatrice	Working Out	Indie rock	Polydor	Arthur Beatrice	[48]
	Girls' Generation	Mr.Mr.	K-pop	S.M. Entertainment, KMP Holdings	Lee Soo-man
	RuPaul	Born Naked	Dance, electronic, Bounce	RuCo Inc.	Jared Jones, Lucian Piane, Matt Pop, René Dif	[49]
	Russian Red	Agent Cooper	Folk pop	Sony Music Spain	Joe Chiccarelli	[50]
	Wild Beasts	Present Tense	Indie rock	Domino	Lexxx, Leo Abrahams, Wild Beasts	[51]
February 25	Dierks Bentley	Riser	Country	Capitol Nashville	Ross Copperman, Arturo Buenahora Jr.
	The Fray	Helios	Pop rock	Epic	Ryan Tedder, Stuart Price	[52]
	Kid Cudi	Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon	Alternative hip hop	Wicked Awesome, Republic	Kid Cudi, WZRD, Dot da Genius	[53]
	St. Vincent	St. Vincent	Indie pop, art rock, baroque pop	Loma Vista, Republic	John Congleton
	Schoolboy Q	Oxymoron	West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap	Top Dawg, Interscope	The Alchemist, Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, Boi-1da, Clams Casino, DJ Dahi, Dude Dawg, Gwen Bunn, JayFrance, LordQuest, Marz, The Maven Boys, Mike Will Made It, Nez & Rio, Pharrell Williams, Rocket, Schoolboy Q, Sounwave, SWiff D, Tae Beast, THC, Tyler, The Creator, Willie B
February 27	2NE1	Crush	K-pop, hip hop, R&B, electropop, dance-pop	YG	Teddy Park, CL	[54]
February 28	Lea Michele	Louder	Pop, dance, vocal	Columbia	Josh Abraham, Benny Blanco, Chris Braide, Scott Cutler, David Hodges, Matt Rad, The Messengers, The Monsters and the Strangerz, Colin Munroe, Oliver "Oligee" Goldstein, Ali Payami, John Shanks, Sir Nolan, Stargate, Sean Walsh	[55]

March

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
March 1	Calle 13	Multi_Viral	Latin, alternative hip hop, urban	El Abismo	Visitante	[56]
March 3	American Authors	Oh, What a Life	Indie rock, alternative rock	Mercury	Shep Goodman, Aaron Accetta
	Bigelf	Into the Maelstrom	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock	Inside Out		[57]
	Blood Red Shoes	Blood Red Shoes	Alternative rock, stoner rock	Jazz Life	Blood Red Shoes
	Pharrell Williams	G I R L	Hip hop, R&B, funk	Black Lot Music, Columbia	Pharrell Williams	[58]
	Rick Ross	Mastermind	Hip hop	Maybach, Slip-n-Slide, Def Jam	A+, Beats, Ben Billions, Bink!, Black Metaphor, Boi-1da, D-Rich, DaHeala, DJ Khaled, DJ Mustard, J. Manifest, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Kanye West, K.E. on the Track, Major Seven, Messy, Mike Dean, Mike Will Made It, Reefa, Rick Ross, Scott Storch, Sean Combs, StreetRunner, Timbaland, Vinny Venditto, Vinylz, The Weeknd
March 4	Ashanti	Braveheart	R&B	Written, eOne	12Keyz, Ashanti, Detail, DJ Clue?, Drone, E-Bass, Fresh, Jaramye Daniels, Kevin Randolph, L.T. Hutton, Mansur Zafr, Mista Raja Greene, Pierre Medor, Reefa, Rico Love, Teetimus, Timothy Bullock, Yusuf Sef Millz Alexander	[59]
	Destrage	Are You Kidding Me? No.	Heavy metal, alternative metal, progressive metal, mathcore	Metal Blade	Destrage, Imago Omnia
	Drive-By Truckers	English Oceans	Southern rock	ATO	David Barbe
	Eagulls	Eagulls	Alternative rock	Partisan	Matt Leeds	[60]
	Fuel	Puppet Strings	Post-grunge, hard rock	Megaforce	Eddie Wohl
	Real Estate	Atlas	Indie rock, jangle pop, dream pop	Domino	Tom Schick
March 5	Tohoshinki	Tree	J-pop, EBM, dance-pop, rock	Avex Trax	Andreas Stone Johansson, Daniel Rothmann, GL Music, hitchhiker, Lee Soo-man, Max Matsuura, Nam So-young, Obi Mhondera, Ryuhei Chiba, Sean Alexander, Steven Lee, Tim Hawes, Yoo Young-jin
March 7
	JTR	Touchdown	Pop, indie pop	Trinity Recordings, MGM	David Sonenberg	[61]
	MØ	No Mythologies to Follow	Electronic, indie pop, R&B, alternative dance	Chess Club, RCA Victor	Diplo, James Dring, August "ELOQ" Fenger, Ronni Vindahl	[62]
	Motorpsycho	Behind The Sun	Progrock	Rune Grammofon	Bent Sæther	[63]
March 10	Dan Croll	Sweet Disarray	Indie rock, pop rock	Deram	Charlie Hugall, Dan Croll, Joe Wills, Johan Hugo, Jon Gilmore, Liam Howe	[64]
	Elbow	The Take Off and Landing of Everything	Alternative rock, indie rock	V2, Fiction	Craig Potter
	Metronomy	Love Letters	Indietronica, indie pop, synthpop	Because	Ash Workman, Joseph Mount	[65]
March 11	311	Stereolithic	Alternative rock, reggae rock, rap rock	311 Records	Scotch Ralston	[66]
	Architects	Lost Forever // Lost Together	Metalcore	Epitaph, UNFD, New Damage	Fredrik Nordström, Henrik Udd	[67]
	Juanes	Loco de Amor	Pop rock, cumbia	Universal Music Latino	Fernando Tobón, Juanes, Steve Lillywhite, Steve Wildey
	Ozomatli	Place In The Sun	Latin rock, Chicano rock, world fusion, hip hop, funk	Vanguard	Robert Carranza, Ozomatli	[68]
March 12	The Pretty Reckless	Going to Hell	Hard rock	Razor & Tie	Kato Khandwala	[69]
March 14	Foster the People	Supermodel	Alternative rock, indie pop, neo-psychedelia	Columbia	Mark Foster, Paul Epworth
	George Michael	Symphonica	Pop	Aegean, Virgin EMI	David Austin, George Michael, Phil Ramone
	Kate Miller-Heidke	O Vertigo!	Pop, indie pop	Cooking Vinyl	John Castle	[70]
	Kylie Minogue	Kiss Me Once	Pop, dance-pop	Parlophone, Warner Bros.	Ariel Rechtshaid, Chris Loco, Cutfather, Daniel Heløy Davidsen, GoodWill & MGI, Greg Kurstin, Jesse Shatkin, Joshua "JD" Walker, Justin Raisen, Kylie Minogue, Mark Taylor, Mike Del Rio, MNEK, The Monsters and the Strangerz, Peter Wade, Peter Wallevik, Pharrell Williams, Sia Furler, Tommy Trash	[71]
	Skrillex	Recess	EDM	Big Beat, OWSLA, Atlantic	Alvin Risk, Chance The Rapper, Diplo, Kill The Noise, KillaGraham, Skrillex, The Social Experiment	[72]
March 17	Belinda Carlisle	The Collection	Pop	Demon Music Group	Andrew Farriss, Michael Lloyd, Ralph Schuckett, Rick Nowels	[73]
	I Am the Avalanche	Wolverines	Rock	I Surrender Records	The Ratt	[74]
March 18	Demon Hunter	Extremist	Christian metal, alternative metal, metalcore	Solid State	Jeremiah Scott, Aaron Sprinkle
	La Dispute	Rooms of the House	Post-hardcore, progressive rock, spoken word	Better Living, Big Scary Monsters	La Dispute, Will Yip	[75][76]
	Enrique Iglesias	Sex and Love	Latin pop, electropop	Republic	Alex P, Alex Smith, Carlos Paucar, The Cataracs, Cirkut, Descember Bueno, DJ Frank E, Dr. Luke, Mark Taylor, Marty James, Metrophonic, RedOne, Rickard Göransson, Rome, Romeo Santos, Sandy Vee, SoFly and Nius
	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Piñata	Hip hop	Madlib Invazion	Archibald Bonkers, Ben "Lambo" Lambert, Eothen Alapatt, Madlib	[77]
	Taking Back Sunday	Happiness Is	Alternative rock, pop rock	Hopeless	Marc Jacob Hudson, Mike Sapone, Ray Jeffrey
	Tycho	Awake	Ambient, post-rock	Ghostly International	Scott Hansen	[78]
	The War on Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Indie rock	Secretly Canadian	Adam Granduciel
	Wisin	El Regreso del Sobreviviente	Reggaeton, Latin pop, electropop	Sony Music	Hyde, Chris Jeday, El Profesor Gómez, Haze, Luny Tunes, Predikador, Tainy
	YG	My Krazy Life	West Coast hip hop	Pu$haz Ink, CTE World, Def Jam	B Wheezy, C-Ballin, Chordz, DJ Mustard, Metro Boomin, Mike Free, Sickamore, Terrace Martin, Ty Dolla $ign, YG, Young Jeezy
March 21	Lali Espósito	A Bailar	Pop, dance-pop	3musica, Sony Music, RCA	Pablo Akselrad, Luis Burgio, Gustavo Novello, Chapell
	Shakira	Shakira	Pop rock	RCA, Sony Latin	Adam Messinger, Battleroy, Billboard, Busbee, Cirkut, Dr. Luke, Fernando Garibay, Greg Kurstin, J2, John Hill, Kid Harpoon, Kosakovsky, Kuk Harrell, Luis Fernando Ochoa, Nasri, Shakira, Steve Mac,
March 23	Wolfmother	New Crown	Hard rock, blues rock		Andrew Stockdale
March 24	Animals as Leaders	The Joy of Motion	Progressive metal, djent	Sumerian	Adam "Nolly" Getgood, Misha Mansoor, Navene Koperweis	[79]
	Combichrist	We Love You	Aggrotech	Metropolis	Andy LaPleagua
	Future Islands	Singles	Synthpop	4AD	Chris Coady	[80]
	Jimi Goodwin	Odludek	Indie rock	Heavenly	Jimi Goodwin, Dan Austin	[81]
	Pixies	EP3	Indie rock, alternative rock		Gil Norton	[82]
	Yanni	Inspirato	Contemporary instrumental, easy listening, soft adult contemporary	Sony Classical	Yanni, Plácido Domingo, Ric Wake	[83]
March 25	The Hold Steady	Teeth Dreams	Rock	Razor & Tie	Nick Raskulinecz	[84]
	Johnny Cash	Out Among the Stars	Country	Columbia, Legacy	Billy Sherrill, John Carter Cash, Steve Berkowitz	[85]
	Karmin	Pulses	Pop, pop rock, dance-pop	Epic	The Elev3n, Dre Skull, Jon Jon, Kyle Shearer, Martin Johnson, The Messengers, Nathaniel Motte, Robert Marvin, Ryan Williamson, Sir Nolan	[86]
	Memphis May Fire	Unconditional	Metalcore	Rise	Cameron Mizell, Kellen McGregor
	Tokyo Police Club	Forcefield	Indie rock, indie pop, post-punk revival	Mom + Pop, Memphis Industries, Dine Alone	David Monks, Doug Boehm
	Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey	Going Back Home	Rhythm and blues, blues rock, hard rock	Chess	Dave Eringa
March 26	Elena Paparizou	One Life	Pop	Lionheart	Fredrik Sonefors, Henrik Wikström, Jakob "Jakke" Erixson, Jimmy Jansson, Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Nalle Ahlstedt, Oscar Holter
March 28	Architecture in Helsinki	NOW + 4EVA	Indie pop	Casual Workout	Architecture in Helsinki, François Tétaz, Haima Marriott	[87]
	Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses	Maelstrom	Electronica, jazz, progrock	Rune Grammofon	Stian Westerhus	[88]
March 31	Band of Skulls	Himalayan	Indie rock, hard rock, blues rock	Electric Blues Records	Nick Launay
	Kaiser Chiefs	Education, Education, Education & War	Indie rock, Britpop	Fiction, B-Unique, ATO	Ben H. Allen III, Cally, Richard Wilkinson
	Lacuna Coil	Broken Crown Halo	Gothic metal, alternative metal	Century Media	Jay Baumgardner	[89]
	Timber Timbre	Hot Dreams	Folk, blues	Arts & Crafts	Simon Trottier, Taylor Kirk	[90]

Second quarter

April

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
April 1	Chevelle	La Gárgola	Alternative metal, hard rock	Epic	Chevelle, Joe Barresi	[91]
	Chiodos	Devil	Post-hardcore, pop punk	Razor & Tie	David Bottrill, Michael Phillips	[92]
	Christina Perri	Head or Heart	Pop	Atlantic	Butch Walker, Jack Antonoff, Jake Gosling, John Hill, Martin Johnson	[93]
	Cloud Nothings	Here and Nowhere Else	Indie rock	Carpark, Wichita	John Congleton	[94]
	Fairweather	Fairweather	Rock	Equal Vision
	Mac DeMarco	Salad Days	Jangle pop, indie rock, psychedelic pop, lo-fi	Captured Tracks		[95]
	Manchester Orchestra	Cope	Indie rock	Loma Vista, Favorite Gentlemen	Dan Hannon, Manchester Orchestra	[96]
	Mobb Deep	The Infamous Mobb Deep	Hip hop, East Coast hip hop	Infamous Records, RED	The Alchemist, Beat Butcha, Boi-1da, Gabriel Lambirth, Havoc, Illmind, Karon Graham, Kaytranada, The Maven Boys, Michael Uzowuru, Mobb Deep, Om'Mas Keith, Salaam Remi, Seven Thomas	[97]
	Steel Panther	All You Can Eat	Glam metal, heavy metal, comedy rock	Open E Music	Jay Ruston, Steel Panther	[98]
	The Used	Imaginary Enemy	Alternative, post-hardcore	GAS Union, Hopeless	John Feldmann	[99]
	Weaves	Weaves	Indie pop	Buzz	Morgan Waters, David Newfeld	[100]
April 4	The Black Sorrows	Certified Blue	Rock, soul, blues, funk	Head Records	Joe Camilleri, John McAll	[101][102]
	For the Fallen Dreams	Heavy Hearts	Metalcore, melodic hardcore	Rise	Josh Schroeder
April 7	EMA	The Future's Void	Rock, folk-noise	City Slang		[103]
	LostAlone	Shapes of Screams	Rock	Graphite Records	Dan Weller	[104]
April 8	Black Label Society	Catacombs of the Black Vatican	Heavy metal	Mascot, eOne Music	Zakk Wylde
	James Durbin	Celebrate	Rock, hard rock, alternative, pop	Wind-up		[105]
	Jamie's Elsewhere	Rebel-Revive	Post-hardcore, metalcore, electronicore		Nick Sampson
	John Frusciante	Enclosure	Progressive synthpop, electronica, experimental rock	Record Collection	John Frusciante	[106]
	Joan Osborne	Love and Hate	Pop, rock	E1 Music	Joan Osborne, Jack Petruzzelli	[107][108]
	Off!	Wasted Years	Hardcore punk	Vice		[109]
	Todd Terje	It's Album Time	Electronic, nu-disco, space disco, bossa nova	Olsen Records	Todd Terje
April 11	Chet Faker	Built on Glass	Electronica	Future Classic, Opulent	Nick Murphy	[110]
	The Vamps	Meet the Vamps	Pop, pop rock, folk rock	Mercury, Virgin EMI	Alex Smith, Andrew Williams, Ben Harrison, Brian Rawling, Carl Falk, Danny Jones, David Bendeth, Espionage, Ibrahim "Ayb" Asmar, Jay Reynolds, Kristian Lundin, Mark Bates, Matt Prime, Paul Meehan, TMS, Tristan Evans	[111]
April 14	Ben Watt	Hendra	Acoustic, downtempo	Unmade Road	Ewan Pearson
	Paolo Nutini	Caustic Love	Soul, funk, pop rock	Atlantic	Dani Castelar, Dave Sardy, Leo Abrahams, Michael Bates, Paolo Nutini, Rollo Armstrong	[112]
April 15	The Afghan Whigs	Do to the Beast	Indie rock	Sub Pop	Greg Dulli
	Anubis Gate	Horizons	Progressive metal	Nightmare
	Bobby Rush with Blinddog Smokin'	Decisions	Funk, blues, soul	Silver Talon Records	Donny Markowitz	[113][114]
	Breathe Carolina	Savages	Electronic rock	Fearless	Ian Kirkpatrick	[115]
	Emmure	Eternal Enemies	Nu metal, metalcore	Victory	Joey Sturgis	[116]
	Ingrid Michaelson	Lights Out	Indie pop	Cabin 24		[117]
	Jason Derulo	Talk Dirty	Pop, R&B	Warner Bros., Beluga Heights	Ammo, Chloe Angelides, Jon Bellion, The Cataracs, Cirkut, DJ Mustard, Jim Beanz, Jonas Jeberg, Martin Johnson, Jared Lee, RedOne, Ricky Reed, Sam Sumser, Timbaland
	Pharoahe Monch	PTSD	Hip hop	W.A.R. Media, INgrooves	B.A.M., DJ Boogie Blind, Guy Routte, Jesse West, Lee Stone, The Lion Share, Marco Polo, Pharoahe Monch, Quelle Chris, The Stepkids	[118]
	Sevendust	Time Travelers & Bonfires	Acoustic rock	Asylum, 7Bros. Records	Sevendust	[119]
	Twiztid	Get Twiztid EP	Horrorcore
April 18	Kelis	Food	Electronic, soul	Ninja Tune	Dave Sitek
	Sebastian Bach	Give 'Em Hell	Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive metal	Frontiers	Bob Marlette
	Stream of Passion	A War of Our Own	Progressive metal, symphonic metal, gothic metal	PIAS, Rough Trade	Joost van den Broek
	Triggerfinger	By Absence of the Sun	Hard rock, blues rock	Excelsior	Triggerfinger, Greg Gordon
April 19	Green Day	Demolicious	Punk rock, pop punk, alternative rock, garage rock	Reprise		[120]
April 20	Jasmine Thompson	Another Bundle of Tantrums	Pop, alternative rock			[121]
April 21	Iggy Azalea	The New Classic	Hip hop	Def Jam, Virgin EMI	1st Down, The Arcade, GTA, The Invisible Men, Jester, The Messengers, Reeva & Black, Sarah Stennett, Stargate, T.I., Watch the Duck, WoodysProduce	[122]
	Keram	Come to Life	Alternative rock, indie rock, progressive rock, americana	Constant Change Music	Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Alex Lifeson, Josh Miles Joudrie, Dan Luperini	[123]
	Mýa	Sweet XVI	R&B, soul	Planet 9	Antione Hart, Desmond "BigheadDez" Peterson, Big Duke, John Elmore, Maurice "Velly" Conway, Mýa Harrison, Nate "Impact" Jolley, The Real Orlando, Terrell Sass, Yonni
April 22	Caparezza	Museica	Rap, hip hop	Universal
	Drake Bell	Ready Steady Go!	Rockabilly, rock and roll, pop	Surfdog	Peter Collins, Brian Setzer	[124]
	Eels	The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett	Indie rock	Vagrant	E
	Francesca Battistelli	If We're Honest	CCM, Christian AC	Word, Fervent	Ian Eskelin
	Future	Honest	Hip hop	A1, Freebandz, Epic	Boi-1da, Detail, DJ Spinz, J-Bo, Katalyst, Metro Boomin, Mike Will Made It, Mr. DJ, Nard & B, OG Taxx, Organized Noize, P-Nasty, Rocko, The Runners, soFly and Nius, Sonny Digital, Southside, TM88	[125]
	Jack Johnson	From Here To Now To You Live	Folk rock, soft rock	Brushfire		[126]
	Justin Rutledge	Daredevil	Folk rock, alternative country	Outside Music	Dean Drouillard	[127]
	Keb' Mo'	BLUESAmericana	Blues	Kind of Blue Music	Casey Wasner, Keb' Mo'	[128]
	Neon Trees	Pop Psychology	Alternative rock, electronic rock, indie rock, new wave	Mercury, Def Jam	Tim Pagnotta
	Rachele Lynae	Rachele Lynae	Country	Momentum Label Group	Jamie O'Neal	[129]
April 23	Prong	Ruining Lives	Groove metal, thrash metal	SPV/Steamhammer	Steve Evetts, Tommy Victor	[130][131]
	Winger	Better Days Comin'	Hard rock, progressive rock	Frontiers	Kip Winger, Jason Green, Dan Hubp
April 25	Damon Albarn	Everyday Robots	Indie rock	Parlophone, Warner Bros, XL	Damon Albarn, Richard Russell, Brian Eno
	Insomnium	Shadows of the Dying Sun	Melodic death metal, Progressive metal	Century Media	Insomnium, Teemu Aalto
	Miss May I	Rise of the Lion	Metalcore	Rise	Terry Date
April 28	Brody Dalle	Diploid Love	Punk rock, alternative rock		Alain Johannes, Brody Dalle	[132]
	Pixies	Indie Cindy	Alternative rock	Pixiesmusic, PIAS	Gil Norton	[133]
April 29	Eli "Paperboy" Reed	Nights Like This	Soul, R&B	Warner Bros.
	Framing Hanley	The Sum of Who We Are	Rock	Imagen Records/ Independent Label Group
	Lindsey Stirling	Shatter Me	Classical crossover, EDM, symphonic rock	Decca, Universal Music	Kill Paris, Marko G, Rafii, Reuben Keeney, Robert DeLong, SILAS, Scott Gold	[134][135]
	Ray LaMontagne	Supernova	Folk rock	RCA	Dan Auerbach
	Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra	Hang On to Each Other	EDM	Constellation
	Whitechapel	Our Endless War	Deathcore	Metal Blade	Mark Lewis, Whitechapel
	Wye Oak	Shriek	Indie rock	Merge

May

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
May 1	Buzzcocks	The Way	Pop punk		Buzzcocks, David M. Allen	[136]
May 2	Anastacia	Resurrection	Pop rock	Sanctuary, BMG	Alex Geringas, Bill Malina, Jamie Hartman, Joachim Schluter, John Fields, Louis Biancaniello, Michael Biancaniello, Sam Watters, Toby Gad
	Boy Hits Car	All That Led Us Here	Rock, alternative	Eternal Sound Records
	Epica	The Quantum Enigma	Symphonic metal	Nuclear Blast	Joost van den Broek, Epica	[137]
	Lily Allen	Sheezus	Pop	Regal, Parlophone	Paul Beard, DJ Dahi, Fryars, Greg Kurstin, Shellback, Fraser T Smith	[138]
	Lykke Li	I Never Learn	Indie pop, indie rock, indie folk	LL	Greg Kurstin, Lykke Li, Björn Yttling	[139]
	Xandria	Sacrificium	Symphonic metal	Napalm	Joost van den Broek, Marco Heubaum	[140]
May 5	Brian Eno and Karl Hyde	Someday World	Electronic	Warp	Brian Eno, Fred Gibson	[141]
	Cradle of Filth	Total Fucking Darkness	Black metal	Mordgrimm	Dani Filth, Paul Ryan	[142]
	The Horrors	Luminous	Neo-psychedelia, post-punk, dream pop, electronica, krautrock	XL	Craig Silvey, The Horrors	[143]
May 6	Andrew Jackson Jihad	Christmas Island	Indie rock, folk punk, indie folk	SideOneDummy	John Congleton	[144]
	Atmosphere	Southsiders	Hip hop	Rhymesayers	Atmosphere	[145]
	Ben & Ellen Harper	Childhood Home	Blues rock, folk rock, americana	Prestige Folklore	Ben Harper, Ethan Allan, Jason Mozersky, Jesse Ingalls, Jimmy Paxson
	Natalie Merchant	Natalie Merchant	Soft rock, folk rock	Nonesuch	Natalie Merchant	[146]
	Santana	Corazón	Latin rock	RCA, Sony Latin Iberia	Afo Verde, Carlos Santana, The Cataracs, Cindy Blackman, Clive Davis, Emilio Estefan, Lester Mendez, Michael Vrionis, Miguel, Tom Corson	[147]
	Sarah McLachlan	Shine On	Pop rock, adult contemporary	Verve	Pierre Marchand, Bob Rock, Vincent Jones	[148]
May 9	The Beards	The Beard Album	Folk rock, comedy		Paul Pilsnekis, The Beards
	Michael Jackson	Xscape	Pop, R&B	MJJ, Epic	Babyface, Cory Rooney, Daniel Jones, Dr. Freeze, Giorgio Tuinfort, J-Roc, John Branca, John McClain, King Solomon Logan, L.A. Reid, Michael Jackson, Paul Anka, Rodney Jerkins, Stargate, Timbaland	[149]
	Killer Be Killed	Killer Be Killed	Groove metal, thrash metal, alternative metal, metalcore	Nuclear Blast	Josh Wilbur	[150]
	Tori Amos	Unrepentant Geraldines	Alternative rock, baroque pop	Mercury Classics	Marcel van Limbeek, Mark Hawley, Tori Amos	[151][152]
May 12	Blondie	Blondie 4(0) Ever	Dance-rock, new wave, dance-pop, synthpop	Noble ID	Matt Katz-Bohen, Kato Khandwala, Craig Leon, Jeff Saltzman. Chris Stein	[153]
	Chromeo	White Women	Electro-funk, electronic,	Last Gang	Chromeo, Kevin Kocher, Oligee
	Foxes	Glorious	Synthpop	RCA, Sign of the Times	Ben Preston, Future Cut, Ghostwriter, Jarrad Rogers, Liam Howe, Matt Wiggins, Mike Spencer, Utters	[154]
	Owen Pallett	In Conflict	Indie rock	Domino, Secret City	Owen Pallett	[155]
	Swans	To Be Kind	Art Rock, post-rock, noise rock, drone, experimental	Young God	Michael Gira	[156]
	Titãs	Nheengatu	Rock, pop rock	Som Livre	Cristina Doria, Rafael Ramos	[157]
May 13	Agalloch	The Serpent & the Sphere	Black metal, doom metal, neofolk	Profound Lore
	The Black Keys	Turn Blue	Garage rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock	Nonesuch	The Black Keys, Danger Mouse	[158]
	Boondox	Abaddon	Horrorcore Southern hip hop	Psychopathic	Mike E. Clark
	Little Dragon	Nabuma Rubberband	Trip hop, soul, pop	Because	Little Dragon, Robin Hannibal	[159]
	Mad Caddies	Dirty Rice	Ska	Fat Wreck Chords
	Mushroomhead	The Righteous & the Butterfly	Alternative metal, industrial metal, experimental metal	Megaforce	Bill Korecky, Steve Felton
	Only Crime	Pursuance	Melodic hardcore	Rise		[160]
May 14	Casualties of Cool	Casualties of Cool	Country rock, blues rock, ambient, alternative country	HevyDevy Records	Devin Townsend
	Navarone	Vim and Vigor	Hard rock, alternative rock, progressive rock	Suburban		[161]
May 16	Afrojack	Forget the World	Electro house, progressive house, hip house	Wall, PM:AM, Universal, Def Jam, Island	Afrojack, Andrew Kierszenbaum, Chantal Kreviazuk, D-Wayne, Dan Grech-Marguerat, DJ Buddha, Hugo Langras, Jared Leto, Leroy Styles, Polow da Don, Tearce Kizzo, Thomas Deelder	[162]
	Coldplay	Ghost Stories	Pop, synthpop	Parlophone, Atlantic	Avicii, Coldplay, Daniel Green, Jon Hopkins, Paul Epworth, Rik Simpson, Tim Bergling	[163]
May 19	Brantley Gilbert	Just as I Am	Country, rock	Valory Music	Dann Huff, Scott Borchetta
	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Revelation	Rock	A Records	Anton Newcombe	[164]
	Celine Dion	Céline une seule fois / Live 2013	Pop	Columbia	Julie Snyder
	Melanie Martinez	The Dollhouse	Alternative, indie pop, pop	Atlantic, Warner/Chappell	Kinetics & One Love, Robopop	[165]
	Phillip Phillips	Behind the Light	Pop rock	Interscope, 19	Derek Fuhrmann, Drew Pearson, Gregg Wattenberg, Lee Scurry, Phillip Phillips, Todd Clark	[166]
	Plaid	Reachy Prints	Electronic music, IDM	Warp	Plaid	[167]
	The Roots	...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin	Hip hop	Def Jam	Black Thought, D.D. Jackson, Damion Ward, Joseph Simmons, Karl Jenkins, Mike Jerz, Richard Nichols, Ray Angry, Trapzillas, Questlove, The Wurxs	[168]
	Various Artists	The Fault in Our Stars (soundtrack)	Pop rock, indie rock, synthpop	Atlantic	Josh Boone, Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Patrik Berger, Richard Evans, Stefan Gräslund, John Hill, Søren Løkke Juul, Season Kent, Lykke Li, Johnny McDaid, Ryan Rabin, Birdy, Kevin Weaver, Dan Wilson, Björn Yttling
May 23	Austin Mahone	The Secret	Pop, EDM	Chase, Cash Money, Republic	RedOne, Bryan "Birdman" Williams, Ronald "Slim" Williams, Rocco Valdes, David Abram, Michael Blumstein, Austin Mahone, Jimmy Joker, The Futuristics, Cook Classics, Fredrik Thomander, Tiny Island, Maejor Ali, Eddie Limon
	Cher Lloyd	Sorry I'm Late	Pop	Epic, Syco, Mr. Kanani	Benny Blanco, Marco "Mag" Borrero, Johan Carlsson, Jason Evigan, Jake Schmugge, Carl Falk, Oscar "OzGo" Görres, Oscar Holter, Savan Kotecha, Robert Marvin, Ilya, Shellback, Matt Squire, The Struts, Rami Yacoub, Jon Ketchum, Cher Lloyd, Jenaux	[169]
	Mariah Carey	Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse	R&B, soul	Def Jam	Brook D'Leau, Bryan-Michael Cox, Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper, Happy Perez, Hazebanga, Heatmyzer, Hit-Boy, James "Big Jim" Wright, Jermaine Dupri, Mariah Carey, Miguel, Mike Will Made It, Q-Tip, Rey Reel, Rodney Jerkins, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart
	Röyksopp and Robyn	Do It Again	Downtempo, synthpop, alternative dance, trip hop	Dog Triumph, Wall of Sound, Cooking Vinyl	Röyksopp, Robyn
May 26	Bury Tomorrow	Runes	Melodic metalcore	Nuclear Blast		[170]
	Sam Smith	In the Lonely Hour	Pop, soul	Capitol, Method	Craze & Hoax, Disclosure, Eg White, Fraser T Smith, Jimmy Napes, Joel Little, Jonathan Creek, Komi, Mojam, Naughty Boy, Rodney Jerkins, Steve Fitzmaurice, Two Inch Punch, Zane Lowe
May 27	7Seconds	Leave a Light On	Hardcore punk	Rise		[171]
	Jamie Lynn Spears	The Journey	Country	Sweet Jamie Music	Corey Crowder
	Jamie O'Neal	Eternal	Country	Shanachie	Jamie O'Neal, Rodney Good
	Powerman 5000	Builders of the Future	Electronic rock, industrial rock	T-Boy Records	Evan Rodaniche, Spider One
	The Ready Set	The Bad & The Better	Electropop, pop	Razor & Tie	Andrew Goldstein, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jordan Witzigreuter, Simon Wilcox
	Shiina Ringo	Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku	Rock, jazz, funk, pop	EMI Japan	Shiina Ringo

June

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
June 2	Clean Bandit	New Eyes	House, classical crossover, baroque pop, synthpop	Warner, Atlantic	Grace Chatto, Jack Patterson, Mark Ralph
	Kyla La Grange	Cut Your Teeth	Indie, electronica, synthpop	Epic	David Pye, Igor Haefeli, Jakwob, Jas Shaw, Kyla La Grange	[172]
	Sleep Party People	Floating	Dream pop, shoegazing, alternative rock	Blood and Biscuits
June 3	50 Cent	Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win	Hip hop	G-Unit, Caroline, Capitol	50 Cent, Charli Brown Beatz, Dawaun Parker, Dot N Pro, Dr. Dre, Frank Dukes, G Rocka, Jake One, Ky Miller, Kyle Justice, Mark Batson, Medi, Nascent, QB, Shamtrax, Soul Professa, Steve Alien, Swiff D, Ty Fyffe, The University	[173]
	Die Antwoord	Donker Mag	Rap	Zef Records	DJ Hi-Tek, DJ Muggs
	Hamilton Leithauser	Black Hours	Rock	Ribbon Music	Hamilton Leithauser, Paul Maroon, Rostam Batmanglij	[174]
	LP	Forever for Now	Alternative rock	Warner Bros., Warner Music	Claude Kelly, David Bassett, Isabella Summers, Josh Alexander, Justyn Pilbrow, Mike Del Rio, PJ Bianco, Rob Cavallo, Tim Pagnotta
	Lucy Hale	Road Between	Country, country pop	Hollywood	Mark Bright, Mike Daly	[175]
	Matisyahu	Akeda	Reggae, hip hop, alternative rock	Epic, Sony Music	Stu Brooks	[176]
	Megan and Liz	Simple Life	Country, country pop	Hidden Cow, Inc.		[177]
	Miranda Lambert	Platinum	Country	RCA Nashville	Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay, Glenn Worf
	Sage Francis	Copper Gone	Hip hop	Strange Famous	Cecil Otter, ALXNDRBRWN, James Hancock, Poindexter, Reanimator, Le Parasite, Buck 65, Prolyphic, Anders Parker, Alias, Dub Sonata, John Ash, Kurtis SP	[178]
June 4	Buck-Tick	Arui wa Anarchy	Rock	Lingua Sounda
June 6	The Amity Affliction	Let the Ocean Take Me	Post-hardcore, metalcore, melodic hardcore	Roadrunner	Will Putney
	First Aid Kit	Stay Gold	Indie folk	Columbia	Mike Mogis	[179][180]
	Nazareth	Rock 'n' Roll Telephone	Hard rock	Union Square Music
	Tesla	Simplicity	Heavy metal, hard rock	Tesla Electric Company Recording, Frontiers	Tesla, Tom Zutaut	[181]
June 9	Arch Enemy	War Eternal	Melodic death metal	Century Media	Arch Enemy	[182]
	Chlöe Howl	Chlöe Howl	Pop rock, synthpop	Columbia
	Kasabian	48:13	Indie rock	Sony Music	Sergio Pizzorno	[183]
	Tom Vek	Luck	Garage rock, alternative rock	Moshi Moshi		[184]
June 10	Jack White	Lazaretto	Blues rock, indie rock, country rock, folk rock	Third Man, Columbia	Jack White	[185]
	O.A.R.	The Rockville LP	Indie rock, roots rock	Vanguard		[186]
	Passenger	Whispers	Pop, soft rock	Nettwerk, Black Crow UK		[187]
	Popcaan	Where We Come From	Dancehall, pop	Mixpak	Dre Skull, Dubbel Dutch, Jaime Roberts, Anju Blaxx, Adde Instrumentals
	Say Anything	Hebrews	Rock	Equal Vision	Max Bemis
	Umphrey's McGee	Similar Skin	Progressive rock	Nothing Too Fancy Music	Gre Magers, Manny Sanchez
	The Word Alive	Real	Metalcore, post-hardcore	Fearless	Cameron Mizell, John Feldmann
June 13	Lana Del Rey	Ultraviolence	Desert rock, dream pop, psychedelic rock	Polydor, Interscope	Blake Stranathan, Dan Auerbach, Daniel Heath, Greg Kurstin, Lana Del Rey, Lee Foster, Paul Epworth, Rick Nowels	[188]
	Tiësto	A Town Called Paradise	EDM, progressive house, electro house, dance-pop	PM:AM	Alexei Misoul, Carl Falk, Dan Book, Dave Silcox, DBX, Dean Gillard, The Disco Fries, Firebeatz, Hardwell, John Amatiello, Justin Prime, Kaaze, Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Krewella, Matt Nash, Matt Ward, Matthew Koma, Oscar Holter, Rami Yacoub, Richard Furch, Sjoerd Janssen, Sultan + Shepard, Tiësto, Tommy Trash, Wouter Janssen	[189]
June 16	Klaxons	Love Frequency	Indietronica, electronica, dance-pop, new rave	Red Records		[190]
June 17	Deadmau5	while(1<2)	Electronica	Mau5trap, Astralwerks, Capitol	Joel Zimmerman	[191]
	Jennifer Lopez	A.K.A.	EDM, R&B, pop	Capitol	A. Chal, Antwan Thompson, Asia Bryant, Benny Medina, Charles "Chizzy" Stephens, Cory Rooney, Detail, DJ Mustard, Harmony Samuels, Ilya, Jennifer Lopez, Jovan JR Taylor, Leon Youngblood, Max Martin, Oakwud, Peter Carlsson, PopWansel, Qura Rankin, RedOne, Ryan "Ryghtous" Tedder, Sham, Steven Franks, TheAceFace69, Trevor Muzzy, Yonatan "xSDTRK" Ayal	[192]
	Linkin Park	The Hunting Party	Alternative metal, hard rock, rap rock	Warner Bros., Machine Shop	Brad Delson, Emile Haynie, Mike Shinoda, Rob Cavallo	[193]
	Pat Mastelotto & Tobias Ralph	ToPaRaMa	Experimental rock	7d Media Records	Pat Mastelotto	[194]
	Radio Moscow	Magical Dirt	Psychedelic rock, stoner rock	Alive Naturalsound
June 23	Ed Sheeran	x	Acoustic	Asylum, Atlantic	Benny Blanco, Ed Sheeran, Emile Haynie, Jake Gosling, Jeff Bhasker, Johnny McDaid, Kirsty Whalley, Peter Cobbin, Pharrell Williams, Rick Rubin
	For All Those Sleeping	Incomplete Me	Post-hardcore, metalcore	Fearless	Cameron Mizell	[195]
	G-Eazy	These Things Happen	Hip hop	RCA, BPG, RVG	Blackbear, Christoph Andersson, G-Eazy, Jay Ant, Jordan Evans, Matthew Burnett, Remo
	Jason Lancaster	As You Are	Alternative rock, pop rock	Outerloop	Zack Odom, Kenneth Mount	[196]
June 24	Ab-Soul	These Days...	Hip hop	Top Dawg	Blended Babies, Corin Roddick, Curtiss King, Dave Free, DJ Dahi, DNYC3, J. Cole, The Kathy, Kenny Beats, Larry Fisherman, Like, Rahki, Skhye Hutch, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Terrace Martin, Tommy Black	[197]
	Ace Frehley	Space Invader	Hard rock, heavy metal	E1 Music	Ace Frehley, Ken Gullic, Ronnie Mancuso, Warren Huart
	Corrosion of Conformity	IX	Stoner rock, heavy metal, sludge metal	Candlelight Records
	Kitten	Kitten	Alternative rock, synthpop, new wave	Elektra	Chad Anderson, Gavin Mackillop, Nic Johns
	Mastodon	Once More 'Round the Sun	Progressive metal, sludge metal	Reprise	Nick Raskulinecz	[198]
	The Never Ending	One	Indie rock, folk	Ryan River Studio		[199]
	Nothing More	Nothing More	Alternative metal, hard rock, progressive metal	Eleven Seven	Jonny Hawkins, Nothing More	[200]
	Phish	Fuego	Rock	JEMP	Bob Ezrin	[201]
	Riff Raff	Neon Icon	Hip hop, EDM	Mad Decent	Anna Yvette, Atira, Beau Billionaire, Deezus, Diplo, DJA, DJ Carnage, DJ Mustard, Harry Fraud, Larry Fisherman, Lex Luger, Mike Dez, Noah "40" Shebib, Raf Riley, Riff Raff, Top Secret Productions	[202][203]
	Slaves	Through Art We Are All Equals	Post-hardcore, experimental rock	Artery	Jonny Craig, Kris Crummett	[204]
	Sons of Magdalene	Move to Pain	Electronic music, synthpop	Audraglint
June 27	5 Seconds of Summer	5 Seconds of Summer	Pop	Capitol, Hi or Hey	Dan Lancaster, Eric Valentine, Joel Chapman, John Feldmann, Louis Biancaniello, Michael Biancaniello, Red Triangle, Sam Watters, Steve Robson
	Owl City	Ultraviolet	Pop	Universal Republic	Adam Young	[205]
June 30	George Ezra	Wanted on Voyage	Folk, blues, rock	Columbia	Cam Blackwood, Joel Pott
	MAGIC!	Don't Kill the Magic	Pop, reggae fusion	Latium, RCA, Sony Music	Adam Messinger, Nasri Atweh, Mark Pellizzer, Alex Tanas	[206]
	Sanna Nielsen	7	Pop	Warner Music	Anders Lystell, David Kreuger, Fredrik Kempe, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah, Hampus Lindvall, Joakim Ramsell, Joel Humlénm, John Lundvik, Lina Hansson, Nicki Adamsson, Per Magnusson, Sanna Nielsen	[207]

Third quarter

July

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
July 1	Air Dubai	Be Calm	Hip hop, pop	Hopeless	Dwight A. Baker, Colin Munroe	[208]
	Every Time I Die	From Parts Unknown	Metalcore, hardcore punk, mathcore, sludge metal	Epitaph	Kurt Ballou	[209]
	Hotel Books	I'm Almost Happy Here, But I Never Feel At Home	Spoken word, indie rock, emo	inVogue	Jay Maas, Hiram Hernandez
	Robin Thicke	Paula	R&B	Star Trak, Interscope	Robin Thicke, Pro Jay	[210]
	Seether	Isolate and Medicate	Post-grunge, hard rock, alternative metal	The Bicycle Music Company, Concord Bicycle, Spinefarm	Brendan O'Brien
	Tessanne Chin	Count on My Love	Pop, reggae fusion, pop rock, R&B, soul	Republic, Universal Republic	Chuck Harmony, Jerry Duplessis, Jevon "BabyBoy" Hill, Johann Seaton, MadMen Productions, Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Mitchum "Khan" Chin, Peter Stengaard, Peter Svensson, Ricardo Rameshwar, Shama "Sak Pase" Joseph, Stargate, Sting International, Supa Dups, Terry "Maddscientist" Thomas, Toby Gad, Willy Chin	[211]
	Trey Songz	Trigga	R&B	Atlantic	A+, A-Wall, Alvin Isaacs, Brandon "B.A.M." Alexander, The Breed, Bryan "Composer" Nelson, Christopher "C4" Umana, D'Mile, Da Internz, Danny "Denero" Klein, DJ Mustard, Dun Deal, The Featherstones, The Insomniakz, John "SK" McGee, Matt Campfield, Mike Will Made It, Soundz, SquatBeats, Troy Taylor, Uforo "Bongo the Drum Gahd" Ebong, Virtuoso	[212]
July 2	Ayumi Hamasaki	Colours	J-pop, dance-pop, house, trance	Avex Trax	Max Matsuura	[213]
July 4	Khia	Love Locs	R&B	Thug Misses	Khia
	Midge Ure	Fragile	Pop rock	Hypertension Music		[214]
	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus	4	Post-hardcore, pop punk, alternative rock, emo		Lee Miles, Ronnie Winter
	Sia	1000 Forms of Fear	Electropop	Monkey Puzzle, RCA	Christopher Braide, Greg Kurstin, Diplo, Jesse Shatkin, Four Tet, France Picoulet	[215]
	Sonic Syndicate	Sonic Syndicate	Metalcore, alternative metal, melodic death metal	Nuclear Blast	Roberto Lahgi
	Tarja	Left in the Dark	Symphonic metal, alternative rock	Edel	Tarja, Mic	[216]
July 7	Comet Gain	Paperback Ghosts	Indie pop	Fortuna Pop!		[217]
	Example	Live Life Living	EDM	Epic	Alex Smith, Critikal, Example, Fraser T Smith, Jakob Liedholm, Sheldrake, Steve Hill, Stuart Price	[218]
	f(x)	Red Light	K-pop, Electronic, dance-pop, synthpop	S.M. Entertainment, KT Music	Casper & B., Lee Soo-man	[219]
	Manic Street Preachers	Futurology	Alternative rock, post-punk, dance-rock, krautrock	Columbia	Alex Silva, Loz Williams, Manic Street Preachers
	Mike Stud	Closer	Hip hop	Electric Feel Music	Louis Bell	[220]
	La Roux	Trouble in Paradise	Synthpop, new wave, disco	Polydor	Elly Jackson, Ian Sherwin, Al Shux
July 8	Chelsea Grin	Ashes to Ashes	Deathcore	Artery, Razor & Tie	Chelsea Grin, Diego Farias, Stetson Whitworth
	Dirty Heads	Sound of Change	Reggae, rock, rap rock, alternative rock	Five Seven	Supa Dups, Buddah Shampoo, Niles, David Bassett, LD, Rome
	John Mellencamp	Trouble No More Live at Town Hall	Americana, folk rock, roots rock, country blues, Delta blues, rockabilly, alternative country, heartland rock	Mercury		[221]
	Leela James	Fall For You	Soul, R&B, blues			[222][223]
	Yes	Heaven & Earth	Progressive rock	Frontiers	Roy Thomas Baker	[224]
July 11	Sheppard	Bombs Away	Indie pop, indie rock	Empire of Song, Decca, Republic	Stuart Stuart
	Taylor Henderson	Burnt Letters	Pop, folk, country	Sony Music Australia	Adrian Breakspear, Alex Hope, Jon Hume, Lindsay Rimes, Louis Schoorl, Robby De Sa, Trinity
July 14	Fink	Hard Believer	Indie rock	R'COUP'D, Ninja Tune	Billy Bush
	Judas Priest	Redeemer of Souls	Heavy metal	Epic, Columbia	Glenn Tipton, Mike Exeter	[225]
	Jungle	Jungle	Modern soul	XL	Jungle
	Morrissey	World Peace Is None of Your Business	Alternative rock, indie rock, indie pop	Harvest	Joe Chiccarelli	[226]
	Suicide Silence	You Can't Stop Me	Deathcore	Nuclear Blast	Steve Evetts
July 15	Betraying the Martyrs	Phantom	Deathcore, metalcore, melodic death metal, progressive metal	Sumerian	Lucas d'Angelo
	Bleachers	Strange Desire	Indie pop, alternative rock	RCA	John Hill, Vince Clarke
	Jason Mraz	Yes!	Pop rock	Atlantic	Mike Mogis, Jason Mraz, Chris Keup, Stewart Myers	[227]
	Pennywise	Yesterdays	Punk rock	Epitaph	Ian Petersen	[228]
	Puss n Boots	No Fools, No Fun	Alternative country	Blue Note		[229]
	Rise Against	The Black Market	Punk rock, melodic hardcore, alternative rock	Interscope	Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore	[230]
	"Weird Al" Yankovic	Mandatory Fun	Comedy, parody	RCA	"Weird Al" Yankovic	[231]
July 18	Biffy Clyro	Similarities	Alternative rock, experimental rock	14th Floor	Biffy Clyro
July 22	Alvvays	Alvvays	Pop rock, indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi, surf pop	Polyvinyl	Chad VanGaalen	[232]
	Anberlin	lowborn	Alternative rock, Christian rock	Tooth & Nail	Anberlin	[233]
	Common	Nobody's Smiling	Hip hop	ARTium, Def Jam	Common, No I.D.	[234]
	Crown the Empire	The Resistance: Rise of The Runaways	Metalcore, post-hardcore	Rise	Alex Prieto, Bennett Vogelman, Brendan Barone, Dan Korneff
	Dog Fashion Disco	Sweet Nothings	Avant-garde metal	Rotten Records	Drew Lamond, Steve Wright
	Jesse McCartney	In Technicolor	R&B, pop, soul	Eight0Eight Records	The Elev3n, Jesse McCartney, Sherry Goffin, Troy "R8DIO" Johnson	[235]
July 28	Shabazz Palaces	Lese Majesty	Experimental hip hop	Sub Pop	Shabazz Palaces	[236]
July 29	Adelitas Way	Stuck	Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge	Virgin Records	Nick Raskulinecz, Tom Petty, Ryan Ulyate	[237]
	Cherry Poppin' Daddies	Please Return the Evening	Swing, traditional pop	Space Age Bachelor Pad Records	Steve Perry
	Dark Lotus	The Mud, Water, Air & Blood	Hardcore hip hop	Psychopathic	Fritz the Cat, Kuma, Otis, Seven
	Eric Clapton & Friends	The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale	Blues rock	Bushbranch, Surfdog	Eric Clapton, Simon Climie	[238]
	Jenny Lewis	The Voyager	Indie rock	Warner Bros.	Ryan Adams	[239]
	JYJ	Just Us	K-pop, R&B, Dance	C-JeS, OGAM, LOEN		[240]
	NSYNC	The Essential *NSYNC	R&B, pop, dance	RCA, Legacy	Jan Van Der Toorn, Denniz Pop, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Veit Renn, David Foster, Rami Yacoub, Richard Marx, Robin Wiley, The Neptunes, BT, Allstar Gordon
	PartyNextDoor	PartyNextDoor Two	R&B	OVO Sound	G Ry, Neenyo, PartyNextDoor
	Theory of a Deadman	Savages	Hard rock, alternative metal, post-grunge	Roadrunner	Howard Benson
	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Hypnotic Eye	Heartland rock, blues rock	Reprise	Mike Campbell, Ryan Ulyate, Tom Petty	[241]

August

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
August 1	Alestorm	Sunset on the Golden Age	Folk metal, power metal, heavy metal	Napalm	Lasse Lammert
	Angus & Julia Stone	Angus & Julia Stone	Folk, acoustic	EMI Music Australia, American Recordings	Angus & Julia Stone, Rick Rubin	[242]
August 5	Arkells	High Noon	Rock	Dine Alone Records, Universal Music Canada	Tony Hoffer
	Godsmack	1000hp	Hard rock, heavy metal, alternative metal	Republic, Spinefarm	Sully Erna, Dave Fortman	[243][244][245]
	The Offspring	Summer Nationals	Punk rock	Time Bomb	Bob Rock	[246][247]
	Spoon	They Want My Soul	Indie rock, art rock	Loma Vista, ANTI-	Dave Fridmann, Joe Chiccarelli, Spoon	[248]
August 6	Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas	Phase 2	Post hardcore , electronicore , metalcore	VAP
	FKA twigs	LP1	Alternative R&B, electronic	Young Turks	Arca, Clams Casino, Cy An, Paul Epworth, FKA twigs, Emile Haynie, Devonté Hynes, inc., Sampha, Tic
August 12	Brian Setzer	Rockabilly Riot!: All Original	Rockabilly	Surfdog	Peter Collins	[249]
	Dilated Peoples	Directors of Photography	Hip hop	Rhymesayers	DJ Premier, Alchemist, Jake One, Diamond D, 9th Wonder, DJ Babu, Evidence, Bravo, Oh No, Twiz The Beat Pro	[250]
	George Watsky	All You Can Do	Alternative hip hop, spoken word	Steel Wool Media, Welk Music Group	Anderson Paak, LODEF, Mikos da Gawd, Mister Carmack
	Porter Robinson	Worlds	Synthpop	Astralwerks, Virgin	Porter Robinson
	Sinéad O'Connor	I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss	Rock	Nettwerk	John Reynolds	[251]
August 15	Kimbra	The Golden Echo	Art pop	Warner Bros.	Keefus Ciancia, Rich Costey, Taylor Graves, John Hill, Kimbra Johnson, Major Dudes, Mystery Skulls, M-Phazes, Al Shux, Surahn Sidhu, Dave Tozer, Fagan Wilcox	[252]
	Troye Sivan	TRXYE	Pop, electropop, dream pop	Universal Music Australia	Alex JL Hiew, SLUMS, Tat Tong
August 18	Accept	Blind Rage	Heavy metal	Nuclear Blast	Andy Sneap
	Courteeners	Concrete Love	Indie rock	PIAS Cooperative	Joe Cross	[253]
	DragonForce	Maximum Overload	Power metal	earMUSIC, Metal Blade, 3Wise, JVC Victor	Jens Bogren	[254]
	Imogen Heap	Sparks	Electronica, indie pop, dream pop, ambient, worldbeat	RCA, Megaphonic	Imogen Heap	[255]
	Travis Scott	Days Before Rodeo	Hip hop	Grand Hustle	Travis Scott, Metro Boomin, WondaGurl, DJ Dahi, FKi, Lil' C, AudioKlique, Southside, Vinylz, Allen Ritter, TM88, Lex Luger, J. Hill, O.Z, Syk Sense, Tane Runo, Mike Dean
	Twin Atlantic	Great Divide	Rock, power pop	Red Bull	Gil Norton, Jacknife Lee
	Wiz Khalifa	Blacc Hollywood	Hip hop	Rostrum, Atlantic, Taylor Gang	Arthur McArthur, The Beat Bully, David Versis, Detail, DJ Mustard, Dr. Luke, Finatik N Zac, Ghost Loft, I.D. Labs, J Gramm, Jim Jonsin, JMike, Juicy J, Kane Beatz, Luca Polizzi, Micah J Foxx, Ned Cameron, The Order, Purps, Ricky P, RMB Justize, Sledgren, Sonny Digital, Stargate, Will Dzombak, Wiz Khalifa
August 19	Colton Dixon	Anchor	CCM, Christian alternative rock, Christian rock	Sparrow, 19	Adam Watts, Andy Dodd, Gannin Arnold	[256]
	The Gaslight Anthem	Get Hurt	Alternative rock, heartland rock, indie rock	Island	Mike Crossey	[257]
	He Is Legend	Heavy Fruit	Hard rock, stoner rock, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, sludge metal	Tragic Hero	He Is Legend	[258]
	Liam Bailey	Definitely Now	Rock, soul	Flying Buddha, Sony Music		[259]
	Museum of Love	Museum of Love	Alternative	DFA		[260]
August 25	Amy Lee	Aftermath	Rock	Amy Lee Music, Inc	Amy Lee, Dave Eggar, Chuck Palmer, Johnny Nice	[261]
	Ariana Grande	My Everything	Pop, dance-pop, R&B	Republic	Ali Payami, Antonio Dixon, Ariana Grande, Babyface, Benny Blanco, Carl Falk, Cashmere Cat, Darkchild, Giorgio Tuinfort, Harmony Samuels, Hot Sauce, Ilya, Jo Blaq, Johan Carlsson, Key Wane, Kuk Harrell, Lido, Max Martin, Noel Zancanella, Peter Carlsson, Peter Svensson, Pop & Oak, Rami, Rickard Göransson, Ryan Tedder, Sauce, Savan Kotecha, Scooter Braun, Shellback, Tommy Brown, Travis Sayles, Victoria McCants, Wayne G, Wendy Goldstein, Zedd	[262]
	Basement Jaxx	Junto	House, dance, world music	Atlantic Jaxx, PIAS Recordings	Simon Ratcliffe, Felix Buxton	[263]
	Frank Iero	Stomachaches	Alternative rock, post-punk, punk rock	Staple Records	Frank Iero	[264]
	G-Unit	The Beauty of Independence	Hip hop	G-Unit Records	Havoc, Lord Quest, Ky Miller, 45 Music, Ryan "Ryu" Alexy, D.K.A.D, Viruss Beats
	Royal Blood	Royal Blood	Garage rock, hard rock, blues rock, post-grunge	Warner Bros.	Ben Thatcher, Mike Kerr, Tom Dalgety	[265]
	Rustie	Green Language	Electronic	Warp	Rustie	[266][267]
	Yandel	Legacy: De Líder a Leyenda Tour	Reggaeton, electropop, mambo	Sony Music Latin	Earcandy, Haze, Knightrydaz, Madmusick, Nely, Tainy
August 26	Brad Paisley	Moonshine in the Trunk	Country	Arista Nashville	Brad Paisley, Luke Wooten
	Opeth	Pale Communion	Progressive rock, progressive metal	Roadrunner	Mikael Åkerfeldt	[268]
	Thousand Foot Krutch	Oxygen: Inhale	Nu metal, pop rock, post-grunge		Aaron Sprinkle, Trevor McNevan
August 27	HammerFall	(r)Evolution	Power metal, heavy metal	Nuclear Blast	Fredrik Nordström, James Michael, Oscar Dronjak, Pontus Norgren	[269]
August 28	Ty Segall	Manipulator	Psychedelic rock, glam rock, garage rock	Drag City		[270]
August 29	Jimmy Barnes	30:30 Hindsight	Rock	Liberation Music
	Kasey Chambers	Bittersweet	Folk, pop	Warner Bros.	Nick DiDia
	Maroon 5	V	Pop, pop rock	222, Interscope	Max Martin, Ammo, Astma & Rocwell, Benny Blanco, Johan Calrsson, Cirkut, Jason Evigan, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Adam Levine, Andre Lindal, The Monsters and the Strangerz, OzGo, Shellback, Stargate, Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella, Noah Passovoy, Sam Martin, Isaiah Tejada, Paul Epworth, DJ Reflex, Slaptop	[271]

September

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
September 1	The Kooks	Listen	Indie rock	Virgin EMI	Luke Pritchard, Inflo, Fraser T Smith
	The Pierces	Creation	Folk rock	Polydor Records		[272]
September 2	The Color Morale	Hold On Pain Ends	Alternative rock, post-hardcore	Fearless	Courtney Ballard, Mike Green	[273]
	Counting Crows	Somewhere Under Wonderland	Alternative rock	Capitol	Brian Deck	[274]
	Jeezy	Seen It All: The Autobiography	Hip hop	Def Jam, CTE World	Black Metaphor, Cardo, Childish Major, Don Cannon, Drumma Boy, Frank Dukes, Hollywood Hot Sauce, Johnny Juliano, Kenoe, Lyle LeDuff, Mike Will Made It, No I.D., Trakmatik, Will-A-Fool	[275]
	The Killjoy Club (Insane Clown Posse and Da Mafia 6ix)	Reindeer Games	Hardcore hip hop	Psychopathic	DJ Paul, FNA, Insane Clown Posse, K.O.M., Kuma, Otis, Seven, T-Why
	Nick Carter & Jordan Knight	Nick & Knight	Pop	Nick & Knight, Mass Appeal, BMG	Mikhail Beltran, Louis Biancaniello, Nick Carter, Jamil Chammas, Alvin Garrett, Jeff Halatrax, Keith Harris, Jordan Knight, Anthony Kronfle, Andy Love, Jared Lee, Michael Mani, Mario Marchetti, Jordan Omley, Khaled Rohaim, Damon Sharpe, Marcus Siskind, Jeremy Skaller, Stereotypes, Johan "Jones" Wetterberg
September 3	Hello Saferide	The Fox, The Hunter and Hello Saferide	Indie pop	Razzia	Christian Gabel
September 5	Vance Joy	Dream Your Life Away	Indie folk, indie pop	Liberation, Warner Music	Ryan Hadlock, James Keogh, Edwin White, John Castle	[276]
September 8	Banks	Goddess	Alternative, R&B, pop	Harvest	Tim Anderson, Lil Silva, Justin Parker, Jesse Rogg, Shlohmo, Al Shux, Sohn, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Jamie Woon	[277]
	Interpol	El Pintor	Alternative rock	Matador, Soft Limit	Interpol	[278]
	Karen O	Crush Songs	Indie rock, lo-fi	Cult	Julian Gross, Bernie Grundman, Nick Launay	[279][280]
	Robert Plant	lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar	Folk rock, worldbeat, psychedelic rock, alternative rock	Nonesuch, Warner Bros.	Robert Plant	[281]
	Ryan Adams	Ryan Adams	Rock, alternative country	PAX AM	Charlie Stavish, Mike Viola, Ryan Adams
September 9	Better Than Ezra	All Together Now	Rock, alternative	The End	Tony Hoffer	[282]
	Death from Above 1979	The Physical World	Punk rock, indie rock, noise rock	Last Gang, Warner Bros	Dave Sardy	[283]
	Francisca Valenzuela	Tajo Abierto	Latin pop, pop, synthpop	Frantastic Records, Sin Anestesia	Vicente Sanfuentes, Jesse Rogg, Dave Sitek, Áureo Baqueiro, Francisca Valenzuela
	Gladys Knight	Where My Heart Belongs	Gospel, soul, R&B	Shadow Mountain		[284]
	Hiss Golden Messenger	Lateness of Dancers	Country rock, alternative country, Indie folk	Merge		[285][286][287]
	In Flames	Siren Charms	Alternative metal	Sony Music	Daniel Bergstrand, Roberto Laghi, and In Flames
	Jhené Aiko	Souled Out	PBR&B	ARTium, Def Jam	Clams Casino, Dot da Genius, Fisticuffs, Jhené Aiko, Key Wane, No I.D., Thundercat, Woodro Skillson	[288]
	Lecrae	Anomaly	Christian hip hop	Reach	808xElite, Ace Harris, Alex Medina, Andy Mineo, Derek Minor, Dirty Rice, Gawvi, Jaquebeatz, Joseph Prielozny, J. Rhodes, Mashell, Nate "The BeatBreaker" Robinson, S1, Street Symphony, Vohnbeatz	[289]
	Lee Brice	I Don't Dance	Country	Curb	Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Matt McClure, Jon Stone	[290]
	Meghan Trainor	Title	Pop, R&B	Epic	Kevin Kadish, Meghan Trainor
	Michelle Williams	Journey to Freedom	Contemporary gospel, R&B	E1 Music, Light	Michelle Williams, John Dee Hammond, Phil Thorton, Harmony Samuels, Jochen Simms, John J-C Carr
	Rittz	Next to Nothing	Hip hop	Strange Music	The Avengerz, Best Kept Secret, Corbin King, Five Points Music Group, Lifted, Kato, Matic Lee, Reklis Beatz, Track Bangas, T. Stoner, Seven, WLPWR	[291]
	Simian Mobile Disco	Whorl	Electronica	ANTI-
	Switchfoot	The Edge of the Earth	Alternative rock	lowercase people, Atlantic	Neal Avron
	U2	Songs of Innocence	Rock	Island, Interscope	Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Declan Gaffney, Flood	[292][293]
September 11	Lil' Kim	Hard Core 2K14	Hip hop	IRS	Lil' Kim
September 12	Chris Brown	X	Hip hop, R&B	RCA	Ambiance, Anonymous, B.A.M., Babydaddy, Mario Bakovic, Jean Baptiste, Tommy Brown, Daniel Coriglie, Count Justice, Danja, DJ Camper, Steven Franks, Free School, Freshm3n III, Glass John, Mel & Mus, Nic Nac, Dennis-Manuel Peters, PK, R. Kelly, Razihel, Roccstar, Soundz, Tra Beats	[294]
	Megan Washington	There There	Indie rock, indie pop	Megan Washington, Mercury	Samuel Dixon
	The Script	No Sound Without Silence	Pop rock, R&B	Phonogenic, Columbia	Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan, James Barry, Andrew Frampton, Steve Kipner
September 15	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	Bring Us Together	Indie pop	Hot Bus Records	Lars Iversen
	Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators	World on Fire	Hard rock, heavy metal	Dik Hayd International, Roadrunner	Michael Baskette	[295]
September 16	Barbra Streisand	Partners	Traditional pop, vocal music	Columbia	Walter Afanasieff, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Bernie Herms, Jay Landers, Barbra Streisand
	Flyleaf	Between the Stars	Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock	Loud & Proud	Dave Hidek, Don Gilmore, Mark Lewis	[296]
	Lowell	We Loved Her Dearly	Pop rock, electropop, indie rock	Arts & Crafts		[297]
	The Madden Brothers	Greetings from California	Pop rock, folk rock	Capitol	Eric Valentine, Joe Chiccarelli, The Madden Brothers	[298]
	My Brightest Diamond	This Is My Hand	Indie rock	Asthmatic Kitty	Shara Worden, Zac Rae	[299]
	Tim McGraw	Sundown Heaven Town	Country	Big Machine	Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw	[300]
	Train	Bulletproof Picasso	Rock, pop rock	Columbia	Amund Bjørklund, Ayb Asmar, Butch Walker, Eg White, Espen Lind, Greg Kurstin, Jake Sinclair, Whams	[301]
September 17	Wizkid	Ayo	Afropop, afrobeat, highlife	Empire Mates, Starboy Entertainment	Sarz, Shizzi, Uhuru, Del B, Dr Frabz, Maleek Berry, Legendury Beatz, Spellz, Segun Demuren, Banky W., Ayodeji Balogun	[302][303]
September 19	Aphex Twin	Syro	Electronic	Warp	Aphex Twin	[304]
	Lights	Little Machines	Pop, synthpop	Warner Bros.	Lights, Drew Pearson, Thomas "Tawgs" Salter	[305]
September 21	Professor Green	Growing Up in Public	British hip hop, rap rock	Virgin	Alex "Cores" Hayes, Chris Loco, Felix Joseph, Kid Harpoon, Mojam, The Futuristics, The New Royales, TMS, Yogi	[306]
September 22	Alt-J	This Is All Yours	Experimental rock, electronic	Infectious	Charlie Andrew	[307]
September 23	Dev	Bittersweet July	Synthpop, Electropop	Rica Lyfe	Benny Cassette, MNDR, NanosauR, Rayintosh
	Goat	Commune	Experimental rock, worldbeat, neo-psychedelia	Sub Pop	Goat	[308]
	Information Society	Hello World	Synthpop, freestyle	Hakatak International		[309]
	Jennifer Hudson	JHUD	R&B	RCA, Arista	Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, DJ Terry Hunter, Gorgon City, J-Roc, Stephen Kozmeniuk, Mali Music, Nineteen85	[310]
	John Coltrane	Offering: Live at Temple University	Free jazz	Resonance	Bernie Grundman
	John Mellencamp	Plain Spoken	Americana, folk rock, roots rock, heartland rock	Republic	John Mellencamp	[311]
	Julian Casablancas+The Voidz	Tyranny	Experimental rock, noise rock, neo-psychedelia, post-punk	Cult	Shawn Everett
	Kenny Chesney	The Big Revival	Country	Columbia Nashville, Blue Chair Records	Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney	[312]
	Lenny Kravitz	Strut	Funk rock, soul, pop	Roxie Records, Kobalt	Lenny Kravitz	[313]
	Perfume Genius	Too Bright	Lo-fi, pop, soul	Matador	Perfume Genius	[314]
	Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga	Cheek to Cheek	Jazz, traditional pop	Streamline, Interscope, Columbia	Dae Bennet, Danny Bennet, Phil Ramone	[315]
September 24	Kylie Minogue and Fernando Garibay	Sleepwalker	Electropop, synthpop, dance-pop	Warner Bros.	Fernando Garibay	[316]
	Tove Lo	Queen of the Clouds	Electropop	Island	The Struts, Klas Åhlund, Mattman and Robin, Lucas Nord, Ali Payami, Alx Reuterskiöld, Mike 'Scribz' Riley, Kyle Shearer, Captain Cuts, Daniel Ledinsky, Shellback, Hippie Sabotage, Alesso
September 26	Thom Yorke	Tomorrow's Modern Boxes	Electronica, IDM		Nigel Godrich	[317][318]
September 29	The Dø	Shake Shook Shaken	Indie pop	Wagram Music, Cinq 7		[319]
	Flying Colors	Second Nature	Rock	Mascot Label	Flying Colors, Bill Evans, Rich Mouser, Jerry Guidroz, Paul Logus	[320]
	Robin Gibb	50 St. Catherine's Drive	Soul, contemporary R&B, neo soul	Rhino	Peter-John Vettese	[321]
September 30	The Alchemist	Rapper's Best Friend 3	Hip hop	ALC Records	The Alchemist
	Blake Shelton	Bringing Back the Sunshine	Country	Warner Bros. Nashville	Scott Hendricks	[322]
	Boyz II Men	Collide	R&B	BMG, MSM Music Group	Aaron Pearce, Adam Pallin, Alvin Isaacs, Ambience, Anthony L. Saunders, The Composer, De Red Boyz, Dem Jointz, Emile Ghantous, Fisherman Project, Fridolin, Full Blown Entertainment, Jim Beanz, John Ryan, Keith Hetrick, Lucas Secon, Matt Radosevich, Machel Montano, Mizzle, The Monsters and the Strangerz, The Page Brothers, Steve Daly, Synematik	[323]
	Bryan Adams	Tracks of My Years	Rock	Verve	Bryan Adams, David Foster, Bob Rock	[324]
	Colbie Caillat	Gypsy Heart	Pop, folk, R&B	Republic	Jason Reeves, Babyface, Toby Gad, Max Martin, Antonio Dixon, Julian Bunetta	[325]
	Finch	Back to Oblivion	Post-hardcore	Razor & Tie	Brian Virtue	[326]
	Gerard Way	Hesitant Alien	Alternative rock, pop punk, garage rock, Britpop	Warner Bros.	Doug McKean	[327]
	J. Michael Harter	Ride On	Country	GMV Nashville, Anozira Records
	Lady Antebellum	747	Country, pop	Capitol Nashville	Lady Antebellum, Nathan Chapman, Eric Kinney, Dave Thompson, busbee	[328]
	Lucinda Williams	Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone	Americana, folk rock, alternative country, heartland rock	Highway 20 Records	Tom Overby, Greg Leisz, Lucinda Williams	[329]
	Melissa Etheridge	This Is M.E.	Rock	ME Records	Jerry Wonda, RoccStar, Jerrod Bettis, Jon Levine, Melissa Etheridge	[330]
	Nonpoint	The Return	Hard rock, alternative metal	Razor & Tie, Metal Blade	Daniel Salcido, Nonpoint	[331]
	Prince	Art Official Age	R&B, electro-funk	NPG, Warner Bros.	Prince, Joshua Welton	[332][333]
	Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL	Plectrumelectrum	Funk rock	NPG, Warner Bros.	3rdeyegirl, Prince	[334]
	Roseanna Vitro	Clarity: Music of Clare Fischer	Vocal jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz, Brazilian jazz	Random Act Records	Paul Wickliffe	[335][336]
	Seth MacFarlane	Holiday for Swing	Christmas, traditional pop, swing, big band	Republic	Joel McNeely, Joy Fehily, Seth MacFarlane	[337]
	Steve Aoki	Neon Future I	EDM	Dim Mak, Ultra	Steve Aoki, Chris Lake, Tujamo, Afrojack	[338]

Fourth quarter

October

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
October 3	Betty Who	Take Me When You Go	Synthpop, indie pop	RCA	David Ryan Harris, Martin Johnson, Mag, Kyle Moorman, Vaughn Oliver, Brandon Paddock, Starsmith, Peter Thomas
	Jamie Cullum	Interlude	Jazz, jazz-pop, big band	Island	Benedic Lamdin	[339][340]
	Tokio Hotel	Kings of Suburbia	Synthpop, EDM, alternative rock	Island, Polydor, De-Code LTD	Bill Kaulitz, Dave Roth, David Jost, Pat Benzer, Peter Hoffmann, Rock Mafia, Tom Kaulitz	[341]
October 6	Caribou	Our Love	Electronic, house	City Slang, Merge	Dan Snaith	[342][343]
	Flying Lotus	You're Dead!	Electronic, experimental, jazz fusion	Warp	Flying Lotus	[344][345]
	Gorgon City	Sirens	Deep house, dance	Virgin EMI, Black Butter	Gorgon City	[346]
	Iceage	Plowing Into the Field of Love	Post-punk, art punk, punk rock	Matador	Nis Bysted, Iceage	[347]
	Jessie Ware	Tough Love	Pop, R&B, electronica	PMR, Island, Interscope	BenZel, Dave Okumu, Emile Haynie, James Ford, Julio Bashmore, Nineteen85	[348]
	Johnny Marr	Playland	Indie rock	New Voodoo, Warner Bros.	Doviak, Johnny Marr	[349][350]
	Lower Than Atlantis	Lower Than Atlantis	Alternative rock	Sony Music	Dan Lancaster	[351]
	We Were Promised Jetpacks	Unravelling	Indie rock, pop rock	FatCat Records		[352][353]
	A Winged Victory for the Sullen	Atomos	Ambient, electronic, art rock	Kranky, Erased Tapes Records		[354]
	Zola Jesus	Taiga	Baroque pop, synthpop, electronica	Mute	Nika Roza Danilova, Dean Hurley	[355][356]
October 7	Alex & Sierra	It's About Us	Folk, pop	Columbia	The Former, Ian Franzino, Jamie Scott, Johan Carlsson, John Ryan, John Shanks, Julian Bunetta, Martin Johnson, Steve Mac, Steve Shebby, Toby Gad,	[357]
	Allo Darlin'	We Come from the Same Place	Indie pop	Fortuna Pop!, Slumberland	Simon Trought	[358]
	Hozier	Hozier	Blues, soul, R&B, folk rock, indie rock	Rubyworks, Island, Columbia	Hozier, Rob Kirwan	[359][360]
	Jason Aldean	Old Boots, New Dirt	Country	Broken Bow	Michael Knox	[361]
	Keyshia Cole	Point of No Return	R&B, hip hop, soul	Interscope	Amadeus, DJ Mustard, Mike Will, Stargate, Tim Kelley, WillieDonut	[362]
	NehruvianDOOM	NehruvianDOOM	Hip hop	Lex	Bishop Nehru, Madvillain, MF DOOM	[363]
	New Found Glory	Resurrection	Pop punk, alternative rock	Hopeless	Paul Miner, New Found Glory	[364][365]
	Philip Selway	Weatherhouse	Art rock	Bella Union	Adem Ilhan, Quinta
	Sixx:A.M.	Modern Vintage	Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal	Eleven Seven	James Michael	[366]
	Stevie Nicks	24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault	Rock	Reprise, Warner Bros.	David A. Stewart, Waddy Wachtel, Stevie Nicks	[367]
	Tinashe	Aquarius	R&B, alternative R&B, pop	RCA	A+, Blood Diamonds, Boi-1da, Cashmere Cat, Detail, DJ Dahi, DJ Marley Waters, DJ Mustard, Evian Christ, Jasper Cameron, Mark Kragen, Michel, Mike Will Made It, Nic Nac, The Order, Osinachi Nwaneri, Redwine, Ritz Reynolds, Sango, Stargate, SykSense, Tinashe, Vinylz	[368]
	Weezer	Everything Will Be Alright in the End	Alternative rock, pop rock	Republic	Ric Ocasek	[369]
October 13	Ella Henderson	Chapter One	Pop, soul	Syco	Steve Mac, Steve Robson, Toby Smith, Ryan Tedder, TMS, Dapo Torimiro, Noel Zancanella
	Jessie J	Sweet Talker	Pop, R&B	Lava, Republic	Josh Alexander, Ammo, Diplo, David Gamson, Tricky Stewart, Kuk Harrell, Will IDAP, Rob Stevenson, Axident, Louis Biancaniello, Steve Booker, The DFRNS, Warren Felder, Godz of Analog, Ryan Vojtesak, Andrew Wansel
October 14	Alexz Johnson	Let 'Em Eat Cake	Indie pop	Laydee Spencer	David Kahne, Brendan Johnson	[370]
	Bob Seger	Ride Out	Rock, heartland rock	Capitol	Bob Seger	[371]
	Exodus	Blood In, Blood Out	Thrash metal	Nuclear Blast	Exodus	[372]
	Florida Georgia Line	Anything Goes	Country	Republic Nashville	Joey Moi	[373]
	Foxygen	...And Star Power	Indie rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop	Jagjaguwar	Foxygen	[374][375]
	Hoodie Allen	People Keep Talking	Pop-rap		Alex 'AK' Kresovich, Battleroy, Dylan McDougle, !llmind, Jared Evan, Jason Mater, Parrish Warrington, RJ Ferguson, Wade Ridenhour
	Idina Menzel	Holiday Wishes	Christmas, pop	Warner Bros.	Rob Mounsey, Walter Afanasieff	[376]
	Kindness	Otherness	Electronica, synthpop, downtempo	Female Energy Records	Jimmy Douglas	[377]
	KMFDM	Our Time Will Come	Industrial rock	KMFDM, Metropolis	Lucia Cifarelli, Sascha Konietzko
	Mary Lambert	Heart On My Sleeve	R&B, folk, pop	Capitol		[378]
	Nico & Vinz	Black Star Elephant	Pop	Warner Bros., 5 Star Entertainment	Amanuel Kidane, Kahouly Nicolay Sereba, Kouame Sereba, Magnus "Magnify" Martinsen, Petter "Walther" Walthinsen, Raymond Sereba, Stargate, Thomas Eriksen, Vincent Dery, Will IDAP	[379][380]
	OK Go	Hungry Ghosts	Synthpop, power pop, disco	Paracadute, BMG	Dave Fridmann, Tony Hoffer	[381]
	Ozzy Osbourne	Memoirs of a Madman	Heavy metal, hard rock	Epic, Legacy	Black Sabbath, Bob Daisley, Duane Baron, John Purdell, Keith Olsen, Kevin Churko, Lee Kerslake, Max Norman, Michael Beinhorn, Ozzy Osbourne, Patrick Meehan, Randy Rhoads, Rodger Bain, Ron Nevison, Tim Palmer	[382]
	Set It Off	Duality	Alternative, pop punk, alternative rock	Equal Vision	John Feldmann
	You+Me	rose ave.	Folk	RCA	Dallas Green, Alecia Moore	[383]
October 17	The Church	Further/Deeper	Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, dream pop	Unorthodox	The Church, Tim Powles	[384]
	Dami Im	Heart Beats	Pop	Sony Music Australia	Carl Dimitaga, Dami Im, DNA Songs, Jon Hume, Louis Schoorl, Phil Buckle, Robby De Sa, Ross Fraser, Tom Coyne, Trinity	[385]
	Kiesza	Sound of a Woman	Dance-pop, deep house, electronic, R&B	Lokal Legend, Island	Rami Samir Afuni, Simen & Espen, Jordan Orvosh
	Nicole Scherzinger	Big Fat Lie	R&B, pop	RCA	Bart Schoudel, Carlos McKinney, Chris "Tek" O'Ryan, Felix Snow, Godz of Analog, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart	[386]
	Ricki-Lee Coulter	Dance in the Rain	R&B, pop, dance-pop	EMI	Stuart Crichton, Ricki-Lee Coulter	[387][388]
October 20	...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead	IX	Alternative rock	Superball	Chris "Frenchie" Smith	[389][390][391]
	Ben Howard	I Forget Where We Were	Folk, indie folk, ambient, shoegaze	Island, tôt Ou tard, Republic	Ben Howard, Chris Bond
	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Knicks (Remix)	Hip hop, jazz	Madlib Invazion	Madlib
	The Ting Tings	Super Critical	Disco, funk, pop	Finca	Andy Taylor
	Thurston Moore	The Best Day	Alternative rock, noise rock	Matador	Thurston Moore
October 21	Annie Lennox	Nostalgia	Soul, jazz	Island	Annie Lennox, Don Was, Mike Stevens	[392]
	Blaze Ya Dead Homie	Gang Rags: Reborn	Horrorcore, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop	Majik Ninja, Grundy	Blaze Ya Dead Homie, The Dead Beatz, Jamie Madrox, Seven
	Bush	Man on the Run	Alternative rock, post-grunge	Zuma Rock Records	Gavin Rossdale, Jay Baumgardner, Nick Raskulinecz
	Cold War Kids	Hold My Home	Indie rock	Downtown	Dann Gallucci, Lars Stalfors
	Little Big Town	Pain Killer	Country	Capitol Nashville	Jay Joyce, Scott Johnson	[393]
	Logic	Under Pressure	Hip hop	Visionary Music Group, Def Jam	6ix, Alkebulan, Arthur McArthur, DJ Dahi, DJ Khalil, Dun Deal, Jake One, Kevin Randolph, Logic, M-Phazes, No I.D., Rob Knox, S1, Skhye Hutch, Swiff D, Tae Beast, Terrace Martin	[394][395]
	Mark Lanegan	Phantom Radio	Alternative rock	Vagrant	Alain Johannes	[396]
	Pepe Aguilar	MTV Unplugged	Ranchera, mariachi, pop		Emmanuel del Real	[397]
	Primus	Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble	Experimental rock	ATO, Prawn Song	Les Claypool	[398]
	Slipknot	.5: The Gray Chapter	Heavy metal, alternative metal	Roadrunner	Greg Fidelman, Slipknot
	Susan Boyle	Hope	Adult contemporary	Syco, Sony Music	Ash Howes, Cliff Masterson, Ken Watts, Kennedy Aitchison, Steve Anderson	[399]
	T.I.	Paperwork	Hip hop	Grand Hustle, Columbia	Pharrell Williams, The Beat Bully, DJ Mustard, DJ Toomp, The-Dream, Jazzfeezy, Kenoe, London on da Track, Mars, Sak Pase, Steve Samson, Tommy Brown, Tricky Stewart, Ace Harris	[400]
October 24	Terje Isungset & Arve Henriksen	World Of Glass	Jazz	All Ice	Arve Henriksen, Terje Isungset	[401]
October 27	Black Veil Brides	Black Veil Brides	Heavy metal	Lava, Universal Republic	Bob Rock
	Chris Tomlin	Love Ran Red	CCM, worship	sixstepsrecords	Brad O'Donnell, Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash, Louie Giglio, Shelley Giglio, Stephen Leiweke	[402]
	Danity Kane	DK3	R&B, pop, hip hop	Stereotypes, BMG, Mass Appeal	The Clutch, Dem Jointz, The Stereotypes, Taylor Parks	[403]
	Devin Townsend	Z²	Progressive metal, industrial metal, progressive rock, experimental rock, new age	HevyDevy	Devin Townsend
	Knife Party	Abandon Ship	Electro house	Earstorm	Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen
	Mystery Skulls	Forever	Electronica, indie pop, Minneapolis sound, electronic rock, soul	Warner Bros.	Cory Kilduff, John LaMonica, Luis Dubuc	[404]
	Rancid	Honor Is All We Know	Street punk	Hellcat Records	Brett Gurewitz	[405]
	Taylor Swift	1989	Pop, dance-pop, synthpop	Big Machine	Ali Payami, Greg Kurstin, Imogen Heap, Jack Antonoff, Mattman & Robin, Max Martin, Nathan Chapman, Noel Zancanella, Ryan Tedder, Shellback, Taylor Swift	[406]
	Transatlantic	KaLIVEoscope	Progressive rock	Radiant, Metal Blade, Inside Out	Transatlantic
October 28	At the Gates	At War with Reality	Melodic death metal	Century Media	Fredrik Nordström	[407]
	Black Veil Brides	Black Veil Brides	Glam metal, hard rock	Lava, Universal Republic	Bob Rock
	Dillon Francis	Money Sucks, Friends Rule	Electro house, EDM, synthpop, trap, moombahton	Columbia, Mad Decent	Ammo, Billboard, Dillon Francis, DJ Snake, KSHMR, Major Lazer, Martin Garrix, Oligee, Sultan + Shepard, TJR	[408]
	Dionne Warwick	Feels So Good	R&B	Bright Music		[409]
	The Flaming Lips	With a Little Help from My Fwends	Psychedelic rock, neo-psychedelia	Warner Bros.		[410]
	Lagwagon	Hang	Punk rock, skate punk, pop punk, Melodic hardcore	Fat Wreck Chords	Joey Cape	[411]
	Live	The Turn	Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock	Think Loud Recordings	Jerry Harrison, Live
	Run the Jewels	RTJ2	Hip hop	Mass Appeal, RED	Boots, El-P, Little Shalimar, Wilder Zoby	[412][413]
	She & Him	Classics	Indie pop, alternative country, jazz	Columbia	M. Ward	[414]
October 30	M.I	The Chairman	Hip hop	Chocolate City, Loopy Music	Audu Maikori, Frank Edwards, G-Plus, L-37, M.I, Paul Okeugo, Pheelz, Reinhard, Sammy Gyang, Sarz, VSTOL, Yahaya Maikori	[415]
October 31	Calvin Harris	Motion	EDM, electro house	Fly Eye, Columbia	Calvin Harris, Alesso, Ariel Rechtshaid, Firebeatz, R3hab, Ummet Ozcan	[416][417]
	Cavalera Conspiracy	Pandemonium	Thrash metal, death metal	Napalm	Max Cavalera
	Copeland	Ixora	Alternative rock, indie pop	Tooth & Nail	Aaron Marsh

November

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
November 3	Simple Minds	Big Music	Rock music, pop	Sanctuary	Andy Wright, Gavin Goldberg, Owen Parker, Simple Minds, Steve Osborne	[418]
November 4	Billy Talent	Hits	Alternative rock, punk rock post-hardcore	Warner Music Canada	Brendan O'Brien, Gavin Brown, Howard Benson, Ian D'Sa
	Bette Midler	It's The Girls!	Traditional pop, vocal music	Warner Music	Marc Shaiman, Scott Riesett
	The Doobie Brothers	Southbound	Country rock	Arista Nashville	David Huff	[419]
	Joe Budden	Some Love Lost	Hip hop	Mood Muzik Entertainment, E1	8 Bars, The Breed, DJ Pain 1, Karon Graham
	Mother Mother	Very Good Bad Thing	indie rock	Universal Music Canada, Def Jam	Gavin Brown	[420]
	Psychostick	IV: Revenge of the Vengeance	Comedy rock	Rock Ridge	Joshua Key, Patrick Murphy, Psychostick	[421]
November 5	Shiina Ringo	Hi Izuru Tokoro	Pop, rock, jazz	EMI Japan	Shiina Ringo	[422]
November 6	Azealia Banks	Broke with Expensive Taste	Hip house	Azealia Banks, Prospect Park	AraabMuzik, Apple Juice Kid, Ariel Pink, Boddika, Enon, Lazy Jay, Lil Internet, Lone, Machinedrum, M. J. Cole, Oskar Cartaya, Pearson Sound, Pop Wansel, SCNTST, Sup Doodle, Yung Skeeter.	[423]
November 7	Albatrosh	Night Owl	Jazz	Rune Grammofon		[424]
	Cheryl	Only Human	Electronic, pop, R&B	Polydor Records	Jocke Åhlund, Kevin Anyaeji, Dawood, James Draper, Electric, Scott Hoffman, The Invisible Men, Greg Kurstin, Cass Lowe, Oligee, Red Triangle, Matt Schwartz, Lucas Secon, Jesse Shatkin, Wayne Wilkins	[425]
	iamamiwhoami	Blue	Synthpop, dream pop	To whom it may concern.	Claes Björklund, Jonna Lee	[426]
	Machine Head	Bloodstone & Diamonds	Groove metal, thrash metal	Nuclear Blast	Robb Flynn, Juan Urteaga
	Pink Floyd	The Endless River	Progressive rock	Parlophone, Warner Bros.	David Gilmour, Martin Glover, Andy Jackson, Phil Manzanera	[427][428]
	Röyksopp	The Inevitable End	Downtempo, ambient, synthpop	Dog Triumph	Röyksopp
	Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus	Bonita	Jazz	Rune Grammofon	Stian Westerhus	[429]
November 10	Foo Fighters	Sonic Highways	Rock, alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock	RCA	Butch Vig	[430][431]
	Queen	Queen Forever	Rock	Virgin EMI, Hollywood	Queen, William Orbit, Christopher P Thomas	[432]
	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances	R&B, soul, pop, gospel	Legacy		[433]
November 11	Big K.R.I.T.	Cadillactica	Hip hop	Def Jam, Cinematic Music Group	Alex da Kid, Big K.R.I.T., DJ Dahi, DJ Khalil, Finatik N Zac, Jim Jonsin, Raphael Saadiq, Rico Love, Terrace Martin	[434]
	The Birthday Massacre	Superstition	Synthrock	Metropolis	Michael Falcore, Michael Rainbow
	Garth Brooks	Man Against Machine	Country, country rock	Pearl, RCA Nashville	Mark Miller	[435]
	Nick Jonas	Nick Jonas	R&B, pop rock	Island	C. Taylor, Chase Foster, David Massey, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jason Evigan, John Feldmann, John Ryan, Michel Heyaca, Nick Monson, Nick Jonas, Nick Ruth, Robopop, Sebastian Kornelius Gautier Teigen, Sir Nolan	[436]
November 14	Monster Magnet	Milking the Stars: A Re-Imagining Of Last Patrol	Stoner rock	Napalm		[437]
November 15	Roulette	BrainDead	Hard rock			[438]
November 17	Ariel Pink	pom pom	Art rock, Psychedelic pop	4AD	Ariel Pink	[439]
	Bryan Ferry	Avonmore	Electropop, pop, sophisti-pop, pop rock	BMG	Bryan Ferry, Johnson Somerset, Rhett Davies, Todd Terje	[440]
	Bella Thorne	Jersey (EP)	Electropop, dance-pop	Hollywood	Bobby Brackins, Dreamlab, Ian Kirkpatrick, Kool Kojak, Paro, Razor N Guido	[441]
	In This Moment	Black Widow	Gothic metal, alternative metal, electronic rock	Atlantic	Kevin Churko
	Nickelback	No Fixed Address	Post-grunge, alternative rock, hard rock, alternative metal	Republic	Nickelback, Chris Baseford, Brian Howes, Jason "JVP" van Poederooyen, Gordon "Gordini" Sran	[442]
	Gemma Hayes	Bones + Longing	Indie pop, indie rock, indie folk, folk rock	Chasing Dragons	Dave Odlum, Gemma Hayes
	One Direction	Four	Pop	Syco	Julian Bunetta, Pär Westerlund, John Ryan, Teddy Geiger, Steve Robson, Matt Rad, Jamie Scott, Ian Franzino, Afterhrs, Sam Miller, Alexander Oriet, Ben "Bengineer" Chang	[443][444]
	Various Artists	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Pop, electronic, hip hop	Republic	Lorde	[445]
November 18	Gong	I See You	Rock	Snapper	Orlando Monday Allen, Daevid Allen, Dave Sturt	[446]
	Kristin Chenoweth	Coming Home	Country, pop, classical	Concord	Jay Krugman	[447]
	Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil	Goliath	Alternative rock, CCM, new wave revival	Splint Entertainment	Steve Taylor, Danny Seim
	TV on the Radio	Seeds	Art rock, indie rock, synthpop, funk	Harvest	Dave Sitek	[448]
November 21	Boyzone	Dublin to Detroit	Soul	East West	Brian Rawling, Paul Meehan
	David Guetta	Listen	EDM, pop, electro, trap	What A Music, Parlophone, Atlantic	Afrojack, Andrew Frampton, Austin Bisnow, Avicii, Daddy's Groove, Danny O'Donoghue, David Guetta, Ester Dean, Frédéric Riesterer, Giorgio Tuinfort, Jason Evigan, Jean-Charles Carre, Lukas Loules, Marcus van Wattum, Nicky Romero, Ralph Wegner, Sam Martin, Showtek, Stadiumx, Sultan & Shepard
	Guy Sebastian	Madness	Pop, adult contemporary, R&B	Sony Music Australia	Boots Ottestad, Guy Sebastian, Khris Lorenz, Louis Schoorl, M-Phazes, Matt Rad, Mario Marchetti, MdL, ProJay, Shuko & Freedo, Tom Meredith, Twice as Nice
	Olly Murs	Never Been Better	Pop	Epic, Syco	Jason Evigan, Steve Robson, Martin Johnson, Daniel Davidsen, Cutfather, Ryan Tedder, Tom Barnes, Pete Kelleher, Ben Kohn, Steve Mac, Paul Weller, Jamie Scott, Matt Prime, Future Cut, Dan Book, Kyle Moorman, Brandon Paddock, Peter Wallevik, David Quiñones, TommyD, Noel Zancanella, TMS, Banx & Ranx, Ian Kirkpatrick, Toby Gad
	The Veronicas	The Veronicas	Pop rock	Sony Australia	Alex Shield, Chris Loco, DNA, Dreamlab, Martin Hansen, Nellee Hooper, Roger Alan Nichols, Ruffian, Sandy Chila, Toby Gad	[449]
November 24	Beyoncé	Beyoncé: More Only	Alternative R&B, pop	Parkwood, Columbia	Beyoncé, Bobby Johnson, Boots, Cook Classics, Detail, Geoffro, HazeBanga, Hit-Boy, J-Roc, Key Wane, Noah "40" Shebib, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams
	Iggy Azalea	Reclassified	Hip hop	Virgin EMI, Def Jam	1st Down, 86, The Arcade, Boots, Dabin & Apashe, Darryl Reid, The Invisible Men, Joey Dyer, The Messengers, Reeva & Black, Saltwives, Stargate, Watch The Duck, WoodysProduce
	Kelis	Live in London	R&B	Concert Live
	Mary J. Blige	The London Sessions	R&B, UK garage, deep house, soul, grime	Capitol, Matriarch	Mary J. Blige, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Jimmy Napes, Stephen Fitzmaurice, Eg White, Sam Romans, Disclosure, Craze and Hoax, Knox Brown, M. J. Cole, Naughty Boy, Marc Kinchen, Shakavelli	[450]
	Pitbull	Globalization	Hip hop, house	Mr. 305, Polo Grounds, RCA	A.C, Andrew Cedar, Armando Christian Pérez, Axident, Charles Chavez, Cirkut, DJ Frank E, DJ Noodles, Dr. Luke, Jason Evigan, JMIKE, Joe London, John Ryan, Jump Smokers, Kinetics & One Love, Lifted, Max Martin, The Monsters and the Strangerz, Ricky Reed, Thomas Troelsen	[451]
	R.E.M.	REMTV	Alternative rock	Rhino
	Rick Ross	Hood Billionaire	Hip hop	Maybach, Def Jam, Slip-n-Slide	Rick Ross, Sean Combs, DJ Khaled, Timbaland, DJ Toomp, Metro Boomin, Beat Billionaire, Big K.R.I.T., Cardiak, CritaCal, Lex Luger, Deedotwill, V12 The Hitman, MoneyBag$, Tracy Tyler, Ben Billions, Bassivity, The Remedy Production Group, Eddie 'eMIX' Hernandez	[452]
	Selena Gomez	For You	Dance-pop	Hollywood	Andrew Bolooki, Boy Lightning, The Cataracs, Dan Brook, Dave Audé, David Kuncio, Devrim Karaoglu, Dreamlab, Dubkiller, Emanuel Kiriakou, Ester Dean, Halatrax, Humberto Gatica, Kevin Rudolf, The Monsters and the Strangerz, Rock Mafia, Stargate, Stefan Abingdon, SuperSpy, Ted Bruner, Toby Gad, Thomas Armato Sturges, Trey Vittetoe
	Various Epic and Sony Artists	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Christmas	Epic, Sony	John Alagía, Chris "Flict" Aparri, Sergio Aranda, Claudia Brant, Jon Brion, Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II, Kevin Kadish, Chris Kuffner, L.A. Reid, Meghan Trainor	[453]
	Various Shady Records artists	Shady XV	Hip hop	Shady, Interscope	AraabMuzik, Apex, The Audibles, Boi-1da, Brandon "Dirtybird" Parrott, Conrad Clifton, DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, Emile Haynie, Eminem, Felix Flint, J-Praize, Jeff Bass, John Hill, Just Blaze, Katalyst, Luis Resto, Marv Von, The Maven Boys, Mike Elizondo, Mr. Porter, Mr. Pyro, Scott Storch, Statik Selektah, WillPower, Witt & Pep	[454]
November 25	Alexandra Stan	Unlocked	Dance, techno, pop, R&B	Victor Entertainment Corp, Ultra	Alexandru Cotoi, Anton Kuhl, Axident, Erik Lidbom, Gabriel Huiban, Ionuț Adrian Radu, Kyle Coleman, Lukas Hällgren, Mika Moupondo, Prince Chrishan, Sebastian J., Șerban Cazan, Victor Bourosu
	Tiziano Ferro	TZN - The Best of Tiziano Ferro	Pop, R&B	Universal	Michele Canova	[455]
	Your Old Droog	Your Old Droog	Hip hop	Droog Recordings		[456]
November 26	BIGBANG	The Best of Big Bang 2006-2014	K-pop, J-pop, dance-pop	YGEX	G-Dragon, Teddy Park	[457]
November 28	Justice Crew	Live by the Words	Pop	Sony Music Australia	Jay Sean	[458]

December

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Ref.
December 1	Take That	III	Pop, pop rock	Polydor	AFSHeeN, Greg Kurstin, Jeff Lynne, John Shanks, Josh Cumbee, Mattman & Robin, Stuart Price, WTNSS	[459]
December 2	AC/DC	Rock or Bust	Hard rock	Albert, Columbia	Brendan O'Brien	[460]
	Walk the Moon	Talking Is Hard	Alternative	RCA	Tim Pagnotta	[461]
December 3	PartyNextDoor	PNDCOLOURS	PBR&B	OVO Sound	G Ry, Kenny Larz, PartyNextDoor
December 8	Robbie Williams	Under the Radar Volume 1	Britpop, pop, pop rock	Pharrell	Candy Flip, Daft Dog, Flynn Francis, Guy Chambers, Jeremy Meehan, Richard Flack, Tim Metcalfe, WTNSS	[462]
	Union J	You Got It All – The Album	Pop	Epic, Syco	Duck Blackwell, Jack McManus, James F. Reynolds, Jamie Scott, Joe London, Jon Maguire, Josh Wilkinson, Matt Rad, Matt Schwartz, Oh, Hush!, Peter Steengard, Phil Cook, Red Triangle, Ricky Reed, Simon Katz, Tim Powell, Toby Smith	[463]
December 9	Angels & Airwaves	The Dream Walker	Alternative rock, space rock	To The Stars Inc.	Aaron Rubin, Tom DeLonge	[464]
	Carrie Underwood	Greatest Hits: Decade #1	Country	Sony Music Nashville	Desmond Child, Frank Rogers, Mark Bright	[465]
	Ivy Queen	Vendetta: First Round	Merengue, hip hop, dancehall	Siente Music	Echo, Ladkani Beats, O'Nell Flow, Milliano Music, DJ Nelson	[466]
	J. Cole	2014 Forest Hills Drive	Hip hop	Dreamville, Roc Nation, Columbia	Cardiak, CritaCal, Dre Charles, Elite, Illmind, J. Cole, JProof, Mark Pitts, Nick Paradise, Organized Noize, Phonix Beats, Pop Wansel, Ron Gilmore, Vinylz, Willie B	[467]
	K. Michelle	AWBAH	R&B, Hip hop soul	Atlantic	Andrew 'Hitdrew' Clifton, Andrew 'Pop' Wansel, B.A.M., Eric Hudson, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, J. Schmugge, Jerry Duplessis, Jesse "Corparal" Wilson, Lil' Ronnie, Pop & Oak, Ronald "Flippa" Colson, Sauce, Shea Taylor, Soundz, Steve Ace	[468]
	PRhyme (Royce da 5'9" & DJ Premier)	PRhyme	Hip hop	PRhyme Records	DJ Premier	[469]
	Smashing Pumpkins	Monuments to an Elegy	Rock music	BMG	Billy Corgan, Howard Willing, Jeff Schroeder	[470]
December 10	Dir en grey	ARCHE	Alternative metal, rock	Firewall Div., Gan-Shin
December 15	Charli XCX	Sucker	Pop punk, power pop, punk rock	Asylum, Atlantic, Neon Gold	Rostam Batmanglij, Patrik Berger, Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Stefan Gräslund, John Hill, Jerry James, Greg Kurstin, Steve Mac, Justin Raisen, Jarrad Rogers, Stargate, Naughty Boy, Justin Raisen, Ariel Rechtshaid, Young & Sick, Mikko Gordon	[471]
	D'Angelo and The Vanguard	Black Messiah	Soul, funk, R&B, rock	RCA	D'Angelo, Questlove, Pino Palladino, James Gadson
	Nicki Minaj	The Pinkprint	Hip hop, rap	Young Money, Cash Money, Republic	A.C., Alex da Kid, Allen Ritter, Andrew Wansel, Anonymous, Arch Tha Boss, Beyoncé, Boi-1da, Breyan Isaac, Cardo, Chinza//Fly, Cirkut, Da Internz, Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper, Jr., Detail, Dr. Luke, Hit-Boy, Hitmaka, JMIKE, Johnny Juliano, Kane Beatz, Keith Harris, The Mad Violinist, Mike Will Made It, Nicki Minaj, Nineteen85, The Order, Parker Ighile, Polow da Don, Rob Holladay, Shama "Sak Pase" Joseph, Skooly, TODAY, Vinylz, Warren Felder, will.i.am, Yex, Zaytoven	[472][473]
December 16	Ludacris	Burning Bridges	Hip hop, rap	Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam	Alex da Kid, Bigg D, DJ Pain 1, Ludacris, Steven Q-Beatz, T-Minus
	Starbomb	Player Select	Comedy hip hop, synthpop, nerdcore		Brian Wecht	[474]
December 17	Tohoshinki	With	J-pop, dance	Avex Trax	Andreas Öhrn, Andrew Underberg, BNA Productions, Caesar & Loui, Chris Wahle, Fredrik Jernberg, James Winchester, Lee Soo-man, Lubo Slavicek, Matthew Tishler, Max Matsuura, Nam So-young, Nicklas Eklund, Olof Lindskog, Peter Gordeno, Ryuhei Chiba, TAKAROT, UTA, Yoo Young-jin	[475]
December 19	JMSN	JMSN (Blue Album)	PBR&B, electronica	White Room Recordstake	JMSN	[476]

See also

• 2014 in music

External links

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