HAPPY NATIONAL ALBUM DAY! | Out today... The Fall's Hex Enduction Hour on 2LP black vinyl
Happy National Album Day! The annual celebration to praise the art of the album format, and this year the theme is Great British Groups. In celebration of this year’s #NationalAlbumDay on Saturday 19th October, we've re-released The Fall's Hex Enduction Hour on double black vinyl.
Discover more about this year’s National Album Day celebrations: www.nationalalbumday.co.uk
Check our staff picks below, our top 5 favourite albums by a British group!
The Cherry Red team pick their favourite albums...
Iain McNay - Founder
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group:
Beatles – Please Please Me
Yes – Close To The Edge
Blue Nile – A Walk across the Rooftops
Auteurs – New Wave
Denim – Back In Denim
Matt Bristow - Director Of Business Affairs & Licensing
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
The Beatles – Abbey Road
The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
Oasis – Definitely Maybe
Blur – Parklife
Happy Mondays – Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
Inspiral Carpets – Inspiral Carpets
Paul Robinson - Licensing Manager
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol 1
Massive Attack – Blue Lines
The Who – Quadrophenia
Rolling Stones – Black & Blue
T Rex – Electric Warrior.
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
Hi-Tension – Hi-Tension.
Rob Duly - Sales & Distribution Manager
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
The Clash – London Calling
Blur – The Great Escape
Manic Street Preachers – This is my truth tell me yours
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Spunge – Room for abuse
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
Sonic Boom Six – The F-Bomb
King Prawn – The Fabulous New Sounds of
Matt Ingham - Press & Comms
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group:
The Clash - London Calling
Gallows - Grey Britain
The Fall - I Am Kurious Oranj
Foals - Holy Fire
Mogwai - Come On Die Young
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group:
The Fall - New Facts Emerge
Richard Martin - General Manager
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
The Fall - The Infotainment Scan
John Reed - Director of Catalogue
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
THE JAM Sound Affects
THE BEATLES Revolver
THE BOO RADLEYS Giant Steps
THE WHO My Generation
THE PRETTY THINGS SF Sorrow
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
THE HOUSE OF LOVE The House Of Love
Jon Roberts - Production Manager
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group:
Super Furry Animals ‘Radiator’
Cornershop ‘Handcream For A Generation’
Caveman ‘Positive Reaction’
Clearlake ‘Lido’
Delta ‘Slippin’ Out’
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group:
Cymande ‘Cymande’
Jon Sidwell - E-Commerce, Sales & Distribution
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
Manic Street Preachers ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’
Young Fathers ‘Cocoa Sugar’
Radiohead ‘The Bends’
Sex Pistols ‘Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols’
Foals ‘Total Life Forever’
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
The Primitives ‘Lovely’
Grant McLennan - Neighbouring Rights / Royalties
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollo**s
Blue Nile - Walk Across The Rooftops
Black Sabbath- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
John Martyn - Cooltide
Lorne Murdoch - Database Manager
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group:
The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief (1969)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)
The Only Ones - The Only Ones (1978)
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group:
Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (1969)
Chris Allan - Website Development
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
Killing Joke: Night Time
Chameleons: Script of the Bridge
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Nocturne
Kitchens of Distinction: Strange Free World
Shut Up & Dance: Death Is Not the End
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
The Fall - Infotainment Scan
Jack Clough - Digital Manager
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Broadcast – Tender Buttons
Pulp – Different Class
Sons Of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile
Metronomy – The English Riveria
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
The Fall – The Unutterable
Dave Henderson - Righteous Psalms
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group:
Brian Eno – Here Come The Warm Jets
Kevin Ayers And The Whole World – Joy Of A Toy
Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
Buzzcocks – Another Music In A Different Kitchen
David Bowie – Low
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group:
Luke Haines And Peter Buck – Beat Poetry For Survivalists
Richard Anderson - Project Manager
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
Amino People... Work It Out
The Beta Band - The Beta Band
Blur - Blur
Venom - Welcome To Hell
Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
Jane And Barton - Too
Dan Tobin - Dissonance Productions
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
Atomic Rooster - In Hearing Of...
Iron Maiden - Killers
The Cure - The Head On The Door
Senseless Things - First of Too Many
Daughter - Not To Disappear
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
Warhorse - The Recordings 1970-72
Danny Keene - Project Manager
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group:
The Jam - All Mod Cons
The Smiths - The Smiths
Joy Division - Closer
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Oasis - What’s The Story, Morning Glory
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group:
Rollercoaster – The Best Of The Mighty Lemon Drops 1986 – 1989
Mark Powell - Esoteric Recordings
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
BEATLES "Abbey Road"
THE WHO "Who's Next"
PINK FLOYD "Piper at the Gates of Dawn"
GENESIS "Selling England by the Pound"
CARAVAN "In the Land of Grey & Pink"
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
BE BOP DELUXE: "Sunburst Finish"
David Wells - Grapefruit
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group.
The Beatles - Revolver
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
The Jam – All Mod Cons
The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
Radiohead – OK Computer
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group.
Frabjous Days: The Secret World of Godley and Creme
Mike Alway - el Records
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group:
The Beatles - Revolver (Parlophone 1966) Produced by George Martin
Temperance Seven (Parlophone 1961) Produced by George Martin
This Heat - This Heat (Piano 1979)
Television Personalities '...and Don't the Kids Just Love It' (Rough Trade 1981)5
Joe Harriott Quintet - Abstract (Columbia 1962) Produced by Denis Preston
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group:
The Applejacks - Tell Me When (Decca 1964 - reissued by CR on CD in 2009)
Jon Harrington - Strawberry
Top 5 favourite albums from a British group:
Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
The Who - My Generation
The Prisoners - The Last Fourfathers
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
Favourite Cherry Red release from a British group:
The Barracudas - Drop Out With The Barracudas (Deluxe Edition)
