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September 4, 1981Best Art Rock Albums
Explore Art Rock albums, classic releases, hidden gems and influential records. This page helps music lovers discover albums connected by genre, sound and musical history.
Alpha
Asia
August 12, 1983
The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
March 1, 1973
Low
David Bowie
January 14, 1977
Trespass
Genesis
October 23, 1970
Helen of Troy
John Cale
November 11, 1975
The 2nd Law
Muse
October 1, 2012
Heaven Born and Ever Bright
Cardiacs
May 15, 1992
Wave
Patti Smith Group
May 17, 1979
Camera Obscura (album)
Nico
July 12, 1985
Diary of a Hollow Horse
China Crisis
May 2, 1989
The Original Soundtrack
10cc
March 11, 1975
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello
July 2, 1982
The Roaring Silence
Manfred Mann's Earth
August 27, 1976
Both Sides
Phil Collins
November 8, 1993
Remain in Light
Talking Heads
October 8, 1980
Hello Young Lovers
Sparks
February 6, 2006
Test for Echo
Rush
September 10, 1996
Inside of Emptiness
John Frusciante
October 26, 2004
David Gilmour (album)
David Gilmour
May 26, 1978
For the Music
Blackfield
December 4, 2020
The Whole Story
Kate Bush
November 10, 1986
Residue of the Residents
The Residents
January 4, 1983
Do Not Disturb
Van Der Graaf Generator
September 30, 2016
This Is All Yours
Alt-J
September 22, 2014
Nine Types of Light
TV on the Radio
April 11, 2011
Face the Music
Electric Light Orchestra
September 6, 1975
I/O
Peter Gabriel
December 1, 2023
Of Queues and Cures
National Health
December 24, 1978
Blonde Redhead (album)
Blonde Redhead
July 19, 1994
Call of the West
Wall of Voodoo
September 24, 1982
Novum
Procol Harum
April 21, 2017
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
August 3, 2010
Night Thoughts
Suede
January 22, 2016
Horizontal
Bee Gees
January 4, 1968
Greatest Hits
Roxy Music
November 17, 1977
David Byrne (album)
David Byrne
May 24, 1994
Blur
Blur
February 10, 1997
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
October 24, 1995
Clear Spot
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
October 11, 1972
Union (Yes album)
Yes
April 30, 1991
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
May 16, 1966
Slow Summits
The Pastels
May 27, 2013
I Am Kurious Oranj
The Fall
October 24, 1988
The Man from Utopia
Frank Zappa
March 28, 1983
Somewhere Else
Marillion
April 9, 2007
The Car
Arctic Monkeys
October 21, 2022
Lady from Shanghai
Pere Ubu
January 7, 2013
Baby James Harvest
Barclay James Harvest
November 10, 1972
Dizrythmia
Split Enz
August 29, 1977
Days of Future Passed
The Moody Blues
November 17, 1967
Sulk
The Associates
May 14, 1982
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Brian Eno
November 18, 1974
Giant for a Day!
Gentle Giant
September 11, 1978
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart
June 16, 1969
Through the Looking Glass
Siouxsie And The Banshees
March 2, 1987
Discipline
King Crimson
October 2, 1981
Radiohead Box Set
Radiohead
December 10, 2007
Live '88
Supertramp
October 28, 1988
The Ideal Crash
dEUS
March 16, 1999
Riot Act
Pearl Jam
November 12, 2002
Journal for Plague Lovers
Manic Street Preachers
May 18, 2009
American Dream
LCD Soundsystem
September 1, 2017
Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
Deerhunter
January 18, 2019
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
February 5, 1996
Second Album
Curved Air
September 10, 1971
Under Wraps
Jethro Tull
September 7, 1984
The Good, the Bad & the Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
January 22, 2007
Tommy (soundtrack)
The Who
March 19, 1975
VU (album)
The Velvet Underground
February 15, 1985
A Thousand Suns
Linkin Park
September 8, 2010
Something Beautiful
Miley Cyrus
May 30, 2025
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
April 22, 1991
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay
August 26, 2002
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
August 23, 1988
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave
March 3, 1997
Singularity
Peter Hammill
December 4, 2006
FFS (album)
FFS
June 8, 2015
Foreigner (Cat Stevens album)
Cat Stevens
July 25, 1973
Southpaw Grammar
Morrissey
August 28, 1995
To Be Kind
Swans
May 12, 2014
In Through the Out Door
Led Zeppelin
August 22, 1979
Storm Front
Billy Joel
October 23, 1989
Pretties for You
Alice Cooper
June 25, 1969
Lateralus
Tool
May 15, 2001
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
XTC
May 23, 2000
Tin Drum
Japan
November 13, 1981
Little Fictions
Elbow
February 3, 2017
Panorama
The Cars
August 15, 1980
Aftermath (Rolling Stones album)
The Rolling Stones
April 15, 1966
Berlin (Lou Reed album)
Lou Reed
October 5, 1973
L'Homme à tête de chou
Serge Gainsbourg
November 18, 1976
Family Entertainment
Family
March 20, 1969
Old Rottenhat
Robert Wyatt
November 3, 1985
Level Headed
Sweet
January 9, 1978
Post Pop Depression
Iggy Pop
March 18, 2016
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
October 18, 1988
Road to Rouen
Supergrass
August 15, 2005
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
January 26, 2009
Social Cues
Cage the Elephant
April 19, 2019
Tin Machine II
Tin Machine
September 2, 1991
The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
November 17, 1975
No Man's Land
Tommy Guerrero
September 26, 2012
In the Spirit of Things
Kansas
October 25, 1988
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
March 30, 1998
ABBA:The Album
ABBA
December 12, 1977
Holy Smoke
Peter Murphy
April 14, 1992
I Am Easy to Find
The National
January 5, 1900
From the Choirgirl Hotel
Tori Amos
May 5, 1998
Church of Anthrax
John Cale with Terry Riley
February 10, 1971
High
The Blue Nile
August 30, 2004
Queen II
Queen
March 8, 1974
Third Stage
Boston
September 24, 1986
A Crow Left of the Murder...
Incubus
February 3, 2004
The Moon & Antarctica
Modest Mouse
June 13, 2000
World Outside
Psychedelic Furs
July 1, 1991
Reach the Beach
The Fixx
May 2, 1983
War Stories
Unkle
June 20, 2007
Laughing Stock
Talk Talk
September 16, 1991
The Overload
Yard Act
January 21, 2022
...Like Clockwork
Queens of the Stone Age
June 3, 2013
Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape
Bauhaus
December 10, 1982
Red Medicine
Fugazi
June 12, 1995
The Unforgettable Fire
U2
October 1, 1984
Todd Rundgren's Utopia (album)
Todd Rundgren
October 4, 1974
Lungs
Florence And The Machine
July 3, 2009
From the Witchwood
Strawbs
July 4, 1971
James Taylor
James Taylor
December 6, 1968
Carnage
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
February 25, 2021
Tangk
Idles
February 16, 2024
Real Life
Magazine
June 15, 1978
Filigree & Shadow
This Mortal Coil
September 22, 1986
Music from "The Elder"
Kiss
November 10, 1981
Hardcore Devo: Volume Two
Devo
August 23, 1991
Acnalbasac Noom
Slapp Happy
June 11, 1980
This Is the Sea
The Waterboys
September 16, 1985
The United States of America(album)
The United States of America
March 6, 1968
U.F.O.F.
Big Thief
May 3, 2019
Black and White (The Stranglers album)
The Stranglers
May 12, 1978
Gone Again
Patti Smith
June 18, 1996
The Soft Parade
The Doors
July 18, 1969
The Story of a Young Heart
A Flock Of Seagulls
August 20, 1984
The Tubes (album)
Al Kooper
June 1, 1975
The Lion and the Cobra
Sinéad O'Connor
October 5, 1987
The Fragile
Nine Inch Nails
September 21, 1999
White Pony
Deftones
June 20, 2000
Dirk Wears White Sox
Adam Ant
November 30, 1979
The Hunter (Blondie album)
Blondie
May 24, 1982
Songs for Drella
Lou Reed and John Cale
April 11, 1990
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
May 17, 1999
Mister Heartbreak
Laurie Anderson
February 14, 1984
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
November 20, 1970
Mosquito (album)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
April 12, 2013
The Final Cut
Pink Floyd
March 21, 1983
Ten Out of 10
10Cc
November 27, 1981
Welcome to My DNA
Blackfield
March 28, 2011
Kimono My House
Sparks
May 1, 1974
Peter Gabriel (1978 album)
Peter Gabriel
June 2, 1978
Nightingales & Bombers
Manfred Mann's Earth
August 22, 1975
Lodger
David Bowie
May 25, 1979
Fear of Music
Talking Heads
August 3, 1979
The Best of Simple Minds
Simple Minds
November 5, 2001
From the Sounds Inside
John Frusciante
August 5, 2001
Living Eyes
Bee Gees
October 5, 1981
Barragán
Blonde Redhead
September 2, 2014
Seven Days in Sammystown
Wall of Voodoo
February 24, 1985
Empires and Dance
Simple Minds
September 12, 1980
Return to Cookie Mountain
TV on the Radio
July 6, 2006
Diamond Dogs
David Bowie
May 24, 1974
Chelsea Girl
Nico
October 27, 1967
Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
September 16, 1985
Reflektor
Arcade Fire
October 28, 2013
Us
Peter Gabriel
September 28, 1992
Exotic Creatures of the Deep
Sparks
May 19, 2008
Present
Van Der Graaf Generator
April 25, 2005
Siren
Roxy Music
October 24, 1975
Meet the Residents
The Residents
April 1, 1974
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Captain Beefheart
December 5, 1970
Happy Planet
Wall of Voodoo
January 24, 1987
Scary Monsters and Super Creeps
David Bowie
September 12, 1980
Misery Is a Butterfly
Blonde Redhead
March 15, 2004
ALT
Van Der Graaf Generator
June 25, 2012
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Arctic Monkeys
May 11, 2018
Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories
Barclay James Harvest
November 5, 1971
The Red Shoes
Kate Bush
November 1, 1993
How Dare You!
10Cc
January 2, 1976
Uh-Oh
David Byrne
March 3, 1992
Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)
Talking Heads
June 1, 1983
The Rapture
Siouxsie And The Banshees
January 16, 1995
Adore (album)
The Smashing Pumpkins
June 2, 1998
Afraid of Sunlight
Marillion
June 26, 1995
Genesis
Genesis
October 3, 1983
The Spotlight Kid
Captain Beefheart
January 7, 1972
Aerial
Kate Bush
November 7, 2005
Plays Live
Peter Gabriel
June 6, 1983
To Record Only Water for Ten Days
John Frusciante
February 13, 2001
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
March 23, 1973
No Code
Pearl Jam
August 27, 1996
Reich der Träume
Nico
July 29, 2002
Up
Peter Gabriel
September 23, 2002
Crime of the Century
Supertramp
October 25, 1974
Marbles
Marillion
April 27, 2004
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
Frank Zappa
May 3, 1982
The Singles Collection
David Bowie
November 8, 1993
Quadrophenia
The Who
October 26, 1973
Phantasmagoria
Curved Air
April 9, 1972
Real to Real Cacophony
Simple Minds
November 23, 1979
Kid A Mnesia
Radiohead
November 5, 2021
The Well's on Fire
Procol Harum
March 4, 2003
The Very Best of The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
March 31, 2003
Lionheart
Kate Bush
November 10, 1978
Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
June 24, 1983
Sounds That Can't Be Made
Marillion
September 17, 2012
Blackfield IV
Blackfield
August 26, 2013
Octoberon
Barclay James Harvest
October 1, 1976
Changesonebowie
David Bowie
May 21, 1976
Hit
Peter Gabriel
November 3, 2003
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
September 13, 1982
Look into the Eyeball
David Byrne
May 8, 2001
Honi Soit
John Cale
March 9, 1981
Feelings
David Byrne
June 17, 1997
In a Foreign Town
Peter Hammill
November 21, 1988
The Great Escape Artist
Jane's Addiction
October 18, 2011
Angel Station
Manfred Mann's Earth
March 9, 1979
23 (Blonde Redhead album)
Blonde Redhead
April 10, 2007
The Present
The Moody Blues
September 2, 1983
Gish
The Smashing Pumpkins
May 28, 1991
Peter Gabriel (1982 album)
Peter Gabriel
September 10, 1982
This Strange Engine
Marillion
April 21, 1997
Platinum Collection
Genesis
November 29, 2004
10cc
10cc
July 4, 1973
Station to Station
David Bowie
January 23, 1976
On Land and in the Sea
Cardiacs
May 2, 1989
Music for a New Society
John Cale
September 5, 1982
White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground
January 30, 1968
Leaders of the Free World
Elbow
September 12, 2005
Hail to the Thief
Radiohead
June 9, 2003
Dog Man Star
Suede
October 10, 1994
Paris
Supertramp
September 26, 1980
Black Tie White Noise
David Bowie
April 5, 1993
Blackfield
Blackfield
January 30, 2004
On an Island
David Gilmour
March 6, 2006
Second Album
Curved Air
September 15, 1971
Asleep in the Back
Elbow
May 7, 2001
Dear Science
TV on the Radio
September 16, 2008
Blackfield V
Blackfield
February 10, 2017
OK Computer
Radiohead
May 21, 1997
Your Funeral... My Trial
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
November 3, 1986
Kid A
Radiohead
October 2, 2000
The Take Off and Landing of Everything
Elbow
March 10, 2014
Her (score)
Arcade Fire
March 19, 2021
A Black Box
Peter Hammill
August 6, 1980
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
March 18, 1977
The Last Great Wilderness (album)
The Pastels
August 12, 2003
The Autobiography of Supertramp
Supertramp
October 10, 1986
Never for Ever
Kate Bush
September 8, 1980
An Awesome Wave
Alt-J
May 25, 2012
1983–1998
Genesis
October 1, 2007
In Camera (Peter Hammill album)
Peter Hammill
July 2, 1974
Absolution
Muse
September 15, 2003
Kate Bush (EP)
Kate Bush
June 15, 1983
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
September 12, 1975
Illumination
The Pastels
September 9, 1998
This Is Happening
LCD Soundsystem
May 17, 2010
Shadows Collide with People
John Frusciante
February 24, 2004
...And Then There Were Three...
Genesis
March 31, 2024
Pink Elephant
Arcade Fire
May 9, 2025
Face Value
Phil Collins
February 13, 1981
Seeds
TV on the Radio
November 18, 2014
13
Blur
March 15, 1999
Phantasmagoria
Curved Air
April 15, 1972
Breakfast in America
Supertramp
March 16, 1979
Freaks of Nature (Kansas album)
Kansas
May 29, 1995
Toy
David Bowie
November 26, 2021
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Coldplay
June 12, 2008
Abacab
Genesis
September 18, 1981
Air Conditioning
Curved Air
November 9, 1970
The Magic Whip
Blur
April 27, 2015
PH7
Peter Hammill
September 1, 1979
In a Bar, Under the Sea
dEUS
September 16, 1996
Blackfield II
Blackfield
February 13, 2007
Different Class
Pulp
October 30, 1995
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
July 26, 1974
In Rainbows
Radiohead
October 10, 2007
Dark Continent
Wall of Voodoo
August 18, 1981
A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead
May 8, 2016
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
September 26, 1997
Drums and Wires
XTC
August 17, 1979
Trisector
Van Der Graaf Generator
March 17, 2008
Worst Case Scenario
Deus
September 16, 1994
A Trick of the Tail
Genesis
February 13, 1976
Origin of Muse
Muse
December 6, 2019
Here Come the Warm Jets
Brian Eno
February 8, 1974
Tin Machine (album)
Tin Machine
May 22, 1989
The Ultimate Collection
Roxy Music
November 7, 1988
Duke (album)
Genesis
March 28, 1980
High Life (Eno and Hyde album)
Brian Eno
June 30, 2014
Viva! (Roxy Music album)
Roxy Music
July 16, 1976
The Obvious Identity
Cardiacs
June 21, 1980
The Blue Hour
Suede
September 21, 2018
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
March 17, 2008
Stranded (album)
Roxy Music
November 14, 1973
Funeral
Arcade Fire
September 14, 2004
Windows in the Jungle
10Cc
September 25, 1983
Blackstar
David Bowie
January 8, 2016
Giants of All Sizes
Elbow
October 11, 2019
Walk Between Worlds
Simple Minds
February 2, 2018
Vitalogy
Pearl Jam
November 22, 1994
From Genesis to Revelation
Genesis
March 28, 1969
Mirror Mirror
10Cc
June 3, 1995
Consequences (Peter Hammill album)
Peter Hammill
April 16, 2012
Loose Grooves & Bastard Blues
Tommy Guerrero
February 3, 1998
Flotsam and Jetsam
Peter Gabriel
September 13, 2019
Out of the Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
October 28, 1977
Peter Gabriel (1980 album)
Peter Gabriel
May 30, 1980
Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Devo
August 28, 1978
Heroes
David Bowie
October 14, 1977
Sister (Sonic Youth album)
Sonic Youth
June 1, 1987
Once Again
Barclay James Harvest
February 5, 1971
Foreigner (Cat Stevens album)
Cat Stevens
July 25, 1973
The Best of Roxy Music
Roxy Music
June 11, 2001
Peter Gabriel (1977 album)
Peter Gabriel
February 25, 1977
Shine On Brightly
Procol Harum
September 10, 1968
Machina/The Machines of God
The Smashing Pumpkins
February 29, 2000
The Fall of the House of Usher (Hammill opera)
Peter Hammill
November 11, 1991
Heathen (David Bowie album)
David Bowie
June 10, 2002
Indelibly Stamped
Supertramp
June 25, 1971
The Glowing Man
Swans
June 17, 2016
In the Court of the Crimson King
King Crimson
October 10, 1969
Think Tank (Blur album)
Blur
May 5, 2003
Spirit of Eden
Talk Talk
September 12, 1988
The Future Now
Peter Hammill
September 3, 1978
The Seer (Swans album)
Swans
August 28, 2012
A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window
Cardiacs
March 21, 1988
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
March 12, 1967
Skin
Peter Hammill
March 1, 1986
Lifeboats & Follies
Tommy Guerrero
December 29, 2011
Outside
David Bowie
September 25, 1995
The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
May 11, 1998
Propaganda
Sparks
November 11, 1974
The Love Songs
Peter Hammill
August 20, 1983
So (album)
Peter Gabriel
May 19, 1986
Cast of Thousands
Elbow
August 18, 2003
Hello, I Must Be Going!
Phil Collins
November 5, 1982
Direction of the Heart
Simple Minds
October 21, 2022
Patience
Peter Hammill
August 19, 1983
Manifesto
Roxy Music
March 16, 1979
Country Life
Roxy Music
November 15, 1974
The Doors (album)
The Doors
January 4, 1967
Asia
Asia
March 18, 1982
Flesh and Blood (Roxy Music album)
Roxy Music
May 23, 1980
Roxy Music (album)
Roxy Music
June 16, 1972
Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Kate Bush
January 3, 1994
The Resistance
Muse
September 11, 2009
The Wall
Pink Floyd
November 30, 1979
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Florence And The Machine
May 29, 2015
Clutch (Peter Hammill album)
Peter Hammill
October 5, 2002
Talking Heads: 77
Talking Heads
September 16, 1977
Another Green World
Brian Eno
November 14, 1975
The Next Day
David Bowie
May 8, 2013
Slow Dazzle
John Cale
March 25, 1975
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis
November 22, 1974
Retrospectacle – The Supertramp Anthology
Supertramp
October 18, 2005
The Thrill of It All
Roxy Music
November 20, 1995
In an Expression of the Inexpressible
Blonde Redhead
September 8, 1998
The Broadsword and the Beast
Jethro Tull
April 10, 1982
Idea
Bee Gees
August 31, 1968
New Blood
Peter Gabriel
October 10, 2011
The Kick Inside
Kate Bush
February 17, 1978
Before the Dawn
Kate Bush
November 25, 2016