August albums

Notable albums released in the UK in the month of August. Artist followed by album title in italics. Exact dates, where known in brackets.

1970s

 * 1974: Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge, The Glitter Band - Hey! (debut)
 * 1977: Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
 * 1978: The Who - Who Are You
 * 1979: XTC - Drums and Wires

1980s

 * 1980: UB40 - Signing Off (debut)
 * 1982: Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's
 * 1983: Now That's What I Call Music 3
 * 1985: The Cure - The Head on the Door
 * 1987: New Order - Substance, Def Leppard - Hysteria, Michael Jackson - Bad.

1990s

 * 1990: Duran Duran - Liberty
 * 1991: Blur - Leisure (debut)

2000s

 * 2002: Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (debut, 20)

2010s

 * 2018: The Vryll Society - Course Of The Satellite (debut), The Coral - Move Through the Dawn