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The "britain" tag encompasses music created by British artists across diverse genres, reflecting the UK's rich musical heritage from classical choral traditions to contemporary grime and indie rock. This broad category captures distinctly British sensibilities in songwriting, production, and performance style that span centuries and subcultures. The tag unites disparate sounds through shared cultural origins rather than specific sonic characteristics.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
79		1969	Benjamin Britten	BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge	britain contemporary classical england	england # 1
12		1971	Kathleen Ferrier	The Very Best of Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Collection	britain england opera
40		1972	Various Artists	Earth, Volume 3
73		1977	William Walton	WALTON: Belshazzar's Feast / Crown Imperial	britain england
76		1977	Various Artists	Soulfood	britain british england english europe
82		1986-02-17	Kate Bush	Aerial - A Sea Of Honey	art pop art rock britain british england english ethereal one man band one man project progressive rock singer-songwriter	england # 9 one man band # 86 one man project # 87
94		1987	Various Artists	Earth Vol. 7	britain british england english europe london	english # 33 london # 48 england # 60
47		1987	Various Artists	Earth, Volume 4
90		1987-05	Momus	The Poison Boyfriend	alternative alternative pop art pop avant-pop baroque pop britain british british underground britpop chamber pop electronic electronic pop experimental indie indie pop indie rock japan one man band one man project scotland scottish singer-songwriter soul	scottish # 23 avant-pop # 55 electronic pop # 77 scotland # 79 one man band # 95 experimental indie # 95 one man project # 96 british underground # 99
33		1988	Claire Hamill	Love in the Afternoon	britain british electronic pop female vocalists
87		1989	Shelleyan Orphan	Century Flower	britain england english orchestral pop	england # 24
46		1989	No Remorse	The New Stormtroopers	britain british england english rac skinhead
13		1989-01	The Go! Team	rwb003	alternative alternative pop alternative rock art rock brass britain british england english europe european indie pop indie rock psychedelic rock sunshine pop
35		1990	Chapterhouse	Falling Down	alternative alternative dance alternative pop alternative rock britain british dream pop england english europe european indie dance indie pop indie rock shoegaze	indie dance # 50
59		1991	No Remorse	Blood Against Gold	britain british england english rac skinhead
83		1994	Frederick Delius	DELIUS: Paris / Brigg Fair / Eventyr / Irmelin / La Calinda	britain
30		1994-04-18	As One	So Far (So Good)	britain electronic electronica england europe london
10		1996	This Heat	Made Available (Peel Sessions)	acid rock art punk art rock avant-rock britain british british underground electronic england english europe european experimental rock noise rock post-punk	british underground # 65
92		1997	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Christmas At King's		england # 54 choral # 56
49		1997	MAXFIELD	GOING THRU CHANGES	british rock soul
91		1998	The Black Dog	Babylon	britain electronic electronica england europe	england # 47
50		1999	Artemis	Fairlight / Desert Traveller	britain british england english europe
38		2000	Bear	Taking Money From Kids	alternative britain england lo-fi post-rock rock sheffield	sheffield # 58
32		2001	Chingford Attack	Reds Better Run When We're on the Attack	britain british england english national socialist rac rock skinhead street punk	national socialist # 67
63		2001	Cornelius Cardew	We Sing For The Future!	britain england
34		2002	Mank	Death Studies	britain british british underground dark ambient dark electro darkwave europe european experimental electronic idm illbient musique concrete neoclassical one man band one man project post-industrial wales welsh	welsh # 24 one man band # 50 one man project # 68 wales # 70 british underground # 78
44		2002	The Hemingways	Best of The Hemingways	alternative rock britain british british underground indie rock post-punk psychedelic rock scotland scottish southern rock	scotland # 17 british underground # 82
52		2003	Chuck	No, Not Ah!
78		2003-02-24	SofaLofa	Pickled Think ep	britain british england english europe
7		2004	Brian Ferneyhough	Brian Ferneyhough: Music for Flute and Piano	britain contemporary classical england flute piano
77		2004	Moloko	11000 Clicks	britain england
85		2004-04	Bitstream	One Third Standard Lux	britain electronic england idm	england # 19
51		2004-09-28	Various Artists	Earth, Volume 7
3		2005	Warhammer	We Are the Law	britain british england english national socialist rac rock skinhead	national socialist # 46
65		2005-04-01	All Time High	From The Dawn Of Time We Came....	britain british british underground hip-hop rap scotland scottish underground hip-hop	scotland # 31 british underground # 89
8		2005-04-04	Children of the Drone	Compilation no. 3	anti-folk avant-folk britain british british underground folk improvisation	british underground # 63
45		2005-06	Vengeance	Out of the Darkness	britain british england english national socialist rac	national socialist # 80
93		2005-07-25	Soft Cell	The Bedsit Tapes	britain england minimal synth	minimal synth # 27 england # 56
18		2006	Brian Ferneyhough	Ferneyhough: Shadowtime	britain contemporary classical england
37		2006-02-06	SofaLofa	Mellifluous	britain british england english europe
75		2007	Snowmobile	The world keeps spinning	britain british british underground instrumental instrumental rock jazz post-rock wales welsh	welsh # 64 wales # 88 british underground # 96
22		2007	Spaceships Are Cool	Spaceships Are Cool	britain england
17		2007-03-05	Sean Eskimo	Records for small children	britain british british underground darkwave electronic electronic pop electronica idm organic electronica	organic electronica # 53 british underground # 70
88		2007-03-13	Keston and Westdal	Truth is Stranger	america american american indie britain british california downtempo england english midwest minneapolis san francisco us indie usa	english # 4 england # 35 american indie # 74 san francisco # 76 america # 76 midwest # 82 us indie # 87 minneapolis # 96
62		2007-03-19	The Aliens	Astronomy For Dogs	rock
70		2007-08-25	Sidearm	Don't Cry Help Until You're Dead	alternative rock britain british british underground	british underground # 92
43		2007-11-08	CLING	Live Versions (Official Release)	britain british england english europe
39		2008	Keyboard Choir	Electrical Unity EP	britain british british underground electronic electronic pop	electronic pop # 10 british underground # 79
81		2008	Keston and Westdal	One Day to Save All Life	america american american indie britain british downtempo england english midwest minneapolis san francisco us indie usa	england # 7 america # 50 american indie # 60 san francisco # 60 us indie # 74 midwest # 76 minneapolis # 92
68		2008	Benjamin Britten	BRITTEN: String Quartets No. 3 / Simple Symphony	britain england
31		2008-01-08	Amitron_7	Karma 08/01	ambient dub britain british british underground downtempo dub	british underground # 77
29		2008-03-02	Sean Eskimo	English Breakfast EP	britain british british underground electronic pop	british underground # 76
28		2008-03-03	Exisonic	344 Metres Per Second	ambient britain electronic europe london techno
72		2008-03-07	The Heavens	The Heavens	alternative pop alternative rock britain british british rock british underground britpop indie pop indie rock leeds northern soul	northern soul # 61 british rock # 62 leeds # 85 british underground # 93
24		2008-06-16	Laurence Crane	Crane, L.: 20th Century Music (Solo Piano Pieces, 1985-1999)
67		2008-11-03	Paul Weller	When Your Garden's Overgrown	britain england london
54		2008-12-06	Ghost Hunter	In The Early Months	alternative britain british british underground england english europe european indie electronic indietronica one man band one man project sheffield	sheffield # 67 one man band # 68 one man project # 77 british underground # 84
71		2009	Various Artists	Points in Time 001	atmospheric drum and bass britain british drum and bass england english europe	atmospheric drum and bass # 12
60		2009	Various Artists	Points in Time 005	atmospheric drum and bass britain british drum and bass england english europe
96		2009-01-11	Aydio	Deltitnu EP	alternative ambient breaks britain british british underground chillout downtempo dub electronic electronic pop electronica england english europe european indie electronic indietronica lo-fi london one man band one man project trip-hop	european # 7 europe # 10 breaks # 40 english # 42 indie electronic # 47 london # 53 england # 68 electronic pop # 83 one man project # 98 one man band # 98 british underground # 100
4		2009-01	Cestrian	The Walled City	britain electro electronica england
20		2009-06-01	Al Lewis Band	Sawl Ffordd Allan	britain
48		2009-06-28	The Tiger Who Came To Tea	Eight (Pieces)	britain british british underground experimental rock instrumental instrumental rock math rock progressive rock	british underground # 83
19		2009-09-24	Amitron_7	The Anton Phase Electro Clockwork Menagerie	britain british british underground	british underground # 72
11		2009-10-08	Minimal States	Like A Photograph	ambient britain british british underground field recordings london musique concrete shoegaze soundscape	british underground # 66
66		2009-10-29	Taiga Blues	A Minor Shunt With Common Sense	britain british british underground electronic experimental rock fusion glasgow jazz rock post-rock scotland scottish trio	scotland # 33 trio # 66 glasgow # 78 british underground # 90
84		2010	Tabar	Hugs EP	britain british british underground europe experimental indie female vocalists indie pop indie rock math rock quartet	experimental indie # 87 quartet # 96 british underground # 98
23		2010-08-01	Interlard	Tyrol	britain british british underground doom metal experimental rock industrial noise noise rock rhythmic noise sludge	british underground # 73
42		2010-10-16	The Womb	Purity Test	alternative pop britain british british underground electronic experimental indie	experimental indie # 51 british underground # 81
53		2010-11-15	Roger O'Donnell	Piano Formations	britain british england english europe
16		2010-12-24	Tracing Arcs	[iD.063] Tracing Arcs - Eye See You (LP)	britain british british underground duo electronic europe nu jazz trip-hop	british underground # 69
55		2010-12	Insect Guide	5 o'clock recordings	alternative pop britain british british underground duo europe leeds	leeds # 65 british underground # 85
15		2011	Inca Gold	Inca Gold	alternative pop alternative rock britain british british underground england english london psychedelic rock	british underground # 68
89		2011-03-16	Burial / Four Tet & Thom Yorke	TEXT010	britain downtempo dub dubstep edm electronic house idm
26		2011-07-06	Swampyboy	Quasi Horror	8-bit britain british british underground chiptune electronic	british underground # 74
58		2011-08-22	Memotone	[BadPanda096] Bad Panda EP	britain british british underground electronic electronic pop europe experimental electronic jazz post-rock	experimental electronic # 20 electronic pop # 37 british underground # 87
25		2012	Andre Canniere Group	Forward Space	britain contemporary jazz instrumental jazz jazz trumpet london	jazz trumpet # 21
27		2012	Stuart Newman	Single But Defective (unreleased/demo)	acoustic australia australian britain british british underground indie folk singer-songwriter	british underground # 75
74		2012-01-30	Betamaxx	Wild Foxes	alternative britain british british underground disco diy duo electronic electronic pop england english europe lo-fi synthpop	duo # 41 diy # 59 electronic pop # 60 british underground # 95
99		2012-03-19	Gentleman's Dub Club	Open Your Eyes	britain dub england reggae	dub # 5 england # 90
14		2012-04-03	Rat Faced Boy	Lonesome Road	alternative britain british british underground electronic england english europe manchester	british underground # 67
80		2012-07-10	Pandr Eyez	Eyes On You EP	breaks britain british british underground duo electronic electronic pop england english europe london	england # 3 duo # 48 electronic pop # 65 british underground # 97
1		2012-10-04	The Sway	When Worlds Collide	alternative pop alternative rock britain british british underground europe european new wave post-punk quartet soft rock	british underground # 60 quartet # 76
56		2012-12-14	Burial	TEXT010	britain dub dubstep electronic house idm
57		2013-02-12	Crow44	Crow44	avant-pop baroque pop britain british underground chamber folk chamber pop chillwave dream pop electronic electronic pop england english europe european hypnagogic pop one man band one man project singer-songwriter soul	electronic pop # 35 one man band # 71 one man project # 79 british underground # 86
98		2013-04-28	The Pigeon Detectives	We Met At Sea	britain england indie rock	england # 88
86		2013-09	Robyn Hitchcock	The Man Upstairs	folk rock british singer-songwriter
95		2013-11-15	Gabrielle	Now and Always: 20 Years of Dreaming	britain england	england # 65
100		2015-07-27	J Hus	THE 15th DAY	britain england london	london # 78 england # 92
6		2015-08-13	Ashtray Navigations	Sweet iron feet	ambient britain british british underground drone drone rock england english europe european experimental rock noise one man band one man project	drone rock # 8 one man band # 21 one man project # 51 british underground # 62
97		2023	Various Artists	On The Bone - Compilation One	alternative britain england post-punk	england # 82
36		2023	Various Artists	Britain at War in Colour	britain
2			Fragile Battleship	Eunoia	ambient britain british british underground soundscape	british underground # 61
9			the hirundu	The Dune Buggy Attack Battalion L.P.	britain british british underground dance disco electro house lo-fi pop sound collage sunshine pop	british underground # 64
41			The Lady Sails	The Lady Sails	britain british british folk british underground folk indie folk indie pop indietronica london twee pop	british folk # 7 british underground # 80
61			the hirundu	Tandoori Hotrodz	alternative britain british british underground indie rock lo-fi shoegaze singer-songwriter sound collage sunshine pop	sunshine pop # 3 british underground # 88
69			Masske	Masske	britain british british underground europe experimental rock fusion instrumental instrumental rock jazz rock post-metal post-rock stoner metal stoner rock	british underground # 91
5			группа Приправа	Аватар Priprava	britain canada russia
21			Thomas Adès	ADES: ANTHOLOGY	britain contemporary classical england orchestral
64			Cornelius Cardew	We Sing For The Future	britain england

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• england
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