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scotland

Last updated: Sat Nov 01 2025 13:37:51 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Music tagged as "scotland" encompasses diverse sounds from Scottish artists, ranging from jangly indie pop and melancholic post-rock to energetic punk and traditional folk fusion. The tag reflects Scotland's vibrant musical heritage, blending Celtic influences with contemporary genres like new wave, electronic, and alternative rock. These artists often share a distinctively Scottish sensibility, whether through lyrical themes, accents, or innovative approaches to merging traditional and modern sounds.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
2		1958	Jo Stafford	Songs of Scotland	scotland
18		1962	Andy Stewart	Andy Stewart's Scotland	celtic folk oldies scotland scottish
82		1965-10	Lulu	Something To Shout About	oldies scotland
70		1966	The Incredible String Band	The Incredible String Band	folk
78		1967	The Incredible String Band	Incredible String Band	folk
76		1967-10-06	Al Stewart	Bedsitter Images	scotland
13		1969	Rod Stewart	The Rod Stewart Album	rock
26		1971-02	Tear Gas	Piggy Go Getter	scotland
59		1975	Ivor Cutler	Velvet Donkey	scotland scottish
1		1976	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	rock
55		1978	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	rock
84		1978	The Rezillos	Can't Stand the Rezillos	scotland
66		1979-02-23	The Skids	Scared to Dance
56		1980-08-01	The Associates	The Affectionate Punch	post-punk new wave
95		1981	Sheena Easton	Take My Time	scotland
38		1981-10	The Associates	Fourth Drawer Down	post-punk new wave
71		1982-09	The Wake	Harmony	new wave scotland
65		1983-04-19	Aztec Camera	High Land, Hard Rain
4		1984	H2O	Faith	electronic male vocalists new wave pop scotland synthpop
10		1984	Sideway Look	Sideway Look	alternative male vocalists rock scotland
15		1985	Strawberry Switchblade	Strawberry Switchblade (Expanded Edition)	bubblegum pop glasgow new wave scotland synthpop	bubblegum pop # 34 glasgow # 68
100		1985	Strawberry Switchblade	Strawberry Switchblade	new wave	new wave # 2
61		1985	Fiction Factory	Another Story	electronic new wave scotland synthpop
29		1986	The Glencastle Sound	The Musical World of Scotland	scotland
96		1986-07	Bronski Beat	Truthdare Doubledare	dance electronic male vocalists pop scotland synthpop
25		1987	Secession	A Dark Enchantment (Remastered)	new wave scotland scottish
14		1987-01	Jakob Lindberg	Lute Music from Scotland and France	lute scotland	lute # 20
97		1987-04-12	The Proclaimers	This Is The Story	scotland
79		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 britain # 90 one man band # 95 experimental indie # 95 one man project # 96 british underground # 99
21		1988	Various Artists	The Tartan Chillout Album: Celtic Anthems of Scotland	scotland
54		1989	Edwyn Collins	Hope and Despair	indie rock scotland
39		1990	Anthrax	Kings Among Scotland	country live recording scotland thrash metal	live recording # 36
48		1990	The Gordon Highlanders	The Bagpipes & Drums Of Scotland	scotland
22		1990	Runrig	Day Of Days The 30th Anniversary Concert Stirling Castle, Scotland
45		1991	Teenage Fanclub	Scotland On Sunday Exclusive	scotland
75		1991	The Corries	Flower of Scotland	scotland
51		1993	Ian McGregor & Scottish Pipe Band	Highland Pipes And Drums: Bagpipe Music Of Scotland	bagpipes celtic folk scotland scottish	bagpipes # 80
68		1993	Eddi Reader	Mirmama	folk scotland
60		1994	Wolfstone	Year of the Dog	celtic celtic rock folk rock scotland	celtic rock # 56
89		1994-03-22	The Proclaimers	Hit The Highway	folk scotland
90		1996-11-25	Arab Strap	The Week Never Starts Round Here
19		1997-09-08	Travis	Good Feeling	indie rock
9		1998	The Revels	Celtic Roads: Through Ireland, Scotland and Brittany
83		1998-04-20	Arab Strap	Philophobia	scottish indie rock	scottish # 92 glasgow # 95
86		1999-06-21	The Beta Band	The Beta Band	alternative rock	scottish # 35
98		1999-09-13	Arab Strap	Elephant Shoe	scotland
91		2000-04-17	The Delgados	The Great Eastern
73		2001-05-22	The Proclaimers	Persevere	folk scotland
53		2001-08-13	Emma Forman	Glasgow 2001	acoustic acoustic guitar alternative alternative folk celtic contemporary folk country female vocalists folk folk rock pop rock scotland scottish singer-songwriter	acoustic guitar # 18 alternative folk # 54
17		2002	The Hemingways	Best of The Hemingways	alternative rock britain british british underground indie rock post-punk psychedelic rock scotland scottish southern rock	britain # 44 british underground # 82
16		2002	triPhaze	Scotland Tapes	glitch scotland
87		2002-10-21	Idlewild	Live in a Hiding Place	scotland
12		2003	Amy Allison	No Frills Friend	scotland
58		2003	Cosmic Rough Riders	Too Close to See Far	british power pop rock scotland scottish
85		2003-07-28	The Coral	Magic and Medicine	indie rock
11		2003-10	Belle and Sebastian	Step Into My Office Baby	glasgow indie pop scotland	glasgow # 66
37		2004	Saigon High Chair Pirates	Discography	braindance electronic glasgow idm pop post-punk scotland scottish	glasgow # 80 braindance # 81
5		2004-09-21	The Bitchwhores of Babylon	More Foreplay, Vicar??
67		2005	Julie Fowlis	Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe	folk scotland scottish
35		2005	Arab Strap	Acoustic Request Show: 2004-10-16: Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
31		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	britain # 65 british underground # 89
6		2006	Emma Forman	Why are you still here?	acoustic alternative alternative folk celtic contemporary folk country folk pop folk rock indie pop pop scotland scottish singer-songwriter	alternative folk # 31
63		2006-07-31	Gay Against You	Muscle Milk	breakcore electronic emo glasgow hardcore pop scotland scottish screamo	glasgow # 89
99		2006-08-07	The View	Wasted Little DJ's	scotland
52		2007	Emma Forman	Chocolate and Red Wine	acoustic acoustic guitar acoustic rock alt pop alternative alternative folk celtic contemporary folk country folk folk rock pop scotland scottish	acoustic guitar # 13 alternative folk # 53 alt pop # 71
36		2007	Al Stewart	Bed-Sitter Images	scotland
34		2007-01-15	deportivo street team	Street Sevens Pt 1	acid house electro electronic glasgow house scotland techno	glasgow # 79
8		2007-03-26	Julie Fowlis	Cuilidh	celtic scottish folk	celtic folk # 13 scottish # 72
92		2007-04-16	Shitdisco	Kingdom Of Fear	new rave	new rave # 92
64		2007-10-02	The Fire Engines	Hungry Beat	post-punk scotland
93		2007-11-12	Red Hot Chilli Pipers	Bagrock To The Masses	bagpipes scotland	bagpipes # 98
47		2007-12-05	Amy Macdonald	This Is The Life (E Album)	scotland
49		2008	Spatial Unity	Dreams Come True	aussie australian chillout nu jazz scotland scottish surf	aussie # 68
24		2008-07-15	Sharleen Spiteri	Melody (World version)	pop rock scotland
32		2008-09-01	Weird Fields	Destruct Science	alternative ambient american british chillout easy listening electronic electronica new age scotland soundtrack
20		2008-09-10	ch.pm	Alien Genome Project	alternative ambient american british chillout dark ambient easy listening electronic electronica folktronica new age scotland soundtrack
7		2009-03-18	Velvet	The Constant	glasgow scotland scottish	glasgow # 65
28		2009-04-27	Jack Butler	Fit the Paradigm	new wave scotland
33		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	trio # 66 britain # 66 glasgow # 78 british underground # 90
94		2009-12-25	Codeine Velvet Club	Codeine Velvet Club	pop scotland
88		2011-09-30	VUKOVI	It Looked So Good On Me...	glasgow pop rock scotland	glasgow # 96
57		2012-01-02	Stephen Harrison	Today Tomorrow	acoustic adult contemporary alternative british celtic folk scotland scottish singer-songwriter
72		2012-01-09	VUKOVI	...But I Won't Wear You Again	glasgow pop rock scotland	glasgow # 92
44		2012-03-05	Admiral Fallow	Beetle in the Box - Single	scotland
74		2012-10-22	VUKOVI	Sweet Swears	glasgow pop rock scotland	glasgow # 94
42		2013-11-12	Bubblegum Lemonade	Some Like It Pop	alternative glasgow scotland	glasgow # 82
77		2015-07-07	Party Cannon	Bong Hit Hospitalisation	brutal death metal death metal metal scotland scottish	scottish # 22
30		2016-05-27	Starless	Starless	pop scotland scottish soundscape
43		2018-03-02	Cold Years	Northern Blue	alternative punk rock rock scotland
41		2020	PMX	Cross the Void (Demo)	hardcore melodic punk pop punk rock scotland	melodic punk # 29
27		2020-08-01	Adenine	Adenine	ambient harp scotland	harp # 7
62		2020-09-04	Cold Years	Paradise	alternative rock punk rock scotland
69		2022-04-22	Cold Years	Good As Hell	alternative punk rock rock scotland
81		2022-07-01	elcammgguod	Signed to the Scheme 2	scotland
23		2023	Various Artists	The Best Of Scotland	scotland
80		2023	Various Artists	Tunes from the Lowlands, Highlands & Islands
50		2023-05	Cold Years	Goodbye to Misery	alternative rock punk rock scotland
46			Angus MacColl, Gordon Walker, Stuart Sheddon And John Spoore	Lone Pipers: Monument To Perfection		bagpipes # 75
3			Ethnic Music Compilations	Highland Pipes And Drums: Bagpipe Music Of Scotland	scotland
40			Cold Years	Death Chasers	alternative punk rock rock scotland

Related genres

• scottish
• alternative
• rock
• glasgow
• british
• folk
• pop
• electronic
• celtic
• acoustic