Music lovers everywhere, don your party hats, dig out your best vinyl and prepare to get it spinning: it's National Album Day! Returning for its seventh annual event, NAD celebrates the concept of the long-player as a format in all of its guises and glories, from classic vinyl all the way through to chunky cassettes and shiny CDs.
This year, National Album Day is partnering with BBC Radio 2 to "celebrate incredible albums by Great British groups", and we thought we'd get in on the act by compiling our list of the best (or our favourite) British albums for testing your hi-fi system. It's an eclectic mix of music, but each record is a personal recommendation from one of our team that we think will give your hi-fi the workout it craves. If you're looking for an excuse to expand your vinyl collection or add another CD to the shelf, you've found it.
