There’s a National Album Day now, ‘FYI’

Because the album is an ‘authentic’ format, those in charge have worked hard to find the perfect ambassador for the event. It turns out that’s Paloma Faith, who says: “I vividly remember being excited by so many classic albums as I was growing up, like Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’, Dylan’s ‘Freewheelin’’, and Erykah Badu’s ‘Mama’s Gun’, although, if I had to pick one, the album that most inspired me was Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut. It featured the incredibly powerful ‘Why?’ – a song that has become a real anthem for me not least as it was the first to bring home the emotional power of lyrics. The way we engage with music may be changing, but for me the album remains the ultimate expression of the songwriter’s craft.”

Nobody ever says that they grew up rinsing ‘Steptacular’, do they? They’re all fibbing.

A press release goes on to add that “the organisers plan to grow National Album Day organically into an annual event so that becomes a keenly anticipated part of the music industry calendar, in much the same way as Record Store Day.”

So, yeah. National Album Day, or NAD for short. That’s a thing now. Obviously, we’ll all be living our National Album Lives.