Label: Island

Artists

• C.C. Adcock:
  • C.C. Adcock [1994]
• King Sunny Ade and His African Beats:
  • Aura [1984] A
• Anthrax:
  • I'm the Man [1987] B-
  • Attack of the Killer B's [1991]
• Art of Noise:
  • (Who's Afraid of?) The Art of Noise [1984] B
• Sweet Pea Atkinson:
  • Don't Walk Away [1982] A-
• Howie B.:
  • Music for Babies [1996] D
• Daniel Bedingfield:
  • Gotta Get Thru This [2002] A-
• Black Uhuru:
  • Chill Out [1982] B+
  • Anthem [1984] A
  • The Best of Black Uhuru: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection [2002] A
• Bon Jovi:
  • Have a Nice Day [2005] C+
• The Bravery:
  • The Bravery [2005]
• Burning Spear:
  • Marcus Garvey [1976] A-
  • Man in the Hills [1976] B+
  • The Best of Burning Spear: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection [2002]  
• William S. Burroughs:
  • Dead City Radio [1990]
  • Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales [1993] **
• John Cale:
  • Fear [1974] A-
  • Slow Dazzle [1975] A-
  • Guts [1977] A
• Mariah Carey:
  • E=MC2 [2008]
  • Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel [2009]
• Sabrina Carpenter:
  • Short 'N' Sweet [2024] A-
• Joe Cocker:
  • Sheffield Steel [1982] B
• Julian Cope:
  • Peggy Suicide [1991]
• The Cranberries:
  • Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? [1993] A-
  • No Need to Argue [1994] **
  • To the Faithful Departed [1996] C+
  • Bury the Hatchet [1999] **
• Sandy Denny:
  • Like an Old Fashioned Waltz [1974] C+
• Deus:
  • In a Bar, Under the Sea [1996]
• Manu Dibango:
  • Afrovision [1978] B+
• Swamp Dogg:
  • Have You Heard This Story? [1975] B+
• Dru Hill:
  • Dru Hill [1996]
• Eddie and the Hot Rods:
  • Teenage Depression [1977] C+
  • Life on the Line [1977] B-
• Eno:
  • Here Come the Warm Jets [1974] A
  • Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) [1975] A-
  • Another Green World [1976] A+
• Brian Eno:
  • Before and After Science [1978] A-
• Melissa Etheridge:
  • Yes I Am [1993] C+
  • Your Little Secret [1995]
  • The Awakening [2007]
• E.U.:
  • 2 Places at the Same Time [1986] B
• Marianne Faithfull:
  • Broken English [1979] A-
  • Dangerous Acquaintances [1981] B+
  • A Child's Adventure [1983] B+
  • Strange Weather [1987] A-
  • Blazing Away [1990] B-
  • Faithfull [1994] A-
  • A Secret Life [1995]
  • A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology [1998] **
• Fall Out Boy:
  • From Under the Cork Tree [2005] C+
  • Folie à Deux [2008] B-
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood:
  • Welcome to the Pleasure Dome [1984] C
• Free:
  • Heartbreaker [1973] C+
• Gettovetts:
  • Missionaries Moving [1988] B+
• The Gibson Brothers:
  • Cuba [1979] B+
• Hanson:
  • This Time Around [2000] C-
• PJ Harvey:
  • Man-Size [1993] ***
  • 4-Track Demos [1993] B+
  • To Bring You My Love [1995] A
  • Is This Desire? [1998] A-
  • Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea [2000] A+
  • Uh Huh Her [2004] **
  • White Chalk [2007]
  • The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 [2008] ***
  • The Hope Six Demolition Project [2016] *
• PJ Harvey & John Parish:
  • A Woman a Man Walked By [2009] A-
• The Heptones:
  • Night Food [1976] B
• Justin Hines & the Dominoes:
  • Jezebel [1976] B+
• Insane Clown Posse:
  • The Amazing Jeckel Brothers [1999] C+
• Janet Jackson:
  • Discipline [2008]
• Ronald Shannon Jackson:
  • Decode Yourself [1985] B+
• Etta James:
  • Seven Year Itch [1988] B+
• Linton Kwesi Johnson:
  • Making History [1984] A
• Grace Jones:
  • Portfolio [1977] C+
  • Warm Leatherette [1980] B+
  • Nightclubbing [1981] B-
  • Living My Life [1982] B+
  • Island Life [1985] B-
• Killers:
  • Hot Fuss [2004] *
  • Day & Age [2008]
• Tove Lo:
  • Queen of the Clouds [2014] ***
• Local Boys:
  • Moments of Madness [1983] A-
• Local H:
  • Ham Fisted [1995] ***
  • As Good as Dead [1996] A-
  • Pack Up the Cats [1998] A-
• The Long Ryders:
  • State of Our Union [1985] B+
• The Lounge Lizards:
  • Live in Tokyo/Big Heart [1986] A-
  • No Pain for Cakes [1987] B+
• Evan Lurie:
  • Selling Water by the Side of the River [1990] A-
• Shelby Lynne:
  • Love, Shelby [2001]
• Bob Marley & the Wailers:
  • Natty Dread [1975] A
  • Rastaman Vibration [1976] B+
  • Live! [1976] A-
  • Exodus [1977] B+
  • Kaya [1978] A-
  • Babylon By Bus [1978] B-
  • Survival [1979] B
  • Uprising [1980] A-
  • Confrontation [1983] B+
  • Legend [1984] A
• Malcolm McLaren:
  • Duck Rock [1983] B+
  • Fans [1984] B+
• The Meters:
  • Cissy Strut [1975] A-
• M.I.A.:
  • Mata [2022] A-
• Junie Morrison:
  • Evacuate Your Seats [1984] B-
• Willie Nelson:
  • Spirit [1996] A-
  • Teatro [1998] **
  • Milk Cow Blues [2000] *
  • Rainbow Connection [2001] A-
• Nico:
  • The End [1974] C
• N.Y.C. Peech Boys:
  • Life Is Something Special [1983] B+
• Robert Palmer:
  • Some People Can Do What They Like [1976] C+
  • Riptide [1985] C+
  • "Addictions" Volume 1 [1989] B-
• John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey:
  • Dance Hall at Louse Point [1996] **
• Phranc:
  • I Enjoy Being a Girl [1989] B
  • Positively Phranc [1991]
• The Pogues:
  • If I Should Fall from Grace With God [1988] B+
  • Peace and Love [1989] B
• Buster Poindexter:
  • Buster's Spanish Rocket Ship [1997] ***
• Public Image Ltd.:
  • Second Edition [1980] A-
• Pulp:
  • His 'n' Hers [1994]
  • Different Class [1996] A-
  • This Is Hardcore [1998]
• Marc Ribot:
  • Rootless Cosmopolitans [1990]
• Chappell Roan:
  • The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess [2023] A
• Max Romeo:
  • War ina Babylon [1976] B+
• The Royal Macadamians:
  • Experiments in Terror [1990]
• Salt:
  • Ausculcate [1996]
• Davitt Sigerson:
  • Falling in Love Again [1984] B+
• Sly and Robbie:
  • Rhythm Killers [1987] A
  • Silent Assassin [1989] B+
• Sparks:
  • Propaganda [1975] C-
• Spell:
  • Mississippi [1994] B+
• Spring Heel Jack:
  • Busy Curious Thirsty [1997] A
  • 68 Million Shades . . . [1997] A
• Sum 41:
  • All Killer No Filler [2001] *
  • Chuck [2004]
  • Underclass Hero [2007]
• Rachid Taha:
  • Diwân [1998] A-
• Richard Thompson:
  • Live (More or Less) [1977] A-
• Richard & Linda Thompson:
  • Hokey Pokey [1974] A
  • Pour Down Like Silver [1976] B+
• Thrice:
  • Vheissu [2005]
• Thursday:
  • War All the Time [2003]
  • A City by the Light Divided [2006] C+
• Toots and the Maytals:
  • Funky Kingston [1975] A-
  • Reggae Got Soul [1976] B+
  • Time Tough: The Anthology [1996] A-
• Traffic:
  • John Barleycorn Must Die [1970] C+
  • The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys [1971] B
  • Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory [1973] C
• Tricky:
  • Maxinquaye [1995] A+
  • Pre-Millennium Tension [1996] A-
  • Angels With Dirty Faces [1998] A-
• Tricky With DJ Muggs and Grease:
  • Juxtapose [1999] A-
• Trouble Funk:
  • Saturday Night Live! From Washington D.C. [1985] B+
  • Trouble Over Here/Trouble Over There [1987] B
• Ultravox:
  • Ultravox! [1977] B
• U2:
  • Boy [1980] C+
  • October [1981] B-
  • War [1983] B+
  • Under a Blood Red Sky [1983] A-
  • The Unforgettable Fire [1984] B+
  • Wide Awake in America [1985] B
  • The Joshua Tree [1987] B
  • Rattle and Hum [1988] B+
  • Achtung Baby [1991]
  • Zooropa [1993] B-
  • Pop [1997]
  • The Best of 1980-1990 [1998] *
• Bunny Wailer:
  • Blackheart Man [1976] A-
  • Protest [1977] B
• The Wailers:
  • Catch a Fire [1972] A
  • Burnin' [1974] A
• Tom Waits:
  • Swordfishtrombones [1983] A-
  • Rain Dogs [1985] B+
  • Franks Wild Years [1987] B
  • Big Time [1988] B
  • Bone Machine [1992] **
  • The Black Rider [1993] ***
  • Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years [1998] A-
• Was (Not Was):
  • Was (Not Was) [1981] B-
• Paul Weller:
  • Heavy Soul [1997] C
• The Wild Tchoupitoulas:
  • The Wild Tchoupitoulas [1976] A
• Steve Winwood:
  • Steve Winwood [1977] C-
  • Arc of a Diver [1980] B-
  • Talking Back to the Night [1982] C
  • Back in the High Life [1986] C
  • Chronicles [1987] C+
• Andrew W.K.:
  • I Get Wet [2002] A-
  • The Wolf [2003] C+
• Womack & Womack:
  • Conscience [1988] A-
• Yard Act:
  • The Overload [2022] A-
  • Where's My Utopia? [2024] A-

Compilations/Soundtracks

• Genius of Rap [1982] B+
• Good to Go [1986] B+
• Island Records Presents Rock Steady: 40 Soulful Classics [2013] ***
• June 1, 1974 [1974] B+
• Passengers: Original Soundtracks I [1995]
• The Secret Policeman's Ball [1981] B+
• This Is Reggae Music [1974] C+