List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2014

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Rock Chart number-one albums of 2014.

Chart history

Key

Best-selling rock album of the year

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Record label	Ref.
5 January	...Like Clockwork	Queens of the Stone Age	Matador	[1]
12 January				[2]
19 January	Dark Days	Canterbury	Hassle	[3]
26 January	Nevermind	Nirvana	DGC	[4]
2 February	Cavalier Youth	You Me at Six	Virgin	[5]
9 February	Hydra	Within Temptation	BMG	[6]
16 February	Cavalier Youth	You Me at Six	Virgin	[7]
23 February	Weird Kids	We Are the In Crowd	Hopeless	[8]
2 March	Cavalier Youth	You Me at Six	Virgin	[9]
9 March	English Oceans	Drive-By Truckers	ATO	[10]
16 March	Lost Forever // Lost Together	Architects	Epitaph	[11]
23 March	Going to Hell	The Pretty Reckless	Razor & Tie	[12]
30 March	May Death Never Stop You	My Chemical Romance	Reprise	[13]
6 April	All You Can Eat	Steel Panther	Kobalt Label Services	[14]
13 April	Catacombs of the Black Vatican	Black Label Society	Mascot	[15]
20 April	Cavalier Youth	You Me at Six	Virgin	[16]
27 April	Space Police: Defenders of the Crown	Edguy	Nuclear Blast	[17]
4 May	Diploid Love	Brody Dalle	Caroline/Universal	[18]
11 May	Magic Mountain	Black Stone Cherry	Roadrunner	[19]
18 May				[20]
25 May	California Breed	California Breed	Frontiers	[21]
1 June	Runes	Bury Tomorrow	Nuclear Blast	[22]
8 June	Led Zeppelin†	Led Zeppelin	Atlantic	[23]
15 June	Great Western Valkyrie	Rival Sons	Earache	[24]
22 June	The Hunting Party	Linkin Park	Warner Bros./Machine Shop	[25]
29 June	Once More 'Round the Sun	Mastodon	Reprise	[26]
6 July	Metallica	Metallica	Elektra	[27]
13 July	The Hunting Party	Linkin Park	Warner Bros./Machine Shop	[28]
20 July	Redeemer of Souls	Judas Priest	Epic/Columbia	[29]
27 July	Similarities	Biffy Clyro	14th Floor	[30]
3 August	Savages	Theory of a Deadman	Roadrunner	[31]
10 August	Sunset on the Golden Age	Alestorm	Napalm	[32]
17 August	Get Hurt	The Gaslight Anthem	Island	[33]
24 August	Great Divide	Twin Atlantic	Red Bull	[34]
31 August	Pale Communion	Opeth	Roadrunner	[35]
7 September	The Day's War	Lonely the Brave	Hassle	[36]
14 September	No Going Back	Stiff Little Fingers	Rigid Digits	[37]
21 September	World on Fire	Slash	Dik Hayd International	[38]
28 September				[39]
5 October	Hesitant Alien	Gerard Way	Warner Bros./Reprise	[40]
12 October	R-Kive	Genesis	Virgin EMI/Universal	[41]
19 October	World on Fire	Slash	Dik Hayd International	[42]
26 October	.5: The Gray Chapter	Slipknot	Roadrunner	[43]
2 November	Untitled fourth album	Led Zeppelin	Atlantic	[44]
9 November	.5: The Gray Chapter	Slipknot	Roadrunner	[45]
16 November	The Endless River	Pink Floyd	Parlophone/Warner Bros.	[46]
23 November				[47]
30 November				[48]
7 December	Rock or Bust	AC/DC	Columbia	[49]
14 December	The Endless River	Pink Floyd	Parlophone/Warner Bros.	[50]
21 December				[51]
28 December	Rock or Bust	AC/DC	Columbia	[52]

^† — Re-released as part of the band's remaster series. Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III, which were also re-released on the same day, reached positions 3 and 2, respectively, on the UK Rock Chart.^[23]

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2014 (UK)
• List of UK Dance Chart number-one albums of 2014
• List of UK Official Download Chart number-one albums of 2014
• List of UK Indie Chart number-one albums of 2014
• List of UK R&B Chart number-one albums of 2014
• List of UK Rock Chart number-one singles of 2014

References

External links

• Rock and Metal Albums Top 40 at the Official Charts Company
• UK Top 40 Rock Album Chart at BBC Radio 1