Albums releasing in May 2014

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
May 1	Buzzcocks	The Way	Pop punk
May 2	Anastacia	Resurrection		Sanctuary, BMG
	Epica	The Quantum Enigma	Symphonic metal	Nuclear Blast
	Lily Allen	Sheezus	Electropop	Regal, Parlophone
	Lykke Li	I Never Learn	Indie pop, dream pop	LL, Atlantic
	Xandria	Sacrificium	Symphonic metal	Napalm
May 5	Brian Eno and Karl Hyde	Someday World	Electronic	Warp
	The Horrors	Luminous	Neo-psychedelia, dream pop	XL
May 6	Andrew Jackson Jihad	Christmas Island	Indie rock, folk punk, indie folk	SideOneDummy
	Atmosphere	Southsiders	Hip hop	Rhymesayers
	Ben & Ellen Harper	Childhood Home	Blues rock, folk rock, Americana	Prestige Folklore
	Natalie Merchant	Natalie Merchant	Soft rock, folk-pop	Nonesuch
	Santana	Corazón	Latin rock	RCA, Sony Latin Iberia
	Sarah McLachlan	Shine On	Pop rock	Verve
May 9	Killer Be Killed	Killer Be Killed	Groove metal, thrash metal	Nuclear Blast
	Little Dragon	Nabuma Rubberband	Trip hop, soul, pop	Because
	Michael Jackson	Xscape	Pop, R&B	MJJ, Epic
	Tori Amos	Unrepentant Geraldines	Alternative rock, pop rock	Mercury Classics
May 12	The Black Keys	Turn Blue	Garage rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock	Nonesuch
	Blondie	Blondie 4(0) Ever		Noble ID
	Cakes da Killa	I Run This Club (Remixes)		HMUSA Records	[28][29]
	Chromeo	White Women	Electro-funk	Last Gang
	Foxes	Glorious	Synth-pop	RCA, Sign of the Times
	Swans	To Be Kind	Noise rock, drone, experimental	Young God
	Titãs	Nheengatu	Rock, punk rock	Som Livre
May 13	Agalloch	The Serpent & the Sphere	Black metal, doom metal, folk metal	Profound Lore
	Guided by Voices	Cool Planet	Indie rock	Guided by Voices Inc., Fire
	Mad Caddies	Dirty Rice	Ska	Fat Wreck Chords
	Mushroomhead	The Righteous & the Butterfly	Alternative metal, industrial metal, experimental metal	Megaforce
	Only Crime	Pursuance	Melodic hardcore	Rise
	Sturgill Simpson	Metamodern Sounds in Country Music	Outlaw country	High Top Mountain, Loose Music
May 14	Casualties of Cool	Casualties of Cool	Country rock, blues rock, ambient	HevyDevy Records
May 16	Afrojack	Forget the World	Electro house, progressive house, hip house	Universal, Def Jam, Island
	Coldplay	Ghost Stories	Electronica, synth-pop	Parlophone, Atlantic
	Phillip Phillips	Behind the Light	Pop rock	Interscope, 19
May 19	Brantley Gilbert	Just as I Am	Country, rock	Valory Music
	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Revelation	Neo-psychedelia	A Records
	Conor Oberst	Upside Down Mountain	Indie rock, folk rock	Nonesuch
	Melanie Martinez	The Dollhouse		Atlantic, Warner Chappell
	Plaid	Reachy Prints	Electronic music, IDM	Warp
	The Roots	...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin	Alternative hip hop	Def Jam
	Various artists	The Fault in Our Stars		Atlantic
May 23	Austin Mahone	The Secret	Pop, EDM	Chase, Cash Money, Republic
	Mariah Carey	Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse	R&B	Def Jam
	Röyksopp and Robyn	Do It Again	Electronic	Dog Triumph
May 26	Bury Tomorrow	Runes	Metalcore	Nuclear Blast
	Hercules and Love Affair	The Feast of the Broken Heart	House	Moshi Moshi
	Sam Smith	In the Lonely Hour	Pop, soul	Capitol, Method
May 27	7Seconds	Leave a Light On		Rise	[30]
	Cher Lloyd	Sorry I'm Late	Pop	Epic, Syco, Mr. Kanani
	Jamie Lynn Spears	The Journey	Country pop	Sweet Jamie Music
	Jamie O'Neal	Eternal	Country	Shanachie
	Owen Pallett	In Conflict	Indie rock	Domino, Secret City
	Powerman 5000	Builders of the Future	Electronic rock, industrial rock	T-Boy Records
	The Ready Set	The Bad & the Better	Electropop, pop	Razor & Tie
May 30	Clean Bandit	New Eyes	House, classical crossover, baroque pop	Warner, Atlantic
	Sleep Party People	Floating	Dream pop, shoegazing, alternative rock	Blood and Biscuits	[31]