Have new albums always been released on a Friday? Whether just a music fan or working in the industry, you won’t be able to ignore Fridays seeming to serve as the core day for new music drops. Whatever your place in the weird world of music, every upcoming album or EP unleash seems to orbit the old Anglo-Saxon “day of Frig.”Are you just imagining things? So, have new albums always been released on a Friday? Before 2015, new albums had no real guideline as to when they hit stores, and differed by country.