The Stranglers discography
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| The Stranglers discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 17 |
| Live albums | 16 |
| Compilation albums | 28 |
| Video albums | 8 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 41 |
The following is a comprehensive discography of The Stranglers, an English rock band. In the UK the band has sold a certified 1.52 million albums and 600,000 singles.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| UK [1] |
FR [2] |
SE [3] |
NO [4] |
NZ [5] |
US [6] |
Canada [7] |
NL [8] |
DE [9] |
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| 1977 | Rattus Norvegicus
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4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
No More Heroes
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2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – |
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| 1978 | Black and White
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2 | – | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1979 | The Raven
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4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1981 | The Gospel According to the Meninblack
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8 | – | – | – | 40 | – | – | – | – | |
La Folie
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11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – |
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| 1983 | Feline
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4 | – | – | 16 | 18 | – | 88 | 39 | 52 | |
| 1984 | Aural Sculpture
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14 | – | 37 | – | 13 | – | 35 | 31 | 17 |
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| 1986 | Dreamtime
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16 | 18[12] | – | – | 45 | 172 | 83 | 60 | – |
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| 1990 | 10
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15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 71 | – |
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| 1992 | Stranglers in the Night
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33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1995 | About Time
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31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1997 | Written in Red
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52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1998 | Coup de Grace
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171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2004 | Norfolk Coast
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70 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2006 | Suite XVI
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89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2012 | Giants
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48 | 82[13] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Live albums
The Stranglers have always toured regularly. The official albums listed below chronicle the changing face of these performances over the years.
- Live (X Cert) (1979) – UK No. 7 (BPI: Silver)
- All Live and All of the Night (1988) – UK No. 12 (BPI: Gold)
- Live at the Hope and Anchor (1992)
- The Early Years '74 '75 '76 Rare Live and Unreleased (1992)
- Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (1993)
- Death and Night and Blood (1993)
- The Stranglers and Friends - Live in Concert (1995)
- Access All Areas (1996)
- Friday the Thirteenth (1997) – UK #198[14]
- Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81 (1998)
- 5 Live 01 (2001)
- Apollo Revisited (2003)
- Coast to Coast: Live on Tour (2005)
- Themeninblackinbrugge (2008)
- Live at the Apollo 2010 (DVD & CD) (2010)
Compilation albums
- IV (1980, US only Release on IRS)
- The Collection 1977-1982 (1982) – UK No. 12 (BPI: Silver)
- Off The Beaten Track (1986) – UK No. 80
- Rarities (1988)
- Singles (The UA Years) (1989) – UK No. 57
- Greatest Hits 1977-1990 (1990) – UK No. 4 (BPI: Platinum)
- All Twelve Inches (1992)
- The Early Years '74 '75 '76 Rare Live and Unreleased (1992)
- Strangled from Birth and Beyond (1994)
- The Sessions (1995)
- The Hit Men (1996) UK – #113[14]
- The Best of the Epic Years (1997)
- The Collection (1997)
- Collection (1998)
- Hits & Heroes (1999)
- Hits Collection (1999)
- The Stranglers (2001)
- The Masters (2002)
- Lies and Deception (2002)
- Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers (2002) – UK No. 21 (BPI: Gold)
- The Rarities (2002)
- Out of the Black (2002)
- Sweet Smell of Success - Best of the Epic Years (2003)
- Live 'n' Sleazy (2003)
- Miss You (2003)
- Gold (2003)
- The Very Best of The Stranglers (2006) – UK No. 28
- Decades Apart (2010) – UK #146[14]
- The Old Testament: The UA Studio Recordings 1977-1982 (2013)
Special projects
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [15] |
AUS [16] |
NZ [17] |
Canada [18] |
FRA [19] |
NL [20] |
IRE [21] |
DE [22] |
BE [23] |
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| 1977 | "Grip"/"London Lady" | 44 | – | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Rattus Norvegicus | |
| "Peaches"/"Go Buddy Go" (Double A-side in UK only) |
8 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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| "Something Better Change"/"Straighten Out" (Double A-side in UK only) |
9 | – | – | – | – | 29 | – | – | – | No More Heroes | ||
| "No More Heroes" | 8 | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | – | – | |||
| 1978 | "5 Minutes" | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | non-album single | |
| "Nice 'n' Sleazy" | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Black and White | ||
| "Walk On By" | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | non-album single | ||
| 1979 | "Duchess" | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | – | – | The Raven | |
| "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Don't Bring Harry"/"Wired"/"Crabs (Live)"/"In the Shadows (Live)" EP | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1980 | "Bear Cage" | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | non-album single | |
| "Who Wants the World?" | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1981 | "Thrown Away" | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Gospel According to the Meninblack | |
| "Just Like Nothing On Earth" | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Let Me Introduce You to the Family" | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | La Folie | ||
| 1982 | "Golden Brown" | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | 63 | 7 |
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| "La Folie" | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Strange Little Girl" | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | The Collection 1977-1982 | ||
| 1983 | "European Female" | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | Feline | |
| "Midnight Summer Dream" | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | – | |||
| "Paradise" | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1984 | "Skin Deep" | 15 | 11 | 19 | – | – | 21 | 11 | – | 17 | Aural Sculpture | |
| "No Mercy" | 37 | 90 | – | 88 | – | 32 | – | 28 | 8 | |||
| 1985 | "Let Me Down Easy" | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1986 | "Nice in Nice" | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | Dreamtime | |
| "Always the Sun" | 30 | 21 | – | – | 15 | 42 | 16 | – | – | |||
| "Big in America" | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 50 | 38 | |||
| 1987 | "Shakin' Like a Leaf" | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1988 | "All Day and All of the Night" | 7 | – | 38 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | All Live and All of the Night | |
| 1989 | "Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (re-mix) | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Singles (The UA Years) | |
| 1990 | "96 Tears" | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | 10 | |
| "Sweet Smell of Success" | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1991 | "Always the Sun (Sunny Side Up Mix)" | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Greatest Hits 1977-1990 | |
| "Golden Brown" (re-issue) | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | – | non-album single | ||
| 1992 | "Heaven or Hell" | 46 | – | – | – | – | 77 | – | – | – | Stranglers in the Night | |
| "Sugar Bullets" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1995 | "Lies and Deception" | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | About Time | |
| 1997 | "In Heaven She Walks" | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Written in Red | |
| 2004 | "Big Thing Coming" | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Norfolk Coast | |
| "Long Black Veil" | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2006 | "Spectre of Love" | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Suite XVI | |
| 2010 | "Retro Rockets" | 198[24] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Decades Apart | |
| 2012 | "Mercury Rising" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Giants | |
DVD releases
- The Collection 1977-1982
- Live at Alexandra Palace
- Friday The Thirteenth
- Euro live
- On Stage on Screen
- Live '78, SF
- Rattus at the Roundhouse
- Live at the Apollo
Solo discographies
J.J. Burnel
- Euroman Cometh (1979)
- Un Jour Parfait (1988)
(with Kasamatsu Kouji)
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo – Original Soundtrack (2005)
for the numerous production and guest appearances see J.J. Burnel Discography
Dave Greenfield & J.J. Burnel
(Greenfield is billed as "D. Greenfield" on the cover)
Hugh Cornwell
Solo albums
- Wolf (1988)
- Wired (1993) (US-title: First Bus to Babylon, 1999)
- Guilty (1997) (US-title: Black Hair, Black Eyes, Black Suit, 1999)
- Hi Fi (2000)
- Footprints in the Desert (2002)
- Beyond Elysian Fields (2004)
- Hooverdam (2008)
- Totem and taboo (2012)
Other albums
- Nosferatu (1979) (with Robert Williams)
- CCW (1992) (with Roger Cook and Andy West)
- Sons of Shiva (2002) (with Sex W Johnston)
- Mayday (2002) (live album)
- In the Dock (2003) (live acoustic album)
- People; Places; Pieces (2006) (live album)
- Dirty Dozen (2006) (live album – selected highlights from People; Places; Pieces)
- Beyond Acoustic Fields (2008) (live acoustic recording of Beyond Elysian Fields)
- New Songs for King Kong (2010) (live album)
The Purple Helmets
(Featuring J.J. Burnel, Dave Greenfield & John Ellis)
- Ride Again (1988)
- Rise Again (1989)
Paul Roberts / Faith Band / Soulsec
- Faith? (1999)
- Self Discovery (2001)
- The Pressure Sensitive (2003)
- End Games (2007)
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- ↑ infodisc.fr Note: Select Stranglers in the drop-down list. Retrieved on 29 September 2012
- ↑ infodisc.fr Note: Select Stranglers in the drop-down list. Retrieved on 29 September 2012
- ↑ SNEP website: www.disqueenfrance.com (week starting 26 March 2012)
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