The following is a comprehensive discography of English rock band the Stranglers.
| The Stranglers discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 18 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Live albums | 20 |
| Compilation albums | 17 |
| Singles | 51 |
| Video albums | 14 |
| Box sets | 8 |
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
AUS [3][4] |
CAN [5] |
FRA [6][7] |
GER [8] |
NL [9] |
NOR [10] |
NZ [11] |
SWE [12] |
US [13] | |||
| Rattus Norvegicus |
|
4 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| No More Heroes |
|
2 | 79 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — |
|
| Black and White |
|
2 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | — |
|
| The Raven |
|
4 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| The Gospel According to the Meninblack |
|
8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | |
| La folie |
|
11 | 29 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — |
|
| Feline |
|
4 | — | 88 | — | 52 | 39 | 16 | 18 | — | — |
|
| Aural Sculpture |
|
14 | 38 | 35 | — | 17 | 31 | — | 13 | 37 | — |
|
| Dreamtime |
|
16 | 64 | 83 | 18 | — | 60 | — | 45 | — | 172 |
|
| 10 |
|
15 | 142 | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | — |
|
| Stranglers in the Night |
|
33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| About Time |
|
31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Written in Red |
|
52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Coup de Grace |
|
171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Norfolk Coast |
|
70 | — | — | 142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Suite XVI |
|
45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Giants |
|
48 | — | — | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dark Matters |
|
4 | — | — | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications
(sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
GER [8] |
NZ [11] | |||
| Live (X Cert) |
|
7 | — | 49 |
|
| All Live and All of the Night |
|
12 | 55 | — |
|
| Live at the Hope and Anchor |
|
— | — | — | |
| Saturday Night, Sunday Morning |
|
— | — | — | |
| Death and Night and Blood |
|
— | — | — | |
| The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert |
|
— | — | — | |
| Access All Areas |
|
— | — | — | |
| Friday the Thirteenth |
|
198 | — | — | |
| Live in London |
|
— | — | — | |
| Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81 |
|
— | — | — | |
| 5 Live 01 |
|
— | — | — | |
| Live at the Apollo |
|
— | — | — | |
| Coast to Coast |
|
— | — | — | |
| Themeninblackinbrugge |
|
— | — | — | |
| Live at the Apollo 2010 |
|
— | — | — | |
| Feel It Live |
|
— | — | — | |
| Black and White Live |
|
— | — | — | |
| Rattus Relived |
|
— | — | — | |
| Dave Greenfield – A Tribute |
|
— | — | — | |
| Themeninblackintokyo |
|
— | — | — | |
| Fifty Years in Black – The Anniversary Tour 2024 |
|
36 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications
(sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
NZ [11] | |||
| IV |
|
— | — | |
| The Collection 1977–1982 |
|
12 | 16 |
|
| Off the Beaten Track |
|
80 | — | |
| Rarities |
|
— | — | |
| Singles (The UA Years) |
|
57 | — | |
| Greatest Hits 1977–1990 |
|
4 | — |
|
| The Early Years – 74-75-76 Rare Live and Unreleased |
|
— | — | |
| The Sessions |
|
— | — | |
| The Hit Men |
|
113 | — | |
| Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers |
|
21 | — |
|
| Sweet Smell of Success – Best of the Epic Years |
|
— | — | |
| The Very Best of The Stranglers |
|
28 | — | |
| Decade: The Best of 1981–1990 |
|
— | — | |
| The UA Singles 1977–1982 |
|
— | — | |
| Decades Apart |
|
146 | — | |
| Skin Deep – The Collection |
|
— | — | |
| Here and There: The Epic B-Sides Collection 1983–1991 |
|
— | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
Box sets
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Old Testament: The U.A. Studio Recordings (1977–1982) |
|
| The UA Singles '77–79' |
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| The Epic Years |
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| The UA Singles '79–82' |
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| Original Album Classics |
|
| Giants and Gems: An Album Collection |
|
| Original Album Series |
|
| The Stranglers |
|
Video albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Video Collection 1977–1982 |
|
| Screentime |
|
| The Meninblack in Colour 1983–1990 |
|
| Saturday Night Sunday Morning |
|
| The Old Testament |
|
| Friday the Thirteenth |
|
| Live at Alexandra Palace |
|
| Euro Live |
|
| Live '78, SF |
|
| On Stage on Screen |
|
| Rattus at the Roundhouse |
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| Live at the Apollo 2010 |
|
| Never to Look Back: The Video Collection 1983–2012 |
|
| The Ruby Tour 2014 |
|
EPs
edit| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| Something Better Change |
|
— |
| Don't Bring Harry |
|
41 |
| No Mercy |
|
— |
| The Nighttracks Radio 1 Session (24th January 1982) |
|
— |
| Original John Peel Session: 30th August 1977 |
|
— |
| The John Peel Session (1st March 1977) |
|
— |
| BBC in Concert (23rd April 1977) |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications
(sales thresholds) |
Albums | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
AUS [3][4] |
BE (FLA) [19] |
CAN [20] |
FRA [7] |
GER [8] |
IRE [21] |
NL [9] |
NZ [11] | ||||
| "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)"/"London Lady" | 1977 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | Rattus Norvegicus | |
| "Peaches"/"Go Buddy Go" | 8 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| "Something Better Change"/"Straighten Out" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | No More Heroes | ||
| "No More Heroes" | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | |||
| "Sometimes" [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rattus Norvegicus | ||
| "5 Minutes" | 1978 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Nice 'n' Sleazy" | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | Black and White | ||
| "Walk on By" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Sverige (Jag är insnöad pä östfronten)" [B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Duchess" | 1979 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | The Raven | |
| "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Bear Cage" | 1980 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Who Wants the World?" | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Thrown Away" | 1981 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Gospel According to the Meninblack | |
| "Just Like Nothing on Earth" | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Let Me Introduce You to the Family" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | La Folie | ||
| "Golden Brown" | 1982 | 2 | 10 | 7 | — | — | 63 | 3 | 10 | — |
| |
| "La folie" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Strange Little Girl" | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | The Collection 1977–1982 | ||
| "European Female" | 1983 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | Feline | |
| "Midnight Summer Dream" | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | |||
| "Paradise" | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Skin Deep" | 1984 | 15 | 11 | 17 | — | — | — | 11 | 21 | 19 | Aural Sculpture | |
| "No Mercy" | 37 | 90 | 8 | 88 | — | 28 | — | 32 | — | |||
| "Let Me Down Easy" | 1985 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Spain" [C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Nice in Nice" | 1986 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | ||
| "Always the Sun" | 30 | 21 | — | — | 15 | — | 16 | 42 | — | Dreamtime | ||
| "Big in America" | 48 | — | 38 | — | — | 50 | 28 | — | — | |||
| "Shakin' Like a Leaf" | 1987 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dreamtime" [D] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "All Day and All of the Night" (live) | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 38 | All Live and All of the Night | ||
| "Strangle Little Girl" (live) [E] | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Golden Brown" (live) [F] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (remix) | 1989 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles (The UA Years) | |
| "96 Tears" | 1990 | 17 | 165 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 10 | |
| "Sweet Smell of Success" | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Always the Sun" (Sunny Side Up Mix) | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits 1977–1990 | ||
| "Golden Brown" (reissue) | 1991 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | ||
| "Heaven or Hell" | 1992 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | Stranglers in the Night | |
| "Sugar Bullets" | 115 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lies and Deception" | 1995 | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | About Time | |
| "In Heaven She Walks" | 1997 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Written in Red | |
| "Big Thing Coming" | 2004 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Norfolk Coast | |
| "Long Black Veil" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Spectre of Love" | 2006 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Suite XVI | |
| "Retro Rockets" | 2010 | 198 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Decades Apart | |
| "Mercury Rising" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Giants | |
| "And If You Should See Dave..."[22] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dark Matters | |
| "If Something's Gonna Kill Me (It Might as Well Be Love)"[23] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "This Song"[24] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ "Sometimes" was only released as a single in Japan.
- ^ "Sverige (Jag är insnöad pä östfronten)" is a Swedish-language version of "Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)" (from the Back and White album), that was only released as a single in Sweden.
- ^ "Spain" was only released as a single in Spain.
- ^ "Dreamtime" was only released as a single in the US.
- ^ The live version of "Strangle Little Girl" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- ^ The live version of "Golden Brown" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "STRANGLERS | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "The Official Zobbel Homepage". zobbel.de. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b "Week commencing 21 May 1990". Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Collectionscanada.gc". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Discographie The Stranglers". lescharts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Discografie The Stranglers". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Discography The Stranglers". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d "charts.org.nz – Discography The Stranglers". charts.nz. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Discography The Stranglers". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "The Stranglers Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 8 April 2014.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "British certifications – Stranglers". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 June 2024. Type Stranglers in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 5 November 1988. p. 48. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 29 February 1992. p. 12. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 7 November 1992. p. 10. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1 December 1984. p. 28. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "ultratop.be – ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Download 'And If You Should See Dave…' now". thestranglers.co.uk. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "If Something's Gonna Kill Me digital single and video". thestranglers.co.uk. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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External links
edit- The Stranglers discography discography at Discogs