The English punk band the Sex Pistols' discography consists of five singles and a studio album released between November 1976 and November 1977 with their original singer Johnny Rotten, and two albums (one a soundtrack, the other a series of radio interviews) released by their manager Malcolm McLaren after Rotten's departure.
Studio album
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [note 1] |
NOR [2] |
NZ [3] |
SPA [4] |
SWE [5] |
US [6] | |||
| 1977 | Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | 1 | 23 | 11 | 27 | 100 | 12 | 106 | |
Other albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
AUS [note 2] |
NZ [3] |
SWE [5] | |||
| 1977 | Spunk [a]
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— | — | — | — | |
| 1979 | The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
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7 | 44 | 26 | — |
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Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols
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6 | — | — | — |
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| 1980 | Flogging a Dead Horse
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23 | — | 49 | — |
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Sex Pack
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— | — | — | — | ||
| 1985 | Anarchy in the UK: Live at the 76 Club [b]
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— | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | Pirates of Destiny [c] [10]
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— | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | Kiss This
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10 | 40 | — | 46 |
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| 1993 | Early Daze: The Studio Collection
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— | — | — | — | |
| 1996 | Filthy Lucre Live
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26 | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | Live at Winterland 1978
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— | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | Jubilee
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29 | — | — | — |
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Sex Pistols
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— | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | Raw and Live
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— | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Agents of Anarchy
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— | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Live & Filthy
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— | — | — | — | |
- ^ Bootleg release—1977; official release—1996, as part of Spunk/This Is Crap, bonus CD included with Never Mind the Bollocks reissue; official stand-alone release—2006.
- ^ Bootleg release—1985; official release—2001
- ^ Compilation of various unreleased songs, alternate takes, live songs, and interviews. Released on 12" vinyl in 1989 and on CD in 1991.
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [11][note 3] |
AUS [note 4] |
IRE [12] |
ITA [13] |
NOR [2] |
NZ [3] |
SWE [5] | ||||
| 1976 | "Anarchy in the U.K."/"I Wanna Be Me" | 38 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols |
| 1977 | "God Save the Queen"/"No Feelings" | 2 | — | — | 38 | 3 | 38 | 2 |
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| "Pretty Vacant"/"No Fun" | 6 | 52 | 11 | — | 9 | — | 10 |
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| "Holidays in the Sun" | 8 | — | — | 43 | — | — | 13 | |||
| 1978 | "No One Is Innocent"/"My Way" | 7 | 68 | 12 | — | — | — | — | The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle | |
| 1979 | "Something Else"/"Friggin' in the Riggin'" | 3 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Silly Thing"/"Who Killed Bambi?" c | 6 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — |
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| "C'mon Everybody" | 3 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — |
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| "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1980 | "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Black Leather"/"Here We Go Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sex Pack | ||
| 1981 | "Who Killed Bambi?" [a] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle | |
| 1984 | "Submission" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Mini Album | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
- ^ Credited as "Ten Pole Tudor with Sex Pistols"
Notes
edit- ^ Peaks in Australia:
- For all except noted: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 269. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- For Kiss This: "Discography Sex Pistols". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ See fn. 17.
- ^ See also "UK Top 40 Hit Database". everyHit.com. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ See fn. 17.
References
edit- ^ Sex Pistols: Official Albums Chart 2023.
- ^ a b Discography Sex Pistols Norwegian 2023.
- ^ a b c Discography Sex Pistols NZ 2023.
- ^ Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks 2023.
- ^ a b c Discography Sex Pistols Swedish 2023.
- ^ Chart History: Sex Pistols: Billboard 200 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l BRIT Certified 2023.
- ^ Gold & Platinum 2023.
- ^ NVPI 2023.
- ^ Release Information from AllMusic & Discogs [1] [2]
- ^ Warwick, Kutner & Brown 2004, p. 973.
- ^ Discography Sex Pistols Ireland 2023.
- ^ Discography Sex Pistols Italy 2023.
Sources
edit- "Chart History: Sex Pistols: Billboard 200". Billboard. 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- "BRIT Certified". Sex pistols. BPI. 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - NVPI (2023). "Never Mind the Bollocks". Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums (3rd ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
- "Discography Sex Pistols (Ireland)". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- "Discography Sex Pistols (Italy)". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- "Discography Sex Pistols (New Zealand)". charts.nz. 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- "Discography Sex Pistols (Norwegian)". norwegiancharts.com. 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- "Discography Sex Pistols (Swedish)". swedishcharts.com. 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- "Sex Pistols: Official Albums Chart". Official Charts Company. 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2021.