Anti-Nowhere League discography

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Anti-Nowhere League discography
Studio albums8
EPs4
Live albums8
Compilation albums13
Singles9
Video albums1

This is the discography of British hardcore punk band Anti-Nowhere League.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
We Are...The League
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: WXYZ
  • Formats: LP, MC
241
The Perfect Crime
  • Released: May 1987
  • Label: GWR
  • Formats: LP, MC
Scum
  • Released: 17 November 1997
  • Label: Knock Out
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Kings & Queens
  • Released: 6 December 2005
  • Label: Captain Oi!
  • Formats: CD
The Road to Rampton
  • Released: 5 November 2007
  • Label: Nowhere
  • Formats: CD
We Are...The League...Un-cut
The Cage
  • Released: 13 May 2016
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD, digital download
League Style
  • Released: 2 June 2017
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
Live in Yugoslavia
  • Released: July 1983
  • Label: I.D.
  • Formats: LP, MC
882
Live and Loud!!
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Link
  • Formats: CD, LP
Live Animals
  • Released: July 1994
  • Label: Step-1 Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Combines most of Live In Yugoslavia and Live and Loud
The Horse Is Dead
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
Return to Yugoslavia
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Knock Out
  • Formats: CD, MC
Secret Radio Recordings
  • Released: February 2007
  • Label: Dream Catcher
  • Formats: CD
We're the League – Live!!!!!
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Airline
  • Formats: CD
So What Tour 1982 Live!
  • Released: 9 August 2019
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Long Live the League
  • Released: April 1985
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Combines tracks from Live in Yugoslavia with tracks from We Are...The League with several other rare tracks
The Best of the Anti-Nowhere League
  • Released: January 1992
  • Label: Streetlink
  • Formats: CD
  • Contains the full 12" of "Out on the Wasteland" and four missing Live in Yugoslavia tracks.
Complete Singles Collection
  • Released: January 1995
  • Label: Anagram
  • Formats: CD
  • Is a reissue of all 7/12-inch singles until 1995
Anthology
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Second CD contains the entire Live and Loud album
So What
  • Released: July 2000
  • Label: Harry May
  • Formats: CD
  • Contains unreleased versions of "Woman" and studio version of "Noddy"
Out of Control
  • Released: 11 July 2000
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
  • Contains demos recorded before We Are...The League
Punk Singles and Rarities 1981–1984
  • Released: 1 May 2001
  • Label: Captain Oi!
  • Formats: CD
  • Contains tracks from Apocalypse Punk Tour 81, as well as singles and demos of famous League songs
Animal! The Very Best of the Anti-Nowhere League 1981–1998
  • Released: November 2001
  • Label: Anagram
  • Formats: CD
Pig Iron – The Album
  • Released: 17 August 2006
  • Label: Nowhere
  • Formats: CD
  • Contains a newly remastered copy of their Scum album along with their Pig Iron EP and three new tracks
So What?: Early Demos and Live Abuse
  • Released: 16 October 2006
  • Label: Castle Music
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
  • Combines the live album The Horse is Dead with the studio album Out of Control
The Punk Rock Anthology
  • Released: 23 May 2008
  • Label: Anagram
  • Formats: CD
Long Live the League
  • Released: 14 October 2016
  • Label: Westworld
  • Formats: 2xCD
The Albums 1981–87
  • Released: 22 February 2018
  • Label: Captain Oi!
  • Formats: 4xCD box set

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Hell for Leather
  • Released: June 2008
  • Label: Dream Catcher
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

TitleAlbum details
Anti-Nowhere League
  • Released: June 1982
  • Label: WXYZ
  • Formats: 12"
  • US-only release
Punky Party E.P.
Pig Iron [3]
  • Released: April 1996
  • Label: Impact
  • Formats: CD, 10"
Anti-Nowhere League / The Damn Garrison
  • Released: May 2014
  • Label: Rebel Sound
  • Formats: 7"
  • US-only split EP with the Damn Garrison

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
"Streets of London"1981481We Are...The League
"I Hate...People"1982461
"Woman"721
"For You"3Non-album singles
"Out on the Wasteland"1984893
"Crime" (US promo-only release)1987The Perfect Crime
"Fuck Around the Clock"1990Non-album singles
"This Is War" (limited Czech Republic-only release)2011
"Dance of the Dead"2017Better off Zed soundtrack
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN   0-9517206-9-4.
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