Army of Lovers discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
EPs | 1 |
Compilation albums | 3 |
Singles | 28 |
Video albums | 3 |
Music videos | 24 |
This is the discography of Army of Lovers, a Eurodance project founded in Sweden in 1987, fronted by Alexander Bard, Jean-Pierre Barda and Camilla Henemark. [1]
Best known internationally for their song "Crucified," Army of Lovers had success across Europe with four studio albums, six compilation albums and 27 singles. [2]
Although their singles "Israelism", "Obsession" and "Ride the Bullet" scored chart success across Europe, their success in the US and the UK was limited, (though "Crucified" reached the top 40 in the UK Singles Chart). [3]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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SWE [4] | ||||||||||||||
Disco Extravaganza |
| 49 | ||||||||||||
Massive Luxury Overdose |
| 9 | ||||||||||||
The Gods of Earth and Heaven |
| 36 | ||||||||||||
Glory, Glamour and Gold |
| — | ||||||||||||
Sexodus |
| — | ||||||||||||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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SWE [4] | ||
Massive Luxury Overdose (U.S Edition) |
| — |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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SWE [4] | ||||||||||||||
Les Greatest Hits |
| 40 | ||||||||||||
Le Grand Docu-Soap |
| 24 | ||||||||||||
Big Battle of Egos |
| 40 | ||||||||||||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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SWE [4] | ||||||||||||||
Scandinavian Crime EP |
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"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||||
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SWE | AUS [6] [7] [8] | GER | AUT | SWI | NED | BEL | EUR | UK | USA Dance | |||||||||
"When the Night Is Cold" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Love Me Like a Loaded Gun" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Disco Extravaganza | |||||||
"Baby's Got a Neutron Bomb" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Ride the Bullet" | 1990 | 32 | 191 | 22 | 4 | — | 2 | 9 | 40 | 67 | — | |||||||
"My Army of Lovers" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Supernatural" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Crucified" | 1991 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 6 | Massive Luxury Overdose | ||||||
"Obsession" | 2 | 108 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 67 | 11 | ||||||||
"Candyman Messiah" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Judgment Day" | 1992 | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | — | |||||||
"Israelism" | 1993 | 10 | — | 32 | — | 36 | — | — | 48 | 85 | — | The Gods of Earth and Heaven | ||||||
"La Plage de Saint Tropez" | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | ||||||||
"I Am" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Lit de Parade" (featuring Big Money) | 1994 | 13 | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Glory, Glamour and Gold | ||||||
"Sexual Revolution" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Life Is Fantastic" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Give My Life" | 6 | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | 135 | — | Les Greatest Hits | |||||||
"Venus and Mars / Megamix" | 1996 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"King Midas" | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Let the Sunshine In" | 2001 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Le Grand Docu-Soap | ||||||
"Hands Up" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Rockin' the Ride" | 2013 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Big Battle of Egos & Scandinavian Crime EP | ||||||
"Signed on My Tattoo" (feat. Gravitonas) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Big Battle of Egos , Scandinavian Crime EP, & Sexodus (Army of Lovers) [5] | |||||||
"Crucified 2013" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | Non-album single | |||||||
"People Are Lonely" (Gravitonas feat. Army of Lovers) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | Garden of Men and Machines EP (Gravitonas) & Sexodus (Army of Lovers) [5] | ||||||
"Love Is Blue" (Army of Lovers feat. Olya Polyakova) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sexodus (Army of Lovers) [5] | ||||||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
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