Berlin discography

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Berlin discography
Studio albums9
EPs2
Live albums2
Compilation albums6
Singles15
Video albums3
Music videos11
Promotional singles3

American new wave band Berlin has released nine studio albums, two live albums, six compilation albums, two extended plays, 15 singles, three promotional singles, three video albums and 11 music videos.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
US
Indie

[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
UK
[10]
Information
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Vinyl
  • Format: LP
Pleasure Victim 302212
Love Life
  • Released: March 12, 1984
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2355853
Count Three & Pray
  • Released: October 13, 1986
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
613885266129204032
Voyeur
  • Released: August 20, 2002
  • Label: Heavensake Inc., iMusic
  • Format: CD
4play
Animal
  • Released: September 17, 2013 [16]
  • Label: Something-Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Transcendance
  • Released: August 2, 2019 [17]
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
32
Strings Attached
  • Released: 2020 [18]
  • Label: August Day Recordings
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleDetails
Live: Sacred and Profane
  • Released: April 18, 2000
  • Label: Time Bomb
  • Formats: CD, cassette
All the Way In

Compilation albums

TitleDetails Certifications
Dancing in Berlin
  • Released: March 10, 1987 (Japan only)
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP
Best of Berlin 1979–1988
  • Released: November 8, 1988
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Master Series
  • Released: March 4, 1997 (Europe only) [20]
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD
The Greatest Hits Remixed
  • Released: March 28, 2000 [21]
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Format: CD
Metro Greatest Hits
  • Released: June 22, 2004 [22]
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Greatest Hits
  • Released: July 28, 2009 [23]
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: LP, digital download

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Fall Into Heaven
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Heavensake Productions
  • Format: CD
Fall Into Heaven 2
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Heavensake Productions
  • Format: CD

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[24]
AUS
[3]
BEL
(FL)

[25]
CAN
[26]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
IRE
[27]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
UK
[10]
"A Matter of Time"1979Information
"The Metro"198158Pleasure Victim
"Sex (I'm a ...)"1982628141918
"Pleasure Victim"89
"Masquerade"198382
"No More Words"198423235Love Life
"Now It's My Turn"74
"Dancing in Berlin"3912
"Touch"
"Take My Breath Away"198612121331241 Top Gun and
Count 3 & Pray
"Like Flames"8218101436173047Count 3 & Pray
"You Don't Know"162939
"Take My Breath Away" (reissue)199073Non-album single
"It's the Way" [29] 2013Animal
"Transcendance" [30] 2019Transcendance
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Fascination" [31] 1980Information
"Pink and Velvet" [32] 1986Count 3 & Pray
"With a Touch" [33] 2003Voyeur

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Jealous"1985 Just One of the Guys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [34]
"Live to Tell"1999Virgin Voices: Tribute to Madonna, Volume One [35]
"Shayla"2000Platinum Girl: A Tribute to Blondie [36]
"The Dope Show"2001A Tribute to Marilyn Manson: Anonymous Messiah [37]

Videography

Video albums

TitleDetailsNotes
Berlin Video 45
  • Features the music videos for "No More Words", "The Metro", "Dancing in Berlin", "Sex (I'm a ...)", and "Now It's My Turn".
  • The LaserDisc version was simply titled Berlin. [39]
  • In Australia, the VHS release was titled The Videosingles and features a rearranged track listing. [40]
Wam Bam, Live in Japan
Intimate

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
TitleYearDirector
"The Metro"1983Dominic Orlando [43]
"Sex (I'm a ...)"Marcelo Epstein [43]
"Masquerade"Alan Holtzman [43]
"Sex (I'm a ...)" (version two)1984 Russell Mulcahy [43]
"No More Words"Evan English and Paul Goldman [43]
"Now It's My Turn"Jim Yukich [43]
"Dancing in Berlin"
"Take My Breath Away"1986Marcello Anciano [43]
"Like Flames"Greg Masuak [43]
"You Don't Know"1987
"Animal"2014Chad Michael Ward [44]

Explanatory notes

  1. Pleasure Victim was re-released on January 26, 1983, by Geffen Records.

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