Big Audio Dynamite discography

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Big Audio Dynamite discography
Studio albums9
Live albums3
Compilation albums7
Video albums2
Singles17

Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) are a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of the Clash, Mick Jones. The group is noted for its effective mixture of varied musical styles, incorporating elements of punk rock, dance music, hip hop, reggae, and funk. BAD's one constant throughout frequent shifts in membership and musical direction is the vocals provided by Mick Jones. After releasing a number of well-received albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Big Audio Dynamite disbanded in 1997. In 2011, the band embarked on a reunion tour.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] [2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
NZ
[5]
SWE
[6]
US
[7]
This Is Big Audio Dynamite 27878103
No. 10, Upping St.
  • Released: 27 October 1986
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
11852349119
  • UK: Silver [8]
Tighten Up Vol. 88
  • Released: 27 June 1988
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
33102
Megatop Phoenix
  • Released: 4 September 1989
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2685
Kool-Aid
(as Big Audio Dynamite II)
  • Released: 22 October 1990
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
55
The Globe
(as Big Audio Dynamite II)
  • Released: 16 July 1991
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
6310691676
Higher Power
(as Big Audio)
  • Released: 8 November 1994
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC, MD
F-Punk
  • Released: 20 June 1995
  • Label: Radioactive
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
Entering a New Ride
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Ally Pally Paradiso
(as Big Audio Dynamite II)
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Promo-only release
On the Road Live '92
(as Big Audio Dynamite II)
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • EP release
Class of '92
(as Big Audio Dynamite II)
  • Released: February 2013
  • Label: Floating World
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
The Lost Treasure of Big Audio Dynamite I & II
  • Released: 9 November 1993
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Australia and Japan-only release
Looking for a Song
(as Big Audio)
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Promo-only release
Planet B.A.D.
  • Released: 12 September 1995
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, MC, MD
Super Hits
  • Released: 4 May 1999
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
  • Formats: CD, MC
Big Audio Dynamite I & II
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Original Album Classics
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Columbia/Sony BMG/Legacy
  • Formats: 5xCD
The Best of Big Audio Dynamite
  • Released: 5 June 2009
  • Label: Camden/Sony Music
  • Formats: CD

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
BAD I + II
Big Audio Dynamite Live: E=MC2

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbums
UK
[1] [11]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
IRE
[12]
NZ
[5]
US
[13]
US Dance
[14]
US Alt
[15]
"The Bottom Line"198597343833 [upper-alpha 1] This Is Big Audio Dynamite
"E=MC²"19861147111837
"Medicine Show"2942 [upper-alpha 2]
"C'mon Every Beatbox"5116 [upper-alpha 3] No. 10, Upping St.
"V. Thirteen"19874915 [upper-alpha 4]
"Sightsee M.C!"94
"Just Play Music!"19885149451Tighten Up Vol. 88
"Other 99"8113
"James Brown"198919 [upper-alpha 5] 2Megatop Phoenix
"Contact"8618 [upper-alpha 6] 6
"Free"19904722 Flashback (soundtrack)
"Rush" (as Big Audio Dynamite II)19911 [upper-alpha 7] 1732 [upper-alpha 7] 132361The Globe
"The Globe" (as Big Audio Dynamite II)81072283
"Innocent Child" (as Big Audio Dynamite II)199267
"Looking for a Song" (as Big Audio)19946824Higher Power
"I Turned Out a Punk"1995F-Punk
"Sunday Best"1998Entering a New Ride
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. "The Bottom Line" and "BAD" charted together on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
  2. "Medicine Show" and "This Is Big Audio Dynamite" charted together on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
  3. "C'mon Every Beatbox", and "Badrock City" charted together on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. "Badrock City" also charted at number 66 on the Hot Black Singles chart.
  4. "V. Thirteen" and "Hollywood Boulevard" charted together on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
  5. "James Brown" and "If I Were John Carpenter" charted together on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
  6. "Contact" and "In Full Effect" charted together on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
  7. 1 2 "Rush" was released as a double A-sided single, with the Clash's re-release of "Should I Stay or Should I Go".

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