Billy Bragg discography

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Billy Bragg discography
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Billy Bragg in 2010
Studio albums13
Live albums6
Compilation albums13
EPs5
Singles27

The discography of British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg includes 13 studio albums (including two with Wilco and one with The Blokes), six live albums, 12 compilation albums, five extended plays, and 20 singles.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
(FL)

[3]
CAN
[4]
NZ
[5]
SWE
[6]
US
[7]
Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Utility Records
3045
Brewing Up with Billy Bragg 1623
  • BPI: Silver [9]
Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Go! Discs
877543
Workers Playtime
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Go! Discs
17497720198
The Internationale
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Utility Records
34
Don't Try This at Home
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Go! Discs
83521
William Bloke 1672 [lower-alpha 1]
Mermaid Avenue
(with Wilco)
341290
Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(with Wilco)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Elektra
61455488
England, Half-English
(with the Blokes)
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Elektra
5183
Mr Love & Justice
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
3378
Tooth & Nail
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
136958
The Million Things That Never Happened [15]
  • Released: 8 October 2021
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
4498

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
BEL
(FL)

[3]
ITA
[16]
NL
[17]
US
[7]
Billy Bragg and The Red Stars Live Bootleg [18]
  • Released: 1995
  • Self-released
Mermaid Avenue Tour [18]
  • Released: 1999
  • Self-released
Bill’s Bargains [18]
  • Released: 2002
  • Self-released
Live at the Barbican [18]
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
Live at the Union Chapel, London
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
61
Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
(with Joe Henry)
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
2813838112 [lower-alpha 2]

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[20]
Life's a Riot / Between the Wars
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Go! Discs
Back to Basics
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Elektra
37
The Peel Sessions Album
Victim of Geography
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
Bloke on Bloke
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
72
Reaching to the Converted
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
41
Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Elektra
4960
Volume 1
Volume 2
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Yep Rock
Fight Songs
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Bragg Central
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
(with Wilco)
Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019 [22]
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
[lower-alpha 3]
The Roaring Forty (1983–2023)
  • Released: 27 October 2023
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
29

Singles and EPs

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, showing selected peak chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[4]
NZ
[5]
US
Alt.

[24]
Between The Wars (EP)198515
"Days Like These"43Non-album single
"Levi Stubbs' Tears"19862911Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
"Greetings to the New Brunette"586
Help Save The Youth Of America (EP) [18] 1988
"She's Leaving Home"
(with Cara Tivey)
1 Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father
"Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards"523420Workers Playtime
"She's Got a New Spell"11616
"Sexuality"1991274660 [lower-alpha 4] 2Don't Try This at Home
"You Woke Up My Neighbourhood"5410725
Accident Waiting to Happen (EP)199233
"Upfield"199646William Bloke
"The Boy Done Good"199755Bloke on Bloke
"Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key"
(with Wilco)
199889Mermaid Avenue
"England Half English"200298England, Half-English
"Take Down the Union Jack"22
"We Laughed"200511Non-album single
"I Keep Faith"2008 [lower-alpha 5] Mr Love & Justice
"The Beach Is Free" / "I Almost Killed You"
Pressure Drop (EP) [18] 2010
"No-One Knows Nothing Anymore" / "Song of the Iceberg"2013Tooth & Nail
Bridges Not Walls (EP)2017 [lower-alpha 6]
"Can't Be There Today"2020N/A
"I Will Be Your Shield" [15] 2021The Million Things That Never Happened
"Ten Mysterious Photos That Can’t Be Explained" [27]
"Pass It On" [28]
"Mid-Century Modern" [29]
List of singles as featured artist, showing selected peak chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[30]
AUT
[31]
GER
[32]
NL
[17]
NZ
[33]
SWI
[34]
US
[35]
"Won't Talk About It"
(Norman Cook feat. Billy Bragg)
198929272628202476 Let Them Eat Bingo

Notes

  1. William Bloke did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 38 on Billboard's Heatseekers albums chart. [12]
  2. Shine a Light did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 40 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart. [19]
  3. Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019 did not enter the Official Charts Company's UK Albums Chart, but it peaked at number 7 on the Official Independent Albums Chart. [23]
  4. "Sexuality" was released as part of an EP of the same name in Canada, where it charted at number 60 on the RPM 100 Albums chart. [4]
  5. "I Keep Faith" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 14 on the Official Independent Singles Chart. [25]
  6. Bridges Not Walls peaked at number 2 on the Official Americana Albums Chart. [26]

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