Bloc Party discography | |
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![]() Bloc Party performing live at Southside Festival in 2019 | |
Studio albums | 6 |
Music videos | 19 |
EPs | 3 |
Singles | 22 |
Remix albums | 2 |
The discography of Bloc Party, a British indie rock [1] band, consists of six studio albums, three extended plays (EPs), and two remix albums released on primary label Wichita Recordings. Bloc Party were formed in 1999 by chief songwriter and frontman Kele Okereke (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Russell Lissack (lead guitar). [2] Bassist Gordon Moakes and drummer Matt Tong joined the band later. [2] The first song by them that we know of is called "This Is Not A Competition" although it hasn't been officially released, it was the first song the band put on their official website. The quartet's first release was the Bloc Party EP in 2004; the first single, "She's Hearing Voices", was released and it failed to chart in the United Kingdom. The next EP, Little Thoughts was released the same year only in Japan; it included Bloc Party's first UK Top 40 entry, the double A-side "Little Thoughts/Tulips", which peaked at number 38.
Bloc Party's first studio album, Silent Alarm was released in 2005 and was the band's UK breakthrough by reaching number three on the UK Albums Chart. The album generated a hit single, "So Here We Are/Positive Tension", which peaked at number five on the UK Top 40. In late 2005, Silent Alarm was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and was voted as the NME Album of the Year. [3] [4] After two years, during which their songs appeared on several compilations, the band members released A Weekend in the City in 2007. The record entered the UK Albums Chart at number two and debuted in the United States at number 12. The first single from the album, "The Prayer", peaked at number four on the UK Top 40 and is the quartet's highest charting UK song to date.
In 2008, Bloc Party released their third studio album, Intimacy , which reached a peak of number eight in the UK and entered the Billboard 200 in the US at number 18. The highest-charting single from the record was "Mercury", which peaked at number 16 on the UK Top 40. As of 2009, Bloc Party have sold more than three million album copies in their career. [5] The band released Four, their fourth studio album, in 2012 through Frenchkiss Records. [6] It was their first album following a prolonged hiatus for the band, during which several members of the band were involved in side projects. Four was produced by Alex Newport (The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, and Polysics), and the album was recorded and mixed in New York City.
The band's fifth studio album, Hymns , was released in January 2016. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 12. Though three singles were officially released from the album, none entered a singles chart.
Bloc Party's sixth studio album, Alpha Games was released on 22 April 2022. [7]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
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UK [8] | AUS [9] | BEL (FL) [10] | BEL (WA) [11] | FRA [12] | GER [13] | IRL [14] | SCO [15] | SWI [16] | US [17] | |||
Silent Alarm |
| 3 | 30 | 14 | 39 | 14 | 93 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 114 | |
A Weekend in the City |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
Intimacy |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 18 | |
Four |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 36 | |
Hymns |
| 12 | 15 | 25 | 39 | 84 | 30 | 61 | 22 | 38 | 198 | |
Alpha Games |
| 7 | — | 91 | 39 | 125 | 17 | — | 5 | 41 | — [upper-alpha 1] |
Title | Details | Peak positions | ||||||
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UK [8] | UK Dance [27] | BEL (FL) [10] | BEL (WA) [11] | FRA [12] | SCO [28] | US Dance [29] | ||
Silent Alarm Remixed [30] ( Two More Years EP + Silent Alarm Remixed in Japan) |
| 54 | 20 | 91 | 99 | 171 | 70 | 4 |
Intimacy Remixed [30] |
| 79 | 6 | 71 | — | — | — | 15 |
Title | Details |
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Bloc Party | |
Little Thoughts EP |
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Hearing Voices Live EP | |
Four More EP |
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The Nextwave Sessions |
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The Love Within EP |
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The High Life EP |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Release | ||||||||||
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UK [8] [38] | AUS [9] [39] | BEL (FL) [10] | BEL (WA) [11] | EU [40] | GER [41] | IRL [14] | SCO [42] | SWE [43] | US Bub. [44] | |||||
"She's Hearing Voices" [2] | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Banquet/Staying Fat" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | 42 | — | ||||
"Little Thoughts/Tulips" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | 53 | — | ||||
"Helicopter" [upper-alpha 2] | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 51 | — [upper-alpha 3] |
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"Tulips" [upper-alpha 4] | 2005 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"So Here We Are/Positive Tension" | 5 | — | — | — | 20 | — | 31 | 5 | — | — | Silent Alarm | |||
"Banquet" | 13 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 37 | 15 | — | — |
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"Pioneers" | 18 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | 21 | — | — | ||||
"Two More Years" | 7 | — | — | — | 17 | 94 | 49 | 7 | — | — | Non-album single | |||
"The Prayer" | 2007 | 4 | 20 | — [upper-alpha 5] | — [upper-alpha 6] | 7 | 81 | 18 | 3 | — | — | A Weekend in the City | ||
"I Still Remember" | 20 | — | — [upper-alpha 7] | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | 19 | ||||
"Hunting for Witches" | 22 | — | — [upper-alpha 8] | — | 32 | — | — | 10 | — | — | ||||
"Flux" | 8 | — | 27 | — [upper-alpha 9] | 13 | 84 | 41 | 9 | — | — |
| Non-album single | ||
"Mercury" | 2008 | 16 | — [upper-alpha 10] | — [upper-alpha 11] | — [upper-alpha 12] | 33 | 77 | — | 3 | — | — | Intimacy | ||
"Talons" | 39 | — | — [upper-alpha 13] | — [upper-alpha 14] | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | ||||
"One Month Off" | 2009 | 170 | — | — [upper-alpha 15] | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | |||
"Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)" | 115 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Intimacy Remixed | |||
"One More Chance" | 15 | 61 | 13 | — [upper-alpha 16] | 18 | — | — | 17 | — | — | Non-album single | |||
"Octopus" | 2012 | 121 | — | — [upper-alpha 17] | — [upper-alpha 18] | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 19] | Four | ||
"Kettling" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Truth" | 2013 | — | — | — [upper-alpha 20] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Ratchet" | — [upper-alpha 21] | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Nextwave Sessions | |||
"The Love Within" | 2015 | — | — | — [upper-alpha 22] | — [upper-alpha 23] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hymns | ||
"The Good News" [52] | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 24] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Virtue" [53] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Stunt Queen" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
"Traps" [54] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Alpha Games | ||
"The Girls Are Fighting" [55] | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Sex Magik" [56] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"If We Get Caught" [57] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"High Life" [58] | 2023 | — [upper-alpha 25] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The High Life EP | ||
"Keep It Rolling" [60] (with KennyHoopla) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Flirting Again" [61] | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"—" denotes singles that did not chart, have not charted yet, or were not released. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived |
Notes
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Release | |||
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BEL (FL) Tip [10] | BEL (WA) Tip [11] | MEX Air. [62] | ||||
"Signs" | 2009 | — | — | 25 | Intimacy | |
"V.A.L.I.S." | 2013 | 68 | 46 | — | Four | |
"Paraíso" | 2016 | — | — | 41 | Hymns | |
"—" denotes singles that did not chart, have not charted yet, or were not released. |
Listed are songs that were not released by Bloc Party as stand-alone singles, but which were included in third-party formats.
Year | Song | Album | Details |
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2003 | "The Marshals Are Dead" | The New Cross: An Angular Sampler [63] | Previously released on the Bloc Party EP. |
2005 | |||
"This Modern Love" | The Wedding Crashers soundtrack [64] | Previously released on Silent Alarm. | |
"Like Eating Glass" | Cry Wolf soundtrack [65] | ||
"The Present" | Help!: A Day in the Life [66] | Specially recorded song. | |
"Like Eating Glass (Tony Hawk Mix)" | Tony Hawk's American Wasteland [67] | Reworked by Tony Hawk for his video game. | |
2006 | "The Answer" | Transgressive Records Singles [68] | Previously released on the Bloc Party EP. |
"Like Eating Glass (Black Strobe Remix)" | Black Strobe: A Remix Collection [69] | Remixed by Black Strobe for his compilation. | |
2007 | "Say It Right" | Radio 1's Live Lounge: Volume 2 [70] | Cover of a 2006 Nelly Furtado song. |
"Rhododendrons" | Causes 1 [71] | Previously released as a B-side to the 7" edition of "Hunting for Witches". | |
2009 | "Where Is Home?" (Diplo Remix) | Decent Work for Decent Pay [72] | Remixed by Diplo for his compilation. |
2012 | "We Are Not Good People" | FIFA 13 Soundtrack [73] | Previously released on Four. |
2013 | "Ratchet" | FIFA 14 Soundtrack [74] | Previously released on The Nextwave Sessions. |
Year | Title | Director(s) |
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2004 | "Banquet" (version 1) | Nautilus [75] |
"Little Thoughts" | Ben Dawkins [76] | |
"Helicopter" (UK version) | Type2error [77] | |
"So Here We Are" | AlexandLiane [78] | |
2005 | "Tulips" | Charles Spano and Tim Sutton [79] |
"Banquet" (version 2) | AlexandLiane [78] | |
"Banquet" (version 3) | Scott Lyon [80] | |
"Pioneers" | Minivegas [81] | |
"Banquet" (The Streets Mix) | Adam Smith [82] | |
"Helicopter" (US version) | Minivegas [83] | |
"Two More Years" | Dominic Leung [84] | |
2006 | "The Prayer" | Walter Stern [85] |
"I Still Remember" | Aggressive [86] | |
2007 | "Hunting for Witches" | OneInThree [87] |
"Flux" | Ace Norton [88] | |
2008 | "Mercury" | |
"Talons" | Minivegas [89] | |
"One Month Off" | D.A.D.D.Y. [90] | |
2009 | "Signs" (Armand Van Helden Remix) | Hiro Murai [90] |
"One More Chance" | Wendy Morgan [90] | |
"Ares" (Villains Remix) | Filmed live by fans on mobile phones | |
2012 | "Octopus" | Nova Dando |
"Kettling" | James Lees | |
2013 | "Truth" | Clemens Habicht [91] |
"Ratchet" | Cyriak [92] | |
2015 | "The Love Within" | Ivana Bobic |
2016 | "Virtue" | James Copeman |
2021 | "Traps" | Alexander Brown |
2022 | "The Girls are Fighting" |
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