Chumbawamba discography

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Chumbawamba discography
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Chumbawamba performing at the Rudolstadt-Festival in Thuringia in July 2012
Studio albums15
EPs4
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums2
Compilation albums4
Singles22
Video albums2
Music videos8
Miscellaneous releases22

English rock band Chumbawamba has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, one soundtrack album, two extended plays (EPs), 23 singles, 8 music videos, and a variety of miscellaneous releases. [1]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio and live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
UK
Indie

[3]
AUS CAN
[4]
US
[5]
Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records
  • Released: 1986 (UK) [6]
  • Label: Agit Prop
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • Released on CD by One Little Indian in 1994 as First 2
2
Never Mind the Ballots
  • Released: May 1, 1987 (UK) [7]
  • Label: Agit Prop
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • Released on CD by One Little Indian in 1994 as First 2
2
English Rebel Songs 1381–1914
  • Released: 1988 (UK) [8]
  • Label: Agit Prop
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • Reissued 1993 and re-released on CD by One Little Indian in 1995
13
Slap!
  • Released: 1990 (UK) [9]
  • Label: Agit Prop
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • Reissued 1995 & 1999 by One Little Indian. Re-released on double CD by MUTT in 2003 as Shhhlap!
Shhh
  • Released: 1992 (UK) [10]
  • Label: Agit Prop
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • Re-released in 1994 on Southern Records. Re-released on double CD by Mutt Records in 2003 as Shhhlap!
Anarchy 29
Swingin' with Raymond
  • Released: October 23, 1995 (UK) [12]
  • Label: One Little Indian
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
70
Tubthumper
  • Released: September 1, 1997 (UK) [13]
  • Label: EMI/Universal
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
197823
WYSIWYG
  • Released: April 4, 2000 (UK) [15]
  • Label: EMI/Universal
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Readymades
  • Released: June 18, 2002 (UK) [16]
  • Label: MUTT
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Revengers Tragedy
English Rebel Songs 1381–1984
  • Released: June 16, 2003 (UK) [18]
  • Label: MUTT
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • Re-recording, with two additional tracks, of their 1988 album English Rebel Songs 1381–1914
Un
A Singsong and a Scrap
  • Released: October 11, 2005 (UK) [20]
  • Label: No Masters/Edel Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
The Boy Bands Have Won
  • Released: March 3, 2008 (UK) [21]
  • Label: No Masters
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
ABCDEFG
  • Released: March 1, 2010 (UK) [22]
  • Label: No Masters
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums
TitleRelease details
Revengers Tragedy
  • Released: March 24, 2003
  • Label: Mutt
  • Formats: CD
Big Society!
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: No Masters
  • Formats: CD
  • A soundtrack for their musical of the same name.

Live albums

List of live albums
TitleRelease details
Showbusiness! [23]
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: One Little Indian
  • Formats:
    • Cassette
    • CD
    • LP
Get On with It [24]
  • Released: January 29, 2007
  • Label: No Masters
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums with notes
TitleRelease detailsNotes
The Music's Not A Threat
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Sky & Trees
  • Formats: Cassette
  • A compilation of early singles and EPs.
First 2
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Agit-Prop
  • Formats:
    • Cassette
    • CD
    • LP
  • Box set including the original album releases of Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records and Never Mind the Ballots. [25]
Uneasy Listening
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats:
    • Cassette
    • CD
  • A 23-song compilation album that includes songs released from 1986 to 1998. The album primarily features songs from Anarchy and Swingin' with Raymond. [26]
Shhhlap!
  • Released: July 15, 2003
  • Label: Mutt
  • Formats: CD
  • Box set including the original album releases of Shhh and Slap! [27]

Extended plays

List of extended plays with notes
TitleRelease detailsNotes
Revolution
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Agit Prop Records
  • Formats: Vinyl
Portraits of Anarchists
  • Released: April 1, 1996 [28]
  • Label: One Little Indian
  • Formats: CD
  • EP exclusively bundled with the photography book i-Portraits of Anarchists by Casey Orr.
The ABCs of Anarchism
  • Released: April 27, 1999
  • Label: Seeland
  • Formats: CD
In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher
  • Released: April 8, 2013
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
UK
Indie

[3]
AUS
[31]
CAN
[32] [33]
FRA
[34]
US
[35]
1986"We Are the World?" (split single with A State of Mind)4singles only
1988"Smash Clause 28! Fight the Alton Bill!"5
1990"I Never Gave Up"Slap!
1992"(Someone's Always Telling You How To) Behave"Shhh
1993"Enough Is Enough"56Anarchy
"Timebomb"59
1994"Criminal Injustice"single only
"Homophobia"79Anarchy
1995"Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!"84Swingin' with Raymond
1996"Just Look at Me Now"
1997"Tubthumping"211386Tubthumper
1998"Amnesia"10347 [A]
"Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)"21Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!
1999"Tony Blair"single only
2000"She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy"WYSIWYG
2003"Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)"Readymades
"Home with Me"
"Salt Fare North Sea"
2004"On eBay"Un
"The Wizard of Menlo Park"
2006"Fade Away (I Don't Want To)"A Singsong and a Scrap
2009Bo(red) Humo(red)non-album single

Video albums

TitleRelease detailsNotes
Well Done, Now Sod Off
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: DVD, VHS
  • A documentary detailing the history of the band up to that point through interviews.
Going, Going
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: No Masters
  • Formats: DVD
  • A recording of one of the band's final shows.
  • Released through their website.

Compilation appearances

(not including top-single compilations)

Song NameCompilation TitleRecord LabelYearNotes
"I'm Thick"Back on the Streets EPSecret Records1982recording as 'Skin Disease', a mock skinhead/Oi! band
"Three Years Later" Bullshit Detector Volume 2 Crass Records 1982
"The Police Have Been Wonderful", "Fitzwilliam"Dig This: A Tribute To The Great Strike LPForward Sounds International Limited1985Liner notes list Margaret Thatcher on vocals and Neil Kinnock on lead guitar
"Rich Pop Stars Make Good Socialists"Red Rhino Records1986Free flexi with June edition of independent trade magazine The Catalogue. 3 other artists including The Mekons.
"Kinnochio"Ideal Guest House cassetteSecret Records1986
"Knit Your Own Balaclava"Mindless Slaughter Anhrefn Records 1987Re-released in 1989 on "The Liberator" compilation LP
"Younger Moralists"A Vile Peace Peaceville Records 1987
"Tearing Up Zoo"The A.L.F. Is WatchingNo Master's Voice1988
"Harry Goldthorpe"Wild And Crazy Noise Merchants1 in 12 Records1990Benefit CD for the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford, UK
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"No Compromize Delerium Records 1996Benefit CD for the Campaign for Free Education; Cover of U2 song
"Homophobia (Live)"Milkshake timmi-kat ReCoRDS 1998Benefit CD for the Harvey Milk Institute; Can be purchased here. [42]
"Top of the World (Ole, Ole, Ole)" Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! Columbia Records 1998Official album for 1998 FIFA World Cup in France
"We Don't Go To God's House Anymore (Acoustic)"No Ocean Separating Our Desire For JusticeEsan Ozenki Records1998Benefit CD for Mumia Abu-Jamal; Performed by Chumbawamba & Alabama 3
"Unilever"This Is The Animal Liberation Front Mortarhate Records 1998Benefit CD for the Animal Liberation Front
"Misbehave" Return of the Read Menace G7 Welcoming Committee Records/AK Press 1999
"Mary Mary (Stigmata Mix)"Stigmata - Original SoundtrackVirgin1999Remix of song; Featured in opening credits of Stigmata
"Bella Ciao"Article 14Irregular Records2001Benefit CD for the medical foundation for victims of torture in support of their work on behalf of asylum seekers
"Smart Bomb" Dropping Food On Their Heads is Not Enough: Benefit For RAWA Geykido Comet Records2002Benefit CD for the Revolutionary Association for the Women of Afghanistan
"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight"With a Little Help From My FriendsPirate Records2002German benefit CD for dolphin aid; Beatles cover
"Without Reason Or Rhyme (Acoustic)"Kitestringing: The Prison Literature Project Benefit AK Press 2006Benefit CD to raise money to buy books for prisoners
"I Drive a Four by Four Four Door Fortress"Cat Nav: Songs and Poems of Les Barker (Guide Cats for the Blind, Volume 4)Osmosys Records2009Benefit CD for The British Computer Association of the Blind
ArtistSong title(s)Album titleRecord labelYearNotes
Chimp Eats BananaCardboard BoxN/A1980Cassette only release by proto-Chumbawamba group
Boffo "Garageland" Bullshit Detector Volume 2 Crass Records 1982aka Boff Whalley; Cover of a song by The Clash
Passion Killers "Start Again" Bullshit Detector Volume 2 Crass Records 1982Featuring Chumbawamba members Mavis Dillon, Boff Whalley and Harry Hamer
Passion Killers & ChumbawambaSide A [43] Be Happy Despite It AllSky and Trees1983Cassette only release; featuring hand coloured cover
Passion KillersIt's Up To YouSky and Trees1984Cassette only release
Passion Killers & ChumbawambaLet Us Show Them Our HeartsSky and Trees1984Cassette only release
Antidote [44] Destroy Fascism!Loony Tunes1986Features members of Chumbawamba & The Ex
Chumbawamba & Dona Nobis PacemSide A [45] Still Fighting The FencesY.U.R.A. Kollektief1987Cassette only release
Scab Aid"Let It Be" b/w "The Scum"n/a1987Alter-ego of Chumbawamba, released in protest of Live Aid
Sportchestra! [46] 101 Songs About SportAgit Prop19882 LP release; Collaborations with various other musicians
Passion Killers [47] Whoopee, We're All Gonna Die EPRugger Bugger Discs19917-inch EP of cover songs
Credit to the Nation [48] "Sowing the Seeds of Hatred"One Little Indian199412-inch single; Production and remixes by Boff, Harry & Neil
Oysterband "Jam Tomorrow" & "One Green Hill""Jam Tomorrow / One Green Hill" Running Man Records 199612-inch single; Remixes by Chumbawamba
Various ArtistsBare Faced Hypocrisy Sells RecordsRuptured Ambitions1998A parody EP released in reaction to Chumbawamba signing to EMI; reissued in 2017 digitally with bonus tracks
Negativland & Chumbawamba [49] "The ABCs of Anarchism" EP Seeland Records 1999Collaboration that extensively samples Chumbawamba
Enemy WithinGod Save The Queenn/a2002Side project of Chumbawamba
Hassle BastardsSik'O'WarDemo Tapes Records2017A side project of Chumbawamba. Recorded in 1985 but not released publicly until 2017.

Miscellaneous releases

Chumbawamba during their early years released several cassette-exclusive releases, often either self-released or through independent labels. They also released a handful of miscellaneous releases later on.

Music videos

YearVideoAlbum
1993"Enough Is Enough"Anarchy
"Timebomb"
1994"Homophobia"
1995"Ugh! Your Ugly Houses"Swingin' with Raymond
1997"Tubthumping"Tubthumper
1998"Amnesia"
"Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)"Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!
2000"She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy"WYSIWYG

Notes

  1. "Amnesia" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [41]

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