Chumbawamba discography | |
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Chumbawamba performing at the Rudolstadt-Festival in Thuringia in July 2012 | |
Studio albums | 15 |
EPs | 4 |
Soundtrack albums | 2 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 4 |
Singles | 22 |
Video albums | 2 |
Music videos | 8 |
Miscellaneous releases | 22 |
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]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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UK [2] | UK Indie [3] | AUS | CAN [4] | US [5] | |||
Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records | — | 2 | — | — | — | ||
Never Mind the Ballots |
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English Rebel Songs 1381–1914 |
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Slap! |
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Shhh |
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Anarchy |
| 29 | — | — | — | — | |
Swingin' with Raymond |
| 70 | — | — | — | — | |
Tubthumper | 19 | — | 78 | 2 | 3 | ||
WYSIWYG |
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Readymades |
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Revengers Tragedy |
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English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 |
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Un |
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A Singsong and a Scrap |
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The Boy Bands Have Won |
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ABCDEFG |
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Revengers Tragedy |
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Big Society! |
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Showbusiness! [23] |
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Get On with It [24] |
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The Music's Not A Threat |
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First 2 |
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Uneasy Listening |
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Shhhlap! |
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Revolution |
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Portraits of Anarchists |
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The ABCs of Anarchism |
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In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher |
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Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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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) | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | singles 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" | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | Anarchy | |
"Timebomb" | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1994 | "Criminal Injustice" | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |
"Homophobia" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | Anarchy | ||
1995 | "Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!" | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | Swingin' with Raymond | |
1996 | "Just Look at Me Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997 | "Tubthumping" | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 38 | 6 | Tubthumper | |
1998 | "Amnesia" | 10 | — | 34 | 7 | — | — [A] | ||
"Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | Music 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 | |
2009 | Bo(red) Humo(red) | non-album single |
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Well Done, Now Sod Off |
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Going, Going |
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(not including top-single compilations)
Song Name | Compilation Title | Record Label | Year | Notes |
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"I'm Thick" | Back on the Streets EP | Secret Records | 1982 | recording 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 LP | Forward Sounds International Limited | 1985 | Liner notes list Margaret Thatcher on vocals and Neil Kinnock on lead guitar |
"Rich Pop Stars Make Good Socialists" | Red Rhino Records | 1986 | Free flexi with June edition of independent trade magazine The Catalogue. 3 other artists including The Mekons. | |
"Kinnochio" | Ideal Guest House cassette | Secret Records | 1986 | |
"Knit Your Own Balaclava" | Mindless Slaughter | Anhrefn Records | 1987 | Re-released in 1989 on "The Liberator" compilation LP |
"Younger Moralists" | A Vile Peace | Peaceville Records | 1987 | |
"Tearing Up Zoo" | The A.L.F. Is Watching | No Master's Voice | 1988 | |
"Harry Goldthorpe" | Wild And Crazy Noise Merchants | 1 in 12 Records | 1990 | Benefit CD for the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford, UK |
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | No Compromize | Delerium Records | 1996 | Benefit CD for the Campaign for Free Education; Cover of U2 song |
"Homophobia (Live)" | Milkshake | timmi-kat ReCoRDS | 1998 | Benefit 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 | 1998 | Official album for 1998 FIFA World Cup in France |
"We Don't Go To God's House Anymore (Acoustic)" | No Ocean Separating Our Desire For Justice | Esan Ozenki Records | 1998 | Benefit CD for Mumia Abu-Jamal; Performed by Chumbawamba & Alabama 3 |
"Unilever" | This Is The Animal Liberation Front | Mortarhate Records | 1998 | Benefit 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 Soundtrack | Virgin | 1999 | Remix of song; Featured in opening credits of Stigmata |
"Bella Ciao" | Article 14 | Irregular Records | 2001 | Benefit 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 Records | 2002 | Benefit CD for the Revolutionary Association for the Women of Afghanistan |
"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight" | With a Little Help From My Friends | Pirate Records | 2002 | German benefit CD for dolphin aid; Beatles cover |
"Without Reason Or Rhyme (Acoustic)" | Kitestringing: The Prison Literature Project Benefit | AK Press | 2006 | Benefit 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 Records | 2009 | Benefit CD for The British Computer Association of the Blind |
Artist | Song title(s) | Album title | Record label | Year | Notes |
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Chimp Eats Banana | Cardboard Box | N/A | 1980 | Cassette only release by proto-Chumbawamba group | |
Boffo | "Garageland" | Bullshit Detector Volume 2 | Crass Records | 1982 | aka Boff Whalley; Cover of a song by The Clash |
Passion Killers | "Start Again" | Bullshit Detector Volume 2 | Crass Records | 1982 | Featuring Chumbawamba members Mavis Dillon, Boff Whalley and Harry Hamer |
Passion Killers & Chumbawamba | Side A [43] | Be Happy Despite It All | Sky and Trees | 1983 | Cassette only release; featuring hand coloured cover |
Passion Killers | It's Up To You | Sky and Trees | 1984 | Cassette only release | |
Passion Killers & Chumbawamba | Let Us Show Them Our Hearts | Sky and Trees | 1984 | Cassette only release | |
Antidote | [44] | Destroy Fascism! | Loony Tunes | 1986 | Features members of Chumbawamba & The Ex |
Chumbawamba & Dona Nobis Pacem | Side A [45] | Still Fighting The Fences | Y.U.R.A. Kollektief | 1987 | Cassette only release |
Scab Aid | "Let It Be" b/w "The Scum" | n/a | 1987 | Alter-ego of Chumbawamba, released in protest of Live Aid | |
Sportchestra! | [46] | 101 Songs About Sport | Agit Prop | 1988 | 2 LP release; Collaborations with various other musicians |
Passion Killers | [47] | Whoopee, We're All Gonna Die EP | Rugger Bugger Discs | 1991 | 7-inch EP of cover songs |
Credit to the Nation | [48] | "Sowing the Seeds of Hatred" | One Little Indian | 1994 | 12-inch single; Production and remixes by Boff, Harry & Neil |
Oysterband | "Jam Tomorrow" & "One Green Hill" | "Jam Tomorrow / One Green Hill" | Running Man Records | 1996 | 12-inch single; Remixes by Chumbawamba |
Various Artists | Bare Faced Hypocrisy Sells Records | Ruptured Ambitions | 1998 | A 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 | 1999 | Collaboration that extensively samples Chumbawamba |
Enemy Within | God Save The Queen | n/a | 2002 | Side project of Chumbawamba | |
Hassle Bastards | Sik'O'War | Demo Tapes Records | 2017 | A side project of Chumbawamba. Recorded in 1985 but not released publicly until 2017. |
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.
Year | Video | Album |
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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 |