Idles discography

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Idles discography
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Idles in 2022
Studio albums5
EPs5
Live albums2
Singles18
Video albums1
Music videos28

Idles are a British-Irish post-punk band. Formed in Bristol in 2009, the band consists of Joe Talbot (vocals), Mark Bowen (guitar), Lee Kiernan (guitar), Adam Devonshire (bass) and Jon Beavis (drums). The band released five extended plays before they released their debut album, Brutalism in 2017. Brutalism was met to critical acclaim, as was their second, third and fourth studio albums, Joy as an Act of Resistance in 2018, Ultra Mono in 2020, and Crawler in 2021. The band's fifth studio album, Tangk , was released on 16 February 2024.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
UK
[1] 		BEL
(FL)
[2] 		BEL
(WA)
[3] 		FRA
[4] 		GER
[5] 		IRL
[6] 		NLD
[7] 		POR
[8] 		SCO
[1] 		SWI
[9] 		US
[10]
Brutalism 65——————————
Joy as an Act of Resistance
  • Released: 31 August 2018
  • Label: Partisan
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, online streaming
52081744956108—649— [A]
Ultra Mono
  • Released: 25 September 2020
  • Label: Partisan
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, online streaming
181544143181212154
Crawler
  • Released: 12 November 2021
  • Label: Partisan
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, online streaming
6152968152943—865— [B]
Tangk
  • Released: 16 February 2024
  • Label: Partisan
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, online streaming
12112227
[16] 		132018132
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1] 		BEL
(WA)
[3] 		SCO
[17] 		US
Heat
[13]
A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live at le Bataclan 591823617
Live at Ramsgate Music Hall
  • Released: 24 April 2020 [19]
  • Label: Self-released
————

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Idles
  • Released: 28 May 2011 [20]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
Welcome
  • Released: 4 August 2012
  • Label: Fear of Fiction
  • Formats: Digital, CD, LP
Meat
  • Released: 30 October 2015
  • Label: Balley
  • Formats: Digital, CD, LP
Meta
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Balley
  • Formats: Digital, CD, LP
Meat / Meta
  • Released: 13 August 2019 [21]
  • Label: Balley
  • Formats: Digital, CD, LP
Live @ Glastonbury
  • Released: 29 Nov 2024 [22]
  • Label: Partisan Records/BBC
  • Formats: vinyl

Demos

TitleDetails
Meat // Anguish
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Harmacy
  • Formats: Cassette

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
Sales
[1] 		UK
Indie
[1] 		UK
Phys.
[1] 		UK
Vinyl
[1] 		BEL
(FL)
Tip
[2] 		SCO
[23]
"Queens"201421—11—43Meat
"Divide & Conquer"2016——————Brutalism
"Well Done"——————
"Stendhal Syndrome"2017——————
"Mother"——————
"Colossus"2018——————Joy as an Act of Resistance
"Danny Nedelko"——33——
"Samaritans"——————
"Great"————— [C] —
"Never Fight a Man with a Perm"2019——————
"Mercedes Marxist"49—22— [D] 82Non-album singles
"I Dream Guillotine"——————
"Mr. Motivator"2020————46—Ultra Mono
"Grounds"——————
"A Hymn"——————
"Model Village"
(solo or featuring Slowthai)		16—4345—
"War"—47————
"Reigns"2020————— [E] —
"Peace Signs" [24] 2021—————— Epic Ten
"Damaged Goods"
(featuring Gang of Four) [25] 		——————The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill & Gang of Four
"Sodium" [26] ——————Dark Knights: Death Metal Soundtrack
"The God That Failed" [27] —————— The Metallica Blacklist
"The Beachland Ballroom"——————Crawler
"Car Crash"——————
"Crawl!"2022——————
"Dancer"
(featuring LCD Soundsystem)		2023——————Tangk
"Grace"——————
"Gift Horse"2024——————
"—" denotes release did not chart.

Remixes

TitleYearArtistRef.
"Wedding Bells" (IDLES 'Til Dev do us Party Remix)2019 Metronomy [28]
"It Is What It Is" (IDLES Remix) Melt Yourself Down [29]
"Switching On" (IDLES Remix)2020LIFE [30]
"The Passover" (IDLES Remix)Sex Swing [31]
"Midnight Flit" (IDLES Midday Still At It Remix)2021 Mogwai [32]
"POGO" (IDLES Remix)Organek [33]
"Pay Your Way in Pain" (IDLES Remix) St. Vincent [34]
"Talking to Ourselves" (IDLES Inner Monologue Remix)2022 Rise Against [35]
"Heat" (IDLES Remix) Whispering Sons [36]
"Negativland" (Idles Negative Space Rework) NEU! [37]
"Heaven Is Here" (IDLES Remix) Florence and the Machine [38]

Music videos

SongYearDirector(s)
"Thieves"2011Felix Drake [39]
"26/27"2012Felix Drake and Celia Arias [40]
"Germany"Jean-Paul Gibbs [41]
"Meydei"Felix Drake [42]
"Two Tone"Felix Drake [43]
"The Idles Chant"2014The Monks [44]
"Queens"2015Joe Talbot [45]
"Romantic Gestures"Joe Talbot [46]
"Well Done"2016Mario Mangata [47]
"Divide & Conquer"Joseph Talbot [48]
"Stendhal Syndrome"2017Lee Kiernan [49]
"Mother"Joe Talbot [50]
"Colossus"2018Will Hooper [51]
"Danny Nedelko"Lee Kiernan [52]
"Samaritans"Theo Watkins [53]
"Great"Theo Watkins [54]
"Never Fight a Man with a Perm"2019Al Brown [55]
"Mercedes Marxist"Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern of ThirtyTwo [56]
"Mr. Motivator"2020Joe Talbot [57]
"Grounds"Rob French [58]
"A Hymn"Ryan Gander [59]
"Model Village"Michel and Oliver Gondry [60]
"War"Will Dohrn [61]
"Kill Them With Kindness"James Carbutt [62]
"Reigns"2021Theo Watkins [62]
"The Beachland Ballroom"LOOSE [63]
"Car Crash"Lee Kiernan [64]
"When the Lights Comes On"Lee Kiernan HHWH [65]
"Crawl!"2022Eddie Lawrence [66]
"Dancer"2023Jocelyn Anquetil [67]
"Gift Horse"2024David Helman [68]
"Grace"Jonathan Irwin [69]

Guest features

Notes

  1. ↑ Joy as an Act of Resistance did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number four on the US Billboard Heatseekers chart. [13]
  2. ↑ Crawler did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Top Album Sales chart. [15]
  3. ↑ "Great" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but did appeared on the Ultratip "extra tips" chart. [2]
  4. ↑ "Mercedes Marxist" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but did appeared on the Ultratip "extra tips" chart. [2]
  5. ↑ "Reigns" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but did appeared on the Ultratip "extra tips" chart. [2]

References

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  15. ↑ "Idles – Chart History - Top Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 23 February 2024". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  17. ↑ Peak chart positions in Scotland:
  18. ↑ "A Beautiful Thing: IDLES Live at Le Bataclan by IDLES on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  19. ↑ "IDLES - Live at Ramsgate Music Hall". Bandcamp. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  20. ↑ IDLES EP at Discogs
  21. ↑ "Idles – Meta EP / Meta EP (2019)". Discogs . 13 April 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  22. ↑ "Idles – Live @ Glastonbury (2024)". Discogs . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  23. ↑ Peaks in Scotland:
  24. ↑ "Hear Idles' Searing Cover of Sharon Van Etten's 'Peace Signs'". Rolling Stone. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  25. ↑ "Listen to IDLES cover Gang of Four's 'Damaged Goods'". NME. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  26. ↑ "Listen to IDLES' moody new song 'Sodium' from DC's 'Death Metal' soundtrack". NME. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  27. ↑ "IDLES join 'The Metallica Blacklist' with 'The God That Failed' cover". NME. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  28. ↑ Moore, Sam (3 October 2019). "Listen to IDLES' high-energy remix of Metronomy's 'Wedding Bells'". NME . Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  29. ↑ "It Is What It Is (IDLES Remix)". Spotify . 22 November 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  30. ↑ "IDLES remix LIFE's 'Switching On'". DIY . 26 May 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  31. ↑ Pearis, Bill (2 July 2020). "IDLES remix UK band Sex Swing for new EP (listen)". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  32. ↑ Pearis, Bill (1 October 2021). "IDLES, New Order members & more remix Mogwai on new EP (listen)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  33. ↑ Kokot, Przemysław (19 November 2021). "Kultowy brytyjski zespół Idles w odważnym remiksie utworu "Pogo" na nowej płycie grupy Ørganek" [The cult British band Idles in a bold remix of the song "Pogo" on the new album of the group Ørganek]. Wyspa.fm (in Polish). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  34. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (9 December 2021). "St. Vincent Shares New Idles Remix of "Pay Your Way in Pain": Listen". Pitchfork . Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  35. ↑ Singh, Surej (1 March 2022). "Rise Against share synth-heavy IDLES remix of 'Talking To Ourselves'". NME. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  36. ↑ "Heat (IDLES Remix)". Spotify. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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  38. ↑ Holden, Finlay (21 October 2022). "Florence + the Machine have shared IDLES' remix of their recent album track, 'Heaven is Here'". Dork . Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  39. ↑ IDLES - THIEVES (Official Video), 14 December 2011, retrieved 22 February 2022
  40. ↑ IDLES - 26/27 (Official Video), 27 June 2012, retrieved 22 February 2022
  41. ↑ IDLES - GERMANY (Official Video), 31 July 2012, retrieved 22 February 2022
  42. ↑ IDLES - MEYDEI (Official Video), May 2012, retrieved 22 February 2022
  43. ↑ IDLES - TWO TONE (Official Video), 20 September 2012, retrieved 22 February 2022
  44. ↑ IDLES - THE IDLES CHANT (Official Video), 2 October 2015, retrieved 22 February 2022
  45. ↑ IDLES - QUEENS (Official Video), 25 September 2014, retrieved 22 February 2022
  46. ↑ IDLES - ROMANTIC GESTURES (Official Video), 24 July 2015, retrieved 22 February 2022
  47. ↑ IDLES - WELL DONE (Official Video), 30 September 2016, retrieved 22 February 2022
  48. ↑ IDLES - DIVIDE & CONQUER (Official Video), 31 August 2016, retrieved 22 February 2022
  49. ↑ IDLES - STENDHAL SYNDROME (Official Video), 27 January 2017, retrieved 22 February 2022
  50. ↑ IDLES - MOTHER (Official Video), 24 February 2017, retrieved 22 February 2022
  51. ↑ IDLES - COLOSSUS (Official Video), 29 May 2018, retrieved 22 February 2022
  52. ↑ IDLES - DANNY NEDELKO (Official Video), 5 June 2018, retrieved 22 February 2022
  53. ↑ IDLES - SAMARITANS (Official Video), 25 July 2018, retrieved 22 February 2022
  54. ↑ IDLES - GREAT (Official Video), 14 August 2018, retrieved 22 February 2022
  55. ↑ IDLES - NEVER FIGHT A MAN WITH A PERM (Official Video), 15 July 2019, retrieved 22 February 2022
  56. ↑ IDLES - MERCEDES MARXIST (Official Video), 2 August 2019, retrieved 13 January 2023
  57. ↑ IDLES - MR.MOTIVATOR (Official Video), 19 May 2020, retrieved 22 February 2022
  58. ↑ IDLES - GROUNDS (Official Video), 16 June 2020, retrieved 22 February 2022
  59. ↑ IDLES - A HYMN (Official Video), 14 July 2020, retrieved 22 February 2022
  60. ↑ IDLES - MODEL VILLAGE (Official Video), 11 August 2020, retrieved 22 February 2022
  61. ↑ IDLES - WAR (Official Video), 24 September 2020, retrieved 22 February 2022
  62. 1 2 IDLES - REIGNS (Official Video), 12 January 2021, retrieved 22 February 2022
  63. ↑ IDLES - THE BEACHLAND BALLROOM (Official Video, Pt. 1), 28 September 2021, retrieved 22 February 2022
  64. ↑ IDLES - CAR CRASH (Official Video), 3 November 2021, retrieved 22 February 2022
  65. ↑ IDLES - WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON (Official Video), 13 December 2021, retrieved 22 February 2022
  66. ↑ IDLES - CRAWL! (Official Video), 8 February 2022, retrieved 22 February 2022
  67. ↑ IDLES - DANCER (Official Video), 18 October 2023, retrieved 18 October 2023
  68. ↑ IDLES - GIFT HORSE (Official Video), 15 January 2024, retrieved 29 February 2024
  69. ↑ IDLES - GRACE (Official Video), 14 February 2024, retrieved 29 February 2024
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