Kirsty MacColl discography

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Kirsty MacColl discography
Studio albums5
Compilation albums12
Singles32
Box sets3

This is the discography of British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
NL
[3]
SWE
[4]
Desperate Character
  • Released: June 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD (2012)
44
Kite
  • Released: 8 May 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3411048
Electric Landlady
  • Released: 24 June 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1786
Titanic Days
  • Released: 5 October 1993
  • Label: I.R.S., ZTT
  • Formats: CD, MC, LP (2024)
47187
Tropical Brainstorm
  • Released: 20 March 2000
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: CD, LP (2021)
39
Real
  • Released: 27 October 2023 (Recorded 1983; Previously Unreleased)
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: Streaming (also included in the See That Girl box set)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
Kirsty MacColl
  • Released: March 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Re-worked version of Desperate Character
The Essential Collection
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: CD
Galore – The Best of Kirsty MacColl
  • Released: 6 March 1995
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
6
What Do Pretty Girls Do?
  • Released: February 1998
  • Label: Hux
  • Formats: CD
  • Live sessions from BBC Radio 1
The One and Only
  • Released: 6 August 2001
  • Label: Metro
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Best of Kirsty MacColl
  • Released: 1 August 2005
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
12
The Stiff Singles
The Stiff Singles Collection
  • Released: 4 October 2006
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
The Collection
  • Released: 8 September 2008
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • Formats: CD
A New England: The Very Best of Kirsty MacColl
  • Released: 25 February 2013
  • Label: Union Square Music
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD
41
All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology
  • Released: 7 April 2014
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: 2xCD
Other People's Hearts (B.Sides 1988-1989)
  • Released: 29 August 2020
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: LP
  • Collection of B-sides from Kite
Free World: The Best Of 1979-2000
  • Released: 19 January 2024
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: LP
  • First ever Kirsty MacColl vinyl compilation
[A]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology
  • Released: 28 March 2005
  • Label: Virgin/EMI
  • Formats: 3xCD
98
Days (1989–1991)
  • Released: 15 June 2018
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 4xCD+DVD
See That Girl 1979–2000
  • Released: 27 October 2023
  • Label: Universal Music Recordings
  • Formats: 8xCD Artbook.
  • Collection of music spanning her career, including the unreleased album Real
[B]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL (FL)
[6]
GER
[7]
IRE
[8]
NL
[9]
NZ
[10]
SWE
[11]
US Alt
[12]
"They Don't Know"1979 [C] Non-album single
"Keep Your Hands Off My Baby"1981 [D]
"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis"143793113Desperate Character
"See That Girl" [E]
"You Still Believe in Me"Non-album single
"I Want Out" (Matchbox featuring MacColl)1983137 [16] 58Crossed Line (Matchbox album)
"Berlin" (unreleased)Real
"Terry"823443Non-album singles
"A New England"19847818
"He's on the Beach"1985109
"Greetings to the New Brunette" (with Billy Bragg and Johnny Marr)1986586 Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (Billy Bragg album)
"Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues featuring MacColl)1987215 If I Should Fall from Grace with God
(Pogues album)
"Free World"198943162Kite
"Days"12459
"Innocence"80
"Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!"199082
"Miss Otis Regrets"/"Just One of Those Things" (with the Pogues)85 Red Hot + Blue
"Walking Down Madison"1991235812854Electric Landlady
"My Affair"56
"All I Ever Wanted"91 [18] 154
"Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues featuring MacColl; reissue)3610 The Best of the Pogues
"Titanic Days" (US-only release)1993Titanic Days
"Can't Stop Killing You" (Australia and US-only release)13120
"Angel"87 [19] 22826
"Caroline"199558Galore – The Best of Kirsty MacColl
"Perfect Day" (with Evan Dando)75
"Days" (reissue)42Non-album single [F]
"Mambo de la Luna"199989Tropical Brainstorm
"In These Shoes?"200081
"Sun on the Water"2005The Best of Kirsty MacColl
"Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues featuring MacColl; 2nd reissue)3456237414
  • UK: 5× Platinum [5]
"Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues featuring MacColl; 3rd reissue)2012Non-album single
"You Caught Me Out"2023See That Girl 1979–2000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. Reached #9 in UK Vinyl Albums chart, #11 in UK Independent Albums chart, #21 in UK Physical Albums Chart, #23 in UK Album Sales chart and #25 in Scottish Albums Chart
  2. Charted at number 49 on the UK Physical Albums chart and number 51 on the UK Album Sales chart
  3. This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 62 on the Record Business Singles Chart. [13]
  4. This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 123 on the Record Business Singles Chart. [14]
  5. This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 45 on the Record Business Airplay Guide. [15]
  6. "Days" was reissued after its use in a TV advert for the Sony Handycam.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 UK chart peaks:
    • Top 100 peaks, other than "Fairytale of New York": "Official Charts > Kirsty MacColl". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 4 September 2016. N.B. This site displays 'compressed' chart peaks, with exclusion rules applied, for positions 76–100.
    • "Fairytale of New York": "Official Charts > Pogues". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
    • Top 200 peaks from 1995: "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > M – My Vitriol". zobbel.de. Retrieved 4 September 2016. N.B. This site displays 'uncompressed' (no exclusion rules applied) peaks for releases peaking between 76–200 from January 1995 to May 2001.
  2. 1 2 Australian (ARIA) peaks:
  3. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "British certifications – Kirsty MacColl". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 11 December 2022.Type Kirsty MacColl in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  6. "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  9. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  10. "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Charts.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  11. "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  12. "Kirsty Maccoll". Billboard. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  13. "The Singles Chart 61-100". Record Business . Vol. 2, no. 19. 23 July 1979. p. 23. ISSN   0144-0691.
  14. "The Singles Chart - Ones to Watch". Record Business . Vol. 3, no. 46. 16 February 1981. p. 11. ISSN   0144-0691.
  15. "Airplay Guide". Record Business . Vol. 4, no. 29. 5 October 1981. p. 18. ISSN   0144-0691.
  16. "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  17. "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  18. "Singles - Positions 76 to 200". Charts Plus . Spotlight Publications. 19 October 1991. p. 2.
  19. "Hit Singles 2" (PDF). Hit Music!. No. 64. 18 December 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 23 February 2023 via World Radio History.
  20. "fairytale of new york | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 22 June 2022.