Living Colour discography

Living Colour discography
Studio albums	6
EPs	2
Singles	21
Music videos	18

The official discography of Living Colour, an American funk metal band.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications (sales threshold)
		US [1]	AUS [2]	GER	AUT [3]	NL [4]	NOR [5]	NZ [6]	SWE [7]	SWI [8]	UK [9]
Vivid	Release date: May 3, 1988 Label: Epic Formats: LP, CD, cassette	6	52	—	—	92	15	2	—	—	—	CAN: Platinum [10] NZ: Gold [11] US: 2× Platinum [12]
Time's Up	Release date: August 28, 1990 Label: Epic Formats: LP, CD, cassette	13	15	56	—	24	13	10	—	11	20	AUS: Gold [13] CAN: Gold [14] US: Gold [15]
Stain	Release date: March 2, 1993 Label: Epic Formats: CD, cassette	26	18	29	25	8	—	10	42	14	19
Collideøscope	Release date: October 7, 2003 Label: Sanctuary Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Chair in the Doorway	Release date: September 15, 2009 Label: Megaforce Formats: CD, download	161	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Shade	Release date: September 8, 2017 Label: Megaforce Formats: LP, CD, download	—	—	—	—	119	—	—	—	25	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details
Dread	Release date: 1994 Label: Import Japan Formats: CD, cassette
Live from CBGB's	Release date: January 11, 2005 Label: Legacy Formats: CD, download
Instant Live	Release date: February 5, 2005 Label: Instant Live Formats: CD, download
CBGB OMFUG Masters: August 19, 2005 The Bowery Collection	Release date: October 28, 2008 Label: Celluloid Formats: CD, download
The Paris Concert	Release date: March 10, 2009 Label: In-Akustik Formats: CD, download

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUS [2]
Pride	Release date: November 14, 1995 Label: Epic Formats: CD, cassette	70
Super Hits	Release date: January 27, 1998 Label: Epic/Legacy Formats: CD, cassette	—
Play It Loud	Release date: April 28, 1998 Label: Sony Music Distribution Formats: CD, cassette	—
What's Your Favorite Color?: Remixes, B-Sides and Rarities	Release date: April 5, 2005 Label: Sony Music Distribution Formats: CD, music download	—
Everything Is Possible: The Very Best of Living Colour	Release date: January 17, 2006 Label: Epic/Legacy Formats: CD, download	—

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]	AUS [2]	NL [4]	SWI [8]
Biscuits †	Release date: July 16, 1991 Label: Epic Formats: CD, cassette	110	25	43	32
Who Shot Ya?	Release date: September 9, 2016 Label: LC Productions Formats: CD, download	—	—	—	—

^†The Sony Music Japan edition of this disc had nine extra tracks not available on the international editions, making Biscuits a compilation album.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions								Album
		US [16]	US Main [17]	US Alt [18]	US Dan [19]	AUS [2]	NL [20]	NZ [21]	UK [9]
1988	"Middle Man"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Vivid
	"Cult of Personality"	13	9	—	—	54	—	3	67
1989	"Glamour Boys"	31	26	—	—	—	31	14	83
	"Open Letter (To a Landlord)"	82	11	—	—	116	—	11	—
	"Funny Vibe"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	"Type"	—	5	3	—	121	—	—	75	Time's Up
1991	"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"	—	28	8	—	10	16	—	12
	"Solace of You"	—	—	—	—	69	27	—	33
	"Elvis Is Dead"	—	—	25	18	—	—	—	—
	"Pride"	—	42	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Time's Up"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	"Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing"	—	—	12	—	—	85	—	—	Biscuits (EP)
1993	"Leave It Alone"	—	14	4	—	59	41	20	34	Stain
	"Ausländer"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	53
	"Nothingness"	—	—	17	—	85	—	28	76
	"Bi"	—	—	—	—	79	—	—	—
1994	"Sunshine of Your Love"	—	—	—	—	56	—	22	—	True Lies soundtrack
2003	"Song Without Sin"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Collideøscope
2009	"Behind the Sun"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Chair in the Doorway
2017	"Come On"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Shade
	"Program"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video albums

Title	Album details	Certifications (sales threshold)
Primer	Release date: 1989 Label: CBS Records Formats: VHS, LD	US: Gold [22]
Time Tunnel	Release date: 1991 Label: Sony Music Video Formats: VHS
Video Hits	Release date: 2006 Label: Sony BMG Formats: DVD
On Stage at World Cafe Live	Release date: May 8, 2007 Label: Decca Format: DVD
The Paris Concert	Release date: November 11, 2008 Label: In-Akustik Format: DVD

Music videos

Year	Song	Director(s)
1988	"Middle Man"	Drew Carolan [23] [24]
	"Cult of Personality"
1989	"Glamour Boys"	Graham Elliott, John England [25]
	"Open Letter (To a Landlord)"	Drew Carolan [26]
	"Funny Vibe"	Charles Stone III [27]
1990	"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"	Un­known
	"Type"	Un­known
	"Elvis Is Dead"	Un­known
1991	"Sailin' On"	Un­known
	"Solace of You"	Matt Mahurin [28] [29]
1992	"Time's Up"
1993	"Leave It Alone"	Kevin Kerslake [30]
	"Ausländer"	Eric Zimmerman
	"Nothingness"	Un­known
	"Bi"	Un­known
1994	"Sunshine of Your Love"	Nigel Dick [31]
2003	"Song Without Sin"	Un­known
2016	"Who Shot Ya?"	Un­known

Other appearances

Title	Album details	Song
Judgment Night	Release date: September 14, 1993 Label: Epic Format: CD	"Me, Myself, & My Microphone" with Run DMC
Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix	Release date: November 9, 1993 Label: Reprise Format: CD	"Crosstown Traffic"
True Lies	Release date: July 19, 1994 Label: Lightstorm/Epic Soundtrax Format: CD	"Sunshine of Your Love"

References

1. "Living Colour Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved August 28, 2011.
2. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
   • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Living Colour in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
   • "Cult of Personality": "Chartifacts > Week Ending: 19 May 1991 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 69)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved August 24, 2016.
   • Vivid: "Chartifacts > Week Ending September 23, 1990 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 37)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved August 24, 2016.
   • Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 168.
   • "Sunshine of Your Love": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 13 Nov 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved August 24, 2016.
   • "Open Letter (To a Landlord)": "Week commencing 12 June 1989" . Retrieved February 11, 2022.
   • "Type": "Week commencing 10 December 1990" . Retrieved February 11, 2022.
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24. "Living Colour: Middle Man (1988)". www.imdb.com. IMDB. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
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26. "Living Colour: Open Letter (to a Landlord) (1989)". www.imdb.com. IMDB. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
27. "Living Colour: Funny Vibe (1989)". www.imdb.com. IMDB. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
28. "Living Colour: Solace of You (1991)". www.imdb.com. IMDB. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
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31. "Sunshine of Your Love (1994)". imvdb.com. IMVDb. Retrieved July 4, 2019.