Mansun discography

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Mansun discography
Studio albums4
Compilation albums5
Music videos16
Singles17
B-sides75

The following is a comprehensive discography of the English alternative rock band Mansun.

Contents

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsChart positions BPI Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1] 		SCO
[2] 		JPN
[3]
1997 Attack of the Grey Lantern
  • Released: 17 February 1997
  • Label: Parlophone
13–Platinum [4]
1998 Six
  • Released: 7 September 1998
  • Label: Parlophone
61440Gold [5]
2000 Little Kix
  • Released: 14 August 2000
  • Label: Parlophone
121347Silver [6]
2004 Kleptomania
  • Released: 27 September 2004
  • Label: Parlophone
135–186

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsChart positions
UK
[7] 		JPN
[3]
1996 Special Mini Album (Japan Only EP)
  • Released: 23 October 1996
  • Label: Toshiba-EMI
N/R–
2006 Legacy: The Best Of Mansun
  • Released: 18 September 2006
  • Label: Parlophone
144–
2011Six/Little Kix (2 Original Classic Albums)
  • Released: 31 October 2011
  • Label: EMI
––
2020The Dead Flowers Reject
  • Released: 29 August 2020
  • Label: Kscope
––
Closed For Business
  • Released: 27 November 2020
  • Label: Kscope
––

Singles

Mansun adopted a unique labeling system for their single releases. Their first two releases for the Parlophone label were Extended Plays, these were named One EP and Two EP. However, like most EPs the opening track was promoted as the key song. Subsequent singles were more focused around the opening track, but the band retained the EP label and with the exception of "Taxloss" and "I Can Only Disappoint U", all of their singles were numbered, though both those singles counted in the numbering.

The group's first single was paid and produced by the group on their own label; Sci-Fi Hi-Fi Records. The group's second single; "Skin Up Pin Up" / "Flourella" was released on the EMI affiliate Regal Records. All subsequent singles were issued by Parlophone/EMI.

Their final single, "Slipping Away", was released after the group had disbanded was commercially released as a 7" Vinyl and Download Release only

Release DateTitleChart PositionsAlbum
UK
[1] [8] 		SCO
[9] 		US Mod.
[10]
199525 September"Take It Easy Chicken"–––—
20 November"Skin Up Pin Up / Flourella"91––
199625 March"Egg Shaped Fred" (One EP)3742–Attack of the Grey Lantern
3 June"Take It Easy Chicken" (Two EP)3234–—
9 September"Stripper Vicar" (Three EP)1925–Attack of the Grey Lantern
25 November"Wide Open Space" (Four EP)151325
19973 February"She Makes My Nose Bleed" (Five EP)98–
28 April"Taxloss"1518–
6 October"Closed for Business" (Seven EP)1010–—
199829 June"Legacy" (Eight EP)78–Six
24 August"Being a Girl (Part One)" (Nine EP)1314–
26 October"Negative" (Ten EP)2729–
19991 February"Six" (Eleven EP)1621–
200031 July"I Can Only Disappoint U"89–Little Kix
6 November"Electric Man" (EP 13)2332–
200129 January"Fool" (Fourteen EP)2834–
200420 September"Slipping Away"5571–Kleptomania

B-sides

TitleYearA-side
"An Open Letter to a Lyrical Trainspotter"1996"Stripper Vicar"
"Been Here Before"1998"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"Being a Girl (Parts One & Two) (Live)"1999"Six"
"Black Infinite Space"2001"Fool"
"But the Trains Run on Time"1999"Six"
"Can't Afford to Die"1998"Legacy"
"Check Under the Bed"1998"Legacy"
"Church of the Drive Thru Elvis"1999"Six"
"Dark Mavis (Acoustic)"1997"Closed for Business"
"Decisions, Decisions"2000"I Can Only Disappoint U"
"Drastic Sturgeon"1996"Take It Easy Chicken"
"Drastic Sturgeon (Live)"1997"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"Egg Shaped Fred (Acoustic)"1997"Closed for Business"
"Electric Man (Acoustic version)"2000"Electric Man"
"Everyone Must Win"1997"Closed for Business"
"Face in the Crowd"1998"Legacy"
"Fade in Time"2001"Fool"
"Flourella"1997"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"Getting Your Way"2004"Slipping Away"
"Golden Stone"2000"I Can Only Disappoint U"
"Grey Lantern"1997"Taxloss"
"GSOH"1998"Legacy"
"Hidden Bonus Track"1996"Egg Shaped Fred"
"Hideout"1998"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"I Can Only Disappoint U (Perfecto Club Mix)"2000"Electric Man"
"I Can Only Disappoint U (Perfecto Instrumental)"2000"Electric Man"
"I Care"1998"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"I Deserve What I Get"1998"Negative"
"I've Seen the Top of the Mountain"2001"Fool"
"K.I.Double.S.I.N.G."1997"Closed for Business"
"King of Beauty"1998"Negative"
"Lemonade Secret Drinker"1996"Egg Shaped Fred"
"Lemonade Secret Drinker (Acoustic Version)"1996"Wide Open Space"
"Live Open Space"1997"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"Live Television"1999"Six"
"Mansun's Only Acoustic Song"1998"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"Mansun's Only Live Song"1998"Negative"
"Moronica"1996"Take It Easy Chicken"
"Moronica (Acoustic Version)"1996"Wide Open Space"
"My Idea of Fun"2000"I Can Only Disappoint U"
"No One Knows Us"1996"Stripper Vicar"
"Promises"2001"Fool"
"Railings"1998"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"Rebel Without a Quilt"1996"Wide Open Space"
"Repair Man"2000"I Can Only Disappoint U"
"She Makes My Nose Bleed (Acoustic)"1997"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"Ski Jump Nose (Acoustic Version)"1998"Legacy"
"Ski Jump Nose"1996"Egg Shaped Fred"
"Ski Jump Nose (Live)"1997"Taxloss"
"Skin Up Pin Up"1996"Wide Open Space"
"Spasm of Identity"1998"Legacy"
"Stripper Vicar (Live)"1997"Closed for Business"
"Take It Easy Chicken (Live)"1998"Negative"
"Taxloss (Gaudi Remix)"1997"Taxloss"
"Taxloss (John 'OO' Fleming Remix)"1997"Taxloss"
"Taxloss (Lisa Marie Experience Remix)"1997"Taxloss"
"Taxloss (Slam Remix)"1997"Taxloss"
"The Apartment"2000"Electric Man"
"The Drifters"2000"Electric Man"
"The Duchess"1996"Stripper Vicar"
"The Edge"1996"Stripper Vicar"
"The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail"1997"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"The Gods of Not Very Much"1996"Wide Open Space"
"The Greatest Pain"1996"Take It Easy Chicken"
"The Impending Collapse of It All"1997"Taxloss"
"The Impending Collapse of it All (Acoustic Version)"1998"Legacy"
"The Most to Gain"1997"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"The World's Still Open"1997"Closed for Business"
"Thief"1996"Egg Shaped Fred"
"Things Keep Falling Off Buildings"1996"Stripper Vicar"
"Vision Impaired"1996"Wide Open Space"
"What It's Like to be Hated"1999"Six"
"When the Wind Blows"1998"Negative"
"Wide Open Space (Acoustic)"1997"Taxloss"
"Wide Open Space (The Perfecto Remix)"1998"Legacy"
"Wide Open Space (Trouser Enthusiasts Hermaphrodite Circus Mix)"1998"Being a Girl (Part One)"

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1995"Flourella"edited by Nick Gordon
1996"Egg Shaped Fred"Lawrence Watson
"Take It Easy Chicken"Walter Stern
"Stripper Vicar"Dwight Clarke
"Wide Open Space"Paul Cunningham
1997"Wide Open Space" (US Version) Nigel Dick
"She Makes My Nose Bleed" John Hillcoat
"Taxloss" Roman Coppola
"Closed for Business"James Brown
1998"Legacy" Mike Mills
"Being a Girl (Part One)" Jamie Thraves
"Negative"
1999"Six" Grant Gee
2000"I Can Only Disappoint U"
"Electric Man"
2001"Fool" Phil Harder

Miscellaneous releases

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