Red Lorry Yellow Lorry discography

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry discography
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry discography
Studio albums	6
EPs	4
Compilation albums	6
Singles	16
Video albums	1

Last updated October 15, 2025

This is the discography of British post-punk band Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK Indie ^[1]
Talk About the Weather	Released: January 1985^[2] Label: Red Rhino Formats: LP	3
Paint Your Wagon	Released: 7 March 1986^[3] Label: Red Rhino Formats: LP, MC	1
Nothing Wrong	Released: May 1988^[4] Label: Situation Two Formats: CD, LP, MC	3
Blow	Released: 18 September 1989^[5] Label: Situation Two Formats: CD, LP, MC	6
Blasting Off	Released: September 1992^[6] Label: Deathwish Office Formats: CD, LP	—
Strange Kind of Paradise	Released: July 2025 Label: COP International Formats: CD, LP, digital download,^[7] streaming^[8]	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK Indie ^[1]
Smashed Hits	Released: 15 January 1988^[9] Label: Red Rhino Formats: CD, LP, MC	10
The Singles 1982–87	Released: February 1994^[10] Label: Cherry Red Formats: CD	—
Generation – The Best Of	Released: 1994 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD US-only release	—
The Very Best of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry	Released: 25 April 2000^[11] Label: Cherry Red Formats: CD	—
See the Fire – Albums, Singles and BBC Recordings 1982–1987	Released: 24 November 2014^[12] Label: Cherry Red Formats: 3xCD	—
Albums and Singles 1982–1989	Released: 24 February 2017^[13] Label: Cherry Red Formats: 4xCD box set	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

Title	Album details
Thunder in the Black Cave	Released: 2005 Label: Self-released Formats: DVD Limited release

EPs

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK Indie ^[1]
This Today	Released: February 1984^[14] Label: Red Rhino	18
Crawling Mantra	Released: May 1987 Label: Red Rhino, Homestead As well as being released as a 7" single, it was released as a 2x7", 12" and on cassette	—
Black Tracks	Released: 2004 Label: Self-released	—
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry	Released: 29 August 2015 Label: Self-released Limited release	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	UK Indie ^[1]	Album
"Beating My Head"	1982	—	Non-album singles
"Take It All"	1983	23
"He's Read"	1983	20
"Monkey's on Juice"	1984	3
"Hollow Eyes"	1984	6	Talk About the Weather
"Chance"	1985	11	Non-album singles
"Spinning Around"	1985	9	Non-album singles
"Paint Your Wagon"	1986	—	Paint Your Wagon
"Walking on Your Hands"		21	Paint Your Wagon
"Cut Down"		6	Non-album singles
"Crawling Mantra" (as the Lorries)	1987	3	Non-album singles
"Open Up"	1987	6	Nothing Wrong
"Nothing Wrong"	1988	5
"Only Dreaming (Wide Awake)"	1988	9
"Temptation"	1989	13	Blow
"Talking Back"	1991	—	Blasting Off
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

1 2 3 4 Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
↑ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week . 5 January 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "Sounds". Sounds . 15 February 1986. p. 3.
↑ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week . 7 May 1988. p. 28. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Blow". Discogs. 18 September 1989. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ Strong, M.C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, Edinburgh, p. 476
↑ "Strange Kind Of Paradise, by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry". Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
↑ Strange Kind of Paradise by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry on Apple Music, 10 July 2025, retrieved 15 July 2025
↑ "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Smashed Hits". Discogs. 15 January 1988. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "February releases" (PDF). Music Week . 12 February 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "The Very Best of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "See The Fire: Albums, Singles and BBC Recordings 1982-1987 – Cherry Red Records". 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ Newall, Phil (4 March 2017). "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 'Albums & Singles 1982-1989' - album review". Louder Than War. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 18 February 1984. p. 18. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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[:02-1] 1 2 3 4 Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.

[2] "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week . 5 January 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[3] "Sounds". Sounds . 15 February 1986. p. 3.

[4] "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week . 7 May 1988. p. 28. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[5] "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Blow". Discogs. 18 September 1989. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[6] Strong, M.C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, Edinburgh, p. 476

[7] "Strange Kind Of Paradise, by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry". Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

[8] Strange Kind of Paradise by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry on Apple Music, 10 July 2025, retrieved 15 July 2025

[9] "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Smashed Hits". Discogs. 15 January 1988. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[10] "February releases" (PDF). Music Week . 12 February 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[11] "The Very Best of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[12] "See The Fire: Albums, Singles and BBC Recordings 1982-1987 – Cherry Red Records". 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[13] Newall, Phil (4 March 2017). "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 'Albums & Singles 1982-1989' - album review". Louder Than War. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[14] "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 18 February 1984. p. 18. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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