Red Lorry Yellow Lorry discography

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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry discography
Studio albums5
Compilation albums6
Video albums1
EPs4
Singles16

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

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Indie

[1]
Talk About the Weather 3
Paint Your Wagon
  • Released: 7 March 1986 [3]
  • Label: Red Rhino
  • Formats: LP, MC
1
Nothing Wrong 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
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Indie

[1]
Smashed Hits
  • Released: 15 January 1988 [7]
  • Label: Red Rhino
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
10
The Singles 1982–87
  • Released: February 1994 [8]
  • 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 [9]
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD
See the Fire – Albums, Singles and BBC Recordings 1982–1987
  • Released: 24 November 2014 [10]
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 3xCD
Albums and Singles 1982–1989
  • Released: 24 February 2017 [11]
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 4xCD box set
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

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

EPs

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Indie

[1]
This Today
  • Released: February 1984 [12]
  • 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

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
Indie

[1]
"Beating My Head"1982Non-album singles
"Take It All"198323
"He's Read"20
"Monkey's on Juice"19843
"Hollow Eyes"6Talk About the Weather
"Chance"198511Non-album singles
"Spinning Around"9
"Paint Your Wagon"1986Paint Your Wagon
"Walking on Your Hands"21
"Cut Down"6Non-album singles
"Crawling Mantra" (as the Lorries)19873
"Open Up"6Nothing Wrong
"Nothing Wrong"19885
"Only Dreaming (Wide Awake)"9
"Temptation"198913Blow
"Talking Back"1991Blasting Off
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

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