Shara Nelson discography

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Shara Nelson discography
Studio albums3
Compilation albums2
Music videos3+
EPs1
Singles19

The British singer and songwriter Shara Nelson made three studio albums and 19 singles between 1983 and 2008, in addition to compilations, videos, EPs and other works.

Contents

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AU
[1]
AT
[2]
FR
[3]
NL
[3]
NO
[3]
NZ
[4]
SE
[3]
CH
[5]
UK
[6]
U.S.
[7]
1991 Blue Lines with Massive Attack
  • Release date: June 1
  • Record label: Virgin (#91685)
  • Formats: LP, CD, CS
69531392926142613
1993 What Silence Knows
  • Release date: 1993
  • Record label: Cooltempo
  • Formats: LP, CD
1313222
  • UK: 100,000 [8]
1995 Friendly Fire
  • Release date: 1995
  • Record label: Cooltempo
  • Formats: LP, CD
22244
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
AU
[1]
AT
[2]
BE
[10]
FI
[11]
IT
[12]
NO
[12]
NZ
[12]
PT
[12]
CH
[12]
UK
[6]
US
[7]
1998 Singles 90/98 with Massive Attack
  • Release date: December 7
  • Record label: Virgin/Circa
  • Format: 11xCD box
2006 Collected with Massive Attack
  • Release date: March 27
  • Record label: Virgin
  • Format: CD/DVD DualDisc
191318683242198
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

YearEP DetailsNotes
1996 Good Intentions with G/Corp
  • Release date:
  • Record label: Medicine Records
  • Format: 12", CD
  • Four track EP released in collaboration with Groove Corporation (aka G/Corp), featuring "Good Intentions (Edit)", "Good Intentions (Extended Mix)", "Faraway Places" and "Return of the Skunk Unlimited Orchestra"

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
AU
[1]
AT
[2]
DE
[16]
NL
[17] [18]
NZ
[19]
SE
[19]
CH
[5]
UK
[6]
USA
AS DCP
[20] [21]
DSS 100
[22]
1983"Aiming at Your Heart" with The Circuit
1986"Can't Get Over You"
1990"Daydreaming" with Massive Attack 81 Blue Lines
1991"Unfinished Sympathy" with Massive Attack951724840913
"Safe from Harm" with Massive Attack1322333281525283532
1993"Down That Road"102681916109 What Silence Knows
"One Goodbye in Ten"20030714921
1994"Uptight"21719
"Nobody"25949
"Inside Out"34
1995"Rough with the Smooth"22330 Friendly Fire
1996"I Fell (So You Could Catch Me)"76
1998"Sense of Danger" with Presence6110All Systems Gone
1999"Black Island" with Cuba Leap of Faith
"U" with Kasha
2003"Hari Up Hari" with Adrian Sherwood Never Trust a Hippy
"Right Now" with Futurasound
2004"Nobody Else"
2008"Go That Deep" with NUfrequency
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Other appearances

YearSongNotes
1984"In Another World" with Voice of Authority
  • Appears on Very Big in America Right Now by Voice of Authority
"Savanna Prance" with The Missing Brazilians
  • Appears on Warzone by The Missing Brazilians
1988"The Look of Love" with The Wild Bunch
  • Appears on Friends & Countrymen by The Wild Bunch
1991"Lately" with Massive Attack
1994"On the Shore" with Saint Etienne
  • Appears on Tiger Bay by Saint Etienne
1995"Insert B (The Real Deal)/Nobody Knows" with Guru
1996"Faraway Places" with Groove Corporation
1997"Moonraker" with David Arnold
1999"Matter of Fact" with Presence
  • Appears on All Systems Gone by Presence
2002"Realise"
  • Appears on VA compilation 4 Vini: Forever Young LP
2004"Say My Name" with Little Axe
  • Appears on Champagne & Grits by Little Axe
2007"If"
  • Released only as digital single
"Push Me Away (Strings of Life)" with 10th Planet
  • Appears on VA compilation Mastercuts Life..Style: Summer House]
2008"I Wanna Know" with Doug Wimbish
  • Appears on CinemaSonics by Doug Wimbish

Videos

Music videos

YearTitleDirector [23]
1990"Daydreaming" with Massive AttackBaillie Walsh
1991"Unfinished Sympathy" with Massive Attack
"Safe from Harm" with Massive Attack

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