Starship discography

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Starship discography
Studio albums4
Compilation albums6
Singles16
Music videos8

The following is a comprehensive discography of Starship , an American rock band which spun off from Jefferson Starship in 1985.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
NED
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
Knee Deep in the Hoopla
  • Released: September 12, 1985
  • Label: Grunt/RCA
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No Protection
  • Released: June 29, 1987
  • Label: Grunt/RCA
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Love Among the Cannibals
  • Released: August 15, 1989
  • Label: RCA
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Loveless Fascination
  • Released: September 17, 2013
  • Label: Loud and Proud
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979–1991)
  • Released: May 1991
  • Label: RCA
  • RIAA: Gold [13]
The Best of Starship
  • Released: April 1993
  • Label: RCA/BMG
>Jefferson Airplane>>Jefferson Starship>>Starship: Hits (import) [14]
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: BMG
Forever Gold [lower-alpha 1]
  • Released: January 2003
  • Label: Delta/Brilliant
Platinum and Gold Collection
  • Released: July 2004
  • Label: RCA/BMG
Playlist: The Very Best of Starship
  • Released: November 2012
  • Label: RCA
Starship Enterprise: The Best of Jefferson Starship and Starship
  • Released: February 2019
  • Label: Rhino Entertainment
Starship: Greatest Hits Relaunched
  • Released: October 2021
  • Label: Purple Pyramid

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[15]
AUS
[2] [16]
AUT
[17]
CAN
[18]
BEL
[19]
GER
[20]
IRE
[21]
NED
[22]
NZ
[23]
SWI
[24]
UK
[25]
"We Built This City"198511211171092111812Knee Deep in the Hoopla
"Sara"1101512115194316966
"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight"198626
"Before I Go"6872
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"1987133153182141No Protection
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"9922333579086
"Beat Patrol"46
"Set the Night to Music"198892
"Wild Again"73Love Among the Cannibals
"It's Not Enough"1989121631987
"I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night"75
"Good Heart"199181Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979–1991)
"Get Out Again"2007Non-album single
"It's Not the Same as Love"2013Loveless Fascination
"We Dream in Color"2014Love Among the Cannibals
"My Woman"2016Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

YearWorkSongComment
1985 Heart "What About Love"Backing vocals from Slick and Thomas
1986 Youngblood "Cut You Down to Size"featured on soundtrack (Thomas also recorded "Stand in the Fire")
1987 Mannequin "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"featured on soundtrack
1988 Cocktail "Wild Again"
1989 Gross Anatomy "I'll Be There"
1991 Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979–1991) "Don't Lose Any Sleep" and "Good Heart"new songs
1999 The Best of Grace Slick "Do You Remember Me?"outtake from Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Knee Deep in the Hoopla reissue"Casualty"outtake from original album
2011The Muppets"We Built This City"featured on soundtrack
2012Playlist: The Very Best of Starship"Keys to the City" and "Karma (Everything You Do)"Greatest Hits outtake and a new recording, respectively

Videos

Music videos

TitleReleaseDirector [27] Album
"We Built This City"1985 Francis Delia Knee Deep in the Hoopla
"Sara"
"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight"1986Jerry Kramer
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"1987No Protection
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"Jim Yukich
"Beat Patrol"
"It's Not Enough"1989Love Among the Cannibals
"I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night"

Notes

  1. Released by St. Clair Entertainment, under license, with no personnel listed. Re-recordings in 2002 of Jefferson Starship or Starship songs on which Mickey Thomas originally appeared. These recordings have been licensed to several labels, resulting in the release of Starship: Greatest Hits (Delta Records) and Starship: Greatest Hits (Brilliant Records). The original release of these recordings was as Starship: Greatest and Latest, available outside the U.S. only, and including both a CD and DVD.

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