The Box Tops discography

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The Box Tops discography
Studio albums6
Compilation albums10
Singles19

This is the discography of American rock band the Box Tops.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US BB
[1]
US CB
[2]
The Letter/Neon Rainbow 8737
Cry Like a Baby
  • Released: April 1968
  • Label: Bell
  • Formats: LP, 4-track, 8-track, reel-to-reel
5945
Nonstop
  • Released: August 1968
  • Label: Bell
  • Formats: LP, MC, 4-track, 8-track, reel-to-reel
68
Dimensions
  • Released: August 1969
  • Label: Bell
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel
7779
Tear Off!
  • Released: November 1998
  • Label: Last Call
  • Formats: CD, MC
Now
  • Released: 2022 [3]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US BB
[4]
US CB
[2]
Super Hits
  • Released: December 1968
  • Label: Bell
  • Formats: LP, 4-track, 8-track, reel-to-reel
4542
The Best of the Box Tops
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Kory
  • Formats: LP
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Ultimate Box Tops
The Best of the Box Tops Featuring Alex Chilton
  • Released: October 1988
  • Label: Decal
  • Formats: LP
The Best of the Box Tops
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: CD
The Best of the Box Tops – Soul Deep
  • Released: October 1996
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: CD, MC
Playlist – The Very Best of the Box Tops
The Original Albums 1967–1969
  • Released: February 16, 2015
  • Label: Raven
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Australia-only release
The Best of the Box Tops
  • Released: 7 October 2022
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 2xCD, LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title

(A-side/B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated

YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US BB
[5]
US CB
[6]
AUS
[7]
BEL (WA)
[8]
CAN
[9]
GER
[10]
NZ
[11]
SA
[12]
SWI
[13]
UK
[14]
"The Letter"
b/w "Happy Times"
1967114115445The Letter/Neon Rainbow
"Neon Rainbow"
b/w "Everything I Am"
24243017557 [A]
"Cry Like a Baby"
b/w "The Door You Closed to Me" (Non-album track)
196822465314161715Cry Like a Baby
"Choo Choo Train"
b/w "Fields of Clover" (from Cry Like a Baby)
2617964186Nonstop
"727" (New Zealand-only release)
b/w "Fields of Clover"
Cry Like a Baby
"I Met Her in Church"
b/w "People Gonna Talk"
37413227126Nonstop
"Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March"
b/w "I See Only Sunshine" (Non-album track)
28298216Dimensions
"Sandman" (UK, Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey-only release)
b/w "Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March" (from Dimensions)
1969Nonstop
"I Shall Be Released"
b/w "I Must Be the Devil"
677251Dimensions
"Soul Deep"
b/w "(The) Happy Song"
18137499222
"Turn on a Dream"
b/w "Together" (from Dimensions)
58352920Non-album singles
"You Keep Tightening Up on Me"
b/w "Come On Honey"
1970927468
"Let Me Go"
b/w "Got to Hold on to You"
"King's Highway"
b/w "Since I've Been Gone"
1971
"Sugar Creek Woman"
b/w "It's All Over"
1972
"Angel"
b/w "Hold On Girl"
"Rock Island Line"
b/w "John Henry"
1973
"Willobee and Dale"
b/w "It's Gonna Be O.K."
1974
"The Letter" (re-recording; France-only release)
b/w "Flying Saucers Rock'n'Roll"
1998Tear Off!
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955–1996. Record Research. pp. 99–100. ISBN   0898201179.
  2. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955–1974. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 40. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  3. "Announcing Release: The Box Tops "Now" CD Project for 2022 - The Box Tops". The Box Tops. December 4, 2021. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  4. "LONNIE DONEGAN". Official Charts. January 12, 1956. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Top Pop Singles 1955-2012. Record Research. pp. 102–103. ISBN   978-0898202052.
  6. Downey, Pat; Albert, George; Hoffman, Frank (1994). Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950–1993. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. p. 35. ISBN   1563083167.
  7. Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN   0-646-44439-5.
  8. "Discographie The Box Tops - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  9. Canada, Library and Archives (July 17, 2013). "Results: RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  10. "Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  11. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  12. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Acts (B)". www.rock.co.za. Archived from the original on May 3, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  13. "Discographie The Box Tops - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  14. "BOX TOPS". Official Charts. September 19, 1967. Retrieved August 13, 2025.