The Chameleons discography

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The Chameleons discography
Studio albums4
Live albums13
Compilation albums8
Video albums8
EPs1
Singles8
Other albums3

This is the discography of English rock band the Chameleons.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
Script of the Bridge
  • Released: 8 August 1983
  • Label: Statik
  • Formats: LP, MC
11
What Does Anything Mean? Basically
  • Released: 20 May 1985
  • Label: Statik
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
602
Strange Times
  • Released: 1 September 1986
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: LP, MC
44
Why Call It Anything
  • Released: 1 July 2001
  • Label: Artful
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Tripping Dogs
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Glass Pyramid
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Here Today... Gone Tomorrow
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Live in Toronto
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
The Radio 1 Evening Show Sessions
Aufführung in Berlin
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP
Live Shreds
  • Released: 9 April 1996 [3]
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Recorded Live at the Gallery Club Manchester, 18th December 1982
  • Released: August 1996
  • Label: Visionary Communications
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Witchwood
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Academy
  • Released: March 2002
  • Label: Paradiso
  • Formats: 2xCD
Live from the Camden Palace
Live at the Hacienda
  • Released: 22 April 2017
  • Label: Radiation
  • Formats: LP
Elevated Living: Live in Manchester, London & Spain
  • Released: 24 September 2021
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download
Edge Sessions (Live from the Edge)
  • Released: 15 April 2022
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download
  • US-only release
Live At The Camden Palace
  • Released: 21 March 2022
  • Label: Moochin' About
  • Formats: 2xLP 180g Splattered Vinyl

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
The Fan and the Bellows
  • Released: 21 March 1986
  • Label: Hybrid
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
John Peel Sessions
  • Released: November 1990
  • Label: Strange Fruit
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Here Today... Gone Tomorrow / Live in Toronto
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP
Dali's Picture / Live in Berlin
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: 2xCD
Northern Songs
  • Released: November 1994
  • Label: Bone Idol
  • Formats: CD
Return of the Roughnecks: The Best of the Chameleons
  • Released: January 1997
  • Label: Dead Dead Good
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD
Acoustic Sessions
  • Released: 5 November 2010
  • Label: Blue Apple Music
  • Formats: 2xCD
Dreams in Celluloid: A Collection of Rare Recordings
  • Released: 17 June 2013
  • Label: Blue Apple Music
  • Formats: 2xCD

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Live at the Camden Palace
  • Released: January 1985
  • Label: Jettisoundz Video
  • Formats: VHS
Arsenal
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Visionary Communications
  • Formats: VHS
Recorded Live at the Gallery Club Manchester, 18th December 1982
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Visionary Communications
  • Formats: VHS
Resurrection Live
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Paradiso
  • Formats: VHS
Live at the Gallery Club & the Hacienda, Manchester
Live from London
Singing Rule Britannia – The Chameleons Live
  • Released: June 2004
  • Label: Cherry Red Films
  • Formats: DVD
Ascension
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: The Scourge Productions
  • Formats: 2xDVD

Other albums

TitleAlbum details
Dali's Picture
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Original demo album
Strip
  • Released: May 2000
  • Label: Paradiso
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Album of acoustic arrangements
This Never Ending Now
  • Released: September 2002
  • Label: Paradiso/Universal
  • Formats: CD
  • Album of acoustic arrangements

EPs

TitleEP details
Tony Fletcher Walked on Water.... La La La La La-La La-La-La
  • Released: 1 October 1990
  • Label: Glass Pyramid
  • Formats: 12", CD
Where Are You?
  • Released: 24 May 2024
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1] [4]
UK Indie
[2]
"In Shreds"1982Non-album single
"As High as You Can Go"19837Script of the Bridge
"A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days"
"Up the Down Escalator"181
"Nostalgia"/"In Shreds"198511Non-album single
"Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)"2What Does Anything Mean? Basically
"Tears"198685Strange Times
"Swamp Thing"82
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.


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References

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