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| The Move discography | |
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| Studio albums | 4 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 20 |
| Singles | 18 |
The discography of British rock band the Move consists of four studio albums, one live album, 20 compilation albums, one extended play, and 18 singles. The band's first two singles, "Night of Fear" and "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" were big hits in the United Kingdom, of which Night of Fear had peaked at position #2 and I Can Hear the Grass Grow had peaked at number 5 on the UK singles chart. In 1968, the band released their self-titled debut studio album, which reached number 15 on the UK Official Albums Chart and garnered two more hit singles, "Flowers in the Rain" and "Fire Brigade", which, like the previous two non-album singles, had prospered in the top 10 of the UK singles hit parade, through which Flowers in the Rain had peaked at number 2 and Fire Brigade had peaked at number 3.
The band's next UK single, "Wild Tiger Woman" was a hit parade disappointment, which only peaked at position #53. Because of this, the band announced that they would break up if their next single did as poorly. [1] [2] This was not the case, as the single that followed, "Blackberry Way" had peaked at the top of the UK singles hit parade, and the next single, "Curly", which had reached position #12, had prospered much better than "Wild Tiger Woman". Despite these successes, the band's second studio album, Shazam , released in 1970, did not make the UK Official Albums chart.
The band released two more studio albums, Looking On and Message from the Country , which also did not make the charts, and while the lead single for the former, "Brontosaurus" hit number 7 on the UK singles chart, the second and final single from the album, "When Alice Comes Back to the Farm", did not chart at all in the UK, and Message from the Country did not have a single at all, with the planned "Ella James" single being withdrawn. Three more singles from the band would hit the charts, including "Tonight" at number 11, "Chinatown" at number 23, and "California Man" at number 7, although the band's final single, "Do Ya" would also not chart, other than a position at number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The band would break up shortly afterwards, with members Bev Bevan, Roy Wood, and Jeff Lynne forming the hit band Electric Light Orchestra alongside Move associate Richard Tandy, with Move manager Don Arden becoming the manager for the new band. Roy, after leaving ELO, formed Wizzard, which were also decently successful. Meanwhile, the Move's final charting projects, the compilation albums Split Ends and The Best of the Move would be the band's only charting albums in the United States of America, although they charted considerably low, at number 172 and 205 respectively.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| Move |
| 15 |
| Shazam |
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| Looking On | — | |
| Message from the Country |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
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| Live at the Fillmore 1969 |
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| US [5] [6] | ||
| Flyback 3: The Best of the Move |
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| Split Ends |
| 172 |
| The Best of the Move |
| 205 |
| California Man |
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| The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 |
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| (Shines On) |
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| The Platinum Collection of the Move |
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| Off the Record with the Move |
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| The Move Collection |
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| The Best of the Move |
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| The Early Years |
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| Great Move! The Best of the Move |
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| Looking Back… The Best of the Move |
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| The BBC Sessions |
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| Movements – 30th Anniversary Anthology |
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| Omnibus – The 60's Singles A's and B's |
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| The Complete Singles Collection & More |
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| Anthology 1966–1972 |
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| The Very Best of the Move |
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| Magnetic Waves of Sound – The Best Of |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
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| Something Else from the Move |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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| UK [3] | AUS [7] [8] | BEL (FL) [9] | BEL (WA) [10] | CAN [11] | GER [12] | IRE [13] | NL [14] | NZ [15] | US [16] | |||
| "Night of Fear" b/w "Disturbance" | 1966 | 2 | 42 | — | — | — | 30 | 6 | 18 | 2 | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" b/w "Wave the Flag and Stop the Train" | 1967 | 5 | — | 14 | 22 | — | — | 21 | — | 17 | — | |
| "Flowers in the Rain" b/w "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree" | 2 | 8 | 13 | 17 | — | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | Move | |
| "Cherry Blossom Clinic" (withdrawn) b/w "Vote for Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fire Brigade" b/w "Walk Upon the Water" | 1968 | 3 | 72 | — | — | 36 | 28 | 9 | — | 9 | — | |
| "Yellow Rainbow" (US and Australia-only release) b/w "Something" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Wild Tiger Woman" b/w "Omnibus" | 53 [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "The Girl Outside" (Japan-only release) b/w "Cherry Blossom Clinic" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Move | |
| "Blackberry Way" b/w "Something" | 1 | 14 | 13 | 20 | — | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Curly" b/w "This Time Tomorrow" | 1969 | 12 | — | 20 | 38 | — | 17 | 12 | — | 18 | — | |
| "Brontosaurus" b/w "Lightnin' Never Strikes Twice" | 1970 | 7 | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | Looking On |
| "When Alice Comes Back to the Farm" b/w "What?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" (Germany-only release) b/w "Beautiful Daughter" | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ella James" (withdrawn) b/w "No Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Message from the Country | |
| "Tonight" b/w "Don't Mess Me Up" | 11 | 89 | — | 48 | — | 19 | 18 | 29 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Chinatown" b/w "Down on the Bay" | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "California Man" b/w "Do Ya"/"Ella James" | 1972 | 7 | — | — | 39 | — | 45 | 15 | — | — | — | |
| "Do Ya" (US and Canada-only release) b/w "California Man" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | ||
| "Do Ya" (UK release) b/w "No Time" | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
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