The Selecter discography

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The Selecter discography
Studio albums17
EPs6
Live albums14
Compilation albums20
Singles19
Video albums1

This is the discography of British ska revival band The Selecter.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS CAN
[2]
NL
[3]
NOR
[4]
NZ
[5]
US
[6]
1980 Too Much Pressure 57785433724175
1981 Celebrate the Bullet
  • Released: 27 February 1981
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
41
1994 The Happy Album
  • Released: July 1994
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: CD
1995 Pucker!
  • Released: 22 August 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
  • Released in the US by Triple X as Hairspray
1999Cruel Britannia
The Trojan Songbook
  • Released: 29 October 1999
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2000Kingston Affair
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Moon Ska
  • Formats: CD
  • With Dave Barker
The Trojan Songbook – Volume 2
  • Released: June 2000
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2001The Trojan Songbook – Volume 3
  • Released: March 2001
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2002Acoustic – Unplugged for the Rude Boy Generation
  • Released: 23 July 2002
  • Label: Mapps Cafe
  • Formats: CD
2004Acoustic – Requiem for a Black Soul
  • Released: 2 February 2004
  • Label: Charly
  • Formats: CD
2011 Made in Britain
2013 String Theory
  • Released: 24 February 2013
  • Label: Vocaphone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
2015Subculture
  • Released: 15 June 2015
  • Label: DMF
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
54
2017 Daylight
  • Released: 6 October 2017
  • Label: DMF
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
66
2023Human Algebra
  • Released: 21 April 2023 [7]
  • Label: DMF
  • Format: LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearTitleDetails
1992Out on the Streets
  • Released: April 1992
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
1996Live Injection
  • Released: February 1996
  • Label: Blue Moon, Magnum America
  • Formats: CD
Live at Roskilde Festival
  • Released: December 1996
  • Label: Blue Moon, Magnum America
  • Formats: CD
1997Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Emporio
  • Formats: CD, MC
1998I Want Justice – Live
  • Released: January 1998
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
Live
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: E2
  • Formats: CD
1999The Selecter Live!
  • Released: 21 October 1999
  • Label: Meldac
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
My Perfect World – Live
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2012Live in Britain
2015Get on the Train to Skaville
  • Released: 29 June 2015
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Access All Areas
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
2018Live at the Roundhouse
  • Released: 8 June 2018
  • Label: DMF
  • Formats: CD+DVD, 2×LP+DVD, digital download
2021Live in Coventry '79
2023Live At The NEC 1980
  • Released: 22 April 2023
  • Label: Chrysalis Catalog
  • Formats: LP (clear vinyl)
  • Record Store Day limited release

Compilation albums

YearTitleDetails
1989Selected Selecter Selections
  • Released: July 1989
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • US-only release
1994Rare
  • Released: October 1994
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
Prime Cuts
  • Released: April 1994
  • Label: Blue Moon, Magnum America
  • Formats: CD
  • As Pauline Black and the Selecter
1995Prime Cuts Vol. 2
  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Blue Moon, Magnum America
  • Formats: CD
  • As the Selecter featuring Pauline Black
Rare Volume Two
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
Rare Volume Three – Versions
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
1996On My Radio
  • Released: 19 March 1996
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 13 May 1996
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Back Out on the Streets
  • Released: 10 September 1996
  • Label: Triple X
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
1997Selecterized – The Best of the Selecter 1991–1996
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
On My Radio
  • Released: May 1997
  • Label: Recall 2cd
  • Formats: 2×CD
The Collection
  • Released: 24 June 1997
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
The Very Best of the Selecter
  • Released: August 1997
  • Label: Triple X
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
1998BBC Sessions/Live at the Paris Theatre '79
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
1999Too Much Pressure
  • Released: July 1999
  • Label: Harry May, Go-Feet
  • Formats: CD, LP
2003Real to Reel
2004Three Minute Hero – Live & Studio Sessions 1983–2000
  • Released: 4 October 2004
  • Label: Shakedown
  • Formats: 2×CD+DVD
Street Feeling
2010Selecter-Matic
  • Released: 17 May 2010
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2013Indie Singles Collection 1991–96/Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 22 July 2013
  • Label: BADfish
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2018Best of Live at Dingwalls London
  • Released: 23 March 2018
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: LP, digital download
  • Selection of tracks from Get on the Train to Skaville

Video albums

YearTitleDetails
2003Live from London

EPs

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
UK
[1]
1980 James Bond
  • Released: January 1980
  • Label: 2 Tone
  • Formats: 12-inch
  • Japan promo-only release
1993The 2 Tone EP
  • Released: 27 September 1993
  • Label: 2 Tone
  • Formats: CD, MC, 7-inch
  • Split EP with other 2 Tone Records artists
30
1994Madness EP
1995Hairspray
  • Released: August 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
1996Too Much Pressure '96
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
2013Daytrotter Session
  • Released: 29 October 2013
  • Label: Daytrotter
  • Formats: digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
BEL
[8]
IRE
[9]
NL
[10]
US
Dance

[11]
1979"Gangsters" (by the Special A.K.A.) / "The Selecter" (by the Selecter)662711Non-album singles
"On My Radio" (b/w "Too Much Pressure")8813
86
1980"Three Minute Hero"16Too Much Pressure
"Missing Words"2332
"The Whisper"36Non-album single
1981"Celebrate the Bullet"Celebrate the Bullet
"Facing Situations" (Spain-only release)
1991"On My Radio '91"Non-album single
2011"Big in the Body, Small in the Mind"Made in Britain
"Back to Black" (promo-only release)
"A Christmas Fable"Non-album single
2015"Box Fresh" (promo-only release)Subculture
"It Never Worked Out" (promo-only release)
"Walk the Walk"
2016"Side to Side" (by the Beat feat. Ranking Roger) / "Breakdown" (by the Selecter; limited edition release)Bounce / Subculture
2017"Taking Back Control" (promo-only release)Daylight
"Frontline"
"Daylight" (promo-only release)
"The Big Badoof" (promo-only release)
2023"Not In Love With Love (Dub Mix)" / "War War War (Original Dub Mix)"Human Algebra
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

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  2. "RPM Top Albums". RPM . Vol. 33, no. 9. 24 May 1980. Retrieved 13 May 2021 via Library and Archives Canada.
  3. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  6. "Selector". Billboard. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. Sawyer, Miranda (9 April 2023). "The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'When we get on stage, something alchemical happens'". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  8. "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. "Selector". Billboard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.