The Stranglers discography

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The Stranglers discography
Studio albums18
Live albums20
Compilation albums17
Video albums14
EPs7
Singles51
Box sets8

The following is a comprehensive discography of English rock band the Stranglers.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications

(sales thresholds)

UK
[1] [2]
AUS
[3] [4]
CAN
[5]
FRA
[6] [7]
GER
[8]
NL
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
US
[13]
Rattus Norvegicus 482
No More Heroes
  • Released: 23 September 1977
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
27920
Black and White
  • Released: 12 May 1978
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
28135
The Raven
  • Released: 21 September 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC
471
The Gospel According to the Meninblack
  • Released: 9 February 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
840
La folie
  • Released: 9 November 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
112913
Feline
  • Released: 14 January 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
48852391618
Aural Sculpture
  • Released: 5 November 1984
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
14383517311337
Dreamtime
  • Released: 27 October 1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
166483186045172
10
  • Released: 5 March 1990
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1514271
Stranglers in the Night
  • Released: September 1992
  • Label: China/Psycho
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
33
About Time
  • Released: 15 May 1995
  • Label: When!
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
31
Written in Red
  • Released: 27 January 1997
  • Label: When!
  • Formats: CD, MC
52
Coup de Grace
  • Released: 26 October 1998
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD
171
Norfolk Coast
  • Released: 16 February 2004
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
70142
Suite XVI
  • Released: 18 September 2006
  • Label: Liberty EMI
  • Formats: CD
45
Giants
  • Released: 5 March 2012
  • Label: Absolute/Ear Music
  • Formats: CD, LP
48121
Dark Matters
  • Released: 10 September 2021
  • Label: Absolute/Coursegood
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4118
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications

(sales thresholds)

UK
[1] [2]
GER
[8]
NZ
[11]
Live (X Cert)
  • Released: 23 February 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • London, 1977–1978
749
All Live and All of the Night
  • Released: 8 February 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • London, Reading and Paris, 1985–1987
1255
Live at the Hope and Anchor
  • Released: 9 March 1992
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • London, 1977
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
Death and Night and Blood
  • Released: May 1994
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
  • Zurich, 1985
The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert
  • Released: 21 February 1995
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • London, 1980
Access All Areas
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: SIS
  • Formats: CD
  • UK, 1995
Friday the Thirteenth
  • Released: October 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
  • London, 1997
198
Live in London
  • Released: December 1997
  • Label: Rialto
  • Formats: CD
  • London, c. 1985
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • London, 1982
5 Live 01
Live at the Apollo
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Glasgow, 1981
Coast to Coast
  • Released: February 2005
  • Label: Absolute
  • Formats: CD
  • UK, 2004
Themeninblackinbrugge
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • Bruges, 2007
Live at the Apollo 2010
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • London, 2010
Feel It Live
  • Released: June 2013
  • Label: Absolute/Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • Giants tour, 2012
Black and White Live
  • Released: March 2016
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • Norwich, 1993; France and Belgium, 2005–2014; plus 2016 studio recording of "Enough Time"
Rattus Relived
  • Released: December 2017
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
  • London, Bristol and Paris, 2007–2016
Dave Greenfield – A Tribute
  • Released: 10 September 2021
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • UK, 2014–2019; Tokyo, 2019
Themeninblackintokyo
  • Released: 3 December 2021
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP
  • Tokyo, 2019
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications

(sales thresholds)

UK
[1] [2]
NZ
[11]
IV
  • Released: 24 September 1980
  • Label: I.R.S.
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • US and Canada-only release
  • Selections from The Raven plus non-album singles 1978–1980
The Collection 1977–1982
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Best of 1977–1982
1216
Off the Beaten Track
  • Released: 8 September 1986
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Non-album singles and B-sides 1977–1982
80
Rarities
  • Released: 7 November 1988 [15]
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Rarities 1977–1981
Singles (The UA Years)
  • Released: 6 February 1989
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
  • Best of 1977–1982
57
Greatest Hits 1977–1990
  • Released: 19 November 1990
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Best of 1977–1990
4
The Early Years – 74-75-76 Rare Live and Unreleased
  • Released: 2 March 1992 [16]
  • Label: Newspeak
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
  • Demos and live recordings 1974–1976
The Sessions
The Hit Men
  • Released: February 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Best of 1977–1991
113
Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
  • Released: 10 June 2002
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • Best of 1977–1990
21
Sweet Smell of Success – Best of the Epic Years
  • Released: February 2003
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
The Very Best of The Stranglers
  • Released: 12 June 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
  • Best of 1977–2004
28
Decade: The Best of 1981–1990
  • Released: July 2009
  • Label: Camden/Sony Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Best of 1981–1990
The UA Singles 1977–1982
  • Released: October 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 3xCD
  • Complete singles and B-sides 1977–1982
Decades Apart
  • Released: 1 March 2010
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Best of 1977–2010
146
Skin Deep – The Collection
Here and There: The Epic B-Sides Collection 1983–1991
  • Released: 17 November 2014
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • B-sides 1983–1991
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleAlbum details
The Old Testament: The U.A. Studio Recordings (1977–1982)
  • Released: 9 November 1992 [17]
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 4xCD
  • First 6 studio albums and non-album singles
  • Re-released with a bonus fifth disc in 2013
The UA Singles '77–79'
  • Released: June 2001
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 10xCD
  • Singles and B-sides 1977–1979
The Epic Years
  • Released: September 2001
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • 5 studio albums 1983–1990
The UA Singles '79–82'
  • Released: April 2003
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 12xCD
  • Singles and B-sides 1979–1982
Original Album Classics
  • Released: September 2009
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • 5 studio albums 1983–1990
Giants and Gems: An Album Collection
  • Released: 24 March 2014
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 11xCD
  • Best of 1977–1990
  • 8 studio albums, 2 live albums and 1 compilation album 1977–2012
Original Album Series
  • Released: 11 September 2015
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • 4 studio albums and 1 live album 1978–1981
The Stranglers
  • Released: 7 July 2023
  • Label: Mercury Studios
  • Formats: 4xCD
  • Limited edition release of 3 studio albums and 1 live album 1995–1998

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
The Video Collection 1977–1982
Screentime
The Meninblack in Colour 1983–1990
  • Released: January 1991
  • Label: CMV
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Saturday Night Sunday Morning
The Old Testament
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Friday the Thirteenth
Live at Alexandra Palace
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Castle Music Pictures
  • Formats: DVD
Euro Live
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Zenith
  • Formats: DVD
Live '78, SF
On Stage on Screen
  • Released: August 2006
  • Label: New Wave Pictures/Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD
Rattus at the Roundhouse
  • Released: 10 December 2007
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: DVD
Live at the Apollo 2010
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD
  • London, 2010
Never to Look Back: The Video Collection 1983–2012
  • Released: February 2013
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD
The Ruby Tour 2014
  • Released: November 2014
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
Something Better Change
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 7"
  • US-only release
Don't Bring Harry
  • Released: November 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: 7"
41
No Mercy
  • Released: 3 December 1984 [18]
  • Label: Philips
  • Formats: 7"
The Nighttracks Radio 1 Session (24th January 1982)
Original John Peel Session: 30th August 1977
  • Released: 28 November 2008
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
The John Peel Session (1st March 1977)
  • Released: 11 September 2009
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
BBC in Concert (23rd April 1977)
  • Released: 5 February 2010
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertifications

(sales thresholds)

Albums
UK
[1] [2]
AUS
[3] [4]
BE (FLA)
[19]
CAN
[20]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[21]
NL
[9]
NZ
[11]
"(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)"/"London Lady"19774435Rattus Norvegicus
"Peaches"/"Go Buddy Go"854
"Something Better Change"/"Straighten Out"929No More Heroes
"No More Heroes"825
"Sometimes" [upper-alpha 1] Rattus Norvegicus
"5 Minutes"197811Non-album single
"Nice 'n' Sleazy"1826Black and White
"Walk On By"2111Non-album singles
"Sverige (Jag är insnöad pä östfronten)" [upper-alpha 2]
"Duchess"19791427The Raven
"Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)"36
"Bear Cage"198036Non-album singles
"Who Wants the World?"39
"Thrown Away"198142The Gospel According to the Meninblack
"Just Like Nothing on Earth"81
"Let Me Introduce You to the Family"42La Folie
"Golden Brown"1982210763310
"La folie"47
"Strange Little Girl"77The Collection 1977–1982
"European Female"198399Feline
"Midnight Summer Dream"3524
"Paradise"48
"Skin Deep"1984151117112119Aural Sculpture
"No Mercy"37908882832
"Let Me Down Easy"198548
"Spain" [upper-alpha 3]
"Nice in Nice"19863019
"Always the Sun"3021151642Dreamtime
"Big in America"48385028
"Shakin' Like a Leaf"198758
"Dreamtime" [upper-alpha 4]
"All Day and All of the Night" (live)7338All Live and All of the Night
"Strangle Little Girl" (live) [upper-alpha 5] 1988
"Golden Brown" (live) [upper-alpha 6]
"Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (remix)198933Singles (The UA Years)
"96 Tears"199017165910
"Sweet Smell of Success"65
"Always the Sun" (Sunny Side Up Mix)29Greatest Hits 1977–1990
"Golden Brown" (reissue)19916825
"Heaven or Hell"19924677Stranglers in the Night
"Sugar Bullets"
"Lies and Deception"1995111About Time
"In Heaven She Walks"199786Written in Red
"Big Thing Coming"200431Norfolk Coast
"Long Black Veil"51
"Spectre of Love"200657Suite XVI
"Retro Rockets"2010198Decades Apart
"Mercury Rising"2012Giants
"And If You Should See Dave..." [22] 2021Dark Matters
"If Something's Gonna Kill Me (It Might as Well Be Love)" [23]
"This Song" [24]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. "Sometimes" was only released as a single in Japan.
  2. "Sverige (Jag är insnöad pä östfronten)" is a Swedish-language version of "Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)" (from the Back and White album), that was only released as a single in Sweden.
  3. "Spain" was only released as a single in Spain.
  4. "Dreamtime" was only released as a single in the US.
  5. The live version of "Strangle Little Girl" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
  6. The live version of "Golden Brown" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.

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