Visage discography

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Visage discography
Studio albums5
Live albums1
Compilation albums8
Video albums1
Music videos13
EPs1
Singles19
Remix albums4

The discography of the British new wave band Visage consists of five studio albums, eight compilation albums, one EP and nineteen singles. Formed in 1978, the band released their first single "Tar" on the short-lived Radar Records label in 1979, before signing to Polydor Records in 1980. Their second single, "Fade To Grey", was released soon afterwards and became an international hit. After three studio albums and several personnel changes, the group disbanded in 1985 though a new line-up emerged in the 2000s, again led by vocalist Steve Strange. In 2013, the band released a new album, Hearts and Knives, the first new Visage album for 29 years. The following year, the band released Orchestral, a partly live album featuring various classic Visage songs remade with a symphony orchestra. The band's final studio album, Demons to Diamonds, was released in November 2015 (released posthumously following Strange's death in February that year).

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FIN
[4]
GER
[5]
NZ
[6]
SWE
[7]
US
[8]
Visage 13171111422178
The Anvil
  • Released: 26 March 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
625413833
  • UK: Silver [9]
Beat Boy
  • Released: 26 October 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
79
Hearts and Knives
Demons to Diamonds
  • Released: 6 November 2015
  • Label: August Day
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsNotes
Orchestral
  • Released: 8 December 2014
  • Label: August Day
  • Formats: CD, digital download
A (partly) live album of eleven Visage songs (and one new track) recorded with the Czech Synthosymphonica Orchestra and the Prague Symphony Orchestra

Remix albums

TitleAlbum detailsNotes
Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection (Special Dance Mix)
  • Released: 11 November 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: MC/LP (promo)/CD
Originally only available on cassette, but was also released promotionally on vinyl to DJs. Released on CD by Rubellan Remasters (US) in 2020.
Beat Boy (Special Cassette Remix)
  • Released: 26 October 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: MC/CD
Remix of the Beat Boy album, originally only available on cassette. Released on CD by Rubellan Remasters (US) in 2022.
Darkness to Diamond
  • Released: 8 January 2016
  • Label: August Day
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Companion album to Demons to Diamonds, containing remixes, extended versions and alternate versions
The Wild Life – The Best of Extended Versions and Remixes 1978 to 2015
  • Released: December 2016
  • Label: Steve Strange Collective
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
A companion album to The Wild Life compilation featuring newly recorded 12" versions and remixes of tracks from throughout the band's history. Not the original 12" mixes, but re-recorded versions by Visage's final incarnation.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection
  • Released: 11 November 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
38
Fade to Grey: The Best of Visage [upper-alpha 1]
  • Released: 27 September 1993
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, MC
Master Series
  • Released: September 1997
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
The Damned Don't Cry
The Face – The Very Best of Visage
  • Released: 8 March 2010
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
The Face – The Very Best of Visage
  • Released: 1 July 2013
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD
The Wild Life – The Best of 1978–2015
  • Released: 9 December 2016
  • Label: Steve Strange Collective
  • Formats: CD, MC, digital download
The Wild Life
  • Released: December 2016
  • Label: Steve Strange Collective
  • Formats: 6xCD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

EPs

TitleEP details
Visage
  • Released: 6 July 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 12", MC
  • US and Canada-only release

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[11]
BEL (FL)
[12]
GER
[5]
IRE
[13]
NL
[14]
NZ
[6]
SWE
[7]
SWI
[15]
"Tar"1979Visage
"Fade to Grey"19808634172410121
"Mind of a Toy"198113101642
"Visage"2141
"Moon Over Moscow" [upper-alpha 2]
"The Damned Don't Cry"198211943922The Anvil
"Night Train"12
"Whispers" [upper-alpha 2]
"Pleasure Boys"44Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection
"Love Glove"198454Beat Boy
"Beat Boy"
"Fade to Grey" (Bassheads '93 remix)199339Fade to Grey: The Best of Visage
"Shameless Fashion"2013Hearts and Knives
"Dreamer I Know"
"Never Enough"
"Hidden Sign"2014
"She's Electric (Coming Around)"
"Fade to Grey" (Orchestral)Orchestral
"Lost in Static"2015Hearts and Knives
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

TitleYearAlbum
"The Anvil" / "Der Amboss" [upper-alpha 3] 1982The Anvil
"Can You Hear Me"1984Beat Boy
"Casualty" [upper-alpha 4]
"Questions" [upper-alpha 4]

Videos

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Visage

Music videos

TitleYearDirector [18]
"Fade to Grey"1980 Godley & Creme
"Mind of a Toy"1981
"Visage" Midge Ure
"The Damned Don't Cry"1982
"Night Train"Jean-Claude Luyat
"Pleasure Boys" Tim Pope
"Love Glove"1984 Nick Morris [19]
"The Horseman"1985Jean-Claude Luyat
"Yesterday's Shadow"
"Love Glove"
"Wild Life"
"Beat Boy"
"Dreamer I Know"2013Armando [20]

Notes

  1. Fade to Grey: The Best of Visage is in fact a re-release of Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection with two extra tracks and a new catalogue number.
  2. 1 2 "Moon Over Moscow" and "Whispers" were only released as singles in Japan.
  3. A remix of "The Anvil" was released as the B-side of the "Pleasure Boys" single, but became a popular dancefloor track in 1982. A single-sided 7" single was pressed (believed to be either a promo or a test pressing, as it had the same catalogue number as "Pleasure Boys" (POSP 523), and a German-language version, "Der Amboss", was released as a 12" promo (POSPV 523).
  4. 1 2 There is debate over the actual validity of these promotional releases, as they may be counterfeit.

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