White Lies discography | |
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Studio albums | 6 |
Music videos | 10 |
EPs | 2 |
Singles | 12 |
The discography of White Lies, a London-based indie rock band, consists of six studio albums, two extended plays and twelve singles. Formerly known as Fear of Flying, the group formed in Ealing in west London in 2002, [1] [2] whilst founding members Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown were both still at school. [3] Harry McVeigh joined the band in 2004. [4] They began as a "weekend project", [5] before later releasing two 7-inch vinyls, ""Routemaster/Round Three" [6] and "Three's a Crowd/Forget-Me-Nots". [7]
White Lies' first release was a short extended play, titled "Unfinished Business". The release contained only two tracks and was limited to only 500 copies.[ citation needed ] They made their television debut on Later... with Jools Holland in May 2008, where they played "Unfinished Business" and "Death", [8] [9] the latter of which was released as a single later that year and reached number 52 in the United Kingdom. [10] The band's second single, "To Lose My Life" was released in January 2009, and was their first single to break the top forty of the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 34. [10] To Lose My Life... , the band's debut album, was released one week later. The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart. [10] It was the first debut album by a British band to do so in 2009. [11] The album also charted in Ireland and the Netherlands, reaching peaks of 22 and 31 respectively. [12] [13] A third single from the album, "Farewell to the Fairground", was released on 23 March 2009. The release marked the band's most successful single to date, reaching number 33 in the UK and spending 5 weeks on the chart. [10] "Death" was re-released on 29 June 2009. A music video was created for "Death" (Crystal Castles Remix). [14]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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UK [10] | AUT [15] | BEL [16] | DEN [17] | FRA [18] | GER [19] | NLD [13] | SCO [20] | SWI [21] | US [22] | |||
To Lose My Life... |
| 1 | 57 | 24 | 10 | 119 | 50 | 31 | 3 | 73 | 146 | |
Ritual |
| 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 123 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 95 |
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Big TV |
| 4 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 129 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 3 | — [upper-alpha 1] | |
Friends |
| 11 | 59 | 11 | — | 194 | 40 | 32 | 15 | 50 | — | |
Five |
| 14 | 30 | 9 | — | — [upper-alpha 2] | 18 | 12 | 11 | 15 | — | |
As I Try Not to Fall Apart |
| 14 | 45 | 16 | — | — | 36 | 9 | 6 | 23 | — | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
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FRA [18] | ||
Unfinished Business |
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The Remixes |
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There Goes Our Love Again Remixes |
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Small TV |
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Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [10] | AUT [15] | BEL [16] | CZ [28] | DEN [17] | MEX [29] | NLD [13] | POL [30] | SCO [31] | SWI [32] | ||||
"Routemaster" (as Fear of Flying) | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
"Three's A Crowd"/"Forget-Me-Nots" (as Fear of Flying) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Unfinished Business" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | To Lose My Life... | |
"Death" | 52 | — | — [upper-alpha 3] | — | — | 30 | — | 35 | 8 | — | |||
"To Lose My Life" | 2009 | 34 | — | — [upper-alpha 4] | 65 | — [upper-alpha 5] | 28 | — | 43 | 4 | 70 | ||
"Farewell to the Fairground" | 33 | — | — [upper-alpha 6] | — | — | — | 83 | 1 | 9 | — | |||
"Death" (re-release) | 174 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | |||
"Bigger than Us" | 2011 | 42 | 46 | 36 | — | 38 | 25 | 45 | 48 | 42 | 96 | Ritual | |
"Strangers" | — | — | — [upper-alpha 7] | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | |||
"Holy Ghost" | — [upper-alpha 8] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"The Power & the Glory" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"There Goes Our Love Again" | 2013 | — [upper-alpha 9] | — | — [upper-alpha 10] | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | Big TV | |
"First Time Caller" | — | — | — [upper-alpha 11] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Take It Out On Me" | 2016 | — | — | — [upper-alpha 12] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Friends | |
"Come On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Morning in LA" | — | — | — [upper-alpha 13] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Hold Back Your Love" | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | |||
"Don't Want to Feel It All" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Time to Give" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 14] | — | — | — | Five | |
"Believe It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Finish Line" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Tokyo" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — [upper-alpha 15] | — | — | — | ||
"Hurt My Heart" | — | — | — [upper-alpha 16] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"As I Try Not to Fall Apart" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | As I Try Not to Fall Apart | |
"I Don't Want to Go to Mars" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Am I Really Going to Die" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Blue Drift" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes singles that did not chart, have not yet charted, or were not released. |
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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MEX [29] | |||
"Getting Even" | 2013 | 48 | Big TV |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Embrace" (Chase & Status featuring White Lies) | 2011 | No More Idols |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Unfinished Business" | 2008 | Simon Green |
"Death" [upper-alpha 17] | Andreas Nilsson [36] | |
"To Lose My Life" | 2009 | |
"Farewell to the Fairground" | ||
"Bigger than Us" | 2010 | Jonas & François [37] |
"Strangers" | 2011 | Stephen Agnew |
"Holy Ghost" | Canada | |
"The Power & the Glory" | ||
"There Goes Our Love Again" | 2013 | James Slater [38] |
"First Time Caller" | Nicolas Davenel | |
"Take It Out On Me" | 2016 | David Pablos [39] |
"Morning In LA" | Chris Hugall | |
"Don't Want to Feel It All" | Alex Alvarez | |
"Believe It" | 2018 | David Pablos |
"Tokyo" | 2019 | |
"As I Try Not to Fall Apart" | 2021 | |
"I Don't Want to Go to Mars" | ||
"Am I Really Going to Die" | 2022 | Balan Evans |
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