This is the discography of solo recordings by the singer-songwriter Bob Geldof who is also known as the lead vocalist of the Irish new wave band Boomtown Rats which performed from 1977 to 1985 and reformed in 2013. [1]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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UK [2] | AUS [3] | AUT [3] | GER [4] | IRE [5] | NL [3] | NOR [6] | SWE [3] | SWI [7] | US [8] | |||
1986 | Deep in the Heart of Nowhere | 79 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 3 | 18 | 15 | 130 | |
1990 | The Vegetarians of Love
| 21 | 43 | 27 | 15 | — | 37 | — | — | 20 | — | |
1992 | The Happy Club
| — | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | |
2001 | Sex, Age & Death
| 134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2011 | How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell
| 89 | — | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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UK [2] | ||||||||||||
1994 | Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats
| 10 | ||||||||||
2005 | Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001
| — | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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UK [2] | AUS [3] | GER [9] | IRE [10] | NL [11] | NOR [6] | SWE [3] | SWI [12] | US [13] | |||
1986 | "This Is the World Calling" | 25 | — | 28 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 82 [A] | Deep in the Heart of Nowhere |
1987 | "Love Like a Rocket" | 61 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Heartless Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"I Cry Too" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"In the Pouring Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990 | "The Great Song of Indifference" | 15 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | Vegetarians of Love |
"Love or Something" | 86 | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — [B] | ||
"A Gospel Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992 | "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Happy Club |
"My Hippy Angel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1993 | "The Happy Club" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Yeah, Definitely" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994 | "Crazy" | 65 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats |
1996 | "Rat Trap" (Dustin & Geldof) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2002 | "Pale White Girls" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sex Age & Death |
2011 | "Silly Pretty Thing" | 146 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell |
"Here's To You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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