Chumbawamba discography
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English rock band Chumbawamba has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, one soundtrack album, two extended plays (EPs), 23 singles, and 8 music videos.[1]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| UK [2] |
UK Indie [3] |
AUS | CAN [4] |
US [5] | |||
| Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records | — | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| Never Mind the Ballots |
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| English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 |
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| Slap! |
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| Shhh |
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| Anarchy |
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29 | — | — | — | — | |
| Swingin' with Raymond |
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70 | — | — | — | — | |
| Tubthumper | 19 | — | 78 | 2 | 3 | ||
| WYSIWYG |
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| Readymades |
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| Revengers Tragedy |
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| Un |
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| A Singsong and a Scrap |
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| The Boy Bands Have Won |
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| ABCDEFG |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| UK [2] |
UK Indie [3] |
AUS | CAN [4] |
US [5] | |||
| Showbusiness! |
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| Get On with It |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Release details | Notes |
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| First 2 |
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| Uneasy Listening |
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| Shhhlap! |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| UK [2] |
UK Indie [3] |
AUS [27] |
CAN [28][29] |
FRA [30] |
US [31] | ||||
| 1985 | "Revolution" | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | singles only | |
| 1986 | "We Are the World?" (split single with A State of Mind) | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "Smash Clause 28! Fight the Alton Bill!" | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "I Never Gave Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Slap! | |
| 1992 | "(Someone's Always Telling You How To) Behave" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shhh | |
| 1993 | "Enough Is Enough" | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | Anarchy | |
| "Timebomb" | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "Criminal Injustice" | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |
| "Homophobia" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | Anarchy | ||
| 1995 | "Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!" | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | Swingin' with Raymond | |
| 1996 | "Just Look at Me Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Tubthumping" | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 38 | 6 | Tubthumper | |
| 1998 | "Amnesia" | 10 | — | 34 | 7 | — | —Template:Efn-ua | ||
| "Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | singles only | ||
| 1999 | "Tony Blair" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000 | "She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | WYSIWYG | |
| 2003 | "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Readymades | |
| "Home with Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Salt Fare North Sea" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2004 | "On eBay" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Un | |
| "The Wizard of Menlo Park" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2006 | "Fade Away (I Don't Want To)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Singsong and a Scrap | |
| 2013 | "In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher" | — | — | — | — | — | — | EP only | |
Compilation appearances
(not including top-single compilations)
| Song Name | Compilation Title | Record Label | Year | Notes |
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| "I'm Thick" | Back on the Streets EP | Secret Records | 1982 | recording as 'Skin Disease', a mock skinhead/Oi! band |
| "Three Years Later" | Bullshit Detector Volume 2 | Crass Records | 1982 | |
| "The Police Have Been Wonderful", "Fitzwilliam" | Dig This: A Tribute To The Great Strike LP | Forward Sounds International Limited | 1985 | Liner notes list Margaret Thatcher on vocals and Neil Kinnock on lead guitar |
| "Rich Pop Stars Make Good Socialists" | Red Rhino Records | 1986 | Free flexi with June edition of independent trade magazine The Catalogue. 3 other artists including The Mekons. | |
| "Kinnochio" | Ideal Guest House cassette | Secret Records | 1986 | |
| "Knit Your Own Balaclava" | Mindless Slaughter | Anhrefn Records | 1987 | Re-released in 1989 on "The Liberator" compilation LP |
| "Younger Moralists" | A Vile Peace | Peaceville Records | 1987 | |
| "Tearing Up Zoo" | The A.L.F. Is Watching | No Master's Voice | 1988 | |
| "Harry Goldthorpe" | Wild And Crazy Noise Merchants | 1 in 12 Records | 1990 | Benefit CD for the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford, UK |
| "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | No Compromize | Delerium Records | 1996 | Benefit CD for the Campaign for Free Education; Cover of U2 song |
| "Homophobia (Live)" | Milkshake | timmi-kat ReCoRDS | 1998 | Benefit CD for the Harvey Milk Institute; Can be purchased here.[37] |
| "Top of the World (Ole, Ole, Ole)" | Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! | Columbia Records | 1998 | Official album for 1998 FIFA World Cup in France |
| "We Don't Go To God's House Anymore (Acoustic)" | No Ocean Separating Our Desire For Justice | Esan Ozenki Records | 1998 | Benefit CD for Mumia Abu-Jamal; Performed by Chumbawamba & Alabama 3 |
| "Unilever" | This Is The Animal Liberation Front | Mortarhate Records | 1998 | Benefit CD for the Animal Liberation Front |
| "Misbehave" | Return of the Read Menace | G7 Welcoming Committee Records/AK Press | 1999 | |
| "Mary Mary (Stigmata Mix)" | Stigmata - Original Soundtrack | Virgin | 1999 | Remix of song; Featured in opening credits of Stigmata |
| "Bella Ciao" | Article 14 | Irregular Records | 2001 | Benefit CD for the medical foundation for victims of torture in support of their work on behalf of asylum seekers |
| "Smart Bomb" | Dropping Food On Their Heads is Not Enough: Benefit For RAWA | Geykido Comet Records | 2002 | Benefit CD for the Revolutionary Association for the Women of Afghanistan |
| "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight" | With a Little Help From My Friends | Pirate Records | 2002 | German benefit CD for dolphin aid; Beatles cover |
| "Without Reason Or Rhyme (Acoustic)" | Kitestringing: The Prison Literature Project Benefit | AK Press | 2006 | Benefit CD to raise money to buy books for prisoners |
| "I Drive a Four by Four Four Door Fortress" | Cat Nav: Songs and Poems of Les Barker (Guide Cats for the Blind, Volume 4) | Osmosys Records | 2009 | Benefit CD for The British Computer Association of the Blind |
Related releases
| Artist | Song title(s) | Album title | Record label | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimp Eats Banana | Cardboard Box | N/A | 1980 | Cassette only release by proto-Chumbawamba group | |
| Boffo | "Garageland" | Bullshit Detector Volume 2 | Crass Records | 1982 | aka Boff Whalley; Cover of a song by The Clash |
| Passion Killers | "Start Again" | Bullshit Detector Volume 2 | Crass Records | 1982 | Featuring Chumbawamba members Mavis Dillon, Boff Whalley and Harry Hamer |
| Passion Killers & Chumbawamba | Side A[38] | Be Happy Despite It All | Sky and Trees | 1983 | Cassette only release; featuring hand coloured cover |
| Passion Killers | It's Up To You | Sky and Trees | 1984 | Cassette only release | |
| Passion Killers & Chumbawamba | Let Us Show Them Our Hearts | Sky and Trees | 1984 | Cassette only release | |
| Antidote | [39] | Destroy Fascism! | Loony Tunes | 1986 | Features members of Chumbawamba & The Ex |
| Chumbawamba & Dona Nobis Pacem | Side A[40] | Still Fighting The Fences | Y.U.R.A. Kollektief | 1987 | Cassette only release |
| Sportchestra! | [41] | 101 Songs About Sport | Agit Prop | 1988 | 2 LP release; Collaborations with various other musicians |
| Passion Killers | [42] | Whoopee, We're All Gonna Die EP | Rugger Bugger Discs | 1991 | 7-inch EP of cover songs |
| Credit to the Nation | [43] | "Sowing the Seeds of Hatred" | One Little Indian | 1994 | 12-inch single; Production and remixes by Boff, Harry & Neil |
| Oysterband | "Jam Tomorrow" & "One Green Hill" | "Jam Tomorrow / One Green Hill" | Running Man Records | 1996 | 12-inch single; Remixes by Chumbawamba |
| Negativland & Chumbawamba | [44] | "The ABCs of Anarchism" EP | Seeland Records | 1999 | Collaboration that extensively samples Chumbawamba |
Miscellaneous cassettes
Chumbawamba during their early years released several cassette-exclusive releases, often either self-released or through independent labels.
- Another Year of the Same Old Shit (Sky and Trees, 1982)[45]
- "Common Ground" (Sky and Trees, 1984) (Benefit single for striking miners)
- History Luddite, (Homebrew Tapes, 1984) (Live at Luton Library, May 1985)
- To Thine Own Self Be True (Sky and Trees, 1984)
- In the Cellar (Sky and Trees?, 1984)
- It Could Be So Much More (Acid Rain Products, 1985) (Joint with Flux of Pink Indians, recorded live at the Conway Hall, London)
- Benefit for Leeds Hunt Saboteurs (Self-released, 1986)
- Know Your Enemy (Doomsday Tapes, 1986) (Live material recorded at the Bull and Gate, London)
- Feed the World, 1986 (Live material recorded in Birmingham)
- Un Toast a la Democratie, 1986 (Early live incarnation of "Never Mind the Ballots")
- There Comes a Time, 1987 (Recordings of two shows)
- Still Fighting The Fences (Y.U.R.A., 1987) (Live split with Dona Nobis Placem)
- The Police are Wonderful (1988, R.E.D. Tapes) (Split with Chumbawamba member Danbert Nobacon)
- Raising Heck with Chumbawamba (Peaceville Records, 1989) [recorded 1983/4](Live material plus songs by Simon Lanzon, also known as Be a Rebel, Raise Some Heck)
Music videos
| Year | Video | Album |
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| 1993 | "Enough Is Enough" | Anarchy |
| "Timebomb" | ||
| 1994 | "Homophobia" | |
| 1995 | "Ugh! Your Ugly Houses" | Swingin' with Raymond |
| 1997 | "Tubthumping" | Tubthumper |
| 1998 | "Amnesia" | |
| "Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" | non-album | |
| 2000 | "She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy" | WYSIWYG |
Notes
References
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External links
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- Chumbawamba at AllMusic
- Chumbawamba discography at Discogs
- Template:MusicBrainz meta discography at MusicBrainzTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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