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The discography of British punk rock band the Damned includes twelve studio albums, twenty-two live albums, twenty-eight compilations, four box sets, five extended plays and forty-eight singles.
| The Damned discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 12 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Live albums | 22 |
| Compilation albums | 28 |
| Singles | 48 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| Music videos | 16 |
| Box sets | 4 |
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie [2] |
AUS [3] |
NZ [4] | |||
| Damned Damned Damned | 34 | — | — | — | ||
| Music for Pleasure |
|
— | — | — | — | |
| Machine Gun Etiquette |
|
31 | 4 | — | — | |
| The Black Album |
|
29 | 13 | — | — | |
| Strawberries |
|
15 | 7 | — | — | |
| Phantasmagoria | 11 | — | 95 | 32 |
| |
| Anything |
|
40 | — | — | — |
|
| Not of This Earth | — | — | — | — | ||
| Grave Disorder |
|
— | 38[6] | — | — | |
| So, Who's Paranoid? |
|
— | 32[7] | — | — | |
| Evil Spirits |
|
7 | — | — | — | |
| Darkadelic |
|
9 | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2] | ||
| Live Shepperton 1980 |
|
5 |
| Live in Newcastle |
|
2 |
| The Captain's Birthday Party |
|
— |
| Not the Captain's Birthday Party? |
|
16 |
| Mindless Directionless Energy |
|
— |
| Final Damnation |
|
— |
| Live |
|
— |
| Ballroom Blitz – Live at the Lyceum |
|
— |
| The School Bullies |
|
— |
| Fiendish Shadows |
|
— |
| Eternal Damnation Live |
|
— |
| Molten Lager |
|
— |
| Tiki Nightmare – Live in London |
|
— |
| Live at the 100 Club |
|
— |
| Return to the 100 Club |
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— |
| Live at Woolwich Coronet |
|
— |
| Machine Gun Etiquette Anniversary Live Set |
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— |
| 35th Anniversary Live in Concert – 12.11.2011 The Roundhouse, London |
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| 35th Anniversary Live in Concert – 19.11.2011 Academy Manchester |
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| Another Live Album from the Damned |
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— |
| 35 Years of Anarchy, Chaos and Destruction – 35th Anniversary – Live in London |
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— |
| 40th Anniversary Tour – Live in Margate |
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— |
| A Night of a Thousand Vampires: Live in London |
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— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie [2] |
NZ [4] | ||
| Another Great Record from the Damned – The Best of the Damned |
|
43 | 3 | 41 |
| Damned But Not Forgotten |
|
— | 2 | — |
| Lively Arts |
|
— | — | — |
| The Light at the End of the Tunnel |
|
87 | — | — |
| Best of Vol 1 1/2 – Long Lost Weekend |
|
— | 17 | — |
| Chiswick Singles |
|
— | — | — |
| The Collection |
|
— | — | — |
| Totally Damned |
|
— | — | — |
| The MCA Singles A+Bs |
|
— | — | — |
| Skip Off School to See the Damned |
|
— | — | — |
| Tales from the Damned |
|
— | — | — |
| Sessions of the Damned |
|
— | — | — |
| Eternally Damned: The Very Best of the Damned |
|
— | — | — |
| Noise – The Best of the Damned Live |
|
— | — | — |
| From The Beginning |
|
— | — | — |
| The Radio One Sessions |
|
— | — | — |
| The Chaos Years – Rare & Unreleased 1977–1982 |
|
— | — | — |
| Born to Kill |
|
— | — | — |
| The Best of the Damned – Marvellous |
|
— | — | — |
| The Pleasure and the Pain – Selected Highlights 1982–1991 |
|
— | — | — |
| Live Anthology |
|
— | — | — |
| Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987 |
|
154[11] | — | — |
| Punk Generation: Best of Oddities & Versions |
|
— | — | — |
| Neat Neat Neat – The Alternative Anthology |
|
— | — | — |
| The Best of the Damned – Total Damnation |
|
— | — | — |
| Chiswick Singles...and Another Thing |
|
— | — | — |
| Punk Oddities & Rare Tracks 1977–1982 |
|
— | — | — |
| Go! – 45 |
|
— | — | — |
| Black Is the Night: The Definitive Anthology |
|
63 | — | — |
| Singles Singles Singles Vol.1 – 1976/1979 |
|
— | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
Compilation appearances
edit- The Moonlight Tapes (1980)
- The Whip (1983)
- The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- The History Of Rock Volume 31 (1985)
- Live At Alice In Wonderland - A Pretty Smart Way To Catch A Lobster (1986)
- The Punk Incident (1994)
- The Best Punk Album In The World...Ever! (1995)
- Punk - Lost & Found (1996)
- The Chiswick Story: Adventures Of An Independent Record Label 1975-1982 (1996)
- Industrial Mix Machine (1997)
- Short Music For Short People (1999)
- Punkzilla (2001)
- Warped Tour - 2002 Compilation (2002)
- No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion (2003)
- Friends Reunited.co.uk The Class Of 1986 (2004)
- Friends Reunited.co.uk The Class Of 1987 (2004)
- Hardcore Breakout USA 1,2,3,... (2004)
- Ace 30th Birthday Celebration - Garage, Beat and Punk Rock (2005)
- The Satanic Rights Of Dracula (2006)
- Hardcore Breakout – Essential Punk (2012)
Box sets
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Boxed |
|
| The Stiff Singles 1976–1977 |
|
| Play It at Your Sister |
|
| Noise Noise Noise – The Live Box |
|
Extended plays
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie [2] | ||
| Friday 13th EP |
|
50 | 2 |
| The Peel Sessions (10th May 1977) |
|
90 | 5 |
| The Peel Sessions (30th November 1976) |
|
— | 26 |
| Testify |
|
— | — |
| The Rockfield Files |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie [2] |
AUS [3] |
GER [12] |
IRE [13] |
NZ [4] |
US Main. [14] | |||
| "New Rose" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Damned Damned Damned |
| "Neat Neat Neat" | 1977 | 52[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Stretcher Case Baby" (limited release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Music for Pleasure | |
| "Problem Child" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Cry Wolf" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Love Song" | 1979 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Machine Gun Etiquette |
| "Smash It Up" | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "White Rabbit" (France and Germany-only release) | 1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "The History of the World (Part 1)" | 51 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | The Black Album | |
| "Wait for the Blackout" (Spain-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" (US-only release) | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Black Album |
| "Love Song" (reissue) | 1982 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | Machine Gun Etiquette |
| "Smash It Up" (reissue) | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Wait for the Blackout" (UK release) | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | The Black Album | |
| "Lovely Money" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Dozen Girls" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Strawberries | |
| "Lively Arts" | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | The Black Album | |
| "Generals" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Strawberries | |
| "White Rabbit" (UK release) | 1983 | 82 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" (reissue) | 97 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Thanks for the Night" | 1984 | 43 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Grimly Fiendish" | 1985 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Phantasmagoria |
| "The Shadow of Love" | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Is It a Dream?" | 34 | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Eloise" | 1986 | 3 | — | 8 | 58 | 4 | 18 | — | Non-album singles |
| "New Rose" (reissue) | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Anything" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Anything | |
| "Gigolo" | 1987 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Alone Again Or" | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | ||
| "In Dulce Decorum" | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fun Factory" [B] | 1991 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Prokofiev" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Shut It" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not of This Earth |
| "Disco Man" (Germany and Canada-only release) | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Ignite" (US-only release) | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Strawberries |
| "Smash It Up" (2nd reissue) | 2004 | 77 | 23[16] | — | — | — | — | — | Machine Gun Etiquette |
| "Little Miss Disaster" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | So, Who's Paranoid? |
| "A Nation Fit for Heroes" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Evil Spirits |
| "Devil in Disguise" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Look Left" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Black Is the Night" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Black Is the Night: The Definitive Anthology |
| "Keep 'Em Alive" | 2020 | —[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Rockfield Files |
| "The Invisible Man" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Darkadelic |
| "Beware of the Clown" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You're Gonna Realise" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Videos
editVideo albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live '79 |
|
| The Light at the End of the Tunnel |
|
| Final Damnation |
|
| Tiki Nightmare – Live in London |
|
| MGE25 – Machine Gun Etiquette 25 Tour |
|
| Don't You Wish That We Were Dead |
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| Really Must Be Going Now |
|
Music videos
edit| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| "New Rose" | 1976 |
| "Smash It Up" | 1979 |
| "Plan 9 Channel 7" | |
| "Grimly Fiendish" | 1985 |
| "Shadow of Love" | |
| "Is It a Dream?" | |
| "Eloise" | 1986 |
| "Anything" | |
| "Gigolo" | 1987 |
| "Alone Again Or" | |
| "Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow" | 2018 |
| "Look Out" | |
| "Keep 'Em Alive" | 2020 |
| "The Invisible Man" | 2023 |
| "Beware of the Clown" | |
| "You're Gonna Realise" |
Notes
edit- ^ Chart position is from the "Star Breakers" list, an official extension of the BRMB Top 50 Singles Chart.[15]
- ^ Originally recorded in 1983
- ^ "Keep 'Em Alive" didn't enter the UK Singles Chart, but did peak at number 1 on the Vinyl Singles Chart and number 20 on the Rock & Metal Singles Chart.[17][18]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "DAMNED | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989'. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 81. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c "Discography – The Damned". charts.nz. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ a b c "British certificates: searchable database". bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 54.
- ^ "The Damned Release Two Tracks From "A Night Of A Thousand Vampires" Out Oct 28". The Rock Pit. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 30.
- ^ "Chart Log UK: Asher D - Dyverse". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "The Damned Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Top 50 Singles". Music Week. 12 March 1977.
- ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.