This is the discography of British rock band the Move.

The Move discography
Studio albums4
Live albums1
Compilation albums20
EPs1
Singles18

Albums edit

Studio albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Move 15
Shazam
  • Released: 27 February 1970
  • Label: Regal Zonophone
  • Formats: LP, MC
Looking On
  • Released: 11 December 1970
  • Label: Fly, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
Message from the Country
  • Released: June 1971
  • Label: Harvest, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums edit

Title Album details
Live at the Fillmore 1969
  • Released: 13 February 2012[2]
  • Label: Right Recordings
  • Formats: 2xCD

Compilation albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[3][4]
Flyback 3: The Best of the Move
  • Released: March 1971
  • Label: Fly
  • Formats: LP, 8-track
  • Also released as Fire Brigade on Music For Pleasure (1972)
Split Ends
  • Released: December 1972
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, reel-to-reel
  • US and Canada-only release
172
The Best of the Move
  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • US, Canada and Japan-only release
205
California Man
  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
  • Released: May 1978
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
(Shines On)
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Platinum Collection of the Move
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: Cube
  • Formats: 2xLP
Off the Record with the Move
  • Released: November 1984
  • Label: Sierra
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Move Collection
The Best of the Move
  • Released: February 1991
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Early Years
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD, MC
Great Move! The Best of the Move
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: EMI/United Artists
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Looking Back… The Best of the Move
  • Released: 20 April 1998
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: CD
The BBC Sessions
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Band of Joy
  • Formats: CD
Movements – 30th Anniversary Anthology
  • Released: March 1998
  • Label: Westside
  • Formats: 3xCD
Omnibus – The 60's Singles A's and B's
  • Released: August 1999
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD
The Complete Singles Collection & More
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: CD
Anthology 1966–1972
  • Released: October 2008
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: 4xCD
The Very Best of the Move
  • Released: 2 March 2009
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: CD
Magnetic Waves of Sound – The Best Of
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs edit

Title EP details
Something Else from the Move
  • Released: 21 June 1968
  • Label: Regal Zonophone
  • Formats: 7"

Singles edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[5][6]
BEL (FL)
[7]
BEL (WA)
[8]
CAN
[9]
GER
[10]
IRE
[11]
NL
[12]
NZ
[13]
US
[14]
"Night of Fear"
b/w "Disturbance"
1966 2 42 30 6 18 2 Non-album singles
"I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
b/w "Wave the Flag and Stop the Train"
1967 5 14 22 21 17
"Flowers in the Rain"
b/w "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree"
2 8 13 17 19 4 5 1 Move
"Cherry Blossom Clinic" (withdrawn)
b/w "Vote for Me"
"Fire Brigade"
b/w "Walk Upon the Water"
1968 3 72 36 28 9 9
"Yellow Rainbow" (US and Australia-only release)
b/w "Something"
"Wild Tiger Woman"
b/w "Omnibus"
53[A] Non-album single
"The Girl Outside" (Japan-only release)
b/w "Cherry Blossom Clinic"
Move
"Blackberry Way"
b/w "Something"
1 14 13 20 7 2 14 10 Non-album singles
"Curly"
b/w "This Time Tomorrow"
1969 12 20 38 17 12 18
"Brontosaurus"
b/w "Lightnin' Never Strikes Twice"
1970 7 36 Looking On
"When Alice Comes Back to the Farm"
b/w "What?"
"Ella James" (withdrawn)
b/w "No Time"
1971 Message from the Country
"Tonight"
b/w "Don't Mess Me Up"
11 89 48 19 18 29 Non-album single
"Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" (Germany-only release)
b/w "Beautiful Daughter"
Looking On
"Chinatown"
b/w "Down on the Bay"
23 Non-album singles
"California Man"
b/w "Do Ya"/"Ella James"
1972 7 39 45 15
"Do Ya" (US and Canada-only release)
b/w "California Man"
93
"Do Ya" (UK release)
b/w "No Time"
1974 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References edit

  1. ^ a b "MOVE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Open Your Eyes: The Move's "Live at the Fillmore 1969" Coming From Right Recordings". The Second Disc. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 244. ISBN 0898201179.
  4. ^ "Bubbling Under the Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard. 20 July 1974. p. 24. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 210. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  8. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  9. ^ Peak positions for the Move's singles in Canada:
  10. ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  13. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  14. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles 1955–2008. Record Research. p. 313. ISBN 9780898201802.

External links edit