Cabaret Voltaire discography
| Cabaret Voltaire discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 17 |
| EPs | 8 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 8 |
| Singles | 24 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| Remix albums | 4 |
| Box sets | 6 |
This is the discography of English music group Cabaret Voltaire.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie [2] | ||
| Mix-Up |
|
— | 12 |
| Three Mantras |
|
— | 10 |
| The Voice of America |
|
— | 3 |
| Red Mecca |
|
— | 1 |
| 2x45 |
|
98 | 1 |
| The Crackdown |
|
31 | — |
| Micro-Phonies |
|
69 | — |
| The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord |
|
57 | — |
| C O D E |
|
— | — |
| Groovy, Laidback and Nasty |
|
— | — |
| Body and Soul |
|
— | — |
| Plasticity |
|
— | — |
| International Language |
|
— | — |
| The Conversation | — | — | |
| Shadow of Fear |
|
– | 20[4] |
| Dekadrone |
|
— | — |
| BN9Drone |
|
— | 39[5] |
| "—" 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 at the Y.M.C.A. 27-10-79 |
|
2 |
| Live at the Lyceum |
|
14 |
| Live in Sheffield 19 Jan 82 |
|
8 |
| Hai! (Live in Japan) |
|
5 |
| Radiation (BBC Recordings 84–86) |
|
— |
| Live at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86. |
|
— |
| Archive (Live 1982–1986) |
|
— |
| Archive #828285: Live |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Remix albums
[edit]| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Technology: Western Re-Works 1992 |
|
| Remixed |
|
| Kora! Kora! Kora! The Cabaret Voltaire Versions |
|
| National Service Rewind |
|
Soundtrack albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2] | ||
| Johnny YesNo |
|
8 |
| Chance Versus Causality |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1974–1976 |
|
| The Golden Moments of Cabaret Voltaire |
|
| Eight Crepuscule Tracks | |
| Listen Up with Cabaret Voltaire |
|
| The Living Legends... |
|
| The Original Sound of Sheffield '83 / '87. Best Of: |
|
| The Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of; |
|
| #7885: Electropunk to Technopop 1978–1985 |
|
Box sets
[edit]| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Box 1 |
|
| Box 2 | |
| Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive; |
|
| Methodology '74 / '78. Attic Tapes; |
|
| Johnny YesNo Redux |
|
| #8385: Collected Works 1983–1985 |
|
Video albums
[edit]| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Doublevision Presents: Cabaret Voltaire | |
| Johnny YesNo |
|
| Gasoline in Your Eye |
|
| Live at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86. |
|
| Live from London |
|
EPs
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie [2] | ||
| Extended Play |
|
— | — |
| 3 Crépuscule Tracks |
|
— | — |
| Drinking Gasoline |
|
71 | — |
| The Drain Train |
|
— | 5 |
| Percussion Force |
|
— | — |
| Colours |
|
— | — |
| Back in the Front of Your Mind |
|
— | — |
| Shadow of Funk |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Albums | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][7] |
UK Indie [2] |
US Dance [8] | |||
| "Nag Nag Nag" | 1979 | — | — | — | The Living Legends... |
| "Silent Command" | — | 10 | — | ||
| "Seconds Too Late" | 1980 | — | 8 | — | |
| "Jazz the Glass" | 1981 | — | 6 | — | |
| "Eddie's Out" | — | — | |||
| "Fools Game" (Belgium and Italy-only release) | 1983 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Crackdown" | — | — | — | The Crackdown | |
| "Yashar" | 122 | 6 | — | 2x45 | |
| "Just Fascination" | 94 | — | — | The Crackdown | |
| "The Dream Ticket" | 108 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "James Brown" | 1984 | 100 | — | — | Micro-Phonies |
| "Sensoria" | 96 | — | — | ||
| "I Want You" | 1985 | 91 | — | — | The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord |
| "Don't Argue" | 1987 | 69 | — | 16 | C O D E |
| "Here to Go" | 88 | — | |||
| "Hypnotised" | 1989 | 66 | — | — | Groovy, Laidback and Nasty |
| "Keep On" | 1990 | 55 | — | — | |
| "Easy Life" | 61 | — | — | ||
| "What Is Real" (Belgium-only release) | 1991 | — | — | — | Body and Soul |
| "I Want You" / "Kino" (remixes) | 1992 | — | — | — | Technology: Western Re-Works 1992 |
| "Just Fascination" (remix) | 2001 | — | — | — | Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive; |
| "Nag Nag Nag" (original + remixes) | 2002 | 83 | — | — | The Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of; |
| "Yashar" (remixes) | 2003 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Vasto" | 2020 | — | — | — | Shadow of Fear |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Selected compilation appearances
[edit]- A Factory Sample (1978) – "Baader Meinhof" and "Sex in Secret"
- C81 (1981) – "Raising the Count"
- A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse (1985) – "Dead Man's Shoes"
- Salvation! Original soundtrack (1987) – "Twanky Party" and "Jesus Saves"
- Wasted: The Best of Volume, Part I (1995) – "Low Cool" (remix)
- Some Bizzare Artists: Redefining the Prologue (2006) – "Crackdown"
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "CABARET VOLTAIRE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989'. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
- ^ "New Albums" (PDF). Record Business. 19 April 1982. p. 19. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Mute Records • Cabaret Voltaire • Johnny YesNo - Redux box set". Mute Records. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Cabaret Voltaire". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2021.