Morrissey discography

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Morrissey discography
A man singing on stage
Morrissey during a 2006 concert in Austin, Texas
Studio albums13
Live albums2
Compilation albums12
Video albums7
Music videos40
EPs2
Singles60
Unreleased albums1

This is a discography for the English alternative rock singer Morrissey. Since the Smiths disbanded in 1987 he has released 13 studio albums, 2 live albums, 12 compilation albums, 2 extended plays (EPs), 60 singles and 7 video albums on HMV, Sire Records, Parlophone, Polydor, RCA Victor, Island, Mercury, Sanctuary Records, EMI, Reprise Records, Rhino, Decca Records, Harvest Records, Capitol Music Group and BMG.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
IRL
[7][8]
NLD
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
1988 Viva Hate 1 21 32 33 12 27 48
1991 Kill Uncle
  • Released: 5 March 1991
  • Labels: HMV, Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
8 45 53 61 27 52
1992 Your Arsenal
  • Released: 27 July 1992
  • Labels: HMV, Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
4 12 28 11 76 42 21
1994 Vauxhall and I
  • Released: 14 March 1994
  • Labels: Parlophone, Sire
  • Formats: LP, CD
1 21 22 12 5 73 13 18
1995 Southpaw Grammar
  • Released: 28 August 1995
  • Labels: RCA Victor, Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
4 74 35 33 7 79 14 66
1997 Maladjusted
  • Released: 11 August 1997
  • Labels: Island, Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
8 62 70 27 76 10 61
2004 You Are the Quarry
  • Released: 17 May 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Formats: CD, LP
2 64 37 21 7 3 30 1 63 11
2006 Ringleader of the Tormentors 1 55 41 38 9 3 22 1 44 27
2009 Years of Refusal
  • Released: 16 February 2009
  • Labels: Decca, Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD
3 87 36 29 4 12 52 5 32 11
2014 World Peace Is None of Your Business 2 58 53 8 4 28 29 30 14
2017 Low in High School
  • Released: 17 November 2017[15]
  • Labels: BMG, Etienne
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD, Cassette
5 81 71 15 8 40 29 36 20
2019 California Son
  • Released: 24 May 2019[16]
  • Labels: BMG, Etienne
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD
4 66 13 27 97 32 95
2020 I Am Not a Dog on a Chain
  • Released: 20 March 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD, Cassette
3 13 47 80 56
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions
UK
[2]
FRA
[5]
SWE
[10]
US
[12]
1993 Beethoven Was Deaf
  • Released: 10 May 1993
  • Label: HMV
  • Formats: LP, CD
13
2005 Live at Earls Court
  • Released: 29 March 2005
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Format: CD
18 110 16 119
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
SWE
[10]
US
[12]
UK Vinyl
1990 Bona Drag
  • Released: 15 October 1990
  • Labels: HMV, Sire
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
9 57 73 59 12
1995 World of Morrissey
  • Released: 6 February 1995
  • Labels: Parlophone, Sire
  • Format: LP, CD
15 45 134
1997 Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey
  • Released: 8 September 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
25
[A]
1998 My Early Burglary Years
  • Released: September 1998
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD
2000 The CD Singles '88–91'
The CD Singles '91–95'
  • Released: 17 September 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: 9×CD single box set
2001 The Best of Morrissey
  • Released: 6 November 2001
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
6
2008 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 11 February 2008
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, LP
5 16 178
2009 The HMV/Parlophone Singles '88–'95
  • Released: 12 October 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Swords
  • Released: 26 October 2009
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP
55
2011 Very Best of Morrissey
  • Released: 25 April 2011
  • Label: Major Minor
  • Formats: CD, LP
80
2018 This Is Morrissey
  • Released: 6 July 2018
  • Labels: Regal, Parlophone, Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP
19
  • A^ Chart position for the 2004 re-entry; the 1997 chart position was number 26.

Unreleased albums[edit]

Year Title
N/A Bonfire of Teenagers

Other album appearances[edit]

Year Song Album Notes
1992 "Tomorrow" (Steve Peck Mix) Volume 5 An alternate mix of the 1992 single.
2006 "First of the Gang to Die" Music from Glastonbury the Film A live version from 2004.
2006 "Suedehead" (Sparks Mix) Future Retro An alternate mix of the 1988 single, only available on the CD version of the album.

Other albums with Morrissey involvement[edit]

Under the Influence

  • Released: 26 May 2003
  • Label: DMC
  • Format: CD, LP

Morrissey Curates The Ramones

  • Released: November 28, 2014
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: LP

Extended plays[edit]

Year Title
1991 At KROQ
  • Released: 18 September 1991
  • Label: Sire/Reprise
  • Format: CD
2004 Sessions@AOL

Singles[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2][1]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
DEN
[18]
FIN
[19]
FRA
[5]
IRL
[20]
NLD
[9]
SWE
[10]
US
[21]
US
Mod

[21]
1988 "Suedehead" 5 45 18 2 30 Viva Hate
"Everyday Is Like Sunday" 9 3 76
1989 "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" 6 68 20 3 3 Bona Drag
"Interesting Drug" 9 111 4 11
"Ouija Board, Ouija Board" 18 13 4 2
1990 "November Spawned a Monster" 12 9 6
"Piccadilly Palare" 18 152 5 2
1991 "Our Frank" 26 127 26 7 2 Kill Uncle
"Sing Your Life" 33 190 21 10
"Pregnant for the Last Time" 25 71 9 Non-album single
"My Love Life" 29 153 6 Non-album single later included on World of Morrissey
1992 "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" 17 55 9 2 Your Arsenal
"You're the One for Me, Fatty" 19 85 16
"Tomorrow" 1
"Certain People I Know" 35 104
1994 "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" 8 85 34 42 24 46 1 Vauxhall and I
"Hold on to Your Friends" 48 170
"Interlude" (with Siouxsie Sioux) 25 129 25 Non-album single
"Now My Heart Is Full" Vauxhall and I
1995 "Boxers" 23 163 19 [B] World of Morrissey
"Dagenham Dave" 26 133 28 Southpaw Grammar
"The Boy Racer" 36
"Sunny" 42 42 Non-album single
1997 "Alma Matters" 16 97 50 [C] Maladjusted
"Roy's Keen" 42
"Satan Rejected My Soul" 39
2004 "Irish Blood, English Heart" 3 7 66 17 4 36 You Are the Quarry
"First of the Gang to Die" 6 57 26 90 20
"Let Me Kiss You" 8 44 19
"I Have Forgiven Jesus" 10 45 33
2005 "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" / "Redondo Beach"[D] 11 45 33 Live at Earls Court
2006 "You Have Killed Me" 3 3 3 5 69 9 58 8 Ringleader of the Tormentors
"The Youngest Was the Most Loved" 14 6 12 20 26
"In the Future When All's Well" 17 35 20
"I Just Want to See the Boy Happy" 16 14 50
2008 "That's How People Grow Up" 14 27 26 Years of Refusal
All You Need Is Me 24
2009 "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" 21 26 58
"Something Is Squeezing My Skull" 46 35
2010 "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (re-issue) 42 43 Bona Drag (2010 Remaster)
2011 "Glamorous Glue"[E] 69 Your Arsenal / Very Best of Morrissey
2012 "Suedehead" (Mael Mix) Non-album singles
2013 "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" (re-issue)
"Satellite of Love" (live)
2014 "World Peace Is None of Your Business" 83 World Peace Is None of Your Business
"Istanbul"
"Earth Is the Loneliest Planet"
"The Bullfighter Dies"
2015 "Kiss Me a Lot"
2017 "Spent the Day in Bed" 69 Low in High School
"Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up on the Stage"
2018 "My Love, I'd Do Anything for You"[22]
"All the Young People Must Fall in Love"[23]
"Back on the Chain Gang"[24] Low in High School (Deluxe Edition)
2019 "Lover-to-Be"
"Wedding Bell Blues" California Son
"It's Over"
2020 "Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?" (with Thelma Houston) I Am Not a Dog on a Chain
"Love Is On Its Way Out"
"Knockabout World"
"Honey, You Know Where to Find Me" Southpaw Grammar (2009 Remastered)
"Cosmic Dancer" (live with David Bowie) / "That's Entertainment"[D] "Sing Your Life" single[F]
2022 "Rebels Without Applause"[25] Bonfire of Teenagers
2024 "Interlude" (with Siouxsie Sioux) [re-issue] Non-album single


  • B^ Though it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, "Boxers" reached number 18 on the Bubbling Under charts in the US.[21]
  • C^ Though it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, "Alma Matters" reached number nine on the Bubbling Under charts in the US.[21]
  • D^ Double A-side.
  • E^ "Glamorous Glue" was originally from the 1992 album Your Arsenal. It was not released as a single in 1992 (in any format, in any country), but made it to number 13 on the US Modern Rock charts as an album track that year. The UK chart position is for the 2011 UK single release, done to promote the Very Best of Morrissey compilation.
  • F^ "That's Entertainment" was originally released as the B-side of the single "Sing Your Life" in 1991. This version uses different instrumentation but retains the original vocal (with some new vocals added) as the B-side version.

Videos[edit]

Year Title Certification
1990 Hulmerist
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: VHS, DVD
1991 Sing Your Life (EP)
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: EMI (Japan)
  • Format: VHS
1992 Live in Dallas
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: WEA
  • Format: VHS, DVD
The Malady Lingers On
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: VHS, DVD
1996 Introducing Morrissey
  • Released: 1996 / 2014 (DVD)
  • Label: WEA
  • Format: VHS, DVD
2000 ¡Oye Esteban!
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: WEA
  • Format: DVD
2005 Who Put the M in Manchester?
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Format: DVD, UMD
2013 25Live
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Eagle Rock
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray

Music videos[edit]

Year Title Director(s)
1988 "Suedehead" Tim Broad
"Everyday Is Like Sunday"
1989 "The Last of the Famous International Playboys"
"Interesting Drug"
"Ouija Board, Ouija Board"
1990 "November Spawned a Monster"
1991 "Our Frank" John Maybury
"Sing Your Life" Tim Broad
"Pregnant for the Last Time"
"My Love Life"
1992 "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
"You're the One for Me, Fatty"
"Certain People I Know" George Tiffin
"Tomorrow" Zack Snyder (2 versions)
"Glamorous Glue" George Tiffin
1994 "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" Mark Romanek
1995 "Boxers" James O'Brien
"Dagenham Dave"
"The Boy Racer"
"Sunny"
1997 "Alma Matters" Matthew Rolston
2004 "Irish Blood, English Heart" AV Club
"First of the Gang to Die"
"I Have Forgiven Jesus"
2005 "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"
2006 "You Have Killed Me" AV Club
"The Youngest Was the Most Loved"
"In the Future When All's Well"
2008 "That's How People Grow Up"
"All You Need Is Me" Patrick O'Dell
2009 "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" Travis Shinn
2014 "World Peace Is None of Your Business" Natalie Johns
"Istanbul"
"Earth Is the Loneliest Planet"
"The Bullfighter Dies"
2015 "Kiss Me A Lot" Sam Esty Rayner
2017 "Spent the Day in Bed" Sophie Muller
"Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up on the Stage" Robert Hales
2018 "Back on the Chain Gang" Liam Lynch
2020 "Cosmic Dancer" (live) [with David Bowie] Tim Broad

References[edit]

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