This is the band Chumbawamba's discography.
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Album Title | Record Label | Year | Notes |
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Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records | Agit Prop | 1986 | UK Indie #2[1] Released on CD by One Little Indian in 1994 as First 2 |
Never Mind the Ballots | Agit Prop | 1987 | UK Indie #2[1] Released on CD by One Little Indian in 1994 as First 2 |
English Rebel Songs 1381-1914 | Agit Prop | 1988 | UK Indie #13[1] Reissued 1993 and re-released on CD by One Little Indian in 1995 |
Slap! | Agit Prop | 1990 | Reissued 1995 & 1999 by One Little Indian. Re-released on double CD by MUTT in 2003 as Shhhlap! |
Jesus H Christ | Tragic Flop | 1992 | Unreleased due to legal issues; remade as Shhh |
Shhh | Agit Prop | 1992 | re-released in 1994 on Southern Records. Re-released on double CD by MUTT in 2003 as Shhhlap! |
Anarchy | One Little Indian/London Records | 1994 | UK #29 |
Showbusiness! | One Little Indian | 1994 | Live album |
Swingin' with Raymond | One Little Indian | 1995 | UK #70 |
Tubthumper | EMI/Universal | 1997 | UK #19, US #3, 3x Platinum |
WYSIWYG | EMI/Universal | 2000 | |
Readymades | MUTT | 2002 | |
Revengers Tragedy | MUTT | 2003 | soundtrack to Alex Cox movie Revengers Tragedy |
English Rebel Songs 1381-1984 | MUTT | 2003 | Re-recording of the 1988 album |
Un | MUTT/Koch Records/Edel Records | 2004 | |
A Singsong and a Scrap | No Masters/Edel Records | 2005 | |
Get On With It! | No Masters | 2006 | Live album |
The Boy Bands Have Won | No Masters | 2008 | |
ABCDEFG | No Masters | 2010 |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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UK | UK Indie[1] |
US | CAN | |||
1985 | "Revolution" | — | 4 | — | — | Singles only |
1986 | "We Are the World?" | — | 4 | — | — | |
"Rich Pop Stars Make Good Socialists" | — | — | — | — | ||
1988 | "Smash Clause 28! Fight the Alton Bill!" | — | 5 | — | — | |
1990 | "I Never Gave Up | — | — | — | — | Shhh |
1992 | "(Someone's Always Telling You How To) Behave" | — | — | — | — | |
1993 | "Enough Is Enough" | 56 | — | — | — | Anarchy |
"Timebomb" | 59 | — | — | — | ||
1994 | "Criminal Injustice" | — | — | — | — | |
"Homophobia" | — | — | — | — | ||
1995 | "Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!" | — | — | — | — | Swingin' with Raymond |
1996 | "Just Look at Me Now" | — | — | — | — | |
1997 | "Tubthumping" | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | Tubthumper |
1998 | "Amnesia" | 10 | — | — | 7 | |
"Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" | 21 | — | — | — | Singles only | |
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 |
Title | Record Label | Year | Notes |
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First 2 | Agit Prop/One Little Indian | 1992/1994 | Re-release of Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records and Never Mind the Ballots on CD |
Uneasy Listening | EMI | 1998 | Compilation of songs from 1986–1998, plus one new song |
Shhhlap! | MUTT | 2003 | Double CD re-release of Shhh and Slap! |
(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 |
"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 [2]. |
"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 |
Artist | Song Title(s) | Album Title | Record Label | Year | Notes |
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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 Whaley; Cover of a song by The Clash |
Passion Killers | "Start Again" | Bullshit Detector Volume 2 | Crass Records | 1982 | aka Boff & Harry |
Passion Killers & Chumbawamba | See here [3] | 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 | See here [4] | Destroy Fascism! | Loony Tunes | 1986 | Features members of Chumbawamba & The Ex |
Sportchestra! | See here [5] | 101 Songs About Sport | Agit Prop | 1988 | 2 LP release; Collaborations with various other musicians |
Passion Killers | See here [6] | Whoopee, We're All Gonna Die EP | Rugger Bugger Discs | 1991 | 7" EP of cover songs |
Credit to the Nation | See here [7] | "Sowing the Seeds of Hatred" | One Little Indian | 1994 | 12" single; Production and remixes by Boff, Harry & Neil |
Oysterband | "Jam Tomorrow" & "One Green Hill" | "Jam Tomorrow / One Green Hill" | Running Man Records | 1996 | 12" single; Remixes by Chumbawamba |
Negativland | See here [8] | "The ABCs of Anarchism" EP | Seeland Records | 1999 | Extensively samples Chumbawamba |