| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 16 | |
| ↙Live albums | 16 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 28 | |
| ↙EPs | 1 | |
| ↙Singles | 41 | |
| ↙Video albums | 8 | |
The following is a comprehensive discography of The Stranglers, an English rock band. In the UK the band has sold a certified 1.52 million albums and 600,000 singles.
Contents |
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
FR [2] |
SE [3] |
NO [4] |
NZ [5] |
US [6] |
NL [7] |
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| 1977 | Rattus Norvegicus
|
4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1977 | No More Heroes
|
2 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 |
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| 1978 | Black and White
|
2 | – | 35 | – | – | – | – |
|
| 1979 | The Raven
|
4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
|
| 1981 | The Gospel According to the Meninblack
|
8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1981 | La Folie
|
11 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 |
|
| 1983 | Feline
|
4 | – | – | 16 | 18 | – | 39 |
|
| 1984 | Aural Sculpture
|
14 | – | 37 | – | 13 | – | 31 |
|
| 1986 | Dreamtime
|
16 | – | – | – | 45 | 172 | 60 |
|
| 1990 | 10
|
15 | – | – | – | – | – | 71 |
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| 1992 | Stranglers in the Night
|
33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1995 | About Time
|
52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1997 | Written in Red
|
52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1998 | Coup de Grace
|
171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2004 | Norfolk Coast
|
70 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2006 | Suite XVI
|
89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
The Stranglers have always toured regularly. The official albums listed below chronicle the changing face of these performances over the years.
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] |
AUS [10] |
CAN [11] |
FRA [12] |
NL [13] |
IRE [14] |
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| 1977 | "Grip"/"London Lady" | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | Rattus Norvegicus | |
| "Peaches"/"Go Buddy Go" (Double A-side in UK only) |
8 | 54 | – | – | – | – |
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| "Something Better Change"/"Straighten Out" (Double A-side in UK only) |
9 | – | – | – | 29 | – | No More Heroes | ||
| "No More Heroes" | 8 | – | – | – | 25 | – | |||
| 1978 | "5 Minutes" | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | non-album single | |
| "Nice 'n' Sleazy" | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | Black and White | ||
| "Walk On By" | 21 | – | – | – | – | 11 | non-album single | ||
| 1979 | "Duchess" | 14 | – | – | – | – | 27 | The Raven | |
| "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Don't Bring Harry"/"Wired"/"Crabs (Live)"/"In the Shadows (Live)" EP | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1980 | "Bear Cage" | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | non-album single | |
| "Who Wants the World" | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1981 | "Thrown Away" | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | The Gospel According to the Meninblack | |
| "Just Like Nothing on Earth" | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Let Me Introduce You to the Family" | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | La Folie | ||
| 1982 | "Golden Brown" | 2 | 10 | – | – | 10 | 3 |
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| "La Folie" | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Strange Little Girl" | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 | The Collection 1977-1982 | ||
| 1983 | "European Female" | 9 | – | – | – | – | 9 | Feline | |
| "Midnight Summer Dream" | 35 | – | – | – | – | 24 | |||
| "Paradise" | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1984 | "Skin Deep" | 15 | 11 | – | – | 21 | 11 | Aural Sculpture | |
| "No Mercy" | 37 | 90 | 88 | – | 32 | – | |||
| 1985 | "Let Me Down Easy" | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1986 | "Nice in Nice" | 30 | – | – | – | – | 19 | Dreamtime | |
| "Always the Sun" | 30 | 21 | – | 15 | 42 | 16 | |||
| "Big in America" | 48 | – | – | – | – | 28 | |||
| 1987 | "Shakin' Like a Leaf" | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1988 | "All Day and All of the Night" | 7 | – | – | – | – | 3 | All Live and All of the Night | |
| 1989 | "Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (re-mix) | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | Singles (The UA Years) | |
| 1990 | "96 Tears" | 17 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 10 | |
| "Sweet Smell of Success" | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1991 | "Always the Sun (Sunny Side Up Mix)" | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | Greatest Hits 1977-1990 | |
| "Golden Brown" (re-issue) | 68 | – | – | – | – | 25 | non-album single | ||
| 1992 | "Heaven or Hell" | 46 | – | – | – | 77 | – | Stranglers in the Night | |
| "Sugar Bullets" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1995 | "Lies and Deception" | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | About Time | |
| 1997 | "In Heaven She Walks" | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | Written in Red | |
| 2004 | "Big Thing Coming" | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | Norfolk Coast | |
| "Long Black Veil" | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2006 | "Spectre of Love" | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | Suite XVI | |
| 2010 | "Retro Rockets" | 198[15] | – | – | – | – | – | Decades Apart | |
(with Kasamatsu Kouji)
for the numerous production and guest appearances see J. J. Burnel Discography
(Featuring JJ Burnel, Dave Greenfield & John Ellis)