Gahan performing live at the O2 Wireless Festival |
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| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 2 | |
| ↙Live albums | 2 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 1 | |
| ↙Singles | 6 | |
| ↙Video albums | 1 | |
| ↙Music videos | 5 | |
| ↙Other appearances | 4 | |
The discography of Dave Gahan, a British alternative music singer, consists of two studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, six singles, and one video album. Gahan debuted in 1980 as lead singer of the electronic music band Depeche Mode (see Depeche Mode discography). The group achieved worldwide success, producing fourteen top ten singles in the United Kingdom and selling over 100 million records worldwide.[1]
Gahan released his solo debut album Paper Monsters in June 2003. The album, which was composed with Gahan's close friend Knox Chandler, reached number thirty-six on the UK albums chart.[2] It reached number five on the German and Swedish album charts.[3][4] The album produced three singles, two of which reached the top thirty in the UK singles chart.[2] Live Monsters, a live video album, and its companion album Soundtrack to Live Monsters were released the following year. His second studio album, Hourglass, was released in October 2007. It reached number fifty in the UK.[2] In Germany, the album reached number two.[3] The album's lead single, "Kingdom", reached number one on the United States Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[5]
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| Year | Album details | Chart peak positions | ||||||
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| UK [2][6] |
AUT [7] |
FRA [8] |
GER [3] |
SWE [4] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] |
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| 2003 | Paper Monsters
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36 | 43 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 127 |
| 2007 | Hourglass
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50 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 120 |
| Year | Album details |
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| 2004 | Soundtrack to Live Monsters |
| 2007 | Live from SoHo
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| Year | Album details |
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| 2008 | Hourglass: Remixes
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| Year | Song | Chart peak positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| UK [2][6] |
AUT [7] |
FRA [8] |
GER [12] |
IRE [13] |
SWE [4] |
SWI [9] |
US Dance [5] |
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| 2003 | "Dirty Sticky Floors" | 18 | — | 57 | 6 | 40 | 18 | 81 | 3 | Paper Monsters | |||||||||
| "I Need You" | 27 | — | — | 23 | — | 55 | — | 5 | |||||||||||
| "Bottle Living" / "Hold On" | 36 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2004 | "A Little Piece (Live)"[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live Monsters | |||||||||
| 2007 | "Kingdom" | 44 | 41 | — | 10 | — | 37 | — | 1 | Hourglass | |||||||||
| 2008 | "Saw Something" / "Deeper and Deeper" | 103 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Video details |
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| 2004 | Live Monsters
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| Year | Title | Director(s) |
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| 2003 | "Dirty Sticky Floors" | Arni and Kinski[15] |
| "Dirty Sticky Floors" (BRAT's web version) | Arni, Kinski and Daniel Barassi[15] | |
| "I Need You" | Arni and Kinski[15] | |
| "I Need You" (BRAT's web version) | Arni, Kinski and Daniel Barassi[15] | |
| "Bottle Living" | Uwe Flade[15] | |
| 2007 | "Kingdom" | Jaron Albertin[11] |
| 2008 | "Saw Something" | Barney Clay[11] |
| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
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| 1997 | "A Song For Europe" | Dream Home Heartaches: Remaking/Remodeling Roxy Music | Originally recorded by Roxy Music[16] |
| 2003 | "Reload" | Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin | Recorded with Junkie XL[17] |
| 2008 | "Nostalgia" | Mirror | Recorded with MIRROR[18] |
| 2009 | "Visitors" | Dark Young Hearts | Recorded with FrYars[19] |
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