Lostprophets performing at the Pinkpop Festival 2007 |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 4 | |
| ↙Singles | 15 | |
| ↙Music videos | 14 | |
The discography of Lostprophets, a Welsh alternative rock band formed in Pontypridd in 1997,[1] contains four studio albums and fifteen singles.
The band's first album, The Fake Sound of Progress, was released through Visible Noise in the United Kingdom in November 2000[2] and was certified gold.[3] The album produced two singles: "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja", which was successful in the US, peaking at number thirty-three on the Alternative Songs chart,[4] and the title track "The Fake Sound of Progress".
The first single released from their second album, Start Something, was "Burn Burn" in November 2003, and was originally scheduled to be closely followed by the release of the album.[5] The album was released in the UK in February 2004 and peaked at number four in the UK Albums Chart.[6] The album has sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide.[3] The second track from Start Something, "Last Train Home", reached number one on the Alternative Songs chart in the US,[4] and peaked at number eight in the UK, making it the band's first UK top-ten single.[6] Other released singles include; "Wake Up (Make a Move)", "Last Summer" and "Goodbye Tonight". In 2004, the album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in the UK.[7]
The band's third album, Liberation Transmission was released in the UK in June 2007 and put the band at the top of the UK Albums Chart for the first time;[6] it was later certified silver in the UK.[7] Singles from the album were "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)", which peaked at number eight,[6] "A Town Called Hypocrisy", "Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)" and "4:AM Forever".
The band's fourth studio album The Betrayed was delayed many times.[8] The title and several tracks were revealed in the 5 August issue of Kerrang! magazine, and the album was released on the 18th January 2010.
Contents |
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| UK [6] |
AUT [9] |
BEL [10] |
FRA [11] |
GER [12] |
IRL [13] |
NL [14] |
NZ [15] |
SWI [16] |
US [17] |
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| 2000 | Thefakesoundofprogress
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44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 186 | ||||
| 2004 | Start Something
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4 | 60 | — | 69 | 51 | 61 | — | 14 | — | 33 | ||||
| 2006 | Liberation Transmission
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1 | 44 | 74 | 94 | 31 | 30 | 87 | 14 | 34 | 33 |
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| 2010 | The Betrayed
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3 | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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| UK [6] |
AUS [19] |
GER [20] |
IRL [13] |
NZ [15] |
US [4] |
US Alt [4] |
US Main [4] |
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| 2001 | "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | The Fake Sound of Progress | |
| 2002 | "The Fake Sound of Progress" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003 | "Burn Burn" | 17 | 48 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | Start Something | |
| 2004 | "Last Train Home" | 8 | 68 | 48 | — | — | 75 | 1 | 10 | ||
| "Wake Up (Make a Move)" | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 16 | |||
| "Last Summer" | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Goodbye Tonight" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2005 | "I Don't Know" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 24 | ||
| 2006 | "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" | 8 | — | — | 36 | 25 | 114 | 15 | 22 | Liberation Transmission | |
| "A Town Called Hypocrisy" | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Can't Catch Tomorrow" | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2007 | "4:AM Forever" | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009 | "It's Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here" | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Betrayed | |
| 2010 | "Where We Belong" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "For He's a Jolly Good Felon" | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||
| Year | Song | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" | Mike Piscitelli[21][22] |
| 2002 | "The Fake Sound of Progress" | |
| 2003 | "Burn Burn" | Patrick Kiely[23] |
| 2004 | "Last Train Home" | Brian Weber[24] |
| "Wake Up (Make a Move)" | Live performance video from Orlando, Florida.[25] | |
| "Last Summer" | The Malloys[26] | |
| 2005 | "Goodbye Tonight" | Steven Oritt[27] |
| 2006 | "Rooftops" | Ryan Smith[28][29][30][31] |
| "A Town Called Hypocrisy" | ||
| "Can't Catch Tomorrow" | ||
| 2007 | "4:AM Forever" | |
| 2009 | "It's Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here" | David Allen |
| "Where We Belong" | ||
| 2010 | "For He's a Jolly Good Felon" |
| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Figure of Eight"[32] | Electric Ballroom Presents: Full Tilt, Vol. 3 | Turbulent Soundscape mix |
| 2004 | Maximum Lostprophets: The Unauthorized Biography | Rare biographical CD of the band, released under Chrome Dreams | |
| 2004 | "Lucky You"[33] | Spider-Man 2 soundtrack | Recorded for the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack |
| 2007 | "Going Underground"[34] | Punk the Clock Volume 3 | Cover of The Jam song |
| 2007 | "Davidian"[35] | Higher Voltage!: Another Brief History of Rock | Cover of Machine Head song Released June 2007 |
| 2009 | "Boys Don't Cry"[36] | Pictures of You | Recorded for an album of The Cure covers given away free with NME |
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