Morrissey discography
 Morrissey during the 2006 concert at Austin, Texas | |
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 10 |
| ↙Live albums | 2 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 11 |
| ↙EPs | 1 |
| ↙Singles | 49 |
| ↙Video albums | 7 |
| ↙Music videos | 36 |
This is a discography for the English alternative rock singer Morrissey. Since The Smiths disbanded in 1987 he has released ten studio albums, two live albums, eleven compilation albums, one extended play (EP), forty-six singles and seven video albums on HMV, Sire Records, Parlophone, Polydor, RCA Victor, Island, Mercury, Sanctuary Records, EMI, Reprise Records, Rhino, Decca Records, Harvest Records and Capitol Music Group.
Morrissey's first two solo singles – "Suedehead" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday" – released in early 1988 both reached the UK Top 10, whilst his debut album, Viva Hate (1988), from which they were taken was also successful, reaching the top spot on the UK Albums Chart. From 1989 to 1991 he released five non-album singles which all made the UK Top 20. His second album, Kill Uncle (1991), also reached the UK Top 10; whilst his next four singles – two which were taken from Kill Uncle and two non-album singles – only reached the lower end of the UK Top 40. His third album, Your Arsenal (1992), again reached the UK Top 10. In 1992 five singles were released from Your Arsenal, the first three being released globally and two only in the United States. Having used different producers for his first three albums, Morrissey then teamed up with Steve Lillywhite for his next three – Vauxhall and I (1994), Southpaw Grammar (1995) and Maladjusted (1997). Vauxhall and I was another successful album, being Morrissey's second to reach the top of the UK Albums Chart. Southpaw Grammar and Maladjusted were also successful, both reaching the UK Top 10. Morrissey released 11 singles during this time, one of which – 1994's "Interlude" – was a duet with English singer Siouxsie Sioux. Of these singles only two broke the UK Top 20 – "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" (1994), which reached number eight in the UK and number 46 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100, and "Alma Matters", which reached number 16.
After a nearly seven-year hiatus, Morrissey released his seventh solo album You Are the Quarry (2004), which reached number two on the UK Albums Chart; it was also his most successful album in the United States where it reached number 11 on the Billboard 200. The four singles taken from You Are the Quarry were also successful, all reaching the UK Top 10. Morrissey's eighth album, Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006), became his third album to reach the top of the UK Albums Chart. Four singles were released from Ringleader of the Tormentors – the first reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and the others reached the UK Top 20. You Are the Quarry and Ringleader of the Tormentors were also successful in a number of European countries and they both reached the top of the Swedish Albums Chart. Two more singles were released in 2008, one of which reached the UK Top 20. Morrissey's latest album, Years of Refusal, was released in February 2009, and reached number three in the UK and number eleven in the United States. Two more singles were released from this, one of which charted in the UK Top 40.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [4] |
DEN [5] |
FIN [6] |
FRA [7] |
GER [8] |
IRL [9] |
NLD [10] |
NOR [11] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [13] |
US [14] | |||
| 1988 | Viva Hate | 1 | 21 | — | 32 | — | — | — | 33 | — | 12 | 20 | 27 | — | 48 | |
| 1991 | Kill Uncle
|
8 | 45 | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | 27 | — | 52 |
|
| 1992 | Your Arsenal
|
4 | 12 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | — | 42 | — | 21 | |
| 1994 | Vauxhall and I
|
1 | 21 | — | 22 | — | — | 12 | — | — | 73 | — | 13 | — | 18 |
|
| 1995 | Southpaw Grammar
|
4 | 74 | — | 35 | — | 38 | 33 | — | — | 79 | — | 14 | — | 66 |
|
| 1997 | Maladjusted | 8 | 62 | — | 70 | — | — | 27 | 76 | — | — | — | 10 | — | 61 | |
| 2004 | You Are the Quarry
|
2 | 64 | 24 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 11 |
|
| 2006 | Ringleader of the Tormentors
|
1 | 55 | 25 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 27 |
|
| 2009 | Years of Refusal | 3 [17] |
87 | 24 | 36 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 11 |
|
| 2014 | World Peace Is None of Your Business
|
2 | 58 | 17 | — | 2 | 23 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 28 | — | 29 | 30 | 14 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
FRA [7] |
SWE [12] |
US [14] | ||
| 1993 | Beethoven Was Deaf
|
13 | — | — | — |
| 2005 | Live at Earls Court
|
18 | 110 | 16 | 119 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Mini albums
Rare Tracks is a Japan-only mini-album by Morrissey containing all six B-sides to the UK Maladjusted singles.
- Track listing
- "Lost"
- "Heir Apparent"
- "The Edges Are No Longer Parallel"
- "This Is Not Your Country"
- "Now I Am a Was"
- "I Can Have Both"
Compilations
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [4] |
SWE [12] |
US [14] | |||
| 1990 | Bona Drag
|
9 | 57 | 73 | — | 59 | |
| 1995 | World of Morrissey
|
15 | — | — | 45 | 134 | |
| 1997 | Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey
|
25 [A] |
— | — | — | — |
|
| 1998 | My Early Burglary Years
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | The CD Singles '88–91' | — | — | — | — | — | |
The CD Singles '91–95'
|
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001 | The Best of Morrissey
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Greatest Hits
|
5 [17] |
— | — | 16 | 178 |
|
| 2009 | The HMV/Parlophone Singles '88–'95
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
Swords
|
55 [17] |
— | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | Very Best of Morrissey
|
80 [17] |
— | — | — | — | |
- A^ Chart position for the 2004 re-entry; the 1997 chart position was number 26.
Extended plays
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1991 | At KROQ
|
Other album appearances
| 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. |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][18] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [4] |
DEN [5] |
FIN [6] |
FRA [7] |
IRL [19] |
NLD [10] |
NOR [11] |
SWE [12] |
US Mod. Rock [20] |
US Hot 100 [20] | |||
| 1988 | "Suedehead" | 5 | 45 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 30 | — | — | — | — | Viva Hate |
| "Everyday Is Like Sunday" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 76 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989 | "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" | 6 | 79 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | Non-album single |
| "Interesting Drug" | 9 | 85 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 11 | — | ||
| "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| 1990 | "November Spawned a Monster" | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | 6 | — | |
| "Piccadilly Palare" | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | Bona Drag | |
| 1991 | "Our Frank" | 26 | 97 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | 2 | — | Kill Uncle |
| "Sing Your Life" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 10 | — | ||
| "Pregnant for the Last Time" | 25 | 71 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "My Love Life" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Certain People I Know" | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tomorrow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 1994 | "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" | 8 | 85 | 34 | — | — | 42 | 24 | — | — | — | 1 | 46 | Vauxhall and I |
| "Hold on to Your Friends" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Interlude" (with Siouxsie Sioux) | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Now My Heart Is Full" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Vauxhall and I | |
| 1995 | "Boxers" | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Dagenham Dave" | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | Southpaw Grammar | |
| "The Boy Racer" | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sunny" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 1997 | "Alma Matters" | 16 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | Maladjusted |
| "Roy's Keen" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Satan Rejected My Soul" | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | "Irish Blood, English Heart" | 3 | — | 7 | — | — | 66 | 17 | — | 18 | 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 | "Redondo Beach" / "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"[B] | 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 | — | — | Greatest Hits |
| ″All You Need Is Me″ | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009 | "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" | 21 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | Years of Refusal |
| "Something Is Squeezing My Skull" | 46 | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "Everyday Is Like Sunday"[C] | 42 | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bona Drag (2010 remaster) |
| 2011 | "Glamorous Glue"[D] | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | Very Best of Morrissey |
| 2012 | "Suedehead" (Mael Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2013 | "The Last of the Famous International Playboys"[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Satellite of Love" (live) | 124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[E] | ||
| 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" | — | ||||||||||||
- B^ Double A-side
- C^ Re-issue.
- D^ "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.
- E^ "Satellite of Love" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.
Videos
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Hulmerist |
| 1991 | Sing Your Life (EP)
|
| 1992 | Live in Dallas
|
The Malady Lingers On
| |
| 1996 | Introducing Morrissey
|
| 2000 | ¡Oye Esteban!
|
| 2005 | Who Put the M in Manchester?
|
| 2013 | 25Live
|
Music videos
| 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" | James 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 |
References
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- World Peace Is None of Your Business: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 21 July 2014" (PDF) (1273). Pandora Archive. 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
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