This is the discography of solo recordings by the singer-songwriter Bob Geldof who is also known as the lead vocalist of the Irish new wave band Boomtown Rats which performed from 1977 to 1985 and reformed in 2013. [1]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [3] |
GER [4] |
IRE [5] |
NL [3] |
NOR [6] |
SWE [3] |
SWI [7] |
US [8] | |||
1986 | Deep in the Heart of Nowhere | 79 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 3 | 18 | 15 | 130 | |
1990 |
The Vegetarians of Love
|
21 | 43 | 27 | 15 | — | 37 | — | — | 20 | — | |
1992 |
The Happy Club
|
— | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | |
2001 |
Sex, Age & Death
|
134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2011 |
How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell
|
89 | — | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [2] | ||||||||||||
1994 |
Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats
|
10 | ||||||||||
2005 | Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001
|
— | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
GER [9] |
IRE [10] |
NL [3] |
NOR [6] |
SWE [3] |
SWI [11] |
US [12] | |||
1986 | "This Is the World Calling" | 25 | — | 28 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 82 [A] |
Deep in the Heart of Nowhere |
1987 | "Love Like a Rocket" | 61 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Heartless Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"I Cry Too" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"In the Pouring Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990 | "The Great Song of Indifference" | 15 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | Vegetarians of Love |
"Love or Something" | 86 | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — [B] | ||
"A Gospel Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992 | "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Happy Club |
"My Hippy Angel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1993 | "The Happy Club" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Yeah, Definitely" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994 | "Crazy" | 65 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats |
1996 | "
Rat Trap" ( Dustin & Geldof) |
— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2002 | "Pale White Girls" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sex Age & Death |
2011 | "Silly Pretty Thing" | 146 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell |
"Here's To You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
This is the discography of solo recordings by the singer-songwriter Bob Geldof who is also known as the lead vocalist of the Irish new wave band Boomtown Rats which performed from 1977 to 1985 and reformed in 2013. [1]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [3] |
GER [4] |
IRE [5] |
NL [3] |
NOR [6] |
SWE [3] |
SWI [7] |
US [8] | |||
1986 | Deep in the Heart of Nowhere | 79 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 3 | 18 | 15 | 130 | |
1990 |
The Vegetarians of Love
|
21 | 43 | 27 | 15 | — | 37 | — | — | 20 | — | |
1992 |
The Happy Club
|
— | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | |
2001 |
Sex, Age & Death
|
134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2011 |
How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell
|
89 | — | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [2] | ||||||||||||
1994 |
Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats
|
10 | ||||||||||
2005 | Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001
|
— | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
GER [9] |
IRE [10] |
NL [3] |
NOR [6] |
SWE [3] |
SWI [11] |
US [12] | |||
1986 | "This Is the World Calling" | 25 | — | 28 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 82 [A] |
Deep in the Heart of Nowhere |
1987 | "Love Like a Rocket" | 61 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Heartless Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"I Cry Too" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"In the Pouring Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990 | "The Great Song of Indifference" | 15 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | Vegetarians of Love |
"Love or Something" | 86 | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — [B] | ||
"A Gospel Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992 | "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Happy Club |
"My Hippy Angel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1993 | "The Happy Club" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Yeah, Definitely" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994 | "Crazy" | 65 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats |
1996 | "
Rat Trap" ( Dustin & Geldof) |
— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2002 | "Pale White Girls" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sex Age & Death |
2011 | "Silly Pretty Thing" | 146 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell |
"Here's To You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |