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The Stranglers discography
Studio albums18
Live albums20
Compilation albums17
Video albums14
EPs7
Singles51
Box sets8

The following is a comprehensive discography of English rock band the Stranglers.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications

(sales thresholds)

UK
[1] [2]
AUS
[3] [4]
CAN
[5]
FRA
[6] [7]
GER
[8]
NL
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
US
[13]
Rattus Norvegicus 4 82 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
No More Heroes
  • Released: 23 September 1977
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
2 79 β€” β€” β€” 20 β€” β€” β€” β€”
Black and White
  • Released: 12 May 1978
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
2 81 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 35 β€”
The Raven
  • Released: 21 September 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC
4 71 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
The Gospel According to the Meninblack
  • Released: 9 February 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
8 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 40 β€” β€”
La folie
  • Released: 9 November 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
11 29 β€” β€” β€” 13 β€” β€” β€” β€”
Feline
  • Released: 14 January 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
4 β€” 88 β€” 52 39 16 18 β€” β€”
Aural Sculpture
  • Released: 5 November 1984
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
14 38 35 β€” 17 31 β€” 13 37 β€”
Dreamtime
  • Released: 27 October 1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
16 64 83 18 β€” 60 β€” 45 β€” 172
10
  • Released: 5 March 1990
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
15 142 β€” β€” β€” 71 β€” β€” β€” β€”
Stranglers in the Night
  • Released: September 1992
  • Label: China/Psycho
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
33 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
About Time
  • Released: 15 May 1995
  • Label: When!
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
31 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Written in Red
  • Released: 27 January 1997
  • Label: When!
  • Formats: CD, MC
52 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Coup de Grace
  • Released: 26 October 1998
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD
171 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Norfolk Coast
  • Released: 16 February 2004
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
70 β€” β€” 142 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Suite XVI
  • Released: 18 September 2006
  • Label: Liberty EMI
  • Formats: CD
45 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Giants
  • Released: 5 March 2012
  • Label: Absolute/ Ear Music
  • Formats: CD, LP
48 β€” β€” 121 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Dark Matters
  • Released: 10 September 2021
  • Label: Absolute/Coursegood
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4 β€” β€” 118 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications

(sales thresholds)

UK
[1] [2]
GER
[8]
NZ
[11]
Live (X Cert)
  • Released: 23 February 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • London, 1977–1978
7 β€” 49
All Live and All of the Night
  • Released: 8 February 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • London, Reading and Paris, 1985–1987
12 55 β€”
Live at the Hope and Anchor
  • Released: 9 March 1992
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • London, 1977
β€” β€” β€”
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning β€” β€” β€”
Death and Night and Blood
  • Released: May 1994
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
  • Zurich, 1985
β€” β€” β€”
The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert
  • Released: 21 February 1995
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • London, 1980
β€” β€” β€”
Access All Areas
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: SIS
  • Formats: CD
  • UK, 1995
β€” β€” β€”
Friday the Thirteenth
  • Released: October 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
  • London, 1997
198 β€” β€”
Live in London
  • Released: December 1997
  • Label: Rialto
  • Formats: CD
  • London, c. 1985
β€” β€” β€”
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • London, 1982
β€” β€” β€”
5 Live 01 β€” β€” β€”
Live at the Apollo
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Glasgow, 1981
β€” β€” β€”
Coast to Coast
  • Released: February 2005
  • Label: Absolute
  • Formats: CD
  • UK, 2004
β€” β€” β€”
Themeninblackinbrugge
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • Bruges, 2007
β€” β€” β€”
Live at the Apollo 2010
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • London, 2010
β€” β€” β€”
Feel It Live
  • Released: June 2013
  • Label: Absolute/Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • Giants tour, 2012
β€” β€” β€”
Black and White Live
  • Released: March 2016
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • Norwich, 1993; France and Belgium, 2005–2014; plus 2016 studio recording of "Enough Time"
β€” β€” β€”
Rattus Relived
  • Released: December 2017
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
  • London, Bristol and Paris, 2007–2016
β€” β€” β€”
Dave Greenfield – A Tribute
  • Released: 10 September 2021
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • UK, 2014–2019; Tokyo, 2019
β€” β€” β€”
Themeninblackintokyo
  • Released: 3 December 2021
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP
  • Tokyo, 2019
β€” β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications

(sales thresholds)

UK
[1] [2]
NZ
[11]
IV
  • Released: 24 September 1980
  • Label: I.R.S.
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • US and Canada-only release
  • Selections from The Raven plus non-album singles 1978–1980
β€” β€”
The Collection 1977–1982
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Best of 1977–1982
12 16
Off the Beaten Track
  • Released: 8 September 1986
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Non-album singles and B-sides 1977–1982
80 β€”
Rarities
  • Released: 7 November 1988 [15]
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Rarities 1977–1981
β€” β€”
Singles (The UA Years)
  • Released: 6 February 1989
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
  • Best of 1977–1982
57 β€”
Greatest Hits 1977–1990
  • Released: 19 November 1990
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Best of 1977–1990
4 β€”
The Early Years – 74-75-76 Rare Live and Unreleased
  • Released: 2 March 1992 [16]
  • Label: Newspeak
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
  • Demos and live recordings 1974–1976
β€” β€”
The Sessions β€” β€”
The Hit Men
  • Released: February 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Best of 1977–1991
113 β€”
Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
  • Released: 10 June 2002
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • Best of 1977–1990
21 β€”
Sweet Smell of Success – Best of the Epic Years
  • Released: February 2003
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
β€” β€”
The Very Best of The Stranglers
  • Released: 12 June 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
  • Best of 1977–2004
28 β€”
Decade: The Best of 1981–1990
  • Released: July 2009
  • Label: Camden/Sony Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Best of 1981–1990
β€” β€”
The UA Singles 1977–1982
  • Released: October 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 3xCD
  • Complete singles and B-sides 1977–1982
β€” β€”
Decades Apart
  • Released: 1 March 2010
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Best of 1977–2010
146 β€”
Skin Deep – The Collection β€” β€”
Here and There: The Epic B-Sides Collection 1983–1991
  • Released: 17 November 2014
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • B-sides 1983–1991
β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title Album details
The Old Testament: The U.A. Studio Recordings (1977–1982)
  • Released: 9 November 1992 [17]
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 4xCD
  • First 6 studio albums and non-album singles
  • Re-released with a bonus fifth disc in 2013
The UA Singles '77–79'
  • Released: June 2001
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 10xCD
  • Singles and B-sides 1977–1979
The Epic Years
  • Released: September 2001
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • 5 studio albums 1983–1990
The UA Singles '79–82'
  • Released: April 2003
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 12xCD
  • Singles and B-sides 1979–1982
Original Album Classics
  • Released: September 2009
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • 5 studio albums 1983–1990
Giants and Gems: An Album Collection
  • Released: 24 March 2014
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 11xCD
  • Best of 1977–1990
  • 8 studio albums, 2 live albums and 1 compilation album 1977–2012
Original Album Series
  • Released: 11 September 2015
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • 4 studio albums and 1 live album 1978–1981
The Stranglers
  • Released: 7 July 2023
  • Label: Mercury Studios
  • Formats: 4xCD
  • Limited edition release of 3 studio albums and 1 live album 1995–1998

Video albums

Title Album details
The Video Collection 1977–1982
Screentime
The Meninblack in Colour 1983–1990
  • Released: January 1991
  • Label: CMV
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Saturday Night Sunday Morning
The Old Testament
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Friday the Thirteenth
Live at Alexandra Palace
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Castle Music Pictures
  • Formats: DVD
Euro Live
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Zenith
  • Formats: DVD
Live '78, SF
On Stage on Screen
  • Released: August 2006
  • Label: New Wave Pictures/Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD
Rattus at the Roundhouse
  • Released: 10 December 2007
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: DVD
Live at the Apollo 2010
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD
  • London, 2010
Never to Look Back: The Video Collection 1983–2012
  • Released: February 2013
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD
The Ruby Tour 2014
  • Released: November 2014
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Something Better Change
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 7"
  • US-only release
β€”
Don't Bring Harry
  • Released: November 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: 7"
41
No Mercy
  • Released: 3 December 1984 [18]
  • Label: Philips
  • Formats: 7"
β€”
The Nighttracks Radio 1 Session (24th January 1982) β€”
Original John Peel Session: 30th August 1977
  • Released: 28 November 2008
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
β€”
The John Peel Session (1st March 1977)
  • Released: 11 September 2009
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
β€”
BBC in Concert (23rd April 1977)
  • Released: 5 February 2010
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications

(sales thresholds)

Albums
UK
[1] [2]
AUS
[3] [4]
BE (FLA)
[19]
CAN
[20]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[21]
NL
[9]
NZ
[11]
" (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)"/"London Lady" 1977 44 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 35 Rattus Norvegicus
" Peaches"/"Go Buddy Go" 8 54 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Something Better Change"/"Straighten Out" 9 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 29 β€” No More Heroes
" No More Heroes" 8 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 25 β€”
" Sometimes" [A] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Rattus Norvegicus
" 5 Minutes" 1978 11 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Non-album single
" Nice 'n' Sleazy" 18 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 26 β€” β€” Black and White
" Walk On By" 21 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 11 β€” β€” Non-album singles
"Sverige (Jag Γ€r insnΓΆad pΓ€ ΓΆstfronten)" [B] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Duchess" 1979 14 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 27 β€” β€” The Raven
" Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" 36 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Bear Cage" 1980 36 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Non-album singles
" Who Wants the World?" 39 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Thrown Away" 1981 42 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” The Gospel According to the Meninblack
"Just Like Nothing on Earth" 81 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Let Me Introduce You to the Family" 42 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” La Folie
" Golden Brown" 1982 2 10 7 β€” β€” 63 3 10 β€”
" La folie" 47 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Strange Little Girl" 7 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 7 β€” β€” The Collection 1977–1982
" European Female" 1983 9 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 9 β€” β€” Feline
"Midnight Summer Dream" 35 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 24 β€” β€”
"Paradise" 48 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Skin Deep" 1984 15 11 17 β€” β€” β€” 11 21 19 Aural Sculpture
" No Mercy" 37 90 8 88 β€” 28 β€” 32 β€”
"Let Me Down Easy" 1985 48 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Spain" [C] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Nice in Nice" 1986 30 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 19 β€” β€”
" Always the Sun" 30 21 β€” β€” 15 β€” 16 42 β€” Dreamtime
"Big in America" 48 β€” 38 β€” β€” 50 28 β€” β€”
"Shakin' Like a Leaf" 1987 58 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Dreamtime" [D] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" All Day and All of the Night" (live) 7 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 3 β€” 38 All Live and All of the Night
"Strangle Little Girl" (live) [E] 1988 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Golden Brown" (live) [F] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (remix) 1989 33 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Singles (The UA Years)
" 96 Tears" 1990 17 165 β€” β€” β€” β€” 9 β€” β€” 10
"Sweet Smell of Success" 65 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Always the Sun" (Sunny Side Up Mix) 29 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Greatest Hits 1977–1990
"Golden Brown" (reissue) 1991 68 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 25 β€” β€”
"Heaven or Hell" 1992 46 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 77 β€” Stranglers in the Night
"Sugar Bullets" β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Lies and Deception" 1995 111 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” About Time
"In Heaven She Walks" 1997 86 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Written in Red
"Big Thing Coming" 2004 31 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Norfolk Coast
"Long Black Veil" 51 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Spectre of Love" 2006 57 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Suite XVI
"Retro Rockets" 2010 198 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Decades Apart
"Mercury Rising" 2012 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Giants
"And If You Should See Dave..." [22] 2021 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Dark Matters
"If Something's Gonna Kill Me (It Might as Well Be Love)" [23] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"This Song" [24] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ "Sometimes" was only released as a single in Japan.
  2. ^ "Sverige (Jag Γ€r insnΓΆad pΓ€ ΓΆstfronten)" is a Swedish-language version of "Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)" (from the Back and White album), that was only released as a single in Sweden.
  3. ^ "Spain" was only released as a single in Spain.
  4. ^ "Dreamtime" was only released as a single in the US.
  5. ^ The live version of "Strangle Little Girl" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
  6. ^ The live version of "Golden Brown" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Stranglers discography
Studio albums18
Live albums20
Compilation albums17
Video albums14
EPs7
Singles51
Box sets8

The following is a comprehensive discography of English rock band the Stranglers.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications

(sales thresholds)

UK
[1] [2]
AUS
[3] [4]
CAN
[5]
FRA
[6] [7]
GER
[8]
NL
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
US
[13]
Rattus Norvegicus 4 82 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
No More Heroes
  • Released: 23 September 1977
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
2 79 β€” β€” β€” 20 β€” β€” β€” β€”
Black and White
  • Released: 12 May 1978
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
2 81 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 35 β€”
The Raven
  • Released: 21 September 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC
4 71 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
The Gospel According to the Meninblack
  • Released: 9 February 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
8 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 40 β€” β€”
La folie
  • Released: 9 November 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
11 29 β€” β€” β€” 13 β€” β€” β€” β€”
Feline
  • Released: 14 January 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
4 β€” 88 β€” 52 39 16 18 β€” β€”
Aural Sculpture
  • Released: 5 November 1984
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
14 38 35 β€” 17 31 β€” 13 37 β€”
Dreamtime
  • Released: 27 October 1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
16 64 83 18 β€” 60 β€” 45 β€” 172
10
  • Released: 5 March 1990
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
15 142 β€” β€” β€” 71 β€” β€” β€” β€”
Stranglers in the Night
  • Released: September 1992
  • Label: China/Psycho
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
33 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
About Time
  • Released: 15 May 1995
  • Label: When!
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
31 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Written in Red
  • Released: 27 January 1997
  • Label: When!
  • Formats: CD, MC
52 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Coup de Grace
  • Released: 26 October 1998
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD
171 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Norfolk Coast
  • Released: 16 February 2004
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
70 β€” β€” 142 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Suite XVI
  • Released: 18 September 2006
  • Label: Liberty EMI
  • Formats: CD
45 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Giants
  • Released: 5 March 2012
  • Label: Absolute/ Ear Music
  • Formats: CD, LP
48 β€” β€” 121 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Dark Matters
  • Released: 10 September 2021
  • Label: Absolute/Coursegood
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4 β€” β€” 118 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications

(sales thresholds)

UK
[1] [2]
GER
[8]
NZ
[11]
Live (X Cert)
  • Released: 23 February 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • London, 1977–1978
7 β€” 49
All Live and All of the Night
  • Released: 8 February 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • London, Reading and Paris, 1985–1987
12 55 β€”
Live at the Hope and Anchor
  • Released: 9 March 1992
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • London, 1977
β€” β€” β€”
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning β€” β€” β€”
Death and Night and Blood
  • Released: May 1994
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
  • Zurich, 1985
β€” β€” β€”
The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert
  • Released: 21 February 1995
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • London, 1980
β€” β€” β€”
Access All Areas
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: SIS
  • Formats: CD
  • UK, 1995
β€” β€” β€”
Friday the Thirteenth
  • Released: October 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
  • London, 1997
198 β€” β€”
Live in London
  • Released: December 1997
  • Label: Rialto
  • Formats: CD
  • London, c. 1985
β€” β€” β€”
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • London, 1982
β€” β€” β€”
5 Live 01 β€” β€” β€”
Live at the Apollo
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Glasgow, 1981
β€” β€” β€”
Coast to Coast
  • Released: February 2005
  • Label: Absolute
  • Formats: CD
  • UK, 2004
β€” β€” β€”
Themeninblackinbrugge
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • Bruges, 2007
β€” β€” β€”
Live at the Apollo 2010
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • London, 2010
β€” β€” β€”
Feel It Live
  • Released: June 2013
  • Label: Absolute/Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • Giants tour, 2012
β€” β€” β€”
Black and White Live
  • Released: March 2016
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • Norwich, 1993; France and Belgium, 2005–2014; plus 2016 studio recording of "Enough Time"
β€” β€” β€”
Rattus Relived
  • Released: December 2017
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
  • London, Bristol and Paris, 2007–2016
β€” β€” β€”
Dave Greenfield – A Tribute
  • Released: 10 September 2021
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: CD
  • UK, 2014–2019; Tokyo, 2019
β€” β€” β€”
Themeninblackintokyo
  • Released: 3 December 2021
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP
  • Tokyo, 2019
β€” β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications

(sales thresholds)

UK
[1] [2]
NZ
[11]
IV
  • Released: 24 September 1980
  • Label: I.R.S.
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • US and Canada-only release
  • Selections from The Raven plus non-album singles 1978–1980
β€” β€”
The Collection 1977–1982
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Best of 1977–1982
12 16
Off the Beaten Track
  • Released: 8 September 1986
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Non-album singles and B-sides 1977–1982
80 β€”
Rarities
  • Released: 7 November 1988 [15]
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Rarities 1977–1981
β€” β€”
Singles (The UA Years)
  • Released: 6 February 1989
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
  • Best of 1977–1982
57 β€”
Greatest Hits 1977–1990
  • Released: 19 November 1990
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Best of 1977–1990
4 β€”
The Early Years – 74-75-76 Rare Live and Unreleased
  • Released: 2 March 1992 [16]
  • Label: Newspeak
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
  • Demos and live recordings 1974–1976
β€” β€”
The Sessions β€” β€”
The Hit Men
  • Released: February 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Best of 1977–1991
113 β€”
Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
  • Released: 10 June 2002
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • Best of 1977–1990
21 β€”
Sweet Smell of Success – Best of the Epic Years
  • Released: February 2003
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
β€” β€”
The Very Best of The Stranglers
  • Released: 12 June 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
  • Best of 1977–2004
28 β€”
Decade: The Best of 1981–1990
  • Released: July 2009
  • Label: Camden/Sony Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Best of 1981–1990
β€” β€”
The UA Singles 1977–1982
  • Released: October 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 3xCD
  • Complete singles and B-sides 1977–1982
β€” β€”
Decades Apart
  • Released: 1 March 2010
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Best of 1977–2010
146 β€”
Skin Deep – The Collection β€” β€”
Here and There: The Epic B-Sides Collection 1983–1991
  • Released: 17 November 2014
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • B-sides 1983–1991
β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title Album details
The Old Testament: The U.A. Studio Recordings (1977–1982)
  • Released: 9 November 1992 [17]
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 4xCD
  • First 6 studio albums and non-album singles
  • Re-released with a bonus fifth disc in 2013
The UA Singles '77–79'
  • Released: June 2001
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 10xCD
  • Singles and B-sides 1977–1979
The Epic Years
  • Released: September 2001
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • 5 studio albums 1983–1990
The UA Singles '79–82'
  • Released: April 2003
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 12xCD
  • Singles and B-sides 1979–1982
Original Album Classics
  • Released: September 2009
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • 5 studio albums 1983–1990
Giants and Gems: An Album Collection
  • Released: 24 March 2014
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 11xCD
  • Best of 1977–1990
  • 8 studio albums, 2 live albums and 1 compilation album 1977–2012
Original Album Series
  • Released: 11 September 2015
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • 4 studio albums and 1 live album 1978–1981
The Stranglers
  • Released: 7 July 2023
  • Label: Mercury Studios
  • Formats: 4xCD
  • Limited edition release of 3 studio albums and 1 live album 1995–1998

Video albums

Title Album details
The Video Collection 1977–1982
Screentime
The Meninblack in Colour 1983–1990
  • Released: January 1991
  • Label: CMV
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Saturday Night Sunday Morning
The Old Testament
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Friday the Thirteenth
Live at Alexandra Palace
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Castle Music Pictures
  • Formats: DVD
Euro Live
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Zenith
  • Formats: DVD
Live '78, SF
On Stage on Screen
  • Released: August 2006
  • Label: New Wave Pictures/Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD
Rattus at the Roundhouse
  • Released: 10 December 2007
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: DVD
Live at the Apollo 2010
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD
  • London, 2010
Never to Look Back: The Video Collection 1983–2012
  • Released: February 2013
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD
The Ruby Tour 2014
  • Released: November 2014
  • Label: Coursegood
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Something Better Change
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 7"
  • US-only release
β€”
Don't Bring Harry
  • Released: November 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: 7"
41
No Mercy
  • Released: 3 December 1984 [18]
  • Label: Philips
  • Formats: 7"
β€”
The Nighttracks Radio 1 Session (24th January 1982) β€”
Original John Peel Session: 30th August 1977
  • Released: 28 November 2008
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
β€”
The John Peel Session (1st March 1977)
  • Released: 11 September 2009
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
β€”
BBC in Concert (23rd April 1977)
  • Released: 5 February 2010
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: digital download
β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications

(sales thresholds)

Albums
UK
[1] [2]
AUS
[3] [4]
BE (FLA)
[19]
CAN
[20]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[21]
NL
[9]
NZ
[11]
" (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)"/"London Lady" 1977 44 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 35 Rattus Norvegicus
" Peaches"/"Go Buddy Go" 8 54 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Something Better Change"/"Straighten Out" 9 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 29 β€” No More Heroes
" No More Heroes" 8 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 25 β€”
" Sometimes" [A] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Rattus Norvegicus
" 5 Minutes" 1978 11 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Non-album single
" Nice 'n' Sleazy" 18 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 26 β€” β€” Black and White
" Walk On By" 21 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 11 β€” β€” Non-album singles
"Sverige (Jag Γ€r insnΓΆad pΓ€ ΓΆstfronten)" [B] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Duchess" 1979 14 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 27 β€” β€” The Raven
" Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" 36 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Bear Cage" 1980 36 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Non-album singles
" Who Wants the World?" 39 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Thrown Away" 1981 42 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” The Gospel According to the Meninblack
"Just Like Nothing on Earth" 81 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Let Me Introduce You to the Family" 42 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” La Folie
" Golden Brown" 1982 2 10 7 β€” β€” 63 3 10 β€”
" La folie" 47 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Strange Little Girl" 7 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 7 β€” β€” The Collection 1977–1982
" European Female" 1983 9 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 9 β€” β€” Feline
"Midnight Summer Dream" 35 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 24 β€” β€”
"Paradise" 48 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Skin Deep" 1984 15 11 17 β€” β€” β€” 11 21 19 Aural Sculpture
" No Mercy" 37 90 8 88 β€” 28 β€” 32 β€”
"Let Me Down Easy" 1985 48 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Spain" [C] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Nice in Nice" 1986 30 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 19 β€” β€”
" Always the Sun" 30 21 β€” β€” 15 β€” 16 42 β€” Dreamtime
"Big in America" 48 β€” 38 β€” β€” 50 28 β€” β€”
"Shakin' Like a Leaf" 1987 58 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Dreamtime" [D] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" All Day and All of the Night" (live) 7 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 3 β€” 38 All Live and All of the Night
"Strangle Little Girl" (live) [E] 1988 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Golden Brown" (live) [F] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (remix) 1989 33 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Singles (The UA Years)
" 96 Tears" 1990 17 165 β€” β€” β€” β€” 9 β€” β€” 10
"Sweet Smell of Success" 65 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Always the Sun" (Sunny Side Up Mix) 29 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Greatest Hits 1977–1990
"Golden Brown" (reissue) 1991 68 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 25 β€” β€”
"Heaven or Hell" 1992 46 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 77 β€” Stranglers in the Night
"Sugar Bullets" β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Lies and Deception" 1995 111 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” About Time
"In Heaven She Walks" 1997 86 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Written in Red
"Big Thing Coming" 2004 31 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Norfolk Coast
"Long Black Veil" 51 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
" Spectre of Love" 2006 57 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Suite XVI
"Retro Rockets" 2010 198 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Decades Apart
"Mercury Rising" 2012 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Giants
"And If You Should See Dave..." [22] 2021 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Dark Matters
"If Something's Gonna Kill Me (It Might as Well Be Love)" [23] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"This Song" [24] β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ "Sometimes" was only released as a single in Japan.
  2. ^ "Sverige (Jag Γ€r insnΓΆad pΓ€ ΓΆstfronten)" is a Swedish-language version of "Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)" (from the Back and White album), that was only released as a single in Sweden.
  3. ^ "Spain" was only released as a single in Spain.
  4. ^ "Dreamtime" was only released as a single in the US.
  5. ^ The live version of "Strangle Little Girl" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
  6. ^ The live version of "Golden Brown" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.

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