Billy Bragg discography
| Billy Bragg discography | |
|---|---|
 Billy Bragg in 2010 | |
| Studio albums | 13 |
| Live albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Singles | 27 |
The discography of British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg includes 13 studio albums (including two with Wilco and one with The Blokes), six live albums, 12 compilation albums, five extended plays, and 20 singles.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
CAN [4] |
NZ [5] |
SWE [6] |
US [7] | |||
| Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy |
|
30 | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | |
| Brewing Up with Billy Bragg |
|
16 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — |
|
| Talking with the Taxman About Poetry |
|
8 | 77 | — | — | 5 | 43 | — |
|
| Workers Playtime |
|
17 | 49 | — | 77 | 20 | — | 198 | |
| The Internationale |
|
34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Don't Try This at Home |
|
8 | 35 | — | — | 21 | — | — |
|
| William Bloke |
|
16 | 72 | — | — | — | — | —[a] | |
| Mermaid Avenue (with Wilco) |
|
34 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 90 | |
| Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (with Wilco) |
|
61 | 45 | — | 54 | — | — | 88 | |
| England, Half-English (with the Blokes) |
|
51 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Mr Love & Justice |
|
33 | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | |
| Tooth & Nail |
|
13 | — | 69 | — | — | 58 | — | |
| The Million Things That Never Happened[15] |
|
44 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
ITA [16] |
NL [17] |
US [7] | |||
| Billy Bragg and The Red Stars Live Bootleg[18] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Mermaid Avenue Tour[18] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Bill’s Bargains[18] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Live at the Barbican[18] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
| Live at the Union Chapel, London |
|
61 | — | — | — | — | |
| Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad (with Joe Henry) |
|
28 | 138 | 38 | 112 | —[b] | |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [20] | |||
| Life's a Riot / Between the Wars |
|
— | — | |
| Back to Basics |
|
37 | — | |
| The Peel Sessions Album |
|
— | — | |
| Victim of Geography |
|
— | — | |
| Bloke on Bloke |
|
72 | — | |
| Reaching to the Converted |
|
41 | — | |
| Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg |
|
49 | 60 |
|
| Volume 1 |
|
— | — | |
| Volume 2 |
|
— | — | |
| Fight Songs |
|
— | — | |
| Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (with Wilco) |
|
— | — | |
| Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019[22] |
|
—[c] | — | |
| The Roaring Forty (1983–2023) |
|
29 | — | |
Singles and EPs
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK
[1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [4] |
NZ [5] |
US Alt. [24] | |||
| Between The Wars (EP) | 1985 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Days Like These" | 43 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Levi Stubbs' Tears" | 1986 | 29 | — | — | 11 | — | Talking with the Taxman About Poetry |
| "Greetings to the New Brunette" | 58 | — | — | 6 | — | ||
| Help Save The Youth Of America (EP)[18] | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "She's Leaving Home" (with Cara Tivey) |
1 | — | — | — | — | Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father | |
| "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" | 52 | — | — | 34 | 20 | Workers Playtime | |
| "She's Got a New Spell" | — | 116 | — | — | 16 | ||
| "Sexuality" | 1991 | 27 | 46 | 60[d] | — | 2 | Don't Try This at Home |
| "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" | 54 | 107 | — | — | 25 | ||
| Accident Waiting to Happen (EP) | 1992 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Upfield" | 1996 | 46 | — | — | — | — | William Bloke |
| "The Boy Done Good" | 1997 | 55 | — | — | — | — | Bloke on Bloke |
| "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" (with Wilco) |
1998 | 89 | — | — | — | — | Mermaid Avenue |
| "England Half English" | 2002 | 98 | — | — | — | — | England, Half-English |
| "Take Down the Union Jack" | 22 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "We Laughed" | 2005 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "I Keep Faith" | 2008 | —[e] | — | — | — | — | Mr Love & Justice |
| "The Beach Is Free" / "I Almost Killed You" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Pressure Drop (EP)[18] | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "No-One Knows Nothing Anymore" / "Song of the Iceberg" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | Tooth & Nail |
| Bridges Not Walls (EP) | 2017 | —[f] | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Can't Be There Today" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | N/A |
| "I Will Be Your Shield"[15] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | The Million Things That Never Happened |
| "Ten Mysterious Photos That Can’t Be Explained"[27] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pass It On"[28] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mid-Century Modern"[29] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [30] |
AUT [31] |
GER [32] |
NL [17] |
NZ [33] |
SWI [34] |
US [35] | |||
| "Won't Talk About It" ( Norman Cook feat. Billy Bragg)
|
1989 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 76 | Let Them Eat Bingo |
Notes
- Heatseekers albums chart.[12]
- ^ Shine a Light did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 40 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart.[19]
- ^ Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019 did not enter the Official Charts Company's UK Albums Chart, but it peaked at number 7 on the Official Independent Albums Chart.[23]
- ^ "Sexuality" was released as part of an EP of the same name in Canada, where it charted at number 60 on the RPM 100 Albums chart.[4]
- Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 14 on the Official Independent Singles Chart.[25]
- ^ Bridges Not Walls peaked at number 2 on the Official Americana Albums Chart.[26]
References
- ^ a b c d UK chart positions:
- "Billy Bragg full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- "Billy Bragg & Joe Henry full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b Australian chart positions:
- Before 1988: ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- After 1988: "Discography Billy Bragg". Australian Charts. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- "She's Got a New Spell": "Week commencing 13 March 1989". Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood": "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 4 November 1991". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- The Million Things That Never Happened: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 8 November 2021". The ARIA Report. No. 1653. Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 November 2021. p. 6.
- Before 1988:
- ^ a b "Discografie Billy Bragg". Ultratop Flanders (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b c RPM album chart positions:
- Workers Playtime: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 48, no. 26. 15 October 1988. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- Sexuality: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 55, no. 1. 7 December 1991. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- Mermaid Avenue Vol. II: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 71, no. 7. 19 June 2000. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Discography Billy Bragg". New Zealand Charts. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Discography Billy Bragg". Swedish Charts. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b Billboard 200 chart positions:
- Workers Playtime: "Billboard 200, Week of November 5, 1988". Billboard. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- Mermaid Avenue: "Billboard 200, Week of July 11, 1998". Billboard. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- Mermaid Avenue Vol. II: "Billboard 200, Week of June 17, 2000". Billboard. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Billy Bragg, Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Billy Bragg, Brewing Up". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Billy Bragg, Talking With The Taxman About Poetry". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Billy Bragg, Don't Try This at Home". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Billboard's Heatseekers Album Chart". Billboard. 28 September 1996. p. 22. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ a b Richards, Will (14 July 2021). "Billy Bragg announces details of new album, 'The Million Things That Never Happened'". NME. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine a Light". Italian Charts. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ a b Dutch Chart positions:
- Shine a Light: "Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine a Light". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "Won't Talk About It": "Beats International - Won't Talk About It". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9781317078708.
- ^ "Top Rock Albums Week of October 15, 2016". Billboard. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 40.
- ^ "Billy Bragg, Must I Paint You a Picture?". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019". Folk Radio UK. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50, 27 September 2019 - 03 October 2019". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Billboard Alternative Airplay chart positions:
- "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards": "Alternative Airplay, The week of November 5, 1988". Billboard. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- "She's Got a New Spell": "Alternative Airplay, The week of November 26, 1988". Billboard. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- "Sexuality": "Alternative Airplay, The week of October 19, 1991". Billboard. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood": "Alternative Airplay, The week of November 23, 1991". Billboard. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50, 23 March 2008 - 29 March 2008". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40, 10 November 2017 - 16 November 2017". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Lloyd, Celina (6 August 2021). "Billy Bragg releases new single, announces online concert". Mojo. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Billy Bragg's Single 'Pass It On' Out Today". American Blues Scene. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Billy Bragg Is 'Mid-Century Modern' On New Single". American Blues Scene. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Beats International full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Discographie Beats International". Austrian Charts (in German). Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Discographie Von Beats International". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Discography Beats International". New Zealand Charts. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Discographie Beats International". Swiss Hitparade (in German). Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ Billboard Hot 100 chart positions:
- "Won't Talk About It": "The Hot 100, Week of September 22, 1990". Billboard. Retrieved 25 August 2021.