Cabaret Voltaire discography

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Cabaret Voltaire discography
Studio albums17
Live albums8
Compilation albums8
Video albums5
EPs8
Singles24
Soundtrack albums2
Remix albums4
Box sets6

This is the discography of British industrial/post-punk band Cabaret Voltaire.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK
Indie

[2]
Mix-Up 12
Three Mantras
  • Released: 1 April 1980
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: 12"
10
The Voice of America
  • Released: July 1980
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: LP
3
Red Mecca
  • Released: August 1981
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: LP
1
2x45
  • Released: April 1982[3]
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: 2x12"
98 1
The Crackdown 31
Micro-Phonies
  • Released: 29 October 1984
  • Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
69
The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
  • Released: 14 October 1985
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
57
C O D E
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Groovy, Laidback and Nasty
  • Released: 2 April 1990
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Body and Soul
Plasticity
  • Release date: 12 October 1992
  • Label: Plastex
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
International Language
  • Release date: 8 October 1993
  • Label: Plastex
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
The Conversation
  • Release date: 15 June 1994
  • Label: Apollo, Instinct
  • Formats: 2xCD, 4xLP
Shadow of Fear 20[4]
Dekadrone
  • Release date: 26 March 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download
BN9Drone
  • Release date: 23 April 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download
39[5]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
UK
Indie

[2]
Live at the Y.M.C.A. 27-10-79
  • Released: January 1980
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: LP
2
Live at the Lyceum
  • Released: May 1981
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: MC
14
Live in Sheffield 19 Jan 82
  • Released: February 1982
  • Label: Paradox
  • Formats: LP
  • Released as 'The Pressure Company'
8
Hai! (Live in Japan)
  • Released: October 1982
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: LP
5
Radiation (BBC Recordings 84–86)
  • Released: July 1998
  • Label: NMC Music
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86.
  • Released: 27 January 2003
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 2xCD
Archive (Live 1982–1986)
  • Released: 14 September 2009
  • Label: Intone
  • Formats: digital download
  • iTunes-exclusive; also released as four individual albums
Archive #828285: Live
  • Released: 30 September 2013
  • Label: Intone
  • Formats: 3xCD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title Album details
Technology: Western Re-Works 1992
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
Remixed
  • Released: 9 April 2001
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Kora! Kora! Kora! The Cabaret Voltaire Versions
  • Released: 12 March 2009
  • Label: Shiva
  • Formats: CD
  • Remix of Kora's 2007 eponymous album
National Service Rewind
  • Released: 31 May 2010
  • Label: Shiva
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Remix of the Tivoli's 2009 album National Service

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
UK
Indie

[2]
Johnny YesNo
  • Released: November 1983
  • Label: Doublevision
  • Formats: LP
8
Chance Versus Causality
  • Released: 30 August 2019
  • Label: The Grey Area/Mute
  • Formats: LP
  • Recorded in 1979 for an obscure Babette Mondini film
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details
1974–1976
The Golden Moments of Cabaret Voltaire
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: CD
Eight Crepuscule Tracks
  • Released: February 1988
  • Label: Interior, Giant
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Listen Up with Cabaret Voltaire
  • Released: 29 May 1990
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, MC
The Living Legends...
  • Released: 29 May 1990
  • Label: The Grey Area/Mute
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
The Original Sound of Sheffield '83 / '87. Best Of:
  • Released: 1 October 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
The Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of;
  • Released: 15 October 2002
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD
#7885: Electropunk to Technopop 1978–1985
  • Released: 23 June 2014
  • Label: The Grey Area/Mute
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download

Box sets

Title Album details
Box 1
  • Released: 21 April 1991
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 3xCD
  • Japan-only release
Box 2
Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive;
  • Released: 1 October 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 3xCD
Methodology '74 / '78. Attic Tapes;
  • Released: 9 June 2003
  • Label: The Grey Area/Mute
  • Formats: 3xCD
Johnny YesNo Redux
  • Released: 14 November 2011[6]
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 2xDVD+2xCD
#8385: Collected Works 1983–1985
  • Released: 11 November 2013
  • Label: The Grey Area/Mute
  • Formats: 4xLP+6xCD+2xDVD

Video albums

Title Album details
Doublevision Presents: Cabaret Voltaire
  • Released: July 1982
  • Label: Doublevision
  • Formats: VHS, Betamax
Johnny YesNo
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Doublevision
  • Formats: VHS
Gasoline in Your Eye
Live at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86.
  • Released: November 2002
  • Label: Cherry Red Films
  • Formats: DVD
Live from London
  • Released: 11 March 2013
  • Label: The Store for Music
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK
Indie

[2]
Extended Play
  • Released: October 1978
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: 7"
  • Limited release
3 Crépuscule Tracks
  • Released: April 1981
  • Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule, Rough Trade
  • Formats: 12"
Drinking Gasoline
  • Released: 22 July 1985
  • Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin
  • Formats: 2x12", LP, MC
71
The Drain Train
  • Released: June 1986
  • Label: Doublevision
  • Formats: 2x12", MC
5
Percussion Force
  • Released: June 1991
  • Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule
  • Formats: CD, 12"
  • Belgium-only release
Colours
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Plastex
  • Formats: CD, 12", MC
Back in the Front of Your Mind
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Instinct
  • Formats: 12"
  • US-only release
Shadow of Funk
  • Released: 26 February 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12", digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Albums
UK
[1][7]
UK
Indie

[2]
US
Dance

[8]
"Nag Nag Nag" 1979 The Living Legends...
"Silent Command" 10
"Seconds Too Late" 1980 8
"Jazz the Glass" 1981 6
"Eddie's Out"
"Fools Game" (Belgium and Italy-only release) 1983 Non-album single
"Crackdown" The Crackdown
"Yashar" 122 6 2x45
"Just Fascination" 94 The Crackdown
"The Dream Ticket" 108 Non-album single
"James Brown" 1984 100 Micro-Phonies
"Sensoria" 96
"I Want You" 1985 91 The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
"Don't Argue" 1987 69 16 C O D E
"Here to Go" 88
"Hypnotised" 1989 66 Groovy, Laidback and Nasty
"Keep On" 1990 55
"Easy Life" 61
"What Is Real" (Belgium-only release) 1991 Body and Soul
"I Want You" / "Kino" (remixes) 1992 Technology: Western Re-Works 1992
"Just Fascination" (remix) 2001 Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive;
"Nag Nag Nag" (original + remixes) 2002 83 The Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of;
"Yashar" (remixes) 2003 Non-album single
"Vasto" 2020 Shadow of Fear
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Selected compilation appearances

References

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  3. ^ "New Albums" (PDF). Record Business. 19 April 1982. p. 19. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Mute Records • Cabaret Voltaire • Johnny YesNo - Redux box set". Mute Records. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  7. ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Cabaret Voltaire". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2021.