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Aztec Camera discography

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Studio albums6
EPs2
Compilation albums5
Singles19
Aztec Camera discography
Studio albums6
EPs2
Compilation albums5
Singles19
Box sets2

This is a discography for the Scottish new wave band Aztec Camera.

Aztec Camera had success during the 1980s and 1990s with six hit studio albums. They are most recognised internationally for their hit single "Somewhere in My Heart".

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
AUS
[3][4]
CAN
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
SCO
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
High Land, Hard Rain 22 1 — 97 — 47 — — 129
Knife
  • Released: 21 September 1984
  • Label: WEA, Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
14 — — — 44 — — 29 175
Love
  • Released: 9 November 1987
  • Label: WEA, Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
10 — 71 — — — — — 193
Stray
  • Released: 4 June 1990
  • Label: WEA, Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
22 — 107 — — — — 50 —
Dreamland
  • Released: 17 May 1993
  • Label: WEA, Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
21 — 146 — — — — — —
Frestonia
  • Released: 6 November 1995
  • Label: WEA, Reprise
  • Formats: CD, MC
100 — 187 — — — 77 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
SCO
[12]
New Live and Rare
  • Released: 25 September 1988
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Japan-only release
— —
Covers & Rare
  • Released: 25 January 1994
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
— —
The Best of Aztec Camera
  • Released: 26 July 1999
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: CD, MC
36 26
Deep and Wide and Tall
  • Released: 12 September 2005
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: CD
— —
Walk Out to Winter: The Best of Aztec Camera — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
UK
Indie

[13]
Original Album Series
  • Released: 26 February 2010
  • Label: WEA/Rhino
  • Formats: 5xCD
—
Backwards and Forwards: The WEA Recordings 1984–1995 27
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

EPs

Title EP details Peak chart positions
US
[10]
Backwards and Forwards
  • Released: March 1985
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: 10", 12", MC
  • North America, Australasia and Japan-only release
181
AED EP
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: AED
  • Formats: 7"
  • Bonus release with the vinyl reissue of Hard Land, Hard Rain
—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
AUS
[3][14]
GER
[15]
IRE
[16]
US Alt
[17]
"Just Like Gold" 1981 — 10 — — — — Non-album singles
"Mattress of Wire" — 8 — — — —
"Pillar to Post" 1982 — 4 — — — — High Land, Hard Rain
"Oblivious" 1983 47 1 — — — —
"Walk Out to Winter" 64 3 — — — —
"Oblivious" (re-release) 18 — — — 25 —
"All I Need Is Everything" 1984 36 — — — 24 — Knife
"Still on Fire" 83 — — — — —
"Deep & Wide & Tall" 1987 79 — — — — — Love
"How Men Are" 1988 25 — — — 24 —
"Somewhere in My Heart" 3 — 34 45 6 —
"Working in a Goldmine" 31 — — — 30 —
"Deep & Wide & Tall" (re-release) 55 — — — — —
"The Crying Scene" 1990 70 — 123 — — 3 Stray
"Good Morning Britain" (with Mick Jones) 19 — 65 — — 12
"Spanish Horses" 1992 52 — 143 — — — Dreamland
"Dream Sweet Dreams" 1993 67 — — — — —
"Birds" — — — — — —
"Sun" 1995 — — — — — — Frestonia
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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