Manic Street Preachers discography
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Manic Street Preachers are an alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Blackwood, Wales, UK. Their discography consists of 15 studio albums, four compilation albums, one box set, 10 deluxe reissues, two UK chart-eligible EPs, five other EPs, 59 UK chart-eligible singles, seven other singles, 200 B-sides, five video albums, and 78 music videos, plus appearances on various artist compilations.
Studio albums15
EPs7
Compilation albums4
Singles66
| Manic Street Preachers discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 15 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Singles | 66 |
| B-sides | 200 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| Music videos | 78 |
| Box sets | 1 |
| Deluxe reissues | 10 |
| Other appearances | 21 |
For singles, the band has a record 34 consecutive UK Top 40 hits, including two number ones with 1998's "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" and 2000's "The Masses Against the Classes", with a total of 97 weeks in the Top 40. This run started with 1991's "Stay Beautiful", which peaked at number 40, and ended with 2010's "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love", which peaked at number 28.[1] In addition, all 19 singles from 1996's "A Design for Life" to 2007's "Indian Summer" made the Top 20 in the UK.[2] Overall, the band has spent 179 weeks in the UK Singles Chart, with the longest unbroken chart run being 17 weeks for "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next".[2]
For albums, the most successful is Everything Must Go (1996), which spent 104 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, with 102 of those in the Top 75. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998) was the band's first number one album, enjoying 74 weeks in the chart. All 15 of the band's studio albums have charted within the Top 15, with the lowest being Generation Terrorists (1992) and Lifeblood (2004), both of which peaked at number 13.[2] All of the Manic Street Preachers' studio albums from Send Away The Tigers (2007) onwards have gone Top 5 in the UK, with The Ultra Vivid Lament (2021) becoming their first number one album in 23 years. The band has a record of 240 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, 145 of those spent in the Top 40. Outside the UK, the band has been most successful in Ireland and Finland, reaching number one in those countries, as well as in Sweden.[1]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||
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| UK [2] |
BEL [3] |
FIN [4] |
GER [5] |
IRL [6] |
JPN [7] |
NLD [8] |
NZL [9] |
SCO [2] |
SWI [10] | ||||||||
| Generation Terrorists |
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13 | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | 13 | — | ||||||
| Gold Against the Soul |
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8 | — | — | 95 | — | 32 | — | — | 5 | — |
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| The Holy Bible |
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6 | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | 9 | — |
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| Everything Must Go |
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2 | — | 29 | — | 12 | 50 | 63 | 29 | 2 | — |
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| This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours |
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1 | 32 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 47 | ||||||
| Know Your Enemy |
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2 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 39 | 21 | 2 | 40 |
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| Lifeblood |
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13 | 72 | 15 | 56 | 15 | 47 | 65 | — | 8 | 81 |
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| Send Away the Tigers |
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2 | 57 | 10 | 50 | 4 | 39 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 43 | ||||||
| Journal for Plague Lovers |
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3 | 69 | 23 | 49 | 6 | 24 | 88 | 35 | 3 | 30 |
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| Postcards from a Young Man |
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3 | 55 | 20 | 65 | 13 | 36 | 62 | — | 2 | 87 |
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| Rewind the Film |
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4 | 74 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 77 | 62 | — | 4 | 51 |
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| Futurology |
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2 | 57 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 36 | 42 | — | 5 | 51 | ||||||
| Resistance Is Futile |
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2 | 45 | — | 20 | 5 | 39 | 73 | —[A] | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| The Ultra Vivid Lament |
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1 | 62 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 58 | — | — | 1 | 46 | ||||||
| Critical Thinking |
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2 | 80 | 41 [18] |
27 | 25 [19] |
37 | — | — | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
DEN [20] |
FIN [4] |
BEL [3] |
IRL [6] |
JPN [7] |
NLD [8] |
NOR [21] |
SCO [2] |
SPN [22] | ||||||||
| Forever Delayed |
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4 | 14 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 68 | 67 | 32 | 4 | — |
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| Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers) |
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11 | — | 28 | — | 21 | — | — | — | 6 | — | ||||||
| National Treasures – The Complete Singles |
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10 | — | — | — | 30 | 125 | — | — | 7 | 70 |
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| Sleep Next to Plastic |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Box sets
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Six Singles from Generation Terrorists |
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Deluxe reissues
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Holy Bible (10th Anniversary Edition) |
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| Everything Must Go (10th Anniversary Edition) |
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| Generation Terrorists (20th Anniversary Edition) |
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| The Holy Bible (20th Anniversary Edition) |
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| Everything Must Go (20th Anniversary Edition) |
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| Send Away the Tigers (10th Anniversary Edition) |
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| This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (20th Anniversary Edition) |
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| Gold Against the Soul (Special Edition) |
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| Know Your Enemy (Special Edition) |
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| Lifeblood (20th Anniversary Edition) |
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UK chart-eligible singles and EPs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [23] |
AUS [24][25] |
FIN [26] |
BEL [27][28] |
IRE [6][29] |
NLD [30] |
NOR [31] |
NZL [32] |
SCO | SWE [33] | ||||
| "Suicide Alley" / "Tennessee (I Get Low)" (double A-side) | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Underground Rockers Volume 2 (Various artists) | |
| New Art Riot E.P. | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Motown Junk" | 1991 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Love Us" (Heavenly version) | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Stay Beautiful" | 40 | 186 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | Generation Terrorists | ||
| "Love's Sweet Exile" / "Repeat" (double A-side) | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | |||
| "You Love Us" | 1992 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | ||
| "Slash 'n' Burn" | 20 | 158 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | |||
| "Motorcycle Emptiness" | 17 | 151 | — | 35 | — | 21 | — | 35 | 39 | — |
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| "Theme From M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" | 7 | 139 | — | — | 12 | — | — | 40 | — | 21 | Ruby Trax (Various artists) | ||
| "Little Baby Nothing" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | Generation Terrorists | ||
| "From Despair to Where" | 1993 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gold Against the Soul | |
| "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Roses in the Hospital" | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Life Becoming a Landslide E.P. | 1994 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Faster" / "P.C.P." (double A-side) | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | — | The Holy Bible | ||
| "Revol" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | |||
| "She Is Suffering" | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | |||
| "A Design for Life" | 1996 | 2 | 50 | — | — | 17 | — | — | 48 | 2 | — |
|
Everything Must Go |
| "Everything Must Go" | 5 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |||
| "Kevin Carter" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | |||
| "Australia" | 7 | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |||
| "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" | 1998 | 1 | 49 | — | 63 | 3 | 62 | 19 | 44 | 3 | 21 |
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This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours |
| "The Everlasting" | 11 | 160 | — | — | 22 | 47 | — | — | 9 | — | |||
| "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" | 1999 | 5 | 97 | — | — | 20 | 94 | — | — | 5 | — |
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| "Tsunami" | 11 | — | 13 | — | 24 | — | — | — | 12 | — | |||
| "The Masses Against the Classes" | 2000 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 7 | — | 12 | — | 1 | — | Non-album track | |
| "So Why So Sad" [A] | 2001 | 8 | 113 | 4 | — | 16 | 88 | — | — | 7 | 26 | Know Your Enemy | |
| "Found That Soul" [A] | 9 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 9 | — | |||
| "Ocean Spray" | 15 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | 15 | — | |||
| "Let Robeson Sing" | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | |||
| "There by the Grace of God" | 2002 | 6 | — | 9 | — | 16 | — | — | — | 7 | — | Forever Delayed | |
| "The Love of Richard Nixon" | 2004 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 4 | — | Lifeblood | |
| "Empty Souls" | 2005 | 2 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" | 2007 | 2 | — | — | 57 | 7 | 78 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 48 |
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Send Away the Tigers |
| "Autumnsong" | 10 | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | 3 | — | |||
| "Indian Summer" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | |||
| "Umbrella" (unofficial release)[34] | 2008 | 47 [35] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NME Awards 2008 (Various artists) | |
| "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" | 2010 | 28 | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | Postcards from a Young Man | |
| "Some Kind of Nothingness" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | |||
| "Postcards from a Young Man" | 2011 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | ||
| "This Is the Day" | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | National Treasures – The Complete Singles | ||
| "Show Me the Wonder" | 2013 | 77 | — | — | 132 | — | — | — | — | 79 | — | Rewind the Film | |
| "Anthem for a Lost Cause" | 200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Walk Me to the Bridge" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Futurology | |
| "Futurology" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "International Blue" | 2017 | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | 78 | — | Resistance Is Futile | |
| "Distant Colours" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | — | ||
| "Dylan & Caitlin" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Liverpool Revisited" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hold Me Like a Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "People Give In" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | — | |||
| "Orwellian" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Ultra Vivid Lament | |
| "The Secret He Had Missed" | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Rosebud" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Know Your Enemy (2022 Reissue) | |
| "Studies in Paralysis" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Decline & Fall" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Critical Thinking | |
| "Hiding in Plain Sight" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "People Ruin Paintings" | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Brushstrokes of Reunion" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
- A ^"So Why So Sad" and "Found That Soul" were two separate singles released on the same day (26 February 2001).
Other singles and EPs
| Title | Year | Notes | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [7] | ||||
| "UK Channel Boredom" | 1990 | Free record with the March 1990 issues of Hopelessly Devoted and Goldmining fanzines | — | Non-album tracks |
| Feminine Is Beautiful | 1991 | Mail-order only | — | |
| Stars and Stripes - Generation Terrorists US Mix | 1992 | Japan-only releases | — | Generation Terrorists (US mix) |
| "Further Away" | 1996 | — | Everything Must Go | |
| "Nobody Loved You" | 1998 | — | This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours | |
| Know Our B-Sides | 2001 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| Forever Delayed E.P. | 2002 | — | Forever Delayed | |
| "Motorcycle Emptiness" | 2003 | Germany-only reissue with newly-recorded B-sides | — | |
| God Save the Manics | 2005 | Given away free at the last show of the Lifeblood tour at Hammersmith Odeon on 19 April 2005 | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Underdogs" | 2007 | Free downloads from the band's website | — | Send Away the Tigers |
| "The Ghosts of Christmas" | — | Non-album track | ||
| Journal for Plague Lovers Remixes | 2009 | iTunes-exclusive download | 46 | Journal for Plague Lovers (remixes) |
| "Let the Light Return" | 2025 | Sold exclusively on the band's website | — | Non-album track |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
B-sides
Video albums
| Year | Title | Venue | Format | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Everything Live | NYNEX Arena, Manchester, England | VHS | BPI: Gold[11] |
| 2000 | Leaving the 20th Century | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | VHS and DVD | BPI: Gold[11] |
| 2001 | Louder Than War | Karl Marx Theatre, Havana, Cuba | DVD | |
| 2002 | Forever Delayed | — | DVD | BPI: Gold[11] |
| 2015 | No Manifesto | documentary | DVD and Blu-ray |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director[36] | Album/EP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Strip It Down | unknown | New Art Riot E.P. |
| 1991 | Motown Junk (footage from Snub TV used as official music video) | Snub TV | Non-album singles |
| You Love Us (Heavenly version) | Tony van den Ende | ||
| Stay Beautiful | Walter Stern | Generation Terrorists | |
| Love's Sweet Exile | W.I.Z | ||
| You Love Us | |||
| 1992 | Slash n' Burn | Tony van den Ende | |
| Motorcycle Emptiness | Martin Hall | ||
| Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) | Matthew Amos | Ruby Trax (Various Artists) | |
| Little Baby Nothing | Small & B Swells | Generation Terrorists | |
| 1993 | From Despair to Where | Peter Scammel | Gold Against the Soul |
| La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) | Josh Taft | ||
| Roses in the Hospital | Erik Zimmerman | ||
| Life Becoming a Landslide | Martin Hall | ||
| 1994 | Faster | Tony van den Ende | The Holy Bible |
| Revol | Chris D'Adda | ||
| She Is Suffering | Adolfo Doring | ||
| Faster (US version) | Tony van den Ende | ||
| 1996 | A Design for Life | Pedro Romhanyi | Everything Must Go |
| Everything Must Go | W.I.Z. | ||
| Kevin Carter | John Hillcoat | ||
| Australia | |||
| 1998 | If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next | W.I.Z | This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours |
| The Everlasting | Mike Lipscombe | ||
| 1999 | You Stole the Sun from My Heart | Sophie Muller | |
| Tsunami | Pedro Romhanyi | ||
| 2000 | The Masses Against the Classes | Chris D'Adda | Non-album single |
| 2001 | So Why So Sad | Jamie Thraves | Know Your Enemy |
| Found That Soul | Jeremy Deller & Nick Abrahams | ||
| Ocean Spray | James Frost & Alex Smith | ||
| Let Robeson Sing | Andrew Dosunmu | ||
| 2002 | There by the Grace of God | John Hillcoat | Forever Delayed |
| 2003 | Judge Yr'self | Patrick Jones | Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers) |
| 2004 | The Love of Richard Nixon | Type2error | Lifeblood |
| Quarantine (In My Place of) | Patrick Jones | B-side of "The Love of Richard Nixon" | |
| Yes | The Holy Bible (10th Anniversary Edition) | ||
| 2005 | Empty Souls | Alex Smith | Lifeblood |
| Dying Breeds | Patrick Jones | B-side of "Empty Souls" | |
| 1985 | Lifeblood | ||
| A Song for Departure | |||
| Cardiff Afterlife | |||
| Emily | |||
| Fragments | |||
| Solitude Sometimes Is | |||
| Firefight | God Save the Manics E.P. | ||
| 2006 | Further Away | Everything Must Go (10th Anniversary Edition) | |
| 2007 | Your Love Alone Is Not Enough | John Hardwick | Send Away the Tigers |
| Autumnsong (TV version) | Indica/PTE | ||
| Autumnsong (Alternative version) | Valerie Philips | ||
| Indian Summer | Patrick Jones | ||
| Send Away the Tigers | |||
| 2008 | Umbrella | Dave Eringa | NME Awards 2008 (Various Artists) |
| 2009 | Jackie Collins Existential Question Time | Douglas Hart | Journal for Plague Lovers |
| 2010 | (It's Not War) Just the End of Love | Alex Smith[37] | Postcards from a Young Man |
| Some Kind of Nothingness (TV version) | Doulas Hart | ||
| Some Kind of Nothingness (Alternative version) | Nicky Wire & Patrick Jones | ||
| 2011 | Postcards from a Young Man | James Russell | |
| This Is the Day | Jamie Roberts | National Treasures – The Complete Singles | |
| 2012 | Repeat | Nicky Wire & Patrick Jones | Generation Terrorists (20th Anniversary Edition) |
| Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds | |||
| 2013 | Rewind the Film | Kieran Evans | Rewind the Film |
| Show Me the Wonder | |||
| Anthem for a Lost Cause | |||
| Manorbier | |||
| 2014 | Walk Me to the Bridge | Futurology | |
| Futurology | |||
| 2016 | Together Stronger (C'mon Wales) | Non-album single | |
| 2017 | International Blue | Resistance Is Futile | |
| 2018 | Distant Colours | ||
| Dylan & Caitlin | Evan Jones | ||
| Liverpool Revisited | Kieran Evans | ||
| Hold Me Like A Heaven | |||
| People Give In | |||
| 2021 | Orwellian | The Ultra Vivid Lament | |
| The Secret He Had Missed | |||
| 2022 | Rosebud | Know Your Enemy (2022 Reissue) | |
| 2024 | Hiding in Plain Sight | Critical Thinking | |
| 2025 | Brushstrokes of Reunion |
Official book
| Year | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Forever Delayed | Official photo book by Mitch Ikeda, with an introduction by Jon Savage. |
Other appearances
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "P.C.P." (Live) | Volume Eleven Various artists |
| 1995 | "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" | The Help Album Various artists; charity album |
| 1996 | "You Love Us" (Live) | Radio One Sound City Leeds 1996 Various artists; compilation of BBC Radio 1 sessions |
| "Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky" (Live) | Later Volume One: Brit Beat Various artists | |
| "Pennyroyal Tea" (orig. by Nirvana) | Evening Session: Priority Tunes Various artists; compilation of BBC Radio 1 sessions | |
| 1998 | "This Is Yesterday" (Live Cardiff International Arena 20.12.1998) | NME Annual Probe Various artists; NME freebie |
| 2002 | "Out of Time" (orig. by The Rolling Stones) | NME In Association With War Child Presents 1 Love Various artists; charity album |
| 2005 | "Leviathan" | Help!: A Day In the Life Various artists; charity album |
| 2006 | "The Instrumental" (orig. by The June Brides) | Still Unravished: A Tribute to the June Brides Various artists |
| 2007 | "Motorcycle Emptiness" (Live) | The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show Various artists |
| 2008 | "Umbrella" (orig. by Rihanna) | NME Awards 2008 Various artists; free CD with NME magazine Also available as an individual download with an Acoustic version and the Grand Slam mix. |
| 2009 | "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time" (Live) | Later... with Jools Holland Live 2 Various artists |
| "Vision Blurred" (orig. by The Horrors) | NME Download NME blog | |
| 2011 | "The Masses Against the Classes" (Live) | Dermot O'Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2011 Various artists |
| 2012 | "Wake Up Alone" (orig. by Amy Winehouse) | Back to Back to Black Various artists; free CD with Q magazine, August 2012 |
| "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (Live) | This Is BBC Radio 6 Music Live Various artists | |
| 2013 | "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" (Live) | Dermot O'Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2013 Various artists |
| 2014 | "Let Robeson Sing" (Live) | The Saturday Sessions From The Dermot O'Leary Show Various artists |
| "Start Me Up" (orig. by The Rolling Stones) | BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 80s Various artists | |
| 2016 | "(Feels Like) Heaven" (orig. by Fiction Factory) | BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 80s, Vol. 2 Various artists |
| 2020 | "Spectators of Suicide" (feat. Gwenno) "Spectators of Suicide" (Welsh Version) | Spectators of Suicide Various artists Charity release via Bandcamp.[38] |
Notes
- Resistance Is Futile did not enter the NZ Top 40 Albums Chart, but peaked at number one on the NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart.[17]