The Selecter discography
| The Selecter discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 17 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Live albums | 14 |
| Compilation albums | 20 |
| Singles | 19 |
| Video albums | 1 |
This article is the discography of British ska revival band The Selecter.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS | CAN [2] |
NL [3] |
NOR [4] |
NZ [5] |
US [6] | |||
| 1980 | Too Much Pressure | 5 | 77 | 85 | 43 | 37 | 24 | 175 | |
| 1981 | Celebrate the Bullet |
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41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994 | The Happy Album | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | Pucker! |
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| 1999 | Cruel Britannia |
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| The Trojan Songbook |
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| 2000 | Kingston Affair |
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| The Trojan Songbook – Volume 2 |
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| 2001 | The Trojan Songbook – Volume 3 |
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| 2002 | Acoustic – Unplugged for the Rude Boy Generation |
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| 2003 | Real to Reel |
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| 2004 | Acoustic – Requiem for a Black Soul |
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| 2011 | Made in Britain |
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| 2013 | String Theory |
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| 2015 | Subculture |
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| 2017 | Daylight |
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66 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | Human Algebra |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Out on the Streets |
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| BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert |
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| 1996 | Live Injection |
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| Live at Roskilde Festival |
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| 1997 | Greatest Hits Live |
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| 1998 | I Want Justice – Live |
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| Live |
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| 1999 | The Selecter Live! |
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| My Perfect World – Live |
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| 2012 | Live in Britain |
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| 2015 | Get on the Train to Skaville |
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| Access All Areas |
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| 2018 | Live at the Roundhouse |
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| 2021 | Live in Coventry '79 |
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| 2023 | Live At The NEC 1980 |
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Compilation albums
| Year | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Selected Selecter Selections |
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| 1994 | Rare |
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| Prime Cuts |
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| 1995 | Prime Cuts Vol. 2 |
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| Rare Volume Two |
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| Rare Volume Three – Versions |
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| 1996 | On My Radio |
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| Greatest Hits |
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| Back Out on the Streets |
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| 1997 | Selecterized – The Best of the Selecter 1991–1996 |
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| On My Radio |
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| The Collection |
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| The Very Best of the Selecter |
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| 1998 | BBC Sessions/Live at the Paris Theatre '79 |
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| 1999 | Too Much Pressure |
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| 2004 | Three Minute Hero – Live & Studio Sessions 1983–2000 |
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| Street Feeling |
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| 2010 | Selecter-Matic |
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| 2013 | Indie Singles Collection 1991–96/Greatest Hits Live |
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| 2018 | Best of Live at Dingwalls London |
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Video albums
| Year | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Live from London |
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EPs
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | |||
| 1980 | James Bond |
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| 1993 | The 2 Tone EP |
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| 1994 | Madness EP |
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| 1995 | Hairspray |
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| 1996 | Too Much Pressure '96 |
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| 2013 | Daytrotter Session |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
BEL [8] |
IRE [9] |
NL [10] |
US Dance [11] | |||
| 1979 | "Gangsters" (by the Special A.K.A.) / "The Selecter" (by the Selecter) | 6 | 6 | 27 | 11 | — | Non-album singles |
| "On My Radio" (b/w "Too Much Pressure) | 8 | 8 | — | 13 | — 86 | ||
| 1980 | "Three Minute Hero" | 16 | — | — | — | — | Too Much Pressure |
| "Missing Words" | 23 | — | — | 32 | — | ||
| "The Whisper" | 36 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 1981 | "Celebrate the Bullet" | — | — | — | — | — | Celebrate the Bullet |
| "Facing Situations" (Spain-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "On My Radio '91" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2011 | "Big in the Body, Small in the Mind" | — | — | — | — | — | Made in Britain |
| "Back to Black" (promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "A Christmas Fable" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2015 | "Box Fresh" (promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | Subculture |
| "It Never Worked Out" (promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Walk the Walk" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "Side to Side" (by the Beat feat. Ranking Roger) / "Breakdown" (by the Selecter; limited edition release) | — | — | — | — | — | Bounce / Subculture |
| 2017 | "Taking Back Control" (promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | Daylight |
| "Frontline" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Daylight" (promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Big Badoof" (promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||
References
- ^ a b c "SELECTER | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "RPM Top Albums". RPM. Vol. 33, no. 9. 24 May 1980. Retrieved 13 May 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Selector". Billboard. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Sawyer, Miranda (9 April 2023). "The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'When we get on stage, something alchemical happens'". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Selector". Billboard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
