The discography of British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg includes thirteen studio albums (including two with Wilco and one with The Blokes), six live albums, twelve compilation albums, five extended plays, and thirty-one singles.
Albums
Studio albums +List of studio albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certificationsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsUKUK chart positions:
AUSAustralian chart positions: Before 1988: After 1988: "She's Got a New Spell": "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood": The Million Things That Never Happened: All: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.BEL(FL)CANRPM album chart positions:
Workers Playtime: Sexuality: Mermaid Avenue Vol. II: NZSWEUSBillboard 200 chart positions:
Workers Playtime: Mermaid Avenue: Mermaid Avenue Vol. II: Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy Released: 1983 Label: Utility Records30———45—— BPI: GoldBrewing Up with Billy Bragg Released: 1984 Label: Go! Discs16———23—— BPI: SilverTalking with the Taxman About Poetry Released: 1986 Label: Go! Discs877——543— BPI: SilverWorkers Playtime Released: 1988 Label: Go! Discs1749—7720—198The Internationale Released: 1990 Label: Utility Records34104—————Don't Try This at Home Released: 1991 Label: Go! Discs835——21—— BPI: GoldWilliam Bloke Released: 1996 Label: Cooking Vinyl1672—————Mermaid Avenue(with Wilco) Released: 1998 Label: Elektra3412————90 BPI: Silver ARIA: GoldMermaid Avenue Vol. II(with Wilco) Released: 2000 Label: Elektra6145—54——88England, Half-English(with the Blokes) Released: 2002 Label: Elektra5183—————Mr Love & Justice Released: 2008 Label: Cooking Vinyl3311578————Tooth & Nail Released: 2013 Label: Cooking Vinyl137069——58—The Million Things That Never Happened Released: 8 October 2021 Label: Cooking Vinyl4498—————
Live albums +List of live albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certificationsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsUKBEL(FL)ITANLDutch Chart positions: Shine a Light: "Won't Talk About It": USBilly Bragg and The Red Stars Live Bootleg Released: 1995 Self-released—————Mermaid Avenue Tour Released: 1999 Self-released—————Bill's Bargains Released: 2002 Self-released—————Live at the Barbican Released: 2006 Label: Cooking Vinyl—————Live at the Union Chapel, London Released: 2014 Label: Cooking Vinyl61————Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad(with Joe Henry) Released: 2016 Label: Cooking Vinyl2813838112—
Compilation albums +List of compilation albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certificationsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsUKAUS Life's a Riot / Between the Wars Released: 1985 Label: Go! Discs — —Back to Basics Released: 1987 Label: Elektra 37 —The Peel Sessions Album Released: 1991 Label: Strange Fruit — —Victim of Geography Released: 1993 Label: Cooking Vinyl — —Bloke on Bloke Released: 1997 Label: Cooking Vinyl 72 —Reaching to the Converted Released: 1999 Label: Cooking Vinyl 41 —Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Released: 2003 Label: Elektra 49 60 BPI: SilverVolume 1 Released: 2006 Label: Yep Rock — —Volume 2 Released: 2006 Label: Yep Rock — —Fight Songs Released: 2011 Label: Bragg Central — —Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions(with Wilco) Released: 2012 Label: Nonesuch — —Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019 Released: 2019 Label: Cooking Vinyl — —The Roaring Forty (1983–2023) Released: 27 October 2023 Label: Cooking Vinyl 29 190
Singles and EPs
As lead artist +List of singles as lead artist, showing selected peak chart positionsTitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumUKAUSCANNZUSAlt.Billboard Alternative Airplay chart positions: "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards": "She's Got a New Spell": "Sexuality": "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood": "St Swithin's Day"1984—————Brewing Up with Billy Bragg"A Lover Sings"—————Between the Wars (EP)198515————"Days Like These"43————"Levi Stubbs' Tears"198629——11—Talking with the Taxman About Poetry"Greetings to the New Brunette"58——6—"Ideology"—————Help Save the Youth of America (EP)1988—————"She's Leaving Home"1————Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father"Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards"52——3420Workers Playtime"She's Got a New Spell"—116——16"Sexuality"1991274660—2Don't Try This at Home"You Woke Up My Neighbourhood"54107——25Accident Waiting to Happen (EP)19923362———Live in Canada (EP)—————"Upfield"199646134———William Bloke"The Boy Done Good"199755————Bloke on Bloke"Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key"199889————Mermaid Avenue"She Came Along To Me" (EP)—136———Mermaid Avenue Bonus EP—————"Secret of the Sea"2000—————Mermaid Avenue Vol. II"England, Half English"/"St. Monday"200298————England, Half-English"Take Down the Union Jack"22————"The Price of Oil"—————"We Laughed"200511————"Old Clash Fan Fight Song"2007—————"I Keep Faith"2008—————Mr Love & Justice"The Beach is Free" / "I Almost Killed You"—————Pressure Drop (EP)2010—————"No-One Knows Nothing Anymore" / "Song of the Iceberg"2013—————Tooth & Nail"Handyman Blues"—————Bridges Not Walls (EP)2017—————"Can't Be There Today"2020—————N/A"I Will Be Your Shield"2021—————The Million Things That Never Happened"Ten Mysterious Photos That Can't Be Explained"—————"Pass It On"—————"Mid-Century Modern"—————"Hundred Year Hunger"2025—————"City of Heroes"2026—————
As featured artist +List of singles as featured artist, showing selected peak chart positionsTitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumUKAUTGERNLNZSWIUSBillboard Hot 100 chart positions: "Won't Talk About It": "Won't Talk About It"198929272628202476Let Them Eat Bingo
Notes
References
External links Official Billy Bragg website