English rock band Chumbawamba has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, one soundtrack album, two extended plays (EPs), 23 singles, 9 music videos, and a variety of miscellaneous releases.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio and live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK UKIndie AUS CAN USPictures of Starving Children Sell Records Released: 1986 (UK) Label: Agit Prop Formats: CD, LP, digital download Released on CD by One Little Indian in 1994 as First 2 — 2 — — — Never Mind the Ballots Released: 1 May 1987 (UK) Label: Agit Prop Formats: CD, LP, digital download Released on CD by One Little Indian in 1994 as First 2 — 2 — — — English Rebel Songs 1381–1914 Released: 1988 (UK) Label: Agit Prop Formats: CD, LP, digital download Reissued 1993 and re-released on CD by One Little Indian in 1995 — 13 — — — Slap! Released: 1990 (UK) Label: Agit Prop Formats: CD, LP, digital download Reissued 1995 & 1999 by One Little Indian. Re-released on double CD by Mutt in 2003 as Shhhlap! — — — — — Shhh Released: 1992 (UK) Label: Agit Prop Formats: CD, LP, digital download Re-released in 1994 on Southern Records. Re-released on double CD by Mutt Records in 2003 as Shhhlap! — — — — — Anarchy Released: 25 April 1994 (UK) Label: One Little Indian/London Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download 29 — — — — Swingin' with Raymond Released: 23 October 1995 (UK) Label: One Little Indian Formats: CD, LP, digital download 70 — — — — Tubthumper Released: 1 September 1997 (UK) Label: EMI/Universal Formats: CD, LP, digital download 19 — 78 2 3 BPI: Silver RIAA: 3× Platinum MC: 4× PlatinumWYSIWYG Released: 4 April 2000 (UK) Label: EMI/Universal Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — — Readymades Released: 18 June 2002 (UK) Label: Mutt Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — — Revengers Tragedy Released: 24 March 2003 (UK) Label: Mutt Formats: CD, LP, digital download Soundtrack to Alex Cox movie Revengers Tragedy — — — — — English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 Released: 16 June 2003 (UK) Label: Mutt Formats: CD, LP, digital download Re-recording, with two additional tracks, of their 1988 album English Rebel Songs 1381–1914 — — — — — Un Released: 8 June 2004 (UK) Label: Mutt/Koch Records/Edel Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — — A Singsong and a Scrap Released: 11 October 2005 (UK) Label: No Masters/Edel Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — — The Boy Bands Have Won Released: 3 March 2008 (UK) Label: No Masters Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — — ABCDEFG Released: 1 March 2010 (UK) Label: No Masters Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — —
Soundtrack albums + List of soundtrack albums Title Release details Revengers Tragedy Released: 24 March 2003 Label: Mutt Formats: CD Big Society! Released: 2012 Label: No Masters Formats: CD A soundtrack for their musical of the same name.
Live albums + List of live albums Title Release details Showbusiness! Released: 1994 Label: One Little Indian Formats: Get On with It Released: 29 January 2007 Label: No Masters Formats: CD
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums with notes Title Release details Notes The Music's Not a Threat Released: 1985 Label: Sky & Trees Formats: Cassette A compilation of early singles and EPs. First 2 Released: 1992 Label: Agit-Prop Formats: Box set including the original album releases of Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records and Never Mind the Ballots. Uneasy Listening Released: 1998 Label: EMI Formats: A 23-song compilation album that includes songs released from 1986 to 1998. The album primarily features songs from Anarchy and Swingin' with Raymond. Shhhlap! Released: 15 July 2003 Label: Mutt Formats: CD Box set including the original album releases of Shhh and Slap!
Extended plays + List of extended plays with notes Title Release details Notes Revolution Released: 1985 Label: Agit Prop Records Formats: Vinyl Portraits of Anarchists Released: 1 April 1996 Label: One Little Indian Formats: CD EP exclusively bundled with the photography book i-Portraits of Anarchists by Casey Orr. The ABCs of Anarchism Released: 27 April 1999 Label: Seeland Formats: CD A 3-song EP jointly released with Negativland. In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher Released: 8 April 2013 Label: Self-released Formats: CD EP released to celebrate the death of UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK UKIndieLazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits 1980-1989, Cherry Red Books, AUS CANFRA US 1986 "We Are the World?" (split single with A State of Mind) — 4 — — — — singles only 1988 "Smash Clause 28! Fight the Alton Bill!" — 5 — — — — 1990 "I Never Gave Up" — — — — — — Slap! 1992 "(Someone's Always Telling You How To) Behave" — — — — — — Shhh 1993 "Enough Is Enough" 56 — — — — — Anarchy "Timebomb" 59 — — — — — 1994 "Criminal Injustice" — — — — — — single only "Homophobia" 79 — — — — — Anarchy 1995 "Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!" 84 — — — — — Swingin' with Raymond 1996 "Just Look at Me Now" — — — — — — 1997 "Tubthumping" 2 — 1 1 38 6 ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum GLF: Gold IFPI Norway: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum Tubthumper 1998 "Amnesia" 10 — 34 7 — — "Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" 21 — — — — — Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! 1999 "Tony Blair" — — — — — — single only 2000 "She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy" — — — — — — WYSIWYG 2003 "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)" — — — — — — Readymades "Home with Me" — — — — — — "Salt Fare North Sea" — — — — — — 2004 "On eBay" — — — — — — Un "The Wizard of Menlo Park" — — — — — — 2006 "Fade Away (I Don't Want To)" — — — — — — A Singsong and a Scrap
Compilation appearances (not including top-single compilations) Song name Compilation Title Record label Year Notes"I'm Thick"Back on the Streets EPSecret Records1982recording as 'Skin Disease', a mock skinhead/Oi! band"Three Years Later"Bullshit Detector Volume 2Crass Records1982"The Police Have Been Wonderful", "Fitzwilliam"Dig This: A Tribute To The Great Strike LPForward Sounds International Limited1985Liner notes list Margaret Thatcher on vocals and Neil Kinnock on lead guitar"Rich Pop Stars Make Good Socialists"Red Rhino Records1986Free flexi with June edition of independent trade magazine The Catalogue. 3 other artists including The Mekons."Kinnochio"Ideal Guest House cassetteSecret Records1986"Knit Your Own Balaclava"Mindless SlaughterAnhrefn Records1987Re-released in 1989 on "The Liberator" compilation LP"Younger Moralists"A Vile PeacePeaceville Records1987"Tearing Up Zoo"The A.L.F. Is WatchingNo Master's Voice1988"Harry Goldthorpe"Wild And Crazy Noise Merchants1 in 12 Records1990Benefit CD for the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford, UK"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"No CompromizeDelerium Records1996Benefit CD for the Campaign for Free Education; Cover of U2 song"Homophobia (Live)"Milkshaketimmi-kat ReCoRDS1998Benefit CD for the Harvey Milk Institute; Can be purchased here."Top of the World (Ole, Ole, Ole)"Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!Columbia Records1998Official album for 1998 FIFA World Cup in France"We Don't Go To God's House Anymore (Acoustic)"No Ocean Separating Our Desire For JusticeEsan Ozenki Records1998Benefit CD for Mumia Abu-Jamal; Performed by Chumbawamba & Alabama 3"Unilever"This Is The Animal Liberation FrontMortarhate Records1998Benefit CD for the Animal Liberation Front"Misbehave"Return of the Read MenaceG7 Welcoming Committee Records/AK Press1999"Mary Mary (Stigmata Mix)"Stigmata - Original SoundtrackVirgin1999Remix of song; Featured in opening credits of Stigmata"Bella Ciao"Article 14Irregular Records2001Benefit CD for the medical foundation for victims of torture in support of their work on behalf of asylum seekers"Smart Bomb"Dropping Food On Their Heads is Not Enough: Benefit For RAWAGeykido Comet Records2002Benefit CD for the Revolutionary Association for the Women of Afghanistan"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight"With a Little Help From My FriendsPirate Records2002German benefit CD for dolphin aid; Beatles cover"Without Reason Or Rhyme (Acoustic)"Kitestringing: The Prison Literature Project BenefitAK Press2006Benefit CD to raise money to buy books for prisoners"I Drive a Four by Four Four Door Fortress"Cat Nav: Songs and Poems of Les Barker (Guide Cats for the Blind, Volume 4)Osmosys Records2009Benefit CD for The British Computer Association of the Blind
Related releases Artist Song title(s) Album title Record label Year NotesChimp Eats BananaCardboard BoxN/A1980Cassette only release by proto-Chumbawamba groupBoffo"Garageland"Bullshit Detector Volume 2Crass Records1982aka Boff Whalley; Cover of a song by The ClashPassion Killers"Start Again"Bullshit Detector Volume 2Crass Records1982Featuring Chumbawamba members Mavis Dillon, Boff Whalley and Harry HamerPassion Killers & ChumbawambaSide ABe Happy Despite It AllSky and Trees1983Cassette only release; featuring hand coloured coverPassion KillersIt's Up To YouSky and Trees1984Cassette only releasePassion Killers & ChumbawambaLet Us Show Them Our HeartsSky and Trees1984Cassette only releaseAntidoteDestroy Fascism!Loony Tunes1986Features members of Chumbawamba & The ExChumbawamba & Dona Nobis Pacem Side AStill Fighting The FencesY.U.R.A. Kollektief1987Cassette only releaseScab Aid"Let It Be" b/w "The Scum"n/a1987Alter-ego of Chumbawamba, released in protest of Live AidSportchestra!101 Songs About SportAgit Prop19882 LP release; Collaborations with various other musiciansPassion KillersWhoopee, We're All Gonna Die EPRugger Bugger Discs19917-inch EP of cover songsCredit to the Nation"Sowing the Seeds of Hatred"One Little Indian199412-inch single; Production and remixes by Boff, Harry & NeilOysterband"Jam Tomorrow" & "One Green Hill""Jam Tomorrow / One Green Hill"Running Man Records199612-inch single; Remixes by ChumbawambaVarious ArtistsBare Faced Hypocrisy Sells RecordsRuptured Ambitions1998A parody EP released in reaction to Chumbawamba signing to EMI; reissued in 2017 digitally with bonus tracksNegativland & Chumbawamba"The ABCs of Anarchism" EPSeeland Records1999Collaboration that extensively samples ChumbawambaEnemy WithinGod Save The Queenn/a2002Side project of ChumbawambaHassle BastardsSik'O'WarDemo Tapes Records2017A side project of Chumbawamba. Recorded in 1985 but not released publicly until 2017.
Miscellaneous releases Chumbawamba during their early years released several cassette-exclusive releases, often either self-released or through independent labels. They also released a handful of miscellaneous releases later on. Another Year of the Same Old Shit (Sky and Trees, 1982) "Common Ground" (Sky and Trees, 1984) (Benefit single for striking miners) History Luddite, (Homebrew Tapes, 1984) (Live at Luton Library, May 1985) To Thine Own Self Be True (Sky and Trees, 1984) In the Cellar (Sky and Trees, 1984) It Could Be So Much More (Acid Rain Products, 1985) (Joint with Flux of Pink Indians, recorded live at the Conway Hall, London) Benefit for Leeds Hunt Saboteurs (Self-released, 1986) Know Your Enemy (Doomsday Tapes, 1986) (Live material recorded at the Bull and Gate, London) Feed the World, Sell the Rich, 1986 (Live material recorded in Birmingham) Un Toast a la Democratie, 1986 (Early live incarnation of "Never Mind the Ballots") There Comes a Time, 1987 (Recordings of two shows) Still Fighting The Fences (Y.U.R.A., 1987) (Live split with Dona Nobis Placem) The Police are Wonderful (1988, R.E.D. Tapes) (Split with Chumbawamba member Danbert Nobacon) Raising Heck with Chumbawamba (Peaceville Records, 1989) [recorded 1983/4] (Live material plus songs by Simon Lanzon, also known as Be a Rebel, Raise Some Heck) A Toast to Democracy (KomistA, 1989) (Two live performances from 1987)