The British singer and songwriter Shara Nelson made three studio albums and 19 singles between 1983 and 2008, in addition to compilations, videos, EPs and other works.
Studio albums Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications(sales thresholds) AUAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 100 peaks: What Silence Knows: Friendly Fire: "Safe from Harm": "Down That Road", "One Goodbye In Ten", "Uptight", "Nobody", "Inside Out" and "Rough With the Smooth": ATAustrian chart peaks: Shara Nelson: Massive Attack: FR'Blue Lines album in the music charts' NL NO NZ SE CH UKUK chart peaks: Shara Nelson: Massive Attack (other than "Unfinished Sympathy"): "Unfinished Sympathy": U.S. 1991 Blue Lines Release date: June 1 Record label: Virgin Formats: LP, CD, CS 69 5 31 39 29 26 14 26 13 — UK: 600,000 Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Massive Attack". FR: 100,000 UK: 2xPlatinum FR: 2xGold 1993 What Silence Knows Release date: 1993 Record label: Cooltempo Formats: LP, CD 131 32 — — — — — — 22 — UK: 100,000 UK: Gold 1995 Friendly Fire Release date: 1995 Record label: Cooltempo Formats: LP, CD 222 — — — — — — — 44 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilations Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications AU AT BE FI IT'Collected album in the music charts' NO NZ PT CH UK US 1998 Singles 90/98 Release date: December 7 Record label: Virgin/Circa Format: 11xCD box — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 Collected Release date: March 27 Record label: Virgin Format: CD/DVD DualDisc 19 13 1 8 6 8 3 2 4 2 198 UK: 300,000 BE: 10,000 FR: 100,000 SWI: 15,000 UK: Platinum BE: Gold FR: Gold SWI: Gold EU: Platinum "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Extended plays Year EP Details Notes 1996 Good Intentions with G/Corp Release date: Record label: Medicine Records Format: 12", CD Four track EP released in collaboration with Groove Corporation (aka G/Corp), featuring "Good Intentions (Edit)", "Good Intentions (Extended Mix)", "Faraway Places" and "Return of the Skunk Unlimited Orchestra"
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Album AU AT DE NL'Massive Attack in the Dutch music charts''Shara Nelson in the Dutch music charts' NZ'Unfinished Sympathy single in the music charts' SE CH UK USA 'Shara Nelson's singles in the US music charts' Retrieved 9 December 2010'Presence's U.S. peak chart positions' Retrieved 9 December 2010 'Shara Nelson, Down That Road in Bubbling Under Hot 100' Retrieved 9 December 2010 1983 "Aiming at Your Heart" — — — — — — — — — — — — 1986 "Can't Get Over You" — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990 "Daydreaming" — — — — — — — 81 — — — — Blue Lines 1991 "Unfinished Sympathy" 95 — 17 2 48 40 9 13 — — — — "Safe from Harm" 132 23 33 28 — — 15 25 28 35 32 — 1993 "Down That Road" 102 — 68 — — — — 19 — 16 — 109 What Silence Knows "One Goodbye in Ten" 200 30 71 49 — — — 21 — — — — 1994 "Uptight" 217 — — — — — — 19 — — — — "Nobody" 259 — — — — — — 49 — — — — "Inside Out" — — — — — — — 34 — — — — 1995 "Rough with the Smooth" 223 — — — — — — 30 — — — — Friendly Fire 1996 "I Fell (So You Could Catch Me)" — — — — — — — 76 — — — — 1998 "Sense of Danger" — — — — — — — 61 — 10 — — All Systems Gone 1999 "Black Island" — — — — — — — — — — — — Leap of Faith "U" — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 "Hari Up Hari" — — — — — — — — — — — — Never Trust a Hippy "Right Now" — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 "Nobody Else" — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 "Go That Deep" — — — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region.
Other appearances Year Song Notes 1984 "In Another World" Appears on Very Big in America Right Now by Voice of Authority "Savanna Prance" Appears on Warzone by The Missing Brazilians 1988 "The Look of Love" Appears on Friends & Countrymen by The Wild Bunch 1991 "Lately" Appears on Blue Lines 1994 "On the Shore" Appears on Tiger Bay by Saint Etienne 1995 "Insert B (The Real Deal)/Nobody Knows" Appears on Guru's Jazzmatazz, Volume II: The New Reality 1996 "Faraway Places" Appears on EP Good Intentions 1997 "Moonraker" Appears on Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project 1999 "Matter of Fact" Appears on All Systems Gone by Presence 2002 "Realise"Appears on VA compilation 4 Vini: Forever Young LP 2004 "Say My Name" Appears on Champagne & Grits by Little Axe 2007 "If" Released only as digital single "Push Me Away (Strings of Life)" Appears on VA compilation Mastercuts Life..Style: Summer House] 2008 "I Wanna Know" Appears on CinemaSonics by Doug Wimbish
Videos Music videos Year Title Director 1990 "Daydreaming" Baillie Walsh 1991 "Unfinished Sympathy" "Safe from Harm"
See also Massive Attack discography
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