The English rock group The Pretty Things have released 13 studio albums, 14 live albums, 33 compilation albums, 7 extended play singles, and 34 singles.
Studio albums YearAlbum detailsChart positionsUSAUSUK 1965The Pretty Things Released: March 1965 Label: Fontana Format: LP — — 6Get the Picture? Released: December 1965 Label: Fontana Format: LP — — —1967Emotions Released: 18 April 1967 Label: Fontana Format: LP — — —1968S.F. Sorrow Released: December 1968 Label: Columbia Format: LP — — —1970Parachute Released: June 1970 Label: Harvest Formats: LP, cassette — — 431972Freeway Madness Released: December 1972 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, 8-track — 51 —1974Silk Torpedo Released: 1 November 1974 Label: Swan Song Formats: LP, cassette, 8-track 104 — —1976Savage Eye Released: January 1976 Label: Swan Song Formats: LP, cassette, 8-track 163 — —1980Cross Talk Released: August 1980 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette — — —1987Out of the Island Released: 1987 Label: in-akustik Format: CD — — —1999... Rage Before Beauty Released: 9 March 1999 Label: Snapper Music Format: CD — — —2007Balboa Island Released: May 2007 Label: Cadiz Format: CD — — —2015The Sweet Pretty Things (Are in Bed Now, of Course...) Released: 10 July 2015 Label: Repertoire Formats: LP, CD — — —2020Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood Released: 25 September 2020 Label: Madfish Music Formats: LP, CD — — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Live albums Year Album details1984Live at Heartbreak Hotel Released: December 1984 Label: Big Beat Format: LP1992On Air: Original BBC Recordings Released: 1992 Label: Band of Joy Format: CD1998Resurrection Released: 26 January 1999 Label: World Wide Tribe Format: CD2003The BBC Sessions Released: 25 November 2003 Label: Repertoire Format: 2xCD200640th Anniversary – Live in Brighton Released 21 November 2006 Label: Snapper Format: DVD/CD2014Live at the 100 Club Released: 2014 Label: LMS Mobile Recording Studio Format: LPLive at Rockpalast Released: 23 December 2014 Label: Repertoire Format: 2xDVD/CD, 2xLP2015Live at the BBC Released: 18 May 2015 Label: Repertoire Format: 4xCD2016Live at the BBC Released: 30 September 2016 Label: Repertoire Format: 2xLP2018BBC 1964-1967 Released: 2018 Label: No Kidding Format: LPSingapore Silk Torpedo Live at the BBC & Other Broadcasts Released: 28 September 2018 Label: Repertoire Format: 2xCD/DVD, FLACLive at the BBC Paris Theatre – 1974 Released: 21 December 2018 Label: Repertoire Format: LP, FLAC2019The Final Bow Released: 1 November 2019 Label: Madfish Formats: 2xCD/2xDVD/10" vinyl, 2xLP2021Live at the BBC Released: 28 May 2021 , 25 June 2021 , 2 July 2021 Label: Repertoire , Format: 6xCD, 3xLP, DD
Electric Banana
Electric Banana was a pseudonymous 1967 album of the band. When the album was released, the stage name the Electric Banana was used to hide the band's identity. The band recorded this album and four subsequent ones for the De Wolfe Music Library. De Wolfe provided stock music for film soundtracks. The Electric Banana music wound up on various horror and soft-porn films of the late 1960s. Films which have used their music include What's Good for the Goose (1969). The song "It'll Never Be Me" featured in the 1973 Doctor Who story The Green Death. The song "Cause I'm a Man" appeared in George A. Romero's horror classic Dawn of the Dead (1978) and was reissued on Trunk Records' 2004 compilation album Dawn of the Dead: The Unreleased Incidental Music.
Stock music albums Year Album details1967Electric Banana Released: 1967 Label: De Wolfe Formats: LP, 10"1968 More Electric Banana Released: 1968 Label: De Wolfe Formats: LP1969 Even More Electric Banana Released: 1969 Label: De Wolfe Formats: LP1973 Hot Licks Released: 1973 Label: De Wolfe Formats: LP1978 The Return of the Electric Banana Released: 1979 Label: De Wolfe Formats: LP
Compilation albums Other compilation albums of these recordings have been released under "The Pretty Things" name, see below. Year Album details1978The Seventies Released: 1978 Label: Butt Format: LP1978The Sixties Released: 1980 Label: Butt Format: LP1997Blows Your Mind Released: 1997 Label: Tenth Planet Formats: LP, CD2004Rave Up with... Released: 2004 Label: Guerssen Format: LP2011Psychedelic Essentials Released: 2011 Label: Purple Pyramid Format: CD-R2019The Complete DeWolfe Sessions Released: 27 September 2019 Label: Grapefruit Format:3xCD
Collaborative albums Year Album detailsas Pretty Things & the Yardbird Blues Band (May and Taylor with Jim McCarty of the Yardbirds)1991The Chicago Blues Tapes 1991 Released: 1991 Label: Demon Format: CD1993Wine, Women & Whiskey Released: 1993 Label: Demon Format: CD as Pretty Things 'N Mates (May and Taylor with members of the Inmates and Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum)1994A Whiter Shade of Dirty Water Released: 1994 Label: Kingdom Records Format: CD Note: Reissued as Rockin' the Garage As Pretty Things & Philippe Debarge2009The Pretty Things/Philippe DeBarge Released: 18 February 2009 Label: Ugly Things Formats: CD, LP Note: Reissued as Rock St. Trop
Compilation albums Year Album details1975Greatest Hits 1964–1967 Released: 1975 Label: Philips Format: 2xLP1976Real Pretty Released: 1976 Label: Rare Earth Format: 2xLPThe Vintage Years Released: 1976 Label: Sire Format: 2xLP1977The Singles As & Bs Released: 1977 Label: Harvest Format: LP, Cassette19821967–1971 Released: 1982 Label See For Miles Format: Cassette, LP, CD1984Let Me Hear the Choir Sing Released: 1984 Label: Edsel Format: LP1985Closed Restaurant Blues Released: 1985 Label: Bam-Caruso Format: LP1986Cries From the Midnight Circus – The Best of 1968–1971 Released: 1986 Label: Harvest Format: LP1990Electric Banana Released: 1990 Label: Repertoire Format: CDMore Electric Banana Released: 1990 Label: Repertoire Format: CDThe Pretty Things Collection Released: 1990 Label: Impact Format: CD1991Greatest Hits Released: 1991 Label: Carnaby Format: CD, cassette1992Get a Buzz: The Best of the Fontana Years Released: 1992 Label: Fontana Formats: CD, cassette1994Midnight to 6 Released: 1994 Label: Spectrum Format: CD, cassette1995Unrepentant – The Anthology Released: 1995 Label: SPV Format: 2xCD1997The EP Collection... Plus Released: 1997 Label: See For Miles Format: CD1998Greatest Hits Released: 1998 Label: Universe Format: CD2000Latest Writs The Best Of... Greatest Hits Released: 21 February 2000 Label: Snapper Format: CDMidnight to Six Man Released: 29 December 2000 Label: Norton Format: LP2001The Rhythm & Blues Years Released: 20 July 2001 Label: Recall 2 cd Format: 2xCDThe Psychedelic Years 1966–1970 Released: 29 October 2001 Label: Recall 2 cd Format: 2xCD2002Singles As & Bs Released: 2002 Label: Repertoire Format: 3xCD2003The Very Best of the Pretty Things Released 2003 Label: Repertoire Format: CD2004Still Unrepentant Released 2004 Label: Snapper ; Repertoire Format: 2xCD/DVDCome See Me: The Very Best of the Pretty Things Released: 20 April 2004 Label: Shout! Factory Format: CDMidnight to Six Man Released: 13 December 2004 Label: Magic Format: 7xCD2008Singles '64-68 Released: 27 May 2008 Label: Sundazed Format: 2xLP2011The Electric Banana Sessions Released 2011 Label: Enigmatic Format: CD2013Introducing the Pretty Things Released: 22 April 2013 Labels: Snapper, Recall 2 cd Format: 2xCD2015Bouquets From a Cloudy Sky Released: 23 February 2015 Label: Snapper Format: 13xCD/2xDVD/10" vinyl2017The French EPs 1964-69 Released: 22 April 2017 Label: Madfish Formats: 5x7" vinylGreatest Hits Released: 13 October 2017 Label: Madfish Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP
EPs
Release date Title Label Chart positionsUKNLDecember 1964 The Pretty ThingsFontana 6 –October 1965Rainin' in My HeartFontana 12 –1965Road RunnerFontana –11August 1966The Pretty Things on FilmFontana – –13 August 2012SF Sorrow Live in LondonFruits De Mer – –2 January 2018The Same SunFruits De Mer – –21 April 2018Live in Europe 1966-671960s – – "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Singles Release date Title Label Chart positionsUKAUCANL8 May 1964"Rosalyn""Big Boss Man" Fontana 4167 – –16 October 1964"Don't Bring Me Down""We'll Be Together" Fontana 106534 –12 February 1965"Honey I Need""I Can Never Say" Fontana 1354 – –March 1965"Roadrunner""Big City" Fontana – – – 1125 June 1965"Cry to Me""Get a Buzz" Fontana 28 – –1317 December 1965"Midnight to Six Man""Can't Stand The Pain" Fontana 4662 –1922 April 1966"Come See Me""£. s. d" Fontana 4392 –361 July 1966"A House in the Country""Me Needing You" Fontana 5063 –319 December 1966"Progress""Buzz the Jerk" Fontana 55 – – –28 April 1967"Children""My Time" Fontana – – – –10 November 1967"Defecting Grey""Mr. Evasion" Columbia – – – –4 December 1967"Trippin'""My Time" Fontana – – – –February 1968"Death of a Socialite""Photographer" Star-Club – – – –16 February 1968"Talkin' About the Good Times"<br/ >"Walking Through My Dreams" Columbia – – – –1 November 1968"Private Sorrow""Balloon Burning" Columbia – – – –1969"Baron Saturday" "Loneliest Person" Columbia – – – –17 April 1970"The Good Mr. Square" "Blue Serge Blues" Harvest – – – –20 November 1970"October 26""Cold Stone" Harvest – – –357 May 1971"Stone-Hearted Mama""Summertime" & "Circus Mind" Harvest – – – –8 December 1972"Over the Moon""Havana Bound" Warner Bros. – – – –6 December 1974"Is It Only Love?""Joey" Swan Song – – – –13 June 1975"I'm Keeping...""Atlanta" Swan Song – – – –25 July 1975"Joey""Bridge of God" Swan Song – – – –20 February 1976"Sad Eye""Remember That Boy" Swan Song – – – –28 May 1976"Tonight""It Isn't Rock 'n' Roll" Swan Song – – – –1978"Do My Stuff""Take Me Home" Rouge – – – –1 August 1980"I'm Calling""Sea of Blue"Warner Bros. – – – –10 October 1980"Falling Again""She Don't"Warner Bros. – – – –1984"Take Me Home""James Marshall" Butt – – – –September 1989"Eve of Destruction""Goin' Downhill"Trax – – – –1996"Eve of Destruction"”Rosalyn”/"Passion of Love"Fragile – – – –1999"All Light Up" "Love Keeps Hanging On", "Goin' Downhill", & "Pretty Beat"Madfish – – – –June 2012"Honey, I Need" "I Can Never Say" Fruits De Mer – – – –22 May 2020"To Build a Wall""The Devil Had a Hold of Me"Madfish – – – – "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Other releases Year Album details2012Parachute Reborn Released: 30 April 2012 Label: Esoteric Antenna Format: CD, 2-LP Re-recording of Parachute by ex Pretty Things members Wally Waller, Jonathon Povey, Skip Alan, and Pete Tolson under the group name "xPTs" Reissued on 2-LP by Renaissance Records under the title Parachute Revisited with one extra track 19 October 2021
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