This is the discography of the English music group Cabaret Voltaire.
Albums Studio albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUKUKIndieMix-Up Released: 23 October 1979 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP—12Three Mantras Released: 1 April 1980 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 12"—10The Voice of America Released: July 1980 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP—3Red Mecca Released: August 1981 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP—12x45 Released: April 1982 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 2x12"981The Crackdown Released: 18 August 1983 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: LP, MC31—Micro-Phonies Released: 29 October 1984 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: LP, MC69—The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord Released: 14 October 1985 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: CD, LP, MC57—C O D E Released: 5 October 1987 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, MC——Groovy, Laidback and Nasty Released: 2 April 1990 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, MC——Body and Soul Release date: March 1991 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule Formats: CD, LP, MC——Plasticity Release date: 12 October 1992 Label: Plastex Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC——International Language Release date: 8 October 1993 Label: Plastex Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC——The Conversation Release date: 15 June 1994 Label: Apollo, Instinct Formats: 2xCD, 4xLP——Shadow of Fear Release date: 20 November 2020 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download–20Dekadrone Release date: 26 March 2021 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download——BN9Drone Release date: 23 April 2021 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download—39"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Live albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chartpositionsUKIndieLive at the Y.M.C.A. 27-10-79 Released: January 1980 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP2Live at the Lyceum Released: May 1981 Label: Rough Trade Formats: MC14Live in Sheffield 19 Jan 82 Released: February 1982 Label: Paradox Formats: LP Released as 'The Pressure Company'8Hai! (Live in Japan) Released: October 1982 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP5Radiation (BBC Recordings 84–86) Released: July 1998 Label: NMC Music Formats: CD—Live at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86. Released: 27 January 2003 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 2xCD—Archive (Live 1982–1986) Released: 14 September 2009 Label: Intone Formats: digital download iTunes-exclusive; also released as four individual albums—Archive #828285: Live Released: 30 September 2013 Label: Intone Formats: 3×CD, digital download—But What Time Is It Really? Released: 24 April 2026 Label: Memetune Formats: LP, CD, digital download40"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Remix albums TitleAlbum detailsTechnology: Western Re-Works 1992 Released: June 1992 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, 2xLP, MCRemixed Released: 9 April 2001 Label: EMI Formats: CDKora! Kora! Kora! The Cabaret Voltaire Versions Released: 12 March 2009 Label: Shiva Formats: CD Remix of Kora's 2007 eponymous albumNational Service Rewind Released: 31 May 2010 Label: Shiva Formats: CD, digital download Remix of the Tivoli's 2009 album National Service
Soundtrack albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chartpositionsUKIndieJohnny YesNo Released: November 1983 Label: Doublevision Formats: LP8Chance Versus Causality Released: 30 August 2019 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: LP Recorded in 1979 for an obscure Babette Mondini film—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Compilation albums TitleAlbum details1974–1976 Released: 1980 Label: Industrial Formats: MCThe Golden Moments of Cabaret Voltaire Released: November 1987 Label: Rough Trade Formats: CDEight Crepuscule Tracks Released: February 1988 Label: Interior, Giant Formats: CD, LP, MCListen Up with Cabaret Voltaire Released: 29 May 1990 Label: Mute Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, MCThe Living Legends... Released: 29 May 1990 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, MCThe Original Sound of Sheffield '83 / '87. Best Of: Released: 1 October 2001 Label: Virgin Formats: CDThe Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of; Released: 15 October 2002 Label: Mute Formats: CD#7885: Electropunk to Technopop 1978–1985 Released: 23 June 2014 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download
Box sets TitleAlbum detailsBox 1 Released: 21 April 1991 Label: Mute Formats: 3xCD Japan-only releaseBox 2Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive; Released: 1 October 2001 Label: Virgin Formats: 3xCDMethodology '74 / '78. Attic Tapes; Released: 9 June 2003 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: 3xCDJohnny YesNo Redux Released: 14 November 2011 Label: Mute Formats: 2xDVD+2xCD#8385: Collected Works 1983–1985 Released: 11 November 2013 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: 4xLP+6xCD+2xDVD
Video albums TitleAlbum detailsDoublevision Presents: Cabaret Voltaire Released: July 1982 Label: Doublevision Formats: VHS, BetamaxJohnny YesNo Released: 1983 Label: Doublevision Formats: VHSGasoline in Your Eye Released: July 1985 Label: Virgin Music Video Formats: VHS, BetamaxLive at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86. Released: November 2002 Label: Cherry Red Films Formats: DVDLive from London Released: 11 March 2013 Label: The Store for Music Formats: DVD
EPs TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUKUKIndieExtended Play Released: October 1978 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 7" Limited release——3 Crépuscule Tracks Released: April 1981 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule, Rough Trade Formats: 12"——Drinking Gasoline Released: 22 July 1985 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: 2x12", LP, MC71—The Drain Train Released: June 1986 Label: Doublevision Formats: 2x12", MC—5Percussion Force Released: June 1991 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule Formats: CD, 12" Belgium-only release——Colours Released: November 1991 Label: Plastex Formats: CD, 12", MC——Back in the Front of Your Mind Released: 1993 Label: Instinct Formats: 12" US-only release——Shadow of Funk Released: 26 February 2021 Label: Mute Formats: 12", digital download——"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Singles TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumsUKUKIndieUSDance"Nag Nag Nag"1979———The Living Legends..."Silent Command"—10—"Seconds Too Late"1980—8—"Jazz the Glass"1981—6—"Eddie's Out"——"Fools Game" (Belgium and Italy-only release)1983——— "Crackdown"———The Crackdown"Yashar"1226—2x45"Just Fascination"94——The Crackdown"The Dream Ticket"108——"James Brown"1984100——Micro-Phonies"Sensoria"96——"I Want You"198591——The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord"Don't Argue"198769—16C O D E"Here to Go"88—"Hypnotised"198966——Groovy, Laidback and Nasty"Keep On"199055——"Easy Life"61——"What Is Real" (Belgium-only release)1991———Body and Soul"I Want You" / "Kino" (remixes)1992———Technology: Western Re-Works 1992"Just Fascination" (remix)2001———Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive;"Nag Nag Nag" (original + remixes)200283——The Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of;"Yashar" (remixes)2003———"Vasto"2020———Shadow of Fear"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Selected compilation appearances A Factory Sample (1978) – "Baader Meinhof" and "Sex in Secret" C81 (1981) – "Raising the Count" A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse (1985) – "Dead Man's Shoes" Salvation! Original soundtrack (1987) – "Twanky Party" and "Jesus Saves" Wasted: The Best of Volume, Part I (1995) – "Low Cool" (remix) Some Bizzare Artists: Redefining the Prologue (2006) – "Crackdown"
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