This is the discography of British 2-tone/ska band Bad Manners.
Albums Studio albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications UK FIN NZ Ska 'n' B Released: 11 April 1980 Label: Magnet Formats: LP, MC342128 UK: Silver Loonee Tunes! Released: November 1980 Label: Magnet Formats: LP, MC36—— UK: SilverGosh It's ... Bad Manners Released: 9 October 1981 Label: Magnet Formats: LP, MC18—— UK: Silver Forging Ahead Released: November 1982 Label: Magnet Formats: LP, MC78—— Mental Notes Released: October 1985 Label: Portrait Formats: LP, MC——— Return of the Ugly Released: 14 August 1989 Label: Blue Beat Formats: CD, LP, MC——— Fat Sound Released: 1992 Label: Pork Pie, Triple X Formats: CD, LP, MC——— Don't Knock the Baldhead! Released: 4 November 1997 Label: Pork Pie Formats: CD, LP, MC Also released as Heavy Petting——— Stupidity Released: 2001 Label: Bad Formats: CD, LP———"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Live albums Title Album details Live and Loud!! Released: 21 December 1987 Label: Link Formats: LP Reissued as Greatest Hits Live Inner London Violence Released: 1994 Label: Lagoon Formats: CD France-only releaseDon't Knock the Baldhead: Live Released: November 1997 Label: Receiver Formats: CD Can Can Released: 2006 Label: Secret Formats: CD Baldheads Live in Essex Released: May 2018 Label: Secret Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Compilation albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UK Bad Manners Released: July 1981 Label: MCA Formats: LP, MC US and Canada-only release— The Height of Bad Manners Released: April 1983 Label: Telstar Formats: LP, MC23Klass Released: May 1983 Label: MCA Formats: LP, MC US-only release—Eat the Beat Released: 1988 Label: Blue Beat, Squale Formats: CD, LP, MC— This Is Ska! Released: 1996 Label: Dojo Formats: CD— Viva la Ska Revolution Released: May 1997 Label: Recall 2cd Formats: 2xCD— Can Can Released: 1997 Label: Hay May Formats: CD, MC— Rare Released: 1997 Label: T-Leaf Formats: CD, LP— The Collection Released: 10 March 1998 Label: Cult Formats: CD US-only release— Anthology Released: October 1999 Label: Eagle Formats: 2xCD— Special Brew Released: April 2000 Label: Hay May Formats: CD— Magnetism: The Best of Bad Manners Released: 13 November 2000 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD200 Oi... Our Greatest Hits Released: 2003 Label: Blitz Formats: CD— Walking in the Sunshine: The Best Of Released: May 2008 Label: Music Club Deluxe Formats: 2xCD— The Very Best of Bad Manners Released: 17 July 2015 Label: Rhino/Magnet Formats: CD, digital download— The Albums 1980–85 Released: 24 August 2018 Label: Pressure Drop Formats: 5xCD box set—"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Video albums Title Album details Live in Concert – Don't Knock the Bald Heads Released: 2005 Label: Secret Films Formats: DVD
EPs Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UK IRE Special "R'n'B" Party Four E.P. Released: November 1981 Label: Magnet Formats: 7"3422 Fatty England vs Nutty Japan Released: 2000 Label: Diwphalanx Formats: CD, 12" Split EP with Oi-Skall Mates Japan-only release——"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Singles Title YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbums UK AUS BE (FL) FIN IRE NL NZ "Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu"198028——————Ska 'n' B "Lip Up Fatty"15—————— "Special Brew"3———4—— UK: Silver "Lorraine"21———21—28Loonee Tunes! "Just a Feeling"198113———9—— "Tequila" (Netherlands-only release)——————— "Can Can"37613141511— UK: SilverGosh It's ... Bad Manners "Walking in the Sunshine"10———11—— "Buona Sera"34———————Special 'R 'n' B' Party Four E.P. Featuring Buona Sera "Got No Brains"198244——————Forging Ahead "My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop)"9——285—— "Samson and Delilah"58—————— "That'll Do Nicely"198349—————— "Blue Summer"1985———————Mental Notes "What the Papers Say"——————— "Bang the Drum All Day" (US 12"-only release)——————— "Tossin' in My Sleep"1986——————— "Pipeline" (France-only release)1988———————Eat the Beat "Since You've Gone Away" (France-only release)——————— "Skaville UK"198987——————Return of the Ugly "Sally Brown"——————— "Gonna Get Along Without You Now"——————— rowspan="5" "Christmas Time Again"——————— "Millennium Knees Up"1999——————— "You're Just Too Good to Be True, Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Japan-only release)2011——————— "What Simon Says"2012———————"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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