Art of Noise discography explained

Artist:Art of Noise
Studio:5
Ep:1
Compilation:11
Singles:17

The discography of Art of Noise, a British synthpop group, consists of five studio albums, 11 compilation albums, one extended play (EP) and 17 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2] [3]
AUT
[4]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[9]
US
[10]
Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
  • Released: 19 June 1984
(UK)[11]
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
27 30 35 85
In Visible Silence
  • Released: 14 April 1986
(UK)[13]
18 55 11 16 41 18 27 22 53
In No Sense? Nonsense!
  • Released: 28 September 1987
(UK)[14]
  • Label: China, Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
55 48 51 27 134
Below the Waste
  • Released: 4 September 1989
(UK)[15]
  • Label: China, Polydor
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
133 33 86 24
The Seduction of Claude Debussy
  • Released: 28 June 1999
(UK)[16]
150 186
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
AUS
[17]
GER
NLD
NZ
SWI
US
Daft
  • Released: 15 December 1986
(UK)[18]
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Re-Works of Art of Noise
  • Released: 25 February 1987
(UK)[19]
  • Label: China, Chrysalis, Toshiba-EMI
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
The Best of the Art of Noise
  • Released: 21 November 1988
(UK)[20]
  • Label: China, Polydor
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
55 48 34 45 27 83
The Ambient Collection
  • Released: 25 June 1990
(UK)[21]
  • Label: China, Polydor
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
76
The FON Mixes
  • Released: 25 November 1991
(UK)[22]
  • Label: China
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
180
The Drum and Bass Collection
  • Released: 14 October 1996
(UK)[23]
  • Label: China
  • Formats: CD
178
State of the Art
  • Released: 4 August 1997
(UK)[24]
  • Label: China
  • Formats: CD
200
Bashful / Belief System / An Extra Pulse of Beauty
  • Released: 6 July 1999
(US)[25]
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: CD
Reduction
  • Released: 20 March 2000
(UK)[26]
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: CD
Reconstructed... For Your Listening Pleasure
  • Released: 19 January 2004
(UK)[27]
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: SACD
And What Have You Done with My Body, God?
  • Released: 7 August 2006
(UK)[28]
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: CD
Influence: Hits, Singles, Moments, Treasures...
  • Released: 19 July 2010
(UK)[29]
  • Label: ZTT, Salvo
  • Formats: CD
172
At The End of a Century
  • Released: 2 February 2015
(UK)[30]
  • Label: ZTT, Salvo
  • Formats: CD + DVD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" style="width:20em;"
EP details
Into Battle with the Art of Noise
  • Released: 26 September 1983
(UK)[31]
  • Label: ZTT
  • Formats: 12"

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[32]
AUT
BEL
(FL)

[33]
GER
[34]
IRL
[35]
NLD
NZ
SWI
US
[36]
US
Dance

[37]
"Beat Box"198392 1Into Battle with the Art of Noise
"Close (to the Edit)"19848 11 4Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
"Moments in Love"198551 17 10
"Legs"69 27In Visible Silence
"Peter Gunn"
(featuring Duane Eddy)
19868 10 17 6 3 17 50 2
"Paranoimia"
(featuring Max Headroom)
12 17 33 18 7 6 34 14Re-Works of Art of Noise
"Legacy"95 45
"Dragnet"198760 84 25 29 In No Sense? Nonsense!
"Dragnet (The '88 Mix)"198894 The Best of the Art of Noise
"Kiss"
(featuring Tom Jones)
5 4 5 16 8 6 1 11 31 18
"Paranoimia '89"198988 41
"Yebo"
(featuring Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens)
63 49 Below the Waste
"Art of Love"199067 The Ambient Collection
"Instruments of Darkness (All of Us Are One People)"199145 42The FON Mixes
"Shades of Paranoimia"199253
"Metaforce"
(featuring Rakim)
199953 The Seduction of Claude Debussy
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Title! scope="col"
YearDirector(s)
"Beat Box"1984Anton Corbijn[38]
"Close (to the Edit)" (version 1)Zbigniew Rybczyński
"Close (to the Edit)" (version 2)Matt Forrest[39]
"Close (to the Edit)" (version 3)Andy Morahan
"Moments in Love"1985Tony van den Ende
"Legs" (version 1)George Barber, George Snow[40]
"Legs" (version 2)
"Peter Gunn"
(featuring Duane Eddy)
1986Matt Forrest[41]
"Paranoimia"
(featuring Max Headroom)
"Legacy"George Snow[42]
"Dragnet"1987Zbigniew Rybczyński[43]
"Kiss"
(featuring Tom Jones)
1988Martin Brierly, Stephen Lowe[44]
"Paranoimia '89"1989rowspan="2"
"Yebo"
(featuring Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens)
"Instruments of Darkness (All of Us Are One People)"1991George Snow[45]
"Shades of Paranoimia"
"Art of Love"1997Stephan Rozmiarek, Stefan Goldby[46]
"Metaforce"
(featuring Rakim)
1999John Bland[47]
"into vision - the compleat compendium" (DVD)2002 (performances recorded live in Chicago, the Coachella Festival, the Shepherds Bush Empire, and Fountain Studios)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Peak chart positions for albums in the United Kingdom:
  2. Web site: Discography The Art of Noise . australiancharts.com . Hung Medien . 30 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Art of Noise ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022. ARIA. Imgur.com. 3 December 2023. Web site: Art of Noise ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022. ARIA. Imgur.com. 3 December 2023. Web site: Art of Noise ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022. ARIA. Imgur.com. 3 December 2023. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  4. Web site: Discographie The Art of Noise . austriancharts.at . Hung Medien . 24 May 2014 . German.
  5. RPM 100 Albums . . 44 . 14 . 28 June 1986 . 24 May 2014.
  6. Web site: Discographie – The Art of Noise . charts.de . Hung Medien . 24 May 2014 . German.
  7. Web site: Discografie The Art of Noise . dutchcharts.nl . Hung Medien . 24 May 2014 . Dutch.
  8. Web site: Discography The Art of Noise . charts.nz . Hung Medien . 24 May 2014 .
  9. Web site: Discographie The Art of Noise . swisscharts.com . Hung Medien . 24 May 2014 . German . select "Charts" tab.
  10. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=The Art of Noise|chart=Billboard 200}} The Art of Noise – Chart History: Billboard 200 ]. . . 24 May 2014.
  11. Web site: (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! . . 24 May 2014.
  12. Web site: Certified Awards Search . . 24 May 2014 . To access, enter the search parameter "Art of Noise" and select "Search by Keyword" . 1 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130501152215/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx . dead .
  13. Web site: In Visible Silence . . 24 May 2014.
  14. Web site: In·No·Sense? Nonsense! . . 24 May 2014.
  15. Web site: Below The Waste . . 24 May 2014.
  16. Web site: The Seduction Of Claude Debussy . . 24 May 2014.
  17. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 9 March 1992 . Bubbling Down Under. 10 March 2023.
  18. Web site: Daft . . 24 May 2014.
  19. Web site: Re-Works Of Art Of Noise . . 24 May 2014.
  20. Web site: The Best Of The Art Of Noise . . 24 May 2014.
  21. Web site: The Ambient Collection . . 24 May 2014.
  22. Web site: The FON Mixes . . 24 May 2014.
  23. Web site: The Drum And Bass Collection . . 24 May 2014.
  24. Web site: State Of The Art . . 24 May 2014.
  25. Web site: Bashful / Belief System / An Extra Pulse Of Beauty . . 24 May 2014.
  26. Web site: Reduction . . 24 May 2014.
  27. Web site: Reconstructed... For Your Listening Pleasure . . 24 May 2014.
  28. Web site: And What Have You Done With My Body, God? . . 24 May 2014.
  29. Web site: Influence Hits, Singles, Moments, Treasures... . . 24 May 2014.
  30. Web site: At The End of a Century . . 10 December 2014.
  31. Web site: Into Battle With The Art Of Noise . . 24 May 2014 . 25 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525021452/http://www.theartofnoiseonline.com/Index-INTO-BATTLE-12%22.php . dead .
  32. Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
    • All except "Legacy", "Dragnet (The '88 Mix)" and "Paranoimia '89": Web site: Art Of Noise . . 24 May 2014.
    • "Legacy", "Dragnet (The '88 Mix)" and "Paranoimia '89": Book: Roberts, David . British Hit Singles & Albums . . London . 2006 . 1-904-99410-5.
  33. Web site: Discografie The Art of Noise . ultratop.be . Hung Medien . 24 May 2014 . Dutch . select "Charts" tab.
  34. Web site: Chartverfolgung / Art Of Noise / Single . . 1 April 2011 . German . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525213925/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Art+Of+Noise/1432/single . 25 May 2014 . dead .
  35. Web site: Irish singles positions . . 1 February 2012 . To access, enter the search parameter "DJ Shadow" in the "Search by Artist" field . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125210/http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement . 21 July 2011 . dmy .
  36. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=The Art of Noise|chart=Hot 100}} The Art of Noise – Chart History: Hot 100 ]. . . 24 May 2014.
  37. Web site: The Art of Noise – Awards . . . 24 May 2014.
  38. . A Feast of Reason: All Art . . 2011 . deluxe edition . . Element 17.
  39. Book: Booth-Clibborn, Edward . European Illustration 1986–87 . Polygon Editions S.A.R.L. . Zurich . 1986 . 0-904-86649-1.
  40. Web site: This Is Now: Film And Video After Punk . . 24 May 2014 .
  41. Web site: History of the Art of Noise . . 24 May 2014.
  42. New Videoclips . . 98 . 49 . BPI Communications . 6 December 1986 . 53.
  43. News: Priest's concert tape hits the radio . . 133 . 152 . News Publishing Co. . 26 June 1987 . 24 May 2014 . Vare, Ethlie Ann . 38.
  44. News: Stars Of Rock Are Honored . . . 10 September 1989 . 24 May 2014.
  45. Web site: History of the Art of Noise . . 24 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120101005943/http://www.theartofnoiseonline.com/The-Art-of-Noise.php . 1 January 2012.
  46. Web site: Art Of Love Art Of Noise Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527033033/http://www.mtv.com/videos/art-of-noise/307654/art-of-love.jhtml . dead . 27 May 2014 . . . 24 May 2014.
  47. Web site: The Art Of Noise: Paul Motley Interview (1999) . May Jah Tom . . 24 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195623/http://www.geocities.ws/mayjahtom/taon.htm . 25 May 2014 . live . dmy .