Editors discography explained

Artist:Editors
Studio:7
Compilation:5
Ep:5
Singles:40
Music Videos:23

Editors are a British indie rock band based in Birmingham, who formed in 2002. Previously known as Pilot and "The Pride", the band consists of Tom Smith (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano), Russell Leetch (bass guitar and live backing vocals), Ed Lay (drums, percussion and live backing vocals), Justin Lockey (lead guitar), and Elliott Williams (keyboards and synthesizers).

Editors have so far released two platinum studio albums, selling over 2 million copies between them worldwide.[1] [2] Their debut album The Back Room was released in 2005. It contained hits such as "Munich" and "Blood" and the following year received a Mercury Prize nomination. Their follow-up album An End Has a Start went to number 1 in the UK Albums Chart in June 2007 and earned the band a Brit Awards nomination for best British Band. It also spawned another Top 10 hit single with the release of "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors".

Their third studio album, In This Light and On This Evening, was released in October 2009 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[3]
BEL
(FL)

[4]
BEL
(WA)

[5]
FRA
[6]
GER
[7]
IRL
[8]
ITA
[9]
NLD
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
The Back Room 253741072330
An End Has a Start
  • Released: 25 June 2007
  • Label: Kitchenware
  • Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
15455624747231117
  • UK: 383,369
  • BPI: Platinum
  • BEA: Gold[18]
  • IRMA: Gold[19]
In This Light and on This Evening
  • Released: 12 October 2009
  • Label: Kitchenware
  • Format: CD, 2CD, vinyl, digital download
127418420312
  • UK: 142,574
  • BPI: Gold
  • BEA: Platinum[20]
The Weight of Your Love
  • Released: 28 June 2013
  • Label: PIAS
  • Format: CD, 2CD, vinyl, digital download
6143949914
  • BPI: Silver
  • BEA: Gold[21]
In Dream
  • Released: 2 October 2015
  • Label: PIAS
  • Format: CD, 2CD, vinyl, digital download
5154711141117
  • BEA: Gold[22]
  • NVPI: Gold
Violence
  • Released: 9 March 2018
  • Label: PIAS
  • Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
6134962024210
EBM
  • Released: 23 September 2022
  • Label: PIAS
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
10 2 6 122 6 97 2 10
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
BEL
(FL)

BEL
(WA)

FRA
GER
IRL
ITA
NLD
SPA
[23]
SWI
Black Gold: Best of Editors[24]
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Label: PIAS
  • Formats: CD, 2CD, digital download, vinyl
28 2 18 115 21 72 61 8 44 94
You Are Fading IV[25]
  • Released: 26 April 2020
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
You Are Fading III
  • Released: 27 April 2020
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
You Are Fading II
  • Released: 17 May 2020[26]
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
You Are Fading I
  • Released: 8 June 2020[27]
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

EPs

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Sales

UK
Indie

AUT
BEL
(FL)

BEL
(WA)

GER
NLD
SCO
SWI
Snowfield Demo EP
  • Released: 2003
  • Re-released: 25 October 2019
  • Self-released as Snowfield
  • Label: PIAS (re-release)
  • Formats: CD
Napster EP (Live Session)
  • Released: 27 March 2006
  • Label: Kitchenware
  • Formats: Digital download
Live At Telekom Street Gigs, Frankfurt
  • Released: 14 August 2013
  • Label: PIAS
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Spotify Session - Live At Spotify Madrid
  • Released: 7 October 2013
  • Label: PIAS
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
The Blanck Mass Sessions
  • Released: 3 April 2019
  • Label: PIAS
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl, streaming
34 12 67 13 109 53 36 50 90
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUT
[28]
BEL
(FL)

BEL
(WA)

FRA
[29]
GER
IRL
NLD
[30]
POL
[31]
SWI
[32]
"Bullets"200527The Back Room
"Munich"104297
  • BPI: Silver
"Blood"18
"All Sparks"20062182
"Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors"2007747398931An End Has a Start
"An End Has a Start"278890
"The Racing Rats"26362035
"Push Your Head Towards the Air"2008
"Bones" 22
"Papillon"20092344164316152
  • BEA: Gold
In This Light and On This Evening
"You Don't Know Love"201015
"Last Day" 79
"Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool"In This Light and On This Evening
"No Sound But the Wind" 13772
"A Ton of Love"2013325450The Weight of Your Love
"Formaldehyde"28
"Honesty"38
"Sugar"201418
"What Is This Thing Called Love"
"No Harm"2015In Dream
"Marching Orders"[34]
"Life Is a Fear"4048
"Ocean of Night"41
"Forgiveness"2016
"All the Kings"4731
"Magazine"201850Violence
"Hallelujah (So Low)"45
"Darkness at the Door"55
"Cold"55
"Barricades"2019The Blanck Mass Sessions
"Frankenstein"[35] Black Gold
"Black Gold"
"Upside Down"2020
"Heart Attack"2022EBM
"Karma Climb"
"Kiss"
"Vibe"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

YearSongDirector
2005"Bullets" (version 1)Mike Brady
"Munich"Mark Thomas
"Blood"Chris Hopewell & Matt Freeth
"Bullets" (version 2)Martin de Thurah
2006"All Sparks"Lee Lennox
2007"Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors"Arni & Kinski
"An End Has a Start"Diane Martel
"The Racing Rats"Vince Haycock
2008"Push Your Head Towards the Air"Paul Minor
"Bones"Russell Leetch
2009"Papillon"Andrew Douglas
2010"You Don't Know Love"Arni & Kinski
"Last Day"
"Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool"Lennox Brothers
"No Sound but the Wind"
2013"A Ton of Love"Mark Thomas
"Formaldehyde"Ben Wheatley
"Honesty"Favourite Colour: Black
2014"Sugar"Joe Vanhoutteghem
"What Is This Thing Called Love"
2015"No Harm"Rahi Rezvani
"Marching Orders"
"Life Is a Fear"
"Ocean of Night"
2016"All the Kings"
2018"Magazine"
"Hallelujah (So Low)"
"Darkness at the Door"
"Cold"
2019"Barricades"Hi-sim [36]
"Frankenstein"Gregory Ohrel [37]
"Black Gold"Rahi Rezvani
2022"Heart Attack"Felix Green
"Karma Climb"
"Kiss"Justin Lockey and James Lockey
"Picturesque"Ellie Madeland

External links

Notes and References

  1. Jon Perks, Editors Are Back In Town, Birmingham Post, 18 February 2008, Accessed 31 March 2008
  2. 2007 Sales Estimations, Worldwidealbums.net, 1 January 2008, Accessed 31 March 2008
  3. Web site: Editors full Official Chart history . . 17 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Belgian Positions (Vlaanderen) . ultratop.be . 6 September 2010 .
  5. Web site: Belgian Positions (Wallonie) . ultratop.be . 6 August 2016 .
  6. Web site: France: Albums . lescharts.com . 6 September 2010 .
  7. Web site: Discographie von Editors. GfK Entertainment. 31 October 2019.
  8. Web site: Irish chart positions . irish-charts.com . 31 July 2009 .
  9. Web site: Editors Italian Charting. 18 December 2015. Italian-charts.com.
  10. Web site: Netherlands: Albums . dutchcharts.nl . 6 September 2010 .
  11. Web site: Switzerland: Albums . hitparade.ch . 6 September 2010 .
  12. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=editors|chart=all}} Editors – Chart History: Billboard 200 ]. billboard.com . 6 January 2009 .
  13. Web site: 'It's about time the UK caught up with Editors': Sean Mayo of PIAS on the Brit band's new LP. Music Week. James. Hanley. 3 March 2020.
  14. Web site: Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry. To access, enter the keyword "Editors". 29 October 2021.
  15. Web site: 'Ultratop Gold/Platinum Certifications 2010 . . 4 September 2010 .
  16. Web site: The Back Room Irish sales certification . . 18 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120523085307/http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/gold.htm . 23 May 2012 . dead .
  17. Netherlands. Editors. album. 26 February 2020.
  18. Web site: 'Ultratop Gold/Platinum Certifications 2008 . . 4 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301082400/http://www.ultratop.be/en/certifications.asp?year=2008 . 1 March 2012 .
  19. Web site: An End Has a Start Irish sales certification . . 18 February 2009 .
  20. Web site: GOLD AND PLATINUM CERTIFICATIONS 2010 . 28 January 2011 . www.ultratop.be.
  21. Belgium. album. Editors. The Weight of Your Love. 14 October 2013. 2013.
  22. Belgium. album. Editors. In Dream. 3 February 2016. 2016.
  23. Web site: DISCOGRAPHY EDITORS. 18 December 2015. spanishcharts.com.
  24. Web site: Editors Announce Best Of Album, Share New Song and Title Track "Black Gold". Under the Radar. 6 September 2019.
  25. Web site: You Are Fading, Volumes 3 & 4 Available Now. Editors-Official. 29 April 2020.
  26. Web site: You Are Fading, Vol. 2 (Bonus Tracks 2005–2010) by Editors. Apple Music. 7 June 2021.
  27. Web site: You Are Fading, Vol. 1 (Bonus Tracks 2005–2010) by Editors. Apple Music. 7 June 2021.
  28. Web site: Austria: Discographie. austriancharts.at . 6 January 2009 .
  29. Web site: France: Singles . lescharts.com . 18 May 2010 .
  30. Web site: Netherlands: Singles . dutchcharts.nl . 6 January 2009 .
  31. Peaks in Poland:
  32. Web site: Switzerland: Singles . hitparade.ch . 6 January 2009 .
  33. single. Belgium. 2013.
  34. Web site: Editors Partner With Oxfam For 'Marching Orders' Release . Robin . Murray . . 18 June 2015 . 20 June 2015.
  35. Web site: Frankenstein - Single by Editors. iTunes. 14 June 2019.
  36. Web site: Editors 'Barricades' by Hi-sim . Promonews . David Knight . 29 March 2019.
  37. Web site: Editors 'Frankenstein' by Gregory Ohrel . Promonews . Ned Botwood . 27 June 2019.