Fischer-Z discography explained

Artist:Fischer-Z
Studio:13
Live:2
Compilation:8
Video:2
Ep:5
Singles:39

This is the discography of British rock band Fischer-Z.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
(FL)

[3]
GER
[4]
NL
[5]
Word Salad 6621
Going Deaf for a Living
  • Released: May 1980
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
526
Red Skies Over Paradise
  • Released: March 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, MC
7062
Reveal
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
9349
Fish's Head
  • Released: 1 May 1989
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
13956
Destination Paradise
  • Released: October 1992
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
93
Kamikaze Shirt
  • Released: September 1993
  • Label: Harvest, Welfare
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Stream 80
Ether
  • Released: 29 April 2002
  • Label: So-Real
  • Formats: CD, MC
This Is My Universe
  • Released: 17 April 2015
  • Label: Fischer-Z Music
  • Formats: CD
Building Bridges
Swimming in Thunderstorms
  • Released: 13 September 2019
  • Label: So-Real
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
126
Til the Oceans Overflow
  • Released: 8 October 2021
  • Label: So-Real
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
81
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Live at Rockpalast 1982
  • Released: 25 April 2014
  • Label: Repertoire
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Lockdown Sessions 2020
  • Released: 10 June 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Going Red for a Salad – The UA Years
  • Released: 14 May 1990
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Still in Flames
  • Released: June 1995
  • Label: Welfare
  • Formats: CD
The Best
  • Released: August 1995
  • Label: EMI Electrola
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
The Gold Collection
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
The Worker
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Disky
  • Formats: CD
The Perfect Album
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD
The Very Best Fischer Z Album Ever
  • Released: November 2001
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Highlights 1979 to 2004
  • Released: 30 August 2004
  • Label: EMI/So-Real
  • Formats: 2xCD

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
The Garden Party
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: EMI/So-Real
  • Formats: DVD
Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 25 July 2005
  • Label: Quantum Leap
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

TitleAlbum details
Fischer-Z Over Germany
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: 12"
B-Sides & Rarities | V1|
  • Released: 26 August 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: digital download

|-! scope="row" |F01|

  • Released: 6 April 2018
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: digital download

|-! scope="row" |B Sides & Rarities | V2

  • Released: 20 May 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: digital download
S.I.T Annexe
  • Released: 29 May 2020
  • Label: So-Real
  • Formats: 12", digital download

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
AUS
BEL
(FL)

[6]
GER
[7]
NL
[8]
POR
[9]
SPA
[10]
"Wax Dolls"1978Word Salad
"Remember Russia"1979
"The Worker"532326
"First Impressions (Pretty Paracetamol)"
"So Long"1980721514125Going Deaf for a Living
"Crazy Girl"
"Room Service41
"Limbo"
"Marliese"198121375114Red Skies Over Paradise
"'Cutter's Lullaby"
"Berlin"
"El Escritor" (Spanish release of "The Writer")
"The Perfect Day"19879112Reveal
"Big Drum"1988
"Say No"1989168Fish's Head
"Masquerade"
"Sausages and Tears" (credited to John Watts and Fischer Z)1990
"Destination Paradise"1992Destination Paradise
"Will You Be There?"95
"Tightrope"1993
"Caruso"
"The Peaches & Cream"Kamikaze Shirt
"Human Beings"1994
"Marlon"
"You Never Cross the Same River Twice (Turn Back the Clock)"Stream
"Need Protection"1995
"Red Skies Over Paradise" (1995 recording)The Best
"Jukebox"2002Ether
"Delight"
"Back to Berlin"2004Highlights 1979 to 2004
"Damascus Disco"2017Building Bridges
"So Close" (Underwater Version)
"Stolen"2018Swimming in Thunderstorms
"Big Wide World"2019
"Love Train Drama"
"Cardboard Street"
"Choose"2020Til the Oceans Overflow
"Same Boat"2021
"A.I.Owns.U."2022
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Charts > Fischer-Z . . 2016-09-02.
  2. Australian chart peaks:

    . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . St Ives . 112 . David Kent (historian). N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

  3. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS . 2022-05-16 . www.ultratop.be.
  4. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Suchen nach "Fischer Z" . GfK Entertainment . German . 2019-11-24.
  5. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl . 2022-05-16 . dutchcharts.nl.
  6. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS . 2022-05-16 . www.ultratop.be.
  7. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Suchen nach "Fischer Z" . GfK Entertainment . German . 2019-11-24.
  8. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl . 2022-05-16 . dutchcharts.nl.
  9. Web site: VENDAS DE DISCOS EM PORTUGAL . 2022-05-16 . topdisco.blogspot.com . pt-PT.
  10. Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 . 2015 . Fundación Autor-SGAE . 978-84-8048-866-2 . 1st . Spain.