Kirsty MacColl discography explained

Artist:Kirsty MacColl
Studio:5
Compilation:12
Singles:32
1Option:3
1Option Name:Box sets

This is the discography of British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
NL
[3]
SWE
[4]
Desperate Character
  • Released: June 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD (2012)
44
Kite
  • Released: April 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3411048
Electric Landlady
  • Released: 25 June 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1786
Titanic Days
  • Released: 5 October 1993
  • Label: I.R.S., ZTT
  • Formats: CD, MC, LP (2024)
47187
Tropical Brainstorm
  • Released: 20 March 2000
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: CD, LP (2021)
39
  • UK: Gold
Real
  • Released: 27 October 2023 (Recorded 1983; Previously Unreleased)
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: Streaming (Also included in the See That Girl box set)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
Kirsty MacColl
  • Released: March 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Re-worked version of Desperate Character
The Essential Collection
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: CD
Galore – The Best of Kirsty MacColl
  • Released: 6 March 1995
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
6
  • UK: Gold
What Do Pretty Girls Do?
  • Released: February 1998
  • Label: Hux
  • Formats: CD
  • Live sessions from BBC Radio 1
The One and Only
  • Released: 6 August 2001
  • Label: Metro
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Best of Kirsty MacColl
  • Released: 1 August 2005
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
12
  • UK: Gold
The Stiff Singles
The Stiff Singles Collection
  • Released: 4 October 2006
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
The Collection
  • Released: 8 September 2008
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • Formats: CD
  • Released: 25 February 2013
  • Label: Union Square Music
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD
41
  • Released: 7 April 2014
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: 2xCD
Other People's Hearts (B.Sides 1988-1989)
  • Released: 29 August 2020
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: LP
  • Collection of B-sides from Kite
Free World: The Best Of 1979-2000
  • Released: 19 January 2024
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: LP
  • First ever Kirsty MacColl vinyl compilation
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
  • Released: 28 March 2005
  • Label: Virgin/EMI
  • Formats: 3xCD
98
Days (1989–1991)
  • Released: 15 June 2018
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 4xCD+DVD
See That Girl 1979-2000
  • Released: 27 October 2023
  • Label: Universal Music Recordings
  • Formats: 8xCD Artbook.
  • Collection of music spanning her career, including the unreleased album Real
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
BEL (FL)
[6]
GER
[7]
IRE
[8]
NL
[9]
NZ
[10]
SWE
[11]
US Alt
[12]
"They Don't Know"1979rowspan="3"
"You Caught Me Out" (unreleased)
"Keep Your Hands Off My Baby"1981
"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis"143793113Desperate Character
"See That Girl"
"You Still Believe in Me"
"I Want Out" (Matchbox featuring MacColl)1983137[13] 58Crossed Line (Matchbox album)
"Berlin" (unreleased)Real
"Terry"823443rowspan="3"
"A New England"19847818
"He's on the Beach"1985109
"Greetings to the New Brunette" (with Billy Bragg and Johnny Marr)1986586Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (Billy Bragg album)
"Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues featuring MacColl)1987215 If I Should Fall from Grace with God
(Pogues album)
"Free World"198943162Kite
"Days"12459
"Innocence"80
"Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!"199082
"Miss Otis Regrets"/"Just One of Those Things" (with the Pogues)85Red Hot + Blue
"Walking Down Madison"1991235812854Electric Landlady
"My Affair"56
"All I Ever Wanted"91[15] 154
"Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues featuring MacColl; reissue)3610The Best of the Pogues
"Titanic Days" (US-only release)1993Titanic Days
"Can't Stop Killing You" (Australia and US-only release)13120
"Angel"87[16] 22826
"Caroline"199558Galore – The Best of Kirsty MacColl
"Perfect Day" (with Evan Dando)75
"Days" (reissue)42
"Mambo de la Luna"199989Tropical Brainstorm
"In These Shoes?"200081
"Sun on the Water"2005The Best of Kirsty MacColl
"Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues featuring MacColl; 2nd reissue)3456237414
  • UK: 5× Platinum
"Fairytale of New York" (The Pogues featuring MacColl; 3rd reissue)2012
"You Caught Me Out"2023See That Girl 1979-2000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

Notes and References

  1. UK chart peaks:
  2. Australian (ARIA) peaks:
  3. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2022-01-30. dutchcharts.nl.
  4. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. 2022-01-30. swedishcharts.com.
  5. United Kingdom. Kirsty MacColl. 11 December 2022.
  6. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. 2022-01-30. Ultratop.be.
  7. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2022-01-30. Offiziellecharts.de.
  8. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2022-01-30. irishcharts.ie.
  9. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2022-01-30. Dutchcharts.nl.
  10. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal. 2022-01-30. Charts.nz.
  11. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. 2022-01-30. Swedishcharts.com.
  12. Kirsty Maccoll. 2022-01-30. Billboard. en-US.
  13. Web site: UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales) . 2022-03-24 . UKMIX Forums . en.
  14. New Zealand. 30 January 2022. 4578. single. 31 December 2018.
  15. Singles - Positions 76 to 200 . . Spotlight Publications . 19 October 1991 . 2.
  16. Hit Singles 2 . Hit Music! . 18 December 1993 . 64 . 4 . World Radio History . 23 February 2023.
  17. Web site: fairytale of new york | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 22 June 2022.