| Artist: | Modern English |
| Studio: | 8 |
| Live: | 3 |
| Compilation: | 3 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Singles: | 18 |
This is the discography of English new wave/post-punk band Modern English.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Indie | CAN [1] | US [2] | ||||
| Mesh & Lace | 5 | — | — | |||
| After the Snow |
| 13 | 84 | 70 | ||
| Ricochet Days |
| 5 | — | 93 | ||
| Stop Start |
| — | — | 154 | ||
| Pillow Lips | — | — | 135 | |||
| Everything's Mad |
| — | — | — | ||
| Soundtrack |
| — | — | — | ||
| Take Me to the Trees |
| — | — | — | ||
| 1 2 3 4 |
| — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Title | Album details | |
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| In Concert |
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| Modern English |
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| After the Snow – Live from Indigo at the O2 |
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| Title | Album details | |
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| Life in the Gladhouse 1980–1984: Best of Modern English |
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| Rarities and the Unreleased |
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| Set List |
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| Title | Album details | |
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| Gathering Dust |
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| Blister |
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| Daytrotter Session |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [5] | US [6] | US Dance [7] | US Rock [8] | ||||
| "Drowning Man"/"Silent World" | 1979 | — | — | — | — | rowspan="4" | |
| "Swans on Glass" | 1980 | 46 | — | — | — | ||
| "Gathering Dust" | 36 | — | — | — | |||
| "Smiles and Laughter" | 1981 | 16 | — | — | — | ||
| "Life in the Gladhouse" | 1982 | 26 | — | — | — | After the Snow | |
| "I Melt with You" | 18 | 78 | 60 | 7 | |||
| "Someone's Calling" | 1983 | 43 | — | — | — | ||
| "Chapter 12" | 1984 | 15 | — | — | — | Ricochet Days | |
| "Hands Across the Sea" | — | 91 | — | 47 | |||
| "Ink and Paper" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | Stop Start | |
| "I Melt with You" (re-recording) | 1990 | — | 76 | 25 | — | Pillow Lips | |
| "Life's Rich Tapestry" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Beautiful People" | 1991 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Elastic" (promo-only release) | 1996 | — | — | — | — | Everything's Mad | |
| "It's OK" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | Soundtrack | |
| "Sweet Revenge" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | Take Me to the Trees | |
| "I Feel Small" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Melt with You" (lockdown version) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||
