The Chameleons discography explained

Artist:The Chameleons
Studio:4
Live:13
Compilation:8
Video:8
Ep:1
Singles:8
1Option:3
1Option Name:Other albums

This is the discography of English rock band the Chameleons.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK Indie
Script of the Bridge
  • Released: 8 August 1983
  • Label: Statik
  • Formats: LP, MC
11
What Does Anything Mean? Basically
  • Released: 20 May 1985
  • Label: Statik
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
602
Strange Times
  • Released: 1 September 1986
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: LP, MC
44
Why Call It Anything
  • Released: 1 July 2001
  • Label: Artful
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Tripping Dogs
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Glass Pyramid
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Here Today... Gone Tomorrow
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Live in Toronto
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
The Radio 1 Evening Show Sessions
Aufführung in Berlin
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP
Live Shreds
  • Released: 9 April 1996[2]
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Recorded Live at the Gallery Club Manchester, 18th December 1982
  • Released: August 1996
  • Label: Visionary Communications
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Witchwood
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Academy
  • Released: March 2002
  • Label: Paradiso
  • Formats: 2xCD
Live from the Camden Palace
Live at the Hacienda
  • Released: 22 April 2017
  • Label: Radiation
  • Formats: LP
Elevated Living: Live in Manchester, London & Spain
  • Released: 24 September 2021
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download
Edge Sessions (Live from the Edge)
  • Released: 15 April 2022
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download
  • US-only release
Live At The Camden Palace
  • Released: 21 March 2022
  • Label: Moochin' About
  • Formats: 2xLP 180g Splattered Vinyl

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
The Fan and the Bellows
  • Released: 21 March 1986
  • Label: Hybrid
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
John Peel Sessions
  • Released: November 1990
  • Label: Strange Fruit
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Here Today... Gone Tomorrow / Live in Toronto
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP
Dali's Picture / Live in Berlin
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: 2xCD
Northern Songs
  • Released: November 1994
  • Label: Bone Idol
  • Formats: CD
Return of the Roughnecks: The Best of the Chameleons
  • Released: January 1997
  • Label: Dead Dead Good
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD
Acoustic Sessions
  • Released: 5 November 2010
  • Label: Blue Apple Music
  • Formats: 2xCD
Dreams in Celluloid: A Collection of Rare Recordings
  • Released: 17 June 2013
  • Label: Blue Apple Music
  • Formats: 2xCD

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Live at the Camden Palace
  • Released: January 1985
  • Label: Jettisoundz Video
  • Formats: VHS
Arsenal
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Visionary Communications
  • Formats: VHS
Recorded Live at the Gallery Club Manchester, 18th December 1982
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Visionary Communications
  • Formats: VHS
Resurrection Live
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Paradiso
  • Formats: VHS
Live at the Gallery Club & the Hacienda, Manchester
Live from London
Singing Rule Britannia – The Chameleons Live
  • Released: June 2004
  • Label: Cherry Red Films
  • Formats: DVD
Ascension
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: The Scourge Productions
  • Formats: 2xDVD

Other albums

TitleAlbum details
Dali's Picture
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Original demo album
Strip
  • Released: May 2000
  • Label: Paradiso
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Album of acoustic arrangements
This Never Ending Now
  • Released: September 2002
  • Label: Paradiso/Universal
  • Formats: CD
  • Album of acoustic arrangements

EPs

TitleEP details
Tony Fletcher Walked on Water.... La La La La La-La La-La-La
  • Released: 1 October 1990
  • Label: Glass Pyramid
  • Formats: 12", CD
Where Are You?
  • Released: 24 May 2024
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[3]
UK Indie
[4]
"In Shreds"1982
"As High as You Can Go"19837Script of the Bridge
"A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days"
"Up the Down Escalator"181
"Nostalgia"/"In Shreds"198511
"Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)"2What Does Anything Mean? Basically
"Tears"198685Strange Times
"Swamp Thing"82
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CHAMELEONS full Official Chart History Official Charts Company . 2022-08-16 . www.officialcharts.com.
  2. 8 April 1996 . Upcoming releases . . 45 . 16 August 2022.
  3. Web site: UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales) . 2022-08-16 . UKMIX Forums . 26 April 2022 . en.
  4. Book: Lazell, Barry . Indie Hits 1980–1989 . Cherry Red Books . 1997 . 0-9517206-9-4.