The Monochrome Set discography explained

Artist:The Monochrome Set
Studio:16
Live:3
Compilation:14
Video:4
Singles:21

This is the discography of British post-punk/new wave band the Monochrome Set.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK
Indie

[2]
Strange Boutique
  • Released: April 1980
  • Label: Dindisc
  • Formats: LP, MC
62
Love Zombies
  • Released: 17 October 1980
  • Label: Dindisc
  • Formats: LP
Eligible Bachelors
  • Released: August 1982
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: LP
10
The Lost Weekend 6
Dante's Casino
  • Released: August 1990
  • Label: Vinyl Japan
  • Formats: CD, LP
Jack
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Honeymoon
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Charade
  • Released: March 1993
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD, LP
Misère
  • Released: May 1994
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD
Trinity Road
  • Released: September 1995
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD, LP
Platinum Coils
  • Released: 23 March 2012
  • Label: Disquo Bleu
  • Formats: CD
Super Plastic City
  • Released: 17 October 2013
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD,
Spaces Everywhere
Cosmonaut
  • Released: 9 September 2016
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Maisieworld
  • Released: 9 February 2018
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Fabula Mendax
  • Released: 27 September 2019
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Allhallowtide
  • Released: 11 March 2022
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Indie

Fin
  • Released: June 1986
  • Label: Él
  • Formats: LP
16
Live
  • Released: May 1993
  • Label: Code 90
  • Formats: CD
M-80
  • Released: 8 April 2013
  • Label: Wienerworld Presentation
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Volume, Contrast, Brilliance... (Sessions & Singles Vol. 1)
  • Released: May 1983
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: LP, MC
Colour Transmission
  • Released: July 1988
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • Reissued in 1995 as Tomorrow Will Be Too Long – The Best of the Monochrome Set
Westminster Affair – Bande Originale du Film
  • Released: August 1988
  • Label: Él
  • Formats: CD, LP
What a Whopper
  • Released: February 1992
  • Label: Richmond
  • Formats: CD, LP
Black & White Minstrels 1975–1979
  • Released: March 1995
  • Label: Recall 2cd
  • Formats: 2xCD
Compendium 75–95 – A History 1979–95
  • Released: May 1996
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD
  • Reissued in 2000 as The Best of the Monochrome Set
Chaps
  • Released: 22 September 1997
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Independent Singles Collection
  • Released: 10 March 2008
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD, digital download
He's Frank... We're the Monochrome Set
  • Released: 23 November 2009
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: digital download
Early Recordings: 1975–1977 "White Noise"
Access All Areas
  • Released: 30 March 2015
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD+DVD
Volume, Contrast, Brilliance (Unreleased & Rare, Vol. 2)
  • Released: 25 March 2016
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1979–1985: Complete Recordings
  • Released: 9 February 2018
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: 6xCD, 6xLP
Little Noises 1990–1995
  • Released: 27 March 2020
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 5xCD

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Destiny Calling
The Monochrome Set
  • Released: November 2002
  • Label: Classic Rock Productions
  • Formats: DVD
Destiny Always Calls Twice
  • Released: 25 September 2006
  • Label: Cherry Red Films
  • Formats: DVD
M-80
  • Released: 15 April 2013
  • Label: Wienerworld Presentation
  • Formats: DVD

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
UK
Indie

"He's Frank"1978rowspan="4"
"Eine Symphonie des Grauens"1979
"The Monochrome Set"
"He's Frank" (Slight Return)13
"The Strange Boutique"1980Strange Boutique
"405 Lines"Love Zombies
"Apocalypso"
"Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners"1981
"The Mating Game"1982Eligible Bachelors
"Cast a Long Shadow"
"The Jet Set Junta"198319Eligible Bachelors
"The Ruling Class" (Spain promo-only release)1984
"Jacob's Ladder"81The Lost Weekend
"Wallflower"198597
"Killing Dave"1991Jack
"Forever Young"1993Charade
"I Love Lambeth"1995Trinity Road
"Waiting for Alberto" (Japan limited-only release)2012Platinum Coils
"Iceman"2015Spaces Everywhere
"Come to Me, Oh, My Beautiful" (promo-only release)2019Fabula Mendax
"Mrs Robot"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MONOCHROME SET full Official Chart History Official Charts Company . 2022-03-16 . www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Book: Lazell, Barry . Indie Hits 1980–1989 . Cherry Red Books . 1997 . 0-9517206-9-4.