The Selecter discography explained

Artist:The Selecter
Studio:17
Live:14
Compilation:20
Video:1
Ep:6
Singles:19

This article is the discography of British ska revival band The Selecter.

Albums

Studio albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUSCAN
[2]
NL
[3]
NOR
[4]
NZ
[5]
US
[6]
1980Too Much Pressure 57785433724175
1981Celebrate the Bullet
  • Released: 27 February 1981
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
41
1994The Happy Album
  • Released: July 1994
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: CD
1995Pucker!
  • Released: 22 August 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
  • Released in the US by Triple X as Hairspray
1999Cruel Britannia
The Trojan Songbook
  • Released: 29 October 1999
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2000Kingston Affair
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Moon Ska
  • Formats: CD
  • With Dave Barker
The Trojan Songbook – Volume 2
  • Released: June 2000
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2001The Trojan Songbook – Volume 3
  • Released: March 2001
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2002Acoustic – Unplugged for the Rude Boy Generation
  • Released: 23 July 2002
  • Label: Mapps Cafe
  • Formats: CD
2003Real to Reel
  • Released: November 2003
  • Label: Captain Mod
  • Formats: CD
2004Acoustic – Requiem for a Black Soul
  • Released: 2 February 2004
  • Label: Charly
  • Formats: CD
2011Made in Britain
2013String Theory
  • Released: 24 February 2013
  • Label: Vocaphone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
2015Subculture
  • Released: 15 June 2015
  • Label: DMF
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
54
2017Daylight
  • Released: 6 October 2017
  • Label: DMF
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
66
2023Human Algebra
  • Released: 21 April 2023[7]
  • Label: DMF
  • Format: LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearTitleDetails
1992Out on the Streets
  • Released: April 1992
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
1996Live Injection
  • Released: February 1996
  • Label: Blue Moon, Magnum America
  • Formats: CD
Live at Roskilde Festival
  • Released: December 1996
  • Label: Blue Moon, Magnum America
  • Formats: CD
1997Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Emporio
  • Formats: CD, MC
1998I Want Justice – Live
  • Released: January 1998
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
Live
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: E2
  • Formats: CD
1999The Selecter Live
  • Released: 21 October 1999
  • Label: Meldac
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
My Perfect World – Live
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2012Live in Britain
2015Get on the Train to Skaville
  • Released: 29 June 2015
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Access All Areas
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
2018Live at the Roundhouse
  • Released: 8 June 2018
  • Label: DMF
  • Formats: CD+DVD, 2×LP+DVD, digital download
2021Live in Coventry '79
  • Released: 12 June 2021
  • Label: 2 Tone
  • Formats: LP
  • Record Store Day limited release
2023Live At The NEC 1980
  • Released: 22 April 2023
  • Label: Chrysalis Catalog
  • Formats: LP (clear vinyl)
  • Record Store Day limited release

Compilation albums

YearTitleDetails
1989Selected Selecter Selections
  • Released: July 1989
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • US-only release
1994Rare
  • Released: October 1994
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
Prime Cuts
  • Released: April 1994
  • Label: Blue Moon, Magnum America
  • Formats: CD
  • As Pauline Black and the Selecter
1995Prime Cuts Vol. 2
  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Blue Moon, Magnum America
  • Formats: CD
  • As the Selecter featuring Pauline Black
Rare Volume Two
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
Rare Volume Three – Versions
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
1996On My Radio
  • Released: 19 March 1996
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 13 May 1996
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Back Out on the Streets
  • Released: 10 September 1996
  • Label: Triple X
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
1997Selecterized – The Best of the Selecter 1991–1996
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
On My Radio
  • Released: May 1997
  • Label: Recall 2cd
  • Formats: 2×CD
The Collection
  • Released: 24 June 1997
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
The Very Best of the Selecter
  • Released: August 1997
  • Label: Triple X
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
1998BBC Sessions/Live at the Paris Theatre '79
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
1999Too Much Pressure
  • Released: July 1999
  • Label: Harry May, Go-Feet
  • Formats: CD, LP
2004Three Minute Hero – Live & Studio Sessions 1983–2000
  • Released: 4 October 2004
  • Label: Shakedown
  • Formats: 2×CD+DVD
Street Feeling
2010Selecter-Matic
  • Released: 17 May 2010
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2013Indie Singles Collection 1991–96/Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 22 July 2013
  • Label: BADfish
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2018Best of Live at Dingwalls London
  • Released: 23 March 2018
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: LP, digital download
  • Selection of tracks from Get on the Train to Skaville

Video albums

EPs

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
UK
1980James Bond
  • Released: January 1980
  • Label: 2 Tone
  • Formats: 12-inch
  • Japan promo-only release
1993The 2 Tone EP
  • Released: 27 September 1993
  • Label: 2 Tone
  • Formats: CD, MC, 7-inch
  • Split EP with other 2 Tone Records artists
30
1994Madness EP
1995Hairspray
  • Released: August 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
1996Too Much Pressure '96
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
2013Daytrotter Session
  • Released: 29 October 2013
  • Label: Daytrotter
  • Formats: digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
BEL
[8]
IRE
[9]
NL
[10]
US
Dance

[11]
1979"Gangsters" (by the Special A.K.A.) / "The Selecter" (by the Selecter)662711rowspan="2"
"On My Radio" (b/w "Too Much Pressure)8813
86
1980"Three Minute Hero"16Too Much Pressure
"Missing Words"2332
"The Whisper"36
1981"Celebrate the Bullet"Celebrate the Bullet
"Facing Situations" (Spain-only release)
1991"On My Radio '91"
2011"Big in the Body, Small in the Mind"Made in Britain
"Back to Black" (promo-only release)
"A Christmas Fable"
2015"Box Fresh" (promo-only release)Subculture
"It Never Worked Out" (promo-only release)
"Walk the Walk"
2016"Side to Side" (by the Beat feat. Ranking Roger) / "Breakdown" (by the Selecter; limited edition release)Bounce / Subculture
2017"Taking Back Control" (promo-only release)Daylight
"Frontline"
"Daylight" (promo-only release)
"The Big Badoof" (promo-only release)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SELECTER full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-05-12. www.officialcharts.com.
  2. 24 May 1980. RPM Top Albums. RPM. 33. 9. 2021-05-13. Library and Archives Canada.
  3. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-05-12. dutchcharts.nl.
  4. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2021-05-12. norwegiancharts.com.
  5. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal. 2021-05-12. charts.nz.
  6. Selector. 2021-05-12. Billboard.
  7. Web site: The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'When we get on stage, something alchemical happens'. The Guardian. Sawyer. Miranda. 9 April 2023. 25 April 2023.
  8. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. 2021-05-13. ultratop.be.
  9. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2021-05-13. www.irishcharts.ie.
  10. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-05-13. dutchcharts.nl.
  11. Selector. 2021-05-13. Billboard.