The Wildhearts discography explained

Artist:The Wildhearts
Studio:10
Live:9
Compilation:11
Video:4
Music Videos:17
Ep:7
Singles:25

The Wildhearts are a British rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne. Since their formation in 1989, the band have released ten studio albums, nine live albums, 11 compilation albums, seven extended plays (EPs), 25 singles, four video albums and 17 music videos.

After debuting in 1992 with the EPs Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go and Don't Be Happy... Just Worry, the Wildhearts released their full-length debut Earth vs the Wildhearts in 1993 on East West and Bronze Records, reaching number 46 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] The album was reissued in 1994 with the addition of "Caffeine Bomb", the band's first UK Singles Chart top 40 release.[1] The next year saw the group break the top 20 on both charts for the first time, with the release of P.H.U.Q. and lead single "I Wanna Go Where the People Go", which charted at number 6 and 16 on their respective charts.[1] Fishing for Luckies, which originally received a limited release in 1994, was reissued in 1996 and reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart, with lead single "Sick of Drugs" reaching number 14.[1]

The Wildhearts released Endless, Nameless on Mushroom Records in 1997, which peaked at number 46 in the UK; both singles from the album made the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart.[1] The band subsequently went on hiatus, before returning in 2003 with Gut Records release The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed, which charted at number 54 in the UK and number 38 in Japan – their only release to break the country's albums chart top 40.[1] [2] The same year, the group reached the UK Singles Chart top 20 for the third and final time with "Stormy in the North, Karma in the South".[1] In 2007, the Wildhearts issued their self-titled sixth studio album on Round Records, which peaked at number 55 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] The 2008 follow-up Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol 1., an album of cover versions, failed to register on the main UK chart but reached the top 20 of both the UK Independent Albums and the UK Rock & Metal Albums Charts.[1]

2009 saw the band release eighth album ¡Chutzpah! on Backstage Alliance, which charted in the UK at number 53 and topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.[1] The Wildhearts did not release another album until ten years later, when 2019's Renaissance Men peaked at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart – the band's highest position since 1995.[1] Diagnosis, an EP/mini album issued later that year, reached number 25.[1] 21st Century Love Songs, released in 2021, gave the group their second UK top 10 album when it peaked at number 9.[1] All three aforementioned releases reached the top ten in Scotland, with 21st Century Love Songs peaking at number 2.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
UK
Down.

UK
Indie


UK
Rock

UK
Vinyl

JPN
SCO
Earth vs the Wildhearts 46 22 39
Fishing for Luckies
  • Released: 12 December 1994
  • Label: East West
  • Format: CD
16 16 2 30
P.H.U.Q.
  • Released: 22 May 1995
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
6 6 1 14
Endless, Nameless
  • Released: 27 October 1997
  • Label: Mushroom
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
41 4 41 1 46 58
The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
  • Released: 25 August 2003
  • Label: Gut
  • Formats: CD, LP
54 7 54 4 38 51
The Wildhearts
  • Released: 23 April 2007
  • Label: Round
  • Formats: CD, 2LP
55 4 52 67
Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol 1.
  • Released: 19 May 2008
  • Label: Round
  • Format: CD
48 16 20
¡Chutzpah!
  • Released: 31 August 2009
  • Label: Backstage Alliance
  • Format: CD
53 52 7 62 1 65
Renaissance Men
  • Released: 3 May 2019
  • Label: Graphite
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital
11 6 2 4 2 4 3 4
21st Century Love Songs
  • Released: 3 September 2021
  • Label: Graphite
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital
9 2 4 3 2 3 3 2
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Live albums

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
UK
Indie


UK
Rock

UK
Vinyl

JPN
SCO
Anarchic Airwaves: The Wildhearts at the BBC
  • Released: 16 March 1998
  • Label: Kuro Neko
  • Formats: CD, 2CD, 2LP
31
Tokyo Suits Me
  • Released: 27 January 1999
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: 2CD
18
The Wildhearts Strike Back
  • Released: 25 October 2004
  • Label: Gut
  • Formats: 2CD, 2LP
158 18
Geordie in Wonderland
  • Released: 24 July 2006
  • Label: Secret
  • Format: CD
34
Rock City vs The Wildhearts
  • Released: 8 April 2014
  • Label: Round
  • Format: 2CD
  • Released: 1 July 2016
  • Label: Round
  • Formats: 2CD, 2LP, digital
Live in the Studio Remastered
  • Released: 25 January 2019
  • Label: Round
  • Formats: CD, digital
30 Year Itch
  • Released: 25 September 2020
  • Label: Round
  • Formats: 2CD, 2LP, digital
51 8 33 2 33 20 24
Dÿnämizer
  • Released: March 2022
  • Label: Round
  • Formats: 2CD, 2LP, digital
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Compilations

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
UK
Indie

UK
Rock
JPN
SCO
The Best of The Wildhearts
  • Released: 25 November 1996
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: CD, cassette
48
Moodswings and Roundabouts
  • Released: 25 January 1998
  • Label: East West
  • Format: 4CD
Anthem: The Single Tracks
  • Released: 21 March 1998
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD
Landmines and Pantomimes
  • Released: 28 September 1998
  • Label: Kuro Neko
  • Format: CD
Riff After Riff After Motherfucking Riff
  • Released: 23 October 2002
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
Coupled With
  • Released: 29 March 2004
  • Label: Gut
  • Formats: CD, LP
110 9 13 81
The Works
  • Released: 31 March 2008
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: 3CD
Acoustic Albums Are Shit
  • Released: 3 March 2023
  • Label: Round
  • Format: digital
Acoustic Albums Are Shit, Vol. 2
  • Released: 7 April 2023
  • Label: Round
  • Format: digital
Acoustic Albums Are Shit, Vol. 3
  • Released: 5 May 2023
  • Label: Round
  • Format: digital
Acoustic Albums Are Shit, Vol. 4
  • Released: 4 August 2023
  • Label: Round
  • Format: digital
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Extended plays

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
UK
Down.

UK
Indie


UK
Rock

UK
Vinyl

SCO
Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go
  • Released: 20 April 1992
  • Label: East West/Bronze
  • Formats: CD, 12" vinyl
Don't Be Happy... Just Worry
  • Released: 23 November 1992
  • Label: East West/Bronze
  • Formats: CD, 12" vinyl
91
¡Chutzpah! Jnr.
  • Released: 2 December 2009
  • Label: Backstage Alliance
  • Format: CD
Diagnosis
  • Released: 4 October 2019
  • Label: Graphite
  • Formats: CD, 10" vinyl, digital
25 11 4 9 2 9 6 9
30 Year Itch Bonus Tracks
  • Released: 25 September 2020
  • Label: Round
  • Formats: CD, digital
Cuts So Deep
  • Released: 17 July 2021
  • Label: Round
  • Format: 12" vinyl
18 57 8 64 35 50
AD/HD Rock
  • Released: 23 April 2022
  • Label: Graphite
  • Format: 10" vinyl
21
64
20
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Singles

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:3em;"
YearPeak positionsAlbum
UK
UK
Indie

UK
Rock
"Greetings from Shitsville"1993Earth vs the Wildhearts
"TV Tan"53
"Caffeine Bomb"199431
"Suckerpunch"38
"If Life Is Like a Lovebank I Want an Overdraft"
"Geordie in Wonderland"
199531 Fishing for Luckies
"I Wanna Go Where the People Go"16 1P.H.U.Q.
"Just in Lust"28
"Sick of Drugs"199614 3Fishing for Luckies
"Red Light – Green Light"30 2
"Anthem"199721 1Endless, Nameless
"Urge"26 2
"Vanilla Radio"200226 3 The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
"Stormy in the North, Karma in the South"200317 5 1
"So into You"22 3 3The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
"Top of the World"26 2 3
"The Sweetest Song"2007The Wildhearts
"The New Flesh"5
"Borderline"2008
"The Only One"2009¡Chutzpah!
"The Snake, the Lion, the Monkey and the Spider"¡ChutzpahJnr.
"Zeen Requiem"
"Dislocated"2019Renaissance Man
"Remember These Days"202121st Century Love Songs
"Sort Your Fucking Shit Out"
"Sleepaway"
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Videos

Video albums

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak
UK
The Best of The Wildhearts: Video
Collection
Live at Scarborough Castle
  • Released: 23 October 2006
  • Label: Secret
  • Format: DVD
42
Live in the Studio
  • Released: 20 October 2008
  • Label: Round
  • Format: DVD
16
Earth versus The Wildhearts: Live 2014
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Round
  • Format: DVD
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Music videos

Title!scope="col" style="width:3em;"
YearAlbumDirector(s)Ref.
"Nothing Ever Changes But the Shoes"1992Mondo Akimbo a-Go-GoJohn Mills[3]
"TV Tan"1993Earth vs. The WildheartsRun Wrake, Nick Burgess-Jones[4]
"Caffeine Bomb"1994Stephen Wells, Nick Small[5]
"Suckerpunch"Peter Christopherson[6]
"If Life Is Like a Lovebank, I Want an Overdraft"1995Fishing for LuckiesPhilip Richardson[7]
"I Wanna Go Where the People Go"P.H.U.Q.Pamela Birkhead[8]
"Just in Lust"Tim Searle[9]
"Sick of Drugs"1996Fishing for Luckies Philip Richardson[10]
"Red Light – Green Light"[11]
"Anthem"1997Endless, Namelessrowspan="6" colspan="2"
"Urge"
"Vanilla Radio"2002The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
"So into You"2003
"Top of the World"
"The Sweetest Song"2007The Wildhearts
"The New Flesh"Nick Small[12]
"Sleepaway"202121st Century Love SongsJustin Griffiths[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wildhearts songs and albums: full Official Chart history . . 6 March 2024 .
  2. Web site: ワイルドハーツの作品 . Japanese . . 6 March 2024 .
  3. Web site: The Wildhearts – Nothing Ever Changes But the Shoes (Official Video) . . 20 August 2015 . 1 March 2024 .
  4. Web site: The Wildhearts – TV Tan (Official Video) . . 20 August 2015 . 1 March 2024 .
  5. Web site: The Wildhearts – Caffeine Bomb (Official Video) . . 21 August 2015 . 1 March 2024 .
  6. Web site: The Wildhearts – Suckerpunch (Official Video) . . 21 August 2015 . 1 March 2024 .
  7. Web site: The Wildhearts – If Life Is Like a Lovebank, I Want an Overdraft (Original Version) . . 21 August 2015 . 1 March 2024 .
  8. Web site: The Wildhearts – I Wanna Go Where the People Go (Official Video) . . 21 August 2015 . 1 March 2024 .
  9. Web site: The Wildhearts – Just in Lust (Official Video) . . 21 August 2015 . 1 March 2024 .
  10. Web site: The Wildhearts – Sick of Drugs (Official Video) . . 21 August 2015 . 1 March 2024 .
  11. Web site: The Wildhearts – Red Light – Green Light (Official Video) . . 21 August 2015 . 1 March 2024 .
  12. Web site: The Wildhearts "New Flesh" . . 24 August 2007 . 1 March 2024 .
  13. Web site: The Wildhearts – Sleepaway (Official Video) . . 13 August 2021 . 1 March 2024 .