Tom Robinson discography explained

Artist:Tom Robinson
Studio:14
Live:7
Compilation:11
Video:2
Ep:3
Singles:33
1Option:13
1Option Name:Other albums

This is the discography of British singer-songwriter Tom Robinson. He has released one studio album as part of Café Society, two as part of the Tom Robinson Band, one as part of Sector 27, one as part of Faith, Folk and Anarchy, one with King Crimson lead singer Jakko Jakszyk and eight solo albums. He has also released fan club-only bootlegs known as the Castaway Club series.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
AUS
[3]
FIN
[4]
NOR
[5]
SWE
[6]
US
[7]
Café Society
(as Café Society)
  • Released: October 1975
  • Label: Konk
  • Formats: LP
Power in the Darkness
(as Tom Robinson Band)
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TRB Two
(as Tom Robinson Band)
  • Released: 16 March 1979
  • Label: EMI, Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
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Sector 27
(as Sector 27)
  • Released: 7 November 1980[8]
  • Label: Fontana
  • Formats: LP, MC
North by Northwest
  • Released: May 1982
  • Label: Panic, I.R.S.
  • Formats: LP, MC
Hope and Glory
  • Released: September 1984
  • Label: Castaway, Geffen
  • Formats: LP, MC
21
Still Loving You
  • Released: September 1986
  • Label: Castaway
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
We Never Had It So Good
(with Jakko Jakszyk)
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Musidisc
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Living in a Boom Time
Love over Rage
  • Released: 2 May 1994
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, MC
Having It Both Ways
  • Released: 27 May 1996
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, MC
Smelling Dogs
  • Released: 11 September 2001
  • Label: Castaway Northwest
  • Formats: CD
  • Spoken word album
  • US-only release
Faith, Folk and Anarchy
(as Faith, Folk and Anarchy)
  • Released: January 2002
  • Label: Hands On Music
  • Formats: CD
Only the Now
  • Released: 16 October 2015
  • Label: Castaway Northwest
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
20
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Cabaret ‘79
  • Released: October 1982
  • Label: Panic
  • Formats: LP
Live – Midnight at the Fringe
  • Released: March 1987
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD, LP
Blond & Blue
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Italy-only release
  • Features tracks from Live – Midnight at the Fringe
The Winter of 1992
(as Tom Robinson Band)
Holidays in the Sun
  • Released: 23 July 1998
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
Faith, Folk and Anarchy Live
(as Faith, Folk and Anarchy, with Martyn Joseph and Steve Knightley)
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Pipe
  • Formats: 2xCD
Power in the Darkness – Live at the 100 Club
  • Released: 21 September 2018
  • Label: The state51 Conspiracy
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Tom Robinson Band
(as Tom Robinson Band)
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Collection 1977–'87
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Last Tango
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Line
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Germany-only release
Tom Robinson
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Pop Fire
  • Formats: CD
The Gold Collection
  • Released: March 1996
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Sector 27 Complete
(as Section 27)
  • Released: June 1996
  • Label: Fontana
  • Formats: CD, MC
Rising Free – The Very Best of TRB
(as Tom Robinson Band)
  • Released: June 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
The Undiscovered
  • Released: April 1998
  • Label: Recall 2cd
  • Formats: 2xCD
The Cafe Society Archives
(as Café Society)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Secret Society
  • Formats: CD
War Baby
  • Released: 24 November 2000
  • Label: Armoury
  • Formats: CD
  • Germany-only release
The Anthology 1977–79
(as Tom Robinson Band)
  • Released: 28 June 2013
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 3xCD+DVD, digital download

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Back in the Old Country
Tom Robinson Band
(as Tom Robinson Band)
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Magna Pacific
  • Formats: DVD
  • Australia-only release

Other albums

TitleAlbum details
The T.R.B. Pre-Album
  • Released: February 1978
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: 12"
  • US promo-only mini-album
Castaway Club Vol 1
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
Castaway Club Vol 2
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
Castaway Club Vol 3
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
  • Features demos from Section 27
Castaway Club Vol 4
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
Live at Abbey Road – Castaway Club Vol 5
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
Castaway Club Vol 6
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
Home from Home
  • Released: February 1999
  • Label: Oyster
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Belgium-only release
  • First CD features songs recorded in Belgium; the second is the same as the Japanese Holidays in the Sun album
Castaway Club Vol 7
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
Castaway Club Vol 8
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
  • Commercially released as Smelling Dogs
Castaway Club Vol 9
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
Castaway Club Vol 10
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fan club-only release
Castaway CD 60
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Exclusive limited release

EPs

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
FIN
SWE
[9]
Rising Free...
("Don't Take No for an Answer"/"Sing If You're Glad to Be Gay")
  • Released: January 1978
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 7"
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Atmospherics
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Panic
  • Formats: 12"
Feel So Good
(with Kiki Dee)
  • Released: January 1987
  • Label: Castaway
  • Formats: 7", 12"
93
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
UK Indie
[10]
AUS
BE (FL)
[11]
FIN
IRE
[12]
NL
[13]
NOR
[14]
NZ
[15]
SWE
[16]
"(The) Whitby Two-Step" (as Café Society)1975Café Society
"2-4-6-8 Motorway" (as Tom Robinson Band)1977513283146361rowspan="2"
"Right On Sister" (as Tom Robinson Band; US and Canada-only release)1978
"Up Against the Wall" (as Tom Robinson Band)3316Power in the Darkness
"Too Good to Be True" (as Tom Robinson Band)
"Black Angel" (as Tom Robinson Band; Japan-only release)1979TRB Two
"Bully for You" (as Tom Robinson Band)68
"Alright All Night" (as Tom Robinson Band)
"Never Gonna Fall in Love (Again)" (with the Voice Squad)99
"Not Ready" (as Sector 27)19804Sector 27
"Invitation: What Have We Got to Lose?" (as Sector 27)
"Total Recall" (as Sector 27)1981
"Martin's Gone" (as Sector 27)rowspan="2"
"Tango an der Wand" (Germany-only release)
"Now Martin's Gone"1982North by Northwest
"Stand Together" (Germany-only release)Cabaret '79
"War Baby"1983617316Hope and Glory
"Listen to the Radio (Atmospherics)"394617
"Back in the Old Country"198479
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"58Hope and Glory
"Prison"1985
"(It Ain't Nothing Like) The Real Thing"1986Still Loving You
"Still Loving You"88
"Spain"1987
"Hard Cases"1988
"Blood Brother" (with Jakko Jakszyk)1990We Never Had It So Good
"War Baby" (re-recording)1992Living in a Boom Time
"Hard"199443Love Over Rage
"Loved"
"Days (That Changed the World)"
"Thin Green Line" (with TV Smith)1995Immortal Rich (by TV Smith)
"Connecticut"/"Disrespect"1996Having It Both Ways
"The Mighty Sword of Justice" (promo-only release)[17] 2015Only the Now
"One Big Con" (as the Gaslight Troubadours featuring Tom Robinson)2018Stranger Swings (by the Gaslight Troubadours)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TOM ROBINSON full Official Chart History Official Charts Company . 2022-04-14 . www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Web site: Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company . 2022-04-15 . www.officialcharts.com . en.
  3. Book: Kent, David . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . illustrated . St Ives, N.S.W. . 254 . David Kent (historian).
  4. Web site: 12 August 2015 . Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit REM - ROB . 2022-04-14 . Sisältää hitin.
  5. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal . 2022-04-14 . norwegiancharts.com.
  6. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal . 2022-04-14 . swedishcharts.com.
  7. Tom Robinson . 2022-04-14 . Billboard . en-US.
  8. 8 November 1980 . New Albums . . 29 . 14 April 2022.
  9. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal . 2022-04-14 . swedishcharts.com.
  10. Book: Lazell, Barry . Indie Hits 1980–1989' . Cherry Red Books . 1997 . 0-9517206-9-4.
  11. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS . 2022-04-14 . www.ultratop.be.
  12. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know . 2022-04-14 . irishcharts.ie.
  13. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl . 2022-04-14 . dutchcharts.nl.
  14. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal . 2022-04-14 . norwegiancharts.com.
  15. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal . 2022-04-14 . charts.nz.
  16. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal . 2022-04-14 . swedishcharts.com.
  17. Web site: Tom Robinson . 2022-04-15 . www.bolchini.com.