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Mansun discography
Studio albums	4
Compilation albums	5
Singles	17
B-sides	75
Music videos	16

The following is a comprehensive discography of the English alternative rock band Mansun.

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Chart positions			BPI Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Album details	UK	SCO	JPN	BPI Certifications (sales thresholds)
1997	Attack of the Grey Lantern Released: 17 February 1997 Label: Parlophone	1	3	–	Platinum
1998	Six Released: 7 September 1998 Label: Parlophone	6	14	40	Gold
2000	Little Kix Released: 14 August 2000 Label: Parlophone	12	13	47	Silver
2004	Kleptomania Released: 27 September 2004 Label: Parlophone	135	–	186

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Chart positions
Year	Album details	UK	JPN
1996	Special Mini Album (Japan Only EP) Released: 23 October 1996 Label: Toshiba-EMI	N/R	–
2006	Legacy: The Best Of Mansun Released: 18 September 2006 Label: Parlophone	144	–
2011	Six/Little Kix (2 Original Classic Albums) Released: 31 October 2011 Label: EMI	–	–
2020	The Dead Flowers Reject Released: 29 August 2020 Label: Kscope	–	–
2020	Closed For Business Released: 27 November 2020 Label: Kscope	–	–

Singles

Mansun adopted a unique labeling system for their single releases. Their first two releases for the Parlophone label were Extended Plays, these were named One EP and Two EP. However, like most EPs the opening track was promoted as the key song. Subsequent singles were more focused around the opening track, but the band retained the EP label and with the exception of "Taxloss" and "I Can Only Disappoint U", all of their singles were numbered, though both those singles counted in the numbering.

The group's first single was paid and produced by the group on their own label; Sci-Fi Hi-Fi Records. The group's second single; "Skin Up Pin Up" / "Flourella" was released on the EMI affiliate Regal Records. All subsequent singles were issued by Parlophone/EMI.

Their final single, "Slipping Away", was released after the group had disbanded was commercially released as a 7" Vinyl and Download Release only

Release Date		Title	Chart Positions			Album
Release Date		Title	UK	SCO	US Mod.	Album
1995	25 September	"Take It Easy Chicken"	–	–	–	—
1995	20 November	"Skin Up Pin Up / Flourella"	91	–	–	—
1996	25 March	"Egg Shaped Fred" (One EP)	37	42	–	Attack of the Grey Lantern
	3 June	"Take It Easy Chicken" (Two EP)	32	34	–	—
	9 September	"Stripper Vicar" (Three EP)	19	25	–	Attack of the Grey Lantern
	25 November	"Wide Open Space" (Four EP)	15	13	25
1997	3 February	"She Makes My Nose Bleed" (Five EP)	9	8	–
	28 April	"Taxloss"	15	18	–
	6 October	"Closed for Business" (Seven EP)	10	10	–	—
1998	29 June	"Legacy" (Eight EP)	7	8	–	Six
	24 August	"Being a Girl (Part One)" (Nine EP)	13	14	–
	26 October	"Negative" (Ten EP)	27	29	–
1999	1 February	"Six" (Eleven EP)	16	21	–
2000	31 July	"I Can Only Disappoint U"	8	9	–	Little Kix
2000	6 November	"Electric Man" (EP 13)	23	32	–
2001	29 January	"Fool" (Fourteen EP)	28	34	–
2004	20 September	"Slipping Away"	55	71	–	Kleptomania

B-sides

Title	Year	A-side
"An Open Letter to a Lyrical Trainspotter"	1996	"Stripper Vicar"
"Been Here Before"	1998	"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"Being a Girl (Parts One & Two) (Live)"	1999	"Six"
"Black Infinite Space"	2001	"Fool"
"But the Trains Run on Time"	1999	"Six"
"Can't Afford to Die"	1998	"Legacy"
"Check Under the Bed"	1998	"Legacy"
"Church of the Drive Thru Elvis"	1999	"Six"
"Dark Mavis (Acoustic)"	1997	"Closed for Business"
"Decisions, Decisions"	2000	"I Can Only Disappoint U"
"Drastic Sturgeon"	1996	"Take It Easy Chicken"
"Drastic Sturgeon (Live)"	1997	"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"Egg Shaped Fred (Acoustic)"	1997	"Closed for Business"
"Electric Man (Acoustic version)"	2000	"Electric Man"
"Everyone Must Win"	1997	"Closed for Business"
"Face in the Crowd"	1998	"Legacy"
"Fade in Time"	2001	"Fool"
"Flourella"	1997	"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"Getting Your Way"	2004	"Slipping Away"
"Golden Stone"	2000	"I Can Only Disappoint U"
"Grey Lantern"	1997	"Taxloss"
"GSOH"	1998	"Legacy"
"Hidden Bonus Track"	1996	"Egg Shaped Fred"
"Hideout"	1998	"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"I Can Only Disappoint U (Perfecto Club Mix)"	2000	"Electric Man"
"I Can Only Disappoint U (Perfecto Instrumental)"	2000	"Electric Man"
"I Care"	1998	"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"I Deserve What I Get"	1998	"Negative"
"I've Seen the Top of the Mountain"	2001	"Fool"
"K.I.Double.S.I.N.G."	1997	"Closed for Business"
"King of Beauty"	1998	"Negative"
"Lemonade Secret Drinker"	1996	"Egg Shaped Fred"
"Lemonade Secret Drinker (Acoustic Version)"	1996	"Wide Open Space"
"Live Open Space"	1997	"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"Live Television"	1999	"Six"
"Mansun's Only Acoustic Song"	1998	"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"Mansun's Only Live Song"	1998	"Negative"
"Moronica"	1996	"Take It Easy Chicken"
"Moronica (Acoustic Version)"	1996	"Wide Open Space"
"My Idea of Fun"	2000	"I Can Only Disappoint U"
"No One Knows Us"	1996	"Stripper Vicar"
"Promises"	2001	"Fool"
"Railings"	1998	"Being a Girl (Part One)"
"Rebel Without a Quilt"	1996	"Wide Open Space"
"Repair Man"	2000	"I Can Only Disappoint U"
"She Makes My Nose Bleed (Acoustic)"	1997	"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"Ski Jump Nose (Acoustic Version)"	1998	"Legacy"
"Ski Jump Nose"	1996	"Egg Shaped Fred"
"Ski Jump Nose (Live)"	1997	"Taxloss"
"Skin Up Pin Up"	1996	"Wide Open Space"
"Spasm of Identity"	1998	"Legacy"
"Stripper Vicar (Live)"	1997	"Closed for Business"
"Take It Easy Chicken (Live)"	1998	"Negative"
"Taxloss (Gaudi Remix)"	1997	"Taxloss"
"Taxloss (John 'OO' Fleming Remix)"	1997	"Taxloss"
"Taxloss (Lisa Marie Experience Remix)"	1997	"Taxloss"
"Taxloss (Slam Remix)"	1997	"Taxloss"
"The Apartment"	2000	"Electric Man"
"The Drifters"	2000	"Electric Man"
"The Duchess"	1996	"Stripper Vicar"
"The Edge"	1996	"Stripper Vicar"
"The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail"	1997	"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"The Gods of Not Very Much"	1996	"Wide Open Space"
"The Greatest Pain"	1996	"Take It Easy Chicken"
"The Impending Collapse of It All"	1997	"Taxloss"
"The Impending Collapse of it All (Acoustic Version)"	1998	"Legacy"
"The Most to Gain"	1997	"She Makes My Nose Bleed"
"The World's Still Open"	1997	"Closed for Business"
"Thief"	1996	"Egg Shaped Fred"
"Things Keep Falling Off Buildings"	1996	"Stripper Vicar"
"Vision Impaired"	1996	"Wide Open Space"
"What It's Like to be Hated"	1999	"Six"
"When the Wind Blows"	1998	"Negative"
"Wide Open Space (Acoustic)"	1997	"Taxloss"
"Wide Open Space (The Perfecto Remix)"	1998	"Legacy"
"Wide Open Space (Trouser Enthusiasts Hermaphrodite Circus Mix)"	1998	"Being a Girl (Part One)"

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1995	"Flourella"	edited by Nick Gordon
1996	"Egg Shaped Fred"	Lawrence Watson
	"Take It Easy Chicken"	Walter Stern
	"Stripper Vicar"	Dwight Clarke
	"Wide Open Space"	Paul Cunningham
1997	"Wide Open Space" (US Version)	Nigel Dick
	"She Makes My Nose Bleed"	John Hillcoat
	"Taxloss"	Roman Coppola
	"Closed for Business"	James Brown
1998	"Legacy"	Mike Mills
	"Being a Girl (Part One)"	Jamie Thraves
	"Negative"	Jamie Thraves
1999	"Six"	Grant Gee
2000	"I Can Only Disappoint U"
2000	"Electric Man"
2001	"Fool"	Phil Harder

Miscellaneous releases

Xmas Fanclub 7" vinyl (1998) - Live versions of "Everyone Must Win" and "Taxloss" recorded at Brixton Academy 23 October 1998
"South of the Painted Hall" (2006) - Free Download available only to buyers of Legacy: The Best Of Mansun

Contributions

ChildLine (1996, Polygram TV) - "Ski Jump Nose (Cliff Nourell Mix)" (various artists charity compilation for ChildLine)
Spawn: The Soundtrack (1997, Sony) - Skin Up Pin Up" (credited as Mansun & 808 State)
Britpop at the BBC (2014, Warner Music) - "Wide Open Space" (Studio) and "Closed For Business (Live from the BBC)"

References

^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 348. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Scottish albums:
- "Attack of the Grey Lantern - Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1997-02-23. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Six - Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1998-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Little Kix - Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2000-08-20. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
^ "Japan: Album positions". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
"'Attack of the Grey Lantern' Gold Certificate". BPI. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
"'Six' Gold Certificate". BPI. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
"'Little Kix' Silver Certificate". BPI. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
"UK Chartlog". zobbel.de. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
"Mansun / Artist / Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
Scottish singles:
- "One EP - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1996-03-31. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Two EP - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1996-06-09. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Stripper Vicar - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1996-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Wide Open Space - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1996-12-01. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "She Makes My Nose Bleed - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1997-02-09. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Taxloss - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1997-05-04. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Closed For Business - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1997-10-12. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Legacy - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1998-07-05. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Being A Girl (Part One) - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1998-08-30. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Negative - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1998-11-01. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Six - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1999-02-07. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "I Can Only Disappoint U - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2000-08-06. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Electric Man - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2000-11-12. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Fool - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2001-02-04. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Slipping Away - Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2004-09-26. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
"US single positions". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

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Studio albums	Attack of the Grey Lantern Six Little Kix Kleptomania
Compilations	Legacy: The Best Of
Singles	"Take It Easy Chicken" "Skin Up Pin Up / Flourella" "Egg Shaped Fred" "Stripper Vicar" "Wide Open Space" "She Makes My Nose Bleed" "Taxloss" "Closed for Business" "Legacy" "Being a Girl" "Negative" "Six" "I Can Only Disappoint U" "Electric Man" "Fool" "Slipping Away"
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