| The Wildhearts discography | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Wildhearts performing live in 2007. | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 11 |
| Singles | 25 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 17 |
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. The album was reissued in 1994 with the addition of "Caffeine Bomb", the band's first UK Singles Chart top 40 release. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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". In 2007, the Wildhearts issued their self-titled sixth studio album on Round Records, which peaked at number 55 on the UK Albums Chart. 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.
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. 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. Diagnosis, an EP/mini album issued later that year, reached number 25. 21st Century Love Songs, released in 2021, gave the group their second UK top 10 album when it peaked at number 9. All three aforementioned releases reached the top ten in Scotland, with 21st Century Love Songs peaking at number 2.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
UK Down. |
UK Indie |
UK Phys. |
UK Rock |
UK Sales |
UK Vinyl |
JPN |
SCO | ||
| Earth vs the Wildhearts | 46 | — | — | — | 22 | — | 39 | — | — | |
| Fishing for Luckies |
|
16 | — | — | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 30 |
| P.H.U.Q. |
|
6 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 |
| Endless, Nameless |
|
41 | — | 4 | 41 | 1 | — | — | 46 | 58 |
| The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed |
|
54 | — | 7 | 54 | 4 | — | — | 38 | 51 |
| The Wildhearts |
|
55 | — | 4 | 52 | — | — | — | — | 67 |
| Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol 1. |
|
— | 48 | 16 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| ¡Chutzpah! |
|
53 | 52 | 7 | 62 | 1 | — | — | — | 65 |
| Renaissance Men |
|
11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 4 |
| 21st Century Love Songs |
|
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 | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
UK Indie |
UK Phys. |
UK Rock |
UK Sales |
UK Vinyl |
JPN |
SCO | ||
| Anarchic Airwaves: The Wildhearts at the BBC |
|
— | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tokyo Suits Me (released in Japan only) |
|
— | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| The Wildhearts Strike Back |
|
158 | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| Geordie in Wonderland |
|
— | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rock City vs The Wildhearts |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Never Outdrunk, Never Outsung: PHUQ Live |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Live in the Studio Remastered |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 Year Itch |
|
51 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 20 | — | 24 |
| Dÿnämizer (split with Ginger Wildheart) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | |||||||||
Compilations
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
UK Indie |
UK Rock |
JPN |
SCO | ||
| The Best of The Wildhearts |
|
— | — | — | 48 | — |
| Moodswings and Roundabouts (released in Japan only) |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Anthem: The Single Tracks (released in Japan only) |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Landmines and Pantomimes |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Riff After Riff After Motherfucking Riff (released in Japan only) |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Coupled With |
|
110 | 9 | 13 | — | 81 |
| The Works |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Acoustic Albums Are Shit |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Acoustic Albums Are Shit, Vol. 2 |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Acoustic Albums Are Shit, Vol. 3 |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Acoustic Albums Are Shit, Vol. 4 |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | ||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
UK Down. |
UK Indie |
UK Phys. |
UK Rock |
UK Sales |
UK Vinyl |
SCO | ||
| Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go |
|
86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Don't Be Happy... Just Worry |
|
91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ¡Chutzpah! Jnr. |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diagnosis |
|
25 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| 30 Year Itch Bonus Tracks |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cuts So Deep |
|
— | — | 18 | 57 | 8 | 64 | 35 | 50 |
| AD/HD Rock |
|
— | — | — | 21 |
— | 64 |
20 |
— |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | |||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
UK Indie |
UK Rock | |||
| "Greetings from Shitsville" | 1993 | — | — | — | Earth vs the Wildhearts |
| "TV Tan" | 53 | — | — | ||
| "Caffeine Bomb" | 1994 | 31 | — | — | |
| "Suckerpunch" | 38 | — | — | ||
| "If Life Is Like a Lovebank I Want an Overdraft" "Geordie in Wonderland" |
1995 | 31 | — | — | Fishing for Luckies |
| "I Wanna Go Where the People Go" | 16 | — | 1 | P.H.U.Q. | |
| "Just in Lust" | 28 | — | — | ||
| "Sick of Drugs" | 1996 | 14 | — | 3 | Fishing for Luckies (1996 reissue) |
| "Red Light – Green Light" | 30 | — | 2 | ||
| "Anthem" | 1997 | 21 | — | 1 | Endless, Nameless |
| "Urge" | 26 | 2 | — | ||
| "Vanilla Radio" | 2002 | 26 | 3 | — | The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed |
| "Stormy in the North, Karma in the South" | 2003 | 17 | 5 | 1 | Non-album single |
| "So into You" | 22 | 3 | 3 | The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed | |
| "Top of the World" | 26 | 2 | 3 | ||
| "The Sweetest Song" | 2007 | — | — | — | The Wildhearts |
| "The New Flesh" | — | 5 | — | ||
| "Borderline" | 2008 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "The Only One" | 2009 | — | — | — | ¡Chutzpah! |
| "The Snake, the Lion, the Monkey and the Spider" | — | — | — | ¡Chutzpah! Jnr. | |
| "Zeen Requiem" | — | — | — | ||
| "Dislocated" | 2019 | — | — | — | Renaissance Man |
| "Remember These Days" | 2021 | — | — | — | 21st 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 | Album details | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| UK | ||
| The Best of The Wildhearts: Video Collection (released in Japan only) |
|
— |
| Live at Scarborough Castle |
|
42 |
| Live in the Studio |
|
16 |
| Earth versus The Wildhearts: Live 2014 |
|
— |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | ||
Music videos
| Title | Year | Album | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Nothing Ever Changes But the Shoes" | 1992 | Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go | John Mills | |
| "TV Tan" | 1993 | Earth vs. The Wildhearts | Run Wrake, Nick Burgess-Jones | |
| "Caffeine Bomb" | 1994 | Stephen Wells, Nick Small | ||
| "Suckerpunch" | Peter Christopherson | |||
| "If Life Is Like a Lovebank, I Want an Overdraft" | 1995 | Fishing for Luckies | Philip Richardson | |
| "I Wanna Go Where the People Go" | P.H.U.Q. | Pamela Birkhead | ||
| "Just in Lust" | Tim Searle | |||
| "Sick of Drugs" | 1996 | Fishing for Luckies (1996 reissue) | Philip Richardson | |
| "Red Light – Green Light" | ||||
| "Anthem" | 1997 | Endless, Nameless | unknown | |
| "Urge" | ||||
| "Vanilla Radio" | 2002 | The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed | ||
| "So into You" | 2003 | |||
| "Top of the World" | ||||
| "The Sweetest Song" | 2007 | The Wildhearts | ||
| "The New Flesh" | Nick Small | |||
| "Sleepaway" | 2021 | 21st Century Love Songs | Justin Griffiths | |
Footnotes
- Fishing for Luckies originally received a limited edition mail order-only release. It was later reissued by Round Records in 1996 with more tracks, which was the version that charted.
- Riff After Riff After Motherfucking Riff was issued in the United States by Gearhead Records in 2004, under the title Riff After Riff and with more tracks.
- ^ AD/HD Rock charted on the UK Physical Singles, Singles Sales, and Vinyl Singles Charts, rather than their album equivalents.
References
- ^ "Wildhearts songs and albums: full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "ワイルドハーツの作品" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Discography". The Wildhearts. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – Nothing Ever Changes But the Shoes (Official Video)". YouTube. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – TV Tan (Official Video)". YouTube. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – Caffeine Bomb (Official Video)". YouTube. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – Suckerpunch (Official Video)". YouTube. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – If Life Is Like a Lovebank, I Want an Overdraft (Original Version)". YouTube. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – I Wanna Go Where the People Go (Official Video)". YouTube. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – Just in Lust (Official Video)". YouTube. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – Sick of Drugs (Official Video)". YouTube. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – Red Light – Green Light (Official Video)". YouTube. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts "New Flesh"". YouTube. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- "The Wildhearts – Sleepaway (Official Video)". YouTube. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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