The Selecter discography

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

The Selecter discography
Studio albums17
Live albums14
Compilation albums20
Video albums1
EPs6
Singles19

Albums edit

Studio albums edit

Year Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS CAN
[2]
NL
[3]
NOR
[4]
NZ
[5]
US
[6]
1980 Too Much Pressure 5 77 85 43 37 24 175
1981 Celebrate the Bullet
  • Released: 27 February 1981
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
41
1994 The Happy Album
  • Released: July 1994
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: CD
1995 Pucker!
  • Released: 22 August 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
  • Released in the US by Triple X as Hairspray
1999 Cruel Britannia
The Trojan Songbook
  • Released: 29 October 1999
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2000 Kingston Affair
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Moon Ska
  • Formats: CD
  • With Dave Barker
The Trojan Songbook – Volume 2
  • Released: June 2000
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2001 The Trojan Songbook – Volume 3
  • Released: March 2001
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2002 Acoustic – Unplugged for the Rude Boy Generation
  • Released: 23 July 2002
  • Label: Mapps Cafe
  • Formats: CD
2003 Real to Reel
2004 Acoustic – Requiem for a Black Soul
  • Released: 2 February 2004
  • Label: Charly
  • Formats: CD
2011 Made in Britain
2013 String Theory
  • Released: 24 February 2013
  • Label: Vocaphone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
2015 Subculture
  • Released: 15 June 2015
  • Label: DMF
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
54
2017 Daylight
  • Released: 6 October 2017
  • Label: DMF
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
66
2023 Human 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 edit

Year Title Details
1992 Out on the Streets
  • Released: April 1992
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
1996 Live 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
1997 Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Emporio
  • Formats: CD, MC
1998 I Want Justice – Live
  • Released: January 1998
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
Live
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: E2
  • Formats: CD
1999 The Selecter Live!
  • Released: 21 October 1999
  • Label: Meldac
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
My Perfect World – Live
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
2012 Live in Britain
2015 Get 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
2018 Live at the Roundhouse
  • Released: 8 June 2018
  • Label: DMF
  • Formats: CD+DVD, 2×LP+DVD, digital download
2021 Live in Coventry '79
  • Released: 12 June 2021
  • Label: 2 Tone
  • Formats: LP
  • Record Store Day limited release
2023 Live At The NEC 1980
  • Released: 22 April 2023
  • Label: Chrysalis Catalog
  • Formats: LP (clear vinyl)
  • Record Store Day limited release

Compilation albums edit

Year Title Details
1989 Selected Selecter Selections
  • Released: July 1989
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • US-only release
1994 Rare
  • 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
1995 Prime 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
1996 On 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
1997 Selecterized – 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
1998 BBC Sessions/Live at the Paris Theatre '79
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
1999 Too Much Pressure
  • Released: July 1999
  • Label: Harry May, Go-Feet
  • Formats: CD, LP
2004 Three Minute Hero – Live & Studio Sessions 1983–2000
  • Released: 4 October 2004
  • Label: Shakedown
  • Formats: 2×CD+DVD
Street Feeling
2010 Selecter-Matic
  • Released: 17 May 2010
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2013 Indie Singles Collection 1991–96/Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 22 July 2013
  • Label: BADfish
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2018 Best 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 edit

Year Title Details
2003 Live from London

EPs edit

Year Title Details Peak chart
positions
UK
[1]
1980 James Bond
  • Released: January 1980
  • Label: 2 Tone
  • Formats: 12-inch
  • Japan promo-only release
1993 The 2 Tone EP
  • Released: 27 September 1993
  • Label: 2 Tone
  • Formats: CD, MC, 7-inch
  • Split EP with other 2 Tone Records artists
30
1994 Madness EP
1995 Hairspray
  • Released: August 1995
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
1996 Too Much Pressure '96
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
2013 Daytrotter Session
  • Released: 29 October 2013
  • Label: Daytrotter
  • Formats: digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles edit

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
BEL
[8]
IRE
[9]
NL
[10]
US
Dance

[11]
1979 "Gangsters" (by the Special A.K.A.) / "The Selecter" (by the Selecter) 6 6 27 11 Non-album singles
"On My Radio" (b/w "Too Much Pressure) 8 8 13
86
1980 "Three Minute Hero" 16 Too Much Pressure
"Missing Words" 23 32
"The Whisper" 36 Non-album single
1981 "Celebrate the Bullet" Celebrate the Bullet
"Facing Situations" (Spain-only release)
1991 "On My Radio '91" Non-album single
2011 "Big in the Body, Small in the Mind" Made in Britain
"Back to Black" (promo-only release)
"A Christmas Fable" Non-album single
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.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "SELECTER | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ "RPM Top Albums". RPM. Vol. 33, no. 9. 24 May 1980. Retrieved 13 May 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  3. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Selector". Billboard. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. ^ Sawyer, Miranda (9 April 2023). "The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'When we get on stage, something alchemical happens'". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  8. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Selector". Billboard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.