The Selecter discography

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

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

Albums

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Studio albums

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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

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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

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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

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Year Title Details
2003 Live from London

EPs

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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

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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

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  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.

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