The Selecter discography

Studio albums| 17
EPs| 6
Live albums| 14
Compilation albums| 20
Singles| 19
Video albums| 1

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

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[1] | AUS | CAN
[2] | NL
[3] | NOR
[4] | NZ
[5] | US
[6]
1980  | Too Much Pressure |

* Released: 15 February 1980
* Label: 2 Tone, Chrysalis
* Formats: LP, MC

| 5  | 77  | 85  | 43  | 37  | 24  | 175
1981  | Celebrate the Bullet |

* Released: 27 February 1981
* Label: Chrysalis
* Formats: LP, MC

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1994  | The Happy Album |

* Released: July 1994
* Label: Demon
* Formats: CD

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1995  | Pucker! |

* Released: 22 August 1995
* Label: Dojo
* Formats: CD
* Released in the US by Triple X as Hairspray

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1999  | Cruel Britannia |

* Released: 23 February 1999
* Label: Madfish, Snapper Music
* Formats: CD

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The Trojan Songbook |

* Released: 29 October 1999
* Label: Receiver
* Formats: CD

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2000  | Kingston Affair |

* Released: 2000
* Label: Moon Ska
* Formats: CD
* With Dave Barker

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The Trojan Songbook – Volume 2 |

* Released: June 2000
* Label: Receiver
* Formats: CD

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2001  | The Trojan Songbook – Volume 3 |

* Released: March 2001
* Label: Receiver
* Formats: CD

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2002  | Acoustic – Unplugged for the Rude Boy Generation |

* Released: 23 July 2002
* Label: Mapps Cafe
* Formats: CD

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2003  | Real to Reel |

* Released: November 2003
* Label: Captain Mod
* Formats: CD

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2004  | Acoustic – Requiem for a Black Soul |

* Released: 2 February 2004
* Label: Charly
* Formats: CD

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2011  | Made in Britain |

* Released: 4 September 2011
* Label: Vocaphone
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

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2013  | String Theory |

* Released: 24 February 2013
* Label: Vocaphone
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

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2015  | Subculture |

* Released: 15 June 2015
* Label: DMF
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

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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

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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

### Live albums

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Year  | Title  | Details

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1992  | Out on the Streets |

* Released: April 1992
* Label: Receiver
* Formats: CD, LP, MC

BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert |

* Released: 1992
* Label: Windsong International
* Formats: CD
* Split album with the Specials

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 |

* Released: 4 October 2012
* Label: Vocaphone
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download

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

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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 |

* Released: 27 December 2004
* Label: Trojan, Castle Music
* Formats: 2×CD

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

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2003  | Live from London |

* Released: 9 December 2003
* Label: Secret Films
* Medium: DVD

## EPs

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Year  | Title  | Details  | Peak chart
positions

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[1]
1980  | James Bond |

* Released: January 1980
* Label: 2 Tone
* Formats: 12-inch
* Japan promo-only release

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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 |

* Released: April 1994
* Label: Ax-S
* Formats: CD
* Featuring Prince Buster & Rico

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1995  | Hairspray |

* Released: August 1995
* Label: Dojo
* Formats: CD

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1996  | Too Much Pressure '96 |

* Released: 1996
* Label: Dojo
* Formats: CD

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2013  | Daytrotter Session |

* Released: 29 October 2013
* Label: Daytrotter
* Formats: digital download

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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

## Singles

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Year  | Single  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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[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  | —

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.

*[EPs]: Extended plays