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The Chameleons discography

The Chameleons discography
Studio albums4
EPs2
Live albums13
Compilation albums8
Singles8
Video albums8
Other albums3

This is the discography of English rock band the Chameleons.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1] 		UK Indie
[2]
Script of the Bridge
  • Released: 8 August 1983
  • Label: Statik
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — 11
What Does Anything Mean? Basically
  • Released: 20 May 1985
  • Label: Statik
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 60 2
Strange Times
  • Released: 1 September 1986
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: LP, MC
 44 —
Why Call It Anything
  • Released: 1 July 2001
  • Label: Artful
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Arctic Moon
  • Released: 12 September 2025
  • Label: Metropolis Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

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Title Album details
Tripping Dogs
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Glass Pyramid
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Here Today... Gone Tomorrow
  • Released: 8 June 1992[3]
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Live in Toronto
  • Released: 8 June 1992[3]
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
The Radio 1 Evening Show Sessions
Aufführung in Berlin
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP
Live Shreds
  • Released: 9 April 1996[4]
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Recorded Live at the Gallery Club Manchester, 18th December 1982
  • Released: August 1996
  • Label: Visionary Communications
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Witchwood
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Academy
  • Released: March 2002
  • Label: Paradiso
  • Formats: 2xCD
Live from the Camden Palace
Live at the Hacienda
  • Released: 22 April 2017
  • Label: Radiation
  • Formats: LP
Elevated Living: Live in Manchester, London & Spain
  • Released: 24 September 2021
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download
Edge Sessions (Live from the Edge)
  • Released: 15 April 2022
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download
  • US-only release
Live at the Camden Palace
  • Released: 21 March 2022
  • Label: Moochin' About
  • Formats: 2xLP 180g Splattered Vinyl

Compilation albums

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Title Album details
The Fan and the Bellows
  • Released: 21 March 1986
  • Label: Hybrid
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
John Peel Sessions
  • Released: November 1990
  • Label: Strange Fruit
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Here Today... Gone Tomorrow / Live in Toronto
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP
Dali's Picture / Live in Berlin
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: 2xCD
Northern Songs
  • Released: November 1994
  • Label: Bone Idol
  • Formats: CD
Return of the Roughnecks: The Best of the Chameleons
  • Released: January 1997
  • Label: Dead Dead Good
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD
Acoustic Sessions
  • Released: 5 November 2010
  • Label: Blue Apple Music
  • Formats: 2xCD
Dreams in Celluloid: A Collection of Rare Recordings
  • Released: 17 June 2013
  • Label: Blue Apple Music
  • Formats: 2xCD

Video albums

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Title Album details
Live at the Camden Palace
  • Released: January 1985
  • Label: Jettisoundz Video
  • Formats: VHS
Arsenal
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Visionary Communications
  • Formats: VHS
Recorded Live at the Gallery Club Manchester, 18th December 1982
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Visionary Communications
  • Formats: VHS
Resurrection Live
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Paradiso
  • Formats: VHS
Live at the Gallery Club & the Hacienda, Manchester
Live from London
Singing Rule Britannia – The Chameleons Live
  • Released: June 2004
  • Label: Cherry Red Films
  • Formats: DVD
Ascension
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: The Scourge Productions
  • Formats: 2xDVD

Other albums

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Title Album details
Dali's Picture
  • Released: June 1993
  • Label: Imaginary
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Original demo album
Strip
  • Released: May 2000
  • Label: Paradiso
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Album of acoustic arrangements
This Never Ending Now
  • Released: September 2002
  • Label: Paradiso/Universal
  • Formats: CD
  • Album of acoustic arrangements

EPs

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Title EP details
Tony Fletcher Walked on Water.... La La La La La-La La-La-La
  • Released: 1 October 1990
  • Label: Glass Pyramid
  • Formats: 12", CD
Where Are You?
  • Released: 24 May 2024
  • Label: Metropolis Records
  • Formats: LP, digital download
Tomorrow Remember Yesterday
  • Released: 11 October 2024
  • Label: Metropolis Records
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1][5] 		UK Indie
[2]
"In Shreds" 1982 — — Non-album single
"As High as You Can Go" 1983 — 7 Script of the Bridge
"A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days" — —
"Up the Down Escalator" 181 —
"Nostalgia"/"In Shreds" 1985 — 11 Non-album single
"Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)" — 2 What Does Anything Mean? Basically
"Tears" 1986 85 — Strange Times
"Swamp Thing" 82 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.


References

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  1. ^ a b "CHAMELEONS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
  3. ^ a b "New Releases". Music Week. 6 June 1992. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Upcoming releases" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 8 April 1996. p. 45. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.