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Bad Manners discography

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Bad Manners discography
Studio albums9
EPs2
Live albums5
Compilation albums16
Singles25
Video albums1

This is the discography of British 2-tone/ska band Bad Manners.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
FIN
[2]
NZ
[3]
Ska 'n' B 34 21 28
Loonee Tunes!
  • Released: November 1980
  • Label: Magnet
  • Formats: LP, MC
36
Gosh It's ... Bad Manners
  • Released: 9 October 1981
  • Label: Magnet
  • Formats: LP, MC
18
Forging Ahead
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Magnet
  • Formats: LP, MC
78
Mental Notes
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: Portrait
  • Formats: LP, MC
Return of the Ugly
  • Released: August 1989
  • Label: Blue Beat
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Fat Sound
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Pork Pie, Triple X
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Don't Knock the Baldhead!
  • Released: 4 November 1997
  • Label: Pork Pie
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Also released as Heavy Petting
Stupidity
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Bad
  • Formats: CD, LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details
Live and Loud!!
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Link
  • Formats: LP
  • Reissued as Greatest Hits Live
Inner London Violence
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Lagoon
  • Formats: CD
  • France-only release
Don't Knock the Baldhead: Live
  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
Can Can
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD
Baldheads Live in Essex

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1][6]
Bad Manners
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • US and Canada-only release
The Height of Bad Manners
  • Released: April 1983
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: LP, MC
23
Klass
  • Released: May 1983
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • US-only release
Eat the Beat
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Blue Beat, Squale
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
This Is Ska!
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD
Viva la Ska Revolution
  • Released: May 1997
  • Label: Recall 2cd
  • Formats: 2xCD
Can Can
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Hay May
  • Formats: CD, MC
Rare
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: T-Leaf
  • Formats: CD, LP
The Collection
  • Released: 10 March 1998
  • Label: Cult
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Anthology
  • Released: October 1999
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: 2xCD
Special Brew
  • Released: April 2000
  • Label: Hay May
  • Formats: CD
Magnetism: The Best of Bad Manners 200
Oi... Our Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Blitz
  • Formats: CD
Walking in the Sunshine: The Best Of
The Very Best of Bad Manners
  • Released: 17 July 2015
  • Label: Rhino/Magnet
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Albums 1980–85
  • Released: 24 August 2018
  • Label: Pressure Drop
  • Formats: 5xCD box set
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

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Title Album details
Live in Concert – Don't Knock the Bald Heads
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Secret Films
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
IRE
[7]
Special "R'n'B" Party Four E.P.
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: Magnet
  • Formats: 7"
34 22
Fatty England vs Nutty Japan
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Diwphalanx
  • Formats: CD, 12"
  • Split EP with Oi-Skall Mates
  • Japan-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Albums
UK
[1]
AUS
[8]
BE (FL)
[9]
FIN
[2]
IRE
[7]
NL
[10]
NZ
[11]
"Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu" 1980 28 Ska 'n' B
"Lip Up Fatty" 15
"Special Brew" 3 4
"Lorraine" 21 21 28 Loonee Tunes!
"Just a Feeling" 1981 13 9
"Tequila" (Netherlands-only release)
"Can Can" 3 76 13 14 15 11 Gosh It's ... Bad Manners
"Walking in the Sunshine" 10 11
"Buona Sera" 34 Special 'R 'n' B' Party Four E.P. Featuring Buona Sera
"Got No Brains" 1982 44 Forging Ahead
"My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop)" 9 28 5
"Samson and Delilah" 58
"That'll Do Nicely" 1983 49
"Blue Summer" 1985 Mental Notes
"What the Papers Say"
"Bang the Drum All Day" (US 12"-only release)
"Tossin' in My Sleep" 1986
"Pipeline" (France-only release) 1988 Eat the Beat
"Since You've Gone Away" (France-only release)
"Skaville UK" 1989 87 Return of the Ugly
"Sally Brown"
"Gonna Get Along Without You Now" Non-album singles
"Christmas Time Again"
"Millennium Knees Up" 1999
"You're Just Too Good to Be True, Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Japan-only release) 2011
"What Simon Says" 2012
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "BAD MANNERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit B - BAS". Sisältää hitin. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. ^ "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 5 April 1980. p. 4. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e "British certifications – Bad Manners". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 March 2022. Type Bad Manners in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  6. ^ "Chart Log UK: Darren B - David Byrne". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. ^ a b "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  11. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 23 March 2022.