Bad Manners discography

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

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

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

EPs[edit]

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[edit]

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
"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[edit]

  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.