Bob Geldof discography
This is the discography of solo recordings by the singer-songwriter Bob Geldof who is also known as the lead vocalist of the Irish new wave band Boomtown Rats which performed from 1977 to 1985 and reformed in 2013. [1]
Solo albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [3] |
GER [4] |
IRE [5] |
NL [3] |
NOR [6] |
SWE [3] |
SWI [7] |
US [8] | |||
| 1986 | Deep in the Heart of Nowhere | 79 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 3 | 18 | 15 | 130 | |
| 1990 | The Vegetarians of Love
|
21 | 43 | 27 | 15 | — | 37 | — | — | 20 | — | |
| 1992 | The Happy Club
|
— | 91 | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | |
| 2001 | Sex, Age & Death
|
134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell
|
89 | — | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Compilation albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats
|
10 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001
|
— | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Singles
[edit]| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
GER [9] |
IRE [10] |
NL [3] |
NOR [6] |
SWE [3] |
SWI [11] |
US [12] | |||
| 1986 | "This Is the World Calling" | 25 | 93 | 28 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 82 [A] |
Deep in the Heart of Nowhere |
| 1987 | "Love Like a Rocket" | 61 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Heartless Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Cry Too" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "In the Pouring Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "The Great Song of Indifference" | 15 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | Vegetarians of Love |
| "Love or Something" | 86 | 74 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — [B] | ||
| "A Gospel Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Happy Club |
| "My Hippy Angel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1993 | "The Happy Club" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Yeah, Definitely" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "Crazy" | 65 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats |
| 1996 | "Rat Trap" (Dustin & Geldof) |
— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | "Pale White Girls" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sex Age & Death |
| 2011 | "Silly Pretty Thing" | 146 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell |
| "Here's to You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Notes
[edit]- A^ "This Is the World Calling" also charted at #23 on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart.[12]
- B^ "Love or Something" charted at #24 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Jonze, Tim (28 January 2013). "Boomtown Rats re-form for Isle of Wight festival". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ a b c Bob Geldof in UK Charts
- "Bob Geldof - The Official Charts Company". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- "Chart Log UK 1994–2008: Gina G – GZA". zobbel.de. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- "The Official Charts Company - Bob Geldof". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 122. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Discography Bob Geldof". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ "charts.de - suche (Album): Bob Geldof". Media Control. Retrieved 10 September 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "irish-charts.com - Bob Geldof (2000-2011)". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ a b "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Bob Geldof". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "hitparade.ch - search (alben) : Bob Geldof". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Allmusic - Billboard Albums > Bob Geldof". All Music. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "charts.de - suche (Song): Bob Geldof". Media Control. Retrieved 10 September 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "The Irish Charts - search: Bob Geldof". IRMA. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "hitparade.ch - search (songs) : Bob Geldof". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Allmusic - Billboard Albums > Bob Geldof". All Music. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Great Songs of Indifference: The Best of Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats - Boomtown Rats - AllMusic". All Music. Retrieved 10 September 2011.