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Cabaret Voltaire discography
Cabaret Voltaire discography
Studio albums	17
EPs	8
Soundtrack albums	2
Live albums	8
Compilation albums	8
Singles	24
Video albums	5
Remix albums	4
Box sets	6

This is the discography of English music group Cabaret Voltaire.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK ^[1]	UK Indie ^[2]
Mix-Up	Released: 23 October 1979 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP	—	12
Three Mantras	Released: 1 April 1980 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 12"	—	10
The Voice of America	Released: July 1980 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP	—	3
Red Mecca	Released: August 1981 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP	—	1
2x45	Released: April 1982^[3] Label: Rough Trade Formats: 2x12"	98	1
The Crackdown	Released: 18 August 1983 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: LP, MC	31	—
Micro-Phonies	Released: 29 October 1984 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: LP, MC	69	—
The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord	Released: 14 October 1985 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, MC	57	—
C O D E	Released: October 1987 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	—
Groovy, Laidback and Nasty	Released: 2 April 1990 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	—
Body and Soul	Release date: March 1991 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	—
Plasticity	Release date: 12 October 1992 Label: Plastex Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC	—	—
International Language	Release date: 8 October 1993 Label: Plastex Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC	—	—
The Conversation	Release date: 15 June 1994 Label: Apollo, Instinct Formats: 2xCD, 4xLP	—	—
Shadow of Fear	Release date: 20 November 2020 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download	–	20^[4]
Dekadrone	Release date: 26 March 2021 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download	—	—
BN9Drone	Release date: 23 April 2021 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download	—	39^[5]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK Indie ^[2]
Live at the Y.M.C.A. 27-10-79	Released: January 1980 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP	2
Live at the Lyceum	Released: May 1981 Label: Rough Trade Formats: MC	14
Live in Sheffield 19 Jan 82	Released: February 1982 Label: Paradox Formats: LP Released as 'The Pressure Company'	8
Hai! (Live in Japan)	Released: October 1982 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP	5
Radiation (BBC Recordings 84–86)	Released: July 1998 Label: NMC Music Formats: CD	—
Live at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86.	Released: 27 January 2003 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 2xCD	—
Archive (Live 1982–1986)	Released: 14 September 2009 Label: Intone Formats: digital download iTunes-exclusive; also released as four individual albums	—
Archive #828285: Live	Released: 30 September 2013 Label: Intone Formats: 3xCD, digital download	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title	Album details
Technology: Western Re-Works 1992	Released: June 1992 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
Remixed	Released: 9 April 2001 Label: EMI Formats: CD
Kora! Kora! Kora! The Cabaret Voltaire Versions	Released: 12 March 2009 Label: Shiva Formats: CD Remix of Kora's 2007 eponymous album
National Service Rewind	Released: 31 May 2010 Label: Shiva Formats: CD, digital download Remix of the Tivoli's 2009 album National Service

Soundtrack albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK Indie ^[2]
Johnny YesNo	Released: November 1983 Label: Doublevision Formats: LP	8
Chance Versus Causality	Released: 30 August 2019 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: LP Recorded in 1979 for an obscure Babette Mondini film	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
1974–1976	Released: 1980 Label: Industrial Formats: MC
The Golden Moments of Cabaret Voltaire	Released: November 1987 Label: Rough Trade Formats: CD
Eight Crepuscule Tracks	Released: February 1988 Label: Interior, Giant Formats: CD, LP, MC
Listen Up with Cabaret Voltaire	Released: 29 May 1990 Label: Mute Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, MC
The Living Legends...	Released: 29 May 1990 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
The Original Sound of Sheffield '83 / '87. Best Of:	Released: 1 October 2001 Label: Virgin Formats: CD
The Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of;	Released: 15 October 2002 Label: Mute Formats: CD
#7885: Electropunk to Technopop 1978–1985	Released: 23 June 2014 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download

Box sets

Title	Album details
Box 1	Released: 21 April 1991 Label: Mute Formats: 3xCD Japan-only release
Box 2
Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive;	Released: 1 October 2001 Label: Virgin Formats: 3xCD
Methodology '74 / '78. Attic Tapes;	Released: 9 June 2003 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: 3xCD
Johnny YesNo Redux	Released: 14 November 2011^[6] Label: Mute Formats: 2xDVD+2xCD
#8385: Collected Works 1983–1985	Released: 11 November 2013 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: 4xLP+6xCD+2xDVD

Video albums

Title	Album details
Doublevision Presents: Cabaret Voltaire	Released: July 1982 Label: Doublevision Formats: VHS, Betamax
Johnny YesNo	Released: 1983 Label: Doublevision Formats: VHS
Gasoline in Your Eye	Released: July 1985 Label: Virgin Music Video Formats: VHS, Betamax
Live at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86.	Released: November 2002 Label: Cherry Red Films Formats: DVD
Live from London	Released: 11 March 2013 Label: The Store for Music Formats: DVD

EPs

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK ^[1]	UK Indie ^[2]
Extended Play	Released: October 1978 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 7" Limited release	—	—
3 Crépuscule Tracks	Released: April 1981 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule, Rough Trade Formats: 12"	—	—
Drinking Gasoline	Released: 22 July 1985 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: 2x12", LP, MC	71	—
The Drain Train	Released: June 1986 Label: Doublevision Formats: 2x12", MC	—	5
Percussion Force	Released: June 1991 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule Formats: CD, 12" Belgium-only release	—	—
Colours	Released: November 1991 Label: Plastex Formats: CD, 12", MC	—	—
Back in the Front of Your Mind	Released: 1993 Label: Instinct Formats: 12" US-only release	—	—
Shadow of Funk	Released: 26 February 2021 Label: Mute Formats: 12", digital download	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Albums
Title	Year	UK ^[1]^[7]	UK Indie ^[2]	US Dance ^[8]	Albums
"Nag Nag Nag"	1979	—	—	—	The Living Legends...
"Silent Command"	1979	—	10	—
"Seconds Too Late"	1980	—	8	—
"Jazz the Glass"	1981	—	6	—
"Eddie's Out"	1981	—	6	—
"Fools Game" (Belgium and Italy-only release)	1983	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Crackdown"		—	—	—	The Crackdown
"Yashar"		122	6	—	2x45
"Just Fascination"		94	—	—	The Crackdown
"The Dream Ticket"		108	—	—	Non-album single
"James Brown"	1984	100	—	—	Micro-Phonies
"Sensoria"	1984	96	—	—	Micro-Phonies
"I Want You"	1985	91	—	—	The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
"Don't Argue"	1987	69	—	16	C O D E
"Here to Go"	1987	88	—	16	C O D E
"Hypnotised"	1989	66	—	—	Groovy, Laidback and Nasty
"Keep On"	1990	55	—	—
"Easy Life"	1990	61	—	—
"What Is Real" (Belgium-only release)	1991	—	—	—	Body and Soul
"I Want You" / "Kino" (remixes)	1992	—	—	—	Technology: Western Re-Works 1992
"Just Fascination" (remix)	2001	—	—	—	Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive;
"Nag Nag Nag" (original + remixes)	2002	83	—	—	The Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of;
"Yashar" (remixes)	2003	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Vasto"	2020	—	—	—	Shadow of Fear
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Selected compilation appearances

A Factory Sample (1978) – "Baader Meinhof" and "Sex in Secret"
C81 (1981) – "Raising the Count"
A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse (1985) – "Dead Man's Shoes"
Salvation! Original soundtrack (1987) – "Twanky Party" and "Jesus Saves"
Wasted: The Best of Volume, Part I (1995) – "Low Cool" (remix)
Some Bizzare Artists: Redefining the Prologue (2006) – "Crackdown"

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "CABARET VOLTAIRE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989'. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
^ "New Albums" (PDF). Record Business. 19 April 1982. p. 19. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "Mute Records • Cabaret Voltaire • Johnny YesNo - Redux box set". Mute Records. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
^ "Cabaret Voltaire". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[:1-1] "CABARET VOLTAIRE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[:0-2] Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989'. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.

[3] "New Albums" (PDF). Record Business. 19 April 1982. p. 19. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[4] "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[5] "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[6] "Mute Records • Cabaret Voltaire • Johnny YesNo - Redux box set". Mute Records. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[7] "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[8] "Cabaret Voltaire". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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Cabaret Voltaire discography

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Remix albums

Soundtrack albums

Compilation albums

Box sets

Video albums

EPs

Singles

Selected compilation appearances

References