Leningrad Cowboys discography

Leningrad Cowboys discography
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Studio albums9
EPs4
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums4
Compilation albums4
Singles14
Video albums8
Music videos15
Books3
Miscellaneous2

This is the discography of the Finnish rock band Leningrad Cowboys, which consists of nine studio albums, thirteen singles, four live albums, four extended plays, four compilation albums, and one soundtrack album in addition to a number of miscellaneous appearances on soundtracks and compilations featuring various artists.

The Leningrad cowboys were formed in 1986 by members of the Finnish group Sleepy Sleepers and film director Aki Kaurismäki as a joke on the waning power of the Soviet Union. Kaurismäki's first feature with the group was a success and led to the group developing a life beyond the films, recording albums, giving concerts, and making their own videos.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details
1987 1917–1987
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: AMT (AMT 2005)
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette (CS)
1992 We Cum From Brooklyn
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Plutonium (PLUTO 7001)
  • Formats: LP, CD, CS
1994 Happy Together
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Plutonium (PLUTOCD 7006)
  • Formats: CD, CS
1996 Go Space
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Megamania (1000 120 622)
  • Formats: CD, CS
1997 Mongolian Barbeque
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Megamania (1000 120782)
  • Formats: CD
2000 Terzo Mondo
2006 Zombies Paradise

Released: 2006 Label: Sony BMG (82876833792)

2011 Buena Vodka Social Club
  • Released: 28 October 2011
  • Label: SPV Recordings (SPV 309930 CD)
  • Formats: CD, 2x10" LP
2013 Merry Christmas[1]
  • Released December 2013
  • Label: Leningrad Cowboys Ltd. LC006
  • Format: CD
  • Note: Released in box set with hardcover book, chocolate bar, and badges

Soundtracks

Year Album details
1989 Leningrad Cowboys Go America
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: AMT (AMTCD 2015)

Live albums

Year Album details
1992 Live in Prowinzz
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Plutonium (PLUTO 7002)
  • Formats: 2xLP, CD, CS
1993 Total Balalaika Show - Helsinki Concert
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Plutonium (PLUTOCD 7004)
  • Formats: 2xCD, CS
1995 Nokia Balalaika Show
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Megamania (NOKIACD 001)
  • Formats: CD
  • Note: Promotional release
2003 Global Balalaika Show
  • Released: 21 November 2003
  • Label: Leningrad Cowboys Ltd. (LC-001)
  • Formats: CD
2011 Hedengren 25.8.2011
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Leningrad Cowboys Ltd. (LC-005)
  • Formats: CD

Compilations

Year Album details
1999 Thank You Very Many - Greatest Hits & Rarities
  • Released: 13 September 1999
  • Label: BMG Ariola (74321 62 147 2)
  • Format: CD
2000 Leningrad Cowboys Go Wild
  • Released: 13 March 2000
  • Label: Ariola Express (74321 73839 2)
  • Format: CD
2009 Those Were the Days - The Best Of Leningrad Cowboys
  • Released: April 2009
  • Label: Leningrad Cowboys Ltd (LC-004)
  • Format: 2xCD
  • Note" Box set with paying cards
2014 Those Were the Hits
  • Released: 4 April 2014
  • Label: Johanna Kustannus (3778018)
  • Format: 2xCD

Singles

Year Title Format Label Album
1987 "L. A. Woman" 7" AMT 1917–1987
"In the Ghetto" 12" AMT
1991 "Thru The Wire (Short Film)" 7", CD Chlodwig/BMG Ariola Leningrad Cowboys Go America
"Those Were The Days" CD AMT/BMG Ariola We Cum from Brooklyn
1992 "Thru the Wire" CD BMG Ariola
"Those Were The Days" 7", CD Chlodwig/BMG Ariola
1993 "These Boots" CD BMG Ariola, Plutonium
1994 "Gari Gari ~ Can Chu-hi" 3" CD Ariola Happy Together (Japanese version)
1996 "Jupiter Calling" CD BMG Ariola, Megamania Go Space
"Where's The Moon" CD BMG Ariola, Megamania
1999 "Mardi Gras Ska" CD Megamania Terzo Mondo
2000 "Happy Being Miserable" CD Johanna Kustannus
"Monkey Groove" (remix) CD Johanna Kustannus
2004 "Der Lachende Vagabund" CD (Promo) Leningrad Cowboys Ltd. Zombies Paradise
2006 "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" CD Sony BMG

EPs

Year Title Format Label
1994 Nokia Balalaika Show CD Plutonium
1995 Vodka CD (promo) Plutonium
1997 Mongolian Barbeque CD Megamania
2008 007 Villain Club by Swatch CD (Promo) Spark Records

Videography

Feature films

Year Title Director
1989 Leningrad Cowboys Go America Aki Kaurismäki
1994 Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1998 L.A. Without a Map Mika Kaurismäki

Concert films

Year Title Director Notes
1994 Total Balalaika Show Aki Kaurismäki
Nokia Balalaika Show Concert
2001 Leningrad Cowboys Go Classic TV broadcast (NDR)
2003 Global Balalaika Show Timo Suomi TV broadcast (YLE)
2004 Leningrad Cowboys Play Hurriganes Concert of Hurriganes music – TV broadcast (YLE)

Music videos

Year Title Director
1986 "Rocky VI" Aki Kaurismäki
1987 "Thru The Wire"
1988 "L.A. Woman"
1991 "Those Were The Days"
1992 "These Boots"
1996 "Jupiter Calling" Sakke Järvenpää
"Leningrad"
"Where's The Moon"
2000 "Happy Being Miserable"
2007 "You're My Heart, You're My Soul"
2011 "All We Need is Love" Dirk Behlau, Sakke Järvenpää
"Gimme Your Sushi"
2012 "Buena Vodka Social Club" Dirk Behlau
"Machine Gun Blues"
"Christmas in Hollis" Luca Bruno

Bibliography

Year Title Author(s) Publisher ISBN
1994 Merry Christmas Leningrad Cowboys
*Published in Finnish, English, and German editions		 Seppo Hämäläinen
Sakke Järvenpää
Mato Valtonen		 Otava Publishing ISBN 951-1-13557-0 (Finnish)
ISBN 951-1-13568-6 (English)
ISBN 951-1-13569-4 (German)
1995 Leningrad Cowboys – Sweet Home Mexico
*Published in Finnish only		 Seppo Hämäläinen
Sakke Järvenpää
Mato Valtonen		 Otava Publishing ISBN 951-1-13951-7
2008 PRAVDA – The Truth About The Leningrad Cowboys
*Published in English, German, and Finnish in the same volume		 Roman Schatz Johnny Kniga / WSOY Publishing ISBN 978-951-0-34595-5

Contributions and other releases

Year Album Title Label Song(s)
1986 Rock'y VI - Pölkyllä päähän (Sleepy Sleepers LP) AMT This album credits Leningrad Cowboys on the back cover and features a Finnish language version of "Rocky VI"
1998 "Il Diavolo Rosso" (David Buzzi EP) Pony
  • "Gringo" ("Ten Lost Gringos", with new vocals written and performed by David Buzzi)
2006 Jukebox – Music In The Films Of Aki Kaurismäki Megamania
  • "Thru' The Wire"
  • "The Cossack Song"
  • "Ballad Of The Leningrad Cowboys"
  • "Those Were The Days"
  • "Nolo Tengo Dinares"*
  • "Kili Watch" (w/ André Wilms)*
  • "Delilah" (w/ Sakari Kuosmanen)

*Previously unlreased tracks

References

  1. ^ "Official Store of Leningrad Cowboys - XMAS BOXSET". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.