The Blow Monkeys discography

The Blow Monkeys discography
Studio albums11
Live albums1
Compilation albums11
Singles36
Video albums3
Music videos12

This article is the discography of British pop band The Blow Monkeys. Also included is the solo discography of frontman Dr. Robert.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		CAN
[3][4] 		GER
[5] 		NL
[6] 		NZ
[7] 		SWE
[8] 		US
[9][10]
1984 Limping for a Generation
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: RCA
 — — — — — — — —
1986 Animal Magic
  • Released: 7 April 1986
  • Label: RCA
 21 54 72 50 47 23 25 35
1987 She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
  • Released: 5 January 1987
  • Label: RCA
 20 — 65 30 65 15 29 134
1989 Whoops! There Goes the Neighbourhood
  • Released: 6 February 1989
  • Label: RCA
 46 — — 64 — 49 — —
1990 Springtime for the World
  • Released: 25 June 1990
  • Label: RCA
 — — — — — — — —
2008 Devil's Tavern
  • Released: 8 September 2008
  • Label: Blow Monkey Music
 — — — — — — — —
2011 Staring at the Sea
  • Released: 14 February 2011[11]
  • Label: Blow Monkey Music
 — — — — — — — —
2013 Feels Like a New Morning
  • Released: 7 May 2013[12]
  • Label: Blow Monkey Music
 — — — — — — — —
2015 If Not Now, When?
  • Released: 6 April 2015[13]
  • Label: Blow Monkey Music
 — — — — — — — —
2017 The Wild River
  • Released: 6 October 2017[14]
  • Label: Monks Road
 — — — — — — — —
2021 Journey to You
  • Released: 24 September 2021
  • Label: Blow Monkey Music
 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Live albums

Year Title Details
2009 Travelin' Souls – Live! at the Legendary 100 Club
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Blow Monkey Music
  • Limited edition CD & DVD

Compilation albums

Year Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
1989 Choices – The Singles Collection
  • Released: 7 August 1989
  • Label: RCA
 5
1994 The Best of Blow Monkeys
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: BMG
 —
1996 For the Record... —
1997 The Masters
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Eagle
 —
1999 Atomic Lullabies – Very Best of The Blow Monkeys
  • Released: September 1999
  • Label: Camden
 —
2000 Complete Singles
  • Released: 21 April 2000
  • Label: BMG
  • Japan-only release
 —
Rare & Unreleased —
Digging Your Scene
  • Released: November 2000
  • Label: Armoury
 —
2008 Digging Your Scene: The Best of The Blow Monkeys —
2013 Halfway to Heaven: The Best of The Blow Monkeys and Dr Robert —
2016 The Very Best of The Blow Monkeys
  • Released: 8 April 2016
  • Label: Metro Select
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		BE
[15] 		CAN
[16][17] 		FIN
[18] 		GER
[5] 		IRE
[19] 		NL
[20] 		NZ
[21] 		US
[22] 		US Dance
[22]
1982 "Live Today Love Tomorrow" — — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
1984 "Go Public!" — — — — — — — — — — — Limping for a Generation
"The Man from Russia" — — — — — — — — — — —
Atomic Lullaby" — — — — — — — — — — —
1985 "Wildflower" — — — — — — — 50 — — —
"Forbidden Fruit" 94 — — — — — — — — — — Animal Magic
"Sweet Murder (The Smile on Her Face)" (US-only release) — — — — — — — — — — —
1986 "Digging Your Scene" 12 16 23 19 — 25 9 23 10 14 7
"Wicked Ways" 60 — — — — — — — 47 — —
"Don't Be Scared of Me" 77 — — — — — — — — — —
1987 "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" 5 82 — 92 18 — 6 30 6 — — She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
"Out with Her" 30 — — — — — 30 — — — —
"(Celebrate) The Day After You" (with Curtis Mayfield) 52 — — — — — — — 26 — —
"Some Kind of Wonderful" 67 — — — — — — — — — —
1988 "This Is Your Life" 70 — — — 26 — — — — — — Whoops! There Goes the Neighbourhood
"It Pays to Belong" 76 — — — — — — — — — —
1989 "This Is Your Life" (remix) 32 — — — — — — — — — — Choices – The Singles Collection
"Choice?" (featuring Sylvia Tella) 22 — — — — — 25 — — — —
"Slaves No More" (featuring Sylvia Tella) 73 — — — — — — — — — —
1990 "Springtime for the World" 69 — — — — — — — — — — Springtime for the World
"La Passionara" (featuring Quan-T & Berzerk) — — — — — — — — — — —
"If You Love Somebody" — — — — — — — — — — —
2008 "The Bullet Train" — — — — — — — — — — — Devil's Tavern
"Travelin' Soul" — — — — — — — — — — —
2011 "Steppin' Down" — — — — — — — — — — — Staring at the Sea
"Hangin' On to the Hurt (Let It Go Now)" — — — — — — — — — — —
2013 "Oh My" — — — — — — — — — — — Feels Like a New Morning
"Feels Like a New Morning" — — — — — — — — — — —
"Shake It Off" — — — — — — — — — — —
2014 "Chained" — — — — — — — — — — —
2015 "OK! Have It Your Way" — — — — — — — — — — — If Not Now, When?
"The Sound of Your Laughter" — — — — — — — — — — —
2017 "Crying for the Moon" — — — — — — — — — — — The Wild River
"What in the World" — — — — — — — — — — —
"The Wild River" — — — — — — — — — — —
2020 "Time Storm" — — — — — — — — — — — Journey to You
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Other appearances

Videos

Video albums

Year Title Details
1986 Video Magic
  • Released: August 1986
  • Label: Hendring
  • Medium: VHS
  • Released in the US by Sony as Live from London
  • Live material filmed at Camden Palace in May 1985
Digging Your Video
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: RCA
  • Medium: VHS
  • Collection of promo videos from Animal Magic
  • US-only release
1989 Choices: The Video Collection
  • Released: August 1989
  • Label: Hansa, BMG
  • Medium: VHS, LaserDisc
  • Accompaniment to the compilation album

Music videos

Year Title Director
1985 "Forbidden Fruit" John Scarlett-Davis
1986 "Digging Your Scene" Andy Morahan
"Wicked Ways"
"Don't Be Scared of Me"
1987 "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way"
"Out with Her
"(Celebrate) The Day After You"
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
1988 "This Is Your Life" Mark Cecere
"It Pays to Belong" Julien Temple
1989 "Slaves No More"
1990 "Springtime for the World"

Dr. Robert

Albums

Solo albums

  • Realms of Gold (1994)
  • Bethesda Part One (1995)
  • Other Folk (1996)
  • Flatlands (1999)
  • Birds Gotta Fly (2001)
  • Flutes and Bones (2012)
  • Out There (2016)

Collaboration albums

  • Five in the Afternoon (with P. P. Arnold) (2007)
  • The Instant Garden (with Matt Deighton) (2023)

Live albums

  • Live in Tokyo (2004)
  • Acoustic Blow Monkeys (2012)

Compilation albums

  • Keep on Digging for the Gold (2002)
  • The Coming of Grace: An Introduction to Dr Robert (2009)

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
UK
[23][24] 		BE
[25] 		GER
[5] 		IRE
[19] 		NL
[26]
1989 "Wait!" (with Kym Mazelle) 7 20 26 11 32
1991 "I've Learnt to Live with Love" — — — — —
1992 "A Simpler Place and Time" — — — — —
1995 "Circular Quay" — — — — —
1996 "The Coming of Grace" 76 — — — —
"Pond Life" — — — — —
1997 "Halfway to Heaven" — — — — —
1999 "Staring Down the Bird" — — — — —
"Full Moon Fever" (Germany-only release) — — — — —
2001 A Single Summer" — — — — —
"The Nearly Room" — — — — —
"Blue Skies" — — — — —
2007 "I Saw Something" (with P.P. Arnold; promo-only release) — — — — —
2011 "Heavenly Thing" (Germany-only release) — — — — —
2018 "Lost in Rasa" (Monks Road Social featuring Dr. Robert) — — — — —
2019 "The Coming of Grace" (Monks Road Social featuring Dr. Robert & Stone Foundation) — — — — —
2020 "Get Yourself Together" (with Youth) — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

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