Complete British Chartography

 
Please note that this is the Complete British Chartography and not a discography. It therefore only includes data for the regular British releases. Discographical data can be found at my Outline Discography as well as on Ron McBay's excellent website.


Billy Bragg

LIFE'S A RIOT WITH SPY VS. SPY (Utility/Go!Discs -/UTILC/UTIL 1)
[21.01.1984—total weeks: 30]
21.01.1984   32   (12)
48-39-32-37-43-50-49-54-55-60-71-80-82-x-94-75.
02.02.1985   30   (15)
65-46-35-38-40-54-42-42-30-40-32-40-44-57-72.
(Orig. rel. on Utility/Charisma (-/-/UTIL1) 07.1983; MC rel. 06.1984. See also the
1996 reissue.)
(BPI sales: 100,000)

BREWING UP WITH BILLY BRAGG (Go!Discs -/ZGOLP/AGOLP 4)
[20.10.1984—total weeks: 21]
20.10.1984   16   (5)
16-22-32-39-69-97.
09.02.1985   30   (12)
38-46-57-60-81-68-61-56-82-30-52-57-86-67-91.
21.09.1996   0   (0)
(BPI sales: 60,000)
(1996 reissue on Cooking Vinyl COOKCD/-/- 107; failed to make the Top200)

A New England / St. Swithin's Day (Go!Discs 10706 -/-/7/-)
 0   (0)
[total weeks: 0]
NME: 19.01.1985: 2   (15)
(Rel. 11.1984 on Ariola [Germany] 107067100 and Ariola [France] AE140.)

Between The Wars (EP) (Go!Discs -/-/AGOEP/- 1)
16.03.1985   15   (6)
[16.03.1985—total weeks: 6]
33-15-15-25-28-51.
NME: 16.03.1985: 27   (1)
(Promo white label 7": AGODJ1. Go!Discs changed distribution and became ineligible for the NME Indie charts.)

Days Like These (Go!Discs -/-/GOD/GODX 8)
[28.12.1985—total weeks: 5]
28.12.1985   53   (2)
53-67*
28.12.1985   43   (3)
*50-43-60.

Levi Stubbs' Tears (EP) (Go!Discs -/-/GOD/GODX 12)
28.06.1986   29   (6)
[28.06.1986—total weeks: 6]
44-37-29-32-43-55.

TALKING WITH THE TAXMAN ABOUT POETRY (Go!Discs AGOCD/ZGOLP/AGOLP 6)
[04.10.1986—total weeks: 8]
04.10.1986   8   (8)
8-14-23-34-52-64-68-74.
21.09.1996   159   (0)
(CD rel. 05.1987. 1996 reissue on Cooking Vinyl COOKCD/-/- 108)
(BPI sales: 60,000)

Greetings To The New Brunette (Go!Discs -/-/GOD/GODX 15)
08.11.1986   53   (2)
[08.11.1986—total weeks: 3]
88-58-63.

Peel Session EP (Strange Fruit SFPSCD/-/SFPS 027)
 0   (0)
[total weeks: 0]
NME: 13.06.1987: 5   (9)
(Rel. 5?12.06.1987, CD rel. 08.1988.)

BACK TO BASICS WITH BILLY BRAGG (Go!Discs AGOCD/ZGOLP/AGOLP 8)
[13.06.1987—total weeks: 3]
13.06.1987   37   (3)
48-37-58-76.
(2LP set: AGODP8, 2MC set: ZGODP8. Reissued in 1993 on Cooking Vinyl COOKCD/COOKC/COOK 060.)

HELP SAVE THE YOUTH OF AMERICA (EP) - LIVE & DUBIOUS (Go!Discs 9607872/ZAGOMLP1/AGOMLP1)
30.12.19-1   0   (0)
[15.04.1988—total weeks: 0]
(12" & MCS rel. 15/29.04.1988; CD rel. 05.1988.)


Billy Bragg feat. Cara Tivey / Wet Wet Wet

She's Leaving Home / With A Little Help From My Friends (Childline -/-/CHILD1/-)
14.05.1988   1   (11)
[14.05.1988—total weeks: 11]
5-1-1-1-1-3-10-22-31-35-57.
(BPI sales: 250,000)


Billy Bragg

Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards (Go!Discs -/-/GOD/- 23)
10.09.1988   52   (3)
[10.09.1988—total weeks: 3]
65-52-59.

WORKERS PLAYTIME (Go!Discs AGOCD/ZGOLP/AGOLP 15)
[01.10.1988—total weeks: 4]
01.10.1988   17   (3)
17-40-59-77.
21.09.1996   191   (0)
191.
(1996 Reissue on Cooking Vinyl COOKCD/-/- 108)

She's Got A New Spell (Go!Discs -/-/GOD/- 24)
 0   (0)
[total weeks: 0]
(Rel. 14.11.1988.)


Norman Cook feat. Billy Bragg / Norman Cook feat. MC Wildski

Won't Talk About It / Blame It On The Bassline (Go.Beat/Go!Discs -/-/GOD/GODX 33)
08.07.1989   29   (6)
[08.07.1989—total weeks: 6]
38-31-29-30-45-67.


Billy Bragg

THE INTERNATIONALE (Utility UTILCD/UTILC/UTIL 11)
12.05.1990   34   (4)
[12.05.1990—total weeks: 4]
34-45-55-62.
(Rel. simult. as ltd. ed. 12" (UTIL11S) with free 7" Utility promo sampler (USAMP2).)

Sexuality (Go!Discs GODCD/GODMC/GOD/GODX 56)
06.07.1991   27   (5)
[06.07.1991—total weeks: 5]
31-27-30-48-63.
(12" DJ promo: GOXDJ56.)

You Woke Up My Neighbourhood (Go!Discs GODCD/GODMC/GOD/GODX 60)
07.09.1991   54   (2)
[07.09.1991—total weeks: 2]
54-63.
(12" DJ promo: GOXDJ60.)

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME (Go!Discs 828279 2/4/1)
[28.09.1991—total weeks: 6]
28.09.1991   8   (6)
8-16-36-51-61-74.
21.09.1996   120   (0)
120.
(LP: 8282791 is a double 12" set; rel. simultaneously as a boxed set of eight 7" singles (8694947). Reissued on Cooking Vinyl in 1993 (COOKCD/COOKC/COOK 062) and 1996 (COOKCD/COOKC/COOK 110).)

THE PEEL SESSION ALBUM (Strange Fruit SFRCD/SFRMC/SFRLP 117)
 0   (0)
[total weeks: 0]
(Rel. 10.02.1992.)

Accident Waiting To Happen (EP) (Go!Discs GODCD/-/GOD/GODX 67)
29.02.1992   33   (3)
[29.02.1992—total weeks: 3]
40-33-59.
(Export catnos.: 869653 2/-/*/1. GODCD67 (digipak), 7" & 12" rel. 14.02.1992; GOLCD67 (gold CD) rel. 24.02.1992. GODX67 incl. 24 page booklet 'What The Papers Say : Press Cuttings From 1983-1991'.)

VICTIM OF GEORGRAPHY (Cooking Vinyl COOKCD/COOKC/COOK 061)
 0   (0)
[total weeks: 0]
(Rel. 11.1993)

Upfield (Cooking Vinyl FRYCD/FRYC/FRY 051)
31.08.1996   46   (1)
46-117-178.
Estimated total sales: 9,800

WILLIAM BLOKE (Cooking Vinyl COOKCD/COOKC/COOK 100)
21.09.1996   16   (3)
16-34-54-107.
Estimated total sales: 52,600

LIFE'S A RIOT ... BETWEEN THE WARS (Cooking Vinyl COOKCD/-/- 106)
21.09.1996   136   (0)
136.
(Reissue with added tracks. See also the original
1983 release.)


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