Blancmange discography

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Blancmange discography
Studio albums16
Compilation albums7
Video albums3
EPs6
Singles24
Box sets1
Remix albums1

This is the discography of British new wave/synth-pop band Blancmange.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
UK Indie AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
NED
[5]
NZ
[6]
Happy Families
  • Released: 24 September 1982
  • Label: London
  • Formats: LP, MC
30 17 98 13
Mange Tout
  • Released: May 1984
  • Label: London
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
8 41 28 16 46
Believe You Me
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: London
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
54 73
Blanc Burn
  • Released: 7 March 2011
  • Label: Proper
  • Formats: CD
163 15[8]
Happy Families Too...
  • Released: 3 November 2013
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD
Semi Detached 131 22[9]
Nil by Mouth
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Commuter 23
  • Released: 11 March 2016
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, digital download
38[10]
Unfurnished Rooms
  • Release date: 29 September 2017
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
40[11]
Wanderlust
  • Release date: 19 October 2018
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
22[12]
Nil by Mouth II
  • Release date: 22 November 2019
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Mindset
  • Release date: 5 June 2020
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
8[13]
Nil by Mouth III
  • Release date: 19 March 2021
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, digital download
17[14]
Commercial Break
  • Release date: 24 September 2021
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, digital download
14[15]
Nil by Mouth IV/V
  • Release date: 28 January 2022
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
38[16]
Private View
  • Release date: 30 September 2022
  • Label: London
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
8[17]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums[edit]

Title Album details
Expanded Mindset
  • Released: 11 December 2020
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Compilation albums[edit]

Title Album details
Second Helpings – The Best of Blancmange
  • Released: June 1990
  • Label: London
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Blancmange Collection – Heaven Knows
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Elite
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Third Course
Best of Blancmange
  • Released: 10 June 1996
  • Label: Connoisseur Collection
  • Formats: CD
The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 2 October 2006
  • Label: Warner Platinum
  • Formats: CD
The Very Best of Blancmange
Waiting Room (Volume 1)
  • Released: 20 March 2020
  • Label: Self-release, Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Collection of previously unreleased tracks

Box sets[edit]

Title Album details
The Blanc Tapes
  • Released: 4 August 2017
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 9xCD

Video albums[edit]

Title Album details
The Videosingles
Hello Good Evening
  • Released: November 1984
  • Label: PolyGram Music Video
  • Formats: VHS
Live at the Hacienda
  • Released: 10 October 1994
  • Label: PolyGram Music Video
  • Formats: VHS
  • Limited US-only release

EPs[edit]

Title Album details
Irene & Mavis
  • Released: April 1980
  • Label: Blaah Music
  • Formats: 7"
  • Limited release
Blancmange
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: London
  • Formats: 12"
  • Japan-only release
21st Century Blanc Remixes Part 1
Red Shift
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Late for Sum
  • Released: 11 October 2019
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • Mini-album
  • Credited as Kincaid featuring Blancmange
Clean Your House
  • Released: 1 May 2020
  • Label: Blanc Check
  • Formats: digital download

Singles[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[18]
AUS
[19]
BEL
[20]
CAN
[21]
GER
[22]
IRE
[23]
NED
[24]
NZ
[25]
SWI
[26]
US Dance
[27]
"God's Kitchen"/"I've Seen the Word" 1982 65 Happy Families
"Feel Me" 46 52[A]
"Living on the Ceiling" 7 5 8 41
"Waves" 1983 19 99 29 24 50 33
"Blind Vision" 10 44 11 3 Mange Tout
"That's Love, That It Is" 33 16[B]
"Don't Tell Me" 1984 8 35 48 34 10 26 27 44
"The Day Before You Came" 22 39 52 25
"What's Your Problem" 1985 40 30 Believe You Me
"Lose Your Love" 77 2[C]
"I Can See It" 1986 71 Non-album single
"Drive Me" 2011 Blanc Burn
"Paddington" 2015 Semi Detached
"I Want More"
"Useless"
"Last Night (I Dreamt I Had a Job)" 2016 Commuter 23
"Distant Storm" 2018 Wanderlust
"Not a Priority"
"Big Fat Head" (Kincaid featuring Blancmange) 2019 Late for Sum
"I Smashed Your Phone" Wanderlust
"Living on the Ceiling" (Roman Flügel remix) 2020 Non-album singles
"Blind Vision" (Honey Dijon remix)
"Mindset" Mindset
"Reduced Voltage"[29] 2022 Private View
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Radio session tracks[edit]

  • "I Would" / "Living on the Ceiling" / "Waves" / "Running Thin" (Recorded for a February 1982 Peel Session show.[30])

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Living in the Ceiling" and "Feel Me" were released as a double A-sided single in the US and Canada.
  2. ^ In the US, "That's Love, That It Is" charted with its 12" B-side "Game Above My Head".
  3. ^ In the US, "Lose Your Love" charted with its 12" B-side "Ave Maria" by West India Company.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UK Albums". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 37. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Canadian Albums". RPM Albums. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  4. ^ "German Albums". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Dutch Albums". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  6. ^ "New Zealand Albums". charts.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  7. ^ a b "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  18. ^ "UK Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  19. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  20. ^ "Belgian Singles". ultratop.be. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Canadian Singles". RPM Magazine. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  22. ^ "German Singles". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  23. ^ "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  24. ^ "Netherlands Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  25. ^ "New Zealand Singles". charts.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  26. ^ "Swiss Singles". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  27. ^ "US Club Play Singles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  28. ^ "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  29. ^ "Blancmange share 'Reduced Voltage' from latest album 'Private View'". Retro Pop Magazine. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  30. ^ BBC John Peel Sessions – Blancmange; BBC.co.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2006.