808 State discography
| 808 State discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 3 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Singles | 22 |
The following is a comprehensive discography of 808 State, an English electronic music group.
Albums[]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Additional information[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] | ||||
| Newbuild |
|
— | — | Often cited as a major influence by Autechre[4] and Aphex Twin.[5] | |
| 90 |
|
57 | 97 | ||
| ex:el |
|
4 | — |
|
Includes guest vocals from Bernard Sumner and Björk. Martin Price left the band shortly after the album's release. |
| Gorgeous |
|
17 | — | Includes guest vocals from Ian McCulloch, Barrington Stuart, Rachel McFarlane and Caroline Seaman. It also features a reworking of UB40's "One in Ten".
A limited vinyl edition album of the album included a bonus 12-inch record unofficially dubbed "Disco". It included the last three tracks from the CD version of the album plus two new tracks. These tracks later appeared on the Forecast compilation. | |
| Don Solaris |
|
88 | — | Includes guest vocals from Mike Doughty, Lou Rhodes, James Dean Bradfield and Ragnhildur Gísladóttir.
Paul Morley conceived the album's packaging design, evoking the spirit of his similar work for Art of Noise, Propaganda and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, all of whom had albums released by ZTT Records. | |
| Outpost Transmission |
|
— | — | Includes guest vocals from Guy Garvey and collaborations with Simian and Alabama 3. | |
| Transmission Suite |
|
— | — | Recorded in the old Transmission Suite in Granada Studios. Some of the tracks have been previewed during the 30th Anniversary Tour and feature on the Granada Reports EPs. | |
EPs, compilations and remixes[]
| Year | Album | Label | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Quadrastate | Creed | EP |
| 1990 | Utd. State 90 | Tommy Boy | An alternate version of the Ninety album for the United States market. The track "The Fat Shadow (Pointy Head Mix)" is dropped, but additional tracks are included, comprising remixes of Ninety and Quadrastate tracks plus new material. |
| 1993 | Forecast | Warner Japan | Includes various remixes that previously appeared as B-sides on singles for "Plan 9", "Timebomb", "One in Ten" and "Cubik" / "Olympic", as well tracks exclusive to the bonus "Disco" 12-inch given away with a limited edition of the Gorgeous LP. |
| 1994 | State to State | Feedback Communications / ZTT | An album produced exclusively for members of 808 State's official fan club. It featured artwork and packaging designed by The Designer's Republic.
All the tracks were previously unreleased, comprising live performances and tracks from Gorgeous, Quadrastate and Fon Studio sessions. |
| 1996 | Thermo Kings | Warner Japan | Like Forecast before it, Thermo Kings was a Japan-only compilation of various B-sides, this time from the singles for "Bond", "Azura" and "Lopez", as well as a number of previously unreleased tracks. |
| 1998 | 808:88:98 | ZTT | A greatest hits compilation, featuring most of 808 State's major single releases. It also includes a new track, "Crash", plus a new remix of "Pacific". |
| 2002 | Opti Buk + State to State 2 | ZTT | Opti Buk DVD promo video collection. Includes the second State to State compilation with previously unreleased tracks from various studio-based sessions. |
| 2004 | Prebuild | Rephlex | A collection of previously unreleased tracks and demos from the Newbuild era. It also includes tracks from an EP released under the pseudonym The Lounge Jays. |
| 2011 | Blueprint | ZTT / Salvo | A career overview, that features newly revisited tracks from years 1988 to 2003 as well as original versions there of, unreleased and released before remixes and two new tracks, "Spanish Ice" and "Metaluna". It also features an extensive booklet with a foreword by Orbital's Phil Hartnoll, archive interview with members of the band by Paul Morley, and contributions from The Prodigy, Simian, Moby and The Future Sound of London.[7] |
| 2012 | O.T.E.P. | Self-released | An EP containing 4 bonus tracks from the Japanese and North American releases of Output Transmission, available as a free download.[8] |
| 2019 | Initial Granada Report | Self-released | An EP containing 4 tracks, comprising some of the first new original 808 State material since 2002's Outpost Transmission.[9] |
| 2019 | Subsequent Granada Report | Self-released | A second EP containing a further 4 new tracks including Cannonball Waltz and The Ludwig Question from the album Transmission Suite. |
Reissues[]
- Newbuild (1999)
- Quadrastate (2008)
- 808:90 (2008)
- ex:el (2008)
- Gorgeous (2008)
- Don Solaris (2008)
The reissue of Quadrastate contained three tracks from the "Let Yourself Go" / "Deepville" 12-inch single, plus four previously unreleased tracks from the Quadrastate sessions. The reissue of Ninety was retitled 808:90. All four reissues of 808 State's albums for ZTT Records included a second disc of B-sides, remixes and unreleased tracks from their respective eras. Detailed liner notes and new interviews with all band members were included, written by the journalist Ian Peel.
Singles[]
| Year | Title | Peak chart position | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][10] |
AUS [3] |
IRL [11] |
US DCP [12] |
US DCS [12] | |||
| 1988 | "Let Yourself Go" / "Deepville" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 1989 | "Pacific State" | 10 | 82 | 17 | 30 | 27 | Ninety |
| 1990 | The Extended Pleasure of Dance (EP) | 56 | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Only Rhyme That Bites" (MC Tunes vs. 808 State) |
10 | — | 21 | — | — | The North At its Heights (MC Tunes vs. 808 State) | |
| "Tunes Splits the Atom" (MC Tunes vs. 808 State) |
18 | — | 28 | — | — | ||
| "Cubik" / "Olympic" | 10 | — | 23 | 8 | 21 | ex:el | |
| 1991 | "In Yer Face" | 9 | — | 13 | — | — | |
| "Ooops" (featuring Björk) |
42 | 143 | 24 | 13 | 23 | ||
| "Lift" / "Open Your Mind" | 38 | — | — | 23 | 27 | ||
| 1992 | "The Only Rhyme That Bites" (re-issue) (MC Tunes vs. 808 State) |
47 | — | 87 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Time Bomb" / "Nimbus" | 59 | — | — | 19 | 36 | Gorgeous | |
| "One in Ten" (vs. UB40) |
17 | — | 19 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "Plan 9" | 50 | — | — | — | — | |
| "10 × 10" | 67 | 143 | — | 43 | — | ||
| 1994 | "Bombadin" | 67 | — | — | 3 | — | Non-album single |
| 1996 | "Bond" | 57 | — | — | — | — | Don Solaris |
| "Azura" | 79 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Lopez" (featuring James Dean Bradfield) |
20 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | "Pacific 808:98" / "Cubik" (remixes) | 21 | — | — | 3 | — | 808:88:98 |
| 1999 | "The Only Rhyme That Bites 99" (MC Tunes vs. 808 State) | 53 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Invader" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
References[]
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- ^ "UK Chart Company". theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Ooops" and "10 × 10": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ O'Leary, Matt. "Artworker of the Week #43: Autechre", Kultureflash, 2005.
- ^ Allmusic.com
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Certified Awards Search Archived 11 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 29 August 2011. Note: User needs to enter "808 State" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ "ZTT Records – 808 State - Blueprint". ZTT Records. 22 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "808 State - O.T.E.P." Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ "808 State - Initial Granada Report (EP)". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 179–180. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "allmusic ((( 808 State > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
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