The Wombats discography
The discography of The Wombats, a Liverpool-based indie rock group, consists of four studio albums, nine extended plays and twenty four singles.
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| Studio albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 22 |
| EPs | 9 |
| Singles | 24 |
The band released their debut extended play (EP), Girls, Boys and Marsupials in Japan through an independent record label in September 2006. "Moving to New York" was released as the band's first official single in October 2006 as a limited edition 7" vinyl. A second Japan-only EP was released in 2007, The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop!; which was released through 14th Floor Records following the band's signing with the label. Their debut studio album, A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation was first released in the United Kingdom in November 2007; where it debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 11; before going on to be certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. In April 2007, the band released "Backfire at the Disco", which debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number sixty-seven. "Kill the Director" then marked the band's first top 40 hit when it peaked at number thirty-five upon release in June. Other singles included; "Let's Dance to Joy Division", which peaked at number fifteen, "Moving to New York" found a new peak of thirteen following a re-release, "Backfire at the Disco" was also re-released and reached a new peak of forty. The final single to have been released from the debut album was a re-release of "Kill the Director", which peaked at number forty-eight. The album was succeeded by another EP, their first US release, The Wombats EP, through KIDS in America and Bright Antenna.[1]
In September 2010, The Wombats released the lead single from their second album, This Modern Glitch, entitled "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" debuted in the UK at number twenty-three; also managing to peak at number thirty-three in Australia. The second single to be released from the album, "Jump Into the Fog" was released in January 2011 as part of a four-track EP, where it debuted at number thirty-five in the UK. This Modern Glitch was released in April 2011.
On 2 October 2013, The Wombats released the first single from their third album, entitled "Your Body Is a Weapon".
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
BEL (FL) [5] |
GER [6] |
IRL [7] |
NLD [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] | |||
| Girls, Boys and Marsupials |
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| A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation |
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11 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 1] | |
| This Modern Glitch |
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3 | 2 | 38 | 93 | 24 | 88 | 31 | 14 | 33 | —[upper-alpha 2] | |
| Glitterbug |
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5 | 2 | 62 | 151 | 30 | — | 89 | — | 74 | 91 |
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| Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life |
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3 | 5 | 55 | 75 | 39 | — | 67 | 19 | 57 | 190 |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
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| The Hangover Sessions |
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| The Daring Adventures of Sgt. Wimbo and His Pet Otter |
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| No. 3 |
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| The Wombats |
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| The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop! |
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| The Wombats |
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| This Acoustic Glitch |
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| Our Perfect Disease |
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| Glitterbug B-Sides |
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Singles
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| UK [2] |
AUS [3][16] |
BEL (FL) [5] |
BEL (WL) [17] |
GER [18] |
JPN [19] |
NLD [8] |
SCO [20] |
US Alt. [21] |
US Rock [22] | ||||
| "Moving to New York" | 2006 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation | |
| "Backfire at the Disco" | 2007 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | ||
| "Kill the Director" | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — |
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| "Let's Dance to Joy Division" | 15 | 76 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 10 | — | — |
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| "Bleeding Love" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Is This Christmas?" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | |||
| "My Circuitboard City" | 2009 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | ||
| "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" | 2010 | 23 | 33 | — | 91 | 78 | — | 66 | 23 | — | — | This Modern Glitch | |
| "Jump into the Fog" | 2011 | 35 | 60 | 60 | — | — | — | — | 38 | 15 | 30 | ||
| "Anti-D" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | |||
| "Techno Fan" | 60 | 54 | — | — | — | 23 | — | 55 | — | — | |||
| "Our Perfect Disease"[24] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "1996" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Your Body Is a Weapon" | 2013 | 129 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Glitterbug | |
| "Greek Tragedy" | 2015 | 158 | 61 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 47 |
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| "Give Me a Try" | 163 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | —[upper-alpha 3] | |||
| "Be Your Shadow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Emoticons" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lemon to a Knife Fight" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life | |
| "Turn" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — |
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| "Cheetah Tongue"[25] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Bee-Sting"[26] | —[upper-alpha 4] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Oceans"[28] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Nothing to Love About Love" (with Peking Duk)[29] |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Single | Year | Album |
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| "Black Flamingo"[30] | 2018 | Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life |
Triple J Hottest 100
The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music listener poll hosted by national Australian radio station, Triple J, to determine their favourite song of the year. Songs by The Wombats have appeared on numerous occasions.
| Single | Year | Position |
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| "Let's Dance to Joy Division" | 2007 | 12 |
| "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" | 2010 | 8 |
| "Jump into the Fog" | 2011 | 18 |
| "1996" | 24 | |
| "Techno Fan" | 26 | |
| "Our Perfect Disease" | 94 | |
| "Let's Dance to Joy Division" | 1993–2012 | 74 |
| "Your Body Is a Weapon" | 2013 | 25 |
| "Greek Tragedy" | 2015 | 29 |
| "Give Me a Try" | 67 | |
| "Be Your Shadow" | 91 | |
| "Lemon to a Knife Fight" | 2017 | 22 |
| "Turn" | 2018 | 12 |
| "Cheetah Tongue" | 69 | |
| "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" | 2010-2019 | 31 |
| "Greek Tragedy" | 86 | |
| Album | Year | Position |
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| This Modern Glitch | 2011 | 4 |
| Glitterbug | 2015 | 9 |
| Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life | 2018 | 8 |
Notes
- A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 20 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[12]
- This Modern Glitch did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 27 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[12]
- "Give Me a Try" did not enter the US Hot Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 27 on the US Rock Airplay chart.
- "Bee-Sting" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[27]
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Moving to New York"[32] | 2008 | Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3 |
| "Anti-D"[33] | 2011 | Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 6 |
References
- "Release Page for KIDS in America". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
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- For all except where noted: "UK Charts > The Wombats". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- For "Give Me a Try": "New Chart Entries > 25 April 2015". zobbel.de. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- "Australian Charts > Wombats". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.]
- "Austrian Charts > The Wombats" (in German). austrianchart.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "Belgium (Flanders) Charts > The Wombats" (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "Chartverfolgung / Wombats, The / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- "Irish Charts > The Wombats". irishcharts.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- "Dutch Charts > The Wombats" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "Norwegian Charts > The Wombats". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "Swiss Charts > The Wombats" (in German). hitparade.ch Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "The Wombats Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "The Wombats Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- "BRIT Certified - bpi" (To access, enter the search parameter "Wombats" and select "Search by Keyword"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2011 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- "Glitterbug by The Wombats". Amazon. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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- "Techno Fan": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 16 May 2011" (PDF) (1107). Pandora Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2011. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "Your Body Is a Weapon": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 25 November 2013" (PDF) (1239). Pandora Archive. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2014. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "Greek Tragedy": Ryan, Gavin (24 January 2015). "ARIA Singles: Cheerleader By Omi Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- "Techno Fan": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 16 May 2011" (PDF) (1107). Pandora Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2011. Cite journal requires
- "Belgium (Walloon) Charts > The Wombats" (in French). ultratop.be/fr Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- "Chartverfolgung / Wombats, The / Single" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- "Billboard Japan". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- Peaks in Scotland:
- "Backfire at the Disco": "2008 04 27 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Kill the Director": "2007 07 01 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Let's Dance to Joy Division": "2007 10 21 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Moving to New York": "2008 01 20 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Is This Christmas?": "2008 12 21 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "My Circuitboard City": "2009 03 08 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)": "2010 01 03 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Jump into the Fog": "2011 01 30 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Anti-D": "2011 04 17 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Techno Fan": "2011 06 12 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Billboard Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- "Billboard Rock". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Our Perfect Disease - EP by The Wombats". iTunes (UK). 5 August 2011.
- "Cheetah Tongue (Benson Remix) - Single by The Wombats". iTunes (UK).
- "Bee-Sting - Single by The Wombats". iTunes (UK).
- "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 16 November 2018 - 22 November 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- "Oceans - Single by The Wombats". Apple Music. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- "Nothing to Love About Love - Single by Peking Duk & The Wombats on Apple Music". Apple Music Australia. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "The Wombats Release New Song, "Black Flamingo"". The Prelude Press. 5 February 2018.
- http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/
- "Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 3". Amazon. 24 November 2008.
- "Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 6". Amazon. 31 October 2011.