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.

The Wombats discography
The Wombats
Studio albums4
Music videos22
EPs9
Singles24

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

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
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
  • Released: 20 September 2006, Japan only
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • Formats: CD
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
  • Released: 5 November 2007
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
113557[upper-alpha 1]
This Modern Glitch
  • Released: 25 April 2011
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download
3238932488311433[upper-alpha 2]
Glitterbug
  • Released: 13 April 2015[15]
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download
526215130897491
Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life 35557539671957190
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title EP details
The Hangover Sessions
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD
The Daring Adventures of Sgt. Wimbo and His Pet Otter
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD
No. 3
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Wimbartum
  • Format: CD
The Wombats
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Wimbartum
  • Format: CD
The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop!
  • Released: 13 May 2007
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Wombats
  • Released: 27 August 2007
  • Label: KIDS in America
  • Formats: CD, digital download
This Acoustic Glitch
  • Released: 11 March 2011
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • Format: Digital download
Our Perfect Disease
  • Released: 5 August 2011
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • Format: Digital download
Glitterbug B-Sides
  • Released: 13 April 2015
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
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 1316 A Guide to Love, Loss
& Desperation
"Backfire at the Disco" 2007 4014
"Kill the Director" 3527
"Let's Dance to Joy Division" 15761910
"Bleeding Love" 2008 Non-album singles
"Is This Christmas?" 4923
"My Circuitboard City" 2009 6922
"Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" 2010 233391786623 This Modern Glitch
"Jump into the Fog" 2011 356060381530
"Anti-D" 4242
"Techno Fan" 60542355
"Our Perfect Disease"[24]
"1996"
"Your Body Is a Weapon" 2013 12986 Glitterbug
"Greek Tragedy" 2015 158611123247
"Give Me a Try" 16319[upper-alpha 3]
"Be Your Shadow"
"Emoticons"
"Lemon to a Knife Fight" 2017 Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
"Turn" 36
"Cheetah Tongue"[25] 2018
"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
"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
"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

[31]

Album Year Position
This Modern Glitch 2011 4
Glitterbug 2015 9
Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life 2018 8

Notes

  1. 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]
  2. This Modern Glitch did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 27 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[12]
  3. "Give Me a Try" did not enter the US Hot Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 27 on the US Rock Airplay chart.
  4. "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
"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

  1. "Release Page for KIDS in America". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. "Australian Charts > Wombats". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.]
  3. "Austrian Charts > The Wombats" (in German). austrianchart.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  4. "Belgium (Flanders) Charts > The Wombats" (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  5. "Chartverfolgung / Wombats, The / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  6. "Irish Charts > The Wombats". irishcharts.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. "Dutch Charts > The Wombats" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  8. "Norwegian Charts > The Wombats". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  9. "Swiss Charts > The Wombats" (in German). hitparade.ch Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  10. "The Wombats Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  11. "The Wombats Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  12. "BRIT Certified - bpi" (To access, enter the search parameter "Wombats" and select "Search by Keyword"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  13. "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2011 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  14. "Glitterbug by The Wombats". Amazon. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  15. "Belgium (Walloon) Charts > The Wombats" (in French). ultratop.be/fr Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  16. "Chartverfolgung / Wombats, The / Single" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  17. "Billboard Japan". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  18. Peaks in Scotland:
  19. "Billboard Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  20. "Billboard Rock". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  21. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. "Our Perfect Disease - EP by The Wombats". iTunes (UK). 5 August 2011.
  23. "Cheetah Tongue (Benson Remix) - Single by The Wombats". iTunes (UK).
  24. "Bee-Sting - Single by The Wombats". iTunes (UK).
  25. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 16 November 2018 - 22 November 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  26. "Oceans - Single by The Wombats". Apple Music. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  27. "Nothing to Love About Love - Single by Peking Duk & The Wombats on Apple Music". Apple Music Australia. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  28. "The Wombats Release New Song, "Black Flamingo"". The Prelude Press. 5 February 2018.
  29. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/
  30. "Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 3". Amazon. 24 November 2008.
  31. "Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 6". Amazon. 31 October 2011.
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