Red Lorry Yellow Lorry discography

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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry discography
Studio albums5
Compilation albums6
Video albums1
EPs4
Singles16

This is the discography of British post-punk band Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie

[1]
Talk About the Weather 3
Paint Your Wagon
  • Released: 7 March 1986[3]
  • Label: Red Rhino
  • Formats: LP, MC
1
Nothing Wrong 3
Blow
  • Released: 18 September 1989[5]
  • Label: Situation Two
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
6
Blasting Off
  • Released: September 1992[6]
  • Label: Deathwish Office
  • Formats: CD, LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie

[1]
Smashed Hits
  • Released: 15 January 1988[7]
  • Label: Red Rhino
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
10
The Singles 1982–87
  • Released: February 1994[8]
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD
Generation – The Best Of
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
The Very Best of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
  • Released: 25 April 2000[9]
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD
See the Fire – Albums, Singles and BBC Recordings 1982–1987
  • Released: 24 November 2014[10]
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 3xCD
Albums and Singles 1982–1989
  • Released: 24 February 2017[11]
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 4xCD box set
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

Title Album details
Thunder in the Black Cave
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: DVD
  • Limited release

EPs

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie

[1]
This Today
  • Released: February 1984[12]
  • Label: Red Rhino
18
Crawling Mantra
  • Released: May 1987
  • Label: Red Rhino, Homestead
  • As well as being released as a 7" single, it was released as a 2x7", 12" and on cassette
Black Tracks
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Self-released
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
  • Released: 29 August 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Limited release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
Indie

[1]
"Beating My Head" 1982 Non-album singles
"Take It All" 1983 23
"He's Read" 20
"Monkey's on Juice" 1984 3
"Hollow Eyes" 6 Talk About the Weather
"Chance" 1985 11 Non-album singles
"Spinning Around" 9
"Paint Your Wagon" 1986 Paint Your Wagon
"Walking on Your Hands" 21
"Cut Down" 6 Non-album singles
"Crawling Mantra" (as the Lorries) 1987 3
"Open Up" 6 Nothing Wrong
"Nothing Wrong" 1988 5
"Only Dreaming (Wide Awake)" 9
"Temptation" 1989 13 Blow
"Talking Back" 1991 Blasting Off
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
  2. ^ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 5 January 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Sounds". Sounds. 15 February 1986. p. 3.
  4. ^ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 7 May 1988. p. 28. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Blow". Discogs. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ Strong, M.C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, Edinburgh, p. 476
  7. ^ "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Smashed Hits". Discogs. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  8. ^ "February releases" (PDF). Music Week. 12 February 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  9. ^ "The Very Best of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  10. ^ "See The Fire: Albums, Singles and BBC Recordings 1982-1987 – Cherry Red Records". 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  11. ^ Newall, Phil (4 March 2017). "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 'Albums & Singles 1982-1989' - album review". Louder Than War. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  12. ^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 18 February 1984. p. 18. Retrieved 10 February 2022.