Billy Bragg discography

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Billy Bragg discography
File:Billy Bragg, May 2010 1.jpg
Billy Bragg in 2010
Studio albums13
EPs5
Live albums6
Compilation albums13
Singles27

The discography of British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg includes 13 studio albums (including two with Wilco and one with The Blokes), six live albums, 12 compilation albums, five extended plays, and 20 singles.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		BEL
(FL)
[3] 		CAN
[4] 		NZ
[5] 		SWE
[6] 		US
[7]
Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Utility Records
 30 — — — 45 — —
Brewing Up with Billy Bragg 16 — — — 23 — —
Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Go! Discs
 8 77 — — 5 43 —
Workers Playtime
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Go! Discs
 17 49 — 77 20 — 198
The Internationale
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Utility Records
 34 104 — — — — —
Don't Try This at Home
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Go! Discs
 8 35 — — 21 — —
William Bloke 16 72 — — — — —[a]
Mermaid Avenue
(with Wilco) 		34 12 — — — — 90
Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(with Wilco)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Elektra
 61 45 — 54 — — 88
England, Half-English
(with the Blokes)
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Elektra
 51 83 — — — — —
Mr Love & Justice
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 33 115 78 — — — —
Tooth & Nail
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 13 70 69 — — 58 —
The Million Things That Never Happened[15]
  • Released: 8 October 2021
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 44 98 — — — — —

Live albums

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List of live albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		BEL
(FL)
[3] 		ITA
[16] 		NL
[17] 		US
[7]
Billy Bragg and The Red Stars Live Bootleg[18]
  • Released: 1995
  • Self-released
 — — — — —
Mermaid Avenue Tour[18]
  • Released: 1999
  • Self-released
 — — — — —
Bill's Bargains[18]
  • Released: 2002
  • Self-released
 — — — — —
Live at the Barbican[18]
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 — — — — —
Live at the Union Chapel, London
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 61 — — — —
Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
(with Joe Henry)
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 28 138 38 112 —[b]

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[20]
Life's a Riot / Between the Wars
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Go! Discs
 — —
Back to Basics
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Elektra
 37 —
The Peel Sessions Album — —
Victim of Geography
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 — —
Bloke on Bloke
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 72 —
Reaching to the Converted
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 41 —
Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Elektra
 49 60
Volume 1 — —
Volume 2
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Yep Rock
 — —
Fight Songs
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Bragg Central
 — —
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
(with Wilco) 		— —
Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019[22]
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 —[c] —
The Roaring Forty (1983–2023)
  • Released: 27 October 2023
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
 29 190

Singles and EPs

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As lead artist

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List of singles as lead artist, showing selected peak chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		CAN
[4] 		NZ
[5] 		US
Alt.
[24]
"St Swithin's Day"[d] 1984 — — — — — Brewing Up with Billy Bragg
"A Lover Sings"[e] — — — — —
Between the Wars (EP) 1985 15 — — — — —
"Days Like These" 43 — — — — Non-album single
"Levi Stubbs' Tears" 1986 29 — — 11 — Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
"Greetings to the New Brunette" 58 — — 6 —
"Ideology"[f] — — — — —
Help Save the Youth of America (EP)[18] 1988 — — — — — —
"She's Leaving Home"
(with Cara Tivey) 		1 — — — — Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father
"Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" 52 — — 34 20 Workers Playtime
"She's Got a New Spell" — 116 — — 16
"Sexuality" 1991 27 46 60[g] — 2 Don't Try This at Home
"You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" 54 107 — — 25
Accident Waiting to Happen (EP) 1992 33 62 — — — —
Live in Canada (EP)[h] — — — — — —
"Upfield" 1996 46 134 — — — William Bloke
"The Boy Done Good" 1997 55 — — — — Bloke on Bloke
"Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key"
(with Wilco) 		1998 89 — — — — Mermaid Avenue
"She Came Along To Me" (EP) — 136 — — —
Mermaid Avenue Bonus EP — — — — —
"Secret of the Sea" 2000 — — — — — Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
"England, Half English"/"St. Monday" 2002 98 — — — — England, Half-English
"Take Down the Union Jack" 22 — — — —
"The Price of Oil" — — — — — Non-album single
"We Laughed" 2005 11 — — — — Non-album single
"Old Clash Fan Fight Song"[i] 2007 — — — — — Non-album single
"I Keep Faith" 2008 —[j] — — — — Mr Love & Justice
"The Beach is Free" / "I Almost Killed You" — — — — —
Pressure Drop (EP)[18] 2010 — — — — — —
"No-One Knows Nothing Anymore" / "Song of the Iceberg" 2013 — — — — — Tooth & Nail
"Handyman Blues"[k] — — — — —
Bridges Not Walls (EP) 2017 —[l] — — — — —
"Can't Be There Today" 2020 — — — — — N/A
"I Will Be Your Shield"[15] 2021 — — — — — The Million Things That Never Happened
"Ten Mysterious Photos That Can't Be Explained"[27] — — — — —
"Pass It On"[28] — — — — —
"Mid-Century Modern"[29] — — — — —
"Hundred Year Hunger"[30] 2025 — — — — — Non-album single
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List of singles as featured artist, showing selected peak chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[31] 		AUT
[32] 		GER
[33] 		NL
[17] 		NZ
[34] 		SWI
[35] 		US
[36]
"Won't Talk About It"
(Norman Cook feat. Billy Bragg) 		1989 29 27 26 28 20 24 76 Let Them Eat Bingo

Notes

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  1. ^ William Bloke did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 38 on Billboard's Heatseekers albums chart.[12]
  2. ^ Shine a Light did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 40 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart.[19]
  3. ^ Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019 did not enter the Official Charts Company's UK Albums Chart, but it peaked at number 7 on the Official Independent Albums Chart.[23]
  4. ^ Europe/New Zealand release
  5. ^ Promo release
  6. ^ Promo release
  7. ^ "Sexuality" was released as part of an EP of the same name in Canada, where it charted at number 60 on the RPM 100 Albums chart.[4]
  8. ^ Australia-only promo release
  9. ^ As Johnny Clash
  10. ^ "I Keep Faith" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 14 on the Official Independent Singles Chart.[25]
  11. ^ Promo release
  12. ^ Bridges Not Walls peaked at number 2 on the Official Americana Albums Chart.[26]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d UK chart positions:
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  2. ^ a b Australian chart positions:
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    • After 1988: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • "She's Got a New Spell": Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood": Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • The Million Things That Never Happened: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  3. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ a b c RPM album chart positions:
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    • Sexuality: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Mermaid Avenue Vol. II: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  7. ^ a b Billboard 200 chart positions:
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    • Mermaid Avenue: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Mermaid Avenue Vol. II: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  17. ^ a b Dutch Chart positions:
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    • "Won't Talk About It": Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  24. ^ Billboard Alternative Airplay chart positions:
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    • "She's Got a New Spell": Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • "Sexuality": Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood": Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  36. ^ Billboard Hot 100 chart positions:
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