# The Primitives discography

This is the discography of English indie pop band the Primitives.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | UK | CAN | FIN | GER | NZ | SWE | US | Certifications |
| Lovely | Released: 28 March 1988 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, MC | 6 | 85 | 28 | 62 | 26 | 20 | 106 | UK: Gold |
| Pure | Released: 16 October 1989 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, MC | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | 113 | |
| Galore | Released: January 1992 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Echoes and Rhymes | Released: 23 April 2012 Label: Elefant Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Spin-O-Rama | Released: 13 October 2014 Label: Elefant Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||||||

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie |
| Lazy 86–88 | Released: 21 August 1989 Label: Lazy Formats: CD, LP, MC | 73 | 1 |
| Bombshell – The Hits & More | Released: 1994 Label: RCA Formats: CD | — | — |
| Best of the Primitives | Released: June 1996 Label: Camden Formats: CD Reissued by Sony BMG in July 2005 | — | — |
| Bubbling Up | Released: August 1998 Label: NMC Formats: CD Reissued by Neptune Music in 2001 as Buzz, Buzz, Buzz | — | — |
| Thru the Flowers – The Anthology | Released: 13 September 2004 Label: Castle Music Formats: 2xCD | — | — |
| Buzz Buzz Buzz – The Complete Lazy Recordings | Released: 12 June 2006 Label: Castle Music Formats: 2xCD | — | — |
| Everything's Shining Bright – The Lazy Recordings 1985–1987 | Released: 25 March 2013 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 2xCD, digital download Also released digitally as two separate albums: The Lazy Singles and The Lazy Album Sessions | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||

### Box sets

| Title | Album details |
| Bloom! The Full Story 1985–1992 | Released: 20 March 2020 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 5xCD |

## EPs

| Title | Album details |
| Crash | Released: March 1988 Label: RCA Formats: 7" |
| Out of Reach | Released: April 1988 Label: RCA Formats: 7" |
| Secrets | Released: September 1989 Label: RCA Formats: CD, 7" |
| Spells | Released: 28 October 1991 Label: RCA Formats: CD, 12" |
| Never Kill a Secret EP | Released: 7 March 2011 Label: Fortuna Pop! Formats: CD, 7", digital download |
| New Thrills | Released: 5 May 2015 Label: Elefant Formats: CD, 10", digital download |
| Five Fluffy Favourites • Part Time Punks Session | Released: June 2018 Label: Self-released Formats: CD |

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | UK Indie | AUS | GER | IRE | NZ | SWE | US Alt | Album |
| "Thru the Flowers" | 1986 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Really Stupid" | 1986 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Stop Killing Me" | 1987 | 78 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lovely |
| "Ocean Blue" (limited release) | 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lovely |
| "Thru the Flowers" (new version) | 1987 | 77 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lovely |
| "Crash" | 1988 | 5 | — | — | 42 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | Lovely |
| "Out of Reach" | 1988 | 25 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | Lovely |
| "Way Behind Me" | 1988 | 36 | — | 91 | — | 30 | — | — | 8 | Pure |
| "Sick of It" | 1989 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | Pure |
| "Secrets" | 1989 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | Pure |
| "All the Way Down" (US promo-only release) | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pure |
| "You Are the Way" | 1991 | 58 | — | 169 | — | — | — | — | — | Galore |
| "Earth Thing" | 1991 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Galore |
| "Lead Me Astray" | 1992 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Galore |
| "Crash" ('95 mix; US promo-only release) | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | Dumb and Dumber: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "The Witch" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Echoes and Rhymes |
| "Turn Off the Moon" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Echoes and Rhymes |
| "Lose the Reason" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Spin-O-Rama |
| "Spin-O-Rama" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Spin-O-Rama |
| "Purifying Tone" (Modular remix) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Stop Killing Me" (Part Time Punks Radio Session; Japan-only limited release) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Know Where To Start" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||