# Cabaret Voltaire discography

This is the discography of English music group Cabaret Voltaire.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie |
| Mix-Up | Released: 23 October 1979 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP | — | 12 |
| Three Mantras | Released: 1 April 1980 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 12" | — | 10 |
| The Voice of America | Released: July 1980 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP | — | 3 |
| Red Mecca | Released: August 1981 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP | — | 1 |
| 2x45 | Released: April 1982 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 2x12" | 98 | 1 |
| The Crackdown | Released: 18 August 1983 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: LP, MC | 31 | — |
| Micro-Phonies | Released: 29 October 1984 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: LP, MC | 69 | — |
| The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord | Released: 14 October 1985 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, MC | 57 | — |
| C O D E | Released: October 1987 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — |
| Groovy, Laidback and Nasty | Released: 2 April 1990 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — |
| Body and Soul | Release date: March 1991 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — |
| Plasticity | Release date: 12 October 1992 Label: Plastex Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC | — | — |
| International Language | Release date: 8 October 1993 Label: Plastex Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC | — | — |
| The Conversation | Release date: 15 June 1994 Label: Apollo, Instinct Formats: 2xCD, 4xLP | — | — |
| Shadow of Fear | Release date: 20 November 2020 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download | – | 20 |
| Dekadrone | Release date: 26 March 2021 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download | — | — |
| BN9Drone | Release date: 23 April 2021 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download | — | 39 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK Indie |
| Live at the Y.M.C.A. 27-10-79 | Released: January 1980 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP | 2 |
| Live at the Lyceum | Released: May 1981 Label: Rough Trade Formats: MC | 14 |
| Live in Sheffield 19 Jan 82 | Released: February 1982 Label: Paradox Formats: LP Released as 'The Pressure Company' | 8 |
| Hai! (Live in Japan) | Released: October 1982 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP | 5 |
| Radiation (BBC Recordings 84–86) | Released: July 1998 Label: NMC Music Formats: CD | — |
| Live at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86. | Released: 27 January 2003 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 2xCD | — |
| Archive (Live 1982–1986) | Released: 14 September 2009 Label: Intone Formats: digital download iTunes-exclusive; also released as four individual albums | — |
| Archive #828285: Live | Released: 30 September 2013 Label: Intone Formats: 3xCD, digital download | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||

### Remix albums

| Title | Album details |
| Technology: Western Re-Works 1992 | Released: June 1992 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC |
| Remixed | Released: 9 April 2001 Label: EMI Formats: CD |
| Kora! Kora! Kora! The Cabaret Voltaire Versions | Released: 12 March 2009 Label: Shiva Formats: CD Remix of Kora's 2007 eponymous album |
| National Service Rewind | Released: 31 May 2010 Label: Shiva Formats: CD, digital download Remix of the Tivoli's 2009 album National Service |

### Soundtrack albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK Indie |
| Johnny YesNo | Released: November 1983 Label: Doublevision Formats: LP | 8 |
| Chance Versus Causality | Released: 30 August 2019 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: LP Recorded in 1979 for an obscure Babette Mondini film | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| 1974–1976 | Released: 1980 Label: Industrial Formats: MC |
| The Golden Moments of Cabaret Voltaire | Released: November 1987 Label: Rough Trade Formats: CD |
| Eight Crepuscule Tracks | Released: February 1988 Label: Interior, Giant Formats: CD, LP, MC |
| Listen Up with Cabaret Voltaire | Released: 29 May 1990 Label: Mute Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, MC |
| The Living Legends... | Released: 29 May 1990 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC |
| The Original Sound of Sheffield '83 / '87. Best Of: | Released: 1 October 2001 Label: Virgin Formats: CD |
| The Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of; | Released: 15 October 2002 Label: Mute Formats: CD |
| #7885: Electropunk to Technopop 1978–1985 | Released: 23 June 2014 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download |

### Box sets

| Title | Album details |
| Box 1 | Released: 21 April 1991 Label: Mute Formats: 3xCD Japan-only release |
| Box 2 | Released: 21 April 1991 Label: Mute Formats: 3xCD Japan-only release |
| Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive; | Released: 1 October 2001 Label: Virgin Formats: 3xCD |
| Methodology '74 / '78. Attic Tapes; | Released: 9 June 2003 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: 3xCD |
| Johnny YesNo Redux | Released: 14 November 2011 Label: Mute Formats: 2xDVD+2xCD |
| #8385: Collected Works 1983–1985 | Released: 11 November 2013 Label: The Grey Area/Mute Formats: 4xLP+6xCD+2xDVD |

### Video albums

| Title | Album details |
| Doublevision Presents: Cabaret Voltaire | Released: July 1982 Label: Doublevision Formats: VHS, Betamax |
| Johnny YesNo | Released: 1983 Label: Doublevision Formats: VHS |
| Gasoline in Your Eye | Released: July 1985 Label: Virgin Music Video Formats: VHS, Betamax |
| Live at the Hacienda '83 / '86; 11.08.83 / 19.02.86. | Released: November 2002 Label: Cherry Red Films Formats: DVD |
| Live from London | Released: 11 March 2013 Label: The Store for Music Formats: DVD |

## EPs

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie |
| Extended Play | Released: October 1978 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 7" Limited release | — | — |
| 3 Crépuscule Tracks | Released: April 1981 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule, Rough Trade Formats: 12" | — | — |
| Drinking Gasoline | Released: 22 July 1985 Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Formats: 2x12", LP, MC | 71 | — |
| The Drain Train | Released: June 1986 Label: Doublevision Formats: 2x12", MC | — | 5 |
| Percussion Force | Released: June 1991 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule Formats: CD, 12" Belgium-only release | — | — |
| Colours | Released: November 1991 Label: Plastex Formats: CD, 12", MC | — | — |
| Back in the Front of Your Mind | Released: 1993 Label: Instinct Formats: 12" US-only release | — | — |
| Shadow of Funk | Released: 26 February 2021 Label: Mute Formats: 12", digital download | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Albums |
| Title | Year | UK | UK Indie | US Dance | Albums |
| "Nag Nag Nag" | 1979 | — | — | — | The Living Legends... |
| "Silent Command" | 1979 | — | 10 | — | The Living Legends... |
| "Seconds Too Late" | 1980 | — | 8 | — | The Living Legends... |
| "Jazz the Glass" | 1981 | — | 6 | — | The Living Legends... |
| "Eddie's Out" | 1981 | — | 6 | — | The Living Legends... |
| "Fools Game" (Belgium and Italy-only release) | 1983 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Crackdown" | 1983 | — | — | — | The Crackdown |
| "Yashar" | 1983 | 122 | 6 | — | 2x45 |
| "Just Fascination" | 1983 | 94 | — | — | The Crackdown |
| "The Dream Ticket" | 1983 | 108 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "James Brown" | 1984 | 100 | — | — | Micro-Phonies |
| "Sensoria" | 1984 | 96 | — | — | Micro-Phonies |
| "I Want You" | 1985 | 91 | — | — | The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord |
| "Don't Argue" | 1987 | 69 | — | 16 | C O D E |
| "Here to Go" | 1987 | 88 | — | 16 | C O D E |
| "Hypnotised" | 1989 | 66 | — | — | Groovy, Laidback and Nasty |
| "Keep On" | 1990 | 55 | — | — | Groovy, Laidback and Nasty |
| "Easy Life" | 1990 | 61 | — | — | Groovy, Laidback and Nasty |
| "What Is Real" (Belgium-only release) | 1991 | — | — | — | Body and Soul |
| "I Want You" / "Kino" (remixes) | 1992 | — | — | — | Technology: Western Re-Works 1992 |
| "Just Fascination" (remix) | 2001 | — | — | — | Conform to Deform '82 / '90. Archive; |
| "Nag Nag Nag" (original + remixes) | 2002 | 83 | — | — | The Original Sound of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of; |
| "Yashar" (remixes) | 2003 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Vasto" | 2020 | — | — | — | Shadow of Fear |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||

### Selected compilation appearances

* A Factory Sample (1978) – "Baader Meinhof" and "Sex in Secret"
* C81 (1981) – "Raising the Count"
* A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse (1985) – "Dead Man's Shoes"
* Salvation! Original soundtrack (1987) – "Twanky Party" and "Jesus Saves"
* Wasted: The Best of Volume, Part I (1995) – "Low Cool" (remix)
* Some Bizzare Artists: Redefining the Prologue (2006) – "Crackdown"