# The Wedding Present discography

The Wedding Present's discography consists of 54 singles, 17 extended plays, 9 studio albums, 24 live albums and 21 compilation albums. The band were formed in 1985 in Leeds, England by David Gedge, Peter Solowka and Keith Gregory. At the height of their popularity the band had a run of twelve top-30 singles in twelve months, equalling a record set by Elvis Presley.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie | SCO |
| George Best | Released: 12 October 1987 Label: Reception Formats: CD, LP, MC | 47 | 1 | — |
| Bizarro | Released: 23 October 1989 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, MC | 22 | — | — |
| Seamonsters | Released: 27 May 1991 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, MC | 13 | — | — |
| Watusi | Released: 12 September 1994 Label: Island Formats: CD, LP, MC | 47 | — | 82 |
| Saturnalia | Released: 9 September 1996 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, LP, MC | 36 | — | 67 |
| Take Fountain | Released: 14 February 2005 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD | 68 | 7 | 70 |
| El Rey | Released: 20 May 2008 Label: Vibrant Formats: CD, LP | 102 | 12 | — |
| Valentina | Released: 19 March 2012 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 77 | 9 | 88 |
| Going, Going... | Released: 2 September 2016 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download | 35 | 9 | 19 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Leicester Poly 5th May 1987 | Released: 1987 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Munchen Alabama-Halle 22/11/87 | Released: 1987 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Rotterdam 30 March 1988 | Released: 1988 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Valencia 18 November 1988 | Released: 1988 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Middleton 30 April 1989 | Released: 1989 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Frankfurt 3 November 1989 | Released: 1989 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Hoboken 10th June 1990 | Released: 1990 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Kilburn 20th November 1990 | Released: 1990 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Wakefield 28 August 1991 | Released: 1991 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Uppsala 13 November 1991 | Released: 1991 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Den Haag 30 October 1992 | Released: 1992 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Windsor 28 October 1993 | Released: July 1994 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Strasbourg 16 December 1994 | Released: 1995 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| L'exo Rouen France 17 March 1995 | Released: 1995 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Portsmouth 22 November 1995 | Released: 1996 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Detroit 21 March 1996 | Released: 1996 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Munich 21 December 1996 | Released: 1997 Label: Self-released Formats: MC |
| Shepherd's Bush Welcomes the Wedding Present | Released: November 2007 Label: Secret Formats: CD |
| Live in Leeds | Released: 10 January 2010 Label: Scopitones Formats: digital download |
| Bizarro : Live in Tokyo, 2010 | Released: 16 February 2011 Label: Youth Inc., & Formats: 2xCD, digital download |
| Live 2007 | Released: 14 July 2017 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD+DVD, digital download |
| Live 2017 [Part 2] | Released: 22 March 2018 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD+DVD, digital download |
| Live 2010 | Released: 6 September 2019 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD+DVD, digital download |
| Live 2012 | Released: 23 July 2021 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD+DVD, digital download |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie |
| Tommy | Released: 11 July 1988 Label: Reception Formats: CD, LP, MC | 42 | 1 |
| The BBC Sessions | Released: 1988 Label: Dutch East India Trading/Strange Fruit Formats: CD, MC US-only release | — | — |
| Ukrainian John Peel Sessions | Released: February 1989 Label: Reception Formats: CD, 10", MC | 22 | — |
| Hit Parade 1 | Released: 8 June 1992 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, MC | 22 | — |
| Hit Parade 2 | Released: 4 January 1993 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, MC | 19 | — |
| John Peel Sessions 1987–1990 | Released: 8 November 1993 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD, LP | — | — |
| Evening Sessions 1986–1994 | Released: 9 June 1997 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD | — | — |
| John Peel Sessions 1992–1995 | Released: 27 April 1998 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD | — | — |
| Singles 1989–1991 | Released: 9 March 1999 Label: Manifesto Formats: 2xCD US-only release | — | — |
| Singles 1995–97 | Released: September 1999 Label: Cooking Vinyl, Manifesto Formats: CD | — | — |
| Search for Paradise: Singles 2004–5 | Released: 16 May 2006 Label: Scopitones, Manifesto Formats: CD+DVD | — | — |
| Live 1987 | Released: 22 October 2007 Label: Scopitones Formats: 2xCD, digital download Compiles the first two self-released tapes | — | — |
| Yé Yé – The Best of the RCA Years | Released: 10 December 2007 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD | — | — |
| Live 1988 | Released: 29 March 2010 Label: Scopitones Formats: 2xCD, digital download Compiles the third and fourth self-released tapes | — | — |
| Live 1989 | Released: 18 October 2010 Label: Scopitones Formats: 2xCD, digital download Compiles the fifth and sixth self-released tapes | — | — |
| Live 1990 | Released: 9 January 2012 Label: Scopitones Formats: 2xCD, digital download Compiles the seventh and eighth self-released tapes | — | — |
| Live 1991 | Released: 22 October 2012 Label: Scopitones Formats: 2xCD, digital download Compiles the ninth and tenth self-released tapes | — | — |
| Live 1992 | Released: September 2013 Label: Scopitones Formats: 2xCD, digital download Compiles a self-released tape plus a previously unreleased live recording | — | — |
| Live 1993 | Released: March 2016 Label: Scopitones Formats: 2xCD, digital download Compiles a self-released tape plus a previously unreleased live recording | — | — |
| Marc Riley Sessions Volume 1 | Released: 9 December 2016 Label: Hatch Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — |
| Marc Riley Sessions Volume 2 | Released: 6 October 2017 Label: Hatch Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — |
| Marc Riley Sessions Volume 3 | Released: 15 February 2019 Label: Hatch Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — |
| Marc Riley Sessions Volume 4 | Released: 21 February 2020 Label: Hatch Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — |
| 24 Songs | Released: May 2023 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD, LP | — | — |
| Live 1994 | Released: June 2024 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD, LP Includes a self-released tape | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. ||||

### Box sets

| Title | Album details |
| Registry | Released: 1 November 1999 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: 4xCD |
| The Complete Peel Sessions | Released: 26 March 2007 Label: Castle Music Formats: 6xCD |
| How the West Was Won | Released: 27 October 2008 Label: Vibrant Formats: 4xCD Limited release |

### Video albums

| Title | Album details |
| *Punk | Released: 24 September 1990 Label: BMG Video Formats: VHS |
| Dick York's Wardrobe – The Hit Parade Videos | Released: December 1992 Label: BMG Video/RCA Formats: VHS |
| An Evening With The Wedding Present | Released: 2007 Label: Secret Films Formats: DVD |
| Drive | Released: 10 October 2011 Label: MVD Visual Formats: DVD US-only release |

### Other albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK Indie |
| George Best 30 | Released: 22 September 2017 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD, LP, digital download Re-recording of album | 27 |
| Tommy 30 | Released: 9 August 2019 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD, LP, digital download Re-recording of album | 17 |
| Not from Where I'm Standing | Released: 4 December 2020 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD, 2xLP As the Wedding Present & Friends | — |
| Locked Down and Stripped Back | Released: 26 February 2021 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD, LP, MC, digital download | 24 |
| Locked Down and Stripped Back – Volume Two | Released: 1 July 2022 Label: Scopitones Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 9 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||

## EPs

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie |
| 'Don't Try and Stop Me, Mother' | Released: January 1986 Label: Reception Formats: 12" | — | — |
| The Peel Sessions | Released: October 1986 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: 12" | 123 | 7 |
| Radio 1 Session The Evening Show | Released: December 1988 Label: Strange Fruit/Nighttracks Formats: CD, 12" | — | 6 |
| 3 Songs EP | Released: 17 September 1990 Label: RCA Formats: 7", 10", 12", CD, MC | 25 | — |
| Hit Parade 3 | Released: 1993 Label: RCA Formats: CD, MC France-only mini-album | — | — |
| Mini | Released: 22 January 1996 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, 10" | 92 | — |
| The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend | Released: 5 May 2008 Label: Vibrant Formats: CD, digital download | — | — |
| Holly Jolly Hollywood | Released: 27 October 2008 Label: Vibrant Formats: CD, digital download | — | — |
| 4 Chansons EP | Released: 21 April 2012 Label: Scopitones Formats: 10" | — | — |
| 4 Songs EP | Released: 25 October 2012 Label: Scopitones Formats: digital download | — | — |
| 4 Lieder EP | Released: 20 April 2013 Label: Scopitones Formats: 10" | — | — |
| EP 4 Cân | Released: 19 April 2014 Label: Scopitones Formats: 10" | — | — |
| Hove Sessions EP 1 | Released: 27 October 2014 Label: Demon Formats: 7" | — | — |
| Hove Sessions EP 2 | Released: 27 October 2014 Label: Demon Formats: 7" | — | — |
| The Home Internationals E.P. | Released: 22 April 2017 Label: El Segell del Primavera Formats: CD, 12", digital download | — | — |
| Huw Stephens Session | Released: 9 November 2018 Label: Hatch Formats: CD, 10", digital download | — | — |
| Shaun Keaveny Session | Released: 2 October 2020 Label: Hatch Formats: 7", 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 | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | UK Indie | IRE | SCO | Album |
| "Go Out and Get 'Em Boy" | 1985 | — | 14 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Once More" | 1986 | 161 | 4 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "You Should Always Keep in Touch with Your Friends"/"This Boy Can Wait" | 1986 | 172 | 3 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "My Favourite Dress" | 1987 | 95 | 4 | — | — | George Best |
| "Anyone Can Make a Mistake" | 1987 | — | 3 | — | — | George Best |
| "Nobody's Twisting Your Arm" | 1988 | 46 | 2 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?" | 1988 | 42 | 1 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Davni Chasȳ" (withdrawn) | 1988 | — | — | — | — | Ukrainian John Peel Sessions |
| "Kennedy" | 1989 | 33 | — | — | — | Bizarro |
| "Brassneck" | 1990 | 24 | — | — | — | Bizarro |
| "Dalliance" | 1991 | 29 | — | — | — | Seamonsters |
| "Lovenest" | 1991 | 58 | — | — | — | Seamonsters |
| "Blue Eyes" | 1992 | 26 | — | 20 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Go-Go Dancer" | 1992 | 20 | — | 14 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Three" | 1992 | 14 | — | 17 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Silver Shorts" | 1992 | 14 | — | 13 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Come Play with Me" | 1992 | 10 | — | 17 | — | Non-album singles |
| "California" | 1992 | 16 | — | 20 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Flying Saucer" | 1992 | 22 | — | 26 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Boing!" | 1992 | 19 | — | 25 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Loveslave" | 1992 | 17 | — | 24 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sticky" | 1992 | 17 | — | 29 | — | Non-album singles |
| "The Queen of Outer Space" | 1992 | 23 | — | 23 | — | Non-album singles |
| "No Christmas" | 1992 | 25 | — | 30 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" | 1994 | 51 | — | — | 54 | Watusi |
| "It's a Gas" | 1994 | 71 | — | — | 88 | Watusi |
| "Sucker" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "2, 3, Go" | 1996 | 67 | — | — | 76 | Saturnalia |
| "Montreal" | 1997 | 40 | — | — | 47 | Saturnalia |
| "Interstate 5" | 2004 | 62 | — | — | 76 | Take Fountain |
| "I'm from Further North Than You" | 2005 | 34 | 6 | — | 42 | Take Fountain |
| "Ringway to SeaTac" | 2005 | 157 | 18 | — | — | Take Fountain |
| "You Jane" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | Valentina |
| "Metal Men" (limited release) | 2012 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Two Bridges" (limited release) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Metal Men" (French version; limited release) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | 4 Chansons EP |
| "Meet Cute" (Welsh version; limited release) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | EP 4 Cân |
| "Bear" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | Going, Going... |
| "White Riot" (limited release) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Jump In, the Water's Fine" | | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Crawl" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Locked Down and Stripped Back |
| "We Should Be Together" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Locked Down and Stripped Back |
| "My Favourite Dress" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | Locked Down and Stripped Back |
| "We Should Be Together" (featuring Louise Wener) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Am Not Going to Fall in Love with You" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Go Go Go" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Monochrome" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "X Marks the Spot" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Once Bitten" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "We Interrupt Our Programme" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Each Time You Open Your Eyes" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "We All Came from the Sea" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Astronomic" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Science Fiction" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "The Loneliest Time of Year" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||||