This is the discography of English rock band James.
Albums
Studio albums YearDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications(sales thresholds)UKAUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: "Sit Down", "Sometimes", "Say Something", "She's a Star" and "Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)": "Born of Frustration" & Seven: All ARIA peaks to 26 October 2018: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.CANSWEUS1986Stutter Released: 21 July 1986 Label: Blanco y Negro/Sire68————1988Strip-mine Released: 26 September 1988 Label: Blanco y Negro/Sire90————1990Gold Mother1 Released: 4 June 1990 Label: Fontana2174———BPI: Gold1992Seven Released: 17 February 1992 Label: Fontana2123—45—BPI: Gold1993Laid Released: 27 September 1993 Label: Fontana386——72BPI: Gold RIAA: Gold1994Wah Wah Released: 29 August 1994 Label: Mercury11————1997Whiplash Released: 24 February 1997 Label: Mercury9—72—158BPI: Gold1999Millionaires Released: 11 October 1999 Label: Mercury2————BPI: Gold2001Pleased to Meet You Released: 2 July 2001 Label: Mercury11115———BPI: Silver2008Hey Ma Released: 7 April 2008 Label: Fontana10————2010The Night Before Released: 19 April 2010 Label: Mercury20————2010The Morning After Released: 6 September 2010 Label: Mercury19————2014La Petite Mort Released: 2 June 2014 Label: Cooking Vinyl11————2016Girl at the End of the World Released: 18 March 2016 Label: BMG2————2018Living in Extraordinary Times Released: 3 August 2018 Label: Infectious Music6————2021All the Colours of You Released: 4 June 2021 Label: Virgin Music Label & Artist Services3————2023Be Opened by the Wonderful Released: 9 June 2023 Label: Nothing but Love Music3————2024Yummy Released: 12 April 2024 Label: Virgin1———— 1Released as James in the US in 1991
Compilation albums YearDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications(sales thresholds)UKUK IndieAUS1998The Best Of Released: 23 March 1998 Label: Mercury/Fontana1—152BPI: 3× Platinum2001B-Sides Ultra Released: 3 December 2001 Label: Mercury———2004The Collection Released: 11 October 2004 Label: Spectrum Music—3— BPI: Gold2007Fresh as a Daisy – The Singles Released: 30 April 2007 Label: Mercury12——BPI: Silver2017Justhipper (The Complete Sire & Blanc y Negro Recordings 1986–1988) Released: 28 July 2017 Label: Cherry Red Records———2025Nothing but Love: The Definitive Best Of Released: 21 November 2025 Label: EMI, Mercury6——
Live albums YearDetailsPeak chart positionsUKUK Indie1989One Man Clapping Released: March 1989 Label: One Man/Rough Trade—22002Getting Away with It... Live Released: 20 May 2002 Label: Sanctuary102—2008Live in 2008 Released: 8 December 2008 Label: Self-released——2020Live in Extraordinary Times Released: 11 December 2020 Label: Nothing But Love Music31—2025James, Live at the Acropolis Released: 2 May 2025272
Extended plays YearTitlePeak chart positionsUKUK Indie1983Jimone Released: November 1983 Label: Factory—101985James II Released: February 1985 Label: Factory1212Village Fire Released: June 1985 Label: Factory13131986Sit Down, three songs by... James Released: March 1986 Label: Sire93—
Singles YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbumUKUK IndieAUSAUTGERIRLNLDUSUS Alt1986"Chain Mail"93———————— "So Many Ways"143————————Stutter1988"What For"90————————Strip-mine"Ya Ho"137————————1989"Sit Down"772141—————— "Come Home"843——————— Gold Mother1990"How Was It for You?"32————————"Come Home" (Flood remix)32————————"Lose Control"38———————— rowspan="2" 1991"Sit Down" (re-recorded version)2——2756542—9 BPI: 2× Platinum"Sound"9—28——15———Seven1992"Born of Frustration"13—134———69—5 BPI: Silver"Ring the Bells"37————————"Seven"46————————1993"Sometimes"18—139—————— BPI: SilverLaid"Laid"25—40————613 BPI: Platinum1994"Jam J" / "Say Something" 24—119—————19Wah Wah / Laid1997"She's a Star"9—149—————— BPI: SilverWhiplash"Tomorrow"12————————"Waltzing Along"23————————1998"Destiny Calling"17————————The Best of James"Runaground"29————————"Sit Down '98"7———————— 1999"I Know What I'm Here For"22————————Millionaires"Just Like Fred Astaire"17————————"We're Going to Miss You"48————————2001"Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)"22————————Pleased to Meet You2008"Whiteboy"—————————Hey Ma"Waterfall"—————————2010"Not So Strong"————————— 2014"Frozen Britain"—————————La Petite Mort"Moving On"—15———————"Curse Curse"—————————"All I'm Saying"—————————2015"To My Surprise"—————————Girl at the End of the World2016"Nothing But Love"—————————"Girl at the End of the World"—————————"Dear John"—————————2018Better Than That (EP)—–———————Living in Extraordinary Times"Coming Home (Pt.2)"—————————"Many Faces"—————————2021"All the Colours of You"—————————All the Colours of You"Beautiful Beaches"—————————"Recover"—————————"Isabella"————————— Notes
Promotional singles YearTitleAlbum2007"Who Are You"Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles
Videography Video albums Year Title Format 1991 Come Home Live VHS 1992 Seven: Live Concert VHS 2002 Getting Away With It... Live DVD 2007 Fresh as a Daisy – The Videos DVD 2020 Live in Extraordinary Times DVD2025James, Live at the AcropolisDVD
Music videos Year Title Director 1986 "So Many Ways" 1988 "What For" 1989 "Sit Down" Edward Barton 1990 "How Was It for You" Swivel "Come Home" "Lose Control" 1991 "Sound" Peter Scammell 1992 "Born of Frustration" Peter Scammell "Ring the Bells" Peter Scammell "Seven" 1993 "Sometimes (Lester Piggott)" Tim Pope "Laid" Zanna "Say Something" Peter Care 1997 "She's a Star" David Mould "Tomorrow" Kevin Godley "Waltzing Along" John Hardwick 1998 "Runaground" Mary Scanlon "Destiny Calling" Alex Hemming "Sit Down '98" 1999 "I Know What I'm Here For" David Mould "Just Like Fred Astaire" John Hillcoat "We're Going to Miss You" John Hardwick 2001 "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" Gordon MainRob LeggattSimon Earith 2014 "Frozen Britain" Roger Sargent "Moving On" Ainslie Henderson "Curse Curse" Alberto Almeida "All I'm Saying" Péter Vácz 2015 "To My Surprise" Kris Merc 2016 "Nothing But Love" James FitzGerald "Girl at the End of the World" Kris Merc "Dear John" Péter Vácz 2018 "Coming Home (Pt.2)" Leif Tilden
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