The following is the discography of Tokyo Police Club. They regularly released music since their formation in 2005 up until their disbandment in 2024. In addition to their five studio albums, they had put out a number of other original releases as well as reissues, demo albums, and live albums.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions CAN UK UKIndie.Peaks in UK Independent Albums Chart: "A Lesson in Crime": "Elephant Shell": "Champ": "Forcefield": US USRock USIndieElephant Shell Released: April 22, 2008 Label: Saddle Creek , Memphis Format: LP, CD, digital1012810106—17Champ Released: June 8, 2010 Label: Mom + Pop (US), Dine Alone (Canada), Memphis Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital 10th Anniversary Edition released 2021191861959176Forcefield Released: March 25, 2014 Label: Mom + Pop (US), Dine Alone (Canada), Memphis Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital17—371202925TPC Released: October 5, 2018 Label: Dine Alone Format: LP, CD, digital——————"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums TitleAlbum detailsA Lesson in Crime / Smith EP Released: September 25, 2016 Label: Paper Bag Format: LPMelon Collie and the Infinite Radness: Parts One & Two Released: September 26, 2016 Label: Dine Alone Format: LP, digital
Cover albums Ten Songs, Ten Years, Ten Days (Dine Alone, 2011)
Live albums Live From Soho EP (Paper Bag, 2007) Eight Songs Live (Dine Alone, 2018)
Remix albums Tokyo Police Club Remixes (Memphis, 2007) (A Lesson in Crime remixes) Elephant Shell Remixes (Saddle Creek, 2008)
Demo albums Tokyo Police Club (self-released, 2005) (A Lesson in Crime/Smith EP demos) Church Demos (self-released, 2020) (TPC demos)
Reissues A Lesson in Crime 10th Anniversary Edition (Paper Bag, 2016) Champ 10th Anniversary Edition (Mom + Pop, 2021)
EPs + List of EPs, with selected chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions CANPeak position for A Lesson in Crime on Canadian Albums Chart: UK UKIndie.A Lesson in Crime Released: April 25, 2006 Label: Paper Bag, Memphis Format: 12", CD, digital 10th Anniversary Edition released 20161601394Smith EP Released: October 30, 2007 Label: Paper Bag Format: CD, digital———Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness: Part One Released: February 19, 2016 Label: Dine Alone Format: CD, digital———Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness: Part Two Released: September 23, 2016 Label: Dine Alone Format: CD, digital———TPC DLX Released: October 27, 2020 Label: Dine Alone Format: 12", digital Companion EP of TPC———"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles
As lead artist TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumCANCANRockAUSHit.BEL(FL)BEL(WA)SCOPeaks in Scotland: Cheer It On: Tesselate: UKSalesPeaks in UK Physical Singles Chart: "Cheer It On": "Your English is Good": "Tesselate": UKIndie.Peaks in UK Independent Singles Chart: "Nature of the Experiment": "Cheer It On": "Your English is Good": "Tesselate": "In A Cave": "Nature of the Experiment"2006—32—————19A Lesson in Crime"Cheer It On"2007—————75494"Citizens of Tomorrow"————————"Your English Is Good"—39————6110Elephant Shell"Tessellate"20086329———938217"In a Cave"———————25"Graves"————————"The Baskervilles (Amp Live Remix)"(feat. Aesop Rock & Yak Ballz)2009————————"Breakneck Speed"2010————————Champ"Wait Up (Boots of Danger)"—34——————"Bambi"—3014—89———"Favourite Colour"2011—32—————"Happy Valentine's Day"2014————————“Argentina (Parts I, II, III)”————————Forcefield"Hot Tonight"—17—137————"Tunnel Vision"—20——————"Gonna Be Ready"2015—36——————"Not My Girl"2016—17——————Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness Pt 1"My House"—24——————Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness Pt 2"New Blues"2018————————TPC"Hercules"—24——————"DLTFWYH"————————"Simple Dude"—30——————"Hundred Dollar Day"2020————————Champ (10th Anniversary Edition)"Gone (Matt and Kim Remix)"2021————————"Just a Scratch" / "Catch Me If You Can"2024—33——————"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As featured artist TitleYearAlbum"Our Love"(Avenue feat. Tokyo Police Club)2015
Guest appearances TitleYearOther artist(s)Album"Friends of P" (The Rentals cover)2008Friends of P - Tribute to The Rentals "Nature Of The Experiment (RAC Mix)"RACRAC VOL 1"(Set List Title: Cableguy) (Remix)"2011The Philstines Jr.If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods"Come Come (Tokyo Police Club Remix)"2012Hot As SunHot As Sun"Wait Up (RAC Mix)"RACChapter One"My Body (Tokyo Police Club Remix)"2013Young the GiantRemix EP"Closer (Tokyo Police Club Remix)"2014Rush MidnightRush Midnight"Tourist"RACStrangers"Our Love"2015Avenue"Paris (Tokyo Police Club Remix)"2016Magic ManBefore the Waves: Remixes"Since U Been Gone" (cover)201810 Years of Mom+Pop
Solo releases In November 2008, Tokyo Police Club keyboardist Graham Wright released a solo EP called The Lakes of Alberta online only, available as a free download. He has also participated in a project called "Novels" with musicians Luke Lalonde (of Born Ruffians), Will Currie (of Will Currie & The Country French), Dean Marino (of Papermaps), and Jay Sadlowski (of Jay Sad) in which these musicians wrote and recorded an entire EP in 24 hours. The CDs were not released in stores, nor on the internet, but were given out to random people or placed in random places."The Hottest Disc You Can't Have". Toronto Star, Brendan Kennedy, Dec. 20, 2009 His debut solo album, Shirts vs Skins, was released on June 27, 2010. Greg Alsop has posted comedy sketch videos online, Drumsters and Novelty T-shirt College as well as a song titled ' Losing Our Heads' in 2013 for the Versus Valerie Season One soundtrack.
In June 2015, lead singer Dave Monks released his first solo EP on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play called "All Signs Point to Yes", with two singles having been released prior to the release of the album. The album "On a Wave" followed in 2019. As of 2018 Dave Monks is also a member of the Canadian supergroup Anyway Gang, releasing its-self titled album in November 2019. On June 24 2020, Monks released a new EP titled On a Wave Goes Wild.
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