This is the discography of English post-punk band the Durutti Column.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions UK UKIndieThe Return of the Durutti Column Released: January 1980 Label: Factory Formats: LP — 7LC Released: November 1981 Label: Factory Formats: LP — 12Another Setting Released: August 1983 Label: Factory Formats: LP — 4Without Mercy Released: December 1984 Label: Factory Formats: LP, MC — 8Circuses and Bread Released: May 1986 Label: Factory Formats: CD, LP, MC — 11The Guitar and Other Machines Released: 30 November 1987 Label: Factory Formats: CD, LP, MC, DAT — 13Vini Reilly Released: March 1989 Label: Factory Formats: CD, LP, MC, DAT — 5Obey the Time Released: December 1990 Label: Factory Formats: CD, LP, MC — —Sex and Death Released: 14 November 1994 Label: Factory Too/London Formats: CD, MC — —Fidelity Released: April 1996 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule Formats: CD Belgium-only release — —Time Was Gigantic... When We Were Kids Released: October 1998 Label: Factory Too/London Formats: CD — —Rebellion Released: June 2001 Label: Artful/Universal Formats: CD — —Someone Else's Party Released: 3 March 2003 Label: Artful/Universal Formats: CD — —Tempus Fugit Released: 17 May 2004 Label: Kooky Formats: CD — —Keep BreathingReleased: 30 January 2006 Label: Artful Formats: CD — —Idiot SavantsReleased: 30 July 2007 Label: Fullfill Formats: CD, digital download — —Sunlight to Blue... Blue to Blackness Released: 23 June 2008 Label: Kooky Formats: CD, digital download — —Love in the Time of Recession Released: 2 March 2009 Label: Artful Formats: CD, digital download — —A Paean to Wilson Released: 24 January 2010 Label: Kooky Formats: 2×CD, digital download — —Short Stories for Pauline Released: 18 June 2012 Label: Factory Benelux Formats: 2×CD, LP, digital download Previously unreleased album recorded in 1983 — —Renascent Released: 31 July 2026 Label: London Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download 54 1"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Live albums Title Album detailsLive at the Venue London Released: June 1983 Label: VU Formats: LP Limited releaseDomo Arigato Released: October 1985 Label: Factory Formats: CD, LP, MCLive at the Bottom Line New York Released: 23 November 1987 Label: ROIR Formats: MCLive in Bruxelles 13.8.1981 Released: 4 February 2008 Label: LTM Formats: CD
Compilation albums Title Album detailsValuable Passages Released: December 1986 Label: Factory Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC, 2xMCThe Sporadic Recordings Released: December 1989 Label: TTTTTTTTT Formats: CD Limited release of demos and unreleased material; credited to Vini Reilly, not DCLips That Would Kiss (Form Prayers to Broken Stone) Released: March 1991 Label: Factory Benelux Formats: CDDry Released: 1991 Label: Materiali Sonori Formats: CD Italy-only release; collection of previously unreleased mid and late 1980s materialRed Shoes Released: 1992 Label: Materiali Sonori Formats: CD Italy-only release; collection of previously unreleased mid 1980s material and Greetings Three EPReturn of the Sporadic Recordings Released: 1 July 2002 Label: Kooky Formats: 2xCD Limited releaseFaith Released: 8 May 2004 Label: Kooky Formats: CDThe Best of the Durutti Column Released: 11 October 2004 Label: Warner Formats: 2xCDSub Group '06 Released: 2006 Label: Kooky Formats: CD Collection of unreleased tracks, demos and outtakesSporadic ThreeReleased: 2 April 2007 Label: Kooky Formats: CD Collection of rare and previously unreleased materialAt TwilightReleased: 6 May 2016 Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule Formats: digital downloadM24J (Anthology)Released: 20 September 2018 Label: Factory Benelux Formats: 2xCD, 2xLPDeux TrianglesReleased: 17 July 2021 Label: Factory Benelux Formats: 2xLP Limited release; expanded release of the 1981 EP
Box sets Title Album detailsThe First Four Albums Released: 1 February 1988 Label: Factory Formats: 4xCDFour Factory RecordsReleased: 14 September 2009 Label: Kooky Formats: 6xCD Limited release2001–2009Released: 2 November 2009 Label: Artful Formats: 5xCD Limited release
Video albums Title Album detailsDomo Arigato Released: October 1985 Label: Factory Formats: VHS, BetamaxWhen the World Released: February 1988 Label: Factory Formats: CD-V
Other albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndieAmigos em Portugal Released: December 1983 Label: Fundação Atlântica Formats: LP, MC Portugal-only release11Heaven Sent (It Was Called Digital. It Was Heaven Sent) Released: March 2005 Label: F4 Formats: digital download Release was exclusively available via the F4 website—Treatise on the Steppenwolf Released: 4 August 2008 Label: LTM Formats: CD Soundtrack of incidental music to theatre performance – mostly reworkings of recent material—Chronicle Released: 30 April 2011 Label: Kooky Formats: CD Limited release available exclusively to attendees at the Durutti Column's Bridgewater Hall concert on 30 April 2011 Limited expanded reissue in 2014 as Chronicle XL—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
EPs Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndieDeux Triangles Released: October 1982 Label: Factory Benelux Formats: 12" Belgium-only release—Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say Released: March 1985 Label: Factory Formats: 12"5Greetings Three Released: January 1986 Label: Materiali Sonori Formats: 12" Italy-only release—The City of Our Lady (with Debi Diamond)Released: August 1987 Label: Factory Formats: 12"46WOMAD LiveReleased: 1989 Label: Factory Formats: CD—A Collection of Bonus Tracks from 2001–2009Released: 6 December 2009 Label: Fullfill Formats: digital download—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Singles Title YearPeak chart positionsAlbum UKIndie"Lips That Would Kiss" (Belgium-only release)1980— rowspan="2" "Enigma" (France-only limited release)1981—"Sketch for Summer" (Australia-only release)—The Return of the Durutti Column"Weakness & Fever" (Belgium-only release)1982— rowspan="3" "I Get Along Without You Very Well"/"Prayer"198330"Love Fading" (Japan-only release)1984—"Tomorrow" (Belgium-only release)198615Circuses and Bread"Our Lady of the Angels"1987— rowspan="2" "The Together Mix" (credited to Vini Reilly; promo-only release)1991—"Voluntary Arrangement" (promo-only release)2002—Rebellion"Woman" (promo-only release)2003—Someone Else's Party"Cup a Soup Romance" (limited release)2008—Sunlight to Blue... Blue to Blackness"Free from All the Chaos" (featuring Caoilfhionn Rose; limited release)2020—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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