The Monochrome Set discography

The Monochrome Set discography
Studio albums16
Live albums3
Compilation albums14
Singles21
Video albums4

This is the discography of British post-punk/new wave band the Monochrome Set.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK
Indie

[2]
Strange Boutique 62
Love Zombies
  • Released: 17 October 1980
  • Label: Dindisc
  • Formats: LP
Eligible Bachelors
  • Released: August 1982
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: LP
10
The Lost Weekend 6
Dante's Casino
  • Released: August 1990
  • Label: Vinyl Japan
  • Formats: CD, LP
Jack
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Honeymoon
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Charade
  • Released: March 1993
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD, LP
Misère
  • Released: May 1994
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD
Trinity Road
  • Released: September 1995
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD, LP
Platinum Coils
  • Released: 23 March 2012
  • Label: Disquo Bleu
  • Formats: CD
Super Plastic City
  • Released: 17 October 2013
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD,
Spaces Everywhere
Cosmonaut
  • Released: 9 September 2016
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Maisieworld
  • Released: 9 February 2018
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Fabula Mendax
  • Released: 27 September 2019
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Allhallowtide
  • Released: 11 March 2022
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie

[2]
Fin
  • Released: June 1986
  • Label: Él
  • Formats: LP
16
Live
  • Released: May 1993
  • Label: Code 90
  • Formats: CD
M-80
  • Released: 8 April 2013
  • Label: Wienerworld Presentation
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details
Volume, Contrast, Brilliance... (Sessions & Singles Vol. 1)
  • Released: May 1983
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: LP, MC
Colour Transmission
  • Released: July 1988
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • Reissued in 1995 as Tomorrow Will Be Too Long – The Best of the Monochrome Set
Westminster Affair – Bande Originale du Film
  • Released: August 1988
  • Label: Él
  • Formats: CD, LP
What a Whopper!
  • Released: February 1992
  • Label: Richmond
  • Formats: CD, LP
Black & White Minstrels 1975–1979
  • Released: March 1995
  • Label: Recall 2cd
  • Formats: 2xCD
Compendium 75–95 – A History 1979–95
  • Released: May 1996
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD
  • Reissued in 2000 as The Best of the Monochrome Set
Chaps
  • Released: 22 September 1997
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Independent Singles Collection
  • Released: 10 March 2008
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: CD, digital download
He's Frank... We're the Monochrome Set
  • Released: 23 November 2009
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: digital download
Early Recordings: 1975–1977 "White Noise"
Access All Areas
  • Released: 30 March 2015
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD+DVD
Volume, Contrast, Brilliance (Unreleased & Rare, Vol. 2)
  • Released: 25 March 2016
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1979–1985: Complete Recordings
  • Released: 9 February 2018
  • Label: Tapete
  • Formats: 6xCD, 6xLP
Little Noises 1990–1995
  • Released: 27 March 2020
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 5xCD

Video albums

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Title Album details
Destiny Calling
The Monochrome Set
  • Released: November 2002
  • Label: Classic Rock Productions
  • Formats: DVD
Destiny Always Calls Twice
  • Released: 25 September 2006
  • Label: Cherry Red Films
  • Formats: DVD
M-80
  • Released: 15 April 2013
  • Label: Wienerworld Presentation
  • Formats: DVD

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
UK
Indie

[2]
"He's Frank" 1978 Non-album singles
"Eine Symphonie des Grauens" 1979
"The Monochrome Set"
"He's Frank" (Slight Return) 13
"The Strange Boutique" 1980 Strange Boutique
"405 Lines" Love Zombies
"Apocalypso"
"Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners" 1981 Non-album single
"The Mating Game" 1982 Eligible Bachelors
"Cast a Long Shadow" Non-album single
"The Jet Set Junta" 1983 19 Eligible Bachelors
"The Ruling Class" (Spain promo-only release) 1984
"Jacob's Ladder" 81 The Lost Weekend
"Wallflower" 1985 97
"Killing Dave" 1991 Jack
"Forever Young" 1993 Charade
"I Love Lambeth" 1995 Trinity Road
"Waiting for Alberto" (Japan limited-only release) 2012 Platinum Coils
"Iceman" 2015 Spaces Everywhere
"Come to Me, Oh, My Beautiful" (promo-only release) 2019 Fabula Mendax
"Mrs Robot" Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "MONOCHROME SET | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.