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Colin Vearncombe discography

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Colin Vearncombe discography
Studio albums11
EPs6
Live albums7
Compilation albums6
Singles34

This is the discography of English singer-songwriter Colin Vearncombe, better known by his stage name Black.

Albums

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Studio albums (released under Black)

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
SPA
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
Wonderful Life
  • Released: September 1987
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3 22 6 4 9 11 21 8 30 5
Comedy
  • Released: 14 October 1988
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
32 71 38 10 37 24
  • BPI: Silver[11]
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[13]
Black
  • Released: 1 April 1991
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
42
Are We Having Fun Yet?
  • Released: 24 May 1993
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Between Two Churches
Water on Stone
  • Released: 17 November 2009
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Blind Faith
  • Released: 13 April 2015
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released.

Studio albums (released under Colin Vearncombe)

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Title Album details
The Accused
  • Released: 1 September 1999
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Water on Snow
  • Released: 1 June 2000
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Smoke Up Close
  • Released: 1 November 2002
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
The Given
  • Released: 3 June 2009
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Live albums

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Title Album details
Abbey Road Live
  • Released: 2 March 2000
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Live at the Bassline Johannesburg
  • Released: 23 November 2001
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Blackleg Vol.1 – CV Live 2003
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD
  • Only sold at shows
Blackleg Vol.2 – CV Live 2004
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD
  • Only sold at shows
Blackleg Vol.3 – Black Live in 2005
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Utopian Station
  • Formats: digital download
Road to Nowhere – Live 2007
  • Released: 1 December 2007
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: digital download
Live 2015
  • Released: 24 November 2015
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Compilation albums

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Title Album details
Black
  • Released: 23 September 1987
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: LP, MC
Master Series
  • Released: 1 August 1996
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, MC
Millennium Edition
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD
  • Germany-only release
The Collection
Black: C.V.
  • Released: 5 April 2007
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Any Colour You Like
  • Released: 11 September 2011
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Deluxe edition released in 2016

EPs

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Title Album details
At the Tokyo Power Station
  • Released: 7 September 1988
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
Fly Up to the Moon
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD
Two Churches
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD
Small Pieces
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: digital download
EP: I
  • Released: 1 December 2012
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download
EP: II
  • Released: 7 April 2013
  • Label: Nero Schwarz
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

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List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1][14][15]
AUS
[16][17]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[18]
GER
[19]
IRE
[20]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
SPA
[8]
SWI
[10]
"Human Features" 1981 Non-album singles
"More Than the Sun" 1982
"Hey Presto" 1984 118
"More Than the Sun" (re-recording) 1985 170
"Wonderful Life" 1986 72 Wonderful Life
"Everything's Coming Up Roses" 1987 76 8 11 15
"Sweetest Smile" 8 87 38 8 40 41 29
"Wonderful Life" (reissue) 8 7 1 2 2 7 10 7 2
"I'm Not Afraid" 78
"Paradise" 1988 38
"The Big One" 54 123 43 Comedy
"You're a Big Girl Now" 86
"Now You're Gone" 66
"Wonderful Life" (re-recording; US-only release) 1989
"I Can Laugh About It Now" (Spain-only release)
"Feel Like Change" 1991 56 72 Black
"Here It Comes Again" 70
"Fly Up to the Moon" (feat. Sam Brown) 89[23]
"Don't Take the Silence Too Hard" 1993 Are We Having Fun Yet?
"Wishing You Were Here"
"Just Like Love"
"Sleeper" (as Colin Vearncombe) 1999 The Accused
"Number One" (as Colin Vearncombe) 2000
"In a Heartbeat" (promo-only release) 2006 Between Two Churches
"What Makes a Fool" 2008 Water on Stone
"Grievous Angel"
"Tonight We Cross the River"
"Walk on Frozen Water" 2009
"Blondes" The Given
"Agnes Prayer" Non-album singles
"California" 2012
"When It's All Over"/"Womanly Panther" 2015 Blind Faith
"Ashes of Angels"
"Wicked Game" 80's Re:Covered
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Black" (select "ALBUMS" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 36. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ a b "Discographie Black" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ Peak positions in Germany:
  6. ^ a b "Discografie Black - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Discography Black". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  9. ^ "Discography Black". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Hitparade.ch. Black" (in German). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  11. ^ a b "British album certifications – Black". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 March 2016. Select albums in the Format field. Type Black in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  12. ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Black)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados 1979–1990". Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano.
  14. ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1984 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  15. ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1985 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 Singles and Albums 1988". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  17. ^ Under, Bubbling Down. "Week commencing 6 March 1989". Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Discographie Black" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  19. ^ Peak positions in Germany:
  20. ^ "The Irish Chart: Search the Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original (type the name of the song in the title tab) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  21. ^ "Award". BPI. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Les Certifications depuis 1973". Infodisc. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  23. ^ "Singles - Positions 76 to 200". Charts Plus. Spotlight Publications. 27 July 1991. p. 2.