808 State discography

The following is a comprehensive discography of 808 State, an English electronic music group.

808 State discography
Studio albums6
Compilation albums5
Video albums2
Music videos3
EPs3
Singles22

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Additional information[1]
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
Newbuild Often cited as a major influence by Autechre[4] and Aphex Twin.[5]
90
  • Released: 4 December 1989
  • Label: ZTT
  • Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital Download
57 97 Includes guest vocals from Vanessa Daou.
ex:el
  • Released: 4 March 1991
  • Label: ZTT
  • Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital Download
4 Includes guest vocals from Bernard Sumner and Björk. Martin Price left the band shortly after the album's release.
Gorgeous
  • Released: 1 February 1993
  • Label: ZTT
  • Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital Download
17 Includes guest vocals from Ian McCulloch, Barrington Stuart, Rachel McFarlane and Caroline Seaman. It also features a reworking of UB40's "One in Ten".

A limited vinyl edition album of the album included a bonus 12-inch record unofficially dubbed "Disco". It included the last three tracks from the CD version of the album plus two new tracks. These tracks later appeared on the Forecast compilation.

Don Solaris
  • Released: 17 June 1996
  • Label: ZTT
  • Format: Vinyl, CD, CS, Digital Download
88 Includes guest vocals from Mike Doughty, Lou Rhodes, James Dean Bradfield and Ragnhildur Gísladóttir.

Paul Morley conceived the album's packaging design, evoking the spirit of his similar work for Art of Noise, Propaganda and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, all of whom had albums published by ZTT Records.

Outpost Transmission
  • Released: 13 November 2002
  • Label: Circus
  • Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital Download
Includes guest vocals from Guy Garvey and collaborations with Simian and Alabama 3.
Transmission Suite Recorded in the old Transmission Suite in Granada Studios. Some of the tracks have been previewed during the 30th Anniversary Tour and feature on the Granada Reports EPs.

EPs, compilations and remixes

Year Album Label Additional information
1989 Quadrastate Creed EP
1990 Utd. State 90 Tommy Boy An alternate version of the Ninety album for the United States market. The track "The Fat Shadow (Pointy Head Mix)" is dropped, but additional tracks are included, comprising remixes of Ninety and Quadrastate tracks plus new material.
1993 Forecast Warner Japan Includes various remixes that previously appeared as B-sides on singles for "Plan 9", "Timebomb", "One in Ten" and "Cubik" / "Olympic", as well tracks exclusive to the bonus "Disco" 12-inch given away with a limited edition of the Gorgeous LP.
1994 State to State Feedback Communications / ZTT An album produced exclusively for members of 808 State's official fan club. It featured artwork and packaging designed by The Designer's Republic.

All the tracks were previously unreleased, comprising live performances and tracks from Gorgeous, Quadrastate and Fon Studio sessions.

1996 Thermo Kings Warner Japan Like Forecast before it, Thermo Kings was a Japan-only compilation of various B-sides, this time from the singles for "Bond", "Azura" and "Lopez", as well as a number of previously unreleased tracks.
1998 808:88:98 ZTT A greatest hits compilation, featuring most of 808 State's major single releases. It also includes a new track, "Crash", plus a new remix of "Pacific".
2002 Opti Buk + State to State 2 ZTT Opti Buk DVD promo video collection. Includes the second State to State compilation with previously unreleased tracks from various studio-based sessions.
2004 Prebuild Rephlex A collection of previously unreleased tracks and demos from the Newbuild era. It also includes tracks from an EP released under the pseudonym The Lounge Jays.
2011 Blueprint ZTT / Salvo A career overview, that features newly revisited tracks from years 1988 to 2003 as well as original versions there of, unreleased and released before remixes and two new tracks, "Spanish Ice" and "Metaluna". It also features an extensive booklet with a foreword by Orbital's Phil Hartnoll, archive interview with members of the band by Paul Morley, and contributions from The Prodigy, Simian, Moby and The Future Sound of London.[7]
2012 O.T.E.P. Self-released An EP containing 4 bonus tracks from the Japanese and North American releases of Output Transmission, available as a free download.[8]
2019 Initial Granada Report Self-released An EP containing 4 tracks, comprising some of the first new original 808 State material since 2002's Outpost Transmission.[9]
2019 Subsequent Granada Report Self-released A second EP containing a further 4 new tracks including Cannonball Waltz and The Ludwig Question from the album Transmission Suite.

Reissues

  • Newbuild (1999)
  • Quadrastate (2008)
  • 808:90 (2008)
  • ex:el (2008)
  • Gorgeous (2008)
  • Don Solaris (2008)

The reissue of Quadrastate contained three tracks from the "Let Yourself Go" / "Deepville" 12-inch single, plus four previously unreleased tracks from the Quadrastate sessions. The reissue of Ninety was retitled 808:90. All four reissues of 808 State's albums for ZTT Records included a second disc of B-sides, remixes and unreleased tracks from their respective eras. Detailed liner notes and new interviews with all band members were included, written by the journalist Ian Peel.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart position Album
UK
[1][10]
AUS
[3]
IRL
[11]
US DCP
[12]
US DCS
[12]
1988 "Let Yourself Go" / "Deepville" Non-album single
1989 "Pacific State" 10 82 17 30 27 Ninety
1990 The Extended Pleasure of Dance (EP) 56
"The Only Rhyme That Bites"
(MC Tunes vs. 808 State)
10 21 The North At its Heights
(MC Tunes vs. 808 State)
"Tunes Splits the Atom"
(MC Tunes vs. 808 State)
18 28
"Cubik" / "Olympic" 10 23 8 21 ex:el
1991 "In Yer Face" 9 13
"Ooops"
(featuring Björk)
42 143 24 13 23
"Lift" / "Open Your Mind" 38 23 27
1992 "The Only Rhyme That Bites" (re-issue)
(MC Tunes vs. 808 State)
47 87 Non-album single
"Time Bomb" / "Nimbus" 59 19 36 Gorgeous
"One in Ten"
(vs. UB40)
17 19
1993 "Plan 9" 50
"10 × 10" 67 143 43
1994 "Bombadin" 67 3 Non-album single
1996 "Bond" 57 Don Solaris
"Azura" 79
1997 "Lopez"
(featuring James Dean Bradfield)
20
1998 "Pacific 808:98" / "Cubik" (remixes) 21 3 808:88:98
1999 "The Only Rhyme That Bites 99" (MC Tunes vs. 808 State) 53 Non-album singles
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References

  1. Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 311–312. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  2. "UK Chart Company". theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  3. Australian chart peaks:
  4. O'Leary, Matt. "Artworker of the Week #43: Autechre", Kultureflash, 2005.
  5. Allmusic.com
  6. "Certified Awards Search Archived 11 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 29 August 2011. Note: User needs to enter "808 State" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  7. "ZTT Records – 808 State - Blueprint". ZTT Records. 22 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  8. "808 State - O.T.E.P." Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  9. "808 State - Initial Granada Report (EP)". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  10. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 179–180. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  11. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  12. "allmusic ((( 808 State > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
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