Fightstar discography
The discography of English post-hardcore band Fightstar consists of thirteen singles, one EP, four studio albums, one compilation album and seventeen music videos.
Fightstar discography | |
---|---|
Studio albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Music videos | 17 |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 13 |
B-sides | 28 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
Albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
---|---|---|---|
UK [1] |
IRL [2] | ||
2006 | Grand Unification
|
28 | 42 |
2007 | One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours
|
27 | — |
2009 | Be Human
|
20 | — |
2015 | Behind the Devil's Back
|
19 | — |
Extended plays
Year | Album | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|
UK [3] | ||
2005 | They Liked You Better When You Were Dead
|
86 |
Compilation albums
Year | Album | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|
UK [4] | ||
2008 | Alternate Endings
|
85 |
Singles
Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK | UK Rock Chart | UK Indie Chart | IRL[2] | SCO | |||
2005 | "Paint Your Target" | 9 | — | — | 29 | — | Grand Unification |
"Grand Unification Part 1" | 20 | — | — | 41 | 18 | ||
2006 | "Waste a Moment" | 29 | 1 | — | — | 20 | |
"Hazy Eyes" | 47 | 2 | — | — | 34 | ||
2007 | "99" (Download Only) | — | — | — | — | — | One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours |
"We Apologise for Nothing" | 63 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | ||
"Deathcar" | 92 | 2 | 2 | — | 26 | ||
2008 | "Floods" | 114 | 2 | 2 | — | 32 | |
"I Am the Message" | — | 1 | 4 | — | 36 | ||
"The English Way" | 62 | 2 | 2 | — | 26 | Be Human | |
2009 | "Mercury Summer" | 46 | 1 | 3 | — | 7 | |
"Never Change" | 132 | 4 | 11 | — | 22 | ||
"A City on Fire" | 116 | 4 | 10 | — | 97 | ||
2015 | "Animal"[5] | — | — | — | — | — | Behind the Devil's Back |
"Sharp Tongue"[6] | — | — | — | — | — |
B-sides
- "Until Then"
- "Cross Out The Stars"
- "Days I Recall Being Wonderful" (Last Days of April Cover)
- "Take You Home"
- "Call To Arms"
- "Minerva (Acoustic)" (Deftones cover)
- "Ghosts on 31"
- "She Drove Me to Daytime Television" (Funeral for a Friend cover)
- "Fight For Us"
- "Gracious"
- "Hold Out Your Arms" (Acoustic)
- "In Between Days" (The Cure cover)
- "Abuse Me" (Silverchair cover)
- "Breaking the Law" (Judas Priest cover)
- "Nerv/Seele"
- "Shinji Ikari"
- "Flotation Therapy"
- "Zihuatanejo"
- "Dark Star"
- "Where's the Money Lebowski?"
- "Colours Bleed" (Demo)
- "Drown"
- "Hide and Seek" (Imogen Heap cover)
- "We Left Tracks of Fire"
- "Athea"
- "A Short History of The World"
- "These Days"
- "Vincent" (Don McLean cover)
Other songs
- "Leper Messiah" (Metallica cover) - Kerrang!s Remastered (Metallica Tribute)
- "My Own Summer (Shove It)" (Deftones cover) - Kerrang!s High Voltage (A Brief History of Rock)
- "Fear of the Dark" (Iron Maiden cover) - Kerrang!s Maiden Heaven (Iron Maiden Tribute)
- "Battlefield" (Jordin Sparks cover) - Radio 1 Live Lounge
- "Sex on Fire" (Kings of Leon cover) - The Sun Online
- "Black Hole Sun" (Soundgarden cover) - Live at Download Festival 2009
- "A.M. 180" (Grandaddy cover) - Colin Murray Session for BBC Radio 1
- "Hurt" (Nine Inch Nails cover) - Radio 1 Live
- "She Drove Me to Daytime Television" (Funeral for a Friend cover)
Music videos
"Palahniuk's Laughter" from the album They Liked You Better When You Were Dead
- Released: 2005
- Label: Sandwich Leg, Deep Elm
- Director: Dan Haigh
"Paint Your Target (Original School Version)" from the album Grand Unification
- Released: 2005
- Label: Island
- Director: Dan Haigh
"Paint Your Target (2nd Warehouse Version)" from the album Grand Unification
- Released: 2005
- Label: Island
"Grand Unification Part 1" from the album Grand Unification
- Released: 2005
- Label: Island
"Waste a Moment" from the album Grand Unification
- Released: 2006
- Label: Island
"Hazy Eyes" from the album Grand Unification
- Released: 2006
- Label: Island
"99" from the album One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours
- Released: 2007
- Label: Gut
"We Apologise for Nothing" from the album One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours
- Released: 2007
- Label: Gut
"Deathcar" from the album One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours
- Released: 2007
- Label: Gut
"Floods" from the album One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours
- Released: 2008
- Label: Gut
"I Am the Message" from the album One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours
- Released: 2008
- Label: Gut
"The English Way" from the album Be Human
"Mercury Summer" from the album Be Human
- Released: 25 February 2009
- Label: Search and Destroy
- Director: Ben Strebel and Dylan Byrne[9]
"Never Change" from the album Be Human
- Released: 20 July 2009
- Label: Search and Destroy
"A City on Fire" from the album Be Human
- Released: 28 October 2009
- Label: Search and Destroy
- Producer: Ben Thornley and Paul Burrows
- Director: Thornley and Burrows[10]
"Sink with the Snakes" from the album Behind the Devil's Back
- Released: 9 October 2015
- Label: Self Released
- Director: Shane Davey[11]
"Overdrive" from the album Behind the Devil's Back
- Released: 12 October 2015
- Label: Self Released
- Director: Shane Davey[12]
"Behind the Devil's Back" from the album Behind the Devil's Back
- Released: 14 October 2015
- Label: Self Released
- Director: Shane Davey[13]
References
- "Fightstar Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- "irishcharts.com - Discography Fightstar". Irish Recorded Music Association. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16879/fightstar/
- http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16879/fightstar/
- Carter, Emily (26 July 2015). "Fightstar Unleash Comeback Single, Animal". Kerrang!. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- Prentice, Josh. "ALBUM REVIEW: Fightstar - Behind The Devil's Back". Bring the Noise UK. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ""The English Way" Music Video Producer". Adam Conlon. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ""The English Way" Music Video Director". Adam Conlon. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- Lucy Misch (26 February 2009). "Fightstar Mercury Summer Video Shoot". Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ""A City On Fire" Music Video Director". Lucy Misch. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ""Sink With The Snakes" Music Video Director". Fightstar. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ""Overdrive" Music Video Director". Fightstar. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ""Overdrive" Music Video Director". Fightstar. Retrieved 21 November 2015.