Idles discography

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Idles discography
Idles in 2019
Studio albums5
Live albums2
Video albums1
Music videos28
EPs5
Singles18

Idles are a British-Irish rock band. Formed in Bristol in 2009, the band consists of Joe Talbot (vocals), Mark Bowen (guitar), Lee Kiernan (guitar), Adam Devonshire (bass) and Jon Beavis (drums). The band released five extended plays before they released their debut album, Brutalism in 2017. Brutalism was met to critical acclaim, as was their second, third and fourth studio albums, Joy as an Act of Resistance in 2018, Ultra Mono in 2020, and Crawler in 2021. The band's fifth studio album, Tangk, was released on 16 February 2024.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[1]
BEL
(FL)

[2]
BEL
(WA)

[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
IRL
[6]
NLD
[7]
SCO
[1]
SWI
[8]
US
[9]
Brutalism 65
Joy as an Act of Resistance
  • Released: 31 August 2018
  • Label: Partisan
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, online streaming
5 20 81 74 49 56 108 6 49 [A]
Ultra Mono
  • Released: 25 September 2020
  • Label: Partisan
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, online streaming
1 8 15 44 14 3 18 1 21 54
Crawler
  • Released: 12 November 2021
  • Label: Partisan
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, online streaming
6 15 29 68 15 29 43 8 65 [B]
Tangk
  • Released: 16 February 2024
  • Label: Partisan
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, online streaming
1 2 11 2 7
[15]
13 1 8 132
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums[edit]

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
BEL
(WA)

[3]
SCO
[16]
US
Heat

[12]
A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live at le Bataclan 59 182 36 17
Live at Ramsgate Music Hall
  • Released: 24 April 2020[18]
  • Label: Self-released

Extended plays[edit]

Title Details
Idles
  • Released: 28 May 2011[19]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
Welcome
  • Released: 4 August 2012
  • Label: Fear of Fiction
  • Formats: Digital, CD, LP
Meat
  • Released: 30 October 2015
  • Label: Balley
  • Formats: Digital, CD, LP
Meta
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Balley
  • Formats: Digital, CD, LP
Meat / Meta
  • Released: 13 August 2019[20]
  • Label: Balley
  • Formats: Digital, CD, LP

Demos[edit]

Title Details
Meat // Anguish
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Harmacy
  • Formats: Cassette

Singles[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
Sales

[1]
UK
Phys.

[1]
UK
Vinyl

[1]
BEL
(FL)

[2]
"Divide & Conquer" 2016 Brutalism
"Well Done"
"Stendhal Syndrome" 2017
"Mother"
"Colossus" 2018 Joy as an Act of Resistance
"Danny Nedelko" 3 3
"Samaritans"
"Great" [C]
"Never Fight a Man with a Perm" 2019
"Mercedes Marxist" 49 2 2 [D] Non-album singles
"I Dream Guillotine"
"Mr. Motivator" 2020 [E] Ultra Mono
"Grounds"
"A Hymn"
"Model Village" (solo or featuring Slowthai) 16 4 3 [F]
"Peace Signs"[21] 2021 Epic Ten
"Damaged Goods" (featuring Gang of Four)[22] The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill & Gang of Four
"Sodium"[23] Dark Knights: Death Metal Soundtrack
"The God That Failed"[24] The Metallica Blacklist
"The Beachland Ballroom" Crawler
"Car Crash"
"Crawl!" 2022
"Dancer" (featuring LCD Soundsystem) 2023 Tangk
"Grace"
"Gift Horse" 2024
"—" denotes release did not chart.

Remixes[edit]

Title Year Artist Ref.
"Wedding Bells" (IDLES 'Til Dev do us Party Remix) 2019 Metronomy [25]
"It Is What It Is" (IDLES Remix) Melt Yourself Down [26]
"Switching On" (IDLES Remix) 2020 LIFE [27]
"The Passover" (IDLES Remix) Sex Swing [28]
"Midnight Flit" (IDLES Midday Still At It Remix) 2021 Mogwai [29]
"POGO" (IDLES Remix) Organek [30]
"Pay Your Way in Pain" (IDLES Remix) St. Vincent [31]
"Talking to Ourselves" (IDLES Inner Monologue Remix) 2022 Rise Against [32]
"Heat" (IDLES Remix) Whispering Sons [33]
"Negativland" (Idles Negative Space Rework) NEU! [34]
"Heaven Is Here" (IDLES Remix) Florence and the Machine [35]

Music videos[edit]

Song Year Director(s)
"Thieves" 2011 Felix Drake[36]
"26/27" 2012 Felix Drake and Celia Arias[37]
"Germany" Jean-Paul Gibbs[38]
"Meydei" Felix Drake[39]
"Two Tone" Felix Drake[40]
"The Idles Chant" 2014 The Monks[41]
"Queens" 2015 Joe Talbot[42]
"Romantic Gestures" Joe Talbot[43]
"Well Done" 2016 Mario Mangata[44]
"Divide & Conquer" Joseph Talbot[45]
"Stendhal Syndrome" 2017 Lee Kiernan[46]
"Mother" Joe Talbot[47]
"Colossus" 2018 Will Hooper[48]
"Danny Nedelko" Lee Kiernan[49]
"Samaritans" Theo Watkins[50]
"Great" Theo Watkins[51]
"Never Fight a Man with a Perm" 2019 Al Brown[52]
"Mercedes Marxist" Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern of ThirtyTwo[53]
"Mr. Motivator" 2020 Joe Talbot[54]
"Grounds" Rob French[55]
"A Hymn" Ryan Gander[56]
"Model Village" Michel and Oliver Gondry[57]
"War" Will Dohrn[58]
"Kill Them With Kindness" James Carbutt[59]
"Reigns" 2021 Theo Watkins[59]
"The Beachland Ballroom" LOOSE[60]
"Car Crash" Lee Kiernan[61]
"When the Lights Comes On" Lee Kiernan HHWH[62]
"Crawl!" 2022 Eddie Lawrence[63]
"Dancer" 2023 Jocelyn Anquetil[64]
"Gift Horse" 2024 David Helman[65]
"Grace" Jonathan Irwin[66]

Guest features[edit]

  • Wish (from the Anna Calvi album, Hunted)
  • None of Us Are Getting Out of This Alive (from The Streets mixtape, None of Us Are Getting Out of This Alive)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Joy as an Act of Resistance did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number four on the US Billboard Heatseekers chart.[12]
  2. ^ Crawler did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Top Album Sales chart.[14]
  3. ^ "Great" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but did appeared on the Ultratip "extra tips" chart.[2]
  4. ^ "Mercedes Marxist" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but did appeared on the Ultratip "extra tips" chart.[2]
  5. ^ "Mr. Motivator" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 46 on the Ultratip chart.[2]
  6. ^ "Model Village" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 45 on the Ultratip chart.[2]

References[edit]

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  8. ^ "Idles Hitparade". Hit Parade. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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  14. ^ "Idles – Chart History - Top Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 23 February 2024". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  16. ^ Peak chart positions in Scotland:
  17. ^ "A Beautiful Thing: IDLES Live at Le Bataclan by IDLES on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  18. ^ "IDLES - Live at Ramsgate Music Hall". Bandcamp. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  19. ^ IDLES EP at Discogs
  20. ^ "Idles – Meta EP / Meta EP (2019)". Discogs. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  21. ^ "Hear Idles' Searing Cover of Sharon Van Etten's 'Peace Signs'". Rolling Stone. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Listen to IDLES cover Gang of Four's 'Damaged Goods'". NME. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  23. ^ "Listen to IDLES' moody new song 'Sodium' from DC's 'Death Metal' soundtrack". NME. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  24. ^ "IDLES join 'The Metallica Blacklist' with 'The God That Failed' cover". NME. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  25. ^ Moore, Sam (3 October 2019). "Listen to IDLES' high-energy remix of Metronomy's 'Wedding Bells'". NME. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  26. ^ "It Is What It Is (IDLES Remix)". Spotify. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  27. ^ "IDLES remix LIFE's 'Switching On'". DIY. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  28. ^ Pearis, Bill (2 July 2020). "IDLES remix UK band Sex Swing for new EP (listen)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  29. ^ Pearis, Bill (1 October 2021). "IDLES, New Order members & more remix Mogwai on new EP (listen)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  30. ^ Kokot, Przemysław (19 November 2021). "Kultowy brytyjski zespół Idles w odważnym remiksie utworu "Pogo" na nowej płycie grupy Ørganek" [The cult British band Idles in a bold remix of the song "Pogo" on the new album of the group Ørganek]. Wyspa.fm (in Polish). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  31. ^ Strauss, Matthew (9 December 2021). "St. Vincent Shares New Idles Remix of "Pay Your Way in Pain": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  32. ^ Singh, Surej (1 March 2022). "Rise Against share synth-heavy IDLES remix of 'Talking To Ourselves'". NME. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  33. ^ "Heat (IDLES Remix)". Spotify. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  34. ^ Pearis, Bill (8 June 2022). "NEU! announce 50th anniversary box set & tribute LP ft IDLES, The National, Mogwai, more". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  35. ^ Holden, Finlay (21 October 2022). "Florence + the Machine have shared IDLES' remix of their recent album track, 'Heaven is Here'". Dork. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  36. ^ IDLES - THIEVES (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  37. ^ IDLES - 26/27 (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  38. ^ IDLES - GERMANY (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  39. ^ IDLES - MEYDEI (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  40. ^ IDLES - TWO TONE (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  41. ^ IDLES - THE IDLES CHANT (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  42. ^ IDLES - QUEENS (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  43. ^ IDLES - ROMANTIC GESTURES (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  44. ^ IDLES - WELL DONE (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  45. ^ IDLES - DIVIDE & CONQUER (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  46. ^ IDLES - STENDHAL SYNDROME (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  47. ^ IDLES - MOTHER (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  48. ^ IDLES - COLOSSUS (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  49. ^ IDLES - DANNY NEDELKO (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  50. ^ IDLES - SAMARITANS (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  51. ^ IDLES - GREAT (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  52. ^ IDLES - NEVER FIGHT A MAN WITH A PERM (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  53. ^ IDLES - MERCEDES MARXIST (Official Video), retrieved 2023-01-13
  54. ^ IDLES - MR.MOTIVATOR (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  55. ^ IDLES - GROUNDS (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  56. ^ IDLES - A HYMN (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  57. ^ IDLES - MODEL VILLAGE (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  58. ^ IDLES - WAR (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  59. ^ a b IDLES - REIGNS (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  60. ^ IDLES - THE BEACHLAND BALLROOM (Official Video, Pt. 1), retrieved 2022-02-22
  61. ^ IDLES - CAR CRASH (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  62. ^ IDLES - WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  63. ^ IDLES - CRAWL! (Official Video), retrieved 2022-02-22
  64. ^ IDLES - DANCER (Official Video), retrieved 2023-10-18
  65. ^ IDLES - GIFT HORSE (Official Video), retrieved 2024-02-29
  66. ^ IDLES - GRACE (Official Video), retrieved 2024-02-29

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