Underworld discography explained

Artist:Underworld
Studio:10
Live:20
Compilation:5
Video:9
Ep:5
Singles:46
Soundtrack:5

Underworld are a British electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1983, though they have also worked together under various names both before and after adopting the Underworld moniker. The first two albums they recorded together were with the band 'Freur'.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleInformationPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1] [2]
AUS
[3]
Glory!": Web site: Gavin. Scott. 30 Years Ago This Week: September 18, 1988. chartbeat.blogspot.com.au. 23 April 2019. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190324050613/https://www.chartbeats.com.au/2013/09/25-years-ago-this-week-september-18-1988.html. 24 March 2019. BEL
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
JPN
[7]
NL
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
Underneath the Radar
  • Released: 16 February 1988
  • Label: Sire
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette
32139
Change the Weather
  • Released: 4 September 1989
  • Label: Sire
  • Format: CD, LP
64
Dubnobasswithmyheadman 1213271

Gold[12]

Second Toughest in the Infants
  • Released: 11 March 1996
  • Label: Junior Boy's Own
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette
9234317
  • BPI: Gold
Beaucoup Fish
  • Released: 1 March 1999
  • Label: Junior Boy's Own
  • Format: CD, LP, MD, cassette
372342217222293

Gold[13]

Gold[14]

A Hundred Days Off
  • Released: 16 September 2002
  • Label: Junior Boy's Own
  • Format: CD, LP
1624642347949122
  • RIAJ: Gold
Oblivion with Bells 452713476615169
Barking
  • Released: 13 September 2010
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
26462673527151
Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future 10367158441412200
Drift Series 1
  • Released: 1 November 2019
  • Label: Caroline International
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
688960
"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleInformationPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
BEL
JPNNL
1992–2002 4325461

Gold

The Bells the Bells
  • Released: 25 June 2008
  • Label: Traffic Inc.
  • Format: CD
117
1992–2012 The Anthology
  • Released: 4 December 2011
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Format: Digital download, CD
78
A Collection
  • Released: 4 December 2011
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Format: Digital download, CD
A Collection 2
  • Released: 18 March 2016
  • Label: Universal Music Catalogue
  • Format: Digital download
"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Soundtracks

TitleInformation
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  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Sony Music Japan
  • Format: PS2 DVD-ROM


Frankenstein: Music from the Play
Manchester Street Poem: Installation Score

Live albums

TitleYearPeak chart positions
UK
AUS
BEL
GER
JPNNLUS
Everything, Everything2000224017372212192
Live in Tokyo 25th November 20052005
Birmingham Academy. England 9.10.20072007
Glasgow Academy. Scotland 13.10.2007
Manchester Apollo. England 16.10.2007
London Roundhouse. England 17.10.2007
London Roundhouse. England 18.10.2007
Live at The Oblivion Ball, Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan 24.11.200766
Köln Palladium. Germany 28.01.20082008
Rotterdam Massilo. Holland 29.01.2008
Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall. Holland 30.01.2008
Ancienne Belgique, Brussels. Belgium 31.01.2008
London Roundhouse. England 28.02.2008
London Roundhouse. England 29.02.2008
Brixton Academy, London, England. 31.10.2008
Brixton Academy, London, England. 01.11.2008
iTunes Festival: London 20102010
Live from the Roundhouse201163
Live at Summer Sonic 20162016
RicksDubbedOutDriftExperience (Live in Amsterdam)2020
"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Extended plays

TitleInformationPeak chart positions
UK
Lovely Broken Thing
Pizza for Eggs
  • Released: 7 December 2005
  • Label: Underworldlive.com
  • Format: Digital download
I'm a Big Sister, and I'm a Girl, and I'm a Princess, and This Is My Horse
  • Released: 5 June 2006
  • Label: Underworldlive.com
  • Format: Digital download
The Misterons Mix
  • Released: 10 July 2006
  • Label: Underworldlive.com
  • Format: Digital download
Teatime Dub Encounters
20
Drift Episode 1: Dust
  • Released: 6 December 2018
  • Label: Smith Hyde Productions
  • Format: Digital download
Drift Episode 2: Atom
  • Released: 7 March 2019
  • Label: Smith Hyde Productions
  • Format: streaming
"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Singles

As Underworld

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
AUS
GER
[15]
JPNNLD
US
[16]
US Dance
[17]
"Underneath the Radar"1988574Underneath the Radar
"GloryGlory!"64
"Show Some Emotion"88
"I Need a Doctor"1989
"Stand Up"7967Change the Weather
"Thrash"147
"Change the Weather"1990
"Mother Earth" / "The Hump"1992Dubnobasswithmyheadman
"Mmm... Skyscraper I Love You"1993
"Rez"196style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"
"Spikee" / "Dogman Go Woof"63
"Dark & Long"199457Dubnobasswithmyheadman
"Cowgirl"19621
"Dirty Epic"
"Born Slippy"199552style="text-align:center"
"Rowla"1996Second Toughest in the Infants
"Pearl's Girl"22
"Born Slippy Nuxx"22013983027
  • BPI: Platinum
Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture
"Confusion the Waitress"Second Toughest in the Infants
"Juanita"1997
"Moaner"7969Beaucoup Fish
"Push Upstairs"199912787938
"Jumbo"219618
"King of Snake"1782
"Bruce Lee"
"Cowgirl (Live)"20002416679Everything, Everything
"Two Months Off"200212719862542A Hundred Days Off
"Dinosaur Adventure 3D"2003346
"Born Slippy .NUXX 2003"272991992–2002
"JAL to Tokyo"2005style="text-align:center" rowspan="4"
"Vanilla Monkey"2006
"Play Pig"
"Peggy Sussed"
"Crocodile"20079316Oblivion with Bells
"Boy, Boy, Boy"
"Beautiful Burnout"2008
"Ring Road"
"020202"style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"
"Phonestrap"
"Holding the Moth"Oblivion with Bells
"Scribble"2010109Barking
"Always Loved a Film"
"Bird 1"
"Diamond Jigsaw"2011
"Caliban's Dream"201212Isles of Wonder
"Rez (Bassnectar Remix)"2013114style="text-align:center"
"I Exhale"2016Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
"If Rah"
"Nylon Strung"
"Ova Nova"
"Long Slow Slippy"2017style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"
"Brilliant Yes That Would Be"2018
"Bells & Circles"Teatime Dub Encounters
"Get Your Shirt"
"And the Colour Red"2023style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"
"Denver Luna"
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

As The Screen Gemz

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Videography

Other appearances

Soundtracks

Compilations

Collaborations

Remixes

YearArtist/BandSong
1990Escape (The Rix Mix)
1992108 Grand Te quiero (Darren Emerson Underworld Remix)
Te quiero (Darren Emerson Strutt Remix)
Eagles PreyTonto's Drum (Darren Emerson Remix)
Passion (Darren Emerson Mix)
Passion (Darren Emerson Edit)
Odd Company Swing in Trance (Effective Mix)
Swing in Trance (Naked Mix)
Black Sky (Dub Extravaganza Part 1/Green Eyed dub)
Black Sky (Dub Extravaganza Part 2)
Simply RedThrill Me (Steppin' Razor Ambient Mix)
Thrill Me (Steppin' Razor Mix)
Thrill Me (Steppin' Razor Ambient Instrumental Mix)
SpookySchmoo (Steppin' Razor Mix)
Schmoo (Underworld Mix)
So Real (More Real Mix)
So Real (Surreal Mix)
1993BjörkHuman Behaviour (Underworld Dub Mix 1)
Human Behaviour (Underworld Dub Mix 2)
Human Behaviour (Underworld Mix)
Drum ClubSound System (Underworld Mix)
LeftfieldSong of Life (Steppin' Razor Mix)
Song of Life (Lemon Interrupt Mix)
Mental GenerationCafé del mar (Underworld Dub Heaven)
Café del mar (Underworld Remix)
One DoveWhy Don't You Take Me? (Underworld Remix)
Why Don't You Take Me? (Underworld 'Up 2 Down' Mix)
OrbitalLush 3-3 (Underworld Mix)
Lush 3-3 (Underworld Early Fade)
William OrbitWater from a Vine Leaf (Underwater Mix Part 1)
Water from a Vine Leaf (Underwater Mix Part 2)
Water from a Vine Leaf (Underworld Remix)
1994QuasarSunflower (co-written & vocals by Karl Hyde)
Saint EtiennePale Movie (Lemonentry Mix)
Urban Clearway (Produced by Rick Smith)
Like a Motorway (Produced by Rick Smith)
Harlequin – The Beauty and the Beast (Underworld Remix)
Harlequin – The Beauty and the Beast (Underworld Alternative Remix)
1995DreadzoneZion Youth (Underworld Mix)
Zion Youth (Underworld Dub)
Happiness (Underworld Dance Mix)
Happiness (Underworld Dub Mix)
The Flow (Underworld Mk.1 Mix)
The Flow (Underworld Mk.2 Mix)
Cool Kids of Death (Underworld Mix)
1996Leave Home (Underworld Mix I)
Leave Home (Underworld Mix II)
Tata Box Inhibitors Protein (Darren Emerson Underwater Remix)
1997I Miss You (Underwater Mix)
Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)
Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Soft Mix)
Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Instrumental Mix)
Before Today (Darren Emerson Underwater Remix 1)
Before Today (Darren Emerson Underwater Remix 2)
Risingson (Underworld Remix)
Confusing the Sun (co-written & vocals by Karl Hyde)
The Shadow (Process Mix Edit)
The Shadow (Process Mix) (remixed by Rick Smith for Underworld)
The Shadow (Bing Here Mix) (remixed by Rick Smith for Underworld)
2008Feed Your Mind (Underworld Remix) (featuring Spitfire)
2009William’s Last Words (Underworld Remix)
2011Good Day Today (Underworld Classic Remix)
2015William's Last Words (Underworld mix r37br11)
2021HalseyI Am Not a Woman, I'm a God (Underworld's Drift Mix)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 576.
  2. Web site: Official Charts > Underworld. Official Charts Company. 23 April 2019.
  3. Australian (ARIA) peaks:
  4. Web site: ultratop.be - Underworld - Barking. nl. Ultratop. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. 19 September 2010.
  5. Web site: lescharts.com - Discographie Underworld. fr. SNEP. Hung Medien. 4 September 2010.
  6. German albums chart peaks:
  7. https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/38757/rank/ アンダーワールドのランキング | ORICON NEWS
  8. Web site: dutchcharts.nl - Discografie Underworld. nl. MegaCharts. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. 4 September 2010.
  9. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Discography Underworld. Sverigetopplistan. Hung Medien. 4 September 2010.
  10. Underworld Chart History > Billboard 200. Billboard. 1 November 2019.
  11. Australia. Underworld. album. 1997. November 27, 2021.
  12. Web site: Certified Awards Search. 2010-06-09. British Phonographic Industry.
  13. Web site: Ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. Ultratop.
  14. Japan. Underworld. 22 September 2021.
  15. German singles chart peaks:
  16. Underworld Chart History > Hot 100. Billboard. 1 November 2019.
  17. Underworld Chart History > Dance Club Songs. Billboard. 1 November 2019.