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Television Personalities discography

The following is a list of releases by the English post-punk band the Television Personalities, who formed in 1977.

Albums

The following is a complete list of the Television Personalities albums.

Live

  • Chocolat-Art (A Tribute to James Last) (1985, Pastell - live in Germany 1984)
  • Camping in France (1991, Overground)
  • Top Gear (1996, Overground)
  • Made In Japan (1996, Little Teddy Recordings)
  • Mod Is Dead (1996, Teenage Kicks)
  • Paisley Shirts & Mini Skirts (1997, Overground - Live at the Hammersmith Clarendon, London 1980)
  • Another Kind Of Trip (Live 1985-1993) (2021, Fire Records (UK))

EPs

  • Where's Bill Grundy Now? (1978, King's Road)
  • The Strangely Beautiful (1991, Fire)
  • How I Learned To Love The Bomb (1994, Overground)

Compilations

  • Yes Darling, but is it Art? (Early Singles & Rarities) (1995, Fire)
  • Prime Time 1981-1992 (1997, Nectar Masters)
  • Part Time Punks – The Very Best of the Television Personalities (1999, Cherry Red)
  • The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming (2000, Vinyl Japan)
  • Fashion Conscious (The Little Teddy Years) (2002, Little Teddy Recordings)
  • And They All Lived Happily Ever After (2005, Damaged Goods)
  • Singles 1978-1987 (2007, Vinyl Japan)

Singles

  • "14th Floor" <small>(1978 - Side A: "14th Floor", Side B: "Oxford St. W.1" - GLC Records - released as Teen '78)</small>
  • "Smashing Time!" <small>(1980 - Side A: "Smashing Time", Side B: "King and Country" - Rough Trade Records - RT 051)</small>
  • "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives"/"Arthur The Gardener" <small>(1981 - Side A: "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives", Side B: "Arthur The Gardener" - Rough Trade Records - RT 063)</small>
  • "Painting By Numbers" <small>(1981 - Side A: "Painting By Numbers", Side B: "Lichtenstein Girl" - Whaam! Records - WHAAM 001)</small>
  • "Three Wishes" <small>(1982 - Side A: "Three Wishes", Side B: "Geoffrey Ingram"/"And Don't The Kids Just Love It!" - Whaam! Records - WHAAM 4 - released as Gifted Children)</small>
  • "Biff Bang Pow!" <small>(1982 - Side A: "Biff Bang Pow!", Side B: "A Picture of Dorian Grey" - Creation Artifact - 002)</small>
  • "A Sense of Belonging" <small>(1983 - Side A: "A Sense of Belonging", Side B: "Paradise Estate" - Rough Trade - RT 109)</small>
  • "How I Learned to Love the Bomb" <small>(1986 - Side A: "How I Learned to Love the Bomb", Side B: "Grocer's Daughter"/"Girl Called Charity" - Dreamworld - Dream 10)</small>
  • "The Prettiest Girl in the World"/"If That's What Love Is" <small>(1987 - Side A: "The Prettiest Girl in the World", Side B: "If That's What Love Is" - Overground Records - over 15)</small>
  • "I Still Believe in Magic" <small>(1989 - Side A: "I Still Believe in Magic", Side B: "Respectable" - Caff Corporation - CAFF 5)</small>
  • "Salvador Dali's Garden Party" <small>(1989 - Side A: "Salvador Dali's Garden Party", Side B: "The Room at the Top of the Stairs" - Fire Records - BLAZE 37S)</small>
  • "She's Never Read My Poems" <small>(1991 - Side A: "She's Never Read My Poems", Side B: "The Day The Dolphins Leave The Sea"/"Christ Knows, I Have Tried" - Fire Records - BLAZE 44049)</small>
  • "Your Class"/"Someone To Share My Life With" <small>(1991 - Side A: "Your Class", Side B: "BMX Bandits"/"Someone To Share My Life With"/"Clawfist" - PIG 8 - split with "BMX Bandits", each band covered other band's song)</small>
  • "We Will Be Your Gurus" <small>(1992 - Side A: "We Will Be Your Gurus", Side B: "An Exhibition By Joan Miro"/"Love Is Better Than War" - Seminal Twang - TWANG 15)</small>
  • "Favourite Films" <small>(1992 - Side A: "Favourite Films", Side B: "The Dream Inspires"/"Happy All The Time" (Ten Years Ahead Of Its Time version) - Overground Records - Over 27 - from the 1984 Whaam! compilation All for art...and art for all)</small>
  • "Goodnight Mr Spaceman" <small>(1993 - CD: "Goodnight Mr Spaceman"/"If I Was Your Girl Friend"/"She Loves It When He Sings Like Elvis"/"Goodnight Mr" - Fire Records - BLAZE65CD)</small>
  • "The Happening" <small>(1995 - Side A: "Jennifer, Julie & Josephine", Side B: "The Bartlebees"/"Why Don't You Smile Now?" - Little Teddy Recordings - LiTe 739 - split with "The Bartlebees")</small>
  • "Time Goes Slowly When You're Drowning" <small>(1995 - Side A: "Time Goes Slowly When You're Drowning", Side B: "Meanwhile In A Luxury Dockland Home" - Little Teddy Recordings - LiTe 716)</small>
  • "I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod" (Easy Mix) <small>(1996 - Side A: "I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod" (Easy Mix), Side B: "She Lives For The Moment" - Overground Records - OVER50 - Limited edition of 1000)</small>
  • "Bike" <small>(1996 - Side A: "Bike"/"No One's Little Girl", Side B: "Seasons In The Sun" - TwistRecords - Twis 20)</small>
  • "Now That I'm A Junkie!" <small>(1996 - Side A: "Now That I'm A Junkie", Side B: "How Does It Feel To Be Loved?" - Little Teddy Recordings - LiTe741)</small>
  • "When I Grow Up I Want To Be…" <small>(1999 - Side A: "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming", Side B: "When I Grow Up I Want To Be…" - Damaged Goods - damgood 170)</small>
  • "All The Young Children On Crack" <small>(2006 - Side A: "All The Young Children On Crack", Side B: "Any Love Is Good Love" - Domino - RUG220)</small>
  • "The Good Anarchist" <small>(2008 - Side A: "The Good Anarchist", Side B: "She's Always Been There For Me" - ElefantRecords - ER-256)</small>
  • "My New Tattoo" <small>(2009 - Side A: "My New Tattoo", Side B: "Funny He Never Married" - Good Village Recordings - GVR 2)</small>
  • "People Think That We're Strange" <small>(2009 - Side A: "People Think That We're Strange", Side B: "A Glimpse of My Genius" - ElefantRecords - er-269)</small>
  • "You're My Yoko" <small>(2010 - Side A: "You're My Yoko", Side B: "The Girl From Nowhere" - Rocket Girl - rgirl58)</small>
  • "Wonder What It Was" <small>(2011 - Side A: "Wonder What It Was", Side B: "Radiohead Song" - Formosa PunkRecords - SHADE 009)</small>

Tributes

Notes

Sources

  • Berton, Benjamin. Dreamworld: The fabulous life of Daniel Treacy and his band Television Personalities. Mainz: Ventil Verlag, 2022.
  • Young, Rob. Rough Trade: Labels Unlimited. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2006.