The Wombats discography

The Wombats discography
The Wombats
Studio albums	3
Music videos	14
EPs	4
Singles	18

The discography of The Wombats, a Liverpool-based indie rock group, consists of three studio albums, four extended plays and six singles.

The band released their debut extended play (EP), Girls, Boys and Marsupials in Japan through an independent record label in September 2006. "Moving to New York" was released as the band's first official single in October 2006 as a limited edition 7" vinyl. A second Japan-only EP was released in 2007, The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop!; which was released through 14th Floor Records following the band's signing with the label. Their debut studio album, A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation was first released in the United Kingdom in November 2007; where it debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 11; before going on to be certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. In April 2007, the band released "Backfire at the Disco", which debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number sixty-seven. "Kill the Director" then marked the band's first top 40 hit when it peaked at number thirty-five upon release in June. Other singles included; "Let's Dance to Joy Division", which peaked at number fifteen, "Moving to New York" found a new peak of thirteen following a re-release, "Backfire at the Disco" was also re-released and reached a new peak of forty. The final single to have been released from the debut album was a re-release of "Kill the Director", which peaked at number forty-eight. The album was succeeded by another EP, their first US release, The Wombats EP, through KIDS in America and Bright Antenna.^[1]

In September 2010, The Wombats released the lead single from their second album, This Modern Glitch, entitled "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" debuted in the UK at number twenty-three; also managing to peak at number thirty-three in Australia. The second single to be released from the album, "Jump Into the Fog" was released in January 2011 as part of a four-track EP, where it debuted at number thirty-five in the UK. This Modern Glitch was released in April 2011.

On 2nd October 2013, The Wombats released the first single from their third album, entitled "Your Body Is a Weapon".

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [2]	AUS [3]	AUT [4]	BEL (FL) [5]	GER [6]	IRL [7]	NLD [8]	NOR [9]	SWI [10]	US [11]
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation	Released: 5 November 2007 Label: 14th Floor Records Formats: CD, digital download	11	35	—	—	—	—	57	—	—	—	UK: Platinum[12] AUS: Gold[13]
This Modern Glitch	Released: 25 April 2011 Label: 14th Floor Records Formats: CD, digital download	3	2	38	93	24	88	31	14	33	—	UK: Gold[12] AUS: Gold[13]
Glitterbug	Released: 13 April 2015[14] Label: 14th Floor Records Formats: CD, digital download	5	2	62	151	30	—	89	—	74	91
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released.

Extended plays

Title	EP details
Girls, Boys and Marsupials	Released: 20 September 2006 Label: 14th Floor Records Formats: CD, digital download
The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop!	Released: 13 May 2007 Label: 14th Floor Records Formats: CD, digital download
The Wombats EP	Released: 27 August 2007 Label: KIDS in America Formats: CD, digital download
This Acoustic Glitch (EP)	Released: 11 March 2011 Label: 14th Floor Records Formats: digital download
Glitterbug B Sides EP	Released: 13 April 2015 Label: 14th Floor Records Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Single	Year	Peak chart positions									Certifications	Album
		UK [2]	AUS [3][15]	BEL (FL) [5]	BEL (WL) [16]	GER [17]	JPN [18]	NLD [8]	US Alt. [19]	US Rock [20]
"Moving to New York"	2006	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[21]	A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
"Backfire at the Disco"	2007	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Kill the Director"		35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Let's Dance to Joy Division"		15	76	—	—	—	—	19	—	—	BPI: Silver[21]
"Bleeding Love"	2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Is This Christmas?"		49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"My Circuitboard City"	2009	69	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"	2010	23	33	—	91	78	—	66	—	—	ARIA: Gold[22]	This Modern Glitch
"Jump into the Fog"	2011	35	60	60	—	—	—	—	15	30
"Anti-D"		42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Techno Fan"		60	54	—	—	—	32	—	—	—
"Our Perfect Disease"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"1996"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Your Body Is a Weapon"	2013	129	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Glitterbug
"Greek Tragedy"	2015	158	61	112	—	—	—	—	32	47
"Give Me a Try"		163	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—[upper-alpha 1]
"Be Your Shadow"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Emoticons"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes that the single did not chart or was not released in that territory

Triple J Hottest 100

The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music listener poll hosted by national Australian radio station, Triple J, to determine their favourite song of the year. Songs by The Wombats have appeared on numerous occasions.

Single	Year	Position
"Let's Dance to Joy Divison"	2007	12
"Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"	2010	8
"Jump into the Fog"	2011	18
"1996"		24
"Techno Fan"		26
"Our Perfect Disease"		94
"Let's Dance to Joy Divison"	1993–2013	74
"Your Body Is a Weapon"	2013	25
"Greek Tragedy"	2015	29
"Give Me a Try"		67
"Be Your Shadow"		91

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Album	Year	Position
This Modern Glitch	2011	4
Glitterbug	2015	9

Notes

1. "Give Me a Try" did not enter the US Hot Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 27 on the US Rock Airplay chart.

Other appearances

Title	Year	Album
"Moving to New York"[24]	2008	Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3
"Anti-D"[25]	2011	Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 6

References

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14. "Glitterbug by The Wombats". Amazon. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
15. • "Techno Fan": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 16 May 2011" (PDF) (1107). Pandora Archive. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
    • "Your Body Is a Weapon": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 25 November 2013" (PDF) (1239). Pandora Archive. December 16, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
    • "Greek Tragedy": Ryan, Gavin (2015-01-24). "ARIA Singles: Cheerleader By Omi Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
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24. "Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 3". Amazon. 2008-11-24.
25. "Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 6". Amazon. 2011-10-31.