The Move discography

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The Move discography
Studio albums4
Live albums1
Compilation albums20
EPs1
Singles18

This is the discography of British rock band the Move.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Move 15
Shazam
  • Released: 27 February 1970
  • Label: Regal Zonophone
  • Formats: LP, MC
Looking On
  • Released: 11 December 1970
  • Label: Fly, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
Message from the Country
  • Released: June 1971
  • Label: Harvest, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums[edit]

Title Album details
Live at the Fillmore 1969
  • Released: 13 February 2012[2]
  • Label: Right Recordings
  • Formats: 2xCD

Compilation albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[3][4]
Flyback 3: The Best of the Move
  • Released: March 1971
  • Label: Fly
  • Formats: LP, 8-track
  • Also released as Fire Brigade on Music For Pleasure (1972)
Split Ends
  • Released: December 1972
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, reel-to-reel
  • US and Canada-only release
172
The Best of the Move
  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • US, Canada and Japan-only release
205
California Man
  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
  • Released: May 1978
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
(Shines On)
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Harvest
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Platinum Collection of the Move
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: Cube
  • Formats: 2xLP
Off the Record with the Move
  • Released: November 1984
  • Label: Sierra
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Move Collection
The Best of the Move
  • Released: February 1991
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Early Years
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Dojo
  • Formats: CD, MC
Great Move! The Best of the Move
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: EMI/United Artists
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
Looking Back… The Best of the Move
  • Released: 20 April 1998
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: CD
The BBC Sessions
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Band of Joy
  • Formats: CD
Movements – 30th Anniversary Anthology
  • Released: March 1998
  • Label: Westside
  • Formats: 3xCD
Omnibus – The 60's Singles A's and B's
  • Released: August 1999
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD
The Complete Singles Collection & More
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: CD
Anthology 1966–1972
  • Released: October 2008
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: 4xCD
The Very Best of the Move
  • Released: 2 March 2009
  • Label: Salvo
  • Formats: CD
Magnetic Waves of Sound – The Best Of
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs[edit]

Title EP details
Something Else from the Move
  • Released: 21 June 1968
  • Label: Regal Zonophone
  • Formats: 7"

Singles[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[5][6]
BEL (FL)
[7]
BEL (WA)
[8]
CAN
[9]
GER
[10]
IRE
[11]
NL
[12]
NZ
[13]
US
[14]
"Night of Fear"
b/w "Disturbance"
1966 2 42 30 6 18 2 Non-album singles
"I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
b/w "Wave the Flag and Stop the Train"
1967 5 14 22 21 17
"Flowers in the Rain"
b/w "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree"
2 8 13 17 19 4 5 1 Move
"Cherry Blossom Clinic" (withdrawn)
b/w "Vote for Me"
"Fire Brigade"
b/w "Walk Upon the Water"
1968 3 72 36 28 9 9
"Yellow Rainbow" (US and Australia-only release)
b/w "Something"
"Wild Tiger Woman"
b/w "Omnibus"
53[A] Non-album single
"The Girl Outside" (Japan-only release)
b/w "Cherry Blossom Clinic"
Move
"Blackberry Way"
b/w "Something"
1 14 13 20 7 2 14 10 Non-album singles
"Curly"
b/w "This Time Tomorrow"
1969 12 20 38 17 12 18
"Brontosaurus"
b/w "Lightnin' Never Strikes Twice"
1970 7 36 Looking On
"When Alice Comes Back to the Farm"
b/w "What?"
"Ella James" (withdrawn)
b/w "No Time"
1971 Message from the Country
"Tonight"
b/w "Don't Mess Me Up"
11 89 48 19 18 29 Non-album single
"Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" (Germany-only release)
b/w "Beautiful Daughter"
Looking On
"Chinatown"
b/w "Down on the Bay"
23 Non-album singles
"California Man"
b/w "Do Ya"/"Ella James"
1972 7 39 45 15
"Do Ya" (US and Canada-only release)
b/w "California Man"
93
"Do Ya" (UK release)
b/w "No Time"
1974 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "MOVE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Open Your Eyes: The Move's "Live at the Fillmore 1969" Coming From Right Recordings". The Second Disc. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 244. ISBN 0898201179.
  4. ^ "Bubbling Under the Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard. 20 July 1974. p. 24. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 210. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  8. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  9. ^ Peak positions for the Move's singles in Canada:
  10. ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  13. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  14. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles 1955–2008. Record Research. p. 313. ISBN 9780898201802.

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