The Buggles discography explained

Artist:The Buggles
Studio:2
Compilation:1
Singles:9
Video:1
Music Videos:3
Option:1
Option Name:Promotional extended plays
1Option:3
1Option Name:Production

The Buggles, a duo consisting of bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes, have a discography of two studio albums, a compilation album and video live album, a promotional extended play, nine singles, and three music videos. The Buggles also produced three songs, "Back of My Hand" by The Jags, "Monkey Chop" by Dan-I, and "Film Star" by Tom Marshall. The group formed in 1977 in Wimbledon, South West London, and were signed by Island Records to record and publish their debut studio album, The Age of Plastic, which was released in 1980.[1] The album charted in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, and Japan.

The lead single for The Age of Plastic was "Video Killed the Radio Star", released in 1979. The song was a huge commercial success, becoming the 444th number one hit on the UK Singles Chart, spending one week at the top. It was also number 1 on fifteen other international record charts[2] and sold more than five million copies worldwide.[3] It received certifications by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique and British Phonographic Industry of platinum and gold respectively. Its music video was the first to air on MTV.[4] Three other singles from The Age of Plastic, "Living in the Plastic Age", "Clean, Clean" and "Elstree", achieved chart success in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. Music videos were made for "Living in the Plastic Age" and "Elstree"

Adventures in Modern Recording, released in 1981, was the second and last album by The Buggles. Five singles from it were released between 1981 and 1982, "I Am a Camera", "Adventures in Modern Recording", "On TV", "Lenny", and "Beatnik". The album and its singles were a commercial failure in the UK, but the album did chart in the United States, peaking at number 161 on the Billboard 200 and at number 7 on the Bubbling Under the Top Rock Albums chart. The album also charted in the Netherlands, as did "I Am a Camera" and "Lenny". "On TV" was certified gold by Music Canada for sales of 5,000 units.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"
DetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[5]
CAN
[6]
FRA
[7]
ITA
[8]
JPN
[9]
NLD
[10]
NOR
[11]
SWE
[12]
US
[13]
US
Rock
The Age of Plastic 27 <-- GBR -->83 <-- CAN -->15 <-- FRA -->17 <-- IT -->35
<
-- JPN -->— <-- NLD -->23 <-- NOR -->24 <-- SWE -->— <-- US -->— <-- US Rock -->
Adventures in Modern Recording
  • Released: November 1981 (UK)
    • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
— <-- GBR -->— <-- CAN -->— <-- FRA -->— <-- IT -->— <-- JPN -->26 <-- NLD -->— <-- NOR -->50 <-- SWE -->161 <-- US -->57
<
-- US Rock -->
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or did not have a release in that territory.

Compilation

Title! scope="col" style="width:20em;"
Details
The 12" & Rarities Collection
  • Released 2011[15]
  • Format: CD

Live video albums

Title! scope="col" style="width:20em;"
Details
A Sea of Cameras – Live in New York, 20th September 2010
  • Released 2010[16]
  • Format: DVDr

Promotional EPs

Title! scope="col" style="width:20em;"
Details
Extracts from The Age of Plastic

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[18]
AUS
[19]
AUT
[20]
GER
[21]
ITA
[22]
NLD
[23]
NZ
[24]
SWE
[25]
SWI
[26]
US
"Video Killed the Radio Star"19791 <-- GBR -->1 <-- AU -->1 <-- AUT -->2 <-- GER -->23 <-- ITL -->16 <-- NLD -->2 <-- NZL -->1 <-- SWE -->1 <-- SWI -->40 <-- USA -->

Platinum[27]

Platinum[28]

The Age of Plastic
"Living in the Plastic Age"198016 <-- GBR -->— <-- AU -->— <-- AUT -->29 <-- GER -->— <-- ITL -->29 <-- NLD -->— <-- NZL -->— <-- SWE -->— <-- SWI -->— <-- USA -->
"Clean Clean"38 <-- GBR -->— <-- AU -->— <-- AUT -->60 <-- GER -->— <-- ITL -->— <-- NLD -->— <-- NZL -->— <-- SWE -->— <-- SWI -->— <-- USA -->
"Elstree"55 <-- GBR -->— <-- AU -->— <-- AUT -->— <-- GER -->— <-- ITL -->— <-- NLD -->— <-- NZL -->— <-- SWE -->— <-- SWI -->— <-- USA -->
"I Am a Camera"1981— <-- GBR -->— <-- AU -->— <-- AUT -->— <-- GER -->45 <-- ITL -->46 <-- NLD -->— <-- NZL -->— <-- SWE -->— <-- SWI -->— <-- USA -->Adventures in Modern Recording
"Adventures in Modern Recording"[29] 1982— <-- GBR -->— <-- AU -->— <-- AUT -->— <-- GER -->— <-- ITL -->— <-- NLD -->— <-- NZL -->— <-- SWE -->— <-- SWI -->— <-- USA -->
"On TV"— <-- GBR -->— <-- AU -->— <-- AUT -->— <-- GER -->— <-- ITL -->— <-- NLD -->— <-- NZL -->— <-- SWE -->— <-- SWI -->— <-- USA -->

Gold[30]

"Lenny"— <-- GBR -->— <-- AU -->— <-- AUT -->— <-- GER -->— <-- ITL -->17 <-- NLD -->— <-- NZL -->— <-- SWE -->— <-- SWI -->— <-- USA -->
"Beatnik"[31] — <-- GBR -->— <-- AU -->— <-- AUT -->— <-- GER -->— <-- ITL -->— <-- NLD -->— <-- NZL -->— <-- SWE -->— <-- SWI -->— <-- USA -->
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or did not have a release in that territory.

Music videos

scope=colSongscope=colYearscope=colDirector
scope=row"Video Killed the Radio Star"1979[32] Russell Mulcahy[33]
scope=row"Living in the Plastic Age"1980[34]
scope=row"Clean, Clean"1980
scope=row"Elstree"1980[35]
scope=row"I Am a Camera"1981
scope=row"Adventures in Modern Recording"1982
scope=row"On TV"1982

Production

Song and artist! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positions
UK
[36]
NZ
[37]
SWE
[38]
US
[39]
"Back of My Hand" by The Jags[40] 197917 84
"Monkey Chop" by Dan-I[41] 30411
"Film Star" by Tom Marshall1981
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or did not have a release in that territory.

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ztt.com/artists/the-buggles/ The Buggles
  2. The Buggles . Peel . Ian . CD insert . From the Art of Plastic to the Age of Noise . 2010 . Salvo Records . SALVOCD036. Accessed 18 July 2013.
  3. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20063705,00.html Meet the Buggles
  4. News: MTV won't say how old it is (but it's 25): A list of Music Television's notable moments. 2005-04-30. CNN. 2013-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060811230032/http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/01/mtv.at.25.ap/index.html . 2006-08-11.
  5. Book: The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums . 2009 . 1st . Martin . Roach . . London . 978-0-7535-1700-0 . 63.
  6. Web site: RPM Top Albums – March 22, 1980 . Library and Archives Canada . https://web.archive.org/web/20130602052455/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9485b&volume=32&issue=26&issue_dt=March%2022%201980&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=5il5rupc8mj4d7oljtoaq3tcv7 . 2 June 2013 . 8 July 2013 . dead.
  7. Web site: Tous les Albums classés par Artiste (B) . infodisc.fr. . 4 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130604063844/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_B.php . fr . dead. In the box under Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste & Appuyez sur OK :, click BUGGLES. Accessed on 17 July 2013.
  8. Web site: Gli album più venduti del 1980. it. hitparadeitalia.it. 19 February 2014.
  9. Book: オリコンチャート・ブックLP編(昭和45年-平成1年). ja. 1990. 237. Original Confidence. 4-87131-025-6.
  10. Web site: Dutch Top 100 Album Charts: Buggles . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627080838/http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat%3Db%26cat2%3Da%26search%3DBuggles . 27 June 2022 . dutchcharts.nl . 8 July 2013 . dead.
  11. Web site: VG-Lista - Norwegian Album Charts: Buggles. nl. norwegiancharts.com. 8 July 2013.
  12. Web site: Swedish Top 60 Album Charts: Buggles . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024094518/http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Buggles&artist_search=exact&title=&title_search=starts . 24 October 2012 . swedishcharts.com . 8 July 2013 . dead.
  13. Buggles Chart History . . 26 May 2019.
  14. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fQxiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MecDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1306,9830826&dq=the-age-of-plastic&hl=en Buggles Sound in the New Decade
  15. The 12" & Rarities Collection . The Buggles . 2011 . TRIZ CD88 .
  16. Web site: Buggles, The – A Sea Of Cameras . 2011 . 27 October 2013 . Discogs.com.
  17. http://www.encorerecords.com/detail.aspx?productid=100061 Extracts from the Age of Plastic
  18. Book: . 2008 . 1st . Martin . Roach . . London . 978-0-7535-1537-2 . 74.
  19. Web site: Australia n°1 Hits – 70's . Worldcharts.co.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20130731062613/http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus70.htm . 31 July 2013 . 13 July 2013 . dead .
  20. Web site: Austrian Single Charts: Buggles . https://web.archive.org/web/20130801023533/http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Buggles&cat=s . 1 August 2013 . austriancharts.at . de . 8 July 2013 . dead.
  21. Web site: Chartverfolgung/Buggles, The/Single . https://web.archive.org/web/20130605163739/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Buggles%2CThe/?type=single . 5 June 2013 . musicline.de . de . 8 July 2013 . dead.
  22. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/ab.htm Hit Parade Italia – Indice per Interprete: B
  23. Web site: Dutch Single Top 100 Charts: Buggles . dutchcharts.nl . nl . 21 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130721042427/http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&cat2=s&search=Buggles . 8 July 2013 . dead.
  24. Web site: New Zealand Top 40 Single Charts: Buggles . charts.nz . 24 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024014239/http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Buggles&artist_search=exact&title=&title_search=starts . 8 July 2013 . live.
  25. Web site: Swedish Top 60 Single Charts: Buggles . swedishcharts.com . 24 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024094538/http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Buggles . 8 July 2013 . live.
  26. Web site: Swiss Single Top 75 Charts: Buggles . hitparade.ch . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20121110191825/http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Buggles&cat=s . 10 November 2012 . 8 July 2013 . live.
  27. United Kingdom. Buggles. 22 May 2022.
  28. France. single. Buggles. infodisc. 20 January 2022.
  29. Adventures in Modern Recording. . 1982 . Single . Carrere. CART 222.
  30. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=The%20Buggles&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist Buggles certification search results
  31. Beatnik. . 1982 . Single . Carrere. 49.990.
  32. Web site: the Buggles - "Video killed the radio star" . mvdbase.com . 2013-07-24.
  33. Freitag, Paul (8 April 2012). The Buggles – Living in the Plastic Age. Fine Print Magazine. Accessed on 22 July 2013.
  34. Web site: the Buggles - "Living in the plastic age" . mvdbase.com . 2013-07-24.
  35. Web site: the Buggles - "Elstree" . mvdbase.com . 2013-07-24.
  36. Buggles-produced songs in UK Singles Charts:
    • The Jags: JAGS. officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
    • Dan-I: DAN-I. officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  37. http://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dan-I Discography Dan-I
  38. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dan-I Discography Dan-I
  39. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jags-mn0000087151/awards Jags – Awards
  40. http://www.trevorhorn.com/discography/ Discography
  41. Deller, Fred (21 February 1980). "Life With the Buggles". Smash Hits. Volume 32. Accessed on 29 July 2013.
  42. Web site: . ja:バグルズのリリース一覧 . oricon.co.jp . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719041809/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/126575/products/release/ . 19 July 2014 . 8 July 2013 . dead.
  43. [Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]
  44. Top 100 Singles . . 26 October 1981 . 4 . 32 . 6 . 0144-0691.
  45. Bubbling Under Singles 101-150 . . 1 February 1982 . 4 . 44 . 7 . 0144-0691.