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==Discography== {{For|more information on Geldof's solo recordings|Bob Geldof discography}} {{For|Geldof's recordings with the Boomtown Rats|The Boomtown Rats discography}} ===Solo albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Title !colspan="10"|Peak chart positions |- !width="35"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small><br /><ref name="UK">Bob Geldof in UK Charts * {{cite web | url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/bob%20geldof/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208201849/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/bob%20geldof/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 February 2013 | title=Bob Geldof | publisher=The Official Charts Company | access-date=23 February 2011 }} * {{cite web | url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_G.HTM | title=Chart Log UK 1994β2008: Gina G β GZA | website=Zobbel.de | access-date=23 February 2011 }} * {{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ | title=The Official Charts Company β Bob Geldof | publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] | access-date=10 September 2011 }} </ref> !width="35"|<small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small><ref name="AUT" /> !width="35"|<small>[[MegaCharts|AUT]]</small><br /><ref name="AUT">{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bob+Geldof |title=dutchcharts.nl β Discografie Bob Geldof |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025194535/http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bob+Geldof |archive-date=25 October 2012 }}</ref> !width="35"|<small>[[Media Control Charts|GER]]</small><br /><ref name="GER1">{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.de/search.asp?search=bob+geldof&x=0&y=0&cat=a&country=de | title= charts.de β suche (Album): Bob Geldof | publisher=[[Media Control]] | access-date=10 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> !width="35"|<small>[[Irish Albums Chart|IRE]]</small><br /><ref name="IRE1">{{cite web |url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bob+Geldof |title=irish-charts.com β Bob Geldof (2000β2011) |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007221253/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bob+Geldof |archive-date=7 October 2011}}</ref> !width="35"|<small>[[MegaCharts|NL]]</small><br /><ref name="AUT" /> !width="35"|<small>[[VG-lista|NOR]]</small><br /><ref name="NOR">{{cite web |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bob+Geldof |title=norwegiancharts.com β Discography Bob Geldof |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007234613/http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bob+Geldof |archive-date=7 October 2011 }}</ref> !width="35"|<small>[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]</small><br /><ref name="AUT" /> !width="35"| <small>[[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]</small><br /><ref name="SWI1">{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=bob%20geldof&cat=a |title=hitparade.ch β search (alben) : Bob Geldof |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009171257/http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=bob%20geldof&cat=a |archive-date=9 October 2011 }}</ref> !width="35"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small><br /><ref name="US1">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-geldof-p4348/charts-awards/billboard-albums | title=Allmusic β Billboard Albums > Bob Geldof | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=10 September 2011}}</ref> |- |1986 |''[[Deep in the Heart of Nowhere]]'' * Released: 24 November 1986 * Label: [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] (UK) / [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] (US) | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 27 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 18 | style="text-align:center;"| 15 | style="text-align:center;"| 130 |- |1990 |''[[The Vegetarians of Love]]'' * Released: 23 July 1990 * Label: Mercury (UK) / Atlantic (US) | style="text-align:center;"| 21 | style="text-align:center;"| 43 | style="text-align:center;"| 27 | style="text-align:center;"| 15 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 37 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 20 | style="text-align:center;"| - |- |1992 |''[[The Happy Club]]'' * Released: 5 October 1992 * Label: Mercury (UK) / Atlantic (US) | style="text-align:center;"| β<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23730/bob-geldof/|title=BOB GELDOF | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=2020-06-05}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | style="text-align:center;"| 52 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 73 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 39 | style="text-align:center;"| β |- |2001 |''[[Sex, Age & Death]]'' * Released: 1 October 2001 * Label: [[Eagle Records]] (UK) / [[Koch Records]] (US) | style="text-align:center;"| 134 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- |2010 |''[[How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell]]'' * Released: 12 October 2010 * Label: Mercury (UK) / Atlantic (US) | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "β" denotes a release that did not chart. |} ===Compilation albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan="2"|Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:400px;"|Title !|Peak chart positions |- !width="35"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small><br /><ref name="UK" /> |- |1994 |''[[Loudmouth β The Best of Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats]]'' * includes solo recordings and Boomtown Rats songs * Released: 27 June 1994 * Label: [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]] | style="text-align:center;"| 10 |- |2005 |''Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986β2001'' * Box Set including the first 4 solo albums * Released: 14 November 2005 * Label: Mercury | style="text-align:center;"| β |- | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "β" denotes a release that did not chart. |} ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="9" | Chart positions !rowspan="2"| Album |- !width="35"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br /><ref name="UK" /> !width="35"| <small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name="AUT" /> !width="35"| <small>[[Media Control Charts|GER]]</small><br /><ref name="GER2">{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.de/search.asp?search=bob+geldof&x=2&y=8&cat=s&country=de | title= charts.de β suche (Song): Bob Geldof | publisher=[[Media Control]] | access-date=10 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> !width="35"| <small>[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]</small><br /><ref name="IRE2">{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts β search: Bob Geldof |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]] |access-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105231849/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date=5 January 2010 }}</ref> !width="35"| <small>[[MegaCharts|NL]]</small><br /><ref name="AUT" /> !width="35"| <small>[[VG-lista|NOR]]</small><br /><ref name="NOR" /> !width="35"| <small>[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]</small><br /><ref name="AUT" /> !width="35"| <small>[[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]</small><br /><ref name="SWI2">{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=bob%20geldof&cat=s |title=hitparade.ch β search (songs) : Bob Geldof |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009211237/http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=bob%20geldof&cat=s |archive-date=9 October 2011 }}</ref> !width="35"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small><br /><ref name="US3">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-geldof-p4348/charts-awards/billboard-singles | title=Allmusic β Billboard Albums > Bob Geldof | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=10 September 2011}}</ref> |- | 1986 | "This Is the World Calling" | style="text-align:center;"| 25 | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| 28 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 29 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | style="text-align:center;"| 18 | style="text-align:center;"| 82<br /><sup>{{anchor|ref_A}}[[#endnote A|'''[A]''']]</sup> |rowspan="5"| ''Deep in the Heart of Nowhere'' |- |rowspan="4"| 1987 | "Love Like a Rocket" | style="text-align:center;"| 61 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 18 | style="text-align:center;"| 21 | style="text-align:center;"| 76 | style="text-align:center;"| 11 | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- | "Heartless Heart" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- | "I Cry Too" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- | "In the Pouring Rain" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- |rowspan="3"| 1990 | "The Great Song of Indifference" | style="text-align:center;"| 15 | style="text-align:center;"| 25 | style="text-align:center;"| 20 | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | style="text-align:center;"| 16 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |rowspan="3"| ''Vegetarians of Love'' |- | "Love or Something" | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| 55 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β<br /><sup>{{anchor|ref_B}}[[#endnote B|'''[B]''']]</sup> |- | "A Gospel Song" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- |rowspan="2"| 1992 | "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 53 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |rowspan="4"| ''Happy Club'' |- | "My Hippy Angel" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- |rowspan="2"| 1993 | "The Happy Club" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- | "Yeah, Definitely" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |- | 1994 | "Crazy" | style="text-align:center;"| 65 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 72 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | ''Loudmouth β The Best of Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats'' |- | 1996 | "[[Rat Trap]]" <br /><small>''([[Dustin the Turkey|Dustin]] & Geldof)''</small> | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | |- | 2002 | "Pale White Girls" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | ''Sex Age & Death'' |- |rowspan="2"| 2011 | "Silly Pretty Thing" | style="text-align:center;"| 146 | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |rowspan="2"| ''How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell'' |- | "Here's To You" | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β | style="text-align:center;"| β |} ;Table Notes * A{{anchor|endnote_A}}'''[[#ref A|^]]''' "This Is the World Calling" also charted at No. 23 on [[Mainstream Rock Tracks|Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks]] Chart.<ref name="US2" /> * B{{anchor|endnote_B}}'''[[#ref B|^]]''' "Love or Something" charted at No. 24 on [[Modern Rock Tracks|Billboard Modern Rock Tracks]] Chart.<ref name="US2">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/great-songs-of-indifference-the-best-of-bob-geldof-the-boomtown-rats-r260032/charts-awards/billboard-single | title=Great Songs of Indifference: The Best of Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats β Boomtown Rats|website=[[AllMusic]]| access-date=10 September 2011}}</ref>
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