Berlin discography

Berlin discography
Studio albums9
EPs2
Live albums2
Compilation albums6
Singles15
Video albums3
Music videos11
Promotional singles3

American new wave band Berlin has released nine studio albums, two live albums, six compilation albums, two extended plays, 15 singles, three promotional singles, three video albums and 11 music videos.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
 US
Indie
 AUS
 CAN
 FIN
 GER
 NLD
 NZ
 SWE
 UK
Information
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Vinyl
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
Pleasure Victim 30 — — 22 — — — 12 — —
Love Life
  • Released: March 12, 1984
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 23 — 55 85 — — — 3 — —
  • RIAA: Gold
  • RMNZ: Platinum
Count Three & Pray
  • Released: October 13, 1986
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 61 — 38 85 26 61 29 20 40 32
Voyeur
  • Released: August 20, 2002
  • Label: Heavensake Inc., iMusic
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — — — — — —
4play — — — — — — — — — —
Animal
  • Released: September 17, 2013
  • Label: Something-Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — — — —
Transcendance
  • Released: August 2, 2019
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 — 32 — — — — — — — —
Strings Attached
  • Released: 2020
  • Label: August Day Recordings
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Details
Live: Sacred and Profane
  • Released: April 18, 2000
  • Label: Time Bomb
  • Formats: CD, cassette
All the Way In
  • Released: July 7, 2009
  • Label: Fuel 2000
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download

Compilation albums

Title Details Certifications
Dancing in Berlin
  • Released: March 10, 1987 (Japan only)
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP
Best of Berlin 1979–1988
  • Released: November 8, 1988
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
  • RIAA: Gold
Master Series
  • Released: March 4, 1997 (Europe only)
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD
The Greatest Hits Remixed
  • Released: March 28, 2000
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Format: CD
Metro Greatest Hits
  • Released: June 22, 2004
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Greatest Hits
  • Released: July 28, 2009
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: LP, digital download

Extended plays

Title Details
Fall Into Heaven
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Heavensake Productions
  • Format: CD
Fall Into Heaven 2
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Heavensake Productions
  • Format: CD

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
 AUS
 BEL
(FL)
 CAN
 FIN
 GER
 IRE
 NLD
 NZ
 UK
"A Matter of Time" 1979 — — — — — — — — — — Information
"The Metro" 1981 58 — — — — — — — — — Pleasure Victim
"Sex (I'm a ...)" 1982 62 81 — 4 19 — — — 18 —
"Pleasure Victim" — 89 — — — — — — — —
"Masquerade" 1983 82 — — — — — — — — —
"No More Words" 1984 23 23 — — — — — — 5 — Love Life
"Now It's My Turn" 74 — — — — — — — — —
"Dancing in Berlin" — 39 — — — — — — 12 —
"Touch" — — — — — — — — — —
"Take My Breath Away" 1986 1 2 1 2 13 3 1 2 4 1
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
 Top Gun and
Count 3 & Pray
"Like Flames" 82 18 10 — 14 36 — 17 30 47 Count 3 & Pray
"You Don't Know" — — 16 — — — 29 — — 39
"Take My Breath Away" (reissue) 1990 — — — — — — 7 — — 3 Non-album single
"It's the Way" 2013 — — — — — — — — — — Animal
"Transcendance" 2019 — — — — — — — — — — Transcendance
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Title Year Album
"Fascination" 1980 Information
"Pink and Velvet" 1986 Count 3 & Pray
"With a Touch" 2003 Voyeur

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Jealous" 1985 Just One of the Guys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Live to Tell" 1999 Virgin Voices: Tribute to Madonna, Volume One
"Shayla" 2000 Platinum Girl: A Tribute to Blondie
"The Dope Show" 2001 A Tribute to Marilyn Manson: Anonymous Messiah

Videography

Video albums

Title Details Notes
Berlin Video 45
  • Features the music videos for "No More Words", "The Metro", "Dancing in Berlin", "Sex (I'm a ...)", and "Now It's My Turn".
  • The LaserDisc version was simply titled Berlin.
  • In Australia, the VHS release was titled The Videosingles and features a rearranged track listing.
Wam Bam, Live in Japan
Intimate

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director
"The Metro" 1983 Dominic Orlando
"Sex (I'm a ...)" Marcelo Epstein
"Masquerade" Alan Holtzman
"Sex (I'm a ...)" (version two) 1984 Russell Mulcahy
"No More Words" Evan English and Paul Goldman
"Now It's My Turn" Jim Yukich
"Dancing in Berlin"
"Take My Breath Away" 1986 Marcello Anciano
"Like Flames" Greg Masuak
"You Don't Know" 1987
"Animal" 2014 Chad Michael Ward

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ Pleasure Victim was re-released on January 26, 1983, by Geffen Records.

References

  1. ^ "Berlin Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Berlin Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ Peak chart positions for albums in Canada:
  5. ^ a b Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  6. ^ a b Peak chart positions in Germany:
  7. ^ a b "Discographie Berlin". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Discography Berlin". charts.nz. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  9. ^ "Discography Berlin". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Berlin | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d "American certifications – Berlin". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  12. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Berlin – Pleasure Victim". Recorded Music NZ. January 20, 1985. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  13. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Berlin – Love Life". Recorded Music NZ. November 11, 1984. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  14. ^ a b "British certifications – Berlin". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 10, 2022. Type Berlin in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  15. ^ "4 Play – Berlin". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  16. ^ "Berlin to Release New Album ANIMAL Tomorrow". BroadwayWorld. September 16, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  17. ^ "Transcendance – Berlin". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  18. ^ "August Day".
  19. ^ "All the Way In – Berlin". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  20. ^ "Master Series: Berlin". Amazon (in German). Germany. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011.
  21. ^ "Greatest Hits Remixed – Berlin". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  22. ^ "Metro: Greatest Hits – Berlin". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  23. ^ "Greatest Hits [Vinyl]: Berlin". Amazon. United States. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  24. ^ "Berlin Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  25. ^ "Discografie Berlin" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  26. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Canada:
    • "Sex (I'm a ...)": "RPM 50 Singles". RPM. Vol. 38, no. 9. May 7, 1983. ISSN 0315-5994. Retrieved April 15, 2020 – via Library and Archives Canada.
    • "Take My Breath Away": "RPM 100 Singles". RPM. Vol. 45, no. 1. September 27, 1986. p. 6. ISSN 0315-5994. Retrieved April 15, 2020 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  27. ^ "Search the charts". The Irish Charts. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  28. ^ "Canadian certifications – Berlin". Music Canada. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  29. ^ "It's the Way – Single by Berlin". Apple Music. United States. 13 August 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  30. ^ "Transcendance – Single by Berlin". Apple Music. United States. 9 May 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  31. ^ Fascination (Germany promotional 7-inch single). Berlin. Vinyl Records. 1980. 6.12853.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  32. ^ Pink and Velvet (US promotional 12-inch single). Berlin. Geffen Records. 1986. PRO-A-2632.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  33. ^ With a Touch (Remixes) (US promotional CD single). Berlin. iMusic. 2003. IMUDJ-01136-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  34. ^ "Just One of the Guys – Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  35. ^ "A Tribute to Madonna: Virgin Voices – Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  36. ^ "Platinum Girl: Tribute to Blondie – Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  37. ^ "Anonymous Messiah: A Tribute to Marilyn Manson by Various Artists". Apple Music. United States. 2 October 2001. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  38. ^ "Berlin Video 45 – Berlin". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  39. ^ Berlin (LaserDisc). Berlin. Pioneer Artists. 1985. PA-85-122.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  40. ^ The Videosingles (VHS). Berlin. Australia: PolyGram Music Video. 1984. 041 049 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  41. ^ "LaserDisc Database – Berlin: Wam Bam, Live in Japan [SM058-3170]". LaserDisc Database. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  42. ^ "Intimate – Berlin". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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  44. ^ "Berlin "Animal" (Chad Michael Ward, dir.)". VideoStatic. May 30, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2020.