Ed Ball discography
The Times
SINGLES
Red With Purple Flashes
Red With Purple Flashes / Biff! Bang! Pow!
7" Whaam! (WHAAM 002) May 1981
Here Comes The Holidays
Here Comes The Holidays / Three Cheers For The Sun
7" Artpop! (POP 50) June 1982
I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape / Theme from 'Danger Man'
7" Artpop! (POP 49) 1983
Boys Brigade
Boys Brigade / Power Is Forever
7" Artpop! (POP 46) 1984
Blue Fire
Blue Fire / Where The Blue Begins
7" Artpop! (POP 45) 1984
Boys About Town EP
David Jones (Is On His Way) / Victim 1960 / Up Against It / Song For Joe Orton
12" Artpop! (POP 43DOZ) 1985
London Boys
London Boys / (Where To Go) When The Sun Goes Down
7" Unicorn (PHZ 1) 1986
Times TV
Times TV / Trailer From "Enjoy"
7" Fire Records (BLAZE 16S) 1986
Times TV / Trailer From "Enjoy" / The Polite Force / El Aragua / Pick It Up
12" Fire Records (BLAZE 16T) 1986
Manchester
Manchester / Love And Truth
7" Creation Records (CRE071) Jan 1990
Manchester / DaDa Won't Buy Me A Bauhaus / Manchester (extended)
12" Creation Records (CRE071T) Jan 1990
Manchester / Manchester (extended) / Ulysses / Shoom!
CD Creation Records (CRESCD71) Jan 1990
The Mods Are Back!
The Times 'Extase' / Biff Bang Pow 'Sleep'
Split 7" Caff Corporation (Caff 13) 1990
Lundi Bleu
Lundi Bleu / Lundi Bleu (Instrumental)
7" Creation Records (CRE114) 1992
Lundi Bleu (Praise The Lord Mix) / Lundi Bleu (The Grid's World Communication Mix) / Lundi Bleu ('Smiling' Remix)
12" Creation Records (CRE114T) 1992
Lundi Bleu (Radio Edit (4:01) / Lundi Bleu (Praise The Lord Mix) / Remix (The Grid) / Lundi Bleu (The Grid's World Communication Mix) / Lundi Bleu ('Smiling' Remix) / Lundi Bleu (Brazilian Vocal Edit) / Lundi Bleu (Japanese Vocal Edit) / Lundi Bleu (German Vocal Edit) / Lundi Bleu (Spanish Vocal Edit)
CD Creation Records (CRESCD114) 1992
Finnegan's Break
Finnegan's Break / Heartbroken Lost In Blue
7" Creation Records (CRE158) 1993
Finnegan's Break [Edit] / Heartbroken Lost In Blue / Soul Tight / Come Alive
12" Creation Records (CRE158T) 1993
CD Creation Records (CRESCD158) 1993
Baby Girl
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7" Creation Records (CRE162) 1993
Baby Girl / The Colour Of My Love / Mash It Up / Primrose 0822
CD Creation Records (CRESCD162) 1993
ALBUMS
Pop Goes Art!
LP Whaam! (BIG 1) 1982
LP Artpop! (ART 20) 1982
Reissued on CD (ARTCD 20) with hand-painted sleeve 1990
Picture Gallery / Biff Bang Pow! / It's Time! / If Now Is The Answer / A New Arrangement / Looking At The World Through Dark Shades / I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape / Pop Goes Art! / Miss London / The Sun Never Sets / Easy As Pie / This Is Tomorrow
This Is London
LP Artpop! (ART 19) 1983
This Is London / Goodbye Piccadilly / Whatever Happened To Thamesbeat / If Only / Big Painting / Goodnight Children Everywhere / The Party / Stranger Than Fiction / (There's A) Cloud Over Liverpool / Will Success Spoil Frank Summit? / The Chimes Of Big Ben / This Green And Pleasant Land
I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
Mini LP Artpop! (No.1) 1983
I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape / Theme From "Danger Man" / All Systems Are Go! / Big Painting / Stranger Than Fiction / Up Against It
Hello Europe
LP Artpop! (ART 17) 1984
Radiate / Blue Fire / Victory Drums / Everything Turns To Black And White / Boys Brigade / Where The Blue Begins / Public Reaction Killed This Cat / Faith / Things We've Learnt / Kulturshock
Blue Period
Mini LP Artpop! (No.2) 1985
Blue Fire / Stop In The Name Of Love / Tears On A Rainy Sunday / I'll See You In My Dreams / Boys Brigade
Go! With The Times
LP Pastell (POW 3) 1985
You Can Get It / I'm With You / Your Generation / Pinstripes / Dressing Up For The Cameras / Red With Purple Flashes / The Jokes On Zandra / Nowhere To Run / No Hard Feelings / My Andy Warhol Poster / Theme From 'Man From UNCLE' / Reflections In An Imperfect Mirror
Unreleased material recorded in 1980.
Up Against It
LP Artpop! (ART 16) 1986
Up Against It / Last Tango For One / Boys About Town / Garden In The Moonlight (Love theme for McTurk and Rowena) / WPC Boon / Most Modern Woman In The World / Jack's Revolution / Ladies Of The Cause / Mutiny In The British Empire / Escape! / She's A Professional / It's Cabaret Time! / The War / The Wedding Song
Enjoy
LP Artpop! (ART 15) 1986
Britannia Sleeps Tonight / Something Like The Truth / (Where To Go) When The Sun Goes Down / Times T.V. / Housewive's Law / Think Big! / The Third Wave / The American Way / Winning Hearts And Minds (W.H.A.M.) / Cousin Frank Goes To Hollywood / Enjoy / Dream Now (Young America) / Times Radio / When The Talking Had To Stop
Beat Torture
LP (CRELP 038) & CD Creation (CRECD 038) 1988
Godevil / Heaven Sent Me an Angel / I'll Be Your Volunteer / Department Store / Love Like Haze Or Rain / It Had To Happen / Chelsea Green / How To Start Your Own Country / On The Peace Line / Scarlet And Sapphire
E For Edward
LP & CD Creation (CRELP 053) 1989
Manchester / Acid Angel Of Ecstasy / Gold / Sold / Life / Valvaline / Snow / Catherine Wheel / Crashed On You / Count To Five / All Your Life / French Film Bleurred / No Love On Haight Street
Et Dieu Créa La Femme
LP (CRELP 070) & CD Creation (CRECD 070) 1990
Septieme Ciel / Aurore Boreale / Confiance / Chagrin d'Amour / Volupte / Baisers Voles / Pour Kylie / Sucette / 1990 Annee Erotique / Extase
Pure
LP (CRELP 091) & CD Creation (CRECD 091) 1991
Brown Ball / From Chelsea Green To Brighton Beach / A Girl Called Mersey / From L.A. To Edgbaston / Lundi Bleu / Pink Ball / A Beautiful Village Called England / Ours Is A Wonderlove World / Another Star In Heaven
Pink Ball, Brown Ball, Ed Ball
LP (CRELP 073) & CD Creation (CRECD 073) 1991
Manchester / Septieme Ciel / How To Start Your Own Country / Snow / Confiance / Catherine Wheel / Heaven Sent Me An Angel / Extase / A Girl Called Mersey / Five Thirty / I've Got All This And Heaven Too / Astral Projection Mix / Lundi Bleu (NAM New Age Mod Mix)
The Times At The Astrodome Lunaville
CD Creation (CRECD 123) 1992
WellCome / Septieme Ciel / Big Painting / On The Peace Line / Valvaline / Crashed On You / All Your Life / No Love On Haight St / Love And Truth / Shoom! / Manchester / Cloud Over Liverpool
Alternative Commercial Crossover
LP (CRELP 137) & CD Creation (CRECD 137) 1993
The Obligatory Grunge Song / Finnefans Break / How Honest Are Pearl Jam / Baby Girl / Ballad of Georgie Best / Lundi Bleu (Praise the Lord Mix) / A Palace in the Sun / Sorry, I've Written a Melody / Finnegans Break (Corporate Rock Mix) / The Whole World's Turning Scarface / All I Want Is You To Care
Sad But True
CD Rev-Ola (CREV 055CD) 1997
The Ballad Of Me / Just A Song / Changing Of The Guard / Almost A Religion / Obviously One More Disbeliever / Your Ship Is Almost Built / Riot House / See Ya Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya / Two Hitlers In One Bunker / Coming From This Heart
Pirate Playlist 66
LP & CD Creation (CRELP 222) 1999
Kill the Playlist / Liam Gallagher Our Leader / I Hate Ibiza / 66 Extra Shows Added / 3 Pages in Record Collector / Heroin Music / The Rise and Rise of My Ex-Wife / Psychedelic Lunchboxes / Opinionated Pop Svengali / Song For Larry Clark / AOR To Metal / The Real Theatre Of Dreams / 34,232 Melody Maker Circulation Figure
Reissues
I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
CD Rev-Ola (CREV 006CD) 1992
I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape / I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (Thanks For The Trip Dad) / Theme From Dangerman / David Jones (Is On His Way) / London Boys / The Polite Force / Song For Joe Orton / All Systems Are Go! / Power Is For Ever / Tears On A Rainy Sunday / I'll See You In My Dreams / I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape - The Final Episode
This Is London / Hello Europe
CD Rev-Ola (CREV 028CD) 1993
This Is London: This Is London / Goodbye Piccadilly / Whatever Happened To Thamesbeat / If Only / Big Painting / Goodnight Children Everywhere / The Party / Stranger Than Fiction / (There's A) Cloud Over Liverpool / Will Success Spoil Frank Summit? / The Chimes Of Big Ben / This Green And Pleasant Land
Hello Europe: Dada Europe (I'm So Cut Up About You) / Boys Brigade / The Things We've Learnt / Radiate / Blue Fire / Everything Turns To Black And White / Where The Blue Begins / Public Reaction Killed This Cat / Kulturshock
Enjoy / Up Against It
CD Rev-Ola (CREV 029CD) 1993
Enjoy: Britannia Sleeps Tonight / Something Like The Truth / (Where To Go) When The Sun Goes Down / Times TV / Housewive's Law / Think Big! / The Third Wave / The American Way / Winning Hearts And Minds (W.H.A.M.) / Cousin Frank Goes To Hollywood / Enjoy / Dream Now (Young America) / Times Radio / When The Talking Had To Stop
Up Against It: Up Against It / Last Tango For One / Boys About Town / W.P.C Boon / Most Modern Woman In The World / Jacks Revolution / She's A Professional / The Wedding Song / Mutiny In The British Empire
Go! With The Times / Pop Goes Art!
CD Rev-Ola (CREV 030CD) 1994
Pop Goes Art!: Picture Gallery / Biff Bang Pow! / It's Time! / If Now Is The Answer / A New Arrangement / Looking At The World Through Dark Shades / I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape / Pop Goes Art! / Miss London / The Sun Never Sets / Easy As Pie / This Is Tomorrow
Go! With The Times: Red With Purple Flashes / My Andy Warhol Poster / Pinstripes / The Jokes On Zandra / Nowhere To Run / No Hard Feelings / You Can Get It / Theme From 'A Man From Uncle' / Reflections In An Imperfect Mirror
NewI Helped Patrick McGoohan EscapeNew
CD ArtPop! (artpop no. 1) 2006
I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape / Theme From 'Dangerman' / All Systems Are Go! / Big Painting / Stranger Than Fiction / Up Against It (long version) / Song For Joe Orton / David Jones (Is On His Way) / London Boys / The Polite Force / Power Is Forever / Tears On A Rainy Sunday / I'll See You In My Dreams / I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (previously unreleased version) / Goodbye Piccadilly (prev. unreleased) / All Systems Are Go! (alt. take) / Theme From 'Dangerman' (alt. take) / Power Is Forever (alt. take) / I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (live)
NewThis Is LondonNew
CD ArtPop! (artpop 19) 2006
This Is London / Goodbye Piccadilly / Whatever Happened To Thamesbeat? / If Only / Big Painting / Goodnight Children Everywhere / The Party / Stranger Than Fiction / (There's A) Cloud Over Liverpool / Will Success Spoil Frank Summit? / The Chimes Of Big Ben / This Green And Pleasant Land / Here Comes The Holidays / Three Cheers For The Sun / Big Painting (alt. take) / Whatever Happened To Thamesbeat? (alt. take) / This Is London (alt. take) / If Only (live) / (There's A) Cloud Over Liverpool (live)
NewGo! With The TimesNew
CD ArtPop! (artpop 18) 2007
Red With Purple Flashes / No Hard Feelings / My Andy Warhol Poster / Pinstripes / Nowhere To Run / The Joke's On Zandra / You Can Get It / I'm With You / Your Generation / Dressing Up For The Cameras / Theme From Man From Uncle / Reflections In An Imperfect Mirror / Red With Purple Flashes (7" Single Version) / Bonus tracks: JJ Foster Mixes 1994 (Simulated Stereo): My Andy Warhol Poster / Pinstripes / The Joke's On Zandra / Nowhere To Run / No Hard Feelings / You Can Get It / Theme From Man From Uncle / Reflections In An Imperfect Mirror / Previously unreleased tracks: My Andy Warhol Poster (out-take) / Big Bang Pow (live in Germany 1985) / Red With Purple Flashes (live in Germany 1985) / Ed Ball interview
COMPILATION APPEARANCES
A Splash Of Colour
Includes The Times 'I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape'
LP WEA (K 85415) 1981
Lunacy Is Legend EP
Marc Bolan tribute EP includes 'The Slider' by The Times.
12" Barracuda Blue (12UTA 9) 1987
Pensioners On Ecstasy
Includes The Times 'Wah! Kylie' and 'Thanks For The Trip Dad' by DJ6 and the Escape Committee.
LP & CD Creation (CRELP 082) 1990
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