World Party

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Private revolution
  UK 56 03/21/1987 (4 weeks)
  US 39 03/28/1987 (31 weeks)
Goodbye jumbo
  UK 36 
silver
silver
May 19, 1990 (10 weeks)
  US 73 08/18/1990 (23 weeks)
Bang
  DE 69 08/09/1993 (8 weeks)
  UK 2 
gold
gold
05/08/1993 (8 weeks)
  US 126 05/08/1993 (8 weeks)
Egyptology
  UK 34 06/28/1997 (2 weeks)
  US 167 07/05/1997 (1 week)
Dumbing up
  UK 64 02.09.2000 (1 week)
Singles
Ship of Fools
  UK 42 02/07/1987 (7 weeks)
  US 27 04/25/1987 (15 weeks)
Message in the box
  UK 39 06/09/1990 (7 weeks)
Way Down Now
  UK 66 09/01/1990 (4 weeks)
Thank you world
  UK 68 05/18/1991 (1 week)
Is It Like Today
  DE 52 05/17/1993 (11 weeks)
  UK 19th 04/10/1993 (6 weeks)
Give it all away
  UK 43 07/10/1993 (3 weeks)
All I Gave
  UK 37 10/02/1993 (3 weeks)
Beautiful dream
  UK 31 06/07/1997 (2 weeks)
Here comes the future
  UK 89 08/26/2000 (1 week)

World Party is the rock band of the Welsh singer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger , who dominates the project and works with constantly changing line-ups. The album Bang! , which rose to number 2 in the UK charts in 1993 .

Band history

In 1985 Karl Wallinger founded his band World Party. The first album Private Revolution was released in 1986 with the participation of different musicians and reached, just like the single Ship of Fools , middle chart positions in Great Britain and the USA . A year later, the first permanent cast of the group was found. These included Jeff Trott ( guitar ) and Guy Chambers ( percussion ). The second long player Goodbye Jumbo rose to the British and American album hit parade in 1990, and the associated singles Message in the Box , Way Down Now and Thank You World entered the UK charts in 1990 and 1991, respectively.

For the third album Bang! Wallinger looked for new musicians. Dave Catlin-Birch ( guitar ) and Chris Sharrock ( drums ) completed World Party. The new band constellation made it into the British Top 10 , where the album was at number 2 in May 1993, and the German charts , where it reached number 69. The singles Is It Like Today , Give It All Away and All I Gave also made it into the UK charts in the same year, and Is It Like Today also made it into the German charts.

Egyptology was the name of the 1997 album that was mostly successful in the UK. The release Beautiful Dream was able to place in the British Top 40. The 2000 album Dumbing Up once again made it into the UK charts; the single Here Comes the Future is the last single hit from World Party so far. This success was denied to the long player Best in Show 2007.

Discography

Albums

  • 1986: Private Revolution ( Chrysalis )
  • 1990: Goodbye Jumbo (Chrysalis)
  • 1993: Bang! (Chrysalis)
  • 1993: History of the World (Chrysalis)
  • 1993: Thank You World [KTS] (Bootleg, Live) (KTS)
  • 1997: Egyptology (Enclave Records)
  • 1997: A Brief History of the World Party (Ensign Records, Enclave Records)
  • 2000: Dumbing Up (Papillon Records)
  • 2007: Best in Show (Seaview Records Ltd.)
  • 2012: Arkeology (Seaview Records Ltd.)

Singles

  • 1986: Private Revolution
  • 1987: Ship of Fools
  • 1987: All Come True
  • 1990: Way Down Now
  • 1990: Message in the Box
  • 1990: Is It Too Late?
  • 1991: Thank You World
  • 1993: Is It Like Today
  • 1993: Give It All Away
  • 1993: All I Gave
  • 1997: Beautiful Dream
  • 1997: Vanity Fair
  • 2000: Here Comes the Future, Pt. 1
  • 2000: Here Comes the Future, Pt. 2
  • 2006: What Does It Mean Now?
  • 2006: Best Place I've Ever Been

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US1 US2
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

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