THE NAMES: Discography


Assembled by R Stanzel
Many thanks to Frank Brinkhuis for unpublished information
and James Nice of LTM, archivist extraordinaire!



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Title                                                            [Rec Date]
   Fmt: Co  Date (Label Cat#) [qualifier]
        Time    Track

* Item comment
- General Comment
~ Matrix Message

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Spectators Of Life                                                   [1979]

    7": BE  1979 (Warner WEA 18087)
   12": FR  1979 (Celluloid CEL 2-6554)

        2:55    Spectators of Life
        3:00    White Life
        1:55    The Drive

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Nightshift                                                       [Aug 1980]

    7": UK  1/81 (Factory FAC 29)

        3:31    Night Shift
        4:39    I Wish I Could Speak Your Language

~ Factory Outing To The Low Country Part One

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A Factory Video [comp]                                               [1980]

   VHS: UK  8/82 (Factory FACT 56) [PAL/NTSC]

        3:45    Nightshift

- promo with FAC 29 soundtrack

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From Brussels With Love [comp]                                   [Apr 1980]

    CS: BE 11/80 (Les Disques du Crépuscule TWI 007) [with booklet]
    CS: BE 10/82 (Crépuscule TWI 007)
  2xLP: BE 12/86 (Crépuscule TWI 007)

        3:20    Cat

- not included on CD reissue

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The Fruit Of The Original Sin [comp]                                 [1981]

  2xLP: BE 11/81 (Crépuscule TWI 035)
    CD: DE  4/87 (Interphon IPCD 72002)
    CD: BE  1988 (Crépuscule TWI 035-2)

            [a purpose]
        1:53    Music for Someone

~ Szerelmuk Tortenete

  [Hungarian for]
~ The Story of Their Love

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Ghosts Of Christmas Past [comp]                                      [1981]

    LP: BE 12/81 (Crépuscule TWI 058)
    LP: BE 12/82 (Crépuscule TWI 158) [as "Remake"]
    CS: BE 12/82 (Crépuscule TWI 159) [as "Remake"]
    LP: BE 12/86 (Crépuscule TWI 658)
    CD: BE  1988 (Crépuscule TWI 058-2)

        3:43    Tokyo Twilight

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Calcutta                                                         [May 1981]

    7": BE  2/82 (Factory Benelux FBN 9)
   12": BE  2/82 (Factory Benelux FBN 9)

        3:02    Calcutta
        3:43    Postcards

~ Names On The Move

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Sulla Spiaggia, Ogni Ragazzo, Ogni Ragazza [comp]

    LP: IT  6/82 (Base Records BASE 40140)

        3:02    Calcutta

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Some Of The Interesting Things You'll See                        [Feb 1982]
  On A Long-Distance Flight [comp]

    CS: BE  6/82 (Crépuscule TWI 082)
    LP: JP  9/83 (Crépuscule TWI 082 / Shinseido SC-18)

        4:43    Harmony

    CD: BE  5/91 (Crépuscule TWI 082-2)

        3:15    Close To Me
        4:51    In Other Rooms
        3:22    A Few Hundreds
        3:15    Anything (With Passion)
        3:01    Spectators of Life

- recorded live on European tour

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Swimming                                                         [Feb 1982]

    LP: BE  5/82 (Crépuscule TWI 065)
    LP: IT ?1982 (Crépuscule/Base Records TWI 065)

        4:19    Discovery
        2:52    Floating World
        3:39    The Fire
        4:50    Life By The Sea
        5:08    White Shadow
        5:41    (This Is) Harmony
        5:11    Shanghai Gesture *
        4:48    Leave Her To Heaven *
        4:20    Light

* named after films

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The Astronaut                                                    [Oct 1982]

   12": BE 10/83 (Crépuscule TWI 111)
   12": BE  1984 (Crépuscule Au Japon / Shinseido SC-49)

        5:09    The Astronaut
        4:51    Shining Hours
        4:35    Revenge

~ 4 Ballades Heroiques

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War Is Over [comp]

    LP: IT 10/83 (Base Records BASE 40144)

        5:09    The Astronaut

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Coincidence vs. Fate [comp]

  2xLP: JP  5/84 (Crépuscule Au Japon SC 1004/5)

        4:19    Discovery

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Postcard Views [comp]

    CS: BE 11/85 (Les Temps Modernes LTM V:XII)

            [Studio]
                Music For Someone                            [from TWI 035]
                Tokyo Twilight                               [from TWI 058]
                Nightshift                              [pre-mix of FAC 29]
                I Wish I Could Speak You Language       [pre-mix of FAC 29]
                Cat                                          [from TWI 007]
                Life By The Sea *
                Shanghai Gesture *
                (This Is) Harmony *
                Discovery *
                Revenge                         [By Chance, from CRAM 5412]
                Leave Her To Heaven (Lyon, France, 11/2/82) ***

            [Live]
                Music For Someone **
                Discovery **
                Floating World **
                Revenge  **
                Calcutta **
                Life By The Sea **
                Postcards **
                Shanghai Gesture **
                Secrets **
                Nightshift (Paris, 10/2/82) ***
                Light (London, 16/2/82) ***
                (This Is) Harmony  (London, 16/2/82) ***

*   from BBC Peel Session 3/82
**  live, Lombeek, Belgium, Late '82
*** live during 'Dialogue North-South' tour

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Crépuscule Collection 2 - State Of Excitement [comp]

    LP: BE  5/86 (Crépuscule TWI 646)

        4:19    Discovery


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Swimming + Singles [comp reissue]

    CD: BE  1/91 (Factory FBN 9CD)
    CD: UK  7/00 (Les Temps Modernes LTMCD 2324)

        1:53    Music For Someone                            [from TWI 035]
        4:19    Discovery
        2:52    Floating World
        3:39    The Fire
        4:50    Life By The Sea
        5:08    White Shadow                                   [from FBN 9]
        3:02    Calcutta                                       [from FBN 9]
        3:43    Postcards
        5:41    (This Is) Harmony
        5:11    Shanghai Gesture
        4:48    Leave Her To Heaven
        4:20    Light
        3:31    Nightshift                                    [from FAC 29]
        4:39    I Wish I Could Speak Your Language            [from FAC 29]
        5:09    The Astronaut                                [from TWI 111]
        3:17    Cat                                          [from TWI 007]
        4:56    I Wish I Could Speak Your Language      [pre-mix of FAC 29]

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Different Colours, Different Shades [comp]

    CD: UK 10/97 (London / Factory Once FACT 2.40)

        3:31    Night Shift

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Little Darla Has A Treat For You Volume 15 [comp]

    CD: US  2000 (Darla Records)

        3:31    Nightshift

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Spectators Of Life [comp]

    CD: UK  4/01 (Les Temps Modernes LTMCD 2320)

        2:55    Spectators Of Life                        [from CEL 2-6554]
        3:00    White Life                                [from CEL 2-6554]
        1:55    The Drive                                 [from CEL 2-6554]
        5:25    Nothing To Fear (live 1979)
        4:22    Foreign Rendezvous (live 1979)
        3:40    Actually (live 1979)
        3:50    Memories (live 1979)
        3:10    Nightshift (live 1979)
        3:02    Mirrors (live 1980)
        3:15    Questions And Answers (live 1980)
        4:53    I Wish I Could Speak You Language (live 1980)
        3:20    Other Enquiries (live 1980)
        3:56    Burn (live 1981)
        3:43    Tokyo Twilight                               [from TWI 058]
        4:51    Shining Hours                                [from TWI 111]
        4:35    Revenge                                      [from TWI 111]
        5:05    Virtual *
        4:46    I'm In Love With A German Filmstar *
        1:57    Ballade à Tervuren (fadeout)                 [from TWI 099]

* tracks recorded by the Names' mid-1990s reunion group Jazz

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BY CHANCE / Soul Kitchen                                             [1981]

    7": BE  1982 (Crammed Discs CRAM 5457)
   12": BE  1982 (Crammed Discs CRAM 54512)

        4:24    Soul Kitchen *
        4:37    Revenge

* The Doors cover

- Michel Sordinia side project

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MARC DEPREZ

Umbrellas In The Sun [comp]

   VHS: BE  7/82 (Crépuscule TWI 099)

        4:35    Ballade à Tervuren

- Tervueren/Tervuren is a town in Belgium, just outside Brussels.
  The video was shot at a large royal park there.  -Frank Brinkhuis


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JAZZ                                                          [Autumn 1997]

Night Vision

    CD: BE  1997 (PAZZ Records PAZZ 002)

        4:03    Inside
        4:58    Dreaming Of Wolves
        5:19    Wild World
        5:06    Swimming
        4:25    The Tether Ends Here
        3:26    I Am The Rain
        4:23    Love Eternal
        5:49    It's All Over Now, Baby Blue *
        5:06    This Teflon Skin
        6:39    The Fall

* Bob Dylan cover

- album by members of the Names
  Marc Deprez [guitars]
  Michel Sordinia [vocals]
  Luc Capelle [drums]
  Eric De Bruyne [bass]
  Christophe Den Tandt [keyboards]

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