The Buggles discography

The Buggles discography
Logo of the Buggles which is red text displaying "Buggles". This is on the cover art of The Age of Plastic.
Studio albums2
Compilation albums1
Singles9
Video albums1
Music videos3
Promotional extended plays1
Production3

The Buggles, a duo consisting of bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes, have a discography of two studio albums, a compilation album and video live album, a promotional extended play, nine singles, and three music videos. The Buggles also produced three songs, "Back of My Hand" by The Jags, "Monkey Chop" by Dan-I, and "Film Star" by Tom Marshall. The group formed in 1977 in Wimbledon, South West London, and were signed by Island Records to record and publish their debut studio album, The Age of Plastic, which was released in 1980.[1] The album charted in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, and Japan.

The lead single for The Age of Plastic was "Video Killed the Radio Star", released in 1979. The song was a huge commercial success, becoming the 444th number one hit on the UK Singles Chart, spending one week at the top.[2] It was also number 1 on fifteen other international record charts[2] and sold more than five million copies worldwide.[3] It received certifications by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique and British Phonographic Industry of platinum and gold respectively. Its music video was the first to air on MTV.[4] Three other singles from The Age of Plastic, "Living in the Plastic Age", "Clean, Clean" and "Elstree", achieved chart success in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. Music videos were made for "Living in the Plastic Age" and "Elstree"

Adventures in Modern Recording, released in 1981, was the second and last album by The Buggles. Five singles from it were released between 1981 and 1982, "I Am a Camera", "Adventures in Modern Recording", "On TV", "Lenny", and "Beatnik". The album and its singles were a commercial failure in the UK, but the album did chart in the United States, peaking at number 161 on the Billboard 200 and at number 7 on the Bubbling Under the Top Rock Albums chart. The album also charted in the Netherlands, as did "I Am a Camera" and "Lenny". "On TV" was certified gold by Music Canada for sales of 5,000 units.

  1. ^ The Buggles. ZTT.com. Accessed on 16 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b Peel, Ian (2010). From the Art of Plastic to the Age of Noise (CD insert). The Buggles. Salvo Records. SALVOCD036. Accessed 18 July 2013.
  3. ^ Meet the Buggles. People. 15 July 2001. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Accessed on 16 July 2013.
  4. ^ "MTV won't say how old it is (but it's 25): A list of Music Television's notable moments". CNN. 30 April 2005. Archived from the original on 11 August 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2013.