Leningrad Cowboys discography

This is the discography of the Finnish rock band Leningrad Cowboys, which consists of nine studio albums, thirteen singles, four live albums, four extended plays, four compilation albums, and one soundtrack album in addition to a number of miscellaneous appearances on soundtracks and compilations featuring various artists.

Leningrad Cowboys discography
Leningrad Cowboys in Berlin
Studio albums9
Live albums4
Compilation albums4
Video albums8
Music videos15
EPs4
Singles14
Soundtrack albums1
Books3
Miscellaneous2

The Leningrad cowboys were formed in 1986 by members of the Finnish group Sleepy Sleepers and film director Aki Kaurismäki as a joke on the waning power of the Soviet Union. Kaurismäki's first feature with the group was a success and led to the group developing a life beyond the films, recording albums, giving concerts, and making their own videos.

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbum details
1987 1917–1987
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: AMT (AMT 2005)
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette (CS)
1992 We Cum From Brooklyn
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Plutonium (PLUTO 7001)
  • Formats: LP, CD, CS
1994 Happy Together
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Plutonium (PLUTOCD 7006)
  • Formats: CD, CS
1996 Go Space
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Megamania (1000 120 622)
  • Formats: CD, CS
1997 Mongolian Barbeque
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Megamania (1000 120782)
  • Formats: CD
2000 Terzo Mondo
2006 Zombies Paradise

Released: 2006 Label: Sony BMG (82876833792)

2011 Buena Vodka Social Club
  • Released: 28 October 2011
  • Label: SPV Recordings (SPV 309930 CD)
  • Formats: CD, 2x10" LP
2013 Merry Christmas[1]
  • Released December 2013
  • Label: Leningrad Cowboys Ltd. LC006
  • Format: CD
  • Note: Released in box set with hardcover book, chocolate bar, and badges

Soundtracks

YearAlbum details
1989 Leningrad Cowboys Go America
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: AMT (AMTCD 2015)

Live albums

YearAlbum details
1992 Live in Prowinzz
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Plutonium (PLUTO 7002)
  • Formats: 2xLP, CD, CS
1993 Total Balalaika Show - Helsinki Concert
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Plutonium (PLUTOCD 7004)
  • Formats: 2xCD, CS
1995 Nokia Balalaika Show
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Megamania (NOKIACD 001)
  • Formats: CD
  • Note: Promotional release
2003 Global Balalaika Show
  • Released: 21 November 2003
  • Label: Leningrad Cowboys Ltd. (LC-001)
  • Formats: CD
2011 Hedengren 25.8.2011
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Leningrad Cowboys Ltd. (LC-005)
  • Formats: CD

Compilations

YearAlbum details
1999Thank You Very Many - Greatest Hits & Rarities
  • Released: 13 September 1999
  • Label: BMG Ariola (74321 62 147 2)
  • Format: CD
2000Leningrad Cowboys Go Wild
  • Released: 13 March 2000
  • Label: Ariola Express (74321 73839 2)
  • Format: CD
2009Those Were the Days - The Best Of Leningrad Cowboys
  • Released: April 2009
  • Label: Leningrad Cowboys Ltd (LC-004)
  • Format: 2xCD
  • Note" Box set with paying cards
2014Those Were the Hits
  • Released: 4 April 2014
  • Label: Johanna Kustannus (3778018)
  • Format: 2xCD

Singles

YearTitleFormatLabelAlbum
1987"L. A. Woman"7"AMT1917–1987
"In the Ghetto"12"AMT
1991"Thru The Wire (Short Film)"7", CDChlodwig/BMG AriolaLeningrad Cowboys Go America
"Those Were The Days"CDAMT/BMG AriolaWe Cum from Brooklyn
1992"Thru the Wire"CDBMG Ariola
"Those Were The Days"7", CDChlodwig/BMG Ariola
1993"These Boots"CDBMG Ariola, Plutonium
1994"Gari Gari ~ Can Chu-hi"3" CDAriolaHappy Together (Japanese version)
1996"Jupiter Calling"CDBMG Ariola, MegamaniaGo Space
"Where's The Moon"CDBMG Ariola, Megamania
1999"Mardi Gras Ska"CDMegamaniaTerzo Mondo
2000"Happy Being Miserable"CDJohanna Kustannus
"Monkey Groove" (remix)CDJohanna Kustannus
2004"Der Lachende Vagabund"CD (Promo)Leningrad Cowboys Ltd.Zombies Paradise
2006"You're My Heart, You're My Soul"CDSony BMG

EPs

YearTitleFormatLabel
1994Nokia Balalaika ShowCDPlutonium
1995VodkaCD (promo)Plutonium
1997Mongolian BarbequeCDMegamania
2008007 Villain Club by SwatchCD (Promo)Spark Records

Videography

Feature films

YearTitleDirector
1989Leningrad Cowboys Go AmericaAki Kaurismäki
1994Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1998L.A. Without a MapMika Kaurismäki

Concert films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1994Total Balalaika ShowAki Kaurismäki
Nokia Balalaika ShowConcert
2001Leningrad Cowboys Go ClassicTV broadcast (NDR)
2003Global Balalaika ShowTimo SuomiTV broadcast (YLE)
2004Leningrad Cowboys Play HurriganesConcert of Hurriganes music – TV broadcast (YLE)

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1986"Rocky VI"Aki Kaurismäki
1987"Thru The Wire"
1988"L.A. Woman"
1991"Those Were The Days"
1992"These Boots"
1996"Jupiter Calling"Sakke Järvenpää
"Leningrad"
"Where's The Moon"
2000"Happy Being Miserable"
2007"You're My Heart, You're My Soul"
2011"All We Need is Love"Dirk Behlau, Sakke Järvenpää
"Gimme Your Sushi"
2012"Buena Vodka Social Club"Dirk Behlau
"Machine Gun Blues"
"Christmas in Hollis"Luca Bruno

Bibliography

YearTitleAuthor(s)PublisherISBN
1994Merry Christmas Leningrad Cowboys
*Published in Finnish, English, and German editions
Seppo Hämäläinen
Sakke Järvenpää
Mato Valtonen
Otava PublishingISBN 951-1-13557-0 (Finnish)
ISBN 951-1-13568-6 (English)
ISBN 951-1-13569-4 (German)
1995Leningrad Cowboys – Sweet Home Mexico
*Published in Finnish only
Seppo Hämäläinen
Sakke Järvenpää
Mato Valtonen
Otava PublishingISBN 951-1-13951-7
2008PRAVDA – The Truth About The Leningrad Cowboys
*Published in English, German, and Finnish in the same volume
Roman SchatzJohnny Kniga / WSOY PublishingISBN 978-951-0-34595-5

Contributions and other releases

Year Album Title Label Song(s)
1986 Rock'y VI - Pölkyllä päähän (Sleepy Sleepers LP) AMT This album credits Leningrad Cowboys on the back cover and features a Finnish language version of "Rocky VI"
1998 "Il Diavolo Rosso" (David Buzzi EP) Pony
  • "Gringo" ("Ten Lost Gringos", with new vocals written and performed by David Buzzi)
2006 Jukebox – Music In The Films Of Aki Kaurismäki Megamania
  • "Thru' The Wire"
  • "The Cossack Song"
  • "Ballad Of The Leningrad Cowboys"
  • "Those Were The Days"
  • "Nolo Tengo Dinares"*
  • "Kili Watch" (w/ André Wilms)*
  • "Delilah" (w/ Sakari Kuosmanen)

*Previously unlreased tracks

References

  1. "Official Store of Leningrad Cowboys - XMAS BOXSET". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
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