The Box Tops discography
| The Box Tops discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 10 |
| Singles | 19 |
This is the discography of American rock band the Box Tops.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US BB [1] | US CB [2] | ||
| The Letter/Neon Rainbow | 87 | 37 | |
| Cry Like a Baby |
| 59 | 45 |
| Nonstop |
| — | 68 |
| Dimensions |
| 77 | 79 |
| Tear Off! |
| — | — |
| Now |
| — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US BB [4] | US CB [2] | ||
| Super Hits |
| 45 | 42 |
| The Best of the Box Tops |
| — | — |
| Greatest Hits |
| — | — |
| The Ultimate Box Tops |
| — | — |
| The Best of the Box Tops Featuring Alex Chilton |
| — | — |
| The Best of the Box Tops |
| — | — |
| The Best of the Box Tops – Soul Deep |
| — | — |
| Playlist – The Very Best of the Box Tops |
| — | — |
| The Original Albums 1967–1969 |
| — | — |
| The Best of the Box Tops |
| — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Singles
| Title (A-side/B-side) | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US BB [5] | US CB [6] | AUS [7] | BEL (WA) [8] | CAN [9] | GER [10] | NZ [11] | SA [12] | SWI [13] | UK [14] | |||
| "The Letter" b/w "Happy Times" | 1967 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | The Letter/Neon Rainbow |
| "Neon Rainbow" b/w "Everything I Am" | 24 | 24 | 30 | — | 17 | — | 5 | — | — | 57[A] | ||
| "Cry Like a Baby" b/w "The Door You Closed to Me" (Non-album track) | 1968 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 17 | — | 15 | Cry Like a Baby |
| "Choo Choo Train" b/w "Fields of Clover" (from Cry Like a Baby) | 26 | 17 | 96 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | 6 | — | Nonstop | |
| "727" (New Zealand-only release) b/w "Fields of Clover" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cry Like a Baby | |
| "I Met Her in Church" b/w "People Gonna Talk" | 37 | 41 | 32 | — | 27 | — | 12 | — | 6 | — | Nonstop | |
| "Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March" b/w "I See Only Sunshine" (Non-album track) | 28 | 29 | 82 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Dimensions | |
| "Sandman" (UK, Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey-only release) b/w "Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March" (from Dimensions) | 1969 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nonstop |
| "I Shall Be Released" b/w "I Must Be the Devil" | 67 | 72 | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | Dimensions | |
| "Soul Deep" b/w "(The) Happy Song" | 18 | 13 | 7 | 49 | 9 | — | — | 2 | — | 22 | ||
| "Turn on a Dream" b/w "Together" (from Dimensions) | 58 | 35 | — | — | 29 | — | — | 20 | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "You Keep Tightening Up on Me" b/w "Come On Honey" | 1970 | 92 | 74 | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Let Me Go" b/w "Got to Hold on to You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "King's Highway" b/w "Since I've Been Gone" | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sugar Creek Woman" b/w "It's All Over" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Angel" b/w "Hold On Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Rock Island Line" b/w "John Henry" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Willobee and Dale" b/w "It's Gonna Be O.K." | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Letter" (re-recording; France-only release) b/w "Flying Saucers Rock'n'Roll" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tear Off! |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
References
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