Leningrad Cowboys discography

Leningrad Cowboys discography

Leningrad Cowboys in Berlin
Studio albums 9
Live albums 4
Compilation albums 4
Video albums 8
Music videos 15
EPs 4
Singles 14
Soundtrack albums 1
Books 3
Miscellaneous 2

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.

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

Year Title Label
1987 1917–1987 AMT
1992 We Cum From Brooklyn Plutonium
1994 Happy Together Plutonium
1996 Go Space Megamania
1997 Mongolian Barbeque Megamania
2000 Terzo Mondo Johanna Kustannus
2006 Zombies Paradise Sony BMG
2011 Buena Vodka Social Club SPV Recordings
2013 Merry Christmas[1] Leningrad Cowboys Ltd.

Soundtracks

Year Title Label
1989 Leningrad Cowboys Go America AMT

Live albums

Year Title Label
1992 Live in Prowinzz Plutonium
1993 Total Balalaika Show - Helsinki Concert Plutonium
1995 Nokia Balalaika Show (promo only) Megamania
2003 Global Balalaika Show Leningrad Cowboys Ltd.

Compilations

Year Title Label
1999 Thank You Very Many - Greatest Hits & Rarities BMG
2000 Leningrad Cowboys Go Wild Ariola Express
2009 Those Were the Days - The Best Of Leningrad Cowboys Leningrad Cowboys Ltd
2014 Those Were the Hits Johanna Kustannus

Singles

Year Title Format Label Album
1987 "L. A. Woman" 7" AMT 1917–1987
"In the Ghetto" 12" AMT
1991 "Thru The Wire (Short Film)" 7", CD Chlodwig/BMG Ariola Leningrad Cowboys Go America
"Those Were The Days" CD AMT/BMG Ariola We Cum from Brooklyn
1992 "Thru the Wire" CD BMG Ariola
"Those Were The Days" 7", CD Chlodwig/BMG Ariola
1993 "These Boots" CD BMG Ariola, Plutonium
1996 "Jupiter Calling" CD BMG Ariola, Megamania Go Space
"Where's The Moon" CD BMG Ariola, Megamania
1999 "Mardi Gras Ska" CD Megamania Terzo Mondo
2000 "Happy Being Miserable" CD Johanna Kustannus
"Monkey Groove" (remix) CD Johanna Kustannus
2004 "Der Lachende Vagabund" CD (Promo) Leningrad Cowboys Ltd. Zombies Paradise
2006 "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" CD Sony BMG

EPs

Year Title Format Label
1994 Nokia Balalaika Show CD Plutonium
1995 Vodka CD (promo) Plutonium
1997 Mongolian Barbeque CD Megamania
2008 007 Villain Club by Swatch CD (Promo) Spark Records

Videography

Feature films

Year Title Director
1989 Leningrad Cowboys Go America Aki Kaurismäki
1994 Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1998 L.A. Without a Map Mika Kaurismäki

Concert films

Year Title Director Notes
1994 Total Balalaika Show Aki Kaurismäki
Nokia Balalaika Show Concert
2001 Leningrad Cowboys Go Classic TV broadcast (NDR)
2003 Global Balalaika Show Timo Suomi TV broadcast (YLE)
2004 Leningrad Cowboys Play Hurriganes Concert of Hurriganes music – TV broadcast (YLE)

Music videos

Year Title Director
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

Year Title Author(s) Publisher ISBN
1994 Merry Christmas Leningrad Cowboys
*Published in Finnish, English, and German editions
Seppo Hämäläinen
Sakke Järvenpää
Mato Valtonen
Otava Publishing ISBN 951-1-13557-0 (Finnish)
ISBN 951-1-13568-6 (English)
ISBN 951-1-13569-4 (German)
1995 Leningrad Cowboys – Sweet Home Mexico
*Published in Finnish only
Seppo Hämäläinen
Sakke Järvenpää
Mato Valtonen
Otava Publishing ISBN 951-1-13951-7
2008 PRAVDA – The Truth About The Leningrad Cowboys
*Published in English, German, and FInnish in the same volume
Roman Schatz Johnny Kniga / WSOY Publishing ISBN 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. http://leningradcowboys.fi/store/product_details.php?p=58
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