The Associates discography
Studio albums5
Compilation albums10
EPs2
Singles22
Remix albums1

This is the discography of Scottish post-punk/new wave band the Associates.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
NL
[2]
NZ
[3]
The Affectionate Punch 48
Sulk 10 23
Perhaps
  • Released: 8 February 1985
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: LP, MC
23 29
The Glamour Chase[4][5][6][7]
  • Released: Commercially unavailable until 2002
  • A pre-release promo cassette was released on 15 September 1988,[8] but the album was rejected for release by WEA
Wild and Lonely
  • Released: 24 March 1990
  • Label: Circa
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
71
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK Indie
[9]
Fourth Drawer Down 5
Popera – The Singles Collection
  • Released: November 1990
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
The Radio 1 Sessions
Double Hipness
  • Released: August 2000
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: 2xCD
The Glamour Chase & Perhaps
  • Released: 6 May 2002
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: 2xCD set
The Radio One Sessions Volume One 1981–1983
The Radio One Sessions Vol.2 1984–1985
  • Released: 30 June 2003
  • Label: Strange Fruit
  • Formats: CD
Singles
  • Released: 26 July 2004
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: 2xCD
Sulk : Fourth Drawer Down
  • Released: 24 May 2004
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: 2xCD set
The Very Best Of
  • Released: 8 April 2016
  • Label: Union Square Music/Metro Select
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Remix albums

Title Album details
The Affectionate Punch
  • Released: December 1982
  • Label: Fiction
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Remix of their debut album

EPs

Title Album details
The Peel Sessions
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: Strange Fruit
  • Formats: CD, 12"
Poperetta EP
  • Released: 14 January 1991
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: 7", 12"

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[9]
IRE
[10]
NL
[11]
US Dance
[12]
"Boys Keep Swinging" 1979 Non-album single
"The Affectionate Punch" 1980 The Affectionate Punch
"Tell Me Easter's on Friday" 1981 8 Fourth Drawer Down
"Kites" (as 39 Lyon Street) Non-album single
"Q Quarters" 5 Fourth Drawer Down
"Kitchen Person" 9
"A" The Affectionate Punch
"Message Oblique Speech" 22 Fourth Drawer Down
"White Car in Germany" 11
"Party Fears Two" 1982 9 16 Sulk
"Club Country" 13 22
"18 Carat Love Affair"/"Love Hangover" 21 21 Non-album single
"A Matter of Gender" The Affectionate Punch (remix)
"Those First Impressions" 1984 43 Perhaps
"Waiting for the Loveboat" 53
"Breakfast" 1985 49 36
"Take Me to the Girl" 95 Non-album single
"Heart of Glass" 1988 56 The Glamour Chase
"Country Boy'" (withdrawn)
"Fever" 1990 81 Wild and Lonely
"Fire to Ice" 92 30
"Just Can't Say Goodbye" 1991 79
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Selected compilation appearances

  • "Aggressive and Ninety Pounds" (as 'the Associates featuring Billy Mackenzie') on Mad Mix II cassette (1983), NME[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "ASSOCIATES | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. "Random Jukebox: the Associates cover Blondie's Heart of Glass". Stevepafford.com. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. "A Beginner's Guide To BILLY MACKENZIE". Electricityclub.co.uk. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. "Associates, The". Nostalgiacentral.com. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  7. The Glamour Chase: The Maverick Life of Billy Mackenzie by Tom Doyle (published by Birlinn General ISBN 9781846972096)
  8. The Associates - The Glamour Chase, 15 September 1988, retrieved 10 March 2022
  9. 1 2 Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989'. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
  10. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  11. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  12. "Adam Ant – Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  13. "NME 008 – Mad Mix II (1983) | NME Cassettes Redux". Nmecassettes.wordpress.com. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.