The Associates discography

The Associates discography
Studio albums5
EPs2
Compilation albums10
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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.