The Partridge Family discography

The Partridge Family discography
The Partridge Family in 1970
Studio albums8
Compilation albums5
Singles11
Holiday albums1

This article presents the discography of all albums and singles released by the American pop-rock group The Partridge Family. It includes eight studio albums including one holiday release, plus five compilations and 11 singles.

The Partridge Family were a pop music act linked to the popular 1970–74 ABC-TV television series The Partridge Family, featuring lead and backing vocals respectively by the programme's stars David Cassidy and Shirley Jones, plus professional backing vocalists and session musicians.[1] The other four cast members portraying the TV family featured on several of the album covers but did not participate in the recordings. The "group" recorded from 1970 to 1973 and in late 1970 topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the debut single "I Think I Love You", which NARM declared the year's best-selling single.[2] In 1971 the Partridge Family were Grammy-nominated for the Best New Artist of 1970.[3]

The Partridge Family's 1972 and 1973 single releases fared much better in the UK than in the US, coinciding with David Cassidy's phenomenal UK standing as a solo star during this period. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" was released in the UK in 1972 as a Maxi single with "I Think I Love You" on the same side and "I'll Meet You Halfway" on the B-side. It reached No 3 in the UK charts

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certification
US
[4] 		US Cash Box
 AUS
[5] 		CAN
 UK
[6]
The Partridge Family Album
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: Bell 6050
  • Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette, reel
 4 6 30 6 —
Up to Date
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Bell 6059
  • Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette, reel
 3 3 10 1 46
Sound Magazine
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Bell 6064
  • Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette, reel
 9 9 18 5 14
A Partridge Family Christmas Card
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Bell 6066
  • Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
 — 19 — — 45
Shopping Bag
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Bell 6072
  • Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
 18 16 45 13 28
The Partridge Family Notebook
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Bell 1111
  • Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
 41 33 — — —
Crossword Puzzle
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Bell 1122
  • Formats: LP
 167 105 — — —
Bulletin Board
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Bell 1137
  • Formats: LP
 — 124 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations

Title Details Peak chart positions Certification
US
[4] 		US Cash Box
 CAN
 UK
At Home with Their Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Bell 1107
  • Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
 21 20 17 —
The World of the Partridge Family
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Bell 1319
  • Formats: LP
 — — — —
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1989
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: CD
 — — — —
The Definitive Collection
  • Release date: January 11, 2000
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: CD
 — — — —
Come On Get Happy!: The Very Best of The Partridge Family
  • Release date: May 3, 2005
  • Label: Sony Legacy
  • Formats: CD
 — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Details Peak chart positions Certification Album
US
[4] 		Cashbox
[8] 		US AC
[9] 		AUS
[5] 		CAN
 NZ
[10] 		UK
[6]
"I Think I Love You"
b/w "Somebody Wants to Love You"
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: Bell 910
 1 1 8 1 1 5 18 The Partridge Family Album
"Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"
b/w "You Are Always on My Mind"
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Bell 963
 6 1 6 7 1 20 — Up to Date
"I'll Meet You Halfway"
b/w "Morning Rider on the Road"
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Bell 996
 9 2 4 7 4 13 —
"I Woke Up in Love This Morning"
b/w "Twenty Four Hours a Day"
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Bell 45,130
 13 9 14 5 4 — — Sound Magazine
"It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)"
b/w "One Night Stand" (from Sound Magazine)
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Bell 45,160
 20 13 2 21 6 — 11 Shopping Bag
"Am I Losing You"
b/w "If You Ever Go"
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Bell 45,200
 59 31 36 88 17 — —
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
b/w "I'm Here, You're Here" (from Up To Date)
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Bell 45,235
 28 25 30 3 18 11 3 At Home with Their Greatest Hits
"Looking Through the Eyes of Love"
b/w "Storybook Love"
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Bell 45,301
 39 25 9 22 20 — 9 Notebook
"Friend and a Lover"
b/w "Something's Wrong"
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Bell 45,336
 99 92 — 80 — — —
"Walking in the Rain"
b/w "Together We're Better"[A]
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Bell 1293
 — — — — — — 10
"Looking for a Good Time"
b/w "Money Money"
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Bell 45,414
 — — — — — — — Bulletin Board
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ "Walking in the Rain" was released only in the UK.

References

  1. ^ C'mon, Get Happy Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus by David Cassidy and Chip Deffaa, 1994 DBC Enterprises, Warner Books Inc, p. 56-60
  2. ^ C'mon, Get Happy...Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus, p. 92
  3. ^ The Palm Beach Post-Times. Sunday, March 14, 1971. "Elite of the Record Industry Await the Grammy Awards", page B16
  4. ^ a b c "The Partridge Family | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  5. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 230. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 419. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Record Research, 2014.
  9. ^ "The Partridge Family - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  10. ^ "Flavour of New Zealand".