# Sad Café

Sad Café are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1976, who achieved their peak of popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for the UK top 40 singles "Every Day Hurts", "Strange Little Girl", "My Oh My" and "I'm in Love Again", the first of which was their biggest hit, reaching number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1979. The band also had two US Billboard Hot 100 hits with "Run Home Girl" and "La-Di-Da".

## History

The group formed as a result of the unification of rock bands Mandalaband and Gyro. Its founder members were Paul Young (vocals), Ian Wilson (guitar), Vic Emerson (keyboards), Ashley Mulford (lead guitar), John Stimpson (bass) and Tony Cresswell (drums). The band took their name from the Carson McCullers novella Ballad of the Sad Café. Harvey Lisberg, who also managed 10cc, arranged for Eric Stewart to produce their third album, Facades (an anagram of Sad Cafe), which included the top 3 single "Every Day Hurts".

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | UK | US |
| Fanx Ta-Ra | Released: September 1977 Label: RCA | 56 | — |
| Misplaced Ideals | Released: April 1978 Label: RCA | 50 | — |
| Misplaced Ideals | Released: November 1978 Label: A&M US version of the two first LPs | — | 94 |
| Facades | Released: September 1979 Label: RCA, A&M | 8 | 146 |
| Sad Café | Released: October 1980 Label: RCA, Swan Song | 46 | 160 |
| Olé | Released: October 1981 Label: Polydor | 72 | — |
| Politics of Existing | Released 1985 Label: Legacy, Atlantic | — | — |
| Whatever It Takes | Released: 1989 Label: Legacy | — | — |

### Live albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | UK |
| Live in Concert | Released: April 1981 Label: RCA | 37 |
| Access All Areas | Released: 23 March 2015 Label: Edsel Includes DVD of concert | — |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Details |
| The Best of Sad Café | Released: 1984 Label: RCA |
| The Best of Sad Café | Released: 1994 Label: Ariola Express |
| Everyday Hurts: The Best of Sad Café | Released: June 1997 Label: Camden |
| The Masters | Released: September 1997 Label: Eagle |
| Facades / Misplaced Ideals | Released: November 1997 Label: Renaissance US-only release |
| Saving Grace | Released: September 2000 Label: Castle Repackaging of Politics of Existing and Whatever It Takes |
| The Best of Sad Café | Released: April 2001 Label: Camden Reissue of 1997 Everyday Hurts: The Best of Sad Café |
| Anthology | Released: July 2001 Label: Burning Airlines UK release |
| Every Day Hurts | Released: 2002 Label: Armoury |
| Anthology | Released: January 2005 Label: Renaissance US release of the 2001 album |
| Anthology | Released: September 2008 Label: The Store for Music European release of the 2001 album |
| Fanx Ta-Ra / Misplaced Ideals | Released: June 2009 Label: Edsel UK-only release |
| Facades / Sad Cafe | Released: June 2009 Label: Edsel UK-only release |
| Anthology | Released: January 2021 Label: Renaissance Vinyl reissue of the 2001 album |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| Title | Year | UK | AUS | NLD | US |
| "Black Rose" | 1977 | — | — | — | — |
| "Love Will Survive" (UK-only release) | 1977 | — | — | — | — |
| "Hungry Eyes" (UK-only release) | 1978 | — | — | — | — |
| "Run Home Girl" (US-only release) | 1978 | — | — | — | 71 |
| "Every Day Hurts" | 1979 | 3 | 78 | 48 | — |
| "Emptiness" (US and Canada-only release) | 1979 | — | — | — | 108 |
| "Strange Little Girl" | 1979 | 32 | — | — | — |
| "My Oh My" | 1980 | 14 | — | 42 | — |
| "Nothing Left Toulouse" (UK only-release) | 1980 | 62 | — | — | — |
| "La-Di-Da" | 1980 | 41 | — | — | 78 |
| "I'm in Love Again" | 1980 | 40 | — | — | — |
| "Black Rose" (Live) | 1981 | — | — | — | — |
| "Misunderstanding" | 1981 | — | — | — | — |
| "La-Di-Da" (US release) | 1981 | — | — | — | 78 |
| "No Favours – No Way" (US-only promo) | 1981 | — | — | — | — |
| "Follow You Anywhere" | 1981 | — | — | — | — |
| "Keep Us Together" (UK-only release) | 1983 | 80 | — | — | — |
| "Why Do You Love Me Like You Do" | 1984 | — | — | — | — |
| "Refugees" (UK-only release) | 1985 | — | — | — | — |
| "Only Love" (UK-only release) | 1986 | — | — | — | — |
| "Heart" | 1986 | — | — | — | — |
| "Take Me (Heart and Soul)" (UK-only release) | 1989 | — | — | — | — |
| "Whatever It Takes" | 1989 | — | — | — | — |