# The Associates discography

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

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | NL | NZ |
| The Affectionate Punch | Released: 1 August 1980 Label: Fiction Formats: LP, MC | — | — | 48 |
| Sulk | Released: 14 May 1982 Label: Associates/Beggars Banquet Formats: LP, MC | 10 | — | 23 |
| Perhaps | Released: 8 February 1985 Label: WEA Formats: LP, MC | 23 | 29 | — |
| The Glamour Chase | Released: Commercially unavailable until 2002 A pre-release promo cassette was released on 15 September 1988, 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 |
| Title | Album details | UK Indie |
| Fourth Drawer Down | Released: October 1981 Label: Situation Two Formats: LP, MC | 5 |
| Popera – The Singles Collection | Released: November 1990 Label: EastWest Formats: CD, LP, MC | — |
| The Radio 1 Sessions | Released: August 1994 Label: Nighttracks Formats: CD | — |
| 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 | Released: 24 February 2003 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD | — |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | UK Indie | IRE | NL | US Dance | Album |
| "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) | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Q Quarters" | 1981 | — | 5 | — | — | — | Fourth Drawer Down |
| "Kitchen Person" | 1981 | — | 9 | — | — | — | Fourth Drawer Down |
| "A" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | The Affectionate Punch |
| "Message Oblique Speech" | 1981 | — | 22 | — | — | — | Fourth Drawer Down |
| "White Car in Germany" | 1981 | — | 11 | — | — | — | Fourth Drawer Down |
| "Party Fears Two" | 1982 | 9 | — | 16 | — | — | Sulk |
| "Club Country" | 1982 | 13 | — | 22 | — | — | Sulk |
| "18 Carat Love Affair"/"Love Hangover" | 1982 | 21 | — | 21 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "A Matter of Gender" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | The Affectionate Punch (remix) |
| "Those First Impressions" | 1984 | 43 | — | — | — | — | Perhaps |
| "Waiting for the Loveboat" | 1984 | 53 | — | — | — | — | Perhaps |
| "Breakfast" | 1985 | 49 | — | — | 36 | — | Perhaps |
| "Take Me to the Girl" | 1985 | 95 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Heart of Glass" | 1988 | 56 | — | — | — | — | The Glamour Chase |
| "Country Boy'" (withdrawn) | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | The Glamour Chase |
| "Fever" | 1990 | 81 | — | — | — | — | Wild and Lonely |
| "Fire to Ice" | 1990 | 92 | — | — | — | 30 | Wild and Lonely |
| "Just Can't Say Goodbye" | 1991 | 79 | — | — | — | — | Wild and Lonely |
| "—" 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