A Certain Ratio discography

This is the discography of English post-punk band A Certain Ratio.

A Certain Radio discography
Studio albums11
Live albums2
Compilation albums7
EPs9
Singles33
Remix albums2

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2][3]
The Graveyard and the Ballroom 29[upper-alpha 1]
To Each...
  • Released: April 1981
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: LP
1
Sextet
  • Released: January 1982
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: LP
52 1
I'd Like to See You Again
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: LP
2
Force
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2
Good Together
  • Released: 28 August 1989[5]
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
acr:mcr
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Up in Downsville
  • Released: 26 October 1992[6]
  • Label: Rob's
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Change the Station
  • Released: January 1997
  • Label: Rob's
  • Formats: CD
Mind Made Up
  • Released: November 2008
  • Label: Le Maquis
  • Formats: CD
  • France-only release
ACR Loco 69 5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie

[2]
Live – America 1985
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Self-release
  • Formats: MC
  • Later released on CD and LP in 1987 as Live in America
10[upper-alpha 2]
Live in Groningen (Holland) 26.10.1980
  • Released: July 2005
  • Label: LTM
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Remix albums

Title Album details
Looking for a Certain Ratio
  • Released: August 1994
  • Label: Creation
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Loco Remezclada
  • Released: 5 November 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP, digital download

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie

[2][7][8]
The Double 12"
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: 2x12"
  • Australasia and Italy-only release
The Old & the New
  • Released: January 1986
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: LP, MC
3
Early
  • Released: 22 March 2002
  • Label: Soul Jazz
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP
B-Sides, Sessions & Rarities
  • Released: June 2002
  • Label: Soul Jazz
  • Formats: 2x10"
  • Limited release
ACR:Perc
  • Released: 26 November 2016
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: MC
  • Limited release
acr:set
  • Released: 10 October 2018
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP
26
ACR:Box
  • Released: 3 May 2019
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 4×CD, 7×LP, digital download
27

EPs

Title Album details
Greetings Four
  • Released: September 1987
  • Label: Materiali Sonori
  • Formats: 12"
  • Italy-only release
Four for the Floor
  • Released: 16 February 1990
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, 12"
Soundstation Volume 1
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Rob's
  • Formats: CD, 12"
Soundstation Volume 2
  • Released: April 1997
  • Label: Rob's
  • Formats: 12"
Fila Brazillia Versus A Certain Ratio
  • Released: 22 April 2003
  • Label: Twentythree
  • Formats: CD, 12"
Dirty Boy & Shack Up Remixed
  • Released: 6 September 2019
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12"
  • Limited release
ACR:EPA
  • Released: 7 May 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12", digital download
ACR:EPC
  • Released: 2 July 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12", digital download
ACR:EPR
  • Released: 13 August 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12", digital download

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
US Dance
[9]
"All Night Party" 1979 The Graveyard and the Ballroom
"Shack Up" (Belgium-only release) 1980 Non-album single
"Flight" 7 The Graveyard and the Ballroom
"Do the Du (Casse)"/"Shack Up" (US-only release) 1981 46
"Waterline" 10 Non-album singles
"Abracadubra" (as Sir Horatio) 1982
"Guess Who?" (Belgium-only release) 23[upper-alpha 3] I'd Like to See You Again
"Knife Slits Water" 3 Sextet
"I Need Someone Tonite" 1983 8 Non-album singles
"Life's a Scream" 1984 6
"Brazilia" (Belgium and France-only release) 13[upper-alpha 3]
"Wild Party" 1985 4
"Mickey Way (The Candy Bar)" 1986 9 Force
"Bootsy" (Australia-only release) 1987
"The Big E (I Won't Stop Loving You)" 1989 96 Good Together
"Backs to the Wall"
"Your Blue Eyes"
"Good Together" 1990 81
"Won't Stop Loving You" 55 acr:mcr
"Loosen Up Your Mind" 1991 Non-album singles
"Twenty Seven Forever"
"Mello" 1992 Up in Downsville
"Turn Me On" 1993
"Tekno"
"Dirty Boy" (featuring Barry Adamson) 2018 acr:set
"Make It Happen"
"W.S.L.U." 2019 ACR:Box
"Houses in Motion"
"Friends Around Us" (limited release) 2020 ACR Loco
"Always in Love"
"Yo Yo Gi"
"Berlin"
"YoYoGrip" (featuring Jacknife Lee and Maria Uzor) ACR:EPC EP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. Charted in 1985.
  2. Charted in 1987.
  3. Charted due to import sales.

References

  1. "A CERTAIN RATIO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
  3. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. "FACT 16 The Graveyard and the Ballroom | A Certain Ratio". factoryrecords.org. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. "New Releases" (PDF). Music & Media. 29 July 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. "Advert" (PDF). Music Week. 24 October 1992. p. 20. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  9. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003 (illustrated ed.). Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 9780898201567.
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