Fad Gadget discography
This is the discography of British electronic musician Fad Gadget, including releases under his actual name Frank Tovey.
| Fad Gadget discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 19 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [1] | ||
| Fireside Favourites | 7 | |
| Incontinent |
|
8 |
| Under the Flag |
|
14 |
| Gag |
|
5 |
| As Frank Tovey | ||
| Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing |
|
— |
| Snakes & Ladders |
|
21 |
| Civilian |
|
— |
| Tyranny and the Hired Hand |
|
— |
| Grand Union |
|
— |
| Worried Men in Second-Hand Suits |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [1] | ||
| The Fad Gadget Singles |
|
18 |
| The Best of Fad Gadget |
|
— |
| Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4][5] |
UK Indie [1] | |||
| "Back to Nature" | 1979 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Ricky's Hand" | 1980 | — | 11 | |
| "Fireside Favourite" / "Insecticide" | — | 28 | Fireside Favourites | |
| "Make Room" | 1981 | — | 21 | Non-album single |
| "Saturday Night Spell" | 1982 | — | 22 | Incontinent |
| "King of the Flies" | — | 17 | ||
| "Life on the Line" | — | 10 | Under the Flag | |
| "For Whom the Bells Toll" | 1983 | 182 | 32 | |
| "I Discover Love" | 105 | 15 | Non-album single | |
| "Collapsing New People" | 1984 | 85 | 5 | Gag |
| "One Man's Meat" | 92 | 21 | ||
| As Frank Tovey | ||||
| "Luxury" | 1985 | — | 20 | Snakes & Ladders |
| "Luddite Joe" | 1986 | — | 44 | |
| "Immobilise" (as part of Mkultra) | 1987 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Bridge St. Shuffle" | 1988 | — | — | Civilian |
| "Sam Hall" | 1989 | — | — | Tyranny and the Hired Hand |
| "The Liberty Tree" (with the Pyros) | 1991 | — | — | Grand Union |
| "Fireside Favourite" (I Monster remix; as Fad Gadget) | 2001 | — | — | The Best of Fad Gadget |
| "Collapsing New People" (WestBam remix; as Fad Gadget) | 2003 | — | — | Herr Lehmann (OST) |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
Other releases
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "King of the Flies" | 1981 | Released as a flexi disc with Flexipop magazine, split with "Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead" by Depeche Mode |
| "Untitled" | 1983 | Released as a flexi disc with Dutch Vinyl magazine, split with "March of the Iron Workers" by Mecano |
| "The Brotherhood" | 1988 | 12" promotional and limited release of remixes of the track from Civilian |
| "All That Is Mine" (with the Pyros) | 1992 | Promotional CD single from Worried Men in Second-Hand Suits |
| "Ricky's Hand" (vs Dr. Motte) | 1999 | Limited Germany-only white label release |
References
- Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
- "Releases" (PDF). Record Mirror. 9 October 1982. p. 10. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- "Mute records" (PDF). Music Week. 12 August 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- "FAD GADGET | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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