Skids discography

Skids discography
Studio albums7
EPs3
Live albums5
Compilation albums8
Singles11
Video albums2

This is the discography of Scottish punk rock band Skids.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1] 		UK Indie
[2][3][4]
Scared to Dance
  • Released: 23 February 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
 19 —
Days in Europa
  • Released: 12 October 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
 32 —
The Absolute Game
  • Released: 19 September 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, 2xLP, MC
 9 —
Joy
  • Released: 20 November 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — —
Burning Cities 28 2
Peaceful Times
  • Released: 28 June 2019
  • Label: No Bad
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • Acoustic re-recordings of hits
 —[A] 9
Songs from a Haunted Ballroom
  • Released: 4 June 2021
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 —[B] 13
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Title Album details
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Masquerade Masquerade – The Skids Live
Live in London
  • Released: 19 June 2017
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Recorded in June 2017 at the Roundhouse[7]
Skids Live Volume 1 2010
  • Released: 14 May 2021
  • Label: No Bad
  • Formats: CD
  • Recorded in March 2010 at the O2 ABC Glasgow
Skids Live Volume 2 – Lockdown Live
  • Released: 7 October 2021
  • Label: No Bad
  • Formats: CD
  • Recorded in 2021

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Fanfare
  • Released: July 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
 —
Dunfermline – A Collection of the Skids' Finest Moments
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • Reissued in 1995 as Sweet Suburbia – The Best of the Skids and in 2005 as Into the Valley – The Best of the Skids
 —
The Greatest Hits of Big Country and the Skids – The Best of Stuart Adamson 71
The Very Best of the Skids
  • Released: 28 July 2003
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
 —
The Saints Are Coming – The Best of the Skids
  • Released: 26 February 2007
  • Label: Virgin/EMI
  • Formats: CD
 —
The Singles Collection 1978–1981
  • Released: 23 January 2012
  • Label: Captain Oi!
  • Formats: 2xCD
 —
The Virgin Years —
The Saints Are Coming – Live and Acoustic 2007–2021
  • Released: 24 June 2022
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Formats: 6xCD
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

Title Album details
The Skids
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Virgin Music Video
  • Formats: VHS
Live 2010
  • Released: October 2010
  • Label: No Bad Films
  • Formats: DVD
  • Australia-only release

EPs

Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Skids
  • Released: 24 February 1978
  • Label: No Bad
  • Formats: 7"
  • Also known by the track "Charles"
 —
Wide Open 48
Skids
  • Released: May 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		IRE
[8]
"Sweet Suburbia"
b/w "Open Sound" 		1978 70 — Non-album single
"Into the Valley"
b/w "TV Stars" 		1979 10 15 Scared to Dance
"Masquerade"
b/w "Out of Town" 		14 6 Non-album single
"Charade"
b/w "Grey Parade" 		31 — Days in Europa
"Working for the Yankee Dollar"
b/w "Vanguard's Crusade" 		20 —
"Animation"
b/w "Pros and Cons" 		1980 56 —
"Circus Games"
b/w "One Decree" 		32 — The Absolute Game
"Goodbye Civilian"
b/w "Monkey McGuire Meets Specky Potter Behind the Lochore Institute" 		52 —
"Woman in Winter"
b/w "Working for the Yankee Dollar" (live) 		49 —
"Fields"
b/w "Brave Man" 		1981 — — Joy
"Iona"
b/w "Blood and Soil" 		— —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ Peaceful Times did not enter the Official Albums Chart but peaked at number 33 on the Albums Sales Chart.[5]
  2. ^ Songs from a Haunted Ballroom did not enter the Official Albums Chart but peaked at number 43 on the Albums Sales Chart.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "SKIDS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100". Officialcharts.com.
  6. ^ "Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100". Officialcharts.com.
  7. ^ "Skids - Live In London - 2 x CD". LiveHereNow.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2 September 2022.