A Certain Ratio discography

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A Certain Ratio discography
Studio albums12
Live albums2
Compilation albums7
EPs9
Singles33
Remix albums2

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

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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
521
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 Loco695
1982
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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

TitleAlbum 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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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

TitleAlbum 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

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
US Dance
[9]
"All Night Party"1979The Graveyard and the Ballroom
"Shack Up" (Belgium-only release)1980Non-album single
"Flight"7The Graveyard and the Ballroom
"Do the Du (Casse)"/"Shack Up" (US-only release)198146
"Waterline"10Non-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"3Sextet
"I Need Someone Tonite"19838Non-album singles
"Life's a Scream"19846
"Brazilia" (Belgium and France-only release)13 [upper-alpha 3]
"Wild Party"19854
"Mickey Way (The Candy Bar)"19869Force
"Bootsy" (Australia-only release)1987
"The Big E (I Won't Stop Loving You)"198996Good Together
"Backs to the Wall"
"Your Blue Eyes"
"Good Together"199081
"Won't Stop Loving You"55acr:mcr
"Loosen Up Your Mind"1991Non-album singles
"Twenty Seven Forever"
"Mello"1992Up in Downsville
"Turn Me On"1993
"Tekno"
"Dirty Boy" (featuring Barry Adamson)2018acr:set
"Make It Happen"
"W.S.L.U."2019ACR:Box
"Houses in Motion"
"Friends Around Us" (limited release)2020ACR 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. 1 2 Charted due to import sales.

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