Thompson Twins discography

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Thompson Twins discography
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Thompson Twins in 1985, left to right: Joe Leeway, Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey.
Studio albums8
Compilation albums15
Video albums3
Music videos19
Singles35

The following is the complete discography of English pop band Thompson Twins .

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleReleasePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2] [3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
A Product Of... (Participation)
Set
  • Release date: 26 February 1982
  • Label: Arista Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette
48
Quick Step & Side Kick
Side Kicks (U.S.)
  • Release date: January 1983 (UK)
    February 1983 (U.S.)
  • Label: Arista Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette
285264772734
Into the Gap
  • Release date: 17 February 1984
  • Label: Arista Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette
14362311614710
Here's to Future Days
  • Release date: 17 September 1985
  • Label: Arista Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette
581442421971220
Close to the Bone
  • Release date: 31 March 1987
  • Label: Arista Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette
907146202676
Big Trash 143
Queer
  • Release date: 24 September 1991
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
193
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleReleasePeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1]
US
[11]
In the Name of Love (U.S.)
  • Release date: June 1982
  • Label: Arista Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette
148
The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: Arista Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette
175
Thompson Twins Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: Stylus Music
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
23
The Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 7 April 2003
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

The following compilations were released in various territories but did not chart:

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[22]
US Dan
[23]
1980"Squares and Triangles" [upper-alpha 1] single only
"She's in Love with Mystery" [upper-alpha 2]
1981"Perfect Game" A Product Of... (Participation)
"Animal Laugh"
"Make Believe"
"Politics"
1982"In the Name of Love"441 Set ;
In the Name of Love (U.S.)
"Runaway" [upper-alpha 3]
"Lies"6727126301 Quick Step and Side Kick ;

Side Kicks (U.S.)
1983"Love on Your Side"9804732279456
"We Are Detective"748
"Watching" 33
"Hold Me Now"433741831 Into the Gap
1984"Doctor! Doctor!"31411112312111118
"You Take Me Up"2472824502444
"Sister of Mercy"11
"The Gap"6269
"Lay Your Hands on Me"1328391917non-album single
1985"Roll Over" [upper-alpha 4] Here's to Future Days
"Lay Your Hands on Me" (remix)8646
"Don't Mess with Doctor Dream"15173034121011
"King for a Day"2220124108
"Revolution"5643
1986"Nothing in Common"685438 Nothing in Common soundtrack
1987"Get That Love"667531 Close to the Bone
"Long Goodbye"89
"Bush Baby" [upper-alpha 5]
1988"In the Name of Love '88"461 The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes
1989"Sugar Daddy"97155 [29] 36282 Big Trash
"Bombers in the Sky"152 [30]
1990"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" [upper-alpha 6] Red Hot + Blue
1991"Come Inside"56149 [3] 7 Queer
1992"The Saint"53
"Groove On"
"Play with Me (Jane)" Cool World
"—" denotes singles which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Music videos

Videography

YearTitleFormat
1983"Side Kicks" - The MovieVHS/LaserDisc/DVD
1984Into the Gap LiveVHS/LaserDisc
1985Single Vision
  • Notes: Collection of 11 promotional video clips
VHS/LaserDisc

Soundtrack appearances

Video game

Notes

  1. "Squares and Triangles" was released on its own independent label, Dirty Discs in April 1980, and was re-released as a free single with the album Set on 26 February 1982.
  2. "She's in Love with Mystery" was released in November 1980 through independent label Latent.
  3. This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 83 on the Record Business Top 100 Singles chart. [24]
  4. "Roll Over", released on 12 April 1985 on 7" & 12" vinyl, was intended to be the first official single from Here's to Future Days . It was withdrawn on the day of release, but some copies were sold and made it to the public. It featured a different version of the song with the 12" extended version titled "Roll Over (Again)". The B-side was a semi-instrumental version of "King for a Day" titled "Fools in Paradise".
  5. "Bush Baby" was released in 1987 as a promo 7" single with an exclusive 7" single version b/w "Follow Your Heart" on Arista Records.
  6. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" was released in December 1990, as the clearly labelled B-side to Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop's "Well Did You Evah?" on 7", 12" vinyl and CD single to promote the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Blue . Only the Harry/Pop A-side charted.

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