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

This is the discography of Scottish punk rock band Skids.

Albums

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Studio albums

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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

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  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.
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