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Family discography
Studio albums7
Live albums5
Compilation albums9
Singles14

This is a discography of the rock band Family. They have released 7 studio albums, 5 live albums, 9 compilation albums and 14 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak positions RIAA Certification
UK
[1]
US
[2]
NOR
[3]
1968 Music in a Doll's House
  • Released: July 1968
  • Label: UK Reprise (RSLP-6312) US Reprise (RS-6212*)
  • Format: LP, CD
35
1969 Family Entertainment
  • Released: March 1969
  • Label: UK Reprise (RSLP-6340) US Reprise (RS-6340)
  • Format: LP, CD
6
1970 A Song for Me
  • Released: January 1970
  • Label: UK Reprise (RSLP-9001) US Reprise (RS-6384)
  • Format: LP, CD
4
Anyway
  • Released: November 1970
  • Label: UK Reprise (RSX-9005) US United Artists (UAS-5527)
  • Format: LP, CD
7 207 18
1971 Fearless
  • Released: October 1971
  • Label: UK Reprise (K-54003) US United Artists (UAS-5562)
  • Format: LP, CD
14 177
1972 Bandstand
  • Released: September 1972
  • Label: UK Reprise (K-54006) US United Artists (UAS-5644)
  • Format: LP, CD
15 183
1973 It's Only a Movie
  • Released: September 1973
  • Label: UK Raft (RA-58501) US United Artists (#UA-LA181-F)
  • Format: LP, CD
30

(* RS-6312, was initially sold in the US using the UK pressing, with a thin sheet of cardboard added to the cover to add strength to the thinner style of UK album covers. Within a fairly short time, US Reprise pressed up their own US edition!)

Live albums

Year Album details Peak positions RIAA Certification
UK
[1]
US
[2]
1991 BBC Radio 1 in Concert - - -
2003 Family Live - - -
2004 BBC Volume 1: 1968–1969 (live) - - -
BBC Volume 2: 1971–1973 (live) - - -
2009 BBC Volume 3: 1970 (live) - - -

Compilation albums

Year Title Chart-Positions RIAA Certification
UK
[1]
US
[2]
1971 Old Songs New Songs - - -
1974 Best of Family - - -
1980 From The Archives - - -
1989 Peel Sessions - - -
1990 Best Of Family - - -
1992 A's & B's - - -
2000 A Family Selection - - -
2002 The Best of Family & Friends - - -
2006 In Their Own Time - - -
2013 History - - -

Singles

Year Title Peak Positions RIAA Certification
UK
[1]
US
[2]
1967 Scene Through the Eye of a Lens
Gypsy Woman
- no issue -
1968 Me My Friend
Hey Mr. Policeman
- no issue -
Old Songs, New Songs
Hey, Mr. Policeman
no issue - -
Second Generation Woman
Hometown
- - -
1969 No Mule's Fool
Good Friend Of Mine
29 - -
1970 Today
Song For Lots
- no issue -
Strange Band
The Weaver's Answer
Hung Up Down
11 no issue (see note below) -
1971 In My Own Time
Seasons
4 - -
Larf & Sing
Between Blue and Me
no issue - -
1972 Burlesque
The Rockin' R's
13 - -
1973 My Friend The Sun
Glove
- - -
Boom Bang
Stop This Car
- no issue -
Sweet Desiree
Drink To You
- no issue -
It's Only A Movie
Suspicion
no issue - -

The single In My Own Time was included in the U.S. version of Anyway (United Artists, 1971).

(Note) Strangely, the "Strange Band" 3-song E.P. was allocated three matrix numbers by Atlantic Records for release:

  • 20481 The Weaver's Answer
  • 20482 Hung Up Down
  • 20483 Strange Band

(of course, no single was ever issued on Atlantic or on any of their labels)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Chart Stats - The Family". www.chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  2. ^ a b c d "allmusic ((( Family > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  3. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Family". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.