A Certain Ratio discography

A Certain Ratio discography
A Certain Ratio discography
Studio albums	12
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	7
EPs	9
Singles	33
Remix albums	2

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

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK ^[1]	UK Indie ^[2]^[3]
The Graveyard and the Ballroom	Released: January 1980^[4] Label: Factory Formats: MC	—	29^[A]
To Each...	Released: April 1981 Label: Factory Formats: LP	—	1
Sextet	Released: January 1982 Label: Factory Formats: LP	52	1
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 Loco	Released: 24 September 2020 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC, digital download	69	5
1982	Released: 31 March 2023 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC, digital download	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums[edit]

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	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^[B]
Live in Groningen (Holland) 26.10.1980	Released: July 2005 Label: LTM Formats: CD	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Remix albums[edit]

Title	Album 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[edit]

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	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[edit]

Title	Album 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[edit]

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
Title	Year	UK ^[1]	UK Indie ^[2]	US Dance ^[9]	Album
"All Night Party"	1979	—	—	—	The Graveyard and the Ballroom
"Shack Up" (Belgium-only release)	1980	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Flight"	1980	—	7	—	The Graveyard and the Ballroom
"Do the Du (Casse)"/"Shack Up" (US-only release)	1981	—	—	46	The Graveyard and the Ballroom
"Waterline"	1981	—	10	—	Non-album singles
"Abracadubra" (as Sir Horatio)	1982	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Guess Who?" (Belgium-only release)		—	23^[C]	—	I'd Like to See You Again
"Knife Slits Water"		—	3	—	Sextet
"I Need Someone Tonite"	1983	—	8	—	Non-album singles
"Life's a Scream"	1984	—	6	—
"Brazilia" (Belgium and France-only release)	1984	—	13^[C]	—
"Wild Party"	1985	—	4	—
"Mickey Way (The Candy Bar)"	1986	—	9	—	Force
"Bootsy" (Australia-only release)	1987	—	—	—	Force
"The Big E (I Won't Stop Loving You)"	1989	96	—	—	Good Together
"Backs to the Wall"		—	—	—
"Your Blue Eyes"		—	—	—
"Good Together"	1990	81	—	—
"Won't Stop Loving You"	1990	55	—	—	acr:mcr
"Loosen Up Your Mind"	1991	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Twenty Seven Forever"	1991	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Mello"	1992	—	—	—	Up in Downsville
"Turn Me On"	1993	—	—	—
"Tekno"	1993	—	—	—
"Dirty Boy" (featuring Barry Adamson)	2018	—	—	—	acr:set
"Make It Happen"	2018	—	—	—	acr:set
"W.S.L.U."	2019	—	—	—	ACR:Box
"Houses in Motion"	2019	—	—	—	ACR:Box
"Friends Around Us" (limited release)	2020	—	—	—	ACR 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[edit]

^ Charted in 1985.
^ Charted in 1987.
^ ^a ^b Charted due to import sales.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "A CERTAIN RATIO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ "FACT 16 The Graveyard and the Ballroom | A Certain Ratio". factoryrecords.org. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ "New Releases" (PDF). Music & Media. 29 July 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ "Advert" (PDF). Music Week. 24 October 1992. p. 20. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003 (illustrated ed.). Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 9780898201567.

[5] Charted in 1985.

[8] Charted in 1987.

[ref1-12] Charted due to import sales.

[:0-1] "A CERTAIN RATIO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[:3-2] Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.

[3] "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[4] "FACT 16 The Graveyard and the Ballroom | A Certain Ratio". factoryrecords.org. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[6] "New Releases" (PDF). Music & Media. 29 July 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[7] "Advert" (PDF). Music Week. 24 October 1992. p. 20. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[9] "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[10] "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[11] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003 (illustrated ed.). Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 9780898201567.

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v t e A Certain Ratio
Studio albums	The Graveyard and the Ballroom (1980) To Each... (1981) Sextet (1982) I'd Like to See You Again (1982) Force (1986) Good Together (1989) Change the Station (1997) Mind Made Up (2008)
Compilation albums	Early (2002)
Related articles	Discography