Spandau Ballet discography

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Spandau Ballet discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 7
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 10
↙Singles 25

This is a discography of Spandau Ballet, a British band formed in London in the late 1970s. Initially inspired by the New Romantic fashion, their music has featured a mixture of funk, jazz, soul and synthpop. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s, achieving ten Top Ten singles and four Top Ten albums in the UK between 1980 and 1990.[1] The band split acrimoniously in 1990 but announced their reunion in March 2009, complete with a tour that began in October 2009.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album Peak Chart Positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]		 ES GER
[2]		 NZ
[3]		 SWE SWI NO GR IT NLD US
1981 Journeys to Glory 5 - - 12 - - - - - - -
1982 Diamond 15 - - 9 9 22 - - - - -
1983 True 1 - 8 1 13 - - - - 1 21
1984 Parade 2 - 7 8 9 9 7 38 1 1 50
  • UK: Platinum[4]
1986 Through the Barricades 7 - 9 48 48 25 25 8 1 3 -
  • UK: Platinum[4]
1989 Heart Like a Sky 31 - 29 - 47 - - 8 27 -
2009 Once More 7 46 30 - - - - - - 46 -
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Year Album
2005 Live from the N.E.C.

Compilation albums

Year Album Peak Chart Positions Certification
UK[1] US NZ SE CH NO GR IT NL ES
1985 The Singles Collection 3 - 2 - - - - 32 17 -
  • UK: 2× Platinum
1986 The Twelve Inch Mixes - - - - - - - - - -
1991 The Best of Spandau Ballet 44 - - - - - - - 15 -
1999 The Collection - - - - - - - - - -
2000 Original Gold - - - - - - - - - -
2000 Gold - The Best Of Spandau Ballet 7 - - 30 - - - - 40 86
  • UK: Platinum
2002 Reformation - - - - - - - - - -
2003 The Collection II - - - - - - - - - -
2005 The Ultra Selection - - - - - - - - - -
2006 Singles, Rarities & Remixes - - - - - - - - - -
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)		 Album
AUS BEL
[7]		 FRA
[8]		 GER
[9]		 IRE
[10]		 ITA
[11]		 NED
[12]		 NZ
[13]		 SPA
[14]		 U.S. UK
[1]
1980 "To Cut a Long Story Short" 15 — 1 — 9 — — 38 19 — 5 Journeys to Glory
1981 "The Freeze" — — — — 14 — — — 16 — 17
"Musclebound"/"Glow"(Double A-side) — — — — 18 — 26 — — — 10
"Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" 30 — 10 — 9 — 31 36 27 — 3 Diamond
"Paint Me Down" — — 10 — — — — — — — 30
1982 "She Loved Like Diamond" — — — — — — — — — — 49
"Instinction" 30 — — — 20 — — — — — 10
"Lifeline" 68 — 9 — 11 — — 33 — — 7 True
1983 "Communication" 24 — — — 13 — — 10 — 59 12
"True" 4 9 7 9 1 39 4 4 3 4 1
"Gold" 9 3 3 16 4 — 2 8 4 29 2
"Pleasure" — 32 — 61 — — 27 — — — —
1984 "Only When You Leave" 12 5 5 26 2 36 2 10 4 34 3 Parade
"I'll Fly for You" 38 — — — 10 6 27 35 — — 9
"Highly Strung" 83 — 8 — 18 — 32 46 — — 15
"Round and Round" 16 — 10 — 9 9 37 — 14 — 18
1986 "Fight for Ourselves" 16 20 — 32 7 7 16 33 11 — 15 Through the Barricades
"Through the Barricades" 50 10 — 14 4 2 3 — 2 — 6
1987 "How Many Lies" — 25 2 — 17 15 25 — 32 — 34
1988 "Raw" — 22 — — — 8 27 — — — 47 Heart Like a Sky
1989 "Be Free with Your Love" — 37 — 52 — 10 33 — — — 42
"Empty Spaces" — — — — — — — — — — 94
1990 "Crashed Into Love" — — — — — 35 — — — — 96
2009 "Once More" — — — — — — — — — — 82 Once More
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 518. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  2. ↑ "charts.de". Retrieved 2 February 2013. 
  3. ↑ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand". Retrieved 5 February 2013 (Spandau Ballet albums). 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2011-11-19. Note: User needs to enter "Spandau Ballet" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  5. ↑ "Certified Awards Search". Music Canada. Retrieved on 2011-11-19. Note: User needs to enter "Spandau Ballet" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  6. ↑ "The World's Music Charts (Album artist 561 - Spandau Ballet)". Retrieved 23 January 2013. 
  7. ↑ Belgian peaks
  8. ↑ "The World's Music Charts (Song artist 741 - Spandau Ballet)". Retrieved 18 January-1 February 2013. 
  9. ↑ German peaks
  10. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011. 
  11. ↑ Hit Parade Italia (Indice per Interprete: S)
  12. ↑ Dutch peaks
  13. ↑ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand". Retrieved 5 February 2013 (Spandau Ballet singles). 
  14. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "BPI (Certified Awards)". Retrieved 25 January 2013 - You have to put "Spandau Ballet" in the "Keywords" field. 
  16. ↑ "Music Canada (Gold Platinum Database)". Retrieved 25 January 2013. 
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