ABC discography
This is the discography of the English new wave band ABC.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] |
AUT [2] |
CAN | FIN | JPN | NOR [3] |
NZ [4] |
SWE [5] |
SWI [6] |
UK [7] |
US [8] | |||||||||
| 1982 | The Lexicon of Love
|
9 | — | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 24 | |||||||
| 1983 | Beauty Stab
|
58 | — | 36 | 22 | 34 | — | 42 | 32 | — | 12 | 69 |
| ||||||
| 1985 | How to Be a ... Zillionaire!
|
— | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 30 | |||||||
| 1987 | Alphabet City
|
45 | — | 47 | — | 82 | — | 25 | — | 26 | 7 | 48 | |||||||
| 1989 | Up
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | |||||||
| 1991 | Abracadabra
|
— | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | |||||||
| 1997 | Skyscraping
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | — | |||||||
| 2008 | Traffic
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1999 | The Lexicon of Live
|
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | UK[13] | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Suberbs Of Alphabet City [Japan-only release] | — | |
| 1990 | Absolutely | 7 |
|
| 1991 | Fantastic Compositions (4CD Box) [Japan-only release] |
— | |
| Remixes and Others [Japan-only release] | — | ||
| 1992 | ABC 1 [UK-only release] | — | |
| ABC 2 [UK-only release] | — | ||
| 1993 | Tears Are Not Enough [Germany-only release] | — | |
| The Remix Collection [UK-only release] | — | ||
| 1996 | The Collection / The Look of Love | — | |
| 1997 | Master Series | — | |
| 1999 | Classic ABC | — | |
| 2000 | One Better World [Germany-only release] | — | |
| The Best of ABC: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection [US-only release] | — | ||
| ABC Best - The Look of Love [Germany-only release] | — | ||
| Hello! An Introduction To ABC | — | ||
| 2001 | The Look of Love | — | |
| 2001 | Look of Love – The Very Best of ABC | 69 | |
| 2002 | Poison Arrow [UK-only release] | — | |
| 2004 | The Ultimate Collection | — | |
| 2006 | Gold | — | |
| 2007 | Never More Than Now - The ABC Collection [Europe-only release] | — | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] |
BEL | CAN | FIN | GER | IRE | NLD | NZ | SPA | SWE | SWI | UK[13] | US | US AC | US Dance | |||||
| 1981 | "Tears Are Not Enough" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | "Poison Arrow" | 4 | 19 | 36 | — | — | 14 | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | 6 | 25 | — | 39 | |||
| "The Look of Love" | 7 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 8 | — | 4 | 18 | — | 1 | ||||
| "All of My Heart" | 21 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 67 | 3 | 20 | 21 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Valentine's Day" [Japan-only release] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | "That Was Then but This Is Now" | 63 | — | 26 | — | — | 13 | 38 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 89 | — | — | |||
| 1984 | "S.O.S." | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | |||
| "(How to Be A) Millionaire" | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | 20 | — | 4 | ||||
| 1985 | "Be Near Me" | — | — | 22 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 9 | 11 | 1 | |||
| "Vanity Kills" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | 91 | — | 5 | ||||
| 1986 | "Ocean Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | |||
| 1987 | "When Smokey Sings" | 25 | 12 | 5 | — | 52 | 11 | 13 | 9 | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
| "The Night You Murdered Love" | — | 17 | — | — | 20 | 14 | 9 | 20 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | 3 | ||||
| 1988 | "King Without a Crown" | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | 17 | |||
| 1989 | "One Better World" | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | |||
| "The Real Thing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | "The Look of Love (1990 Mix)" | — | — | — | 15 | 31 | 30 | — | 44 | — | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | "Love Conquers All" | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 47 | — | — | — | |||
| 1992 | "Say It" | — | 39 | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | 3 | |||
| 1997 | "Stranger Things" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | |||
| "Skyscraping" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rolling Sevens" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | "Peace and Tranquility" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2008 | "The Very First Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Is Strong" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
External links
- ABC discography discography at Discogs
References
- 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 10. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=ABC&cat=a
- ↑ http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=ABC&titel=The+Lexicon+Of+Love&cat=a
- ↑ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=ABC&cat=a
- ↑ http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=ABC&cat=a
- ↑ http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=ABC&cat=a
- ↑ http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3494/charts-awards
- 1 2 3 4 "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2012-01-24. Note: User needs to enter "ABC" 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.
- 1 2 "Certified Awards Search". Music Canada. Retrieved on 2012-01-24. Note: User needs to enter "ABC" 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.
- ↑ "Certified Awards Search". Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved on 2012-01-24.
- ↑ "Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2012-01-25. Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "ABC".
- 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 11. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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