Skids discography
# Skids discography

This is the discography of Scottish punk rock band Skids.

## Albums

### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie |
| 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 | Released: 12 January 2018 Label: No Bad Formats: CD, 2xCD, LP, digital download | 28 | 2 |
| Peaceful Times | Released: 28 June 2019 Label: No Bad Formats: CD, LP, digital download Acoustic re-recordings of hits | — | 9 |
| Songs from a Haunted Ballroom | Released: 4 June 2021 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | 13 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. ||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert | Released: 1992 Label: Windsong International Formats: CD Recorded in March 1979 at the Paris Theatre, London |
| Masquerade Masquerade – The Skids Live | Released: 26 February 2007 Label: Virgin/EMI Formats: CD Recorded in October 1980 at the Hammersmith Apollo and in June 1979 at the Glasgow Apollo |
| Live in London | Released: 19 June 2017 Label: Live Here Now Formats: 2xCD Recorded in June 2017 at the Roundhouse |
| 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

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | UK |
| 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 | Released: 27 May 2002 Label: Universal Music TV Formats: 2xCD | 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 | Released: 15 November 2015 Label: Caroline International Formats: 6xCD | — |
| 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

| 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

| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - |
| Title | EP details | UK |
| Skids | Released: 24 February 1978 Label: No Bad Formats: 7" Also known by the track "Charles" | — |
| Wide Open | Released: 13 October 1978 Label: Virgin Formats: 7" Known for its lead track "The Saints Are Coming" | 48 |
| Skids | Released: May 1983 Label: Virgin Formats: 12" | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | UK | IRE | Album |
| "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" | 1979 | 14 | 6 | Non-album single |
| "Charade" b/w "Grey Parade" | 1979 | 31 | — | Days in Europa |
| "Working for the Yankee Dollar" b/w "Vanguard's Crusade" | 1979 | 20 | — | Days in Europa |
| "Animation" b/w "Pros and Cons" | 1980 | 56 | — | Days in Europa |
| "Circus Games" b/w "One Decree" | 1980 | 32 | — | The Absolute Game |
| "Goodbye Civilian" b/w "Monkey McGuire Meets Specky Potter Behind the Lochore Institute" | 1980 | 52 | — | The Absolute Game |
| "Woman in Winter" b/w "Working for the Yankee Dollar" (live) | 1980 | 49 | — | The Absolute Game |
| "Fields" b/w "Brave Man" | 1981 | — | — | Joy |
| "Iona" b/w "Blood and Soil" | 1981 | — | — | Joy |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||
