The Flying Pickets discography
| The Flying Pickets discography | |
|---|---|
 Cover of debut album Lost Boys | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 9 |
This is the discography of the British a cappella vocal group The Flying Pickets.
The group had a Christmas number one hit in 1983 in the UK Singles Chart with their cover of Yazoo's track "Only You".
The Flying Pickets have had very limited commercial success since their breakthrough hit, but continue to release various compilation albums globally up to present day.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUT [2] |
BEL [3] |
GER [4] |
SWE [5] | ||||||||||
| Lost Boys |
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11 | — | — | 44 | 19 | ||||||||
| Blue Money |
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— | 17 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The Warning |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The Original Flying Pickets: Volume 1 |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Politics of Need |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Vox Pop |
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— | — | 49 | — | — | ||||||||
| Everyday |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Big Mouth |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Only Yule |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Strike Again |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Only You: The Best of the Flying Pickets |
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| Best Of Flying Pickets |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Live at the Albany Empire |
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48 |
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| Live |
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— | ||||||||||||
| Next Generation: Live in Hamburg |
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— | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Post Brian & Stripe albums
- Waiting for Trains (1988)
- At Work (1989)
Other albums featuring The Flying Pickets
- Freudiana (1990)
The last Alan Parsons Project album, which was released simply as a solo album by Eric Woolfson.
It was soon after adapted into Eric Woolfson's first musical of the same name.
The Flying Pickets sing all the vocals on two tracks, (6) "Funny You Should Say That" and (8) "Far Away From Home."
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [7] |
AUT [8] |
BEL [9] |
CAN [10] |
GER [11] |
IRE [12] |
NED [13] |
NZ [14] |
SWE [15] |
SWI [16] | |||||
| 1983 | "Only You" | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost Boys | ||
| 1984 | "When You're Young and in Love" | 7 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "So Close" | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Who's That Girl?" | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | "Only the Lonely" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Sealed with a Kiss" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | "Take My Breath Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | "Englishman in New York"/"Purple Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue Money | ||
| 1992 | "Tainted Love"/"The Warning" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Warning | ||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 "UK Albums". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Austrian Albums". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Belgian Albums". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "German Albums". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Swedish Albums". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- 1 2 "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "UK Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Austrian Singles". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Belgian Singles". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Canadian Singles". RPM Magazine. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "German Singles". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Netherlands Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "New Zealand Singles". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Swedish Singles". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "Swiss Singles". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "UK Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
External links
- Official website of the Flying Pickets
- Andrea Figallo's website
- Michael Henry's website
- Paul Kissaun's website
- Hereward Kaye's website
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