Skids discography

Skids discography
Studio albums	7
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	8
Video albums	2
EPs	3
Singles	11

This is the discography of Scottish punk rock band Skids.

Albums

Studio albums

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