Swing Out Sister discography

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The discography of British group Swing Out Sister includes ten studio albums, two live albums, ten compilations, three multi-album box sets, five remix albums, and 23 singles, as well as a film soundtrack, an album of re-recordings, and five video albums.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Title Chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		GER
[3] 		IT
[4] 		NL
[5] 		NZ
[6] 		SWE
[7] 		SWI
[8] 		US
[9]
1987 It's Better to Travel
  • Released: 11 May 1987
  • Label: Mercury
 1 23 15 11 3 13 39 17 40
1989 Kaleidoscope World
  • Released: 8 May 1989
  • Label: Fontana
 9 106 40 12 30 — — — 61
1992 Get in Touch with Yourself
  • Released: 4 May 1992
  • Label: Fontana
 27 141 — — 35 — — — 113
1994 The Living Return
  • Released: September 1994
  • Label: Fontana
 — — — — — — — — —
1997 Shapes and Patterns
  • Released: March 1997
  • Label: Mercury
 — — — — — — — — —
1999 Filth and Dreams[a]
  • Released: 17 March 1999
  • Label: Mercury
 — — — — — — — — —
2001 Somewhere Deep in the Night — — — — — — — — —
2004 Where Our Love Grows
  • Released: 19 October 2004
  • Label: Universal/Liberty/Shanachie
 — — — — — — — — —
2008 Beautiful Mess — — — — — — — — —[b]
2017 Almost Persuaded
  • Released: November 2017
  • Label: Self-released/Sony
 — — — — — — — — —[c]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
  1. ^ Filth and Dreams was originally released only in Japan.
  2. ^ Beautiful Mess peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[12]
  3. ^ Almost Persuaded peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[12]

Compilation albums

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Live albums

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Box sets

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  • 1991: Splendid Collection[g]
  • 2022: Blue Mood, Breakout & Beyond[h]
  • 2025: Certain Shades of Limelight[i]

Remix albums

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  • 1987: Another Non-Stop Sister[c]
  • 1990: Swing³[j]
  • 1992: Swing Out Singles[c]
  • 1996: The Big Elsewhere[k]
  • 2018: Almost Persuaded (instrumental version)

Other albums

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  • 2009: Les Étrangers (soundtrack)
  • 2010: Private View (re-recordings of previously released songs)[13]
  • 2015: Rushes (work-in-progress material from Almost Persuaded, released to PledgeMusic backers)

Singles

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Year Song Chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		GER
[3] 		IRE
[14] 		IT
[4] 		NL
[5] 		NZ
[6] 		US
[15] 		US
AC
[16] 		US
Dance
[17]
1985 "Blue Mood" — — — — — — — — — — It's Better to Travel
1986 "Breakout" 4 12 27 6 — 34 4 6 1 12
1987 "Surrender" 7 78 48 3 16 15 13 — 37 22
"Twilight World" 32 — — 26 17 39 — 31 7 9
"Fooled by a Smile" 43 — — — — — — — — —
1989 "You on My Mind" 28 114 51 26 11 28 32 — 23 — Kaleidoscope World
"Where in the World" 47 168 — — — — — — — —
"Waiting Game" (U.S./Canada only) — — — — — — — 86 6 33
"Forever Blue" 80 — — — — — — — — —
"The Windmills of Your Mind" (Japan only) — — — — — — — — — — Splendid Collection
1992 "Am I the Same Girl?" 21 123 53 — 8 15 — 45 1 — Get in Touch with Yourself
"Notgonnachange" 49 — — — — — — — 22 21
1994 "La La (Means I Love You)" 37 — — — — — — — — —
1995 "Better Make It Better" — — — — — — — — — — The Living Return
1996 "Now You're Not Here" (Japan only) — — — — — — — — — — The Big Elsewhere
"Heaven Only Knows" — — — — — — — — — — The Best of Swing Out Sister
1997 "Somewhere in the World" — — — — — — — — 30 — Shapes and Patterns
"We Could Make It Happen" — — — — — — — — — —
1999 "Who's Been Sleeping" (Japan only) — — — — — — — — — — Filth and Dreams
2001 "Through the Sky" — — — — — — — — — — Somewhere Deep in the Night
2004 "Love Won't Let You Down" — — — — — — — — — — Where Our Love Grows
2007 "Secret Love" — — — — — — — — — — Beautiful Mess
"Something Every Day" — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

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Year Title Album details
1987 And Why Not
  • Music video collection
  • Label: PolyGram (UK/Europe/US)
  • Format: VHS, CDV (UK/US)
1989 Kaleidoscope World
  • Music video collection
  • Label: PolyGram (UK/Europe/Japan/US), VideoArts (Japan)
  • Format: VHS, LD (Japan)
1992 It's Better to Watch
  • Music video collection
  • LaserDisc reissued in 1996
  • Label: Fontana/PolyGram (Japan)
  • Format: VHS, LD
2012 Travelogue: The Swing Out Sister Video Collection
  • Music video collection
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: DL
Tokyo Stories
  • Live concert
  • Included as a bonus disc with Private View in the United States and mainland Europe
  • Label: Self-released (UK), Yamaha (Japan)
  • Format: DVD

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Released only in the Philippines.
  2. ^ Released only in the United States.
  3. ^ a b c d e Released only in Japan.
  4. ^ Released only in the Netherlands and Germany.
  5. ^ Released only in Japan. Released in 2009 with a different track listing.
  6. ^ Released in the United States as simply Live.
  7. ^ Released only in Japan. Includes It's Better to Travel, Kaleidoscope World, Get in Touch with Yourself and a remix disc.
  8. ^ Includes It's Better to Travel, Kaleidoscope World, Get in Touch with Yourself, Live at the Jazz Café and four remix discs.
  9. ^ Includes The Big Elsewhere, Shapes and Patterns, Filth and Dreams, Somewhere Deep in the Night, Where Our Love Grows and two remix discs.
  10. ^ Released only in Japan. Title transliterated into Japanese as Swing, Swing, Swing.
  11. ^ Released only in Japan. Consists solely of remixes of "Now You're Not Here".

References

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