A Certain Ratio discography

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Studio albums13
EPs9
Live albums4
Compilation albums8
A Certain Ratio discography
Studio albums13
EPs9
Live albums4
Compilation albums8
Singles33
Remix albums2

This is the discography of English post-punk band A Certain Ratio. Since forming in 1977, A Certain Ratio have released 13 studio albums; the first in 1980 with The Graveyard and the Ballroom, and the latest in 2024 with It All Comes Down to This, of which have reached the top-ten of the UK Independent Album Chart.[1][2] They have also released 9 extended plays and 33 singles, of which seven charted within the top-ten of the UK Independent Singles Chart during the 1980s.[1]

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]
UK Indie
[1][3]
The Graveyard and the Ballroom 29[A]
To Each...
  • Released: April 1981
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: LP
1
Sextet
  • Released: January 1982
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: LP
52 1
I'd Like to See You Again
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: LP
2
Force
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2
Good Together
  • Released: 25 September 1989[5]
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
acr:mcr
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Up in Downsville
  • Released: 26 October 1992[6]
  • Label: Rob's
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Change the Station
  • Released: January 1997
  • Label: Rob's
  • Formats: CD
Mind Made Up
  • Released: November 2008
  • Label: Le Maquis
  • Formats: CD
  • France-only release
ACR Loco 69 5
1982
  • Released: 31 March 2023
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, digital download
3
It All Comes Down to This
  • Released: 19 April 2024
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
6
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie

[1][2]
Live – America 1985
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Self-release
  • Formats: MC
  • Later released on CD and LP in 1987 as Live in America
10[B]
Live in Groningen (Holland) 26.10.1980
  • Released: July 2005
  • Label: LTM
  • Formats: CD
Loco Live at Hope Mill Studio
  • Released: 19 August 2022
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
It All Comes Down to Tim Peaks
  • Released: 4 August 2024
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Remix albums

Title Album details
Looking for a Certain Ratio
  • Released: August 1994
  • Label: Creation
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Loco Remezclada
  • Released: 5 November 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP, digital download

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie

[1][7][8]
The Double 12"
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: 2×12"
  • Australasia and Italy-only release
The Old & the New
  • Released: January 1986
  • Label: Factory
  • Formats: LP, MC
3
Early
  • Released: 22 March 2002
  • Label: Soul Jazz
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP
B-Sides, Sessions & Rarities
  • Released: June 2002
  • Label: Soul Jazz
  • Formats: 2×10"
  • Limited release
ACR:Perc
  • Released: 26 November 2016
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: MC
  • Limited release
acr:set
  • Released: 10 October 2018
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP
26
ACR:Box
  • Released: 3 May 2019
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 4×CD, 7×LP, digital download
27
EP ACR
  • Released: 9 September 2022
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD

EPs

Title EP details
Greetings Four
  • Released: September 1987
  • Label: Materiali Sonori
  • Formats: 12"
  • Italy-only release
Four for the Floor
  • Released: 16 February 1990
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, 12"
Soundstation Volume 1
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Rob's
  • Formats: CD, 12"
Soundstation Volume 2
  • Released: April 1997
  • Label: Rob's
  • Formats: 12"
Fila Brazillia Versus A Certain Ratio
  • Released: 22 April 2003
  • Label: Twentythree
  • Formats: CD, 12"
Dirty Boy & Shack Up Remixed
  • Released: 6 September 2019
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12"
  • Limited release
ACR:EPA
  • Released: 7 May 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12", digital download
ACR:EPC
  • Released: 2 July 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12", digital download
ACR:EPR
  • Released: 13 August 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12", digital download
2023 EP
  • Released: 22 August 2023
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12", digital download
Christmasville UK EP
  • Released: 11 December 2024
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 12", digital download

Singles

Notes

References

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