The Communards discography
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This is a comprehensive listing of the discography by British synth-pop duo The Communards. Both of their studio albums, Communards and Red, reached the top ten and achieved Platinum status in the UK. The Communards had success during the latter part of the decade with two hit studio albums and nine hit singles. Since their demise, there has been some commercial success with the releases of various compilation albums.
Studio albums2
Live albums2
Compilation albums4
Singles9
| The Communards discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 2 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Singles | 9 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
NED [6] |
NZ [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | ||||
| Communards |
|
7 | 20 | — | 8 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 90 | ||
| Red |
|
4 | 97 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 32 | 29 | — | 20 | 93 | ||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [14] |
AUT [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [15] |
NED [6] |
NZ [7] |
SCO [16] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] | |||||
| The Singles Collection 1984/1990 (with Jimmy Somerville and Bronski Beat) |
|
4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | — | 6 | 30 | — | 47 | 4 | |||
| Heaven |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Very Best of (with Jimmy Somerville and Bronski Beat) |
|
38 | — | 15 | 49 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — |
| ||
| The Platinum Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| For a Friend: The Best of (with Jimmy Somerville and Bronski Beat) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live In Italy (Picture Disc LP) |
|
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [19] |
AUS [2] |
BEL [20] |
FRA [21] |
GER [22] |
IRE [23] |
NED [24] |
NZ [25] |
SWI [26] | ||||
| 1985 | "You Are My World" | 30 | — | — | 16 | — | 7 | — | — | — |
|
Communards |
| 1986 | "Disenchanted" | 29 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 47 | — | — | ||
| "Don't Leave Me This Way" (with Sarah Jane Morris) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| "So Cold the Night" | 8 | 90 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 10 | |||
| 1987 | "You Are My World '87" (remix) | 21 | — | 31 | — | 59 | 7 | 23 | — | — | ||
| "Tomorrow" | 23 | 99 | 31 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 31 | — | 23 | Red | ||
| "Never Can Say Goodbye" | 4 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 1988 | "For a Friend" | 28 | — | 29 | — | 35 | 12 | — | — | — | ||
| "There's More to Love" | 20 | — | — | — | 34 | 10 | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Remix singles
- (1986) "Disenchanted"[29]
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #43 - (1986) "Don't Leave Me This Way"
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #3
US Club Play Singles #1 - (1986) "So Cold the Night"
US Club Play Singles #25 - (1987) "Never Can Say Goodbye"
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #3
US Club Play Singles #2
Videos
| Title | Year | Details | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Video Singles | 1986 | Compilation of music videos from 1985 to 1986 | VHS |
| Live at Full House Rock Show | 2006 | Live TV concert from Hannover, Germany (10/2/87) | DVD |