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 Studio albums YearTitleChart positionsCertificationsUK N.B. Select the Albums tab to display albums chart peaks.AUSAustralian chart peaks: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 12 June 1988. "You on My Mind" (ARIA Chart) peak: "Where in the World": All ARIA-era (13 June 1988 onwards) peaks to 30 June 2020: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.GER N.B. Select the Album tab to display albums chart peaks.ITNLNZSWESWIUS 1987 It's Better to Travel Released: 11 May 1987 Label: Mercury 1 23 15 11 3 13 39 17 40 BPI: Platinum 1989 Kaleidoscope World Released: 8 May 1989 Label: Fontana 9 106 40 12 30 — — — 61 BPI: Gold 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 Released: 17 March 1999 Label: Mercury — — — — — — — — — 2001 Somewhere Deep in the Night Released: May 2001 Label: Universal/Liberty — — — — — — — — — 2004 Where Our Love Grows Released: 19 October 2004 Label: Universal/Liberty/Shanachie — — — — — — — — — 2008 Beautiful Mess Released: February 2008 Label: Avex/Shanachie/Universal Records/Edel — — — — — — — — — 2017 Almost Persuaded Released: November 2017 Label: Self-released/Sony — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums 1990: Swing Out Fever 1996: Best of Swing Out Sister 2001: Breakout: The Very Best of Swing Out Sister 2001: 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Swing Out Sister 2002: Cafe Orange: Swing Out Sister CAFE Best 2003: The Ultimate Collection (3CD version) 2004: The Ultimate Collection (2CD version) 2008: Best Selection 2010: Super Best 2014: The Essential Swing Out Sister
Live albums 1993: Live at the Jazz Cafe 2005: Live in Tokyo
Box sets 1991: Splendid Collection 2022: Blue Mood, Breakout & Beyond 2025: Certain Shades of Limelight
Remix albums 1987: Another Non-Stop Sister 1990: Swing³ 1992: Swing Out Singles 1996: The Big Elsewhere 2018: Almost Persuaded (instrumental version)
Other albums 2009: Les Étrangers (soundtrack) 2010: Private View (re-recordings of previously released songs) 2015: Rushes (work-in-progress material from Almost Persuaded, released to PledgeMusic backers)
Singles YearSongChart positionsCertificationsAlbumUKAUSGERIREIT Set "Tipo" on "Singoli" or "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Swing Out Sister".NLNZUSUSACUSDance1985"Blue Mood" — — — — — — — — — —It's Better to Travel1986"Breakout" 4 12 27 6 — 34 4 6 1 12 BPI: Silver1987"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 Collection1992"Am I the Same Girl?" 21 123 53 — 8 15 — 45 1 —Get in Touch with Yourself"Notgonnachange" 49 — — — — — — — 22 211994"La La (Means I Love You)" 37 — — — — — — — — —1995"Better Make It Better" — — — — — — — — — —The Living Return1996"Now You're Not Here" (Japan only) — — — — — — — — — —The Big Elsewhere"Heaven Only Knows" — — — — — — — — — —The Best of Swing Out Sister1997"Somewhere in the World" — — — — — — — — 30 —Shapes and Patterns"We Could Make It Happen" — — — — — — — — — —1999"Who's Been Sleeping" (Japan only) — — — — — — — — — —Filth and Dreams2001"Through the Sky" — — — — — — — — — —Somewhere Deep in the Night2004"Love Won't Let You Down" — — — — — — — — — —Where Our Love Grows2007"Secret Love" — — — — — — — — — —Beautiful Mess"Something Every Day" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Video albums 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
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