This is the discography of British electronic musician Fad Gadget, including releases under his actual name Frank Tovey.
Albums Studio albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndie Fireside Favourites Released: 7 November 1980 Label: Mute Formats: LP7 Incontinent Released: 9 November 1981 Label: Mute Formats: LP8 Under the Flag Released: 18 October 1982 Label: Mute Formats: LP, MC14 Gag Released: February 1984 Label: Mute Formats: LP, MC5As Frank Tovey Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing Released: November 1984 Label: Mute Formats: LP With Boyd Rice— Snakes & Ladders Released: May 1986 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC21 Civilian Released: 13 June 1988 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC— Tyranny and the Hired Hand Released: 29 August 1989 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC— Grand Union Released: 13 May 1991 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC With the Pyros— Worried Men in Second-Hand Suits Released: 19 October 1992 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP With the Pyros—"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilation albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndie The Fad Gadget Singles Released: November 1986 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC18 The Best of Fad Gadget Released: 11 December 2001 Label: Mute Formats: 2xCD— Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey Released: 11 September 2006 Label: Mute Formats: 2xCD+2xDVD—"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Singles Title YearPeak chart positionsAlbum UK UKIndie "Back to Nature"1979—— rowspan="2" "Ricky's Hand"1980—11 "Fireside Favourite" / "Insecticide"—28Fireside Favourites "Make Room"1981—21 "Saturday Night Special"1982—22Incontinent "King of the Flies"—17 "Life on the Line"—10Under the Flag "For Whom the Bells Toll"198318232 "I Discover Love"10515 "Collapsing New People"1984855Gag "One Man's Meat"9221As Frank Tovey "Luxury"1985—20Snakes & Ladders "Luddite Joe"1986—44 "Immobilise" (as part of Mkultra)1987—— "Bridge St. Shuffle"1988——Civilian "Sam Hall"1989——Tyranny and the Hired Hand "The Liberty Tree" (with the Pyros)1991——Grand Union "Fireside Favourite" (I Monster remix; as Fad Gadget)2001——The Best of Fad Gadget "Collapsing New People" (WestBam remix; as Fad Gadget)2003——Herr Lehmann (OST)"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Other releases Title Year Notes "King of the Flies"1981Released as a flexi disc with Flexipop magazine, split with "Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead" by Depeche Mode "Untitled"1983Released as a flexi disc with Dutch Vinyl magazine, split with "March of the Iron Workers" by Mecano "The Brotherhood"198812" promotional and limited release of remixes of the track from Civilian "All That Is Mine" (with the Pyros)1992Promotional CD single from Worried Men in Second-Hand Suits "Ricky's Hand" (vs Dr. Motte)1999Limited Germany-only white label release
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