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This is the discography of the British a cappella vocal group the Flying Pickets.
| The Flying Pickets discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 12 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 10 |
The group had a Christmas number one hit in 1983 in the UK Singles Chart with their cover of Yazoo's track "Only You".
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Singers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUT [2] |
BEL [3] |
GER [4] |
SWE [5] | ||||
| Lost Boys |
|
11 | — | — | 44 | 19 | Rick Lloyd, David Brett, Ken Gregson, Brian Hibbard, Red Stripe, Gareth Wiliams | |
| Waiting for Trains |
|
— | — | — | — | — | Rick Lloyd, David Brett, Ken Gregson, Gary Howard, Hereward Kaye, Gareth Wiliams | |
| At Work |
|
— | — | — | — | — | Rick Lloyd, David Brett, Ken Gregson, Gary Howard, Hereward Kaye, Gareth Wiliams | |
| Blue Money |
|
— | 17 | — | — | — | Nick Godfrey, David Brett, Lex Lewis, Gary Howard, Hereward Kaye, Gareth Wiliams | |
| The Warning |
|
— | — | — | — | — | Nick Godfrey, Ricky Paine, Michael Henry, Gary Howard, Hereward Kaye | |
| The Original Flying Pickets: Volume 1 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | David Brett, Ken Gregson, Brian Hibbard, Red Stripe, Gareth Wiliams | |
| Politics of Need |
|
— | — | — | — | — | Henrik Wager, Hamlet Edwards, Paul Kissaun, Gary Howard, Hereward Kaye | |
| Vox Pop |
|
— | — | 49 | — | — | Henrik Wager, Fraser Collins, Paul Kissaun, Gary Howard, Hereward Kaye | |
| Everyday |
|
— | — | — | — | — | Michael Henry, Andrea Figallo, Andy Laycock, Simon Foster, Dylan Foster | |
| Big Mouth |
|
— | — | — | — | — | Michael Henry, Andrea Figallo, Andy Laycock, Simon Foster, Damion Scarcella | |
| Only Yule |
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— | — | — | — | — | Michael Henry, Andrea Figallo, Andy Laycock, Simon Foster, Damion Scarcella | |
| Strike Again |
|
— | — | — | — | — | Michael Henry, Chris Brooker, Andy Laycock, Simon Foster, Martin George | |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Only You: The Best of The Flying Pickets |
|
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Singers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Live at the Albany Empire |
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48 |
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| Live |
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— | ||||||||||||
| Next Generation: Live in Hamburg |
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— | Michael Henry, Dylan Foster, Andy Laycock, Henrik Wager, Andrea Figallo | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Other albums featuring The Flying Pickets
- Freudiana (1990)
The last Alan Parsons Project album, which was released simply as a solo album by Eric Woolfson. It was soon after adapted into Woolfson's first musical of the same name.
The Flying Pickets sing all the vocals on two tracks, (6) "Funny You Should Say That" and (8) "Far Away From Home."
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [7] |
AUT [8] |
BEL [9] |
CAN [10] |
GER [11] |
IRE [12] |
NED [13] |
NZ [14] |
SWE [15] |
SWI [16] | |||||
| 1983 | "Only You" | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost Boys | ||
| 1984 | "When You're Young and in Love" | 7 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "So Close" | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Who's That Girl?" | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | "Only the Lonely" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Sealed with a Kiss" | 132 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | "Take My Breath Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1987 | "Porterhouse Blue" | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | "Englishman in New York"/"Purple Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue Money | ||
| 1992 | "Tainted Love"/"The Warning" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Warning | ||
| 1994 | "Under the Bridge" | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Original Flying Pickets: Volume 1 | ||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
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