Swing Out Sister discography

This is a partial discography of albums and singles released by Swing Out Sister. To date, the group has released ten studio albums. In addition, they have put out various other live, compilation or remix albums, some of which are only available in certain regions of the world.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions
Year	Title	UK [1]	US	AUS [2]	CA	NZ	SWE	SWI
1987	It's Better to Travel Released: 11 May 1987 Label: Mercury	1	40	23	29	13	39	17
1989	Kaleidoscope World Released: 25 May 1989 Label: Fontana	9	61	–	–	–	–	–
1992	Get in Touch with Yourself Released: June 1992 Label: Fontana	27	113	–	–	–	–	–
1994	The Living Return Released: September 1994 Label: Fontana	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997	Shapes and Patterns Released: March 1997 Label: Fontana/Mercury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1999	Filth and Dreams Released: 17 Mar 1999 Label: Mercury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Somewhere Deep in the Night Released: May 2001 Label: Universal Music/EMI	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Where Our Love Grows Released: 19 October 2004 Label: Universal/Shanachie	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Beautiful Mess Released: February 2008 Label: Avex Trax/Shanachie/Universal	–	#	–	–	–	–	–
2017	Almost Persuaded Released: November 2017 Label: Sony Music	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Notes

Beautiful Mess charted at #5 on the US Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Compilation albums

1991: Splendid Collection
1996: Best of Swing Out Sister
2001: Breakout: The Very Best of Swing Out Sister
2001: 20th Century Masters: Swing Out Sister Millennium Collection
2002: Cafe Orange - The Best of Swing Out Sister
2003: The Ultimate Collection
2010: Private View (Rearranged previously released versions) [3] (CD/DVD available initially through the band's Facebook page, also included 3 videos, [4] now through Amazon [5])

Other albums

1987: Another Non-Stop Sister
1989: Windmills Of Your Mind (EP Japan)
1990: Swing 3
1992: Swing Out Singles
1996: The Big Elsewhere (EP)
2009: les étrangers (soundtrack)
2015: Rushes ('work in progress materiel' from Pledgemusic for the album Almost Persuaded) [6]
2018: Almost Persuaded (limited edition vinyl edition & mail order/concert sold instrumental CD)

Live albums

1993: Live at the Jazz Café
2005: Live in Tokyo

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions														Album
Year	Song	UK [1]	AUS [2]	CA	DE	ESP	FR	IE	IT	JP	NL	NZ	US	US AC [7]	US Dance [8]	Album
1985	"Blue Mood"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	It's Better to Travel
1986	"Breakout"	4	12	18	20	28	-	6	-	-	34	4	6	1	12
1987	"Surrender"	7	78	-	39	40	90	3	-	-	15	13	-	37	22
	"Twilight World"	32	-	-	-	26	-	26	-	-	39	-	31	7	9
	"Fooled by a Smile"	43	-	-	34	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	"You on My Mind"	28	114	-	7	-	63	26	19	-	28	-	-	23	-	Kaleidoscope World
	"Where in the World"	47	168	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"Waiting Game" (U.S./Canada only)	-	-	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	6	33
	"Forever Blue"	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	"The Windmills of Your Mind" (Japan only)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Splendid Collection
1992	"Am I the Same Girl?"	21	-	5	-	-	54	-	13	-	15	-	45	1	8	Get in Touch with Yourself
1992	"Notgonnachange"	49	-	-	83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	21	Get in Touch with Yourself
1994	"La-La (Means I Love You)"	37	-	-	68	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	The Living Return Four Weddings and a Funeral soundtrack
1995	"Better Make It Better"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	The Living Return
1996	"Now You're Not Here" (Japan only)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	Shapes and Patterns The Big Elsewhere EP
1996	"Heaven Only Knows"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	The Best of Swing Out Sister
1997	"Somewhere in the World"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	30	-	Shapes and Patterns
1997	"We Could Make It Happen"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	Shapes and Patterns
1999	"Who's Been Sleeping" (Japan only)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	Filth and Dreams
2001	"Through the Sky"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	47	-	-	-	-	-	Somewhere Deep in the Night
2004	"Love Won't Let You Down"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	Where Our Love Grows
2007	"Secret Love"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Beautiful Mess
2007	"Something Every Day"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Beautiful Mess

References

"Official Charts > Swing Out Sister". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 302. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
- "You on My Mind" (ARIA Chart) peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- "Where in the World": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 14 June 2017". Imgur.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/private-view-mw0002405459
https://smile.amazon.com/Private-Special-Deluxe-Sister-2013-01-29/dp/B01MPXSXOP/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540284796&sr=8-2&keywords=swing+out+sister+private+view
https://smile.amazon.com/Private-View-Swing-Out-Sister/dp/B00B0C6T34/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540284796&sr=8-1&keywords=swing+out+sister+private+view
https://www.discogs.com/Swing-Out-Sister-Rushes/master/895774
Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), pages 326 and 382.
Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 252.

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[uk-1] "Official Charts > Swing Out Sister". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

[aus-2] Australian chart peaks:
Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 302. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.

"You on My Mind" (ARIA Chart) peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

"Where in the World": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 14 June 2017". Imgur.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

[3] Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 302. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.

[4] "You on My Mind" (ARIA Chart) peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

[5] "Where in the World": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 14 June 2017". Imgur.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

[3] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/private-view-mw0002405459

[4] ttps://smile.amazon.com/Private-Special-Deluxe-Sister-2013-01-29/dp/B01MPXSXOP/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540284796&sr=8-2&keywords=swing+out+sister+private+view

[5] ttps://smile.amazon.com/Private-View-Swing-Out-Sister/dp/B00B0C6T34/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540284796&sr=8-1&keywords=swing+out+sister+private+view

[6] ttps://www.discogs.com/Swing-Out-Sister-Rushes/master/895774

[7] Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), pages 326 and 382.

[8] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 252.

Swing Out Sister
Andy Connell Corinne Drewery Martin Jackson
Studio albums	It's Better to Travel (1987) Kaleidoscope World (1989) Get in Touch with Yourself (1992) The Living Return (1994) Shapes and Patterns (1997) Filth and Dreams (1999) Somewhere Deep in the Night (2001) Where Our Love Grows (2004) Beautiful Mess (2008) Almost Persuaded (2017)
Singles	"Blue Mood" "Breakout" "Surrender" "Twilight World" "Fooled by a Smile" "You on My Mind" "Where in the World" "The Windmills of Your Mind" "Am I the Same Girl" "Notgonnachange" "La-La (Means I Love You)"
Related topics	Discography