The Associates

The story

The Associates were a Scottish post-punk band, formed in Dundee in 1979 by lead vocalist Billy MacKenzie and guitarist Alan Rankine. The band released an unauthorized cover version of David Bowie's "Boys Keep Swinging" as their debut single in 1979, which landed them a recording contract with Fiction Records. They followed with their debut studio album The Affectionate Punch in 1980 and the compilation album Fourth Drawer Down in 1981, both to critical praise.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

• Love Hangover (Peel Session 06/03/82) · 2022 · Single · compilation
• The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot (Live at Ronnie Scott's) · 2020 · Single · compilation
• The Very Best of The Associates · 2016 · compilation
• The Very Best Of · 2016 · compilation
• Singles · 2004 · compilation
• Sulk / Fourth Drawer Down · 2004 · compilation
• The Radio One Sessions, Vol. 2 1984 – 1985 · 2003 · compilation
• The Radio One Sessions, Volume One 1981–1983 · 2003 · compilation
• The Glamour Chase & Perhaps · 2002 · compilation
• Popera: The Singles Collection · 1990 · compilation

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• 1976 to 1982
  Alan Rankine
• 1976 on
  Billy MacKenzie
• 1982 to 1984
  Steve Reid
• Michael Dempsey
• Roberto Soave
• Martha Ladly
• John Murphy

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Associates in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Associates in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like The Associates

• The Teardrop Explodes3 sources agree
• Japan3 sources agree
• Orange Juice3 sources agree
• Altered Images3 sources agree
• Aztec Camera3 sources agree
• Scritti Politti3 sources agree
• China Crisis2 sources agree
• Fad Gadget2 sources agree
• Heaven 172 sources agree
• The Psychedelic Furs2 sources agree
• Simple Minds2 sources agree
• John Foxx2 sources agree

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Associates’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.