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(1977 – 1990)

Associates were a post-punk/new wave band which formed in 1977 in dundee, Scotland. They initially consisted of Billy MacKenzie (vocals), Alan Rankine (guitar, keyboards) and later, Michael Dempsey (bass), formerly of The Cure. After Rankine and Dempsey’s departures in 1982, the band featured a fluctuating lineup revolving around MacKenzie. Their best known single is 1982’s “Party Fears Two”. The band split in 1990, but Billy and Alan reunited briefly in 1993. They did not play any more concerts but made some recordings which were released on the double CD “Double Hipness”. MacKenzie commited suicide in 1997, which deeply affected his friends Robert Smith and Siouxsie Sioux, who both wrote songs in tribute of MacKenzie for their respective bands The Cure (“Cut Here”) and The Creatures (“Say”).

Discography

The Affectionate Punch (Fiction, 1980)
Fourth Drawer Down (Fiction, 1981)
Sulk (WEA, 1982)
Perhaps (WEA, 1985)
The Glamour Chase (WEA, 1988) - but unreleased until 2003
Wild and Lonely (Circa, 1990)
Popera: The Singles Collection (WEA East West, 1990)
The Radio One Sessions (Nighttracks, 1994)
Double Hipness (V2, 2000)
The Radio One Sessions Volume One 1981-1983 (Strange Fruit, 2003)
The Radio One Sessions Volume Two 1984-1985 (Strange Fruit, 2003)
Singles (Warners, 2004)

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1		Party Fears Two			170
2		Club Country			78
3		Arrogance Gave Him Up			62
4		No			60
5		Skipping			58
6		A Matter Of Gender			43
7		18 Carat Love Affair			37
8		Love Hangover			36
8		It's Better This Way			36
10		Gloomy Sunday			35
11		The Affectionate Punch			32
12		Nude Spoons			30
13		Boys Keep Swinging			29
14		Amused As Always			26
15		White Car In Germany			25

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