Middle of the Road discography

This is the discography of Scottish pop band Middle of the Road.

Middle of the Road discography
Studio albums11
Compilation albums9
Singles28

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Title Details Peak chart positions
DEN
[1]
FIN
[2]
GER
[3]
IT
[4]
NL
[5]
NOR
[6]
1971 Middle of the Road
  • Released: March 1971
  • Label: RCA
  • Italy-only release
  • Later released internationally with a different track listing as Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
7 3
1972 Acceleration
  • Released: January 1972
  • Label: RCA
6 15 13 24 2 2
1973 Drive On
  • Released: April 1973
  • Label: RCA
8 48
Music Music
  • Released: October 1973
  • Label: Ariola
10 45
1974 You Pays Yer Money And You Takes Yer Chance
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Ariola
Postcard
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Ariola
1975 Dice
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Ariola
1976 Black Gold
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Dig-It, Trema
1981 Something Old Something New
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: CNR
1987 Today
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Koch, Karussell
  • Re-recordings
1994 A New Chapter
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Sm'Art Art
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Compilation albums

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Year Title Details Peak chart
positions
FIN
[2]
NL
[7]
1972 The Best of Middle of the Road
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: RCA
19
1977 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: RCA
  • Netherlands-only release
1986 Die großen Erfolge einer Supergruppe
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: SR International
  • Germany-only release
1989 The Very Best of Middle of the Road
  • Released: June 1989
  • Label: Dino Music
56
Middle of the Road
  • Released: July 1989
  • Label: Ariola Express
1997 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Pegasus
1999 Millennium Collection
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Millennium
2002 The Best of Middle of the Road
  • Released: May 2002
  • Label: Camden/BMG
2010 The RCA Years
  • Released: 18 January 2010
  • Label: 7T's
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[8]
AUS
[9]
BEL
(FL)

[10]
BEL
(WA)

[11]
DEN
[1]
GER
[3]
NL
[12]
NOR
[13]
SA
[14]
SWI
[15]
1970 "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
1971 "Lo Schiaffo" (with Jordan; Italy-only release) Non-album single
"Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" 2 15 7 16 1 15 7 6 5 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
"Soley Soley" 5 23 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 Acceleration
"Sacramento (A Wonderful Town)" 23 79 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1
1972 "Samson and Delilah" 26 1 2 5 2 1 11 5 3
"Talk of All the USA" 19 9
"Bottoms Up" 71 3 13 3 2 5 8 16 Drive On
1973 "Yellow Boomerang" 2 6 2 6 1 8 13 2
"Union Silver" 31
"Kailakee Kailako" 26 26 16 29 21 5
"Samba D'Amour" 20 35 Music Music
1974 "Honey No" 31 29 31 5 Drive On
"Sole Giallo" (Italy-only release) Non-album single
"Rockin' Soul" 31 You Pays Yer Money and You Takes Yer Chance
"Bonjour Ҫa Va" Postcard
1975 "Happy Song" Dice
"Hitchin' a Ride in the Moonlight"
1976 "Bubblegum Baby" (France/Belgium-only release) 38 Black Gold
"Everybody Loves a Winner" 43 Non-album single
1980 "Space Machine" (Netherlands-only release) Something Old Something New
"Sugar Jo Jo" (Netherlands and Germany-only release)
"Steal a Piece of My Heart"
1981 "The Medley" 20
1982 "Jingle Jangle" (Netherlands-only release) Non-album singles
1985 "Scotland's Coming Alive Again"
1987 "Midnight Blue" (Austria-only release) Today
1989 "One More Night" (Netherlands-only release) The Very Best of Middle of the Road
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ekstra Bladet". Ekstra Bladet. 1971–1974.
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  8. ^ "MIDDLE OF THE ROAD | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 199. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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  14. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (M)". www.rock.co.za. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.