The Skids

The Skids albums

Skids are a Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (guitar, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals), William Simpson (bass guitar and backing vocals), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and Richard Jobson (vocals, guitar and keyboards). Their biggest successes were the 1979 single "Into the Valley" and the 1980 album The Absolute Game. In 2016, the band announced a 40th-anniversary tour of the UK with their original singer Richard Jobson. == History == === Early... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Into the Valley - #2: Masquerade - #3: Working for the Yankee Dollar - #4: Charade - #5: Circus Games

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1978	Scared to Dance [2005 re-release]	14		MP3
	1.	09/1978	Sweet Suburbia	14	UK 70	MP3	written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson

	2.	1978-1979	Scared to Dance	124		MP3
	1.	11/1978	The Saints Are Coming	22	UK 48	MP3	written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
	2.	02/1979	Into the Valley	101	UK 10	MP3	written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson

	3.	1979	Days in Europa [1980 re-release]	82		MP3
	1.	05/1979	Masquerade	82	UK 14	MP3	written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson

	4.	1979-1980	Days in Europa	112		MP3
	1.	09/1979	Charade	35	UK 31	MP3	written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
	2.	11/1979	Working for the Yankee Dollar	61	UK 20	MP3	written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
	3.	03/1980	Animation	15	UK 56	MP3	written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson

	5.	1980	The Absolute Game	63		MP3
	1.	08/1980	Circus Games	30	UK 32	MP3	written by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb & Mike Baillie
	2.	10/1980	Goodbye Civilian	16	UK 52	MP3	written by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb & Mike Baillie
	3.	12/1980	Women in Winter	17	UK 49	MP3	written by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb & Mike Baillie

	6.	1981	Joy	5		MP3
	1.	11/1981	Iona	5	UK 76	MP3	written by Richard Jobson & Russell Webb

See also...

Bill Nelson • J J Johnson • Mike Baillie • Paul Wishart • Richard Jobson • Russell Webb • Rusty Egan • Stuart Adamson • Tom Kellichan • William Simpson

US charts info based on Billboard (www.billboard.com) charts • UK charts info based on The Official UK Charts Company's charts

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