This article presents the discography of all albums and singles released by the American pop-rock group The Partridge Family. It includes eight studio albums including one holiday release, plus five compilations and 11 singles.
| The Partridge Family discography | |
|---|---|
 The Partridge Family in 1970 | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Singles | 11 |
| Holiday albums | 1 |
The Partridge Family were a pop music act linked to the popular 1970–74 ABC-TV television series The Partridge Family, featuring lead and backing vocals respectively by the programme's stars David Cassidy and Shirley Jones, plus professional backing vocalists and session musicians.[1] The other four cast members portraying the TV family featured on several of the album covers but did not participate in the recordings. The "group" recorded from 1970 to 1973 and in late 1970 topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the debut single "I Think I Love You", which NARM declared the year's best-selling single.[2] In 1971 the Partridge Family were Grammy-nominated for the Best New Artist of 1970.[3]
The Partridge Family's 1972 and 1973 single releases fared much better in the UK than in the US, coinciding with David Cassidy's phenomenal UK standing as a solo star during this period. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" was released in the UK in 1972 as a Maxi single with "I Think I Love You" on the same side and "I'll Meet You Halfway" on the B-side. It reached No 3 in the UK charts
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certification | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
US Cash Box |
AUS [5] |
CAN |
UK [6] | ||||||
| The Partridge Family Album |
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4 | 6 | 30 | 6 | — |
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| Up to Date |
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3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 46 |
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| Sound Magazine |
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9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 14 |
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| A Partridge Family Christmas Card |
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— | 19 | — | — | 45 |
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| Shopping Bag |
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18 | 16 | 45 | 13 | 28 |
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| The Partridge Family Notebook |
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41 | 33 | — | — | — | ||||
| Crossword Puzzle |
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167 | 105 | — | — | — | ||||
| Bulletin Board |
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— | 124 | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
Compilations
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
US Cash Box |
CAN |
UK | ||||||
| At Home with Their Greatest Hits |
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21 | 20 | 17 | — |
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| The World of the Partridge Family |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| Greatest Hits |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| The Definitive Collection |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| Come On Get Happy!: The Very Best of The Partridge Family |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
Singles
edit| Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Details | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
Cashbox [8] |
US AC [9] |
AUS [5] |
CAN |
NZ [10] |
UK [6] | ||||
| "I Think I Love You" b/w "Somebody Wants to Love You" |
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1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
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The Partridge Family Album |
| "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" b/w "You Are Always on My Mind" |
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6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 20 | — |
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Up to Date |
| "I'll Meet You Halfway" b/w "Morning Rider on the Road" |
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9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | — | ||
| "I Woke Up in Love This Morning" b/w "Twenty Four Hours a Day" |
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13 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 4 | — | — | Sound Magazine | |
| "It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)" b/w "One Night Stand" (from Sound Magazine) |
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20 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 6 | — | 11 | Shopping Bag | |
| "Am I Losing You" b/w "If You Ever Go" |
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59 | 31 | 36 | 88 | 17 | — | — | ||
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" b/w "I'm Here, You're Here" (from Up To Date) |
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28 | 25 | 30 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | At Home with Their Greatest Hits | |
| "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" b/w "Storybook Love" |
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39 | 25 | 9 | 22 | 20 | — | 9 | Notebook | |
| "Friend and a Lover" b/w "Something's Wrong" |
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99 | 92 | — | 80 | — | — | — | ||
| "Walking in the Rain" b/w "Together We're Better"[A] |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | ||
| "Looking for a Good Time" b/w "Money Money" |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bulletin Board | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ "Walking in the Rain" was released only in the UK.
References
edit- ^ C'mon, Get Happy Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus by David Cassidy and Chip Deffaa, 1994 DBC Enterprises, Warner Books Inc, p. 56-60
- ^ C'mon, Get Happy...Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus, p. 92
- ^ The Palm Beach Post-Times. Sunday, March 14, 1971. "Elite of the Record Industry Await the Grammy Awards", page B16
- ^ a b c "The Partridge Family | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 230. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 419. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Record Research, 2014.
- ^ "The Partridge Family - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ "Flavour of New Zealand".