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 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.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 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.C'mon, Get Happy...Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus, p. 92 In 1971 the Partridge Family were Grammy-nominated for the Best New Artist of 1970.The Palm Beach Post-Times. Sunday, March 14, 1971. "Elite of the Record Industry Await the Grammy Awards", page B16
The Partridge Family's 1972 and 1973 single releases fared much better in the UK than in the US, coinciding with David Cassidy's 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 on the UK chart.
Albums Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certification US US Cash Box AUS CAN UK The Partridge Family Album Release date: 1970 Label: Bell 6050 Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette, reel 4 6 30 6 — US: Gold Up to Date Release date: 1971 Label: Bell 6059 Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette, reel 3 3 10 1 46 US: Gold Sound Magazine Release date: 1971 Label: Bell 6064 Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette, reel 9 9 18 5 14 US: Gold A Partridge Family Christmas Card Release date: 1971 Label: Bell 6066 Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette — 19 — — 45 US: Gold Shopping Bag Release date: 1972 Label: Bell 6072 Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette 18 16 45 13 28 US: Gold The Partridge Family Notebook Release date: 1972 Label: Bell 1111 Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette 41 33 — — — Crossword Puzzle Release date: 1973 Label: Bell 1122 Formats: LP 167 105 — — — Bulletin Board Release date: 1973 Label: Bell 1137 Formats: LP — 124 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilations Title Details Peak chart positions Certification US US Cash Box CAN UK At Home with Their Greatest Hits Release date: 1972 Label: Bell 1107 Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette 21 20 17 — US: Gold The World of the Partridge Family Release date: 1974 Label: Bell 1319 Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette — — — — Greatest Hits Release date: 1989 Label: Arista Formats: CD — — — — The Definitive Collection Release date: January 11, 2000 Label: Arista Formats: CD — — — — Come On Get Happy!: The Very Best of The Partridge Family Release date: May 3, 2005 Label: Sony Legacy Formats: CD — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Singles Titles (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicated Details Peak chart positions Certification Album US USCashboxWhitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Record Research, 2014. US AC AUS CAN NZ UK "I Think I Love You"b/w "Somebody Wants to Love You" Release date: 1970 Label: Bell 910 1 1 8 1 1 5 18 US: GoldThe Partridge Family Album "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"b/w "You Are Always on My Mind" Release date: 1971 Label: Bell 963 6 1 6 7 1 20 — US: GoldUp to Date "I'll Meet You Halfway"b/w "Morning Rider on the Road" Release date: 1971 Label: Bell 996 9 2 4 7 4 13 — "I Woke Up in Love This Morning"b/w "Twenty Four Hours a Day" Release date: 1971 Label: Bell 45,130 13 9 14 5 4 — —Sound Magazine "It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)"b/w "One Night Stand" (from Sound Magazine) Release date: 1972 Label: Bell 45,160 20 13 2 21 6 — 11Shopping Bag "Am I Losing You"b/w "If You Ever Go" Release date: 1972 Label: Bell 45,200 59 31 36 88 17 — — "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"b/w "I'm Here, You're Here" (from Up to Date) Release date: 1972 Label: Bell 45,235 28 25 30 3 18 11 3At Home with Their Greatest Hits "Looking Through the Eyes of Love"b/w "Storybook Love" Release date: 1972 Label: Bell 45,301 39 25 9 22 20 — 9Notebook "Friend and a Lover"b/w "Something's Wrong" Release date: 1973 Label: Bell 45,336 99 92 — 80 — — — "Walking in the Rain"b/w "Together We're Better" Release date: 1973 Label: Bell 1293 — — — — — — 10 "Looking for a Good Time"b/w "Money Money" Release date: 1973 Label: Bell 45,414 — — — — — — —Bulletin Board "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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