Situation Two


Situation Two was a British independent record label founded in 1981 by Peter Kent as an offshoot of the Beggars Banquet label. The name is a reference to Bauhaus's old management company, Situation 1.
At the time, Beggars Banquet releases were often distributed by WEA; to appeal to the indie audience and to get releases into the UK Indie Chart, Situation Two, as well as its sister label 4AD, were created.
During its 11-year history, Situation Two came to prominence as the home for a varied number of indie favourites. These included Madchester band the Charlatans, early incarnations of the Cult, Bauhaus side project Tones on Tail, the solo work of former Bauhaus member David J, and cult bands like the Associates, Fields of the Nephilim, Thee Hypnotics, Gene Loves Jezebel, Play Dead, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and Buffalo Tom.
When Situation Two was dissolved in 1992, many of the roster's releases were then issued on the parent Beggars Banquet label, and several were later included on the 1999 Beggars compilation album Pspyched!.

Discography

Albums

1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992

Singles and EPs

1981
  • Associates - "Tell Me Easter's on Friday"
  • New Asia - "Central Proposition"
  • Drowning Craze - "Storage Case"
  • Associates - "Q Quarters"
  • Divine - "Born to Be Cheap"
  • Home Service - "Only Men Fall in Love"
  • Associates - "Kitchen Persons"
  • Multivizion - "Work to Live Don't Live to Work"
  • London Underground - "Train of Thought"
  • Associates - "Message Oblique Speech"
  • Associates - "White Car in Germany"
  • John Marlon - "Sister Soul"
  • Drowning Craze - "Trance"
  • The Blackouts - "Exchange of Goods"
  • Orbidoig - "Nocturnal Operation"
1982
1983
1984
1985
  • Gene Loves Jezebel - "Cow"
  • Nyam Nyam - "The Architect"
  • The Bolshoi - "Sob Story"
  • Lulu Kiss Me Dead - "The Ultimate Solution"
  • The Bolshoi - "Happy Boy"
  • Gene Loves Jezebel - "Desire"
  • Naffi-Locksman - "We Are Willing"
  • It's Immaterial - Fish Waltz EP
1986
1987
1988
  • Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Nothing Wrong"
  • King Blank - "Mouth Off"
  • Fields of the Nephilim - "Moonchild "
  • King Blank - "Blind Box"
  • Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Only Dreaming "
  • King Blank - "Uptight"
  • Death Cult - Death Cult EP
1989
  • Thee Hypnotics - "Justice in Freedom"
  • Fields of the Nephilim - "Psychonaut"
  • The Fuzztones - "Hurt on Hold"
  • The Ian Lowery Group - "Need"
  • Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Temptation"
  • The Fuzztones - "Nine Months Later"
  • Thee Hypnotics - "Soul Trader"
  • Goat - "Can't Get By"
  • Loop - "Arc-Lite "
1990
  • God - "Breach Birth"
  • The Darkside - "High Rise Love"
  • Thee Hypnotics - "Half Man Half Boy"
  • Passion Flower Hotel - "Singing in Circles"
  • The Fuzztones - "Action Speaks Louder than Words"
  • The Charlatans - "The Only One I Know"
  • Buffalo Tom - "Birdbrain"
  • The Darkside - "Waiting for the Angels"
  • Thee Hypnotics - "Floatin' in My Hoodoo Dream"
  • The Charlatans - "Then"
1991
  • The Dylans - "Godlike"
  • The Charlatans - "Over Rising"
  • Buffalo Tom - "Fortune Teller"
  • The Dylans - "Lemon Afternoon"
  • Carnival Art - "Blue Food & Black Sparks"
  • Terminal Power Company - "Wired"
  • The Dylans - "Planet Love"
  • Thee Hypnotics - "Shakedown"
  • Main - "Hydra - Flametracer"
  • The Charlatans - "Me in Time"
  • Carnival Art - "Wrestling Swamis"
1992
  • Buffalo Tom - "Velvet Roof"
  • The Hair and Skin Trading Company - "Ground Zero"
  • The Charlatans - "Weirdo"
  • Main - "Calm - There Is Only Light"
  • The Dylans - "Mary Quant in Blue"
  • The Spectrum Zero - " If I Touch the Sun"
  • Terminal Power Company - "The Hunger, The Heat"
  • Carnival Art - "Ray's Jesus"
  • Thee Hypnotics - "Coast to Coast"
  • The Darkside - Mayhem to Meditate EP
  • Buffalo Tom - "Taillights Fade"
  • The Charlatans - "Tremolo Song"
  • Terminal Power Company - "Salvation"