Situation Two
Situation Two was a British independent record label founded in 1981 by Peter Kent as an offshoot of the Beggars Banquet label. 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- Biting Tongues - Don't Heal
- Associates - Fourth Drawer Down
- New Asia - Gates
- Singers and Players - Revenge of the Underdog
- The Last Man in Europe Corporation - Songs from the Ark
- Lydia Lunch - 13.13
- Gene Loves Jezebel - Promise
- David J - Etiquette of Violence
- The Eternal Triangle - Touch and Let Go
- Nyam Nyam - Hope of Heaven
- Various artists - A New Optimism
- Tones on Tail - Tones On Tail
- The Fall - Hip Priests and Kamerads
- Gene Loves Jezebel - Immigrant
- The Bolshoi - Giants
- Hank Wangford Band - Rodeo Radio
- Various artists - Gunfire and Pianos
- Fields of the Nephilim - Dawnrazor
- The Folk Devils - Goodnight Irony
- Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Nothing Wrong
- King Blank - The Real Dirt
- Fields of the Nephilim - The Nephilim
- The Fuzztones - In Heat
- Ian Lowery Group - King Blank to...
- Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Blow
- Thee Hypnotics - Live'r than God
- Loop - A Gilded Eternity
- Thee Hypnotics - Come Down Heavy
- The Darkside - All That Noise
- The Charlatans - Some Friendly
- Buffalo Tom - Birdbrain
- Carnival Art - Thrumdrone
- The Dylans - The Dylans
- Thee Hypnotics - Soul, Glitter and Sin
- The Darkside - Melomania
- Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over
- The Charlatans - Between 10th and 11th
- Terminal Power Company - Run Silent, Run Deep
- Main - Hydra - Calm
- The Hair and Skin Trading Company - Jo in Nine G Hell
Singles and EPs
- 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"
- Drowning Craze - "Heat"
- Ministry - "Cold Life"
- Gene Loves Jezebel - "Shaving My Neck"
- Southern Death Cult - "Moya"
- Gene Loves Jezebel - "Screaming "
- Tones on Tail - "Burning Skies"
- Icicle Works - "Birds Fly "
- Death Cult - Death Cult EP
- Gene Loves Jezebel - "Bruises"
- The Sinister Ducks - "March of the Sinister Ducks"
- David J - "Joe Orton's Wedding"
- Under Two Flags - "False History"
- Play Dead - "Shine"
- Death Cult - "Gods Zoo"
- The Eternal Triangle - "Only in the Night"
- Gene Loves Jezebel - "Influenza "
- Under Two Flags - "Masks"
- The Cult - "Spiritwalker"
- The Eternal Triangle - "Nothing But a Friend"
- Gene Loves Jezebel - "Shame"
- 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
- Fields of the Nephilim - "Power"
- Multicoloured Shades - "Teen Sex Transfusion"
- The Go-Betweens - "The Able Label Singles"
- Icicle Works - "Up Here in the North of England"
- Fields of the Nephilim - "Preacher Man"
- The Folk Devils - "The Best Protection"
- Fields of the Nephilim - "Blue Water "
- Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Open Up"
- 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
- 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 "
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"