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==Discography== ===Albums=== *''[[Slik (album)|Slik]]'' ([[Bell Records|Bell]], 1976) — [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] number 58,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=David|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|year=2006|isbn=1-904994-10-5|edition=19th|location=London|page=507}}</ref> AUS number 54<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970β1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=278}}</ref> *''The Best of Slik'' ([[Repertoire Records|Repertoire]], 1999) *''Forever and Ever'' ([[Universal Music Group|Rotation]], 2000) (Netherlands-only release) ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Single ! rowspan="2" |Label ! colspan="9" |Peak chart positions |- !<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=SLIK {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15585/slik/|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> !<small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name="aus" /> !<small>[[Ultratop|BE (FLA)]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=slik&cat=s|access-date=2021-04-21|website=ultratop.be}}</ref> !<small>[[Ultratop|BE (WA)]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/search.asp?search=slik&cat=s|access-date=2021-04-21|website=ultratop.be}}</ref> !<small>[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref> !<small>[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement|access-date=2021-04-21|website=irishcharts.ie}}</ref> !<small>[[Dutch Single Top 100|NL]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=slik&cat=s|access-date=2021-04-21|website=dutchcharts.nl}}</ref> !<small>[[Springbok Radio|SA]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (S)|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(S).html|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.rock.co.za}}</ref> !<small>[[Zimbabwe Music Awards|ZIM]]</small> |- |1974 | align="left" |"[[Boogiest Band In Town|The Boogiest Band in Town]]"<br /><small>b/w "Hatchet"</small> |[[Polydor Records|Polydor]] |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |- | rowspan="2" |1975 | align="left" |"The Getaway" <small>(Germany-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "Again My Love"</small> |[[Bellaphon Records|Bellaphon]] |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |- | align="left" |"[[Forever and Ever (Slik song)|Forever and Ever]]"<br /><small>b/w "Again My Love"</small> | rowspan="4" |[[Bell Records|Bell]] |1 |54 |3 |35 |6 |2 |3 |7 |2 |- | rowspan="4" |1976 | align="left" |"Requiem"<br /><small>b/w "Everyday Anyway"</small> |24 |β |20 |β |22 |β |13 |β |β |- | align="left" |"The Kid's a Punk"<br /><small>b/w "Silk Shuffle"</small> |β |β |β |β |33 |β |β |β |β |- | align="left" |"Bom-Bom" <small>(Spain-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "Dancerama"</small> |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |- | align="left" |"Don't Take Your Love Away"<br /><small>b/w "This Side Up"</small> | rowspan="2" |[[Arista Records|Arista]] |β |β |29 |β |β |β |β |β |β |- | rowspan="4" |1977 | align="left" |"Bom-Bom" <small>(Canada-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "This Side Up"</small> |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |- | align="left" |"Dancerama" <small>(Germany-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "I Wanna Be Loved"</small> | rowspan="2" |[[Electrola|EMI Electrola]] |β |β |β |β |30 |β |β |β |β |- | align="left" |"It's Only a Matter of Time" <small>(Germany-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "I Wanna Be Loved"</small> |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |- | align="left" |"[[Put You in the Picture]]" <small>(EP; as PVC2)</small><br /><small>c/w "Pain"/"Deranged Demented & Free"</small> |[[Zoom Records (Scotland)|Zoom]] |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |β |- | colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt" |"β" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released |} === List of songs === The following is a '''sortable table of all songs by Slik''': *The column '''Song''' list the song title. *The column '''Writer(s)''' lists who wrote the song. *The column '''Time''' shows the length of the title. *The column '''Album''' lists the album the song is featured on. *The column '''Producer''' lists the producer of the song. *The column '''Year''' lists the year in which the song was released. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0.5em auto; clear: both; text-align: left; width:100%" ! |Song ! |Writer(s) ! |Time ! |Producer ! |Album ! |Year ! |Other |- | "Again My Love" (1975) || [[Jim McGinlay]] || 3:13 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1975 || B-side of "The Getaway" |- | "Again My Love" (1975) || [[Jim McGinlay]] || 3:13 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1975 || B-side of "Forever and Ever" |- | "Better Than I Do" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 4:50 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1976 || |- | "Bom-Bom" || [[Exuma (musician)|Exuma]], Reno || 3:20 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1976 || A-side of "Dancerama", published in Spain and Canada<ref name="discogs.com">{{cite web|title=Slik - Bom-Bom|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/Slik-Bom-Bom/release/1865929|website=Discogs.com|date=1976 |accessdate=12 May 2019}}</ref> |- | "[[Boogiest Band in Town]]" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 3:08 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1975 || A-side of "Hatchet" |- | "Dancerama" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 5:44 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1977 || A-side of "I Wanna Be Loved" |- | "Dancerama" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 5:44 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1976 || B-side of "Bom-Bom" |- | "Darlin" || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 4:06 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1976 || |- | "Day By Day" || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 2:52 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1976 || |- | "Deranged Demented & Free" as [[PVC2]] || [[Kenny Hyslop]] || 2:39 | || | 1977 || |- | "Do It Again" || [[Midge Ure]] || 2:54 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1976 || |- | "Don't Take Your Love Away" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 4:01 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1976 || A-side of "This Side Up" |- | "Everyday Anyway" || [[Kenny Hyslop]] || 2:24 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1976 || B-side of "Requiem" |- | "[[Forever and Ever (Slik song)|Forever and Ever]]" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 3:37 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1975 || A-side of "Again My Love" |- | "Hatchet" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 2:21 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1975 || B-side of "Boogiest Band in Town" |- | "I Wanna Be Loved" || [[Jim McGinlay]] || 2:35 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1977 || B-side of "Dancerama" |- | "It's Only a Matter of Time" || [[Herbie Flowers]]-Tony Kelly || 2:53 | Slik || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1977 || A-side of "No Star" |- | "No Star" || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 3:35 | Slik || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1977 || B-side of "It's Only a Matter of Time" |- | "No We Won't Forget You" || [[Jim McGinlay]] || 5:17 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1976 || |- | "Pain" as [[PVC2]] || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 2:26 | || | 1977 || |- | "[[Put You in the Picture]]" as [[PVC2]] || [[Midge Ure]] || 3:04 | || | 1977 || A-side of "Pain" and "Deranged Demented & Free" |- | "Requiem" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 4:54 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1976 || A-side of "Everyday Anyway" |- | "Slik Shuffle" || [[James Ure]] || 2:24 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1976 || B-side of "The Kid's a Punk" |- | "The Getaway" || Robert Scott || 3:11 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1975 || A-side of "Again My Love" |- | "The Kid's a Punk" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 4:05 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1976 || A-side of "Slik Shuffle" |- | "This Side Up" || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 2:57 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) | 1976 || B-side of "Don't Take Your Love Away" |- | "[[When Will I Be Loved (song)|When Will I Be Loved]]" || [[Phil Everly]] || 4:01 | [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) | 1976 || |- |} ====[[Cover version]]s==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0.5em auto; clear: both; text-align: left; width:100%" ! Song ! Writer(s) ! Original artist ! Album ! Year ! Other |- | Bom-Bom || [[Exuma (musician)|Exuma]], Reno | [[Exuma (musician)|Exuma]] || | 1974 || |- | [[Forever and Ever (Slik song)|Forever and Ever]] || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] | [[Kenny (band)|Kenny]] || The Sound Of Super K | 1975 || |- | [[When Will I Be Loved (song)|When Will I Be Loved]] || [[Phil Everly]] | [[The Everly Brothers]] || The Fabulous Style of The Everly Brothers | 1960 || |- |} ====Slik songs covered by others==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0.5em auto; clear: both; text-align: left; width:100%" ! Song ! Writer(s) ! First artist ! Name ! Album ! Year ! Other |- | [[Boogiest Band in Town]]" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] | [[Arrows (British band)|Arrows]] || Boogiest Band In Town || First Hit (LP) | 1976 || |- | Dancerama || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] | Swinger Club || Dancerama || Welthits Als Jazz | 2001 || |- | [[Put You in the Picture]] as [[PVC2]] || [[Midge Ure]] | [[Rich Kids]] || Put You in the Picture || [[Ghosts of Princes in Towers]] | 1978 || |- |}
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