The Grid were an English electronic dance group, consisting of David Ball (formerly of Soft Cell) and Richard Norris,

  • Sacha Souter – vocals

History

The Grid formed in 1988, after both Ball and Norris had worked with Psychic TV on the Jack the Tab – Acid Tablets Volume One album. They recorded the track "Meet Every Situation Head On" together as "M.E.S.H.". The Grid had their first success with their debut single, "Floatation", released on East West Records in 1990. They went on to release a string of ten UK hit singles and four albums, The lead single from this album, "Swamp Thing", features elaborate banjo lines played by Roger Dinsdale. "Swamp Thing" proved to be a commercial success in the UK, Europe and Australia, reaching No. 3 in the UK

In 2021, Ball and Norris collaborated with Robert Fripp on a new album, Leviathan.

Discography

Albums

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! Year !! Album !! <small>UK</small><br /> !! <small>SWE</small><br /> !! Label

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| 1990 || Electric Head || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || East West Records

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| 1992 || 456 || align="center"| – || align="center"| 199 || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || Virgin Records

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| 1994 || Evolver || align="center"| 14 || align="center"| 51 || align="center"| 27 || align="center"| 46 || Deconstruction Records

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| 1995 || Music for Dancing || align="center"| 67 || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || Deconstruction Records

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| 2008 || Doppelgänger || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || Some Bizzare Records

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| 2018 || One Way Traffic || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || Moog Recordings Library

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| 2021 || Leviathan (with Robert Fripp)|| align="center"| – || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || align="center"| – || Discipline Global Mobile

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Singles

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! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Certifications<br /><small>(sales thresholds)</small>

! rowspan="2"| Album

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! width="35"| UK<br />

! width="35"| AUS<br />

! width="35"| BEL<br />(Fla)<br />

! width="35"| GER<br />

! width="35"| IRE<br />

! width="35"| NED<br />

! width="35"| NOR<br />

! width="35"| SWE<br />

! width="35"| SWI<br />

  • ARIA: Platinum

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| align="left"| "Rollercoaster"

| 19

| 59

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| 45

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| 11

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| 31

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| align="left"| "Texas Cowboys" <small>(re-release)</small>

| 17

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| 1995

| align="left"| "Diablo"

| 32

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| align="left"| Music for Dancing

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| 2006

| align="left"| "Slammer" / "Slinker"

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| align="left" rowspan="2"| Doppelgänger

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| 2007

| align="left"| "Put Your Hands Together"

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| colspan="15" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

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References

Further reading

  • The Grid official Facebook page
  • Grid Central – unofficial page
  • [ The Grid at AllMusic]
  • The Grid Myspace