The Absolute Game

The Absolute Game
Studio album by
Released19 September 1980 (1980-09-19)[1]
Recorded1980
StudioThe Manor Studio, Shipton-on-Cherwell; Audio International Studios, London W1
GenrePost-punk, new wave
LabelVirgin
ProducerMick Glossop
Skids chronology
Days in Europa
(1979)
The Absolute Game
(1980)
Joy
(1981)

The Absolute Game is the third studio album by Scottish punk rock and new wave band Skids. Recorded in 1980 and produced by Mick Glossop, it was released in September 1980 by record label Virgin. It became their most commercially successful album, reaching No. 9 in the UK Albums Chart.[2]

  1. ^ "Skids' lig" (PDF). Record Mirror. 23 August 1980. p. 5. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ^ Baldwin, Shane (April 2009). "[The Absolute Game review]". Record Collector.