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{{Short description|Scottish R&B band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Average White Band
| image           = Average White Band 2013.jpg
| caption         = Average White Band in 2013
| landscape       = yes
| alias           = AWB
| origin          = [[Dundee]], Scotland
| instrument      =
| genre           = [[Blue-eyed soul]], [[funk]], [[R&B]], [[soft rock]]<ref name="AMG"/>
| years_active    = 1971–1982, 1989–2024
| label           = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[MCA Records|MCA]], [[Rhino Records|Rhino]], [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| associated_acts = [[Arif Mardin]], [[Ned Doheny]], [[Tower of Power]], The 360 Band
| website         =
| past_members = [[Alan Gorrie]]<br/>Onnie McIntyre<br/>Fred Vigdor<br/>Cliff Lyons<br/>Rocky Bryant<br/>Brent Carter<br/>Rob Aries<br>[[Roger Ball (musician)|Roger Ball]]<br/>[[Molly Duncan|Malcolm "Molly" Duncan]]<br/>[[Robbie McIntosh (drummer)|Robbie McIntosh]]<br/>Michael Rosen<br/>[[Hamish Stuart]]<br/>[[Steve Ferrone]]<br/>[[Eliot Lewis]]<br/>[[Alex Ligertwood]]<br/>Tiger McNeil<br />Peter Abbott<br/>Fred "Catfish" Alias<br/>[[Adam Deitch]]<br/>Brian Dunne<br/>Klyde Jones<br/>[[Morris Pleasure]]<br/>Monte Croft
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The '''Average White Band''' (also known as '''AWB''') were a Scottish [[funk]] and [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] band that had a series of soul and [[disco]] [[hit record|hit]]s between 1974 and 1980. They were best known for their million-selling instrumental track "[[Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song)|Pick Up the Pieces]]", and their albums ''[[AWB (album)|AWB]]'' and ''[[Cut the Cake (album)|Cut the Cake]]''. The band name was initially proposed by [[Bonnie Bramlett]]. They have influenced others, such as the [[Brand New Heavies]], and been [[sampling (music)|sampled]] by various musicians, including the [[Beastie Boys]], [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]], [[TLC (band)|TLC]], [[the Beatnuts]], [[Too Short]], [[Ice Cube]], [[Eric B. & Rakim]], [[Nas]], [[A Tribe Called Quest]], [[Christina Milian]], and [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]],<ref name="Rockopedia"/> making them the 15th most sampled act in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/714/alan_gorrie_awb_everybody_be_cool_real |title=Average White Band interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' August 2011|work=[[Blues & Soul]]|access-date=22 October 2011}}</ref>

==Career==
===Formation===
AWB was formed in late 1971<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book|first=Martin C.|last=Strong
|year=2000|title=The Great Rock Discography|edition=5th|publisher=Mojo Books|location=Edinburgh|pages=36–37|isbn=1-84195-017-3}}</ref> in London by [[Alan Gorrie]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst752.html|title=Alan Gorrie|publisher=Scottish-places.info|access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref> and [[Molly Duncan|Malcolm "Molly" Duncan]], with Owen "Onnie" McIntyre,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst2298.html|title=Owen (Onnie) McIntyre|publisher=Scottish-places.info|access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref> Michael Rosen (trumpet), [[Roger Ball (musician)|Roger Ball]], and [[Robbie McIntosh (drummer)|Robbie McIntosh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst2301.html|title=Robert (Robbie) McIntosh 1950 – 1974|publisher=Scottish-places.info|access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref> joining them in the original line-up. [[Hamish Stuart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst2297.html |title=Hamish Stuart|publisher=Scottish-places.info|access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref> quickly replaced Rosen. Duncan and Ball, affectionately known as the Dundee Horns, studied at [[Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design|Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art]] (now part of the [[University of Dundee]], but which at the time was part of the Dundee Institute of Art and Technology, now known as [[Abertay University]]), and were previously members of [[Mogul Thrash]]. Gorrie and McIntyre had been members of [[Forever More (band)|Forever More]]. McIntyre and McIntosh were used as [[session musician]]s on [[Chuck Berry]]'s recording of "[[My Ding-a-Ling]]".<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>

According to Duncan, members of the band had played together before in Scotland, but had moved to London separately and met up by chance at a [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] concert. They decided to jam together; a friend heard them and remarked: "This is too much for the average white man," which became adapted as the name of the band.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/14/average-white-band-how-we-made-pick-up-the-pieces-interview|title=Average White Band: how we made Pick Up the Pieces|first=Dave|last=Simpson|date=14 August 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

===Breakthrough===
The band's breakthrough was a support slot at [[Eric Clapton]]'s comeback concert in 1973. [[Music Corporation of America|MCA Records]] released their debut album, ''[[Show Your Hand (album)|Show Your Hand]]'' (1973), which sold poorly.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-average-white-band-mn0000064454/biography|title=Average White Band|author=Ankeny, Jason|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 April 2010}}</ref> Bruce McCaskill, who was Clapton's tour manager, liked the band's music and agreed to manage them. He borrowed money to take them to the US and to [[Promoter (entertainment)|promote]] them. McCaskill had many contacts from his days with Clapton and managed to get [[Atlantic Records]] to sign them. The band relocated to Los Angeles and released the follow-up, ''[[AWB (album)|AWB]]'', better known as ''The White Album''. It reached [[record chart|No. 1]] and was the first of many with producer [[Arif Mardin]].<ref name="AMG"/>

McIntosh died of a heroin overdose at a Los Angeles party on 23 September 1974.<ref name="Rockopedia">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=1998|title=Guinness Rockopedia|edition=1st|publisher=Guinness Publishing Ltd.|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessrockoped0000unse/page/24 24]|isbn=0-85112-072-5|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessrockoped0000unse/page/24}}</ref><ref name="AMG"/> Gorrie also overdosed, but [[Cher]] kept him conscious until medical help arrived.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912985-6,00.html|title=Gorrie Overdose|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=17 March 1975|access-date=17 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230215451/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C912985-6%2C00.html |archive-date=30 December 2010 }}</ref> The ''[[NME]]'' reported in January 1975 that AWB played a benefit show for McIntosh's widow at the [[Marquee Club]] in London.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book|first=John|last=Tobler|year=1992|title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years|edition=1st|publisher=Reed International Books Ltd|location=London|page=272|id=CN 5585}}</ref> McIntosh was replaced by [[Steve Ferrone]], previously of [[Bloodstone (band)|Bloodstone]], who had replaced McIntosh before in [[Brian Auger]]'s Oblivion Express.<ref name="Rockopedia"/>

In 1975, the single "[[Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song)|Pick Up the Pieces]]", taken from the No. 1 ''[[AWB (album)|AWB]]'' album, reached No. 1 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. The song knocked Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" out of No. 1 and sold over one million copies. It was awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|R.I.A.A.]] in March 1975.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells
|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London
|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/341 341]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/341}}</ref> It also prompted [[The J.B.'s]], [[James Brown]]'s backup band, to record and release a song in reply, "Pick Up the Pieces, One by One", under the name AABB (Above Average Black Band). It was both a tribute to AWB's knowledge of funk and a tongue-in-cheek play on the Scottish band's name.

AWB followed up with the [[Gramophone record|LP]]s ''[[Cut the Cake (album)|Cut the Cake]]'' (1975) and ''[[Soul Searching (Average White Band album)|Soul Searching]]'' (1976), both big sellers and yielding further [[Top 40]] singles. ''Cut the Cake'' was dedicated by the surviving band members to McIntosh's memory. A double live album ''Person To Person'' was issued in late 1976. Their next LP, ''Benny & Us'', was a collaboration with [[Ben E. King]].<ref name="AMG"/>

===Later career===
After several more albums, ''[[Warmer Communications]]'' (1978), ''[[Feel No Fret]]'' (1979) and after a switch to the U.S. Arista label, ''Shine'' (1980) and ''[[Cupid's in Fashion]]'' (1982), AWB's audience and sales dwindled. The group initially disbanded by 1983. Their 1980 [[disco]] hit "[[Let's Go Round Again]]" (UK No. 12),<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=34}}</ref> was [[cover version|covered]] in the late 1990s by [[Louise Nurding|Louise]].

Ferrone went on to work with [[Duran Duran]] and later with [[Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers]] from 1994 until Petty's death in 2017. Hamish Stuart joined [[Paul McCartney]]'s touring group.<ref name="AMG"/> In 1985 Gorrie released a solo album, ''Sleepless Nights''.

The classic lineup of Gorrie, McIntyre, Ball, Stuart, Duncan and Ferrone reunited for one last time at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary in 1988. Gorrie, McIntyre, and Ball then continued in 1989 to record ''[[Aftershock (Average White Band album)|Aftershock]]''.<ref name="LarkinSM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1993|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-733-9|pages=12/3}}</ref> [[Alex Ligertwood]] (ex-[[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[Jeff Beck Group]] and another veteran of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express) also appeared on this album, replacing lead singer Hamish Stuart, along with Eliot Lewis who co-wrote with Gorrie and joined the band. Ligertwood left after the album's recording and drummer Tiger McNeil joined for the reunited band's live shows. McNeil was with the group until 1994. He was then succeeded by Peter Abbott (ex-[[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]), who in turn was replaced by Fred "Catfish" Alias in September 1998. Drummer [[Adam Deitch]] did a two-year stint with AWB from 1999 to 2001.

Average White Band has continued recording (1997's ''Soul Tattoo'', 1999's ''Face to Face'') and touring since. Ball worked on ''Soul Tattoo'' with the group but was replaced by Fred Vigdor (aka Freddy V.) in 1996.

Brian Dunne took over the drum chair in 2001 and when Eliot Lewis left the band in September 2002 to pursue other musical opportunities (including a stint with [[Hall and Oates]]), he was replaced by Klyde Jones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.averagewhiteband.com|title=Averagewhiteband.com|publisher=Averagewhiteband.com|access-date=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718152311/http://www.averagewhiteband.com/|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

Their line-up as of 2002 became Alan Gorrie (bass guitar, guitar, lead and backing vocals), Klyde Jones (keyboards, bass guitar, guitar, lead and backing vocals), Onnie McIntyre (guitar, vocals), Freddy V (sax, keyboards, vocals), and Brian Dunne (drums).

Dunne was replaced by Rocky Bryant as drummer as of the 2006 tour. After Jones left in 2011 to join Hall and Oates, Monte Croft (keyboards, bass, guitar) and former [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] member [[Morris Pleasure]] (keyboards, bass, guitar) came in to do brief stints before Rob Aries arrived in 2013.

Brent Carter (ex-[[Tower of Power]]) has been singing with AWB since 2011.

In July 2015, Malcolm 'Molly' Duncan, Steve Ferrone and Hamish Stuart reunited to form The 360 Band. This is in essence one half of the classic AWB. They released an album titled ''Three Sixty'' in 2017 and performed live together along with supporting musicians. As of 2019, Alan Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre are the only two original members left in the Average White Band.

Original tenor sax player Molly Duncan died on 8 October 2019, shortly after it had been announced that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17984174.obituary-molly-duncan-tenor-saxophonist-co-founder-average-white-band/|title=Obituary: Molly Duncan, tenor saxophonist and co-founder of the Average White Band|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref>

In June 2023, AWB announced their final tour, Let's Go Round Again One Last Time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23542847.legendary-band-average-white-band-tour-scotland-for-one-last-time/|title=Legendary band Average White Band to tour Scotland 'for one last time'|date=23 May 2023|website=HeraldScotland}}</ref> "That it's finally coming to an end is going to mean a highly emotional tour next year, but one which will mean we bow out at the top level," Gorrie said. "Please join us in a final celebration of that journey, and to a last hurrah of epic proportions with your presence and your aye-ready appreciation!"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/article/average-white-band-tour-2023-where-to-buy-tickets-schedule/|title=Average White Band tour 2023: Where to buy tickets, schedule|last=Levy|first=Matt|date=23 May 2023|work=New York Post|accessdate=15 July 2023}}</ref>

The final concert will be made into a concert film titled "Final Note," which will be released in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2024-12-11 |title=Average White Band’s Final Performance To Be Made Into Concert Film |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/average-white-band-final-performance-153013723.html |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-CA}}</ref>

==Members==
;Final members
* [[Alan Gorrie]] – bass, guitars, vocals, keyboards {{small|(1971–1982, 1989–2024)}}
* Owen "Onnie" McIntyre – guitars, backing vocals {{small|(1971–1982, 1989–2024)}}
* Fred Vigdor – tenor saxophone, keyboards, backing vocals {{small|(1996–2024)}}
* Rocky Bryant – drums {{small|(2006–2024)}}
* Brent Carter – vocals {{small|(2011–2024)}}
* Rob Aries – keyboards, bass {{small|(2013–2024)}}
* Cliff Lyons – alto saxophone {{small|(2015–2024)}}

;Former members
{{colbegin}}
* [[Roger Ball (musician)|Roger Ball]] – alto saxophone, keyboards {{small|(1971–1983, 1989–1996)}}
* [[Molly Duncan|Malcolm "Molly" Duncan]] – [[tenor saxophone]] {{small|(1971–1983; died 2019)}}
* [[Robbie McIntosh (drummer)|Robbie McIntosh]] – drums {{small|(1971–1974; his death)}}
* Michael Rosen – trumpet, guitar {{small|(1971)}}
* [[Hamish Stuart]] – guitar, bass, vocals {{small|(1971–1983)}}
* [[Steve Ferrone]] – drums {{small|(1974–1983)}}
* [[Eliot Lewis]] – keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion, vocals {{small|(1989–2002)}}
* Tiger McNeil – drums {{small|(1989–1994)}}
* [[Alex Ligertwood]] – vocals {{small|(1989)}}
* Peter Abbott – drums {{small|(1994–1998)}}
* Fred "Catfish" Alias – drums {{small|(1998–1999)}}
* [[Adam Deitch]] – drums {{small|(1999–2001)}}
* Klyde Jones – keyboards, guitar, bass, vocals {{small|(2002–2011)}}
* [[Morris Pleasure]] – keyboard, bass, guitar {{small|(2011, 2013)}}
* Monte Croft – keyboard, bass, guitar {{small|(2011–2013)}}
{{colend}}


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==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
|-
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name="UK"/>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=22}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Billboard Top 200|US]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]</small><br>
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Show Your Hand (album)|Show Your Hand]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 39{{efn-ua|Charted in 1975 when re-issued as ''Put It Where You Want It''.|name=fn1|group=upper-alpha}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 39{{Efn|name=fn1|group=upper-alpha}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 69{{Efn|name=fn1|group=upper-alpha}}
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[AWB (album)|AWB]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
|
* [[RIAA]]: [[Music recording certification|Gold]]<ref name=RIAA>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Average+White+Band&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=Average White Band|publisher=[[RIAA]]|website=riaa.com}}</ref>
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Silver<ref>{{cite web|title=Average White Band - Average White Band (album)|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/626-233-2|website=bpi.co.uk|access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Cut the Cake (album)|Cut the Cake]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 28
| style="text-align:center;"| 71
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 11
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name=RIAA />
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Soul Searching (Average White Band album)|Soul Searching]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 60
| style="text-align:center;"| 81
| style="text-align:center;"| 9
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 20
|
* RIAA: Platinum<ref name=RIAA />
|-
| 1977
| ''Benny & Us'' <br><small>(with [[Ben E. King]])</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 33
| style="text-align:center;"| 14
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Warmer Communications]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 85
| style="text-align:center;"| 28
| style="text-align:center;"| 12
| style="text-align:center;"| 31
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name=RIAA />
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Feel No Fret]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 15
| style="text-align:center;"| 99
| style="text-align:center;"| 32
| style="text-align:center;"| 30
| style="text-align:center;"| 86
|
* BPI: Silver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/3096-233-2|title=Average White Band: Feel No Fret|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]|website=bpi.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| ''Shine''
| style="text-align:center;"| 14
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 116
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Cupid's in Fashion]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 49
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Aftershock (Average White Band album)|Aftershock]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 69
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Soul Tattoo''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 2003
| ''Living in Colour''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Inside Out''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
|-
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
|-
| 1976
| ''Person to Person'' <small>(double album)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 28
| style="text-align:center;"| 9
|-
| 1999
| ''Face to Face''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 2006
| ''Soul & the City''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 2011
| ''Live at Montreux 1977'' <br><small>(recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 10 July 1977)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 2013
| ''Times Squared'' <br><small>(recorded at B. B. King's, New York, NY, 18 March 2009)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 2015
| ''Access All Areas'' <br><small>(recorded at Nottingham's Theatre Royal, summer 1980)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 2016
| ''AWB R&B''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 2024
| ''Live At The Rainbow Theatre 1974''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Certifications
|-
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small><br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15265/average-white-band/|title=Average White Band {{!}} full Official Chart history|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=15 June 2019}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
|-
| 1980
| ''Volume VIII'' <small>(contains 5 hits and 4 unreleased songs)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 182
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Pickin' Up The Pieces: The Best of Average White Band''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 1994
| ''The Best Of The Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again''
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
* BPI: Silver<ref>{{cite web|title=Average White Band - The Best of Average White Band|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/6682-233-2|website=bpi.co.uk|access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1997
| ''Pick Up The Pieces and Other Hits''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 2005
| ''Greatest & Latest''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 2006
| ''The Very Best Of''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 2009
| ''Pick Up The Pieces (The Very Best Of)''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 2014
| ''All The Pieces - The Complete Studio Recordings 1971–2003''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 2019
| ''Gold''
| style="text-align:center;"| 99
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 2020
| ''Anthology''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 2024
| '''50’ – A 50th Anniversary Celebration''
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Certifications
! rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name="UK"/>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><br><ref name="whitburnpop">{{cite book|title=Top Pop Singles: 1955-2008|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2008|publisher=Record Research |isbn=978-0-89820-180-2}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=The Average White Band - Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-average-white-band-mn0000064454/awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313213522/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-average-white-band-mn0000064454/awards|archive-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br><ref name=aus/>
! style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|<small>[[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]</small><br>
|-
| rowspan="3"|1973
| "Put It Where You Want It"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| ''Show Your Hand''
|-
| "Show Your Hand"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "This World Has Music"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| rowspan="5"|1974
| "The Jugglers"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "How Can You Go Home"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Put It Where You Want It''{{efn-ua|This was the title for the 1975 re-issue of ''Show Your Hand''. The track was originally a non-album single.|name=fn2|group=upper-alpha}}
|-
| "You Got It"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''AWB''
|-
| "Nothing You Can Do"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "[[Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song)|Pick Up the Pieces]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| style="text-align:center;"| 11
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
|
* BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Average White Band|title=Pick Up the Pieces|id=18954-233-1|type=single|access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>
* RIAA: Gold<ref name=RIAA/>
|-
| rowspan="3"|1975
| "[[Cut the Cake (song)|Cut the Cake]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| 31
| style="text-align:center;"| 10
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 16
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| ''Cut the Cake''
|-
| "If I Ever Lose This Heaven"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 39
| style="text-align:center;"| 25
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "School Boy Crush"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 33
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 41<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6474a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - January 10, 1976}}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan="5"|1976
| "Cloudy"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 55
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Everybody's Darling"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''Soul Searching''
|-
| "I'm the One"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Queen of My Soul"
| style="text-align:center;"| 23
| style="text-align:center;"| 40
| style="text-align:center;"| 21
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 83<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5103B.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - October 23, 1976}}</ref>
|
|-
| "A Love of Your Own"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 35
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| rowspan="6"|1977
| "Goin' Home"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Get It Up" <small>(with [[Ben E. King]])</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 21
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''Benny and Us'' <small>(with [[Ben E. King]])</small>
|-
| "A Star in the Ghetto" <small>(with Ben E. King)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 25
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Fool for You Anyway" <small>(with Ben E. King)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]" <small>(with Ben E. King)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Get It Up for Love" <small>(with Ben E. King)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| rowspan="5"|1978
| "One Look Over My Shoulder (Is This Really Goodbye?)"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''Warmer Communications''
|-
| "Your Love Is a Miracle"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 33
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Big City Lights"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Same Feeling, Different Song"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "She's a Dream"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1979
| "[[Walk On By (song)|Walk on By]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| 46
| style="text-align:center;"| 92
| style="text-align:center;"| 32
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| ''Feel No Fret''
|-
| "When Will You Be Mine"
| style="text-align:center;"| 49
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Atlantic Avenue"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Feel No Fret"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1980
| "[[Let's Go Round Again]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| 12
| style="text-align:center;"| 53
| style="text-align:center;"| 40
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Shine''
|-
| "For You, for Love"
| style="text-align:center;"| 46
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 60
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "Into the Night"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1982
| "Easier Said Than Done"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| ''Cupid's in Fashion''
|-
| "Cupid's in Fashion"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "You're My Number One"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| "I Believe"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 1986
| "[[Cut the Cake (song)|Cut the Cake]]" <small>(re-issue)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| — 
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 66
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 1988
| "The Spirit of Love" <small>(featuring [[Chaka Khan]] and [[Ronnie Laws]])</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 47
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Aftershock''
|-
| 1989
| "Sticky Situation"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| 1994
| "[[Let's Go Round Again]]" <small>(re-issue/remix)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 56
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 1996
| "Every Beat of My Heart"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Soul Tattoo''
|-
| 1997
| "Back to Basics"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Other contributions===
* ''[[Wish You Were Here (Badfinger album)|Wish You Were Here]]'' (1974) – Average White Horns on "Just a Chance" and "Should I Smoke" – arranged by Roger Ball<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wish-you-were-here-mw0000241450/credits |title=Wish You Were Here – Badfinger : Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref>
* ''Up'' (1976) – [[Morrissey–Mullen]]
* ''[[The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux]]'' (1977)
* ''[[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)#Theme_song|The Cosmos Theme]]'' (1978) – written by Alan Gorrie and Steve Ferrone, and recorded by the band under the pseudonym "The Cosmic Highlanders"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanlon |first1=Tim |title=EPISODE 146: The NY Cosmos Theme Song – With Musician Steve Ferrone |url=https://goodseatsstillavailable.com/listen/2020/1/11/episode-146-the-ny-cosmos-theme-song-with-musician-steve-ferrone |website=goodseatsstillavailable.com |publisher="Good Seats Still Available" podcast |access-date=October 5, 2020 |date=January 11, 2020}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{notelist-ua}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* ''The New Musical Express Book of Rock'', 1975, Star Books, {{ISBN|0-352-30074-4}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.averagewhiteband.com Official website]
* {{Discogs artist|Average White Band}}
* {{imdb name|2197207}}

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[[Category:British disco groups]]
[[Category:British musical sextets]]
[[Category:British musical septets]]
[[Category:Musicians from Dundee]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records artists]]
[[Category:MCA Records artists]]
[[Category:Arista Records artists]]
[[Category:RCA Records artists]]
[[Category:Rhino Entertainment artists]]
[[Category:Scottish rock music groups]]