The Affectionate Punch is the debut studio album by Scottish post-punk/new wave band The Associates. It was released on 1 August 1980 by record label Fiction. The album was remixed and re-released in 1982 by order of The Associates' new record company Warner Bros. Records. The remixed record retained all the old tracks but was given typical '80s production values such as new synthesizers as well as some re-recorded vocals by Billy Mackenzie. Both Mackenzie and Rankine expressed dissatisfaction with the results. For years this was the only version available on CD, as the master tapes for the original had been lost. However, a duplicate was later found and the album was reissued by Virgin Records in 2005. The remixed versions of "A Matter of Gender" and "A" were also released as singles in 1982. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.