My Bloody Valentine discography

My Bloody Valentine discography
My Bloody Valentine performing in Boston, Massachusetts, United States in November 2013
Studio albums	3
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	2
Music videos	6
EPs	5
Singles	12
Mini albums	2
Compilation contributions	4
Miscellaneous appearances	20

The discography of My Bloody Valentine, an alternative rock band from Dublin, Ireland, consists of three studio albums, two mini albums, one live album, two compilation albums, five extended plays, twelve singles and six music videos.

My Bloody Valentine formed in early 1983 and released their debut mini album, This Is Your Bloody Valentine, in January 1985 on Tycoon Records. Featuring the band's original line-up of vocalist David Conway, guitarist Kevin Shields, drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig and keyboardist Christine "Tina" Durkin, the album failed to receive much attention and the band relocated to London, England following its release.^[1] In London the band recruited bassist Debbie Googe and subsequently released two EPs—Geek! (1985) and The New Record by My Bloody Valentine (1986)—and the 1987 single "Sunny Sundae Smile".^[2] The New Record… and "Sunny Sundae Smile" garnered the band minor underground success, with both placing in the United Kingdom Independent Singles Chart. Conway departed the band soon after and was replaced by vocalist-guitarist Bilinda Butcher in early 1987.^[3]

With their new line-up, My Bloody Valentine released a second mini album, Ecstasy, and the standalone single "Strawberry Wine" in November 1987 on Lazy Records. Both releases were moderate critical successes and attracted the attention of Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee, who offered the band a recording contract after a performance in January 1988.^[4] During their time on Creation My Bloody Valentine released their most notable material, including two full-length studio albums, Isn't Anything (1988) and Loveless (1991). Both albums, as well as their singles and preceding EPs, were released to widespread critical acclaim;^[5][6] Isn't Anything and Loveless were considered massive independent successes, both peaking at number 1 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. In addition, Loveless placed at number 24 on the UK Albums Chart and has since been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry. In 1992 My Bloody Valentine were dropped by Creation due to the extensive recording period and production costs of Loveless.^[7]

My Bloody Valentine signed to Island Records in October 1992 for a reported £250,000 contract, constructing a home studio in Streatham, South London with their advance. Originally intending to record and release a third studio album, the band experienced a "semi-meltdown", according to Kevin Shields and became largely inactive.^[8] Despite rumours that over 60 hours of recorded material had been presented to Island,^[9] the band only released two songs—cover versions of Louis Armstrong's "We Have All the Time in the World" and Wire's "Map Ref 41°N 93°W"—on various artist compilation albums before their disbandment in 1997.

In 2007 My Bloody Valentine reunited and announced plans to release a third album. The band commenced two international tours between 2008–09,^[2] during which time remastered versions of Isn't Anything and Loveless and a box set were announced.^[10] Following further delays, remastered editions of the band's original two studio albums and the double compilation album EP's 1988–1991 were released on Sony in May 2012. m b v, My Bloody Valentine's third studio album, was eventually released "out of the blue" in February 2013;^[11] it received "universal acclaim", according to Metacritic.^[12]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums; with chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Sales	Certifications (sales thresholds)
		IRL [13]	BEL [14]	JPN [15]	KOR [16]	UK [17]	UK Indie [18][19]
Isn't Anything	Released: 21 November 1988 (UK)[20] Labels: Creation (040), Relativity (88561-1006) Formats: CD, CS LP	49	—	29	46	61	1
Loveless	Released: 4 November 1991 (UK)[21] Labels: Creation (060), Sire (9 26759) Formats: CD, CS, LP, MD	29	—	18	30	24	1	US: 290,000+[22]	UK: Silver[23]
m b v	Released: 2 February 2013 (UK)[24] Label: mbv (001) Formats: CD, digital download, LP	—	87	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

Mini albums

List of mini albums, with chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK Indie [18]
This Is Your Bloody Valentine	Released: January 1985 (GER)[25] Label: Tycoon (7501) Formats: CD, LP	—
Ecstasy	Released: 23 November 1987 (UK)[26] Label: Lazy (08) Format: LP	12
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

Live albums

List of live albums

Title	Album details
Man You Love to Hate – Live	Released: 1985 (GER)[27] Label: Schuldige Scheitel (102) Format: CD, CS

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		IRL [13]	BEL [28]	JPN [15]	KOR [16]	UK [17]	UK Indie [18]
Ecstasy and Wine	Released: February 1989 (UK)[29] Label: Lazy (12) Formats: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	2
EP's 1988–1991	Released: 4 May 2012 (IRL)[30] Label: Sony (88691941692) Formats: 2×CD, BSCD, digital download	21	189	17	42	33	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK Indie [18][31][32]
Geek!	Released: December 1985 (UK)[33] Label: Fever (005) Format: 12"	—
The New Record by My Bloody Valentine	Released: September 1986 (UK)[34] Label: Kaleidoscope Sound (101) Format: 12"	22
You Made Me Realise	Released: 8 August 1988 (UK)[35] Label: Creation (055) Formats: 12", CD	2
Glider	Released: 23 April 1990 (UK)[36] Label: Creation (073) Formats: 12", CD	2
Tremolo	Released: 4 February 1991 (UK)[37] Label: Creation (085) Formats: 12", CD	1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Retail singles

List of retail singles, with chart positions

Single	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		UK [17]	UK Indie [18]	US Mod [38]
"No Place to Go"	1985	—	—	—	Geek!
"Sunny Sundae Smile"	1987	—	6	—	Non-album single
"Strawberry Wine"		—	13	—
"You Made Me Realise"	1988	—	5	—	You Made Me Realise
"Feed Me with Your Kiss"		—	2	—	Isn't Anything
"Instrumental"		—	—	—	Non-album single
"Soon"	1990	41	—	—	Glider
"To Here Knows When"	1991	29	—	—	Tremolo
"Only Shallow"	1992	—	—	27	Loveless
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Promotional singles

List of promotional-only singles

Single	Year	Album	Ref
"Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)"	1988	Isn't Anything	[39]
"When You Sleep"	1991	Loveless	[40]

Split singles

List of split singles, with other artists

Single	Year	Other artist
"Sugar"/"December, with the Day"	1989	Pacific

Music videos

List of music videos, with directors

Title	Year	Director	Ref
"You Made Me Realise"	1988	Douglas Hart	[41]
"Feed Me with Your Kiss"
"Soon"	1990	Angus Cameron	[42]
"To Here Knows When"	1991
"Swallow"
"Only Shallow"

Compilation contributions

List of contributions to various artist compilations

Song	Year	Album	Notes	Ref
"We Have All the Time in the World"	1993	Peace Together	Louis Armstrong cover	[43]
"Incidental One" (with Mark Eitzel)	1996	Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip	N/A	[44]
"Incidental Peace" (with Skylab)
"Map Ref 41°N 93°W"		Whore: Various Artists Play Wire	Wire cover	[45]

Miscellaneous appearances

List of appearances on compilation albums, and film and television soundtracks

Song	Year	Album	Notes	Ref
"Love Machine"	1986	Turn It Up_..or Turn It Off	From Geek!	[46]
"No Place to Go"
"Strawberry Wine"	1988	Indie Top 20 Volume III – War of Independents	N/A	[47]
"Cigarette in Your Bed"		Doing It for the Kids	From You Made Me Realise	[48]
"When You Wake You're Still in a Dream"	1989	Rough Trade: Music for the 90's	From Isn't Anything	[49]
"Instrumental"	1990	Pensioners on Ecstasy	N/A	[50]
"Soon"		Just Say Da: Volume IV of Just Say Yes	EP version, from Glider	[51]
"Honey Power"	1991	Sorted, Snorted and Sported	From Tremolo	[52]
		Just Say Anything: Volume V of Just Say Yes		[53]
"Soon"	1992	Precious (Underground)	From Glider and Loveless	[54]
"Only Shallow" (Edit)		Rollercoaster EP	From Loveless	[55]
"Only Shallow"	1995	Amateur		[56]
"Soon"	1996	Noise Annoys: A Creation Compilation	From Glider and Loveless	[57]
"Loomer"		Ocean of Sound	From Loveless	[58]
"Sometimes	2003	Lost in Translation		[59]
"Paint a Rainbow"	2004	Rough Trade Shops: Indiepop	From the B-side of "Sunny Sundae Smile"	[60]
"Only Shallow"	2005	Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box	From Loveless	[61]
"Soon"		Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story	From Glider and Loveless	[62]
"Only Shallow"	2007	The Brit Box: UK Indie, Shoegaze, and Brit-Pop Gems of the Last Millennium	From Loveless	[63]
"Only Tomorrow"	2013	The Sound Of 2013	From m b v	[64]

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50. Pensioners on Ecstasy (Sleeve notes). Various artists. Creation Records. 1990. CRECD 082.
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55. Rollercoaster EP (Liner note). Blur; Dinosaur Jr; My Bloody Valentine; The Jesus and Mary Chain. Melody Maker. 1992. SAM 986.
56. Flota, Brian. "Amateur – Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits and Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
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Bibliography

• Conway, David; Knee, Sam (2013). A Scene in Between: Tripping Through the Fashions of UK Indie Music 1980–1988 (1st ed.). London: Cicada. ISBN 978-1-908714-06-0.
• Fisher, David (2008). My Bloody Valentine's Loveless: The Epitome of a Genre. VDM Verlag. ISBN 978-3-639080-62-9.
• Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1999: The Complete Guide to UK Independent Charts (Singles & Albums). London: Cherry Red. ISBN 978-0-951720-69-1.
• McGonial, Mike (2007). Loveless. 33⅓. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-826415-48-6.

External links

• My Bloody Valentine discography at Discogs
• My Bloody Valentine discography at MusicBrainz