The Legendary Pink Dots discography
| The Legendary Pink Dots discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 39 |
| Live albums | 18 |
| Compilation albums | 35 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| Singles | 14 |
This is a detailed list of releases by the European band The Legendary Pink Dots. As of 2012, they have released 32 studio albums, 52 live albums and compilations, and 14 singles. Their first release was the cassette Only Dreaming in 1981, initially limited to 10 copies only, each with their own, hand-made cover.[1] After a few more cassette-only releases, Brighter Now saw the light of day in the following year, as their first 'proper' album.
Right from the start, their output has been quite prolific, with no less than four tapes released in the first year of their existence alone.[2] This would not change until the late nineties, with a new album with original material every 1–2 years only, but accompanied by re-releases of early, hard-to-find material, and live albums.
In addition, singer Edward Ka-Spel has released more than 60 solo albums to date, and he and other members of the band have collaborated in various other projects, most notably in The Tear Garden, which originally consisted of Ka-Spel and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy,[3] but later expanded to involve all current Pink Dots members as well as several friends of both the Pink Dots and Key.
Another notable peculiarity in the Pink Dots' discography is their affection for vinyl. With only a few exceptions, all of their albums have seen vinyl editions in addition to the standard CD release, many of them (like their 2010 studio album, Seconds Late For The Brighton Line), featuring exclusive tracks not found on the CD, although some may later appear on the digital release.
In their history, The Legendary Pink Dots have released -and re-released- their records on a large number of different labels, as well as having their own label 'The Terminal Kaleidoscope', and a bandcamp.com page for digital self-distribution.
Studio releases
| Year | Title | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Only Dreaming | Mirrordot, Jarmusic | Tape |
| 1981 | Kleine Krieg | Mirrordot, Terminal Kaleidoscope, 235 | Tape |
| 1982 | Brighter Now | In Phaze, Art Nouveau, New Europeans, Terminal Kaleidoscope, Play It Again Sam, SPV Poland, Soleilmoon | Tape, LP, CD |
| 1982 | Atomic Roses | Illusion Productions | Tape |
| 1982 | Premonition | Flowmotion, Ding Dong, 235, Terminal Kaleidoscope, Mirrordot, Jarmusic | Tape |
| 1982 | Apparition | Ding Dong, Terminal Kaleidoscope | Tape, LP, CD |
| 1982 | Basilisk | Third Mind, Ding Dong, Terminal Kaleidoscope, Mirrordot, Jarmusic, Beta-lactam Ring | Tape, CD |
| 1983 | Chemical Playschool 3 & 4 | Mirrordot Tapes, Terminal Kaleidoscope, Jarmusic, Staalplaat | 2x Tape, 2x CD |
| 1983 | Curse | In Phaze, Terminal Kaleidoscope, Play It Again Sam, SPV Poland, Soleilmoon, Big Blue | LP, Tape, CD |
| 1984 | The Tower | In Phaze, Terminal Kaleidoscope, Play It Again Sam, SPV Poland, Soleilmoon | LP, CD, Tape |
| 1985 | Asylum | Play It Again Sam, Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon, SPV Poland | 2xLP, CD |
| 1985 | Prayer For Aradia | Bain Total, Terminal Kaleidoscope, Big Blue | Tape, CD |
| 1986 | Island Of Jewels | Play It Again Sam, Penguin, Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon, SPV Poland | LP, CD |
| 1988 | Any Day Now | Play It Again Sam, Wax Trax!, SPV Poland, Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon | LP, Tape, CD |
| 1989 | The Golden Age | Play It Again Sam, Wax Trax!, SPV Poland, Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon | LP, Tape, CD |
| 1990 | Four Days | Mirrordot, Terminal Kaleidoscope, SPV Poland | Tape, CD |
| 1990 | Crushed Velvet Apocalypse | Play It Again Sam, Wax Trax!, Caroline, Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon, SPV Poland | LP, Tape, CD |
| 1991 | The Maria Dimension | Play It Again Sam, Caroline, SPV Poland, Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon | LP, Tape, CD |
| 1992 | Shadow Weaver | Play It Again Sam, Caroline, SPV Poland, Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon | LP, Tape, CD |
| 1992 | Malachai (Shadow Weaver Part 2) | Play It Again Sam, Caroline, Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon, Big Blue | LP, Tape, CD |
| 1994 | 9 Lives to Wonder | Play It Again Sam, Soleilmoon, Flesh Eating Ants | CD, 2xLP |
| 1995 | From Here You'll Watch the World Go By | Soleilmoon, Staalplaat, SPV Poland | CD, Tape |
| 1997 | Hallway of the Gods | Soleilmoon, Terminal Kaleidoscope, Staalplaat, SPV Poland | CD, Tape, 2xLP |
| 1998 | Nemesis Online | Soleilmoon | CD, 2xLP |
| 2000 | A Perfect Mystery | Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon, Beta-lactam Ring | CD, 2xLP |
| 2002 | All the King's Horses | Soleilmoon, Big Blue | CD, 2xLP |
| 2002 | All the King's Men | ROIR | CD, 2xLP |
| 2004 | Poppy Variations | Terminal Kaleidoscope, Beta-lactam Ring, Big Blue | CD, 2xLP |
| 2004 | The Whispering Wall | ROIR | CD |
| 2006 | Your Children Placate You from Premature Graves | ROIR | CD |
| 2006 | Alchemical Playschool | Caciocavallo | CD, 2x 10" vinyl |
| 2008 | Plutonium Blonde | ROIR | CD |
| 2010 | Seconds Late for the Brighton Line | ROIR | CD |
| 2012 | The Creature That Tasted Sound | Trademark of Quantity | CD-R |
| 2013 | Taos Hum | Trademark of Quantity | CD-R |
| 2013 | The Gethsemane Option | Metropolis Records | CD |
| 2013 | Code Noir | Beta-lactam Ring Records | CD |
| 2013 | The Curse of Marie Antoinette | Rustblade | LP |
| 2014 | 109 | Rustblade | 2xLP, CD |
| 2015 | The Seismic Bleats Of Quantum Sheep | Self-released on bandcamp.com, Abstrakce Records | Digital download, LP |
| 2015 | Five Days | Self-released on bandcamp.com | CDr, Digital download |
| 2015 | 5 Days Instrumentals | Self-released on bandcamp.com | CDr, Digital download |
| 2016 | Pages Of Aquarius | Metropolis Records | CD, 2xLP, Digital download |
Compilations
| Year | Title | Label | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Chemical Playschool 1 & 2 | Mirrordot Tapes,Terminal Kaleiddoscope, Jarmusic, Staalplaat | 2x Tape | A collection of early tracks, some of them available on other releases from that time. The track listings on later releases differ from the original Mirrordot release, but the tracks are in fact the same, just named differently. |
| 1981 | Dots On The Eyes | Cassette King | Tape | March is exclusive to this release, while all other songs appeared on Chemical Playschool 1 & 2. |
| 1987 | Stone Circles: A Legendary Pink Dots Anthology | Play It Again Sam USA | LP, CD | Compilation for the US market. All tracks previously released except for Gladiators Version Apocalypse. |
| 1988 | Traumstadt 1 | Mirrordot Tapes, Terminal Kaleidoscope | Tape, CD | Features tracks that previously appeared on Atomic Roses, Apparition and the various artist compilations Rising From The Red Sand 3, Turkish Delight and I Love Liberty. The version of I Dream Of Jeannie on this release is different from the one appearing on the bonus CD for The Maria Dimension. |
| 1988 | Traumstadt 2 | Mirrordot, Jarmusic | Tape | Features unrelesed tracks and versions as well as the Pink Dots' entries for the various artists compilations Something Stirs, Mineral Composition (Edges 40 Vol. 2), Zamizdat Trade Journal Volume 4, Four In One Vol. 2, Compulsory Overtime and Three Minute Symphony. |
| 1989 | Traumstadt 5 | Mirrordot, Jarmusic, Staalplaat | Tape | Compilation of material from various Pink Dots releases as well as their entries for the compilations Life At The Top, Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 2 and An Invitation To The Last Judgement: The Labyrinth. |
| 1989 | The Legendary Pink Box | Play It Again Sam, Cacciocavallo | 3x LP, 2x CD | "Featuring the ancient, the resurrected ,re-recorded, the rare and the exclusive".[4] |
| 1995 | Chemical Playschool 8 & 9 | Terminal Kaleidoscope, Soleilmoon Recordings, Beta-lactam Ring Records | 2x CD | Includes the Maria Dimension Bonus CD as well as unreleased tracks and songs recorded for the various artists compilations Sonora 2/91 (magazine with CD), A Drop In The Ocean... and Ohren Des Kaiser Hirohito. |
| 1996 | Canta Mientras Puedas | Play It Again Sam, Soleilmoon | CD | All material previously released, with the tracks A Velvet Resurrection and Friend presented in slightly remixed versions. The title of the compilation is the Spanish translation of the Pink Dots' motto "Sing While You May". |
| 1996 | Lullabies For The New Dark Ages | Soleilmoon | 4x LP, 4x CD | Re-release of the albums Brighter Now, Curse, Faces In The Fire and The Tower as a box-set. 4x LP box is limited to 512 copies and 4x CD box is limited to 1000 copies. |
| 1997 | Ancient Daze | Terminal Kaleidoscope, Beta-lactam Ring Records | CD, 2x LP | Collection of material originally released 1980-1981 plus the previously unreleased Spaced Out. Re-released in 2000 with three additional, previously unreleased tracks : Odd, West Side Story (The Forgotten Version) and Candlelight Or Fullbeam?. |
| 1997 | Stained Glass Some Fountains | Soleilmoon | 2x CD | Collection of early material and cassette releases as well as tracks made for the compilations The Dice Are Rolling: A Play It Again Sam Records Sample , QED and Flowmotion. According to the liner notes, April's Song "is the oldest surviving recording of The Legendary Pink Dots". |
| 1997 | Under Triple Moons | ROIR | CD | Collection of tracks from the cassette releases Premonition, Traumstadt 2, Kleine Krieg and Chemical Playschool 1 & 2. |
| 1998 | Chemical Playschool 10 | Soleilmoon | CD | New and previously unreleased material. Originally sold exclusively at the Pink Dots' North American tour in 1997, it was later put into general release. |
| 1999 | Poi Poka Mozhesh | Brudenia | CD | Collection of previously released material as well as a different version of Supper at J's and the two previously unreleased tracks Interflora Overdrive (Part One) and Interflora Overdrive (Part Two). The album's title is the Russian translation of the Pink Dots' motto "Sing While You May". |
| 2001 | Kollabaris | Terminal Kaleidoscope, Beta-lactam Ring Records | CD | Collection of collaborations with other artists, including Artwork, Karolinek and Lydia Tomkiw as well as the side-projects The Tear Garden and Mimir. |
| 2001 | Chemical Playschool 11, 12 & 13 | Caciocavallo | 3x CD | Collection of previously unreleased material (going back as far as 1992) and the tracks 10th Shade and Schatten from the vinyl version of Nemesis Online. All three discs were designed to have no index points (although the third disc erroneuously has one near the end) to invoke the experience of listening to a cassette. |
| 2002 | Synesthesia | S.P.K.R., Big Blue Records | CD | Described as "a companion to Chemical Playschool 11, 12 & 13", featuring previously unreleased (presumably all newly recorded) material. |
| 2002 | El Kaleidoscopo Terminal | Caciocavallo | LP, CD | Collection of previously released material plus a new version of Blue from A Perfect Mystery. |
| 2002 | Caciocavallo Reissue Collection | Caciocavallo | 10x CD | Box set featuring all albums previously available through Play It Again Sam: The Lovers, Asylum, Island Of Jewels, Any Day Now, The Golden Age, The Legendary Pink Box, The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse, The Maria Dimension, Shadow Weaver and Malachai. |
| 2003 | A Guide to the Legendary Pink Dots Vol. 1: The Best Ballads | Big Blue Records | CD | Collection of previously released material. |
| 2003 | I Did Not Inhale | Zakat | CD | Compilation for the Russian market containing previously released material. |
| 2003 | A Guide To The Legendary Pink Dots Vol. 2: Psychedelic Classics And Rarities | Big Blue Records | 2x CD & 1x VCD | Collection of previously released material plus unreleased live versions of the songs The Saucers Are Coming (renamed to Saucers Over Poznan), Citadel, A Velvet Resurrection and I Love You In Your Tragic Beauty, all recorded in Poznan, Poland, in 1996. The Video CD features a live show recorded in Germany on January 11, 1989, as well as an interview two clips of the songs Der Schrei and Talent Contest. |
| 2004 | Singe Waehrend Du Bist | UMO Magazine | CD | Collection of previously released songs and unreleased live versions of Space Captain, Andromeda Suite and Evolution / The Brightest Star. |
| 2004 | Crushed Mementos | Plinkity Plonk | CD | Collection of tracks taken from the compilations The Voice, Rising From The Red Sands Vol. 3 and Zamizdat Trade Journal, the Pink Dots' Traumstadt 4 cassette, plus a new song called Premonition 15. |
| 2007 | The Legendary Pink Dots | Vinyl On Demand | 5x LP |
Limited to 600 copies. Came with a bonus DVD when ordering directly from the label, which featured a TV performance of Echo Police and a short interview. |
| 2009 | The Maria Sessions | Trademark Of Quantity | CD | Previously unreleased recordings made in 1991. |
| 2010 | Any Day Now Secrets | Trademark Of Quantity | CD | Previously unreleased recordings made in 1987. |
| 2011 | All The King's Sessions | Trademark Of Quantity | CD | Outtakes and alternate versions from All The King's Horses and All The King's Men. |
| 2012 | Chemical Playschool 15 | Rustblade | CD, CDr, DVD | A collection of new tracks recorded in August 2012. |
| 2013 | Come Out From the Shadows | self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Previously unreleased recordings made in the 1990s. |
| 2013 | Come Out From the Shadows Volume 2 | self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Previously unreleased recordings from the Shadow Weaver and Malachai sessions. |
| 2013 | Come Out From the Shadows (Volume 3 - The 80s) | self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Previously unreleased recordings made in the 1980s. |
| 2013 | The Maria Sessions Volume 2 | self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Previously unreleased recordings made in 1991. |
| 2014 | 12 Steps Off The Path | self-released on bandcamp.com | CDR, Digital download | Songs featured on Various Artists compilations and songs from the bonus disc of Classics & Rarities. |
| 2014 | Chemical Playschool 16 & 18 | self-released on bandcamp.com | CDR, Digital download | A collection of new tracks recorded between May and July 2014. |
| 2015 | The Shock Exchange | Rustblade | LP | Split release with kETvECTOR. |
Live Albums
| Year | Title | Label | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Lovers | Ding Dong Tapes and Records, Torso | LP | Tracks 1-4 recorded live at De Melkweg, Amsterdam, 9/9/1984. Tracks 5-8 recorded for VPRO Radio at Vara Studios, Hilversum, 1984. |
| 1985 | The Terminal Kaleidoscope | Ding Dong Tapes and Records, Terminal Kaleidoscope | Tape | Split release with Attrition. Recorded live in Netherlands and Switzerland during their 1984 tour. |
| 1988 | Dot-To-Dot | Teddy Bear Music, Jarmusic | Tape | Recorded live in Hannover, Germany, 02/10/1988. |
| 1988 | Traumstadt #3 | Mirrordot, Jarmusic, Staalplaat | Tape | Recorded at various venues in Germany, Austria, France and Netherlands. |
| 1989 | Greetings 9 | Materiali Sonori | LP | Side a recorded live at The Ubu Club, Rennes, France in February 1988. Side b are studio tracks recorded August, 1988. Released on CD as Greetings 9 + Premonition 11 by Materiali Sonori in 1991 and re-released as It's Raining In Heaven by Soleilmoon Recordings in 1996. |
| 1991 | Live at Centralino, 15.2.1987, Torino, Italy | Old Europa Cafe | Tape | Originally released as a bootleg, it was later sanctioned by the Legendary Pink Dots. Recorded live at Centralino, Torino, Italy on February 15, 1987. |
| 1997 | Live '85 - '88 | Terminal Kaleidoscope, Beta-lactam Ring Records | CD-R | Tracks taken from various live performances. |
| 1997 | Live '89 | Terminal Kaleidoscope, Beta-lactam Ring Records | CD-R | Recorded at Kling-Klang in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
| 1999 | Live at the Metro | SPV Poland | CD, Tape | Recorded live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, Illinois, USA on November 11, 1998. |
| 2000 | Farewell, Milky Way | Caciocavallo | CD | The Pink Dots' final concert at the Melkweg ("Melkweg" is Dutch for "Milky Way") in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1994. The Melkweg had been host to a Pink Dots concert every year since 1984. |
| 2003 | Live in Hildesheim 1991 | Trademark of Quantity | CD-R | Recorder live at Hildesheim, Germany on May 8, 1991. |
| 2005 | Live at Montpellier 1994 | Trademark of Quantity | CD-R | Recorded live in Montpellier, France on May 27, 1994. |
| 2008 | Live at Cafe De La Danse, Paris, 20 December 2007 | Trademark of Quantity | CD-R | Limited to 80 copies. Recorded live at Cafe De La Danse, Paris, France on December 20, 2007. |
| 2009 | Human Radio | Trademark of Quantity | CD-R | Recorded at the Studio Desmet cafe, Amsterdam, Netherlands on May 14, 2002, during a live debate for Human Radio. |
| 2010 | The French Collection | Beta-Lactam Ring Records | CD | Recorded in March 1994, at the Theatre Passage du Nord Quest in Paris, the Espace Julien in Marseilles and an unnamed venue in Toulouse. |
| 2013 | Live At Pandora's Music Box 1985 | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Recorded live in Rotterdam, Netherlands on October 10, 1985. |
| 2013 | Plutonium Live | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Recorded on April 23, 2009, at The Orangerie, Munich. This is a live recording of their Plutonium Blonde tour. |
| 2014 | Live '89 Volume 2 | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Recorded at the Bikini Club in Toulouse, France. This album is the restoration of "A rough cassette that lurked, waiting to be played, in an Ikea basket for a couple of decades".[5] |
| 2014 | Paris In The Spring | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Recorded in April 2014 at Le Klub in Paris during their Year 33 tour. |
| 2015 | Easter In The Deep South | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | A radio recording of the show at Alabamahalle in Munich, Germany on 6 April 1985. |
| 2015 | The Wednesday Mass | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | A live recording from Ostrava, Czech Republic in January 2000. |
| 2015 | Crash Velvet Apocalypse | Self-released on bandcamp.com | 2xCDr, Digital download | Live recordings from Crash Club, Freiburg, Germany in 1990, and Vienna, Austria in 1991. |
| 2015 | Come Out From The Shadows 4-Live At Lounge Ax 1993 | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Live recording from Chicago, USA in 1993. |
| 2016 | A Public Bath | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Live recording from Waschhaus in Potsdam, Germany in 1996. |
| 2016 | Intimacy (Live At The Rumba Cafe 2010) | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Live recording from Rumba Café, Columbus, Ohio, USA in 2010. |
| 2016 | A Sunday In Brighton | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download | Live recording from Brighton, United Kingdom in 2003. |
Singles and EPs
| Year | Song | Album | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Faces In the Fire | none | Play It Again Sam, Soleilmoon, SPV Poland | 12", CD, audio cassette |
| 1986 | Curious Guy | none | Play It Again Sam | 12" |
| 1987 | Premonition 11 | none | Snowdonia | 7" |
| 1988 | Under Glass | none | Play It Again Sam | 12" |
| 1988 | Traumstadt 4 | none | Mirrordot, Jarmusic, Staalplaat | Audio cassette |
| 1989 | Blacklist | none | Play It Again Sam | 12" |
| 1990 | Princess Coldheart | none | Play It Again Sam, Wax Trax! | 12" |
| 1994 | Siren | 9 Lives to Wonder | Acid Visions | VHS |
| 1994 | Tryst 7 | none | Ubuibi | Audio cassette |
| 1996 | Remember Me This Way | From Here You'll Watch the World Go By | Soleilmoon | CD |
| 1997 | Sterre | Hallway of the Gods | SPV Poland | CD, audio cassette |
| 1998 | Pre-Millennial Single | none | Soleilmoon | CD, 12" |
| 2006 | Legacy | none | Some Fine Legacy | 7" |
| 2013 | The Legendary Pink Dots' Christmas Album | none | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download |
| 2014 | The Legendary Pink Dots Hallowe'en Special 2014 | none | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download |
| 2014 | The Legendary Pink Dots' Yuletide Special 2014 | none | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download |
| 2015 | We'll Get Around To You | none | Dadaïsm Neuf 9 Neuf | 7" |
| 2015 | The Legendary Pink Dots Hallowe'en Special 2015 | none | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download |
| 2015 | The Legendary Pink Dots Christmas Special 2015 | none | Self-released on bandcamp.com | Digital download |
| 2016 | A Scented Candle | none | Noise Noise Noise Records | 12" Vinyl |
Videos
| Year | Title | Label | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Live in Dallas - April 20, 1989 | Videophile Magazine | VHS | Recorded live at Trees in Dallas, Texas, USA on April 20, 1989. |
| 1998 | Live at La Luna | Soleilmoon | VHS/DVD | Recorded live at La Luna in Portland, Oregon, USA on September 13, 1997. |
| 2005 | A Dream is a Dream is a Dream | Beta-Lactam Ring Records | DVD | Recorded live at De Vrije Vloer in Utrecht, Netherlands on January 21, 1987. |
| 2007 | Key Club, West Hollywood, Los Angeles 14/11/2002 | Trademark of Quantity | DVD-R | Recorded live at The Key Club in West Hollywood, California, USA on November 14, 2002. |
| 2009 | Maria Dimension Tour 1991 | Terminal Kaleidoscope | DVD-R | Recorded live at Doornroosje in Nijmegen, Netherlands on May 28, 1991. |
| 2011 | Paris in The Fall | Soleilmoon | DVD | Recorded live at Le Klub in Paris, France on November 13, 2009. |
| 2014 | The more it changes | Trademark of Quantity | DVD | Recorded live in Tel Aviv in June 2013. This show features the former member Patrick Q. Wright on violins. |
References
- ↑ "Only Dreaming". brainwashed.com.
- ↑ "The Legendary Pink Dots music". brainwashed.com.
- ↑ "The Tear Garden". brainwashed.com.
- ↑ "The Legendary Pink Box (2012 Remaster)".
- ↑ http://legendarypinkdots1.bandcamp.com/album/live-89-volume-2. Missing or empty
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