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The [[discography]] of [[the Creatures]], an English [[alternative rock|alternative]] band, consists of four [[studio album]]s, three [[live album]]s, three [[compilation album]]s, two [[extended play]]s and eight [[Single (music)|singles]]. This list does not include material recorded by band members with [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] or solo work by [[Siouxsie Sioux]]. This page lists albums, singles and compilations by the Creatures, alongside their chart positions and release dates in the United Kingdom.


The [[discography]] of [[the Creatures]], an English [[alternative rock|alternative]] band, consists of four [[studio album]]s, three [[live album]]s, three [[compilation album]]s, two [[extended play]]s and eight [[Single (music)|singles]]. This list does not include material recorded by band members with [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] or solo work by [[Siouxsie Sioux]]. This page lists albums, singles and compilations by the Creatures, alongside their chart positions and release dates in the United Kingdom.
Most of their back catalogue has long been out of print physically. Only the CD compilation ''[[A Bestiary Of]]'' (which reunites all their early material recorded between 1981 and 1983) is still available in record stores. Their second album ''[[Boomerang (The Creatures album)|Boomerang]]'' is available on [[iTunes]] and other media players whereas their third and fourth albums released on Sioux Records are not available on any official digital platform except [[Spotify]].

Their back catalogue has long been out of print physically. The compilation CD ''[[A Bestiary Of]]'' (which reunites all their early material recorded between 1981 and 1983) is available on all the digital platforms. Their second album ''[[Boomerang (The Creatures album)|Boomerang]]'' is available on [[iTunes]] and other media players whereas their third and fourth albums released on Sioux Records are not available on any official digital platform except [[Spotify]].


In 2019, [[Sub pop]] put back online in their shop on their website mint copies of an exclusive vinyl "Take Mine" / "Sad Cunt" pressed by the US label for the North American market in early 2000.<ref name=subpop>[https://megamart.subpop.com/releases/the_creatures/take_mine_sad_cunt "Take Mine" - single 7" Sub Pop]. Sub Pop. Retrieved 24 January 2019.</ref>
==Albums==
==Albums==


===Studio albums===
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! rowspan="2"| Album details
! rowspan="2"| Album details
! colspan="7"| Peak chart positions
! colspan="7"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="30"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19263/creatures/
! width="30"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19263/creatures/ |title=Uk Charts – The Creatures |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=4 April 2011 }}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|NZ]]<br /><ref>[http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Creatures&titel=Feast&cat=a "The Creatures in the New Zealand Album Charts"]. Australian Charts. Retrieved 9 October 2011</ref>
|title=Uk Charts – The Creatures |publisher=Officialcharts.com |accessdate=4 April 2011 }}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the creatures|chart=all}}|title=The Creatures Album Chart History – Billboard 200|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=4 April 2011}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the creatures|chart=all}}|title=The Creatures Album Chart History – Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=4 April 2011}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|NZ]]<br><ref>[http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Creatures&titel=Feast&cat=a "The Creatures in the New Zealand Album Charts"]. Australian Charts. Retrieved 9 October 2011</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Feast (The Creatures album)|Feast]]''
| 1983
|
| align="left"| '''''[[Feast (The Creatures album)|Feast]]'''''
* First studio album
* Released: 20 May 1983
* Released: 20 May 1983
* Label: [[Polydor Records]]
* Label: [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| 17
| 17
|
| 28
| 28
| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Boomerang (The Creatures album)|Boomerang]]''
| 1989
|
| align="left"| '''''[[Boomerang (The Creatures album)|Boomerang]]'''''
* Second studio album
* Released: 6 November 1989
* Released: 6 November 1989
* Label: Polydor Records, [[Geffen Records]].
* Label: Polydor, [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| —
|
| —
| 197
| 197
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Anima Animus]]''
|
|
* Released: 15 February 1999
* Label: Sioux, Instinct
| 79<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19990221/7502/ |title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 21 February 1999 - 27 February 1999 |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |accessdate=4 April 2021 }}</ref>
| —
| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Hái!]]''
| 1999
| align="left"| '''''[[Anima Animus]]'''''
* Third studio album
* Released: 15 February 1999
* Label: Sioux Records, Instinct Records
| 79
|
|
|
|-
| 2003
| align="left"| '''''[[Hái!]]'''''
* Fourth studio album
* Released: 20 October 2003
* Released: 20 October 2003
* Label: Sioux Records, Instinct Records
* Label: Sioux, Instinct
| 153
| 153
| —
|
| —
|
|}
|}


===Live albums ===
===Live albums ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of live albums, with selected details
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Album details
|-
|-
! rowspan="1"| Year
! scope="row"| ''Zulu''
|
! rowspan="1"| Album details
* CD available only via website, recorded live in September 1998 at [[University of London]]. Includes: "Turn It On", "Take Mine", "Tattoo", "Pluto Drive", "Miss the Girl", "Guillotine", "I Was Me", "B-Side Ourselves", "Exterminating Angel", "The Vamp/[[Witchcraft (1957 song)|Witchcraft]]/Standing There", "Killing Time", "Right Now", "The Passenger"
|-
* First live album (limited edition of 3,000 copies with box set, postcards, stamps and badges)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/zulu.shtml |title=Zulu (references) |publisher=Thecreatures.com |accessdate=3 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010923191908/http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/zulu.shtml |archivedate=23 September 2001 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| 1999
| align="left"| '''''Zulu'''''
CD available only via website, recorded live September 1998 at [[University of London]].
Includes: "Turn It On", "Take Mine", "Tattoo", "Pluto Drive", "Miss the Girl", "Guillotine", "I Was Me", "B-Side Ourselves", "Exterminating Angel", "The Vamp/[[Witchcraft (1957 song)|Witchcraft]]/Standing There", "Killing Time", "Right Now", "The Passenger"
* First live album (limited edition of 3,000 copies with box set, postcards, stamps and badges)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/zulu.shtml |title=Zulu (references) |publisher=Thecreatures.com |accessdate=3 August 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010923191908/http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/zulu.shtml |archivedate=23 September 2001 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Released: 6 July 1999
* Released: 6 July 1999
* Label: Sioux Records
* Label: Sioux
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''Sequins in the Sun''
| 2000
|
| align="left"| '''''Sequins in the Sun'''''
CD available only via website, recorded live 26 June 1999 at [[Glastonbury]].
* CD available only via website, recorded live on 26 June 1999 at the [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]] festival. Includes: "All She Could Ask For", "Disconnected", "Turn It On", "Take Mine", "Pinned Down", "Guillotine", "2nd Floor", "Pluto Drive/[[Nightclubbing (song)|Nightclubbing]]", "Prettiest Thing", "Exterminating Angel"
* Second live album (limited edition of 3,000 copies with postcards),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/sequins.shtml |title=Sequins in the Sun (references) |publisher=Thecreatures.com |accessdate=3 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010712013332/http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/sequins.shtml |archivedate=12 July 2001 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [(and also) on a numbered jewel case version released in Germany]
Includes: "All She Could Ask For", "Disconnected", "Turn It On", "Take Mine", "Pinned Down", "Guillotine", "2nd Floor", "Pluto Drive/[[Nightclubbing (song)|Nightclubbing]]", "Prettiest Thing", "Exterminating Angel"
* Second live album (limited edition of 3,000 copies with postcards),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/sequins.shtml |title=Sequins in the Sun (references) |publisher=Thecreatures.com |accessdate=3 August 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010712013332/http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/sequins.shtml |archivedate=12 July 2001 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [(and also) on a limited jewel case version released in Germany]
* Released: October 2000
* Released: October 2000
* Label: Sioux Records
* Label: Sioux
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''Utrecht Tivoli 06/03/90''
| 2006
|
| align="left"| '''''Utrecht Tivoli 06/03/90'''''
CD available only via website, recorded live 3 March 1990 at the [[Tivoli (Utrecht)|Tivoli]] in [[Utrecht]].
* CD available only via website, recorded live on 3 March 1990 at the [[Tivoli (Utrecht)|Tivoli]] in [[Utrecht]]. Includes: "Thumb", "Standing There", "Manchild", "You!", "Untiedundone", "Fury Eyes", "But Not Them", "Mad Eyed Screamer", "Willow", "Pity", "Miss the Girl", "Venus Sands", "Strolling Wolf", "Simoom", "Pluto Drive", "A Strutting Rooster", "So Unreal", "Right Now", "Sky Train"
* Third live album (limited edition of 3,000 copies with box set, postcards and badges)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecreatures.com/creatures/discography/?view=221|title=Utrecht Tivoli 06/03/90 (references)|publisher=Thecreatures.com|accessdate=3 August 2016|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508050134/http://www.thecreatures.com/creatures/discography/?view=221|archivedate=8 May 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Includes: "Thumb", "Standing There", "Manchild", "You!", "Untiedundone", "Fury Eyes", "But Not Them", "Mad Eyed Screamer", "Willow", "Pity", "Miss the Girl", "Venus Sands", "Strolling Wolf", "Simoom", "Pluto Drive", "A Strutting Rooster", "So Unreal", "Right Now", "Sky Train"
* Third live album (limited edition of 3,000 copies with box set, postcards and badges)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecreatures.com/creatures/discography/?view=221|title=Utrecht Tivoli 06/03/90 (references)|publisher=Thecreatures.com|accessdate=3 August 2016|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508050134/http://www.thecreatures.com/creatures/discography/?view=221|archivedate=8 May 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Released: 20 February 2006
* Released: 20 February 2006
* Label: Sioux Records
* Label: Sioux
|}
|}


===Compilation albums===
===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of compilation albums, with selected details
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Album details
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[A Bestiary Of]]''
! rowspan="1"| Year
|
! rowspan="1"| Album details
|-
| 1997
| align="left"| '''''[[A Bestiary Of]]'''''
* First compilation album
* Released: 27 October 1997
* Released: 27 October 1997
* Label: Polydor/PolyGram
* Label: Polydor/PolyGram
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Hybrids (The Creatures Remix album)|Hybrids]]''
| 1999
|
| align="left"| '''''[[Hybrids (The Creatures Remix album)|Hybrids]]'''''
* Second compilation album
* Released: 2 November 1999
* Released: 2 November 1999
* Label: Sioux Records, Instinct Records
* Label: Sioux, Instinct
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[U.S. Retrace]]''
| 2000
|
| align="left"| '''''[[U.S. Retrace]]'''''
* Third compilation album
* Released: 9 May 2000
* Released: 9 May 2000
* Label: Sioux Records, Instinct Records.
* Label: Sioux, Instinct
|}
|}


===Extended plays===
==Extended plays==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of extended plays, with selected details and chart positions
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! rowspan="2"| Album details
! rowspan="2"| EP details
! colspan="1"| Peak positions
! colspan="1"| Peak positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK" />
! width="40"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK" />
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Wild Things (Creatures EP)|Wild Things]]''
| 1981
|
| align="left"| '''''[[Wild Things (Creatures EP)|Wild Things]]'''''
* First EP
* Released: 29 September 1981
* Released: 29 September 1981
* Label: Polydor Records
* Label: Polydor
| 24
| 24
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Eraser Cut]]''
| 1998
|
| align="left"| '''''[[Eraser Cut]]'''''
* Second EP
* Released: 3 August 1998
* Released: 3 August 1998
* Label: Sioux Records
* Label: Sioux
| —
|
|-
|}
|}


==Singles==
==Singles==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles, with selected chart positions
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! rowspan="2"| Single
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! rowspan="2"| Album
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK" />
! width="35"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK" />
! width="35"| [[Alternative Songs|US Alt.]]<br /><ref>Peaks on the US Alternative Songs chart:
! width="35"| [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks|US Mod]]<br><ref> "Standing There" at number 4. See {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1990-01-27|title=Alternative Songs - week 27 January 1990|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=22 March 2018|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323215738/https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1990-01-27|archivedate=23 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}<br /> * "Fury Eyes" at number 12. See {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1990-03-17|title=Alternative Songs - week 17 March 1990|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=22 March 2018|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317070213/https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1990-03-17|archivedate=17 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* "Standing There": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1990-01-27|title=Alternative Songs - week 27 January 1990|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=22 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323215738/https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1990-01-27|archivedate=23 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}
* "Fury Eyes": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1990-03-17|title=Alternative Songs - week 17 March 1990|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=22 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317070213/https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1990-03-17|archivedate=17 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| align="left"| "[[Miss the Girl]]"
| align="left"| "[[Miss the Girl]]"
| 21
| 21
| —
|
| align="left"| ''Feast''
| align="left"| ''Feast''
|-
|-
| align="left"| "[[Right Now (1962 song)#The Creatures version|Right Now]]"
| align="left"| "[[Right Now (1962 song)#The Creatures version|Right Now]]"
| 14
| 14
| —
|
| align="left"| Non-album song
| align="left"| Non-album song
|-
|-
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| align="left"| "[[2nd Floor (The Creatures song)|2nd Floor]]"
| align="left"| "[[2nd Floor (The Creatures song)|2nd Floor]]"
| 93
| 93
| —
|
| align="left" rowspan="3"| ''Anima Animus''
| align="left" rowspan="3"| ''Anima Animus''
|-
|-
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| align="left"| "[[Say (The Creatures song)|Say]]"
| align="left"| "[[Say (The Creatures song)|Say]]"
| 72
| 72
| —
|
|-
|-
| align="left"| "[[Prettiest Thing]]"
| align="left"| "[[Prettiest Thing]]"
| 87
| 87
| —
|
|-
|-
| 2003
| 2003
| align="left"| "[[Godzilla!]]"
| align="left"| "[[Godzilla!]]"
| 53
| 53
| —
|
| align="left"| ''Hái!''
| align="left"| ''Hái!''
|}
|}
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==Exclusive releases==
==Exclusive releases==
From 1998 through 2001, the Creatures rewarded members of their official fan club, Gifthorse, with special releases featuring exclusive content, such as recordings of Christmas songs, original material and live content. Other special releases were made available in limited quantities, the last one being ''Hái! (Náma)'' in 2004.
From 1998 through 2001, the Creatures rewarded members of their official fan club, Gifthorse, with special releases featuring exclusive content, such as recordings of Christmas songs, original material and live content. Other special releases were made available in limited quantities directly on their website, the last one being ''Hái! (Náma)'' in 2004.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
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| 1998
| 1998
| align="left"| '''"Sad Cunt"'''<br /> "Sad Cunt (Chix 'N' Dix Mix)"<br/>"2nd Floor (Siouxsie, Budgie and Warne's Club Mix)" (only on the CD single version)
| align="left"| '''"Sad Cunt"'''<br /> "Sad Cunt (Chix 'N' Dix Mix)"<br/>"2nd Floor (Siouxsie, Budgie and Warne's Club Mix)" (only on the CD single version)
* 7" single (3000 copies),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/sadcunt.shtml |title=Sad Cunt (references) |publisher=Thecreatures.com |accessdate=3 August 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010309213329/http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/sadcunt.shtml |archivedate=9 March 2001 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and later on CD (2000 copies).
* 7" single (3000 copies),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/sadcunt.shtml |title=Sad Cunt (references) |publisher=Thecreatures.com |accessdate=3 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010309213329/http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/sadcunt.shtml |archivedate=9 March 2001 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and later on CD (2000 copies).
* Released: May 1998 (single) 2000 (CD single)
* Released: May 1998 (single) 2000 (CD single)
* Label: Sioux Records
* Label: Sioux Records
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| 1999
| 1999
| align="left"| '''"Exterminating Angel (4 Obscure Objects of Desire) "'''<br />"Exordium (One Night in France)"<br />"Interim (NYC & Paris)"<br />"Remake (The James Hardway)"<br />"Remodel (From the Album Anima Animus)"
| align="left"| '''"Exterminating Angel (4 Obscure Objects of Desire) "'''<br />"Exordium (One Night in France)"<br />"Interim (NYC & Paris)"<br />"Remake (The James Hardway)"<br />"Remodel (From the Album Anima Animus)"
* Limited edition CD single, initial copies available in hand-painted version signed by Siouxsie and Budgie, second edition with normal sleeve (1,000 copies each)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/exterminatingangel.shtml |title=Exterminating Angel (references) |publisher=Thecreatures.com |accessdate=3 August 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010923181828/http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/exterminatingangel.shtml |archivedate=23 September 2001 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Limited edition CD single, initial copies available in hand-painted version signed by Siouxsie and Budgie, second edition with normal sleeve (1,000 copies each)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/exterminatingangel.shtml |title=Exterminating Angel (references) |publisher=Thecreatures.com |accessdate=3 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010923181828/http://www.thecreatures.com/discog/exterminatingangel.shtml |archivedate=23 September 2001 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Released: February 1999
* Released: February 1999
* Label: Sioux Records
* Label: Sioux Records
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| 2000
| 2000
| align="left" | '''"Take Mine"/"Sad Cunt"'''
| align="left" | '''"Take Mine"/"Sad Cunt"'''
* 7" inch single
* 7" inch single, '''The very last mint copies were put online in 2019 on Sub Pop's website'''.<ref name=subpop />
* Released: 19 June 2000
* Released: 19 June 2000
* Label: [[Sub Pop]]
* Label: [[Sub Pop]]
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|-
| 2000
| 2000
| align="left"| '''"Rocket Ship"'''<br />
| align="left"| '''"Rocket Ship"'''
* Second one-track CD single (2,000 copies). Gifthorse fan club issue.
* Second one-track CD single (2,000 copies). Gifthorse fan club issue.
* Released: 2000
* Released: 2000
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* Label: Sioux Records
* Label: Sioux Records
|-
|-
| 2004
| align="left"| '''"Attack of the Super Vixens"'''<br/><span style="font-size:85%;">Single titled ''An Evening with Siouxsie Tour 2004'' featuring "Attack of the Super Vixens" on a-side with an etched b-side.</span>
*Limited edition 7" inch single
* Released: September 2004
* Label: Sioux Records
|}

== Music videos ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:21em;"| Title
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Director(s)<ref>{{cite book |last=Paytress |first=Mark |title=Siouxsie & the Banshees: The Authorised Biography |publisher=Sanctuary |year=2003 |isbn=1-86074-375-7 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Mad Eyed Screamer"
|1981
| [[Clive Richardson]]
|-
! scope="row" |"Miss the Girl"
| rowspan="2" |1983
| rowspan="2" |[[Tim Pope]]
|-
! scope="row" |"Right Now"
|-
! scope="row" |"Standing There"
| 1989
| rowspan="2" |Peter Scammel
|-
! scope="row" |"Fury Eyes"
| 1990
|-
! scope="row" |"2nd Floor"
| 1998
| Victor Boullet
|-
! scope="row" |"Say"
| rowspan="2" |1999
| Mike Olley
|-
! scope="row" |"Prettiest Thing"
| rowspan="2" |unknown
|-
! scope="row" |"Godzilla!"
| 2003
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 01:20, 10 July 2024

The Creatures discography
Studio albums4
EPs2
Live albums3
Compilation albums3
Singles8
Music videos9
Exclusive releases8

The discography of the Creatures, an English alternative band, consists of four studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, two extended plays and eight singles. This list does not include material recorded by band members with Siouxsie and the Banshees or solo work by Siouxsie Sioux. This page lists albums, singles and compilations by the Creatures, alongside their chart positions and release dates in the United Kingdom.

Their back catalogue has long been out of print physically. The compilation CD A Bestiary Of (which reunites all their early material recorded between 1981 and 1983) is available on all the digital platforms. Their second album Boomerang is available on iTunes and other media players whereas their third and fourth albums released on Sioux Records are not available on any official digital platform except Spotify.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1] 		NZ
[2] 		US
[3]
Feast
  • Released: 20 May 1983
  • Label: Polydor
 17 28 —
Boomerang
  • Released: 6 November 1989
  • Label: Polydor, Geffen
 — — 197
Anima Animus
  • Released: 15 February 1999
  • Label: Sioux, Instinct
 79[4] — —
Hái!
  • Released: 20 October 2003
  • Label: Sioux, Instinct
 153 — —

Live albums

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List of live albums, with selected details
Title Album details
Zulu
  • CD available only via website, recorded live in September 1998 at University of London. Includes: "Turn It On", "Take Mine", "Tattoo", "Pluto Drive", "Miss the Girl", "Guillotine", "I Was Me", "B-Side Ourselves", "Exterminating Angel", "The Vamp/Witchcraft/Standing There", "Killing Time", "Right Now", "The Passenger"
  • First live album (limited edition of 3,000 copies with box set, postcards, stamps and badges)[5]
  • Released: 6 July 1999
  • Label: Sioux
Sequins in the Sun
  • CD available only via website, recorded live on 26 June 1999 at the Glastonbury festival. Includes: "All She Could Ask For", "Disconnected", "Turn It On", "Take Mine", "Pinned Down", "Guillotine", "2nd Floor", "Pluto Drive/Nightclubbing", "Prettiest Thing", "Exterminating Angel"
  • Second live album (limited edition of 3,000 copies with postcards),[6] [(and also) on a numbered jewel case version released in Germany]
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: Sioux
Utrecht Tivoli 06/03/90
  • CD available only via website, recorded live on 3 March 1990 at the Tivoli in Utrecht. Includes: "Thumb", "Standing There", "Manchild", "You!", "Untiedundone", "Fury Eyes", "But Not Them", "Mad Eyed Screamer", "Willow", "Pity", "Miss the Girl", "Venus Sands", "Strolling Wolf", "Simoom", "Pluto Drive", "A Strutting Rooster", "So Unreal", "Right Now", "Sky Train"
  • Third live album (limited edition of 3,000 copies with box set, postcards and badges)[7]
  • Released: 20 February 2006
  • Label: Sioux

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected details
Title Album details
A Bestiary Of
  • Released: 27 October 1997
  • Label: Polydor/PolyGram
Hybrids
  • Released: 2 November 1999
  • Label: Sioux, Instinct
U.S. Retrace
  • Released: 9 May 2000
  • Label: Sioux, Instinct

Extended plays

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List of extended plays, with selected details and chart positions
Title EP details Peak positions
UK
[1]
Wild Things
  • Released: 29 September 1981
  • Label: Polydor
 24
Eraser Cut
  • Released: 3 August 1998
  • Label: Sioux
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Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		US Alt.
[8]
1983 "Miss the Girl" 21 — Feast
"Right Now" 14 — Non-album song
1989 "Standing There" 53 4 Boomerang
1990 "Fury Eyes" 81 12
1998 "2nd Floor" 93 — Anima Animus
1999 "Say" 72 —
"Prettiest Thing" 87 —
2003 "Godzilla!" 53 — Hái!

Other appearances

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Year Track Album
1998 "I'm Here... Another Planet (Juno Reactor Mix)" Lost in Space (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Exclusive releases

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From 1998 through 2001, the Creatures rewarded members of their official fan club, Gifthorse, with special releases featuring exclusive content, such as recordings of Christmas songs, original material and live content. Other special releases were made available in limited quantities directly on their website, the last one being Hái! (Náma) in 2004.

Year Release details
1998 "Sad Cunt"
"Sad Cunt (Chix 'N' Dix Mix)"
"2nd Floor (Siouxsie, Budgie and Warne's Club Mix)" (only on the CD single version)
  • 7" single (3000 copies),[9] and later on CD (2000 copies).
  • Released: May 1998 (single) 2000 (CD single)
  • Label: Sioux Records
1999 "Exterminating Angel (4 Obscure Objects of Desire) "
"Exordium (One Night in France)"
"Interim (NYC & Paris)"
"Remake (The James Hardway)"
"Remodel (From the Album Anima Animus)"
  • Limited edition CD single, initial copies available in hand-painted version signed by Siouxsie and Budgie, second edition with normal sleeve (1,000 copies each)[10]
  • Released: February 1999
  • Label: Sioux Records
1999 Something Old Something New Something Borrowed Now Buy Zulu
  • Limited edition three-track CD recorded live in September 1998 in London (2,000 copies)
    Includes: "But Not Them", "Pinned Down" and "Venus in Furs"
  • Released: 12 April 1999
  • Label: Sioux Records
2000 "Take Mine"/"Sad Cunt"
  • 7" inch single
  • Released: 19 June 2000
  • Label: Sub Pop
2000 "Murdering Mouth (Live)"
Live version recorded in September 1998 in London
  • First one-track CD single (2,000 copies). Gifthorse fan club issue.
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Sioux Records
2000 "Rocket Ship"
  • Second one-track CD single (2,000 copies). Gifthorse fan club issue.
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Sioux Records
2001 "Red Wrapping Paper"
A Christmas song composed by Siouxsie and Budgie
  • Third one-track CD single (2,000 copies). Gifthorse fan club issue.
  • Released: December 2001
  • Label: Sioux Records
2004 Hái! (Náma)
The unedited drum sessions of Budgie with Leonard Eto recorded in Tokyo for Hái! in 2002
  • Limited edition CD (3,000 copies)
  • Released: July 2004
  • Label: Sioux Records
2004 "Attack of the Super Vixens"
Single titled An Evening with Siouxsie Tour 2004 featuring "Attack of the Super Vixens" on a-side with an etched b-side.
  • Limited edition 7" inch single
  • Released: September 2004
  • Label: Sioux Records

Music videos

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List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director(s)[11]
"Mad Eyed Screamer" 1981 Clive Richardson
"Miss the Girl" 1983 Tim Pope
"Right Now"
"Standing There" 1989 Peter Scammel
"Fury Eyes" 1990
"2nd Floor" 1998 Victor Boullet
"Say" 1999 Mike Olley
"Prettiest Thing" unknown
"Godzilla!" 2003

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Uk Charts – The Creatures". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  2. ^ "The Creatures in the New Zealand Album Charts". Australian Charts. Retrieved 9 October 2011
  3. ^ "The Creatures Album Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 21 February 1999 - 27 February 1999". Official Charts. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Zulu (references)". Thecreatures.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Sequins in the Sun (references)". Thecreatures.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Utrecht Tivoli 06/03/90 (references)". Thecreatures.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ Peaks on the US Alternative Songs chart:
  9. ^ "Sad Cunt (references)". Thecreatures.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Exterminating Angel (references)". Thecreatures.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ Paytress, Mark (2003). Siouxsie & the Banshees: The Authorised Biography. Sanctuary. ISBN 1-86074-375-7.
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