Severed Heads discography
| Severed Heads discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 24 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 14 |
| Singles | 14 |
| Video albums | 8 |
| Music videos | 7 |
| Split albums | 1 |
This is a discography of releases from the Australian experimental band Severed Heads. Since their creation in 1979, the group has released 23 studio albums, 1 split album, 14 compilation albums, 1 soundtrack, 3 extended plays, 14 singles, and 8 home video releases. The group's 1984 single "Dead Eyes Opened" (from their 1983 album Since the Accident) peaked at number 16 on the Australian ARIA Charts when remixed and re-issued in 1994,[1] and singles from their 1989 album Rotund for Success, "Greater Reward" and "All Saints Day", both charted on Billboard's Top Dance Tracks charts at numbers 19 and 25, respectively.[2]
In 2008, Tom Ellard announced that the Severed Heads project has dissolved, however the group has done reunion tours since 2011.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Ear Bitten/No Vowels, No Bowels
|
Split album with The Rhythmx Chymx. All covers included artwork done by hand by both artists. A sum of the copies were lost from a fire at the house of Richard Fieldings, and all surviving copies were sold in plain white sleeves. |
| 1980 | Side 2
|
Initially released in 1980 through Terse Tapes as a C90 cassette tape. The recording included tracks that were written during the same sessions as the Ear Bitten split, and was even intended to be released on the same disc, however the material was put out as its own separate release. Terse also released a C45 version of the album, which included alternative artwork and a different track listing. Music For Midgets reissued the cassette tape with the original track listing and new artwork in 1982. |
| 1981 | Clean
|
Released in 1981 as an LP through Dogfood Productions, a sub label operated through Terse Tapes. A cassette edition, with different art, was also released the same time. In 2005 the album was reissued on compact disc format through Sevcom. |
| 1982 | Blubberknife
|
First released in 1982 as a cassette, then reissued via Ink Records with different art, then reissued again as a double cassette set through Terse Tapes in 1988 titled Many A Wonderful Picnic Has Been Ruined By A Blubberknife, and then reissued one last time through Sevcom in 2005 as a double CDr set. |
| 1983 | Since the Accident
|
Released in 1983 as a vinyl record. Nettwerk reissued the album in 1989 on CD and cassette formats, now including tracks from the Blubberknife album. Sevcom issued a CDr repress of the album in 2003, and Medical Records released the album as a black and white split colored vinyl in 2014. |
| 1985 | City Slab Horror
|
First vinyl press was released in 1985 through Ink Records. In 1988 Nettwerk reissued the album on CD and cassette formats that included tracks from Blubberknife, much like they did with Since The Accident that same year. Sevcom released the album as a double CDr set in 2003, and Medical Records repressed the album on vinyl in 2014, all copies colored bone white. |
| 1986 | Come Visit the Big Bigot
|
First issued in 1986 through vinyl and cassette through Ink and Nettwerk. Nettwerk released a CD version of the album in 1987 combined with their Dead Eyes Opened mini-album, titling it Come Visit the Big Bigot with Dead Eyes Opened. A CDr reissue was released in 1998 through Sevcom, and in 2012 a 25th anniversary edition of the album was released through the Sevcom bandcamp page through a variety of digital download formats. |
| 1987 | Bad Mood Guy
|
Released in 1987 through Volition and Nettwerk on CD, LP, and cassette formats. Reissued as a CDr through Sevcom in 2002. |
| 1989 | Rotund for Success
|
Released in 1989 through Volition and Nettwerk on CD, LP, and cassette formats. Reissued as a CDr through Sevcom in 2002. LTM released their own CD reissue of the album in 2004. |
| 1991 | Cuisine (With Piscatorial)
|
Released in 1991 through Voltion and Nettwerk on CD and cassette formats. Reissued as a CDr through Sevcom in 2003. |
| 1994 | Gigapus
|
Released on CD format through Volition in 1994. A two disc deluxe edition also exists, and a special European edition was issued in 1995. In 1996, Decibel released a version of the album that included a bonus CD-ROM. In 2001 Sevcom issued a CDr edition of the album that included the entirety of the Heart Of The Party CD single. In 2009, Sevcom issued a version of the album that included an extra disc of music, sometimes referred to as Giga++ by fans. |
| 1998 | Haul Ass
|
Released in 1998 as the band's first fully independent release since 1982's Blubberknife. All copies are home burned CDr discs, and the first 1000 copies, which included promptly green colored artwork, included two bonus tracks ("Pie Shepherd Family" and "There's A String Inside Your Body") that the standard editions, the ones with red colored artwork, lacked. |
| 1998 | Contoured Stimulation (Music Server Lite)
|
Part two of the four part Music Server series of albums, however it was the first of which to be released. The album was reissued in 2003 with alternative artwork. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content on the DVD included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack. |
| 1999 | Airconditioning Your Productivity (Music Server Lite)
|
Part three of the four part Music Server series of albums. Reissued in 2003 with alternative artwork. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content on the DVD included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack. |
| 2001 | Gashing and Kato
|
Both tracks, "Gashing The Old Mae West" and "Kato Gets The Girl", where previously released as their own separate recordings, "Gashing" from the Gashing The Old Mae West 12" EP, and "Kato" from the Kato Gets The Girl home video. |
| 2002 | Cubicle Broadcasts (Music Server Lite V.1)
|
Part one of the four part Music Server series of albums. Unlike the previous two, it was never reissued. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content on the DVD included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack. |
| 2002 | Op
|
First album released in the series of Op albums. Issued in a DVD case. |
| 2003 | Controlling Time
|
The final album released in the Music Server series of albums. Initially released in 2003, the album was deleted from the Sevcom catalog in 2004. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content on the DVD included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack. |
| 2004 | Op 1.2
|
Second album released in the Op series. First issued in a special variopac-styled case. Later copies came in standard jewel cases. |
| 2005 | Op 2.0
|
Third album released in the Op series. Issued in a DVD case much like the first Op album. |
| 2005 | Op 2.5 (Millennium Cheesecake)
|
Fourth recorded issued in the Op series. First 100 copies included bits of plastic of various shapes and sizes inside the CD jewel case. |
| 2006 | Under Gail Succubus
|
Double album that came a metal box edition and a standard DVD case edition. Let it also be noted that this was the first Severed Heads album to contain new material that was not a part of any particular release series since Haul Ass from 1998. |
| 2007 | Op 3
|
The fifth consecutive release in the Op series. First released in 2007 as a free digital download from the Sevcom website. This contained the last new material the project recorded before they officially ended in 2008. A compilation of remixed versions of songs from all of the releases was released as a download album entitled Op (chOPped) in 2009, which Tom Ellard regards as the definitive version of Op. |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Media Jingles
|
First released in 1981 as a C90 cassette through Conventional Tapes as a part of their Media Jingles series of releases. Music For Midgets reissued the recording in 1982 with different artwork. |
| 1985 | Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live In The Past
|
First issued as a double compilation album in 1985 through Ink Records, then reissued as a double CDr set through Sevcom. |
| 1985 | Stretcher
|
First issued in 1985 on vinyl format through Volition, then reissued on CDr format through Sevcom. |
| 1988 | Bulkhead
|
First issued on vinyl, cassette, and compact disc in 1988 through Volition and Nettwerk. Nettwerk then reissued the album on cassette and compact disc formats in 1990. Sevcom issued the recording on digital formats in 2004 under the title Bulkhead Plus (Singles 83-84). |
| 1991 | Retread
|
Would later be reissued in 2001 through Sevcom with extra material. |
| 1994 | Trance Techno
|
Japanese-only release. |
| 1996 | Severything V.1
|
CD-ROM that included digital audio files, released in 1996 through the then newly formed Sevcom label. It is also considered by some as the very first musical recording to be officially released by an artist on digital formats. |
| 1998 | Severything V.2.0.2
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Released through the internet as a CD-ROM that included digital audio files, much like Severything V.1. |
| 1999 | Ear Bitten 79-99
|
Compilation that included the entire Severed Heads side of the 1980 Ear Bitten/No Vowels, No Bowels split LP, plus remix tracks. |
| 2001 | Twister + Retread
|
Sevcom CDr reissue of Retread, which includes alternative artwork and the entirety of the "Twister" single. |
| 2006 | Viva Heads!
|
Compilation of selected tracks recorded during live performances. Note that this is also the first Severed Heads recording to not be released through the band's Sevcom imprint since the 1994 album Gigapus. |
| 2007 | ComMerz
|
Double disc compilation album. |
| 2008 | Adenoids 1977-1985
|
Five disc vinyl boxset that included early Severed Heads material recorded between 1977 and 1985. A special edition of 77 came packaged in laundry bags. In 2010, Sevcom issued a CDr version of the album spanning 4 discs total. |
| 2015 | Better Dead Than Head
|
Digital compilation album that includes remixed material Severed Heads played during their reunion shows. |
Soundtrack albums
| Year | Album details | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Illustrated Family Doctor Soundtrack
|
Two-disc set, with the first being the CD of the entire soundtrack used for The Illustrated Family Doctor, and the second a DVD including various videos, the first four parts of the Music Server series as DVD audio files, and MP3s of songs from Haul Ass and Op accessible from DVD-ROM drives. |
Video albums
| Year | Album details | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | I've Told You Once I've Told You A 1000 Times
|
Recorded during the band's 1987 Australian tour. |
| 1987 | Kato Gets The Girl
|
Home video release that contained live performances. The title track would later appear on the 2001 album Gashing and Kato. |
| 1990 | Overhead
|
Collection of videos produced between 1986 and 1989 |
| 2003 | The Robot Peepshow
|
Live video performance collection |
| 2004 | Paleolithic (1982-1994)
|
Compilation of music videos and live performances. |
| 2005 | The Robot Peepshow 2
|
Video clips used during live performances from 2004 to 2005 |
| 2008 | Showbag
|
Double disc set including live performances and videos |
| 2010 | Showbag HD
|
HD version of Showbag. Some copies came with balloons packaged in the cases. |
Extended plays
| Year | Album details | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Gashing The Mae West
|
12" vinyl extended play, the title track would later appear on the 2001 album Gashing and Kato |
| 2011 | Haul Ass Professional
|
Contains material recording during the Haul Ass sessions, was available as a free download. |
| 2015 | Big Saints Reward EP (88-90 Dubs)
|
12" vinyl EP containing remixes of Severed Heads songs. |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] |
US Dance [2] |
UK Indie [3] | ||||||||||
| 1984 | "Dead Eyes Opened" | — | — | — | Since the Accident | |||||||
| 1985 | "Stretcher" | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
| "Goodbye Tonsils" | — | — | 17 | City Slab Horror | ||||||||
| "Petrol" | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| 1986 | "Twenty Deadly Diseases" | — | — | — | Come Visit The Big Bigot | |||||||
| "Propeller" | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1987 | "Hot With Fleas" | — | — | — | Bad Mood Guy | |||||||
| 1988 | "Greater Reward" | — | 19 | — | Rotund For Success | |||||||
| 1989 | "All Saint's Day" | — | 25 | — | ||||||||
| 1990 | "Big Car" | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1992 | "Twister" | 186 | — | — | Cuisine (With Piscatorial) | |||||||
| 1994 | "Dead Eyes Opened Remix" | 16 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
| 1995 | "Heart of the Party" | 115 | — | — | Gigapus | |||||||
| 2015 | "Lamborghini" b/w "Petrol" | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||
| 2016 | "Beautiful Arabic Surface" | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Severed Heads in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 248.
- "Twister" and "Heart of the Party": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 14 July 2015". Imgur.com. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Billboard > Artists / Severed Heads > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "Indie Hits "S"". web.archive.org. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
