The English gothic rock band Alien Sex Fiend have released 13 studio albums, six live albums, 17 compilation albums, two extended plays, 22 singles and eight video albums. Most of their releases have been on Anagram Records, a sub-label of Cherry Red Records. The band have also released three studio albums and three singles on the 13th Moon label, founded in 1996 by band members Nik Wade (Nik Fiend) and Christine Wade (Mrs. Fiend).
| Alien Sex Fiend discography | |
|---|---|
 Alien Sex Fiend live in Paris, 2007 | |
| Studio albums | 13 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 14 |
| Singles | 23 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| Box sets | 3 |
In the 1980s, the band's releases regularly reached the top 20 on the UK Indie Chart, beginning with the 1983 release of "Ignore the Machine", which peaked at No. 6 on the UK Indie Singles Chart. Between 1983 and 1987, 12 more Alien Sex Fiend singles appeared on the charts, all but one of which reached the top 20. Five of their albums made the top 20 on the UK Independent Album Chart.[1]
Two mid-1980s singles also made the official UK Singles Chart: "Dead and Buried" peaked at No. 91 in 1984, while a reissued version of "Ignore the Machine" reached No. 99 the following year. Maximum Security was the band's sole album to make the UK Albums Chart, reaching No. 100 in 1985.[2]
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
UK Indie [4] | ||
| Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain | — | 10 | |
| Acid Bath |
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— | 4 |
| Maximum Security |
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100 | 5 |
| "It" the Album |
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— | 7 |
| Here Cum Germs |
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— | 22 |
| Another Planet |
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— | — |
| Curse |
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— | — |
| Open Head Surgery |
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— | — |
| Inferno – The Odyssey Continues |
|
— | — |
| Nocturnal Emissions |
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— | — |
| Information Overload |
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— | — |
| Death Trip |
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— | — |
| Possessed |
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— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [4] | ||
| Turn the Monitors Up |
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| Liquid Head in Tokyo |
|
7 |
| Too Much Acid? |
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— |
| The Altered States of America |
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| Flashbacks! – Live 1995–1998 |
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— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| All Our Yesterdays |
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| The Legendary Batcave Tapes |
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| Drive My Rocket – The Collection Part One |
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| The Singles 1983–1995 |
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| I'm Her Frankenstein – The Collection Part Two |
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| Wardance of the Alien Sex Fiend |
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| The Bat Cave Masters |
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| Fiend at the Controls Vol. 1 & 2 |
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| The Best of Alien Sex Fiend |
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| R.I.P. – A 12'' Collection |
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| Bat Cave Anthems |
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| Between Good and Evil – The Collection |
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| Abducted! The Best of Alien Sex Fiend |
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| Fiendology: A 35 Year Trip Through Fiendish History 1982–2017 A.D. and Beyond |
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Box sets
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| A.S.F. Box |
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| Classic Albums and BBC Sessions Collection |
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| Classic Albums Volume 2 |
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Video albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| A Purple Glistener |
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| Liquid Head in Tokyo |
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| Edit |
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| Over Dose! |
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| Re-Animated – The Promo Collection |
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EPs
edit| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| The Impossible Mission Mini L.P. |
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| Re-Possessed EP |
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Singles
edit| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
UK Indie [4] | |||
| "Ignore the Machine" | 1983 | — | 6 | Non-album single |
| "Lips Can't Go" | 126[6] | 12 | Who's Been Sleeping In My Brain | |
| "R.I.P. (Blue Crumb Truck)"/"New Christian Music" | 1984 | 103[7] | 4 | Non-album single |
| "Dead and Buried" | 91 | 4 | Acid Bath | |
| "E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)" | 120[7] | 3 | ||
| "Ignore the Machine" (reissue) | 1985 | 99 | 6 | Non-album single |
| "I'm Doing Time in a Maximum Security Twilight Home" | 138[8] | — | Maximum Security | |
| "I Walk the Line" | 1986 | 133[9] | 12 | Non-album single |
| "Smells Like..." | 128[9] | — | "It" the Album | |
| "Hurricane Fighter Plane" | 1987 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "The Impossible Mission" | — | 11 | Here Cum the Germs | |
| "Here Cum Germs" | — | 14 | ||
| "Stuff the Turkey" | — | 14 | Non-album single | |
| "Bun Ho!" | 1988 | — | — | Another Planet |
| "Haunted House" | 1989 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied" | 1990 | — | — | Curse |
| "Magic" | 1992 | — | — | Open Head Surgery |
| "Inferno" (The Mixes) | 1994 | — | — | Inferno – The Odyssey Continues |
| "Evolution" | 1996 | — | — | Nocturnal Emissions |
| "On a Mission" (Remixes) | 1997 | — | — | |
| "Tarot" | 1998 | — | — | |
| "All the Madmen" (US-only release) | 2007 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Shit's Coming Down" | 2018 | — | — | Possessed |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
References
edit- ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989: The Complete U.K. Independent Charts (Singles & Albums). London: Cherry Red. ISBN 978-0-9517206-9-1. OCLC 38292499.
- ^ "Official Charts – Artists – Alien Sex Fiend". OfficialCharts.com. The Official UK Charts Company. 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ a b "ALIEN SEX FIEND | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
- ^ "Indies" (PDF). Music Week. 23 September 1989. p. 30. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ a b "UK Singles Charts: 1984 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1985 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ a b "UK Singles Charts: 1986 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
External links
edit- Alien Sex Fiend discography at Discogs