Alien Sex Fiend discography
The English deathrock band Alien Sex Fiend have released 13 studio albums, 6 live albums, 17 compilation albums, two extended play "mini-LPs", 22 singles, and 8 video albums. Most of their releases have been on Anagram Records, a sub-label of Cherry Red Records. The band has 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).
In the 1980s, the band's releases regularly reached the top 20 on the UK indie charts, 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 independent chart, 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-'80s singles also made the official UK Singles Chart: "Dead and Buried" peaked at No. 91 in 1984, while the 1985 reissued version of "Ignore the Machine" reached No. 99 the following year. Maximum Security is the band's sole album to make the UK Albums Chart, reaching No. 100 in 1985.[2]
| Alien Sex Fiend discography | |
|---|---|
 Alien Sex Fiend live in Paris, 2007 | |
| Studio albums | 13 |
| Live albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 17 |
| Video albums | 8 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 22 |
Studio albums
- The Lewd, the Mad, the Ugly and Old Nik cassette (1983, F. O. Reckords)
- Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain (1983, Anagram Records/Relativity Records)
- Acid Bath (1984, Anagram Records)
- Maximum Security (1985, Anagram Records)
- "It" the Album (1986, Anagram Records)
- Here Cum Germs (1987, Anagram Records)
- Another Planet (1988, Anagram Records)
- Curse (1990, Anagram Records)
- Open Head Surgery (1992, Anagram Records)
- Inferno - The Odyssey Continues (1994, Anagram Records)
- Nocturnal Emissions (1997, 13th Moon Records)
- Information Overload (2004, 13th Moon Records)
- Death Trip (2010, 13th Moon Records)
EPs
- The Impossible Mission Mini-LP (1987, PVC Records)
- Inferno: The Mixes (1995, Anagram Records)
Live albums
- Turn the Monitors Up (1984, F. O. Reckords)
- Liquid Head in Tokyo (1985, Anagram Records)
- Too Much Acid? (1989, Anagram Records)
- The Altered States of America (1993, Anagram Records)
- Flashbacks! (Live 1995–1998) (2001, Yeaah!)
- Zombified (2002, Anagram Records)
Compilation albums
- The First Compact Disc (1986, Anagram Records)
- All Our Yesterdays (1988, Anagram Records)
- A.S.F. Box (1990, Windsong International)
- The Legendary Batcave Tapes (1993, Anagram Records)
- Drive My Rocket - The Collection Part One (1994, Cleopatra Records)
- I'm Her Frankenstein - The Collection Part Two (1995, Cleopatra Records)
- The Singles 1983–1995 (1995, Anagram Records)
- Wardance of the Alien Sex Fiend (1997, Recall)
- The Bat Cave Masters (1998, Cleopatra Records)
- Fiend at the Controls Vol. 1 & 2 (1999, Anagram Records/Cleopatra Records)
- The Best of Alien Sex Fiend (2001, Anagram Records)
- Fiend Club (2005, Cleopatra Records)
- Para-Abnormal (2006, 13th Moon Records)
- R.I.P. A 12" Collection (2008, Anagram Records)
- Bat Cave Anthems (2008, Cleopatra Records)
- Between Good and Evil (The Collection) (2013, PressPlay)
- Classic Albums and BBC Sessions Collection (2015, Cherry Red)
Singles
- "Ignore the Machine" (1983, Anagram Records/Relativity Records)
- "Lips Can't Go" (1983, Anagram Records)
- "R.I.P. (Blue Crumb Truck)" (1984, Anagram Records)
- "Dead and Buried" (1984, Anagram Records)
- "E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)" (1984, Anagram Records)
- "I'm Doing Time in a Maximum Security Twilight Home" (1985, Anagram Records)
- "Ignore the Machine (Special Electrode Mix)" (1985, Anagram Records)
- "I Walk The Line" (1986, Flickknife Records)
- "Smells Like..." (1986, Anagram Records)
- "Hurricane Fighter Plane" (1987, Anagram Records)
- "The Impossible Mission" (1987, Anagram Records)
- "Here Cum Germs" (1987, Anagram Records)
- "Stuff the Turkey" (1987, Anagram Records)
- "Batman Theme" (as The Dynamic Duo) (1988, Cherry Red Records)
- "Bun Ho!" (1988, Anagram Records)
- "Haunted House" (1989, Anagram Records)
- "Now I'm Feeling Zombified" (1990, Anagram Records)
- "Magic" (1992, Anagram Records)
- "Inferno (The Youth Mixes)" (1994, MFF Records)
- "Evolution" (1996, 13th Moon Records)
- "On a Mission" (1997, 13th Moon Records)
- "Tarot" (1998, 13th Moon Records)
Video albums
- A Purple Glistener (1984, Jettisoundz)
- Liquid Head in Tokyo (1985, Cherry Red Films)
- Edit (1987, Jettisoundz)
- Over Dose! (1988, Jettisoundz)
- Re-Animated - The Promo Collection (1994, Jettisoundz/Cleopatra Records)
- The Making of Inferno – The Odyssey Continues (1994)
- Edit Overdose! (2003, Cherry Red)
- A Purple Glistener + Liquid Head in Tokyo (2005, Cherry Red)
External links
- Alien Sex Fiend discography at Discogs
References
- ↑ 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 2016-01-04.