Blue Man Group discography

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This is a list of CDs and DVDs by Blue Man Group. This includes all commercial releases, limited editions, and other out of print releases.

Contents

[edit] CDs

  1. Audio: 1999
  2. Mandelgroove: Only Made 2000
  3. Chicago Practice: Only Made 2005
  4. Sing Along: Only Made 2003
  5. Complex Sampler: Only 2003
  6. The Complex: 2004
  7. I Feel Love: 2004 ( Features I Feel Love Music Video )
  8. Las Vegas Sampler ( Promo of the opening of the Venetian show )
  9. The Current: 2005
  10. Live At The Venetian: 2006
  11. Photo CD
  12. Canta Conmingo: 2007
  13. Canta Conmigo: 2008 ( Deluxe Edition )
  14. Fan Compilation: 2007
  15. Last Train To Transcentral: 2006
  16. How To Be A Megastar Live!: 2008

[edit] Audio (CD and DVD)

The first formal CD release from Blue Man Group released in 1999. The Group created new instruments and made an audio recording used for this release. This is a fourteen track CD. It was revealed by Chris Wink on the DVD that the album had a cowboy quality to it like a western type with the ancient sounding instruments.

  1. TV Song
  2. Opening Mandelbrot
  3. Synaestethic
  4. Utne Wire Man
  5. Rods and Cones
  6. Tension 2
  7. Mandelgroove
  8. PVC IV
  9. Club Nowhere
  10. Drumbone
  11. Shadows
  12. Cat Video
  13. Klein Mandelbrot
  14. Endless Column

The DVD had two sides, one with an interview with Blue Men and music on the other side, the other side has a menu where you can see the same interview.

The DVD has a 15th track called Last Train To Trancentral which is played on the paper finale.

DVD:

  1. Mandelgroove
  2. PVC IV
  3. TV Song
  4. Synaesthetic
  5. Utne Live Wire (Utne, Utne Wire Man, Live Wire)
  6. Rods and Cones (Original Version)
  7. Tension 2 (Tension Song, Tension)
  8. Opening Mandelbrot
  9. Club Nowhere
  10. Drumbone
  11. Shadows (Shadows Pt. 1, Old Western)
  12. Cat Video (Music Video)
  13. Klein Mandelbrot (Klein Song)
  14. Endless Column
  15. Last Train To Trancentral (KLF Cover, Bonus Track)


The DVDs song order is mixed up.

[edit] Mandelgroove

A limited EP of the highlight of the show at Luxor in Las Vegas. Radio Stations only.

  1. Mandelgroove
  2. Mandelgroove (Live at Luxor)

[edit] Chicago Practice

This is a practice burn CD of Blue Man Group's Chicago show. All tracks are live from the Chicago show. Multimedia download only. Features all the gags shown on the big screen.

[edit] Sing Along

A Blue Man Group / Dave Matthews EP of the song "Sing Along", originally available on The Complex. A very rare CD released in 2003, it was only sent to radio stations.

  1. Sing Along

The artwork features a Blue Man looking at the sky.

[edit] Complex Sampler

Promo CD for 2003 with behind the scenes.

  1. What Is Rock
  2. Persona
  3. Up To The Roof
  4. Behind the Scenes making of The Complex

[edit] The Complex 5.1, Live, CD

The 5.1 edition of The Complex utilizes surround sound to create a unique listening experience.

  1. Above
  2. Time To Start
  3. Sing Along
  4. Up To The Roof
  5. Your Attention
  6. Persona
  7. Piano Smasher
  8. White Rabbit
  9. Current
  10. Shadows Part 2
  11. What Is Rock
  12. Complex
  13. I Feel Love
  14. Exhibit 13

The Rock Tour had one song from Audio ("Drumbone"), three cover songs ("Crazy Train", "Whip It", and "Baba O'Riley") and one percussion solo before "Sing Along" ("Wands"). It did not feature "White Rabbit" or "Piano Smasher" from the album, nor the hidden track from the CD.

  1. Above
  2. Drumbone
  3. Time To Start
  4. Up To The Roof
  5. Persona
  6. Your Attention
  7. (Wands) Sing Along
  8. Shadows Part II
  9. Current
  10. Complex
  11. (Whip It) (Crazy Train) I Feel Love
  12. Exhibit 13
  13. Baba O'Riley
  14. What Is Rock

Special features have the Sing Along, Current, Exhibit 13 music videos plus about the DVD, the other side has a 5.1 mix on Sing Along, Above, Shadows Part 2 feature.

The Complex CD has 14 tracks plus a hidden track called "Mandelbrot Part 4".

  1. Above
  2. Time To Start
  3. Sing Along (featuring Dave Matthews)
  4. Up To The Roof (featuring Tracy Bonham)
  5. Your Attention
  6. Persona (featuring Josh Haden)
  7. Piano Smasher
  8. White Rabbit (featuring Esthereo)
  9. The Current (featuring Gavin Rossdale)
  10. Shadows Part 2 (Tracy Bonham, Peter Moore)
  11. What Is Rock (Tracy Bonham, Peter Moore)
  12. Complex (featuring Peter Moore)
  13. I Feel Love (featuring Venus Hum)
  14. Exhibit 13

Hidden Track: Mandelbrot Part 4

[edit] I Feel Love

This is a single release featuring several remixes of "I Feel Love". The disc also includes a music video of the song.

  1. I Feel Love Blue Man Group Radio Edit
  2. DJ Mutter Sweet Beat Mix
  3. Jason Nevins Big Room Radio Edit
  4. Professional Mix Rob Swift and Anthony Saffery
  5. Human Mix
  6. Multimedia Version (video)

[edit] Las Vegas 4 Song Sampler

A promotional CD for the opening of the show at The Venetian.

  1. "Drum Finale Throwdown"
  2. "Let it Ride" (vocals by Everett Bradley)
  3. "The Complex" (vocals by Peter Moore)
  4. "Klein Mandelbrot"

[edit] The Current

Features Gavin Rossdale singing "The Current" on this three track CD.

  1. The Current
  2. Above (Album Mix)
  3. Piano Smasher (Album Mix)

[edit] Live At The Venetian-Las Vegas

This is a live CD of Blue Man Group, and is only available through the iTunes store. It is approximately 40 minutes long.

  1. Opening Mandelbrot
  2. Tension Song
  3. Drumbone
  4. PVC IV
  5. Feast Picking
  6. Time To Start
  7. Rods And Cones
  8. Utne Wire Man
  9. Klein Mandelbrot
  10. Chant Jam

[edit] Photo CD

A Megastar 2.0 slideshow CD containing 237 pictures.

[edit] Canta Conmigo

Includes nine remixes and two videos featuring "Canta Conmigo", the Spanish-language version of Blue Man's existing original collaboration with Dave Matthews, "Sing Along". The new song was written and performed by Blue Man Group during the South American leg of their Megastar tour.

This disc was released to the public in April 2008. Promotional copies were distributed at the Latin Grammy Awards in November 2007.

  1. Funky Junction Spanish Vocal Mix
  2. Funky Junction Spanish Dub
  3. Nickodemus Afrohouse Mix
  4. Nickodemus Afrohouse Instrumental
  5. Oinonz Swirv Mix
  6. Gaea Mix
  7. Funky Junction Spanish Radio Mix
  8. Nickodemus Dub Funk Mix
  9. Original Mix

[edit] Canta Conmigo 5.1

Deluxe edition of the December album with a CD/DVD package.

  1. Funky Junction Spanish Vocal Mix
  2. Funky Junction Spanish Dub
  3. Nickodemus Afrohouse Mix
  4. Nickodemus Afrohouse Instrumental
  5. Onionz Swirv Mix
  6. Gaea Mix
  7. Funky Junction Spanish Radio Mix
  8. Nickodemus Dub Funk Mix
  9. Canta Conmigo ( Original Mix )
  10. Canta Conmigo ( Original Mix ) Music Video
  11. Funky Junction Spanish Dub Music Video

[edit] Fan Compilation

CD released for charity by the Blue Man Library.

  1. The Comfort Song
  2. Way of the October Storm
  3. Aqua Base
  4. Left Side
  5. PVC III
  6. Emotion
  7. Rods and Cones
  8. Ian's Strength
  9. 34 Below
  10. Taste of my World
  11. Upon a Winter's Eve
  12. Rock Concert Dance Mix
  13. PVC IV
  14. Hardooshi
  15. Spirit Free
  16. Cabernet
  17. A Kitsune Relation
  18. Friends with Secretaries
  19. Switchback Podcast Theme
  20. PVC Red (Exclusive Content)

[edit] Last Train To Trancentral

Is an iTunes exclusive EP.

  1. Last Train To Trancentral
  2. Marshmallows & Gumballs
  3. Wands
  4. PVC IV (Live and Unedited)

[edit] Rods and Cones

A digital single from Blue Man Group's Las Vegas show. The video for this song is available on iTunes.

  1. Rods and Cones (Digital Remixed Audio)

[edit] How to Be A Megastar Live!

DVD/CD combo release of the How To Be A Megastar 2.1 Tour. DVD contains footage filmed at a Dallas tour date, and includes bonus features Inside the Tube Documentary, “I Feel Love” Video, and “Mono Makes a Plea – Save the TVs” Campaign vignette.

DVD

  1. Above
  2. Drumbone
  3. Rock Manual Infomercial
  4. Time To Start
  5. Up To The Roof
  6. Altering Appearances
  7. Persona
  8. Floppie The Banjo Clown
  9. Your Attention
  10. Piano Smasher
  11. Shirts and Hats
  12. Sing Along
  13. Rock Box Infomercial
  14. One Of These Days
  15. Shadows Part 2
  16. The Complex
  17. Light Suits
  18. I Feel Love
  19. Rock and Go
  20. Baba O’Riley
  21. Introducing The Band
  22. What Is Rock

CD

  1. Above
  2. Drumbone
  3. Time To Start
  4. Up To The Roof
  5. Altering Appearances
  6. Persona
  7. Your Attention
  8. Piano Smasher
  9. Shirts and Hats
  10. Sing Along
  11. One of These Days
  12. Rock Concert Movement #237
  13. Shadows Part 2
  14. The Complex
  15. Light Suits
  16. I Feel Love
  17. Rock and Go
  18. Baba O’Riley
  19. What is Rock

[edit] DVDs

  1. Audio ( Surround Sound 5.1 Stereo )
  2. Premium DVD ( Promo 2001 DVD )
  3. Complex Rock Tour ( Live )
  4. Complex 5.1 ( Surround Sound 5.1 )
  5. Scoring Reel ( Scoring DVD of 2004 )
  6. Canta Conmigo ( 5.1 Surround Sound )
  7. Complex Sampler ( CD Single and DVD w/ bonus footage of the Complex )
  8. I Feel Love ( Rare Venus Hum DVD Featuring Blue Man Group )
  9. Inside the Tube ( Only Ordered Off WTTW ) ( Only In 2006 )
  10. Instrument Guide ( Included In Toyquest Instrument )
  11. Complex Box Set ( Box Set Of The Complex )
  12. Live in Orlando ( Rare sampler DVD of a performance of BMG's Orlando show )
  13. How To Be A Megastar Live!

[edit] Scoring Reel

This is a scoring DVD of 2004 that has seven scenes and relating to Blue Man.

  1. The Jury
  2. Robots
  3. R-Type Final
  4. Bulbs
  5. Above
  6. Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines
  7. Exhibit 13

[edit] Canta Conmigo 5.1

  1. Funky Junction Spanish Vocal Mix
  2. Funky Junction Spanish Dub
  3. Nickodemus Afrohouse Mix
  4. Nickodemus Afrohouse Instrumental
  5. Onionz Swirv Mix
  6. Gaea Mix
  7. Funky Junction Spanish Radio Mix
  8. Canta Conmigo ( Original Mix )
  9. Canta Conmigo ( Original Mix ) Music Video
  10. Funky Junction Spanish Vocal Mix Music Video

[edit] Premium DVD

A rare 2001 DVD promo of Audio released for limited time.

  1. Mandelgroove
  2. Audio Surround

[edit] Complex Sampler

This is a scoring sampler with behind the scenes footage of the Complex and then a CD single. Not being made since 2003.

  1. What Is Rock
  2. Persona
  3. Up To The Roof ( Featuring Studio Clip )

The behind the scenes footage is called Themes of the Complex it tells what the purpose of the complex is. The clip can be viewable on blue man.com.

[edit] Inside The Tube

Documentary-style PBS special about the history of Blue Man Group. Includes interviews with the founders and footage of the performances.

  1. Inside The Beginning
  2. Inside The Music
  3. Inside The Creative Process
  4. Inside the Recording
  5. Inside the Subway Station
  6. Bluephoria 0:60 Directors Cut

[edit] Instrument Guide

This is a short DVD that is released only on the online store Toyquest Store ( which is no longer is business ). It tells about the instrument you bought and the other Toyquest toys and the Blue Man Group instruments. This is just a little guide about the instruments of Blue Man Group.

  1. Blue Man Group Instruments
  2. About Blue Man Group
  3. ToyQuest Instrument

Blue Man Group 1988 to Present ( Still Working On Material )

[edit] Complex Box Set

Box set of all related items to The Complex.

  1. Complex Rock Tour
  2. Complex CD
  3. Complex 5.1

[edit] Live in Orlando

Rare sample DVD of a live show in Orlando. Promo only.

  1. Above
  2. Marshmallows & Gumballs
  3. Time to Start
  4. PVC IV
  5. Rods and Cones
  6. The Feast
  7. What is Rock
  8. Shadows Part 2


[edit] I Feel Love

A rare Venus Hum DVD that features Blue Man Group singing I Feel Love live along with the music video and Venus Hum songs.

[edit] How To Be A Megastar Live!

Released in April 2008, this two-disc DVD/CD collection contains as bonus features: 5.1 Surround Sound, the video for “I Feel Love,” the comedic parody “Mono Makes a Plea – Save the TVs” campaign and the documentary Inside the Tube, which provides an intimate look inside Blue Man Group’s creative process and history.

DVD

  1. Above
  2. Drumbone
  3. Rock Manual Infomercial
  4. Time To Start
  5. Up To The Roof
  6. Altering Appearances
  7. Persona
  8. Floppie The Banjo Clown
  9. Your Attention
  10. Piano Smasher
  11. Shirts and Hats
  12. Sing Along
  13. Rock Box Infomercial
  14. One Of These Days
  15. Shadows Part 2
  16. The Complex
  17. Light Suits
  18. I Feel Love
  19. Rock and Go
  20. Baba O’Riley
  21. Introducing The Band
  22. What Is Rock

CD

  1. Above
  2. Drumbone
  3. Time To Start
  4. Up To The Roof
  5. Altering Appearances
  6. Persona
  7. Your Attention
  8. Piano Smasher
  9. Shirts and Hats
  10. Sing Along
  11. One of These Days
  12. Rock Concert Movement #237
  13. Shadows Part 2
  14. The Complex
  15. Light Suits
  16. I Feel Love
  17. Rock and Go
  18. Baba O’Riley
  19. What is Rock

[edit] VHS

[edit] Audio Video

Audio Video is a promotional VHS created by the Blue Man Group. It features the creation of their debut album, Audio. It has interviews with Todd Perlmutter, Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Ian Pai, and Chris Dyas. Explaining about the music and the instruments.

  1. Audio: Behind the Music ( 10:31 )

[edit] Album themes

  • Audio: Soundtracking classic rock into new music as a new audio of instruments.
  • The Complex: Is about a blique urban city which Blue Men would be in if they didn't follow their bliss.
  • How To Be A Megastar 2.1: Replacing the old megastars at a concert.

[edit] Blue Man Group characters

Floppie the Banjo Clown was created for the How to be a Megastar tour. His hair is a vague reprise of the rock & roll Corna sign.

For the music video for the song "Persona", a character without a name was created for a man who did not follow his bliss and cannot remove layers off his face and his inner feelings burst out and he is forced to keep the culturation mask on.

For the Megastar music video of "Sing Along", those people in the windows texting each other was created for people who want to sing along. (The man with the layers appears in the video.)

[edit] The Good Ending

In the Megastar music video of The Complex, at the very end, the city is not bleak anymore, the man from the Persona music video finally removes the layers from his face, the people from the Sing Along video are safe, and the girl from the Up to the Roof video is shown.

[edit] iTunes exclusives

There are three Blue Man Group releases only available on the iTunes store.

These digital downloads are:

  • Live at the Venetian
  • Last Train To Trancentral
  • Rods and Cones

[edit] Performance Pieces

Specific Blue Man Group performance pieces in the shows include:

Paint and Marshmallows: Catching Marshmallows and Gumballs in their mouths. Gumballs are water balloons with colored water in them that pop in the Blue Man's mouth so he can then spit it out.

Crunch: They chew Cap'n Crunch cereal loudly to make percussive sounds.

Paint Drumming: The Blue Men pour colored paint on the tops of drums. When the drum is hit, paint flies into the air.

Paper Finale: The ending to a Blue Man Group show where rolls of toilet paper are unfurled over the audience, who must work together to help the paper travel to the stage.

[edit] Out of print releases

  1. Sing Along
  2. Complex Sampler
  3. Scoring Reel
  4. Premium DVD
  5. Mandelgroove
  6. Chicago Practice
  7. Las Vegas Sample

These Blue Man Group releases are no longer produced due to weak sales or being limited editions. Sing Along is a Dave Matthews EP, Complex Sampler is a music sampler of the complex with bonus footage, Scoring Reel is a scoring DVD of 2004 with Blue Mans 2004 work, Chicago Practice is for beginning blue men to practice for the Chicago show. Las Vegas Practice is a celebration CD for a last performance at the Luxor. Last, Mandelgroove was only delivered to radio stations only. Premium DVD is a rare audio promo DVD of scoring footage of Audio.

[edit] Music Videos

The Blue Man Group released the following music videos for these songs:

  1. PVC IV
  2. Mandelgroove
  3. Cat Video
  4. Modern Plumbing
  5. Sing Along
  6. Exhibit 13
  7. Drum Finale Throwdown
  8. Light Suits
  9. I Feel Love
  10. Rock and Go
  11. Rods and Cones
  12. Canta Conmigo ( Original Mix )
  13. Canta Conmigo ( Funky Junction )