Mogwai discography

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Mogwai discography
Mogwai performing at Somerset House, London, England on 7 July 2007.
Mogwai performing at Somerset House, London, England on 7 July 2007.
Releases
↙Studio albums 5
↙Compilation albums 3
↙Extended plays 8
↙Singles 10
↙Remix albums 1
↙Film scores 1
↙Songs 101
References and footnotes

This is a comprehensive discography of Mogwai, a Scottish instrumental rock group. As of 2008, the band has released five studio albums, three compilation albums, eight extended plays, ten singles, one remix album, and one film score.

Contents

[edit] Studio albums

Year Title Label
1997 Mogwai Young Team
1999 Come On Die Young
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Trama (Brazil)
2001 Rock Action
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
  • Toy's Factory (Japan)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Trama (Brazil)
2003 Happy Songs for Happy People
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
  • Toy's Factory (Japan)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
2006 Mr Beast
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
2008 The Hawk is Howling

[edit] Compilation albums

Year Title Label Notes
1997 Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997)
  • Rock Action (UK)
  • Jetset (US)
  • Voices of Wonder (Scandinavia)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Trama (Brazil)
 Compiles songs previously released throughout 1996—1997 from various different sources.
2000 EP+6
  • Toy's Factory (Japan)
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
 Initially Japan-only album, compiling the EPs 4 Satin, No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew), and EP on one CD, later released in the UK.
2005 Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
  • Toy's Factory (Japan)
  • Soyuz (Russia)
 Compiles songs recorded from various BBC Radio sessions with John Peel and Steve Lamacq.

[edit] Extended plays

Year Title Label Notes
1997 4 Satin
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Jet Set (US)
1998 Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes Features remixes of "Mogwai Fear Satan" by Mogwai, µ-Ziq, Surgeon and My Bloody Valentine.
No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew)
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
1999 EP
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
2001 Travels in Constants, Vol. 12 Mogwai's contribution to the subscription-only series of twelve EPs from Temporary Residence Limited.
US Tour EP
  • Matador (US)
 Split 10" EP with Bardo Pond, sold during Mogwai's May–June 2001 tour of the US.
UK/European Tour EP Compiles limited edition tracks from various 2001 releases.
2006 Travel Is Dangerous
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)

[edit] Singles

Year Title Album Label Notes
1996 "Tuner"/"Lower"
  • Rock Action (UK)
 Double A-side, limited to 500± copies. "Tuner" was rerecorded for Ten Rapid.
"Angels vs Aliens"
  • Ché Trading (UK)
 Split with English band Dweeb. "Angels vs Aliens" was rerecorded for Ten Rapid.
"Summer"/"Ithica 27ø9"
  • Love Train (UK)
 Double A-side, limited to 1500 copies. Both tracks feature on Ten Rapid.
1997 "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1"/"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2"
  • Release date: February 1997
  • Format: 7"
  • Wurlitzer Jukebox (UK)
 Double A-side, limited to 3000 copies. Both tracks feature on Ten Rapid.
Club Beatroot - Part Four
  • Release date: May 1997
  • Format: 7"
  • Flotsam & Jetsam (UK)
 Split with Scottish band pH Family, limited to 500 copies. Features a live recording of "Stereodee", recorded at The 13th Note, Glasgow, Scotland on 13 February 1997.
1998 Kicking a Dead Pig
  • Release date: 1998
  • Format: 12"
  • Eye-Q (UK)
 Promo 12", featuring remixes of Mogwai songs by DJ Q and Alec Empire.
Do the Rock Boogaloo Split with English band Magoo. Features a cover of "Sweet Leaf" by Black Sabbath.
2001 "My Father My King"
  • Rock Action (UK)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
2006 "Friend of the Night" Mr Beast
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
 First single released from a studio album.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
 Promo 12".

[edit] Remix albums

Year Title Label Notes
1998 Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed
  • Eye Q, Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Jetset (US)
 Features remixes of Mogwai songs by Hood, Max Tundra, Klute, The Third Eye Foundation, Kid Loco, and the Surgeon and Mogwai remixes of "Mogwai Fear Satan" from Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes. The Chemikal Underground reissue also features the My Bloody Valentine, µ-Ziq and Surgeon remixes of "Mogwai Fear Satan".

[edit] Film scores

Year Title Film Label
2006 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)

[edit] Songs

To date, Mogwai have released 97 original songs, and 4 cover songs.

[edit] Originals

Year Title Available on Notes
1995 "Summer"
  • Candy Bars & Cheap Guitars (1995)
  • "Summer"/"Ithica 27ø9" (1996)
  • Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997 (1997)
  • Vi é Brann - Bergens Stolthet! (1997)
  • A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise 1998 (1998)
 Demo on mail order compilation cassette Candy Bars & Cheap Guitars, released by Glasgow-based label, Kaw. Rerecorded and released as a double A-side single with "Ithica 27ø9" and included on Ten Rapid. Later included on Vi é Brann - Bergens Stolthet! and A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise 1998 compilations.
1996 "Tuner"
  • "Tuner"/"Lower" (1996)
  • Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997 (1997)
  • Rock Action Presents: Vol. 1 (2002)
 Rerecorded for Ten Rapid. Original version included on Rock Action Presents: Vol. 1 compilation.
"Lower"
  • "Tuner"/"Lower" (1996)
"Angels vs Aliens"
  • "Angels vs Aliens" (1996)
  • Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997 (1997)
 Split 7" single with Dweeb. Rerecorded for Ten Rapid
"A-70"
  • NME C96 (1996)
 Mail order compilation from NME. "A-70" recorded during a sound check at Aberystwyth University in Wales on 23 May 1996. The wrong take appears on the CD.
"A Place for Parks"
  • The Camden Crawl II (1996)
  • Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997 (1997)
 Compilation for Camden Crawl in London. Included on Ten Rapid
"I Am Not Batman"
  • Hoover Your Head: Ten Day Weekend (1996)
  • Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997 (1997)
 Compilation for Ten Day Weekend in Glasgow. Included on Ten Rapid
"Ithica 27ø9"
  • "Summer"/"Ithica 27ø9" (1996)
  • Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997 (1997)
 Double A-side single with "Summer". Included on Ten Rapid
1997 "Stereo Donut"
  • Bedroom Ambience: A Collection of Home Recordings (1997)
 Compilation LP released on Enraptured.
"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1"
  • "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1"/"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2" (1997)
  • Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997 (1997)
  • The Deep End (2000)
  • "My Father My King" (2001)
  • UK/European Tour EP (2001)
  • Rock Sound: Music with Attitude (2003)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 (2005)
 Included on Ten Rapid. Live version recorded at Rothesay Pavilion, Isle of Bute on 14 April 2001 included on the Japanese, Australian, and New Zealand versions of the "My Father My King" single, the UK/European Tour EP, and June 2003 Rock Sound: Music with Attitude compilation. A Steve Lamacq BBC Radio 1 session of "Helicon 1" recorded at Maida Vale in March 1999 appears on June 2000 Select magazine compilation, The Deep End, as well as Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003.
"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2"
  • "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1"/"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2" (1997)
  • Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997 (1997)
  • One-In-Four (2004)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 (2005)
 Included on Ten Rapid. The song was also featured on the Scottish Association for Mental Health's 2004 compilation album, One-In-Four. John Peel BBC Radio Session recorded at Maida Vale in 20 January 1998 was included on Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003.
"End"
  • Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997)
"Superheroes of BMX"
  • 4 Satin (1997)
  • Musique Facile Pour Gens Difficiles, Vol. 1 (1998)
  • EP+6 (2000)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 (2005)
 Included on EP+6. Also appears on the 1998 compilation Musique Facile Pour Gens Difficiles, Vol. 1. A John Peel Radio 1 Session recorded at the Golders Green Hippodrome, London on 22 December 1996 appears on Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003.
"Now You're Taken"
  • 4 Satin (1997)
  • EP+6 (2000)
 Features singing by guest vocalist Aidan Moffat. Included on EP+6.
"Stereodee"
  • 4 Satin (1997)
  • Club Beatroot - Part Four (1997)
  • EP+6 (2000)
 Included on EP+6. A live version recorded at The 13th Note, Glasgow, Scotland on 13 February 1997 appears on Club Beatroot - Part Four.
"Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home"
  • Mogwai Young Team (1997)
"Like Herod"
  • Mogwai Young Team (1997)
  • Out of Our Heads on Skelp (2003)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003 (2005)
  • Travel is Dangerous (2006)
 Included on Chemikal Underground's 2003 Out of Our Heads on Skelp sampler. A Steve Lamacq BBC Radio Session recorded at Maida Vale in March 1999 appears on Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003. A live version recorded at Unit in Tokyo, Japan on 25 January 2006 is included on the Travel is Dangerous EP.
"Katrien"
  • Mogwai Young Team (1997)
"Radar Maker"
"Tracy"
  • Mogwai Young Team (1997)
  • The Trip (1999)
 Included on The Trip soundtrack.
"Summer (Priority Version)"
  • Mogwai Young Team (1997)
"With Portfolio"
"R U Still in 2 It"
  • Mogwai Young Team (1997)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003 (2005)
 Features singing by guest vocalist Aidan Moffat. A John Peel BBC Radio Session recorded at the Golders Green Hippodrome, 22 December 1996 appears on Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003.
"A Cheery Wave from Stranded Youngsters"
  • Mogwai Young Team (1997)
 Included on Select's 1998 compilation Hot!.
"Mogwai Fear Satan"
1998 "Guardians of Space"
  • 4 Satin (2008)
 The wrong master tapes were used on the 1998 US mispress of 4 Satin.
"Ex-Cowboy"
  • NME Clean Sweep (1998)
  • Come On Die Young (1999)
 Recorded live at the London Astoria on 22 January 1998, and released on an NME compilation. Later recorded for Come On Die Young
"Xmas Steps"
  • No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew) (1998)
  • Come On Die Young (1999)
  • Everything is Nice (1999)
  • This American Life: Stories of Hope & Fear (2006)
 Included on 2006 This American Life: Stories of Hope & Fear compilation. A rerecorded version appears on Come On Die Young as "Christmas Steps", also included on Matador's Everything is Nice compilation.
"Rollerball"
  • No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew) (1998)
"Small Children in the Background"
  • No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew) (1998)
  • NME Spring Offensive (1999)
 Included on a 1999 NME compilation.
"Helps Both Ways"
  • No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew) (1998)
  • Come On Die Young (1998)
  • 5th Birthday Party (2000)
 Replaced on the No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew) promo with "Small Children in the Background" due to legal troubles, later rerecorded and included on Come On Die Young. Original version included on Chemikal Underground's 2000 5th Birthday Party compilation.
"I Can't Remember"
  • The Glasgow EP (1998)
 Second in a series of Four EPs celebrating the music of famous UK cities.
"I Don't Know What to Say"
  • NME presents Radio 1 Sound City (1998)
 Appears on NME compilation.
1999 "Punk Rock"
  • Come On Die Young (1999)
"Cody"
  • Come On Die Young (1999)
  • The Bands Who (2000)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 (2005)
 Included on NME compilation. John Peel BBC Radio Session recorded at Maida Vale in 20 January 1998 was included on Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003.
"Year 2000 Non-Compliant Cardia"
  • Come On Die Young (1999)
  • CHEM087 (2006)
 Included on 2006 CHEM087 compilation.
"Kappa"
  • Come On Die Young (1999)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 (2005)
 John Peel BBC Radio Session recorded at Maida Vale in 20 January 1998 was included on Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003.
"Waltz for Aidan"
  • Come On Die Young (1999)
"May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door"
  • Come On Die Young (1999)
  • Volume 4 (1999)
 Included on a 1999 Uncut compilation.
"Oh! How the Dogs Stack Up"
  • Come On Die Young (1999)
"Chocky"
"Punk Rock/Puff Daddy/Antichrist"
"Nick Drake"
  • The Carve-Up (1999)
 Included on Xfm compilation.
"Hugh Dallas"
  • Everything is Nice (1999)
"Stanley Kubrick"
  • EP (1999)
 Later included on EP+6. Also included on Chemikal Underground's 2000 5th Birthday Party compilation.
"Christmas Song" Later included on EP+6. Also included on the 2000 Seriously Scottish : Music from Contemporary Scotland, Vol. 2, Chemikal Underground's 2003 Out of Our Heads on Skelp sampler.
"Burn Girl Prom Queen"
  • EP (1999)
  • EP+6
"Rage:Man"
2001 "Untitled"
  • Travels in Constants, Vol. 12 (2001)
"Quiet Stereo Dee"
"Sine Wave"
  • Rock Action (2001)
"Take Me Somewhere Nice"
  • Rock Action (2001)
  • Fuelling the Nation (2001)
 Included on a 2001 compilation by The Big Issue.
"O I Sleep"
  • Rock Action (2001)
"Dial: Revenge"
  • Rock Action (2001)
  • The Soundtrack to the Summer (2001)
 Features singing by guest vocalist Gruff Rhys. Included on a 2001 NME compilation.
"You Don't Know Jesus"
  • Rock Action (2001)
  • "My Father My King" (2001)
  • UK/European Tour EP (2001)
 Live version recorded at Rothesay Pavilion, Isle of Bute on 14 April 2001 included on the Japanese, Australian, and New Zealand versions of the "My Father My King" single, and the UK/European Tour EP.
"Robot Chant"
  • Rock Action (2001)
"2 Rights Make 1 Wrong"
"Secret Pint"
  • Rock Action (2001)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 (2005)
 Steve Lamacq BBC Radio session recorded at Maida Vale on 10 April 2001 was included on Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003.
"Close Encounters"
  • Rock Action (2001)
  • UK/European Tour EP (2001)
 Included on Japanese editions of Rock Action and the UK/European Tour EP.
"D to E"
  • US Tour EP (2001)
  • Rock Action (2001)
  • UK/European Tour EP (2001)
 Extended version included as a bonus track on Rock Action, entitled "Untitled". Also included on UK/European Tour EP
"Drum Machine"
  • US Tour EP (2001)
  • UK/European Tour EP (2001)
"My Father My King"
  • "My Father My King" (2001)
2003 "Hunted by a Freak"
  • Happy Songs for Happy People (2003)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 (2005)
 A John Peel BBC Radio session recorded at Maida Vale on 21 May 2003 was included on Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003.
"Moses? I Amn't"
  • Happy Songs for Happy People (2003)
"Kids Will Be Skeletons"
"Killing All the Flies"
"Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep"
"Ratts of the Capital"
"Golden Porsche"
"I Know You Are But What Am I?"
"Stop Coming to My House"
  • Happy Songs for Happy People (2003)
  • Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 (2005)
 A John Peel BBC Radio Session recorded at Maida Vale on 21 May 2003 was included on Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003.
"Sad DC"
  • Happy Songs for Happy People (2003)
 Included on Japanese editions of Happy Songs for Happy People.
"Star Wars"
  • Rock Action Presents: Vol. 1 (2002)
 Appears on Rock Action compilation.
2006 "Friend of the Night"
  • "Friend of the Night" (2006)
  • Mr Beast (2006)
"Fresh Crown"
  • "Friend of the Night" (2006)
"1% of Monster"
"Auto Rock"
  • Mr. Beast (2006)
  • Miami Vice (2006)
"Glasgow Mega-Snake"
  • Mr. Beast (2006)
"Acid Food"
"Travel is Dangerous"
  • Mr. Beast (2006)
  • Travel is Dangerous (2006)
"Team Handed"
  • Mr. Beast (2006)
"Emergency Trap"
"Folk Death 95"
"I Chose Horses" Features singing by guest vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa.
"We're No Here"
  • Mr. Beast (2006)
  • Miami Vice (2006)
  • Travel is Dangerous (2006)
 Included on the 2006 Miami Vice soundtrack. A live version recorded at Unit in Tokyo, Japan on 25 January 2006 is included on the Travel is Dangerous EP.
"Black Spider"
  • Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2007)
 Appears on the Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait promo.
"Half Time"
"Terrific Speech 2"
  • Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2007)
"Wake Up and Go Berserk"
"Terrific Speech"
"7:25"
"I Do Have Weapons"
"Time and a Half"
"It Would Have Happened Anyway"
"Black Spider 2"
2008 "Dracula Family"
  • A Rock Action Sampler: Spring 2008 (2008)
 Appears on a compilation by Rock Action.

[edit] Cover versions

Year Title Original artist Available on Notes
1998 "Honey" Spacemen 3
  • A Tribute to Spacemen 3 (1998)
 Included on a compilation of Spaceman 3 covers.
"Sweet Leaf" Black Sabbath
  • Do the Rock Boogaloo (1998)
2001 "Arundel" Papa M
  • Travels in Constants, Vol. 12 (2001)
2007 "Gouge Away" Pixies
  • Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies (2007)
 Included on a compilation of Pixie covers.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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Studio albums
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
"Tuner"/"Lower" · "Angels vs Aliens" · "Summer"/"Ithica 27ø9" · "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1"/"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2" · Club Beatroot - Part 4 · Kicking a Dead Pig · Do The Rock Boogaloo · "My Father My King" · "Friend of the Night" · Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Remix albums
Film scores
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