Mogwai discography

Mogwai discography

Mogwai performing at Somerset House, London, England on 7 July 2007.
Releases
↙Studio albums 7
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 3
↙EPs 10
↙Singles 13
↙Remix albums 1
↙Film scores 2

This is a comprehensive discography of Mogwai, a Scottish post rock band. As of 2011, the band has released seven studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, ten extended plays, thirteen singles, one remix album, and two film scores.

Contents

Studio albums

Year Title Label Charts
1997 Mogwai Young Team
  • Release date: 21 October 1997
  • Format: CD, LP
 UK #75[1]
1999 Come On Die Young
  • Release date: 29 March 1999
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Trama (Brazil)
 UK #29[1]
2001 Rock Action
  • Release date: 30 April 2001
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
  • Toy's Factory (Japan)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Trama (Brazil)
 UK #23[1]
2003 Happy Songs for Happy People
  • Release date: 21 May 2003
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
  • Toy's Factory (Japan)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
 UK: #47
US: #182
2006 Mr Beast
  • Release date: 6 March 2006
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Matador (US)
 UK: #31
US: #128
2008 The Hawk Is Howling
  • Release date: 22 September 2008
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Wall of Sound (UK)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
 UK: #35
US: #97
2011 Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
  • Release date: 14 February 2011 (US: 15 February 2011)
  • Format: CD, LP
 UK: #25
US: #97

Live albums

Year Title Label
2010 Special Moves
  • Release date: 23 August 2010
  • Format: CD, LP
 Rock Action (US & UK)
2011 Mogwai – iTunes Festival London 2011 Rock Action

Compilation albums

Year Title Label Notes
1997 Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997)
  • Release date: 17 April 1997
  • Format: CD
  • Rock Action (UK)
  • Jetset (US)
  • Voices of Wonder (Scandinavia)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Trama (Brazil)
 Compiles songs previously released throughout 1996—1997 from various sources.
2000 EP+6
  • Release date: 23 August 2000
  • Format: CD
  • 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
  • Release date: 21 February 2005
  • Format: CD, LP
  • 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.

Extended plays

Year Title Label Notes
1997 4 Satin
  • Release date: 26 May 1997
  • Format: CD, 12"
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Jet Set (US)
 UK Singles Chart #110[3]
1998 Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes
  • Release date: 30 March 1998
  • Format: CD, 12"
 Features remixes of "Mogwai Fear Satan" by Mogwai, µ-Ziq, Surgeon and My Bloody Valentine. UK Singles Chart #57[3]
No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew)
  • Release date: 29 June 1998
  • Format: CD, 12"
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
 UK Singles Chart #68[3]
1999 EP
  • Release date: 18 October 1999
  • Format: CD, 12"
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
2001 Travels in Constants, Vol. 12
  • Release date: 18 March 2001
  • Format: CD
 Mogwai's contribution to the subscription-only series of twelve EPs from Temporary Residence Limited.
US Tour EP
  • Release date: 24 May 2001
  • Format: 10"
  • Matador (US)
 Split 10" EP with Bardo Pond, sold during Mogwai's May–June 2001 tour of the US.
UK/European Tour EP
  • Release date: 2 November 2001
  • Format: CD
 Compiles limited edition tracks from various 2001 releases.
2006 Travel Is Dangerous
  • Release date: 26 June 2006
  • Format: CD, 12"
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
2008 Batcat
  • Wall of Sound (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
 UK Singles Chart #164[4]
2011 Earth Division
  • Rock Action Records (UK, Europe)
  • Sub Pop (US)
 UK Singles Chart #178[5]

Singles

Year Title Album Label Notes
1996 "Tuner"/"Lower"
  • Release date: 18 March 1996
  • Format: 7"
 non-album singles
  • Rock Action (UK)
 Double A-side, limited to 500± copies. "Tuner" was rerecorded for Ten Rapid.
"Angels vs Aliens"
  • Release date: 1 July 1996
  • Format: 7"
  • Ché Trading (UK)
 Split with English band Dweeb. "Angels vs Aliens" was rerecorded for Ten Rapid.
"Summer"/"Ithica 27ϕ9"
  • Release date: 4 November 1996
  • Format: 7"
  • 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
  • Release date: 23 March 1998
  • Format: 7", CD
 Split with English band Magoo. Features a cover of "Sweet Leaf" by Black Sabbath.
2001 "My Father My King"
  • Release date: 22 October 2001
  • Format: 12", CD
  • Rock Action (UK)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
2006 "Friend of the Night"
  • Release date: 30 January 2006
  • Format: 7", CD
 Mr Beast
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
 First single released from a studio album.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
  • Release date: 23 October 2006
  • Format: 10"
 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
 Promo 10".
2011 Rano Pano / Hasenheide
  • Release date: 18 January 2011
  • Format: 7"
 Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
  • Sub Pop
Mexican Grand Prix / Slight Domestic
  • Release date: 7 February 2011
  • Format: 7"
  • Rock Action
San Pedro / George Square Thatcher Death Party (Session Version)
  • Release date: 23 May 2011[6]
  • Format: ??
  • ??

Remix albums

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".

Year Title Label
1998 Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed
  • Release date: 18 May 1998
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Eye Q, Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Jetset (US)

Film scores

Year Title Film Label
2006 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
  • Release date: 30 October 2006
  • Format: CD, LP
 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
2006 The Fountain: Music from the Motion Picture
  • Release date: 21 November 2006
  • Format: CD
 The Fountain
  • Nonesuch Records

References

  1. ^ a b c Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 872
  2. ^ Apple iTunes (2011-09-26). "iTunes Festival London". Apple. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/itunes-festival-london-2011/id460386660. Retrieved 2011-12-31. 
  3. ^ a b c Zobbel (2007-06-16). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM. Retrieved 2008-09-17. 
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart for the week ending 20 September 2008". ChartsPlus (Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd) (369): 1–4. 
  5. ^ http://zobbel.de/cluk/110924cluk.txt
  6. ^ http://www.nme.com/news/this-weeks-releases/56787

External links

Mogwai
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
"Tuner"/"Lower" · "Angels vs Aliens" · "Summer"/"Ithica 27 ϕ 9" · "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1"/"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2" · "My Father My King" · "Friend of the Night" · "Black Spider" · "Rano Pano" · "Mexican Grand Prix" · "San Pedro"
Remix albums
Film scores
Related articles
Discography · Albums · Songs · Rock Action · The Recording of Mr Beast · Castle of Doom Studios