Cardiacs discography

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Cardiacs discography
Studio albums5
Live albums4
Compilation albums5
Video albums3
Music videos10
EPs5
Singles11
Demo albums3

English rock band Cardiacs have released five studio albums, three demo albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, three video albums, five extended plays, eleven singles and one box set.

Cardiacs released their first demo album The Obvious Identity in 1980, under the name Cardiac Arrest. Their two following demos, Toy World and The Seaside, would see their sound evolve along with their rapidly changing line-up.[1] They released their debut studio album A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window on 21 March 1988. It's single, "Is This the Life?" was a commercial success, peaking at number 80 in the United Kingdom.[2] The band's second studio album, On Land and in the Sea, was released on 2 May 1989. The album experienced weak sales in comparison to its predecessor, but was critically praised.[3][4][5] The band spent less than a year promoting and touring behind the album. Its lead single, "Baby Heart Dirt", did not chart.

Cardiacs' third studio album, Heaven Born and Ever Bright, was released on 15 May 1992. Due to Rough Trade's bankruptcy, the album was a commercial failure. Sing to God, the band's fourth studio album, was released on 11 June 1996. It was initially poorly received,[6] but has since been remembered as one of their greatest projects.[7]

Guns was released as the band's fifth studio album on 21 June 1999. Its song "There's Good Cud" would later receive attention when paired with an animation by Cyriak.[8] The album produced one single: "Signs". Preceded by the release of "Ditzy Scene", the band's sixth studio album LSD has yet to be released.[9] 2020 saw the official release of the song "Vermin Mangle", the closing track of the album, following frontman Tim Smith's death the same year.[10]

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details Notes
A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window
  • Released: 21 March 1988[11]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern, Torso
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
On Land and in the Sea
  • Released: 2 May 1989[12]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern, Torso
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Heaven Born and Ever Bright
  • Released: 15 May 1992[13]
  • Label: Rough Trade, Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 Remixed in 1995[14]
Sing to God
  • Released: 11 June 1996[15]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD
 Limited edition double CD,[16] released in two parts one day prior[17][18]
Guns
  • Released: 21 June 1999[19]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD
LSD
  • To be released: TBA[9]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
 Recording began in 2005[20]

Demo albums[]

Title Details Notes
The Obvious Identity
(as Cardiac Arrest)
  • Released: 1980[21]
  • Label: Private release
  • Formats: cassette
Toy World
  • Released: 1981[22]
  • Label: Private release
  • Formats: cassette
The Seaside
  • Released: 1984[23]
  • Label: Alphabet
  • Formats: cassette
 Reissued in 1990 and 1995 omitting four tracks[24] and remastered with all tracks in 2014 as the "Original Edition"[25]

Live albums[]

Title Details Notes
Rude Bootleg
  • Released: 24 August 1986[26]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Cardiacs Live
  • Released: 31 October 1988[27]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD, LP
All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest
  • Released: 15 May 1995[28]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD
 Recorded in 1990[29]
The Special Garage Concerts
  • Released: 2005[30]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD
 Both volumes originally released separately[31][32]

Compilation albums[]

Title Details
Archive Cardiacs
  • Released: 1989[33]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Songs for Ships and Irons
  • Released: 16 September 1991[34]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Sampler
  • Released: 1995[35]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD
Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends
(with various artists)
  • Released: 6 August 2001[36]
  • Label: ORG Records
  • Formats: CD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2 April 2002[37]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD

Video albums[]

Title Details Notes
Seaside Treats
  • Released: 1985[38]
  • Label: Jettisoundz
  • Formats: VHS
All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest
  • Released: 1990[39]
  • Label: Fotodisk
  • Formats: VHS
 Rereleased on DVD in 2013[40]
Some Fairytales From the Rotten Shed
  • Released: 7 September 2017[41]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: DVD
 Recorded in or before 2003[42]

Box sets[]

Title Details Notes
The Seaside: Original Edition
  • Released: 11 January 2015[43]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD, LP
 Released physically on 30 November[44]

Extended plays[]

Title Details Notes
Seaside Treats
  • Released: 1985[45]
  • Label: Alphabet
  • Formats: 12"
Big Ship
  • Released: January 1987[46]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: LP
Radio 1 Sessions: The Evening Show
  • Released: 1988[47]
  • Label: Strange Fruit
  • Formats: 12"
 Live EP
Day Is Gone
  • Released: 28 October 1991[48]
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Formats: CD, 12"
Cardiacs Meet Camp Blackfoot
(with Camp Blackfoot)
  • Released: 5 July 1999[49]
  • Label: Org Records
  • Formats: CD

Singles[]

Title Year Album
"A Bus for a Bus on the Bus"
(as Cardiac Arrest) 		1979 Non-album single
"There's Too Many Irons in the Fire" 1987 Non-album single
"Is This the Life?" 1988 A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window
"Susannah's Still Alive" Non-album single
"Baby Heart Dirt" 1989 On Land and in the Sea
"Bellyeye" 1995 Sing to God
"Odd Even"
"Manhoo" 1996
"Signs" 1999 Guns
"Ditzy Scene" 2007 LSD
"Vermin Mangle" 2020

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