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This is a discography of releases from the Australian experimental band Severed Heads. Since their creation in 1979, the group has released 23 studio albums, 1 split album, 14 compilation albums, 1 soundtrack, 3 extended plays, 14 singles, and 8 home video releases. The group's 1984 single "Dead Eyes Opened" (from their 1983 album Since the Accident) peaked at #16 on the Australian ARIA Charts when remixed and re-issued in 1994,^[1] and singles from their 1989 album Rotund For Success, "Greater Reward" and "All Saints Day", both charted on Billboard's Top Dance Tracks charts at #19 and #25, respectively.^[2]

In 2008, Tom Ellard announced that the Severed Heads project has dissolved, however the group has done reunion tours since 2011.

Albums

Studio albums

Year

Album details

Comments

1980

Ear Bitten/No Vowels, No Bowels

Released: July 1980
Label: Terse Tapes
Format: LP

Split album with The Rhythmx Chymx. All covers included artwork done by hand by both artists. A sum of the copies were lost from a fire at the house of Richard Fieldings, and all surviving copies were sold in plain white sleeves.

1980

Side 2

Released: 1980
Label: Terse Tapes
Format: C90

Initially released in 1980 through Terse Tapes as a C90 cassette tape. The recording included tracks that were written during the same sessions as the Ear Bitten split, and was even intended to be released on the same disc, however the material was put out as its own separate release. Terse also released a C45 version of the album, which included alternative artwork and a different track listing. Music For Midgets reissued the cassette tape with the original track listing and new artwork in 1982.

1981

Clean

Released: 1981
Label: Dogfood Productions/Terse Tapes
Format: LP, CS

Released in 1981 as an LP through Dogfood Productions, a sub label operated through Terse Tapes. A cassette edition, with different art, was also released the same time. In 2005 the album was reissued on compact disc format through Sevcom.

1982

Blubberknife

Released: 1982
Label: Terse Tapes
Format: CS

First released in 1982 as a cassette, then reissued via Ink Records with different art, then reissued again as a double cassette set through Terse Tapes in 1988 titled Many A Wonderful Picnic Has Been Ruined By A Blubberknife, and then reissued one last time through Sevcom in 2005 as a double CDr set.

1983

Since The Accident

Released: 1983
Label: Ink/Virgin/Red Flame
Format: LP

Released in 1983 as a vinyl record. Nettwerk reissued the album in 1989 on CD and cassette formats, now including tracks from the Blubberknife album. Sevcom issued a CDr repress of the album in 2003, and Medical Records released the album as a black and white split colored vinyl in 2014.

1985

City Slab Horror

Released: 1985
Label: Ink Records
Format: LP

First vinyl press was released in 1985 through Ink Records. In 1988 Nettwerk reissued the album on CD and cassette formats that included tracks from Blubberknife, much like they did with Since The Accident that same year. Sevcom released the album as a double CDr set in 2003, and Medical Records repressed the album on vinyl in 2014, all copies colored bone white.

1986

Come Visit The Big Bigot

Released: 1986
Label: Ink/Nettwerk
Format: LP, CS

First issued in 1986 through vinyl and cassette through Ink and Nettwerk. Nettwerk released a CD version of the album in 1987 with the Dead Eyes Opened single attached to the album, titling it Come Visit The Big Bigot With Dead Eyes. A CDr reissue was released in 1998 through Sevcom, and in 2012 a 25th anniversary edition of the album was released through the Sevcom bandcamp page through a variety of digital download formats.

1987

Bad Mood Guy

Released: 1987
Label: Volition/Nettwerk
Format: CD, LP, CS

Released in 1987 through Volition and Nettwerk on CD, LP, and cassette formats. Reissued as a CDr through Sevcom in 2002.

1989

Rotund For Success

Released: 1989
Label: Volition/Nettwerk
Format: CD, LP, CS

Released in 1989 through Volition and Nettwerk on CD, LP, and cassette formats. Reissued as a CDr through Sevcom in 2002. LTM released their own CD reissue of the album in 2004.

1991

Cuisine (With Piscatorial)

Released: 1991
Label: Volition/Nettwerk
Format: CD, CS

Released in 1991 through Voltion and Nettwerk on CD and cassette formats. Reissued as a CDr through Sevcom in 2003.

1994

Gigapus

Released: 1994
Label: Volition
Format: CD

Released on CD format through Volition in 1994. A two disc deluxe edition also exists, and a special European edition was issued in 1995. In 1996, Decibel released a version of the album that included a bonus CD-ROM. In 2001 Sevcom issued a CDr edition of the album that included the entirety of the Heart Of The Party CD single. In 2009, Sevcom issued a version of the album that included an extra disc of music, sometimes referred to as Giga++ by fans.

1998

Haul Ass

Released: 1998
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Released in 1998 as the band's first fully independent release since 1982's Blubberknife. All copies are home burned CDr discs, and the first 1000 copies, which included promptly green colored artwork, included two bonus tracks ("Pie Shepherd Family" and "There's A String Inside Your Body") that the standard editions, the ones with red colored artwork, lacked.

1998

Contoured Stimulation (Music Server Lite)

Released: 1998
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Part two of the four part Music Server series of albums, however it was the first of which to be released. The album was reissued in 2003 with alternative artwork. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content in the CD-ROM disc included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack.

1999

Airconditioning Your Productivity (Music Server Lite)

Released: 1999
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Part three of the four part Music Server series of albums. Reissued in 2003 with alternative artwork. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content in the CD-ROM disc included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack.

2001

Gashing and Kato

Released: 2001
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Both tracks, "Gashing The Old Mae West" and "Kato Gets The Girl", where previously released as their own separate recordings, "Gashing" from the Gashing The Old Mae West 12" EP, and "Kato" from the Kato Gets The Girl home video.

2002

Cubicle Broadcasts (Music Server Lite V.1)

Released: 2002
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Part one of the four part Music Server series of albums. Unlike the previous two, it was never reissued. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content in the CD-ROM disc included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack.

2002

Released: 2002
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

First album released in the series of Op albums. Issued in a DVD case.

2003

Controlling Time

Released: 2003
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

The final album released in the Music Server series of albums. Initially released in 2003, the album was deleted from the Sevcom catalog in 2004. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content in the CD-ROM disc included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack.

2004

Op 1.2

Released: 2004
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Second album released in the Op series. First issued in a special variopac-styled case. Later copies came in standard jewel cases.

2005

Op 2.0

Released: 2005
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Third album released in the Op series. Issued in a DVD case much like the first Op album.

2005

Op 2.5 (Millennium Cheesecake)

Released: 2005
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Fourth recorded issued in the Op series. First 100 copies included bits of plastic of various shapes and sizes inside the CD jewel case.

2006

Under Gail Succubus

Released: 2006
Label: Sevcom
Format: 2xCD

Double album that came a metal box edition and a standard DVD case edition. Let it also be noted that this was the first Severed Heads album to contain new material that was not a part of any particular release series since Haul Ass from 1998.

2007

Op 3

Released: 2007
Label: Sevcom
Format: DL

Released as a free digital download through the Sevcom website, first released in 2007. This contained the last new material the project recorded before they officially ended in 2008. This being the fifth consecutive release in the Op series, a sixth released, titled Op (chOPped), was issued as a download in 2009, and is thus considered the final Op album.

Compilation Albums

Year

Album details

Comments

1981

Media Jingles

Released: 1981
Label: Conventional Tapes
Format: C90

First released in 1981 as a C90 cassette through Conventional Tapes as a part of their Media Jingles series of releases. Music For Midgets reissued the recording in 1982 with different artwork.

1985

Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live In The Past

Released: 1985
Label: Ink Records
Format: 2xLP

First issued as a double compilation album in 1985 through Ink Records, then reissued as a double CDr set through Sevcom.

1985

Stretcher

Released: 1985
Label: Volition
Format: LP

First issued in 1985 on vinyl format through Volition, then reissued on CDr format through Sevcom.

1988

Bulkhead

Released: 1988
Label: Volition/Nettwerk
Format: LP, CD, CS

First issued on vinyl, cassette, and compact disc in 1988 through Volition and Nettwerk. Nettwerk then reissued the album on cassette and compact disc formats in 1990. Sevcom issued the recording on digital formats in 2004 under the title Bulkhead Plus (Singles 83-84).

1991

Retread

Released: 1991
Label: Volition/Nettwerk
Format: LP, CD

Would later be reissued in 2001 through Sevcom with extra material.

1994

Trance Techno

Released: July 21, 1994
Label: Cultdep
Format: CD

Japanese-only release.

1996

Severything V.1

Released: 1996
Label: Sevcom
Format: CD-ROM

CD-ROM that included digital audio files, released in 1996 through the then newly formed Sevcom label. It is also considered by some as the very first musical recording to be officially released by an artist on digital formats.

1998

Severything V.2.0.2

Released: 1998
Label: Sevcom
Format: CD-ROM

Released through the internet as a CD-ROM that included digital audio files, much like Severything V.1.

1999

Ear Bitten 79-99

Released: 1999
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Compilation that included the entire Severed Heads side of the 1980 Ear Bitten/No Vowels, No Bowels split LP, plus remix tracks.

2001

Twister + Retread

Released: August 1, 2001
Label: Sevcom
Format: CDr

Sevcom CDr reissue of Retread, which includes alternative artwork and the entirety of the "Twister" single.

2006

Viva Heads!

Released: 2006
Label: LTM
Format: CD

Compilation of selected tracks recorded during live performances. Note that this is also the first Severed Heads recording to not be released through the band's Sevcom imprint since the 1994 album Gigapus.

2007

ComMerz

Released: 2007
Label: LTM
Format: 2xCD

Double disc compilation album.

2008

Adenoids 1977-1985

Released: May 2008
Label: Vinyl-On-Demand
Format: 5xLP

Five disc vinyl boxset that included early Severed Heads material recorded between 1977 and 1985. A special edition of 77 came packaged in laundry bags. In 2010, Sevcom issued a CDr version of the album spanning 4 discs total.

2015

Better Dead Than Head

Released: September 18, 2015
Label: Sevcom
Format: DL

Digital compilation album that includes remixed material Severed Heads played during their reunion shows.

Soundtrack Albums

Year

Album details

Comments

2005

The Illustrated Family Doctor Soundtrack

Released: February 2005
Label: Mana Soundtracks
Format: 2xCD

Double disc set, first CD contains the entire soundtrack used for The Illustrated Family Doctor, the second disc, a CD-ROM, included the entire Music Server series as digital audio files.

Video Albums

Year

Album details

Comments

1987

I've Told You Once I've Told You A 1000 Times

Released: 1987
Label: Volition/Ikon
Format: VHS

Recorded during the band's 1987 Australian tour.

1987

Kato Gets The Girl

Released: 1987
Label: Volition/Ink Records
Format: VHS

Home video release that contained live performances. The title track would later appear on the 2001 album Gashing and Kato.

1990

Overhead

Released: 1990
Label: Volition
Format: VHS

Collection of videos produced between 1986 to 1989

2003

The Robot Peepshow

Released: October 2003
Label: Sevcom
Format: DVDr

Live video performance collection

2004

Paleolithic (1982-1994)

Released: 2004
Label: Sevcom
Format: DVDr

Compilation of music videos and live performances.

2005

The Robot Peepshow 2

Released: 2005
Label: Sevcom
Format: DVDr

Video clips used during live performances from 2004 to 2005

2008

Showbag

Released: 2008
Label: Sevcom
Format: 2xDVDr

Double disc set including live performances and videos

2010

Showbag HD

Released: 2010
Label: Sevcom
Format: DVDr, Blue-Rayr

HD version of Showbag. Some copies came with balloons packaged in the cases.

Extended plays

Year

Album details

Comments

1986

Gashing The Mae West

Released: 1986
Label: Ink Records
Format: 12"

12" vinyl extended play, the title track would later appear on the 2001 album Gashing and Kato

2011

Haul Ass Professional

Released: 2011
Label: Sevcom
Format: DL

Contains material recording during the Haul Ass sessions, was available as a free download.

2015

Big Saints Reward EP (88-90 Dubs)

Released: My 18, 2015
Label: Optimo Trax
Format: 12"

12" vinyl EP containing remixes of Severed Heads songs.

Singles

Year

Single

Peak chart positions

Album

AUS
^[1]

US
Dance
^[2]

1984

"Dead Eyes Opened"

—

Since the Accident

1985

"Stretcher"

—

Non-album single

"Goodbye Tonsils"

—

City Slab Horror

"Petrol"

—

Non-album single

1986

"Twenty Deadly Diseases"

—

Come Visit The Big Bigot

"Propeller"

—

1987

"Hot With Fleas"

—

Bad Mood Guy

1988

"Greater Reward"

—

Rotund For Success

1989

"All Saint's Day"

—

1990

"Big Car"

—

1992

"Twister"

186

—

Cuisine (With Piscatorial)

1994

"Dead Eyes Opened Remix"

—

Non-album single

1995

"Heart of the Party"

115

—

Gigapus

2015

"Lamborghini" b/w "Petrol"

—

Non-album single

2016

"Beautiful Arabic Surface"

—

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

1. ^¹Australian (ARIA) chart peaks*Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Severed+Heads|title=australian-charts.com > Severed Heads in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2017-05-03}}*Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}*"Twister" and "Heart of the Party": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 14 July 2015|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=2017-05-03}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|title=Billboard > Artists / Severed Heads > Dance Club Songs|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278769/severed-heads/chart|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=2016-02-27}}

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation Albums

Soundtrack Albums

Video Albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

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