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Unwound discography
Unwound performing in 2023.
Studio albums8
EPs5
Live albums3
Compilation albums8
Singles10
Music videos3

The discography of American post-hardcore band Unwound consists of eight studio albums, three live albums, five EPs, ten singles, three music videos, and eight compilation albums.[1][2]

The band originally formed in 1988 under the name Giant Henry and recorded an album's worth of material (the album would be released in 2013 as Big Baby[3]) before changing their name to Cygnus X-1 for a short period of time in 1991 before settling on Unwound. The band released a self-titled demo that same year and not long after signed to Kill Rock Stars, who would release a majority of the band's discography, beginning with their debut album Fake Train. A year later in 1994, New Plastic Ideas was released, as well as a split EP with Helmet, Slug, and Hammerhead. While Fake Train was their first album to be released, their real first album, Unwound, recorded in May 1992, wasn't released until 1995, the same year as The Future of What. 1996 saw the release of Repetition and a split with Steel Pole Bath Tub. In 1997, the EP The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train was released, and 1998 saw the release of Challenge for a Civilized Society. The band released their first two compilation albums in 1999, Further Listening and A Single History: 1991–1997, and the band's first music video for the song "Lifetime Achievement Award". The only release from 2000 was a split with Versus. 2001 saw the band release their final album Leaves Turn Inside You and a music video for "Radio Gra". The band's final release before disbanding in 2002 was a music video for "Scarlette".

Since 2013, The Numero Group has been remastering and reissuing the band's music.[3] In 2023, the band announced several reunion shows[4] and have stayed active since but have yet to release new music.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Release info
Fake Train
New Plastic Ideas
  • March 18, 1994
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • CD, LP, cassette
The Future of What
  • April 24, 1995
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • CD, LP, cassette
Unwound
  • August 14, 1995
  • Honey Bear Records
  • CD, LP
  • Recorded in 1992
Repetition
  • April 9, 1996
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • CD, LP, cassette
Challenge for a Civilized Society
  • January 13, 1998
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • CD, LP, cassette
Leaves Turn Inside You
  • April 17, 2001
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • CD, LP
Big Baby

Live albums

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Title Release info
Live Leaves
  • December 11, 2012
  • Not on label
  • Credited to UNWND
  • LP
7/26/2001
  • October 1, 2013
  • Numero Group
  • LP
06/30/1999: Reykjavik, Iceland
  • October 14, 2014
  • Numero Group
  • LP

Compilation albums

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Title Release info
Further Listening
A Single History: 1991–1997
  • September 14, 1999
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • CD, LP
Kid Is Gone
  • September 13, 2013
  • Numero Group
  • CD, LP
Rat Conspiracy
  • March 18, 2014
  • Numero Group
  • CD, LP
No Energy
  • October 14, 2014
  • Numero Group
  • LP
Empire
  • September 4, 2015
  • Numero Group
  • LP
What Was Wound
  • December 5, 2016
  • Numero Group
  • LP/CD/DVD
Faked Train
  • September 25, 2020
  • Numero Group
  • Digital

EPs

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Title Release info
Unwound
  • 1991
  • Not on label
  • Demo tape
Unwound
  • 1993
  • Gravity Records
  • 7"
  • Reissued by Numero Group in 2020 as You Bite My Tongue
Jabberjaw Vol. 1
  • 1994
  • Mammoth Records
  • 7"
  • Split with Helmet, Slug, and Hammerhead
The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train
  • 1997
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • LP
Live in London
  • 1999
  • LoveLetter Records
  • 12"
  • Reissued by Numero Group in 2015 as Peel Sessions

Singles

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Title Release info
"Caterpillar"/"Miserific Condition"/"Love & Fear"
  • 1992
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • 7"
"Kandy Korn Rituals"/"Against"/"Hating In D"
  • 1992
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • 7"
"Negated"/"Said Serial"
  • 1994
  • Troubleman
  • 7"
"MK Ultra"/"Totality"
  • 1994
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • 7"
"Seen Not Heard"/"Tokyo"
"Corpse Pose"/"Everything Is Weird"
  • 1996
  • Kill Rock Stars
  • 7"
"Torch Song"/"All In Doubt"
"Demons Sing Love Songs"
  • 2015
  • Numero Group
  • Digital
Fantasma
  • 2021
  • Numero Group
  • 7"
  • Split with Karate
For Your Entertainment
  • 2023
  • Numero Group
  • Split with Pelican and Karate
  • Digital, cassette

Music videos

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Song name Release info
"Lifetime Achievement Award"
  • 1999
  • Recorded in 1996
"Radio Gra"
  • 2001
"Scarlette"
  • 2002

Appearances on other releases

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Year Song title Release Label
1991 "You Speak Jealousy" Kill Rock Stars Kill Rock Stars
1992 "Stumbling Block" Throw: The Yoyo Studio Compilation Yoyo
1992 "Bionic" International Pop Underground Convention K Records
1993 "8/15/93" Live at the X-Ray X-Ray Tapes
1994 "Plight" Our Life Could Be Your Live: A Tribute to D. Boon and the Minutemen n/a
1994 "New Radio Hit" The Smitten Love Song Comp. Karate Brand
1994 "Eternalux" A Day In The Park: A Compilation of Now Sounds The Now Sound
1995 "Broken E Strings" Basement Tapes: A KSPC Compilation of Live Recordings KSPC
1995 "Dragnalus" Half-Cocked Matador
1995 "Lucky Acid Wänt.Comp.Uno. Wäntage USA
1995 "Rat Bite" The In-Store Play Sampler Mordam
1996 "Valentine Card" Yoyo A Go Go Yoyo
1997 "Hating In D" Some Songs from the Kill Rock Stars Singles Kill Rock Stars
1998 "Laugh Track" Rock Sound Volume 26 Rock Sound
1998 "Data" Musique Sans Frontieres Matador
1998 "Laugh Track" Ox-Compilation #30: Turn The Radio Off And Play Some Real Music! Ox Fanzine
1999 "NO TECH!" Everything is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology Matador
1999 "Laugh Track" Opscene Promo CD #6 Paieren Tijger
1999 "Unauthorized Autobiography" Nowcore!: The Punk Rock Evolution K-Tel
1999 "Lifetime Achievement Award" Kill Rock Stars Video Kill Rock Stars
1999 "Rising Blood" Beware The Cat #10 Beware The Cat
1999 "Lifetime Achievement Award" Taty Du Post Rock Ultraviolet
1999 "Pinwheel Signaling" Multi-Vitamin Comp Punk In My Vitamin
1999 "Broken E Strings" Audio Ambrosia Cductive
2000 "Mile Me Deaf" Jackson's Jukebok Kill Rock Stars
2000 "Dragnalus" X-Ray Visions Soundtrack Album Kwali-T
2001 "Behold The Salt" Sonic Youth Presents All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 ATP/Recordings
2001 "Demons Sing Love Songs" Draw Me A Riot Matador
2001 "Lazslo" Troubleman Mixtape Troubleman
2001 "Arboretum (live)" Songs for Cassavetes Better Looking
2001 "MK Ultra" Turbo's Tunes Kill Rock Stars
2001 "Look A Ghost" 2001 Sampler Mordam
2003 "Demons Sing Love Songs" Mollie's Mix Kill Rock Stars
2005 "Valentine Card (live)" Video Fanzine III Kill Rock Stars
2007 "Corpse Pose" A Tribute to No: 18 @ Atlas Pasaj Where Thrilling Music Meets With Nonsensical Business Kod Muzik
2008 "Corpse Pose" Mountain Magic: A Kill Rock Stars Collection 1991-2000 Kill Rock Stars
2008 "Scarlette" Magic Mountain: A Kill Rock Stars Collection 2001-2008 Kill Rock Stars
2008 "Kandy Korn Rituals" Me Gusta Rococo, Rococo is Fun Stuff Rococo
2011 "Corpse Post" 20 Years of Kill Rock Stars Kill Rock Stars
2013 "You Speak Jealousy" Kill Rock Stars/Stars Kill Rock/Rock Stars Kill Kill Rock Stars
2013 "Below the Salt" Duyster.4 PIAS
2016 "Totality" 19 Numero Group
2023 "Were, Are & Was or Is" Numero Twenty Numero Group

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Complete Discography". UNWOUND. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  2. ^ "Unwound Discography". Discogs. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Minsker, Evan (2013-01-29). "Numero to Reissue Unwound's Complete Recordings". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  4. ^ Aubrey, Elizabeth (2022-07-13). "Unwound reunite after 20 years and announce series of live shows". NME. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
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