The English gothic rock band Alien Sex Fiend have released 13 studio albums, six live albums, 17 compilation albums, two extended plays, 22 singles and eight video albums. Most of their releases have been on Anagram Records, a sub-label of Cherry Red Records. The band have also released three studio albums and three singles on the 13th Moon label, founded in 1996 by band members Nik Wade (Nik Fiend) and Christine Wade (Mrs. Fiend).
In the 1980s, the band's releases regularly reached the top 20 on the UK Indie Chart, beginning with the 1983 release of "Ignore the Machine", which peaked at No. 6 on the UK Indie Singles Chart. Between 1983 and 1987, 12 more Alien Sex Fiend singles appeared on the charts, all but one of which reached the top 20. Five of their albums made the top 20 on the UK Independent Album Chart.
Two mid-1980s singles also made the official UK Singles Chart: "Dead and Buried" peaked at No. 91 in 1984, while a reissued version of "Ignore the Machine" reached No. 99 the following year. Maximum Security was the band's sole album to make the UK Albums Chart, reaching No. 100 in 1985.
Albums Studio albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UK UK IndieWho's Been Sleeping in My Brain Released: 25 November 1983 Label: Anagram Formats: LP—10Acid Bath Released: October 1984 Label: Anagram Formats: LP, MC—4Maximum Security Released: October 1985 Label: Anagram Formats: LP, MC1005"It" the Album Released: November 1986 Label: Anagram Formats: LP, MC—7Here Cum Germs Released: 5 October 1987 Label: Anagram Formats: LP, MC—22Another Planet Released: 14 November 1988 Label: Anagram Formats: CD, LP, MC——Curse Released: 24 September 1990 Label: Anagram Formats: CD, LP, MC——Open Head Surgery Released: 30 March 1992 Label: Anagram Formats: CD, LP, MC——Inferno – The Odyssey Continues Released: November 1994 Label: Anagram Formats: CD, 2xLP——Nocturnal Emissions Released: 10 March 1997 Label: 13th Moon Formats: CD, 2xLP——Information Overload Released: February 2004 Label: 13th Moon Formats: CD——Death Trip Released: 3 May 2010 Label: 13th Moon Formats: CD, LP——Possessed Released: 9 November 2018 Label: Cherry Red Formats: CD, 2xLPm digital download——"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. NOTE: Another Planet charted on US CMJ College Top 100 at #33https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1989/CMJ-New-Music-Report-1989-03-10.pdf#search="alien%20sex%20fiend"
Live albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndieTurn the Monitors Up Released: 1984 Label: F.O. Formats: MC—Liquid Head in Tokyo Released: July 1985 Label: Anagram Formats: LP7Too Much Acid? Released: 18 September 1989 Label: Anagram Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC—The Altered States of America Released: February 1993 Label: Anagram Formats: CD, LP, MC—Flashbacks! – Live 1995–1998 Released: September 2001 Label: Yeaah! Formats: CD—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Compilation albums Title Album detailsAll Our Yesterdays Released: 29 February 1988 Label: Anagram Formats: CD, LPThe Legendary Batcave Tapes Released: October 1993 Label: Anagram Formats: CD, LP, MCDrive My Rocket – The Collection Part One Released: September 1994 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD US-only releaseThe Singles 1983–1995 Released: 1995 Label: Anagram Formats: CD, LP, MCI'm Her Frankenstein – The Collection Part Two Released: January 1995 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD US-only releaseWardance of the Alien Sex Fiend Released: 9 February 1998 Label: Recall 2 cd Formats: 2xCDThe Bat Cave Masters Released: April 1998 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD US-only releaseFiend at the Controls Vol. 1 & 2 Released: 24 May 1999 Label: Anagram Formats: 2xCDThe Best of Alien Sex Fiend Released: 26 February 2001 Label: Anagram Formats: CDR.I.P. – A 12'' Collection Released: 17 November 2008 Label: Anagram Formats: 2xCDBat Cave Anthems Released: February 2009 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD US-only releaseBetween Good and Evil – The Collection Released: 6 May 2013 Label: PressPlay Formats: CDAbducted! The Best of Alien Sex Fiend Released: 10 July 2013 Label: Anagram Formats: digital downloadFiendology: A 35 Year Trip Through Fiendish History 1982–2017 A.D. and Beyond Released: 25 August 2017 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 3xCD
Box sets Title Album detailsA.S.F. Box Released: 1990 Label: Windsong International Formats: 9xCD Japan-only releaseClassic Albums and BBC Sessions Collection Released: 23 February 2015 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 4xCDClassic Albums Volume 2 Released: 24 June 2016 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 4xCD
Video albums Title Album detailsA Purple Glistener Released: 1983 Label: Jettisoundz Video Formats: VHSLiquid Head in Tokyo Released: 1985 Label: Cherry Red Films Formats: VHSEdit Released: June 1987 Label: Jettisoundz Video Formats: VHSOver Dose! Released: 1988 Label: Jettisoundz Video Formats: VHSRe-Animated – The Promo Collection Released: 1995 Label: Visionary Communications/Cleopatra Formats: VHS US-only release
EPs Title EP detailsThe Impossible Mission Mini L.P. Released: August 1987 Label: PVC Formats: LP, MC US-only releaseRe-Possessed EP Released: 8 November 2019 Label: 13th Moon Formats: digital download
Singles Single YearPeak chart positionsAlbum UK UK Indie"Ignore the Machine"1983—6Non-album single"Lips Can't Go"12612Who's Been Sleeping In My Brain"R.I.P. (Blue Crumb Truck)"/"New Christian Music"19841034Non-album single"Dead and Buried"914Acid Bath"E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)"1203"Ignore the Machine" (reissue)1985996Non-album single"I'm Doing Time in a Maximum Security Twilight Home"138—Maximum Security"I Walk the Line"198613312Non-album single"Smells Like..."128—"It" the Album"Hurricane Fighter Plane"1987118—Non-album single"The Impossible Mission"13411Here Cum the Germs"Here Cum Germs"15614"Stuff the Turkey"15714Non-album single"Bun Ho!"1988178—Another Planet"Haunted House"1989——Non-album single"Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied"1990——Curse"Magic"1992190—Open Head Surgery"Inferno" (The Mixes)1994——Inferno – The Odyssey Continues"Evolution"1996——Nocturnal Emissions"On a Mission" (Remixes)1997——"Tarot"1998——"All the Madmen" (US-only release)2007——Non-album single"Shit's Coming Down"2018——Possessed"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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