Australian alternative rock group TISM have released seven studio albums.
Albums Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications AUSPeak positions for albums in Australia: All except noted: Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance Released: 26 September 1988 Label: Elvis Records (ER 1206) Format: 2×LP, 2×cassette, CD 48 Hot Dogma Released: 1 October 1990 Label: Phonogram (846901-1) Format: LP, cassette, CD 86 Machiavelli and the Four Seasons Released: 4 May 1995 Label: genre b.goode (G002) Format: Cassette, CD 8 ARIA: Gold www.tism.wanker.com Released: 1 June 1998 Label: genre b.goode (G0012) Format: CD 26 De RigueurMortis Released: 29 October 2001 Label: genre b.goode (TISM007) Format: CD, download 24 The White Albun Released: 24 June 2004 Label: genre b.goode Format: CD, 2×LP, download — Death to Art Released: 4 October 2024 Label: genre b.goode, DRW Format: CD, LP, download 15
Live albums Title Details Peak chart positions AUS Machines Against the Rage (aka Machiavelli – Live) Released: December 1996 Label: genre b.goode (G007) Format: CD, cassette, digital download, 2×LP Recorded live in Melbourne in 1995 Originally released as the bonus disc with a special edition of Machiavelli and the Four Seasons Later issued as a standalone digital release in 2009 and a double LP edition in November 2022 87 Live at the Corner Hotel 30 May 1988 Released: 10 April 2020 Label: genre b.goode, Black Box Records/ MGM Distribution Format: CD (limited), DD, streaming Recorded 30 May 1988 — On Behalf of TISM, I Would Like to Concede We Have Lost the Election Released: December 2020 Label: genre b.goode Format: CD, LP, Digital download Recorded at the Earthcore Festival, 27 November 2004 — Jesus Education Salvation Uniform Squad Released: 5 November 2021 Label: N/A Format: Digital download Recorded at the Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne, 13 November 2004 —
Compilation albums Title Details Peak chart positions AUS Gentlemen, Start Your Egos Released: 1991 Label: Shock (SHOCK CD0017) Format: Cassette, CD — Best Off Released: 29 July 2002 Label: genre b.goode (TISM010) Format: CD, 2×CD, digital download 44 Collected Remixes Released: 17 September 2021 Label: genre b.goode (GBG0017) Format: 2×LP — Collected Versus: The Complete TISM Singles Released: 19 August 2022 Label: genre b.goode (GBG0024); Seeland (538; US only) Format: 2×LP, 2×CD Singles compilation; Australian edition contains Collected Remixes on the second disc Also released in the US with an alternative second disc titled Kill Americans – A TISM Primer —
Box sets Title Details Collected Recordings 1986–1993 Released: December 1995 Label: Genre B.Goode (G006) Format: 4×CD Defecate on My Face Released: August 2022 Label: Genre B.Goode (GBG0020) Format: 7" + 12" + CD, digital download Wankerbox Released: May 2023 Label: Genre B.Goode (GBG0027, GBG0029) Format: 7LP, 4CD, digital download The Beasts of Suburban Released: November 2023 Label: Genre B.Goode (GBG0033, GBG0034) Format: 4LP, 3CD, digital download Alternatively titled Beasts Box Australia the Lucky Cunt Released: March 2025 Label: Genre B.Goode (GBG0045, GBG0046) Format: 4LP, 2CD, digital download Alternatively titled Australia Box Machiavelli and the Four Seasons Released: July 2025 Label: Genre B.Goode (GBG0050, GBG0051) Format: 5LP, 3CD, digital download Demo albums Title Details This Is Serious Mum Released: 25 November 1984 Label: self-released Format: Cassette, CD, LP Released in limited numbers at This Is Serious Mum's second live show at University of Melbourne on 25 November 1984 Reissued on vinyl, CD and cassette on 9 July 2021 Punt Road Recorded: 16 September 1987 Released: 9 July 2021 Label: Genre B.Goode Format: CD, LP Recorded during rehearsals for the "40 Years – Then Death" single launch Hot Dogma (Sing Sing Sessions) Recorded: 17–18 March 1990 Released: 18 August 2023 Label: Genre B.Goode Format: CD, LP Demos for Hot Dogma Six songs previously released on Collected Recordings 1986-1993
Home demo tapes Title Details Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance Recorded: 30 December 1982 Nine song demo tape recorded at Ron Hitler-Barassi's house Unreleased; not to be confused with the later studio album of the same name "The Ballad of the Semitic Nazi" excerpted on the studio album Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance Four songs released on bonus CD included with limited edition copies of Best Off Form and Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion Recorded: July 1983 Twelve song demo tape Unreleased; not to be confused with the later mini-album of the same name Four songs released on bonus CD included with limited edition copies of Best Off Hooked on Crap Recorded: July 1983 Thirteen song demo tape Unreleased "The Art/Income Dialectic" released on Collected Recordings 1986-1993 "Kevin Borich Expressionism" excerpted on Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance It's Novel! It's Unique! It's Shithouse! Recorded: September–October 1983 Twenty-four song demo tape Unreleased "Jack Elliot's Turf Whinge" excerpted on Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance Five songs released on bonus CD included with limited edition copies of Best Off TISM V – Harshness, Reality, That's What It's All About / We Live in Oil Recorded: February 1984 Twelve song demo tape Unreleased "Johnny to B. or Not to B. Goode" excerpted on Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance Edited version of "Unknown, Unacknowledged, Unforgettable, Underpants" released on bonus CD included with limited edition copies of Best Off Full version of "Unknown, Unacknowledged, Unforgettable, Underpants" released as a hidden track on the 2021 CD reissue of This Is Serious Mum demo If You Want the Toilet, You're in It Recorded: April–November 1984 Twenty-six song demo tape Unreleased "If You Want the Toilet, You're in It" released on Collected Recordings 1986-1993 "Life is Fairly Silly, Really" released on bonus CD included with limited edition copies of Best Off Muggy Climates in My Jockettes Recorded: August–September 1985 Thirteen song demo tape Unreleased Two songs released on bonus CD included with limited edition copies of Best Off Eight songs released on the 2022 Defecate on My Face box set There's More Men in Children Than Wisdom Knows Recorded: January–March 1986 Twelve song demo tape Unreleased "Slave to the Economist" excerpted on Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance It's a Screaming World and You're Just Another Screamer Recorded: June–August 1986 Eleven song demo tape Unreleased Three songs released on bonus CD included with limited edition copies of Best Off The Vic Hugo Experience – Are You Miserable? Recorded: October 1986 Twelve song demo tape "The Love You Take Equals The Love You Make So Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" released on Collected Recordings 1986-1993 Tissongs Recorded: February–September 1987 Thirty-nine song demo tape Unreleased "I'm Gonna Treat Ya To A Neitschze Double Feature" released on bonus CD included with limited edition copies of Best Off Free Nelson Mandella – With Every Record! Recorded: November 1988 Twenty-one song demo tape Unreleased Three Blake and a Dollar's Worth of Chips Recorded: December 1988 Twenty-two song demo tape Unreleased No Penis, No God Recorded: January 1996 Fourteen-song demo tape Released April 2024 on limited-edition vinyl Nine songs previously released on the iTunes version of www.tism.wanker.com
Miscellaneous Title Details The TISM Omni-Album Released: 21 December 2020 Label: Genre B.Goode Format: Vinyl Around 1 hour and 45 minutes of silence pressed on a transparent vinyl disc An optional second disc was also available separately, the two-disc version is known as The TISM Deluxe Omni-Album
Extended plays Title Details Peak chart positions AUS N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. Form and Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion Released: 1986 Label: Elvis Records Format: 12" mini-LP — Beasts of Suburban Released: July 1992 Label: Shock Format: CD, cassette 131 Australia the Lucky Cunt (Re-issue title: Censored Due to Legal Advice) Released: 3 September 1993 Label: Shock Format: CD, cassette — The "C" Word Released: 15 December 2023 Label: Genre B. Goode Format: Streaming, digital download, CD, vinyl —
Charted singles +List of singles that had a chart position within a national top 200 Title Year Peak chart positions Album AUSAdditional peaks of songs in Australia: "The History of Western Civilization": N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. "Lose Your Delusion 1", "Jung Talent Time" and "Garbage": N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. "Yob" and "Honk If You Love Fred Durst": N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. GER "The History of Western Civilization" 1990 117 — Hot Dogma "Lose Your Delusion 1" 1993 131 — Australia the Lucky Cunt "Jung Talent Time" 1995 109 — Machiavelli and the Four Seasons "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River" 23 — "Greg! The Stop Sign!!" 59 — "Garbage" 1996 118 — "Shut Up – The Footy's on the Radio" 1997 90 — "Yob" 118 — www.tism.wanker.com "I Might Be a Cunt, but I'm Not a Fucking Cunt" 1998 90 — "Whatareya?" 66 — "Honk If You Love Fred Durst" 2001 121 — De RigueurMortis "Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me" 2004 — 63 The White Albun
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