Alien Sex Fiend discography

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.[1]

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.[2]

Alien Sex Fiend discography
Alien Sex Fiend live in Paris, 2007
Studio albums13
Live albums6
Compilation albums17
Video albums8
EPs2
Singles22

Studio albums
Year Album details
1983 The Lewd, the Mad, the Ugly and Old Nik
  • Released:
  • Label: cassette F. O. Reckords
Who's Been Sleeping in My Brain
1984 Acid Bath
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1985 Maximum Security
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1986 "It" the Album
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1987 Here Cum Germs
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1988 Another Planet
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1990 Curse
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1992 Open Head Surgery
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1994 Inferno - The Odyssey Continues
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1997 Nocturnal Emissions
  • Released:
  • Label: 13th Moon Records
2004 Information Overload
  • Released:
  • Label: 13th Moon Records
2010 Death Trip
  • Released:
  • Label: 13th Moon Records
2018 Possessed
  • Released:
  • Label: Cherry Red Records

EPs
Year Album details
1987 The Impossible Mission Mini-LP
1995 Inferno: The Mixes
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records

Live albums
Year Album details
1984 Turn the Monitors Up
  • Released:
  • Label: F. O. Reckords
1985 Liquid Head in Tokyo
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1989 Too Much Acid?
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
1993 The Altered States of America
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records
2001 Flashbacks! (Live 1995–1998)
  • Released:
  • Label: Yeaah!
2002 Zombified
  • Released:
  • Label: Anagram Records

Compilation albums
  • The First Compact Disc (1986, Anagram Records)
  • All Our Yesterdays (1988, Anagram Records)
  • A.S.F. Box (1990, Windsong International)
  • The Legendary Batcave Tapes (1993, Anagram Records)
  • Drive My Rocket - The Collection Part One (1994, Cleopatra Records)
  • I'm Her Frankenstein - The Collection Part Two (1995, Cleopatra Records)
  • The Singles 1983–1995 (1995, Anagram Records)
  • Wardance of the... Alien Sex Fiend (1997, Recall)
  • The Bat Cave Masters (1998, Cleopatra Records)
  • Fiend at the Controls Vol. 1 & 2 (1999, Anagram Records/Cleopatra Records)
  • The Best of Alien Sex Fiend (2001, Anagram Records)
  • Fiend Club (2005, Cleopatra Records)
  • Para-Abnormal (2006, 13th Moon Records)
  • R.I.P. A 12" Collection (2008, Anagram Records)
  • Bat Cave Anthems (2008, Cleopatra Records)
  • Between Good and Evil (The Collection) (2013, PressPlay)
  • Abducted! The Best of Alien Sex Fiend (2013, Anagram Records)
  • Classic Albums and BBC Sessions Collection (2015, Cherry Red Records)
  • Classic Albums Volume 2 (2016, Cherry Red Records)
  • Fiendology: A 35 Year Trip Through Fiendish History 1982-2017 A.D. and Beyond (2017, Cherry Red Records)

Video albums
  • A Purple Glistener (1984, Jettisoundz)
  • Liquid Head in Tokyo (1985, Cherry Red Films)
  • Edit (1987, Jettisoundz)
  • Over Dose! (1988, Jettisoundz)
  • Re-Animated - The Promo Collection (1994, Jettisoundz/Cleopatra Records)
  • The Making of Inferno – The Odyssey Continues (1994)
  • Edit Overdose! (2003, Cherry Red)
  • A Purple Glistener + Liquid Head in Tokyo (2005, Cherry Red)

Singles
  • "Ignore the Machine" (1983, Anagram Records/Relativity Records)
  • "Lips Can't Go" (1983, Anagram Records)
  • "R.I.P. (Blue Crumb Truck)" (1984, Anagram Records)
  • "Dead and Buried" (1984, Anagram Records)
  • "E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)" (1984, Anagram Records)
  • "I'm Doing Time in a Maximum Security Twilight Home" (1985, Anagram Records)
  • "Ignore the Machine (Special Electrode Mix)" (1985, Anagram Records)
  • "I Walk The Line" (1986, Flickknife Records)
  • "Smells Like..." (1986, Anagram Records)
  • "Hurricane Fighter Plane" (1987, Anagram Records)
  • "The Impossible Mission" (1987, Anagram Records)
  • "Here Cum Germs" (1987, Anagram Records)
  • "Stuff the Turkey" (1987, Anagram Records)
  • "Batman Theme" (as The Dynamic Duo) (1988, Cherry Red Records)
  • "Bun Ho!" (1988, Anagram Records)
  • "Haunted House" (1989, Anagram Records)
  • "Now I'm Feeling Zombified" (1990, Anagram Records)
  • "Magic" (1992, Anagram Records)
  • "Inferno (The Youth Mixes)" (1994, MFF Records)
  • "Evolution" (1996, 13th Moon Records)
  • "On a Mission" (1997, 13th Moon Records)
  • "Tarot" (1998, 13th Moon Records)


References
  1. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989: The Complete U.K. Independent Charts (Singles & Albums). London: Cherry Red. ISBN 978-0-9517206-9-1. OCLC 38292499.
  2. "Official Charts – Artists – Alien Sex Fiend". OfficialCharts.com. The Official UK Charts Company. 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
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