Peaches discography

Canadian singer and songwriter Peaches has released six studio albums, one remix album, one extended play, 30 singles (including 11 as a featured artist), four promotional singles, and 44 music videos. Before she gained fame as Peaches, Merrill Nisker released her debut studio album, Fancypants Hoodlum, under her own name in 1995. In 2000, Peaches released The Teaches of Peaches, her first album to break away from her avant-garde jazz and folk background.

Peaches discography
Peaches performing in Los Angeles in June 2009
Studio albums6
Music videos44
EPs1
Singles30
Remix albums1
Promotional singles4

Fatherfucker was released in 2003 and became Peaches' first charting album. It peaked at number five on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart, and reached numbers 35 and 33 on the Top Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts, respectively. In 2006, Peaches released Impeach My Bush, her first album to chart on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 168. Peaches' fifth album I Feel Cream was released in 2009 and charted in a total of six countries.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[1]
BEL
(FL)

[2]
FRA
[3]
GER
[4]
SWI
[5]
UK
[6]
UK
Dance

[7]
US
[8]
US
Dance

[9]
US
Indie

[10]
Fancypants Hoodlum
(as Merrill Nisker)
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Accudub Inc.
  • Format: CD
The Teaches of Peaches
Fatherfucker
  • Released: September 23, 2003
  • Label: XL
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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Impeach My Bush
  • Released: July 11, 2006
  • Label: XL
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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I Feel Cream
  • Released: May 1, 2009
  • Label: XL
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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Rub
  • Released: September 25, 2015
  • Label: I U She Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title Album details
Rub Remixed
  • Released: June 3, 2016[11]
  • Label: I U She Music
  • Formats: LP, digital download

Extended plays

Title Extended play details
Casablanca Reworks
(The Gomma All Stars featuring Peaches)
  • Released: January 27, 2012[12]
  • Label: Gomma
  • Formats: 12", digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[13]
BEL
(FL)
Dance

[14]
FRA
[15]
UK
[16]
UK
Dance

[17]
UK
Indie

[18]
"Lovertits" 2000 The Teaches of Peaches
"Set It Off" 2001 36
"Rock Show" 2003
"Operate" 112 Fatherfucker
"Kick It"
(featuring Iggy Pop)
2004 39
"Shake Yer Dix" 27971
"Downtown" 2006 5058 Impeach My Bush
"Boys Wanna Be Her"
"Kiss Kiss Kiss"
(with Ono)
2007 Yes, I'm a Witch
"Talk to Me" 2009 5199 I Feel Cream
"Lose You" 11
"I Feel Cream"
"Jonny" 2010 Jonny EP
"Unzip Me"[19]
(with Cazwell)
2011 Hard 2 B Fresh
"Burst!"[20] 2012 Non-album single
"Light in Places"[21] 2015 Rub
"Bodyline"[22]
(featuring Nick Zinner)
Non-album single
"Close Up"[23]
(featuring Kim Gordon)
Rub
"Dick in the Air"[24]
"Flip This"[25] 2020 Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CAN
[26]
UK
[27]
"Red Leather"[28]
(with Gonzales)
2000 Non-album single
"Grab My Shaft"
(Louie Austen featuring Peaches)
2003 117 Only Tonight
"We Don't Play Guitars"
(Chicks on Speed featuring Peaches)
77 99 Cents
"Motor Inn"[29]
(Iggy Pop with Feedom featuring Peaches)
Skull Ring
"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?"
(as part of The North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative)
2005 4 Non-album singles
"9 of 10"[30]
(Removal featuring Peaches)
"Wild Thing"
(Tone Lōc featuring Peaches)
2007
"Map of Tasmania"[31]
(The Young Punx featuring Amanda Palmer and Peaches)
2011
"Ludwig Amadeus Horzon"[32]
(Ludwig Amadeus Horzon featuring Peaches)
2012
"Lesbians in the Forest"[33]
(Carole Pope featuring Peaches)
2013 Music For Lesbians
"Trouble"
(Natalia Kills featuring Peaches)
2014 Trouble
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Title Year Album
"Fourth Sex Baby"[34]
(Playgroup featuring Peaches and Gonzales)
2001 Playgroup
"Walk the Night"[upper-alpha 1]
(with Phenomenal Handclap Band)
2012 Casablanca Reworks
"Get Down"[36]
(Emigrate featuring Peaches)
2014 Silent So Long
"Whistleblower"[37]
(Mumbai Science featuring Peaches)
Dèjá Vu

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Keine Melodien" 2000 None "Keine Melodien" (single)[38]
"Eat a Peach" 2001 Din-St Communicating at an Unknown Rate[39]
"Sexy Dancer" 7 Hurtz, Bitch Lap Lap If I Was Prince[40]
"Heavy Shit" Mocky, Gonzales In Mesopotamia[41]
"The Joy of Thinking" 2002 Gonzales Presidential Suite[42]
"Boys and Girls" Taylor Savvy, Mignon Ladies & Gentleman[43]
"Everybody Party" Taylor Savvy
"Guitar Anthem" 2003 Chicks on Speed Colette N°5[44]
"No Piss No Fun" Lost Treasures, Gonzales Lost Treasures[45]
"Rock Show" Iggy Pop Skull Ring
"Oh My God" Pink Try This
"Oo She She Wa Wa" 2004 Snax From the Rocking Chair to the Stage[46]
"Backass" 2006 Karen O Jackass Number Two: Music from the Motion Picture
"Fine as Fuck" Electrosexual, Scream Club I'm Going Crazy[47]
"Hannelore" None Desire Will Set You Free
"Bad Girl" 2007 Mignon Bad Evil Wicked & Mean[48]
"Helicopter" (Weird Science Remix) Bloc Party Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles
"The Dogma of Music" The Scandals Cutouts, Patchworks & Ripoffs[49]
"Search and Destroy" 2009 None War Child Presents Heroes
"She's a Hellcat" The Legendary Tigerman Femina[50]
"Speak to Me/Breathe" The Flaming Lips, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, Henry Rollins The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon
"The Great Gig in the Sky" The Flaming Lips, Henry Rollins
"My Girls" 2010 Christina Aguilera Bionic
"Turn It On" 2011 None Covers
"Dead End Justice" Kathleen Hanna Take It or Leave It – A Tribute to the Queens of Noise: The Runaways[51]
"Maniac" 2012 Moullinex Flora[52]
"Scare Me" 2013 Major Lazer, Timberlee Free the Universe
"What You Want" 2016 Jean-Michel Jarre Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
"Freezing Out" 2016 Mr. Oizo All Wet

Remixes

Title Year Artist
"Get Me Off"[53] 2002 Basement Jaxx
"TKO"[54] 2004 Le Tigre
"Red Neck Sex"[55] Gibby Haynes
"Broken Box"[56] 2005 Queens of the Stone Age
"Peaches"[57] Pink Grease
"Technologic"[58] Daft Punk
"Cheated Hearts"[59] 2006 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Fucking Boyfriend"[60] The Bird and the Bee
"Stilettos" 2007 Crime Mob
"Marina Gasolina"[61] Bonde do Rolê
"Funplex"[62] 2008 The B-52s
"Paris Is Burning"[63] Ladyhawke

Other credits

Title Year Artist Album Role(s)
"The Worst MC" 2000 Gonzales Gonzales Über Alles Additional vocals[64]
"Futuristic Ain't Shit to Me" The Entertainist Production[65]
"Prankster Fly"
"You Belong in the Show" The World Provider The Elements of Style Mixing[66]
"The Oligarchy"
"Let's Go Again" 2001 Télépopmusik Genetic World Vocals[67]
"Dance Among the Ruins" 2007 Tommie Sunshine Ultra.Rock Remixed Vocals[68]

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Lovertits" 2000 Peaches
"Diddle My Skittle"
"Set It Off"
"Red Leather"
(with Gonzales)
Unknown
"Set It Off" (Radio Mix by Tobi Neumann) 2002 Daniel Lwowski and Frank Wilde [69]
"Rock Show" 2003 Nicolas Amato [69]
"I'm the Kinda" JD Samson (camerawoman) [70]
"Rock 'n' Roll" Peaches [69]
"Tombstone, Baby" Peaches and Maxx Ginnane [70]
"We Don't Play Guitars"
(Chicks on Speed featuring Peaches)
Deborah Schamoni [71]
"Kick It"
(featuring Iggy Pop)
Dawn Shadforth and Alex Smith [69]
"Downtown" 2006 Timothy Saccenti [72]
"Boys Wanna Be Her" Kris Lefcoe [73]
"Wild Thing" (Peaches Remix)
(Tone Lōc featuring Peaches)
2007 Bucky Fukumoto [74]
"Get It" 2008 Peaches [75]
"Talk to Me" 2009 Price James [76]
"More" Frederic D [77]
"Lose You" Peaches [78]
"Serpentine" Price James [79]
"Take You On" Angie Reed [80]
"I Feel Cream" Kinga Burza [81]
"Trick or Treat" Bobby Good [82]
"Relax" 2010 Peaches [83]
"Mommy Complex" Antuong Nguyen [84]
"Billionaire" Ssion [85]
"Show Stopper" Caroline Sascha Cogez [86]
"Map of Tasmania"
(The Young Punx featuring Amanda Palmer and Peaches)
2011 Michael Pope [87]
"Mud" Vice Cooler [88]
"Mud" (Video Deux) Jasmin Tarasin [89]
"Turn It On" Nice and Polite [90]
"Unzip Me"
(with Cazwell)
Bec Stupak [91]
"Maniac"
(with Moullinex)
2012 Kope / Figgins [92]
"Our Love"
(with Telonius)
Bureau Mirko Borsche [93]
"Free Pussy Riot!" Unknown [94]
"Burst!" Vice Cooler [95]
"Light in Places" 2015 Peaches [96]
"Close Up"
(featuring Kim Gordon)
Vice Cooler [97]
"Dick in the Air" Peaches [98]
"I Mean Something"
(featuring Feist)
Silas Howard [99]
"Rub" Peaches, A.L. Steiner, and Lex Vaughn [100]
"Free Drink Ticket" 2016 Sara Sachs [101]
"Vaginoplasty"
(featuring Simonne Jones)
Briana Gonzales [102]
"Sick in the Head" Peaches [103]
"How You Like My Cut" [104]

Notes

  1. "Walk the Night" was released as a limited-edition 12" vinyl single for Record Store Day 2012.[35]

References

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