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Dead Kennedys discography

{{Short description|Band discography}}

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{{Infobox artist discography

| Artist = Dead Kennedys

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| Studio = 4

| Live = 3

| Compilation = 4

| Video = 4

| Tribute =

| EP = 1

| Singles = 9

| Music videos = 4

| B-sides =

| Soundtrack =

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American punk rock band Dead Kennedys has released four studio albums, one extended play, three live albums, and four compilations.

Albums

=Studio albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Album details

! colspan="4" |Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications

style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | AUS
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! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | NZ
{{cite web |title=Discography Dead Kennedys |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dead+Kennedys |access-date=March 16, 2022 |website=Charts.nz.org |publisher=Hung Medien}}

! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | UK
{{cite web|title=Dead Kennedys|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18691/dead-kennedys/|access-date=March 16, 2022|website=Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company}}

! style="width:4em;font-size:85%" | UK
Indie
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scope="row" | Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

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  • Released: September 2, 1980
  • Label: Alternative Tentacles
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD

|98

|33

|33

|2

|

  • BPI: Gold{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=2599|title=Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables BPI certification|accessdate=June 24, 2008|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220133205/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumRight.asp?rq=search_plat|archive-date=February 20, 2008|url-status=dead}}
  • RIAA: Gold
scope="row" | Plastic Surgery Disasters

|

  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Alternative Tentacles
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD

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|40

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|2

|

  • BPI: Gold{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33234|title=Plastic Surgery Disasters BPI certification|accessdate=June 24, 2008|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220133205/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumRight.asp?rq=search_plat|archive-date=February 20, 2008|url-status=dead}}
scope="row" | Frankenchrist

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  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: Alternative Tentacles
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD

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|—

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|1

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  • BPI: Silver{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33228|title=Frankenchrist BPI certification|accessdate=June 24, 2008|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220133205/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumRight.asp?rq=search_plat|archive-date=February 20, 2008|url-status=dead}}
scope="row" | Bedtime for Democracy

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  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Alternative Tentacles
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD

|—

|—

|—

|1

|

  • BPI: Silver{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33230|title=Bedtime for Democracy BPI certification|accessdate=June 24, 2008|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220133205/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumRight.asp?rq=search_plat|archive-date=February 20, 2008|url-status=dead}}
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= Live albums =

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! Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications

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scope="row" | Mutiny on the Bay

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  • Released: April 24, 2001
  • Label: Manifesto
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download

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scope="row" | Live at the Deaf Club

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  • Released: January 27, 2004
  • Label: Manifesto
  • Formats: CD, digital download

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scope="row" | DK 40{{Cite web |last=Stegall |first=Tim |date=2019-04-26 |title=Punk icons Dead Kennedys drop triple-disc 'DK40' set |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/dead-kennedys-dk40-box-set-interview/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en}}

|

  • Released: April 26, 2019
  • Label: Manifesto
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download

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|

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= Compilation albums =

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Album details

! colspan="3" |Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications

style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | US
Indie
{{cite magazine|title=Dead Kennedys Discography|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dead-kennedys/|access-date=March 16, 2022|magazine=Billboard}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | UK

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | UK
Indie

scope="row" | Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

|

  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Alternative Tentacles
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD

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|84

|1

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  • RIAA: Gold{{Cite web |title=Album Certification |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |url-status=dead |publisher=RIAA |accessdate=June 22, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |archivedate=June 26, 2007}}
  • BPI: Gold{{Cite web |title=Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death BPI certification |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33232 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220133205/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumRight.asp?rq=search_plat |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=June 24, 2008}}
scope="row" | Milking the Sacred Cow

|

  • Released: October 9, 2007
  • Label: Manifesto
  • Formats: CD

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scope="row" | Original Singles Collection{{Cite web |last=Spice |first=Anton |date=2014-03-17 |title=Legendary US punk outfit Dead Kennedys to release first ever 7" singles box set |url=http://thevinylfactory.com/news/legendary-us-punk-outfit-dead-kennedys-to-release-7-singles-box-set/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=The Vinyl Factory |language=en-US}}

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  • Released: April 15, 2014
  • Label: Manifesto
  • Formats: 7" box set

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scope="row" | Iguana Studios Rehearsal Tape — San Francisco 1978{{Cite web |last=Lyon |first=Judy |date=2019-09-04 |title=Dead Kennedys To Release Rare 1978 San Francisco Iguana Studios Rehearsal Tape On CD |url=https://torchedmagazine.com/2019/09/04/dead-kennedys-to-release-rare-1978-san-francisco-iguana-studios-rehearsal-tape-on-cd/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Torched Magazine |language=en}}

|

  • Released: November 23, 2018{{cite web|title=RSDBF '18 Special Release: Dead Kennedys - Iguana Studios Rehearsal Sessions |url=https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/10555 |website=Record Store Day |language=en |access-date=2022-03-17}}
  • Label: Manifesto
  • Formats: LP, CD

|17

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EPs

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Album details

! colspan="2" |Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications

style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|NZ

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|UK
Indie

scope="row" | In God We Trust, Inc.

|

  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Alternative Tentacles
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD

|23

|3

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  • BPI: Gold{{Cite web |title=Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust, Inc. |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=British Phonographic Industry |language=en |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507201753/https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/ |url-status=dead }}
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Singles

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year

! colspan="3" scope="col" |Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

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!style="width:300;font-size:85%" | UK

!style="width:300;font-size:85%" | UK
Indie

scope="row" | "California über alles"

|rowspan="1"| 1979

| —

| —

|4

|rowspan="3"|Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

scope="row" | "Holiday in Cambodia"

|rowspan="3"| 1980

| 40

| —

|2

scope="row" | "Kill the Poor"

| —

| 49

|1

scope="row" | "Police Truck"

| —

| —

| —

| rowspan="2"|Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

scope="row" | "Too Drunk to Fuck"

|rowspan="2"|1981

| 9

| 36

|1

scope="row" | "Nazi Punks Fuck Off"

| —

| —

|11

|rowspan|In God We Trust, Inc.

scope="row" | "Bleed for Me"

|rowspan="3"|1982

| 40

| —

|3

|rowspan="3"|Plastic Surgery Disasters

scope="row" | "Halloween"

| —

| —

|3

scope="row" | "Forest Fire"

| —

| —

|11

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Music videos

  • "Holiday in Cambodia"
  • "Forest Fire"
  • "California Über Alles"
  • "Kill the Poor"

Videos

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!rowspan="1"| Year

!rowspan="1" width="200"| Video details

1991

|align="left"| Dead Kennedys Live

  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: VHS
2000

|align="left"| DMPO's On Broadway

  • Released: May 30, 2000
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Format: DVD
2001

|align="left"| The Early Years Live

  • Released: July 3, 2001
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Format: DVD, VHS
2003

|align="left"| In God We Trust, Inc.: The Lost Tapes

  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Format: DVD, VHS

Other appearances

The following Dead Kennedys tracks were released on compilations. This is not an exhaustive list; tracks that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.

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Year

!Details

!Track(s)

rowspan="2"|1981

|Let Them Eat Jellybeans!{{cite web |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/6052/various-let-them-eat-jellybeans |title=Various - Let Them Eat Jellybeans! |publisher=Punknews |date=February 16, 2007 |accessdate=April 20, 2018}}

  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Alternative Tentacles (VIRUS 4)
  • Format: LP

|

  • "Nazi Punks Fuck Off"
Wake the Dead
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Take It! Magazine (1150195)
  • Format: flexi 7"

    • |

    • "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" (exclusive mix)
    rowspan="2"|1982

    |Not So Quiet on the Western Front

    • Released: 1982
    • Label: Alternative Tentacles (VIRUS 14)
    • Format: 2xLP, CD

    |

    • "A Child and His Lawn Mower"{{ref label|Convenience|I
    }

    |-

    |Wargasm

    • Released: 1982
    • Label: Pax Records (PAX 4)
    • Format: LP

    |

    • "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round"{{ref label|Convenience|I|}}

    |-

    |1986

    |Play New Rose for Me

    • Released: 1986
    • Label: New Rose Records (ROSE 100)
    • Format: LP, CD

    |

    |}

    {{note|Convenience}}I Denotes tracks that were re-released on Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.

    References

    ;General

    {{refbegin}}

    • {{Cite web

    | title = Dead Kennedys > Discography

    | publisher = Allmusic

    | url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4046|pure_url=yes}}

    | accessdate = June 24, 2008}}

    • {{Cite web

    | title = Dead Kennedys Official Website

    | publisher =

    | url = http://www.deadkennedys.com/albums.html

    | accessdate = June 24, 2008}}

    {{refend}}

    ;Specific

    {{reflist}}

    {{Dead Kennedys}}

    Category:Punk rock group discographies

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