My Bloody Valentine discography
{{short description|Cataloging of published recordings by the Irish alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = My Bloody Valentine
| Image = My Bloody Valentine - November 2013 (edited).jpg
| Caption = My Bloody Valentine performing in Boston, Massachusetts, United States in November 2013
| Alt = A five-piece rock band performing onstage against a psychedelic style yellow backdrop. Audience members facing the stage are visible in the foreground; various equipment including amplifiers, effect pedals, monitors and guitars are visible in the background.
| Studio = 3
| Live = 1
| Compilation = 2
| Music videos = 6
| EP = 5
| Singles = 12
| Option = 2
| Option name = Mini albums
| 1Option = 4
| 1Option name = Compilation contributions
| 2Option = 20
| 2Option name = Miscellaneous appearances
}}
The discography of My Bloody Valentine, an Irish-English alternative rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland, consists of three studio albums, two mini albums, one live album, two compilation albums, five extended plays, twelve singles and six music videos.
My Bloody Valentine formed in early 1983 and released their debut mini album, This Is Your Bloody Valentine, in January 1985 on Tycoon Records. Featuring the band's original line-up of vocalist David Conway, guitarist Kevin Shields, drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig and keyboardist Christine "Tina" Durkin, the album failed to receive much attention and the band relocated to London, England following its release.{{sfn|Conway|Knee|2013|p=132–333}} In London the band recruited bassist Debbie Googe and subsequently released two EPs—Geek! (1985) and The New Record by My Bloody Valentine (1986)—and the 1987 single "Sunny Sundae Smile".{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/my-bloody-valentine-mn0000937003/biography|title=My Bloody Valentine | Biography|publisher=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=5 September 2014}} The New Record… and "Sunny Sundae Smile" garnered the band minor underground success, with both placing in the United Kingdom Independent Singles Chart. Conway departed the band soon after and was replaced by vocalist-guitarist Bilinda Butcher in early 1987.{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=24}}
With their new line-up, My Bloody Valentine released a second mini album, Ecstasy, and the standalone single "Strawberry Wine" in November 1987 on Lazy Records. Both releases were moderate critical successes and attracted the attention of Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee, who offered the band a recording contract after a performance in January 1988.{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=26–27}} During their time on Creation My Bloody Valentine released their most notable material, including two full-length studio albums, Isn't Anything (1988) and Loveless (1991). Both albums, as well as their singles and preceding EPs, were released to widespread critical acclaim;{{cite journal|last1=Mothersole|last2=Willis|first1=Ben|first2=Dominic|title=The Class of '91|journal=Melody Maker|date=2 November 1991}}{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=97}} Isn't Anything and Loveless were considered massive independent successes, both peaking at number 1 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. In addition, Loveless placed at number 24 on the UK Albums Chart and has since been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry. In 1992 My Bloody Valentine were dropped by Creation due to the extensive recording period and production costs of Loveless.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/mar/12/2|title=I lost it | Music|work=The Guardian|last=Lester|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Lester|date=12 March 2004|access-date=5 September 2014}}
My Bloody Valentine signed to Island Records in October 1992 for a reported £250,000 contract, constructing a home studio in Streatham, South London with their advance. Originally intending to record and release a third studio album, the band experienced a "semi-meltdown", according to Kevin Shields and became largely inactive.{{sfn|McGonial|2007|pp=101–102}} Despite rumours that over 60 hours of recorded material had been presented to Island,{{cite journal|last=Stubbs|first=David|author-link=David Stubbs|title=Sweetheart Attack: My Bloody Valentine's Isn't Anything is the Eighties Rock Album|journal=Uncut|date=February 1999}} the band only released two songs—cover versions of Louis Armstrong{{'}}s "We Have All the Time in the World" and Wire{{'}}s "Map Ref 41°N 93°W"—on various artist compilation albums before their disbandment in 1997.
In 2007 My Bloody Valentine reunited and announced plans to release a third album. The band commenced two international tours between 2008 and 2009, during which time remastered versions of Isn't Anything and Loveless and a box set were announced.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/my_bloody_valentine_box_set_for_sale_through_hmv|title=My Bloody Valentine Box Set For Sale Through HMV Japan • News|work=Exclaim!|publisher=1059434 Ontario|last=Thiessen|first=Brock|date=16 April 2008|access-date=5 September 2014}} Following further delays, remastered editions of the band's original two studio albums and the double compilation album EP's 1988–1991 were released on Sony in May 2012. m b v, My Bloody Valentine's third studio album, was eventually released "out of the blue" in February 2013;{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/round-up/jim-pusey-s-top-10-albums-of-2013_4006963|title=Jim Pusey's Top 10 Albums Of 2013|publisher=Contactmusic.com|date=24 December 2013|access-date=5 September 2014}} it received "universal acclaim", according to Metacritic.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/m-b-v/my-bloody-valentine|title=Reviews for M B V by My Bloody Valentine|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=5 September 2014}}
Albums
=Studio albums=
=Mini albums=
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|+ List of mini albums, with chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:21em"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
scope="col" style="width:4em"| {{small|UK Indie}} {{sfn|Lazell|1997|p=155}} |
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scope="row"| This Is Your Bloody Valentine
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| — |
scope="row"| Ecstasy
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| 12 |
scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart |
=Live albums=
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|+ List of live albums ! scope="col" style="width:13em"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:21em"| Album details |
scope="row"| Man You Love to Hate – Live
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=Compilation albums=
Extended plays
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|+ List of extended plays, with chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:23em"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
scope="col" style="width:4em"| {{small|UK Indie}} {{sfn|Lazell|1997|p=155}}{{cite episode|title=Indie Charts: No 10–1|date=19 May 1990|series=The ITV Chart Show|series-link=The Chart Show|network=ITV}}{{cite episode|title=Indie Charts: No 10–1|date=2 March 1991|series=The ITV Chart Show|series-link=The Chart Show|network=ITV}} |
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scope="row"| Geek!
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| — |
scope="row"| The New Record by My Bloody Valentine
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| 22 |
scope="row"| You Made Me Realise
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| 2 |
scope="row"| Glider
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| 2 |
scope="row"| Tremolo
|
| 1 |
scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Singles
=Retail singles=
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|+ List of retail singles, with chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em"| Single ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:4em"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="3" style="width:15em"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em"| Album |
scope="col" style="width:5em"| {{small|UK}} ! scope="col"| {{small|UK Indie}} ! scope="col"| {{small|US Alt}} |
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scope="row"| "No Place to Go"
| 1985 | — | — | — | Geek! |
scope="row"| "Sunny Sundae Smile"
| rowspan="2"| 1987 | 6 | — | non-album single |
scope="row"| "Strawberry Wine"
| — | 13 | — |non-album single |
scope="row"| "You Made Me Realise"
| rowspan="3"| 1988 | 107 | 5 | — | non-album single |
scope="row"| "Feed Me with Your Kiss"
| 118 | 2 | — |
scope="row"| "Instrumental"
| — | — | — | non-album single |
scope="row"| "Soon"
| 1990 | 41 | — | — | rowspan="3" | Loveless |
scope="row"| "To Here Knows When"
| 1991 | 29 | — | — |
scope="row"| "Only Shallow"
| 1992 | — | — | 27 |
scope="row" colspan="6" style="text-align:center"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Promotional singles=
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|+ List of promotional-only singles ! scope="col" style="width:16em"| Single ! scope="col" style="width:4em"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:10em"| Album ! scope="col" style="width:2em"| Ref |
scope="row"| "Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)"
| 1988 | {{cite AV media notes|title="Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)"|others=My Bloody Valentine|year=1988|type=Promotional 12" notes|publisher=Relativity Records|id=88561-1016-1}} |
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scope="row"| "When You Sleep"
| 1991 | Loveless | {{cite AV media notes|title="When You Sleep"|others=My Bloody Valentine|year=1991|type=Promotional CD inlay|publisher=Sire Records|id=PRO-CD-5303}} |
=Split singles=
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|+ List of split singles, with other artists ! scope="col" style="width:16em"| Single ! scope="col" style="width:4em"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:10em"| Other artist |
scope="row"| "Sugar"/"December, with the Day"
| 1989 | Pacific |
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Music videos
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|+ List of music videos, with directors ! scope="col" style="width:16em"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:4em"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:10em"| Director ! scope="col" style="width:2em"| Ref |
scope="row"| "You Made Me Realise"
| rowspan="2"| 1988 | rowspan="2"| Douglas Hart | rowspan="2"| {{cite AV media|people=Various artists|year=1990|title=The Creation Records Compilation|medium=VHS|publisher=Virgin Music Video|id=VVD 703}} |
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scope="row"| "Feed Me with Your Kiss" |
scope="row"| "Soon"
| 1990 | rowspan="4"| Angus Cameron | rowspan="4"| {{cite AV media|people=My Bloody Valentine; Primal Scream; Ride|year=1992|title=The Story of Creation|medium=VHS|publisher=Warner Reprise Video|id=38278-3}} |
scope="row"| "To Here Knows When"
| rowspan="3"| 1991 |
scope="row"| "Swallow" |
scope="row"| "Only Shallow" |
Compilation contributions
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|+ List of contributions to various artist compilations ! scope="col" style="width:16em"| Song ! scope="col" style="width:4em"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:16em"| Album ! scope="col" style="width:13em"| Notes ! scope="col" style="width:2em"| Ref |
scope="row"| "We Have All the Time in the World"
| 1994 | Louis Armstrong cover |
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scope="row"| "Incidental One" {{small|(with Mark Eitzel)}}
| rowspan="3"| 1996 | rowspan="2"| Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip | rowspan="2" style="background:#ececec"| N/A |
scope="row"| "Incidental Peace" {{small|(with Skylab)}} |
scope="row"| "Map Ref 41°N 93°W"
| Whore: Various Artists Play Wire | Wire cover |
Miscellaneous appearances
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|+ List of appearances on compilation albums, and film and television soundtracks ! scope="col" style="width:18em"| Song ! scope="col" style="width:4em"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:22em"| Album ! scope="col" style="width:15em"| Notes ! scope="col" style="width:2em"| Ref |
scope="row"| "Love Machine"
| rowspan="2"| 1986 | rowspan="2"| Turn It Up_..or Turn It Off | rowspan="2"| From Geek! |
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scope="row"| "No Place to Go" |
scope="row"| "Strawberry Wine"
| rowspan="2"| 1988 | Indie Top 20 Volume III – War of Independents | style="background:#ececec"| N/A |
scope="row"| "Cigarette in Your Bed"
| Doing It for the Kids | From You Made Me Realise |
scope="row"| "When You Wake You're Still in a Dream"
| 1989 | Rough Trade: Music for the 90's | From Isn't Anything |
scope="row"| "Instrumental"
| rowspan="2"| 1990 | Pensioners on Ecstasy | style="background:#ececec"| N/A | {{cite AV media notes|title=Pensioners on Ecstasy|others=Various artists|year=1990|type=Sleeve notes|publisher=Creation Records|id=CRECD 082}} |
scope="row"| "Soon"
| Just Say Da: Volume IV of Just Say Yes | EP version, from Glider |
scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Honey Power"
| rowspan="2"| 1991 | Sorted, Snorted and Sported | rowspan="2"| From Tremolo |
Just Say Anything: Volume V of Just Say Yes |
scope="row"| "Soon"
| rowspan="2"| 1992 | Precious (Underground) | From Glider and Loveless |
scope="row"| "Only Shallow" {{small|(Edit)}}
| rowspan="2"| From Loveless | {{cite AV media notes|title=Rollercoaster EP|others=Blur; Dinosaur Jr; My Bloody Valentine; The Jesus and Mary Chain|year=1992|type=Liner note|work=Melody Maker|id=SAM 986}} |
scope="row"| "Only Shallow"
| 1995 | Amateur |
scope="row"| "Soon"
| rowspan="2"| 1996 | Noise Annoys: A Creation Compilation | From Glider and Loveless |
scope="row"| "Loomer"
| rowspan="2"| From Loveless |
scope="row"| "Sometimes"
| 2003 |
scope="row"| "Paint a Rainbow"
| 2004 | Rough Trade Shops: Indiepop | From the B-side of "Sunny Sundae Smile" |
scope="row"| "Only Shallow"
| rowspan="2"| 2005 | Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box | From Loveless |
scope="row"| "Soon"
| Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story | From Glider and Loveless |
scope="row"| "Only Shallow"
| 2007 | The Brit Box: UK Indie, Shoegaze, and Brit-Pop Gems of the Last Millennium | From Loveless |
scope="row"| "Only Tomorrow"
| 2013 | The Sound of 2013 | From m b v | {{cite AV media notes|title=The Sound of 2013|others=Various artists|year=2013|type=Liner notes|work=Uncut|id=UNCUT 2014 01}} |
References
{{reflist}}
=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|last1=Conway|first1=David|author-link=David Conway (author)|last2=Knee|first2=Sam|year=2013|title=A Scene in Between: Tripping Through the Fashions of UK Indie Music 1980–1988|edition=1st|location=London|publisher=Cicada|isbn=978-1-908714-06-0}}
- {{cite book|last=Fisher|first=David|year=2008|title=My Bloody Valentine's Loveless: The Epitome of a Genre|publisher=VDM Verlag|isbn=978-3-639080-62-9}}
- {{cite book|last=Lazell|first=Barry|year=1997|title=Indie Hits 1980–1999: The Complete Guide to UK Independent Charts (Singles & Albums)|location=London|publisher=Cherry Red|isbn=978-0-951720-69-1}}
- {{cite book|last=McGonial|first=Mike|year=2007|title=Loveless|series=33⅓|publisher=Continuum|isbn=978-0-826415-48-6}}
External links
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