1)Babyteeth (1991); 2)Pleasure Death (1992); 3)Nurse (1992); 4)Troublegum (1994); 5)Infernal Love (1995); 6)Semi-Detached (1998); 7)Suicide Pact - You First (1999); 8)So Much For the Ten Year Plan - A Retrospective 1990-2000 (2000); 9)Shameless (2001); 10)High Anxiety (2003); 11)Never Apologise Never Explain (2004); 12)One Cure Fits All (2006); 13)Music Through A Cheap Transistor: The BBC Sessions (2007); 14)Crooked Timber (2009); 15)We're Here to the End (2010)
Babyteeth
Released July 15, 1991, Length 27:41, Label Wiiija Records
1.Meat Abstract 3:46
2.Skyward 2:39
2.Skyward 2:39
3.Punishment Kiss 4:41
4.Animal Bones 3:39
5.Loser Cop 3:26
6.Innocent X 4:00
7.Dancin' with Manson 5:24
Babyteeth was the first (mini-)album by the Northern Irish band Therapy?, released on July 15, 1991, on Wiiija Records. Tracks 1 and 3 were recorded in January 1990, with the remaining tracks recorded later that year, all at Homestead Studio in Randalstown, Northern Ireland. The album reached number 1 in both the UK and Irish Indie Charts.
The album was originally released by Wiiija on 12” vinyl. In 1993, Southern Records re-issued the album on 12” vinyl, limited edition red 12” vinyl, CD and Cassette. "Meat Abstract" was released on the bands own Multifuckingnationallabel as a 7" vinyl in July 1990.
Promo videos were made for the tracks "Meat Abstract" and "Innocent X". Both were shot as part of Fyfe and some friends' media course on Hi-8 film.
Pleasure Death
Released January 27, 1992, Length 22:25, Label Wiiija Records
1.Skinning Pit 6:01
2.Fantasy Bag 3:40
2.Fantasy Bag 3:40
3.Shitkicker 2:33
4.Prison Breaker 4.26
5.D.L.C. 2:32
6.Potato Junkie 3:09
Pleasure Death was the second (mini-)album by the band Therapy?. It was released on January 27, 1992 on Wiiija Records. The album was recorded in 1991 at Southern Studios, London. It reached number 1 in the UK Indie Charts.
The album was originally released by Wiiija on 12” vinyl. In 1993, Southern Records re-issued the album on 12” vinyl, CD and Cassette.
Nurse
Released October 17, 1992, Length 40:28, Label A&M
1.Nausea 3:56
2.Teethgrinder 3:26
3.Disgracelands 3:42
4.Accelerator 2:15
5.Neck Freak 5:51
6.Perversonality 3:52
7.Gone 6:23
8.Zipless 2:53
9.Deep Sleep 5:14
10.Hypermania 2:48
11.Summer of Hate 2:29 (Japanese release only)
12.Human Mechanism 3:31 (Japanese release only)
13.Sky High McKay(e) 2:13 (Japanese release only)Nurse was the first major label album released by the band Therapy?. It was released on November 2, 1992 on A&M Records. The album was mainly recorded at Loco Studio in Caerleon, Wales, apart from "Gone" which was recorded in Annamoe, Ireland. It marked a departure from the noise punk style of the two mini-albums, being a more industrial sounding record. The album was rated favorably by critics and reached number 38 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album was released on 12” vinyl, CD and Cassette. In the US, the album was released on limited edition red 12” vinyl, CD and Cassette.
Troublegum
Released February 7, 1994, Length 45:39, Label A&M
1.Knives 1:55
2.Screamager 2:36
2.Screamager 2:36
3.Hellbelly 3:21
4.Stop It You're Killing Me 3:50
5.Nowhere 2:26
6.Die Laughing 2:48
7.Unbeliever 3:28
8.Trigger Inside 3:56
9.Lunacy Booth 3:55
10.Isolation 3:10
11.Turn 3:50
12.Femtex 3:14
13.Unrequited 3:03
14.Brainsaw / You are My Sunshine (Davis/Mitchell) [hidden track] – 3:58 (25:27 US)
15.Pantopon Rose (Cairns/McKeegan) – 2:19 (Japanese release only)Troublegum was the second major label album by the band Therapy? It was released on February 7, 1994 on A&M Records.
The album was recorded in 1993 at Chipping Norton Studio in Oxford, as well as Rak Studios and Church Studios, both in London.
It had a melodically dark, metal-like sound. The album contains a cover of Isolation by Joy Division, which also became a single. Troublegum is generally considered to be Therapy? at their musical and commercial peak and has since sold over one million copies worldwide.
The album reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album was recorded in 1993 at Chipping Norton Studio in Oxford, as well as Rak Studios and Church Studios, both in London.
It had a melodically dark, metal-like sound. The album contains a cover of Isolation by Joy Division, which also became a single. Troublegum is generally considered to be Therapy? at their musical and commercial peak and has since sold over one million copies worldwide.
The album reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album was released on 12” vinyl, CD and Cassette. In the UK, the album was released on limited edition green 12” vinyl. There was also a green Cassette and the original CD copies had a green tray.
Infernal Love
Released June 12, 1995, Length 48:44, Label A&M
1.Epilepsy 3:50
2.Stories 3:11
2.Stories 3:11
3.A Moment of Clarity 6:02
4.Jude the Obscene 3:32
5.Bowels of Love 2:53
6.Misery 3:40
7.Bad Mother 5:46
8.Me Vs You 6:24
9.Loose 3:00
10. Diane 5:00
11. 30 Seconds 5:25
Infernal Love was the third major label album by the band Therapy?. It was released on June 12, 1995 on A&M Records. The album was recorded at Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire from January to March 1995.
The album was a major shift in direction from previous album Troublegum, moving away from punk metal to create a broad epic cinematic soundscape, with the songs being linked by pieces from Belfast D.J. David Holmes.
The album contains a cello driven cover of Diane by Hüsker Dü, which also became a single. It was the final album to feature the original 3 piece line-up, as drummer Fyfe Ewing departed in January 1996 following the European leg of the Infernal Love tour. The album reached number 9 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album was released on limited edition red 12” vinyl, CD and Cassette.
Semi-Detached
Released March 30, 1998, Length 44:36, Label A&M
1.Church of Noise 3:06
2.Tightrope Walker 3:19
2.Tightrope Walker 3:19
3.Black Eye Purple Sky 3:11
4.Lonely, Cryin', Only 2:40
5.Born Too Soon 3:47
6.Stay Happy 3:54
7.Safe 4:02
8.Straight Life 4:47
9.Heaven's Gate 3:49
10. Don't Expect Roses 2:44
11. Tramline 4:52
12. The Boy's Asleep 4:26
13. Suing God 3:50 (Japanese release only)
14. 60 Watt Bulb 4:24 (Japanese release only)
Semi-Detached was the fourth major label album by the band Therapy?. It was released on March 30, 1998 on A&M Records, and what turned out to be their final album on the label. The album was recorded at various stages throughout 1997, including sessions at Chipping Norton Studios in Oxford, Homestead Studio in Randalstown, Moles Studio in Bath and Metropolis Studios in London. It was also the first Therapy? album recorded with Graham Hopkins and Martin McCarrick as full-time members. The album was not released in North America, but charted at number 21 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album was released on CD and Cassette, and as a limited edition box set of six 7” singles.
Suicide Pact - You First
Released October 18, 1999, Length 71:11, Label Ark 21 Records
1.He's Not that Kind of Girl 3:25
2.Wall of Mouths 4:08
2.Wall of Mouths 4:08
3.Jam Jar Jail 4:45
4.Hate Kill Destroy 3:33
5.Big Cave In 5:46
6.Six Mile Water 6:22
7.Little Tongues First 4:25
8.Ten Year Plan 5:13
9.God Kicks 2:41
10.Other People's Misery 1:53
11.Sister" / "Whilst I Pursue My Way Unharmed [hidden track] 18:34
Suicide Pact — You First was the fifth full length album by the band Therapy?, and the first to be released by their third record company Ark21, following the demise of the band's previous label. It was released on October 18, 1999 and recorded at Great Linford Manor in Milton Keynes from July 13 to August 15, 1999.
The album was a move away from the pop sensibilities of their previous album, Semi-Detached, and was considered a dark and twisted effort, seemingly as a retort to the conditions and restrictions imposed upon them and other bands on major labels. Although the album garnered very little radio airplay, and only reached number 61 in the UK Albums Chart, it received very positive reviews in the press and still rates very highly among Therapy? fans. The live shows accompanying the album's release are regarded by the band as "unforgettable".
The US released limited edition CDROM included the video of "Little Tongues First".
The album was released on CD only.
So Much for the Ten Year Plan: A Retrospective 1990-2000
Released October 2, 2000, Length 60:35, Label Ark 21 Records
1.Screamager – 2:41 (from Shortsharpshock E.P.)
2.Bad Karma Follows You Around – 4:07 (Previously unreleased)
3.Die Laughing – 2:48 (from Troublegum)
4.Meat Abstract – 3:47 (from Babyteeth)
5.Straight Life – 4:48 (from Semi-Detached)
6.Teethgrinder – 3:26 (from Nurse)
7.Fat Camp – 4:30 (Previously unreleased)
8.Stories – 2:52 (from Infernal Love)
9.Nausea – 3:56 (from Nurse)
10.Six Mile Water – 6:20 (from Suicide Pact - You First)
11.Church of Noise – 3:06 (from Semi-Detached)
12.He's Not that Kind of Girl – 3:25 (from Suicide Pact - You First)
13.Diane – 4:00 (from Infernal Love)
14.Nowhere – 2:27 (from Troublegum)
15.Potato Junkie – 3:08 (from Pleasure Death)
16.Ten Year Plan – 5:14 (from Suicide Pact - You First)
17.Evil Elvis – 2:21 (from Die Laughing single) (Japanese release only)
18.Summer of Hate – 2:28 (from Teethgrinder single) (Japanese release only)
Bonus Disc
1.Evil Elvis – 2:21 (from Die Laughing single)
2.Bloody Blue (Original Demo) – 1:11 (from Thirty Seconds Of Silence demo)
3.Summer of Hate – 2:28 (from Teethgrinder single)
4.Isolation (Consolidated Mix) – 4:38 (from Isolation single)
5.Where Eagles Dare – 2:27 (from Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits)
6.Lunacy Booth (String Version) – 4:58 (from Isolation single)
So Much for the Ten Year Plan: A Retrospective 1990-2000 was a compilation album by the band Therapy?, and the second to be released by Ark 21 Records. It was released on October 2, 2000 and allowed the band to fulfill some outstanding obligations to Universal Records. Two new tracks, "Bad Karma Follows You Around" and "Fat Camp" were specially recorded in May 2000 for inclusion on the album. The album reached number 111 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album was released on CD only. The UK limited edition contains a bonus disc with 6 tracks.
Shameless
Released September 3, 2001, Length 41:40, Label Ark 21 RecordsShameless
1.Gimme Back My Brain 2:37
"Shameless" is considered by the band to be a straightforward punk rock ’n’ roll album with more ‘tunes’ than previous album Suicide Pact - You First, and reflects the no-nonsense trash-rock that they were listening to at the time. It was also the final album to feature drummer Graham Hopkins, who departed in December 2001. The limited edition CDROM included a live video of "Gimme Back My Brain", recorded at the Visions magazine party in Dortmund in June 2001. The album reached number 196 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album was released on CD only.
High Anxiety
Released May 5, 2002, Length 40:32, Label Spitfire Records
1.Hey Satan - You Rock 3:08
2.Who Knows 2:50
2.Who Knows 2:50
3.Stand in Line 3:21
4.Nobody Here But Us 3:28
5.Watch You Go 2:14
6.If It Kills Me 3:40
7.Not in Any Name 3:23
8.My Voodoo Doll 2:16
9.Limbo 2:59
10.Last Blast 3:24
11.Rust" / "Never Ending [hidden track] 9:49
High Anxiety was the seventh full-length album by the band Therapy?, and was the first to be released on Spitfire Records. It was released on 5 May 2003. The album was recorded from December 2002 to January 2003 at Parkgate Studios in Hastings.
"High Anxiety" was the first album to feature drummer Neil Cooper, and the last recorded with guitarist/cellist Martin McCarrick, who departed in 2004. The album has a similar production value to Troublegum, and is a return to that albums’ sense of melodic punk.
The album title is taken from a 1977 Mel Brooks movie of the same name.
The US released limited edition CD-ROM included the video of If It Kills Me. The album reached number 113 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album was released on CD only.
Polish label Metal Mind Productions re-released the album on 2 November 2009. The album was remastered using 24-Bit technology, limited to 1000 copies, on a gold disk digipak CD.
Never Apologise Never Explain
Released September 27, 2004, Length 39:48, Label Spitfire Records
2.Die Like a Motherfucker 2:42
3.Perish the Thought 3:41
4.Here Be Monsters 2:45
5.So-Called Life 3:10
6.Panic 2:03
7.Polar Bear 3:40
8.Rock You Monkeys 3:06
9.Dead 2:37
10.Long Distance 3:32
12.Save the Sermon 3:03
13.Last One to Heaven's a Loser 3:22
Never Apologise Never Explain was the eight full-length album by the band Therapy?, and the second to be released on Spitfire Records. It was released on September 27, 2004. The album was recorded in June 2004 at Parkgate Studios, Hastings.
"Never Apologise Never Explain" marked a return to the claustrophobic sound of the bands’ early releases. It failed to chart in the Top 200 of the UK Albums Chart. The album was not released in North America.
The album was released on CD only. A limited edition CDROM of the album contains two live videos ("Teethgrinder" & "Who Knows") from the Scopophobia DVD.
Polish label Metal Mind Productions re-released the album on November 2, 2009. The album was remastered using 24-Bit technology, limited to 1000 copies, on a gold disk digipak CD.
One Cure Fits All
Released April 24, Length 44:33, Label Spitfire Records
1.Outro 0:34Released April 24, Length 44:33, Label Spitfire Records
2.Sprung 3:50
3.Deluded Son 2:58
4.Into the Light 2:56
5.Lose it All 3:36
6.Dopamine, Seratonin, Adrenaline 4:17
7.Unconsoled 3:53
8.Our White Noise 3:40
9.Private Nobody 3:49
10.Rain Hits Concrete 3:07
11.Fear of God 3:13
12.Heart Beat Hits 3:42
13.Walk through Darkness 4:50
One Cure Fits All, was the ninth full-length album by the band Therapy?, and the third and final to be released on Spitfire Records. It was released on April 24, 2006. The album was recorded in January 2006 at Jacobs Studios, Surrey. The album was not released in North America, but charted at number 152 in the UK Albums Chart.
Produced by Pedro Ferreira (who also produced The Darkness album Permission to Land), the album features markedly polished production, similar to their major label years. This met with a mixed reaction upon its release by fans of the band. The material itself varies, with songs like "Walk through Darkness" and "Dopamine, Serotonin, Adrenaline" displaying anthemic tendencies, while the like of "Unconsoled" and "Private Nobody" are in keeping with the familiar themes of isolation and alienation.
The album was released on CD and Download.
Music Through a Cheap Transistor
Released February 26, 2007, Length CD 1: 51:35, CD2: 42:10, Label Universal Records
Disc 1Music Through a Cheap Transistor
Released February 26, 2007, Length CD 1: 51:35, CD2: 42:10, Label Universal Records
John Peel 15/8/91
1.Innocent X/Meat Abstract (original versions: Babyteeth)
2.Prisonbreaker (original version: Pleasure Death)
3.Perversonality (original version: Nurse)
Evening Session 21/11/92
4.Nausea (original version: Nurse)
5.Totally Random Man (original version: Shortsharpshock E.P.)
6.Accelerator (original version: Nurse)
7.Teethgrinder (original version: Nurse)
John Peel 29/11/92
8.Auto Surgery (original version: Shortsharpshock E.P.)
9.Totally Random Man (original version: Shortsharpshock E.P.)
10.Bloody Blue (original version: Thirty Seconds Of Silence demo)
11.Pile of Bricks
Friday Rock Show 5/2/93
12.Screamager (original version: Shortsharpshock E.P.)
13.Totally Random Man (original version: Shortsharpshock E.P.)
14.Disgracelands (original version: Nurse)
15.Perversonality (original version: Nurse)
Disc 2
Rock Show 7/1/94
1.Brainsaw (original version: Troublegum)
2.Trigger Inside (original version: Troublegum)
3.Knives (original version: Troublegum)
4.Isolation (original version: Troublegum)
Evening Session 4/8/95
5.Bad Mother (original version: Infernal Love)
6.Misery (original version: Infernal Love)
7.The Sweeney
8.Lost Highway
Evening Session 18/2/98
9.Church of Noise (original version: Semi-Detached)
10.Black Eye Purple Sky (original version: Semi-Detached)
11.Tightrope Walker (original version: Semi-Detached)
12.Teethgrinder (original version: Nurse)
13.High Noon (original version: Lonely, Cryin', Only single)
The album features five different performances by Therapy?, which were recorded between 1991 and 1998 for BBC radio. It includes unique and exclusive versions of some of their greatest hits, alongside live favourites and three previously unreleased tracks: Pile Of Bricks, The Sweeney and Lost Highway (originally by Hank Williams).
(Aside from the first John Peel Session, the band were on A&M Records when all the featured sessions were recorded, but A&M have since been taken over by Universal Records; hence the release via Universal Records.)
"It's very flattering to be in the first batch of artists to have these old sessions made available in their entirety especially in a digital download format. Having existed as scraps on C-90's or as half-forgotten memories, it's brilliant to be able to re-visit so many unique (and one-off) performances and let people see what all the fuss was about..." Michael McKeegan - Therapy?
Crooked Timber
Released March 23, 2009, Length 49:22, Label Demolition Records
1.The Head that Tried to Strangle Itself 3:24
2.Enjoy the Struggle 4:10
3.Clowns Galore 3:41
4.Exiles 5:36
5.Crooked Timber 5:52
6.I Told You I Was Ill 3:50
7.Somnambulist 4:04
8.Blacken the Page 2:48
9.Magic Mountain 10:05
10.Bad Excuse for Daylight 5:49
Crooked Timber, is the tenth full-length album by the band Therapy?, and the first to be released on Demolition Records. It was released on March 23, 2009. The album was recorded from July to August 2008 at Blast Studios, Newcastle, with additional recording at The Beauchamp Building, London from August to September 2008. Produced by Andy Gill, the album features a bias towards rhythm rather than melody.
According to Andy Cairns; “I guess we’re always challenging just what makes us Therapy?. After so many years, if we were formulaic about it, we’d have gotten bored with the band long ago. The album was written together as a band, and each track has its own concept and inspirations. They took a while to write and we’ve taken our time to write them.”
“From the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.” – Immanuel Kant (18th-century German philosopher)
Andy explains: “The recording is about celebrating people’s quirks, the things which make us unique. These days everyone tries to fit in, instead of just being themselves. The songs examine what it means to be human - To realise that we are the only living things on the planet aware of our own deaths."
Crooked Timber reached number 197 in the UK Album charts. As of early May 2009 (6 weeks following its release), the album had sold 30,000 copies in Europe.
The album was released on limited edition white 12" vinyl, CD and Download.
On July 19, 2010, the album was re-released as a "Deluxe Gold Edition" digipak CD featuring two bonus tracks, two remixes and 4 alternate versions.
We're Here to the End
Released 2010, Length 67:45 CD1, 68:25 CD2, Label Blast Records
CD1
Released 2010, Length 67:45 CD1, 68:25 CD2, Label Blast Records
CD1
1.Screamager 2:52
2.Sister 5:22
3.Turn 3:41
4.Enjoy the Struggle 4:09
5.Die Like a Motherfucker 3:20
6.Stories 3:50
7.Meat Abstract 4:13
8.Exiles 5:27
9.Skyward 2:53
10.A Moment of Clarity 5:09
11.Sprung 3:44
12.Neck Freak 5:06
13.Diane 4:20
14.Potato Junkie 4:00
15.Dancin' with Manson 5:10
16.If It Kills Me 3:45
17.Rust 3:34
CD2 1.Nausea 3:46
We're Here to the End, is the first full-length live album by the band Therapy?, and the second album to be released on Blast Records, part of The Global Music Group family. It was released on 8 November 2010.
The album was recorded on 29, 30, 31 March 2010 at Monto Water Rats, London, and mixed in May 2010 at Blast Studios, Newcastle.
Produced by Adam Sinclair & Andy Cairns, the album is a 2CD release featuring 36 tracks culled from all three nights of the London residency.
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