Steve Albini discography

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Steve Albini is an American musician, audio engineer and music journalist, whose many recording projects have exerted an important influence on independent music since the 1980s. Most of his projects from 1997 onwards were recorded at the Electrical Audio studios in Chicago. Albini is occasionally credited as a record producer, though he dislikes the term to describe his work, preferring the term "recording engineer" when credited, and refuses to take royalties from bands recording in his studio, as he feels it would be unethical to do so.[1]

As a musician, Albini has fronted the bands Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac on guitar and vocals. He also played on other projects from time to time, notably as a bass guitarist in the touring incarnation of Pete Conway's solo project Flour whose records he also engineered.

The list is in chronological order by date of release, but is incomplete.

As a musician[edit]

Big Black, 1982–1987[edit]

  • Lungs EP (Ruthless) (1982)
  • Bulldozer EP (Ruthless/Fever/Touch and Go) (1983/1983/1992)
  • Racer-X EP (Homestead/Touch and Go) (1984/1992)
  • "Rema-Rema" 7-inch (Forced Exposure) (1985)
  • The Hammer Party (Homestead) (1985) - Compilation
  • "Il Duce" / "Big Money" 7-inch (Homestead) (1985)
  • Atomizer (Homestead) (1986)
  • Sound of Impact LP (Not, Not) (1987) - Live
  • "Heartbeat" 7-inch (Touch and Go) (1987)
  • Headache EP (Touch and Go) (1987)
  • "He's A Whore / "The Model" 7-inch (Touch and Go) (1987)
  • The Incredibly Corporate Whorish Big Black Interview Album LP (Touch and Go Records) (1987)
(aka Talk About Fucking) (Blast First! UK)

Rapeman, 1987–1989[edit]

  • "Hated Chinee" / "Marmoset" 7-inch (Touch and Go) (1988)
  • Budd EP (Blast First/Touch and Go) (1988/2007)
  • Two Nuns and a Pack Mule LP (Touch and Go/Supernatural Organization/Torso/Blast First) (1988)
  • "Inki's Butt Crack b/w Song Number One" 7-inch (Sub Pop Singles Club 7-inch) (1989)

Shellac, 1992–present[edit]

As an audio engineer[edit]

1980s[edit]

1985

  • Dark Arts – A Long Way from Brigadoon (released on Albini's Ruthless Records label)
  • End Result – Ward 12-inch E.P. (released on Ruthless Records)

1986

  • Urge Overkill – Strange, I... (credited as "Li'l Weed")
  • Blatant Dissent – Hold the Fat LP, Dreams 7-inch (credited as "Robert Earl Hughes")

1987

1988

1989

1990s[edit]

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s[edit]

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010s[edit]

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

  • Alpha Strategy – Drink the Brine, Get Scarce
  • Womps – Our fertile forever
  • Cocaine Piss – Sex Weirdos 7-inch
  • Cocaine Piss – The Dancer
  • Valina – In Position
  • Peter Squires – When I Couldn't Move
  • Robbie Fulks – Upland Stories
  • NeurosisFires Within Fires
  • The Conformists – Divorce
  • Karabas BarabasReturn of the Sexy Demon
  • Kapitan Korsakov – Physical Violence is the Least of My Priorities
  • Vomitface – Hooray for Me
  • Descartes a Kant – Victims Of Love Propaganda
  • Malojian - This Is Nowhere
  • Mono – Requiem For Hell
  • Dazzling Killmen – Face of Collapse: Special Edition (25th Anniversary reissue)
  • Chris Cobilis (performed by Spektral Quartet and Kenneth Goldsmith) – This Is You
  • Sex Snobs – Emotional Stuffing
  • KEN mode – Nerve (ep) track 1-4

2017

  • Ty SegallTy Segall
  • Meat Wave – The Incessant
  • The Oxford Coma - Everything Out of Tune[2]
  • STNNNG – Veterans of Pleasure
  • Descartes a Kant– Victims Of Love Propaganda
  • METZ - Strange Peace
  • Andy Pratt — Horizon Disrupted[3]
  • Ben FrostThe Centre Cannot Hold

2018

2019

  • Mono - Nowhere Now Here
  • Sunn O))) - Life Metal
  • Sunn O))) - Pyroclasts
  • Triliteral - Flying Snake's Claw
  • Frank Iero and the Future Violents - Barriers
  • Doblecapa - La Felpa
  • Uzeda - Quocumque jeceris stabit
  • Décibelles - Rock Français
  • Asylums - Genetic Cabaret
  • DBOY - (Unknown)
  • Ty Segall & Freedom Band - Deforming Lobes
  • Black Orchids - Sakura Sorrow
  • Austero - Austero
  • Local H - Lifers (one song only)

2020s[edit]

2020

2021

2022

2023

Spoken word[edit]

"Spoken Word Thing" Sub Pop 100 (Sub Pop, 1986) - Various artist compilation

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The four-page proposal letter Steve Albini sent to Nirvana". Faroutmagazine.co.uk. May 6, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Full Album Stream: The Oxford Coma - "Everything Out of Tune"". Decibelmagazine.com. October 10, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  3. ^ DeGrechie, Eric. "New Trier grad collaborated with famed engineer Albini on 'Horizon Disrupted" album". Archived from the original on September 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "GEZAN 4th full album 「Silence Will Speak」発売決定。". Gezan.net. July 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Werksman, Hans (June 6, 2018). "Here Comes The Flood - a weblog about music: Andy Pratt: Further Disruption". Werksman.blogspot.com.
  6. ^ Lil BUB (EP) (label copy). Joyful Noise. 2020.
  7. ^ "Register". Instagram. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "Register". Instagram. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  9. ^ Hudson, Alex (July 19, 2023). "Code Orange Get Steve Albini for New Album 'The Above,' Share Single with Billy Corgan". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  10. ^ Kennelty, Greg (July 19, 2023). "Code Orange Teams Up With Billy Corgan For New Single "Take Shape", Announces New Album". Metal Injection. Retrieved September 6, 2023.