Suicidal Tendencies discography explained

Artist:Suicidal Tendencies
Studio:14
Compilation:4
Video:2
Music Videos:22
Ep:2
Singles:21

The discography of Suicidal Tendencies, an American crossover thrash band formed in 1980[1] by vocalist Mike Muir, consists of thirteen studio albums, four compilation albums, two extended plays, twenty-one singles and twenty-two music videos. Their first studio album, Suicidal Tendencies, was released in 1983 but failed to chart. Their second album, Join the Army, was released four years later and peaked at number 100 in the United States[2] and number 81 in the UK.[3] The album caught the attention of Epic Records, who signed Suicidal Tendencies in 1988. The band released their first album for the label, How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today, in September 1988, and in the following year they released Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu, which was their first album to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Suicidal Tendencies released their fifth album Lights...Camera...Revolution! in July 1990, which peaked at number 101 on the Billboard 200 and number 59 in the UK. It spawned four singles, including "Send Me Your Money", which peaked at number 83 in the UK, leading the album to sell over half a million copies. Their sixth album, The Art of Rebellion, was released in 1992 and peaked at number 52, their highest chart position in their home country to date. It was also the first of five Suicidal Tendencies albums to chart in Germany,[4] as well as their only album to chart in Canada[5] and New Zealand.[6] Four singles were released to promote The Art of Rebellion, including "Nobody Hears" and "I'll Hate You Better", which peaked at number 28 and 34 respectively on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. After releasing Still Cyco After All These Years (1993), a re-recording of their first album, Suicidal Tendencies released their eighth studio album Suicidal for Life in 1994. Despite being the band's second highest-charting album in the US, peaking at #82, Suicidal for Life was not as successful as their previous releases, and eventually after touring in support of it, Suicidal Tendencies broke up.

Suicidal Tendencies reformed in 1996, and the compilation album Prime Cuts and split album Friends & Family, Vol. 1 were both released in the following year. They released one EP in 1998, which was followed by Freedumb (1999), their first studio album in five years. After the release of their next album, Free Your Soul and Save My Mind, in 2000, Suicidal Tendencies went on hiatus again and would not release their next studio album until No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family in 2010, which contains mostly re-recordings of Suicidal Tendencies and No Mercy songs. No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family was followed three years later by 13 (2013), which became Suicidal Tendencies' first album to chart on the Billboard 200 since Suicidal for Life but peaked at number 187, making it their second lowest chart position to date. The band's next studio album, World Gone Mad, was released on September 30, 2016, and received their lowest chart position to date on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 192. This was album was followed in 2018 by two releases: one EP (Get Your Fight On!) and an album featuring re-recorded and unreleased material (Still Cyco Punk After All These Years).

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
Top
Rock
Albums

Hard
Rock
Albums

CAN
FRA
[7]
GER
NZ
UK
[8]
1983Suicidal Tendencies
1987Join the Army 10081
1988How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
  • Released: September 13, 1988
  • Label: Epic
111
1989Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu
  • Released: October 17, 1989
  • Label: Epic
150
1990Lights...Camera...Revolution!
  • Released: July 3, 1990
  • Label: Epic
10159
  • RIAA: Gold
1992The Art of Rebellion
  • Released: June 30, 1992
  • Label: Epic
5284[9] 3540
1993Still Cyco After All These Years
  • Released: June 15, 1993
  • Label: Epic
11768
1994Suicidal for Life
  • Released: June 14, 1994
  • Label: Epic
823287
1999Freedumb 90
2000Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
  • Released: September 12, 2000
  • Label: Suicidal
92
2010No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family
  • Released: September 7, 2010
  • Label: Suicidal
201313
  • Released: March 26, 2013
  • Label: Suicidal
1875015169
2016World Gone Mad
  • Released: September 30, 2016
  • Label: Suicidal
192126
[10]
41
2018Still Cyco Punk After All These Years
  • Released: September 7, 2018
  • Label: Suicidal
94
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Notes

Compilation albums

YearAlbum details
1992F.N.G.
  • Released: June 29, 1992
  • Label: Virgin
1997Prime Cuts
  • Released: June 3, 1997
  • Label: Epic
2010
  • Released: January 26, 2010
  • Label: Legacy
2013コレクション (Collection)
  • Released: September 3, 2013
  • Label: Valbergé Recordings

Extended plays

YearAlbum details
1998Six the Hard Way
  • Released: November 17, 1998
  • Label: Suicidal
2018Get Your Fight On!
  • Released: March 9, 2018
  • Label: Suicidal

Singles

YearSongUSUKAlbum
Rock
Alt
[11]
1983"Institutionalized"Suicidal Tendencies
1987"Possessed to Skate"Join the Army
1988"Trip at the Brain"How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
"Surf and Slam"/"Pledge Your Allegiance"
1989"How Will I Laugh Tomorrow"
1990"Send Me Your Money"83Lights...Camera...Revolution
"You Can't Bring Me Down"
"Lovely"
1991"Alone"
1992"Nobody Hears"28The Art of Rebellion
"I Wasn't Meant to Feel This/Asleep at the Wheel"21
"Monopoly on Sorrow"
1993"I'll Hate You Better"34
"I Saw Your Mommy"Still Cyco After All These Years
1994"I Wouldn't Mind"Suicidal for Life
"What You Need's a Friend"
"Love Vs. Loneliness"
2016"Clap Like Ozzy"World Gone Mad
2017"Living for Life"
2018"Nothing to Lose"Get Your Fight On!
"F.U.B.A.R."Still Cyco Punk After All These Years
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Videos

Video albums

YearAlbum details
1990Lights...Camera...Suicidal
2010Live at the Olympic Auditorium
  • Released: January 26, 2010
  • Label: Suicidal/Fontana

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1984"Institutionalized"Bill Fishman
1987"Possessed to Skate"
1988"Trip at the Brain"
1989"How Will I Laugh Tomorrow"Paul Rachman
"Waking the Dead"Peter Lauer
1990"How Will I Laugh Tomorrow" (Heavy Emotion Version)Peter Lauer
"War Inside My Head"Paul Rachman
"You Can't Bring Me Down"Simeon Soffer
1991"Alone"
"Send Me Your Money"Sara Nichols
1992"I Wasn't Meant to Feel This/Asleep at the Wheel"Eric Matthews, Wing Ko
"Nobody Hears"Samuel Bayer
1993"I'll Hate You Better"
"Institutionalized" (Version 2)Bill Fishman
1994"Love vs. Loneliness"Sean Alatorre Actors:Thauro and Celeste
1998"We Are Family"
2000"Pop Songs"Glen Bennett
2008"Come Alive"
2010"I Feel Your Pain... and I Survive!"Luke Sorensen
2012"Possessed to Skate (Redux)"Luke Sorensen
2012"Cyco Style"Pep Williams
2013"Smash It!"Jay Schweitzer
2014"Slam City"Luke Sorensen
2017"Live for Life"Pep Williams

Notes and References

  1. Kowalewski . Al . Suicidal Tendencies Interview . . December 1982 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813175533/http://www.killfromtheheart.com/interviews.php?id=117. usurped. August 13, 2016.
  2. Web site: Suicidal Tendencies - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums. Allmusic. December 29, 2013.
  3. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Suicidal Tendencies discography. April 4, 2014. The Official Charts Company.
  4. Web site: Suicidal Tendencies Charting History. musicline.de. December 29, 2013.
  5. Web site: Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Top Albums/CDs. RPM. December 29, 2013.
  6. Web site: Discography Suicidal Tendencies. Hung Medien. December 29, 2013.
  7. Web site: Discographie Suicidal Tendencies. lescharts.com. December 29, 2013.
  8. Web site: Chart Log UK: DJ S. zobbel.de. December 29, 2013.
  9. Web site: Top Albums/CDs - Volume 56, No. 5, August 01 1992. RPM. December 29, 2013.
  10. Web site: Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 40, 2016). June 10, 2013. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. October 10, 2016.
  11. Web site: Suicidal Tendencies Chart History (Alternative Songs) - Billboard.