Xiu Xiu discography explained

Artist:	Xiu Xiu
Studio:	16
Live:	1
Compilation:	4
Ep:	4
Singles:	11

This is a selective list of American experimental band Xiu Xiu's discography.

Albums

Studio albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions
US Heat. ^[1]	US Vinyl ^[2]	US Indep. ^[3]
Knife Play	Released: February 19, 2002 Label: 5 Rue Christine, Kill Rock Stars Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	—	—	—
A Promise	Released: February 18, 2003 Label: 5 Rue Christine Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	—	—	—
Fabulous Muscles	Released: February 17, 2004 Label: 5 Rue Christine Format: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—
La Forêt	Released: July 12, 2005 Label: 5 Rue Christine Format: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—
The Air Force	Released: September 15, 2006 Label: 5 Rue Christine Format: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—
Women as Lovers	Released: January 29, 2008 Label: Kill Rock Stars Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	45	—	—
Dear God, I Hate Myself	Released: February 23, 2010 Label: Kill Rock Stars Format: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—
Always	Released: February 28, 2012 Label: Polyvinyl, Bella Union Format: CD, LP, digital download	—	10	—
Nina	Released: December 3, 2013 Label: Graveface Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	—	—	—
Angel Guts: Red Classroom	Released: February 4, 2014 Label: Polyvinyl, Bella Union Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	38	—	—
Unclouded Sky	Released: June 13, 2014 Label: Polyvinyl Format: CD, digital download	—	—	—
Xiu Xiu Plays the Music of Twin Peaks	Released: April 16, 2016 Label: Polyvinyl, Bella Union Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	9	8	—
Forget	Released: February 24, 2017 Label: Polyvinyl Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	—	24	—
Girl with Basket of Fruit	Released: February 8, 2019 Label: Polyvinyl Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	19	—	47
Oh No	Released: March 26, 2021 Label: Polyvinyl Format: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—
Ignore Grief	Released: March 3, 2023 Label: Polyvinyl Format: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—

Live albums

• Life and Live (2005)

Compilation albums

• Fag Patrol (2003)
• Xiu Xiu for Life: The First 5 Years (2008) – Japanese best-of compilation
• Rare (2012) – Always companion compilation
• There Is No Right, There Is No Wrong (2014) – best-of compilation

EPs

• Chapel of the Chimes (2002)
• Tu Mi Piaci (2006)
• Grumpus Krampus (2022)^{[4] [5]}
• Ignore Grief Remixes (2023)

Singles

• "Fleshettes" CD-single (2004)
• The Special 12 Singles Series (2005)
• "Boy Soprano" / "San Pedro Glue Stick" picture disc 7-inch (2006)
• Jamie Stewart Pre-Xiu Xiu Picture disc 7-inch (2007)
• Untitled 12 month/12 disc subscription service – limited edition of 50 subscriptions (2009)
• "Razor Scooter" / "Sashay Away" digital single (2011)
• "Daphny" / "Only Girl (In the World)" 7-inch (2011)
• Graveface Records Charity 7-inch (2012)
• "Quagga" / "Thylacine" 7-inch (2012)
• "Fear of the Horizon" / "Turkish March" 7-inch art by Heidi Hahn (2017)
• "Between the Breaths" with Mitski (2018)
• "A Real Indication" digital single (2021)

Splits

• The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up & Xiu Xiu Split EP (Insound Tour Supports Series #26 (2003)
• This Song Is a Mess But So Am I & Xiu Xiu – 7-inch (2004)
• Bunkbed & Xiu Xiu – 7-inch (2004)
• Devendra Banhart & Xiu Xiu – 7-inch (2005)
• Kill Me Tomorrow & Xiu Xiu – 7-inch (2005)
• The Paper Chase & Xiu Xiu – 7-inch (2005)
• The Dead Science & Xiu Xiu – 7-inch (2005)
• WS-Burn & Xiu Xiu – 7-inch (2007)
• High Places & Xiu Xiu – 7-inch (2008)
• Parenthetical Girls (Morrissey/The Smiths covers, Upset the Rhythm (2009)
• Almost Xiu Xiu, Almost Deerhoof – 7-inch (2011)
• Chad VanGaalen & Xiu Xiu – The Green Corridor II 12-inch (2012)
• Dirty Beaches & Xiu Xiu – 7-inch (2012)
• Always "I Luv Abortion" / "Joeys Song" remixes by Deerhoof/Kid606 – 7-inch (2012)
• "Real Doll Factory" / "The Honour of the Season" split 7-inch with Lawrence English (2013)
• "Sharp Dressed Man" / "Gimme All Your Lovin'" split 7-inch with Fabrizio Palumbo as (r) (2017)

Collaborations

• ¡Ciaütistico! – collaboration with Larsen under the moniker XXL, for Xiu Xiu Larsen (2005)
• Creepshow – collaboration with Grouper under the artist name "Xiu Xiu vs. Grouper" (2006)
• Remixed & Covered – collaboration with artists including To Live and Shave in L.A. (Tom Smith (filker)), Her Space Holiday, Larsen, Oxbow, Sunset Rubdown, Marissa Nadler, Good For Cows, Kid606, XO Skeletons, Gold Chains, Devendra Banhart, Warbucks, Cherry Point, and Grouper) (2007)
• ¿Spicchiology? – Xiu Xiu and Larsen as XXL (2007)
• A Soundtrack for a Polaroid of Two Trees in Indiana – collaboration disc included with the Xiu Xiu: The Polaroid Project: The Book (2007)
• Desperate Living, Jamie Stewart collaboration with Horse the Band (2009)
• Blue Water White Death, Jamie Stewart collaboration with Jonathan Meiburg (2010)
• Hello Cruel World, track 1, "Napoleon", with Sole (formerly of Anticon) and The Skyrider Band (2011)
• Düde – Xiu Xiu and Larsen as XXL (2012)
• Sal Mineo, Jamie Stewart collaboration with Eugene Robinson of Oxbow (2013)
• Newstalgia, track 7, "8 Bit Memories" with Time (2013)
• Christmas Island, track 4, "Coffin Dance", Jamie Stewart collaboration with Andrew Jackson Jihad (2014)
• Metal collaboration with artist Danh Vo; 3 hour percussion piece played live at the Kitchen in New York City (2014)
• Extinction Meditation collaboration with Mantra; 4 movement percussion piece about environmental apocalypse – movements entitled 2050, 2071, 2092, 2113 (2015)
• Merzxiu – collaboration with Merzbow (2015)^[6]
• The Magic Flute, with Susanne Sachsee, Jonathan Berger and Vaginal Davis (2016)
• Puff O' Gigio – Xiu Xiu and Larsen as XXL (2019)
• Moira – Xiu Xiu and Black Leather Jesus (2021)

Xiu Mutha Fuckin Xiu subscription covers

!Song!Appears on...!Original artist!Month!Ref.

"Dancing with a Stranger"	Love Goes	Sam Smith and Normani	April 2020	^[7]
"Plain Gold Ring"/"In Heaven"	Little Girl Blue/Eraserhead (soundtrack)	Nina Simone/Peter Ivers and David Lynch	May 2020	^[8]
"Sex Dwarf"	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret	Soft Cell	June 2020	^[9]
"'See You Don’t Bump His Head'"	Bish Bosch	Scott Walker	July 2020	^[10]
"I Put a Spell on You"	At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	August 2020	^[11]
"Less than Human"	Script of the Bridge	The Chameleons	September 2020	^[12]
"Halloween"	Padre Santo	El Muertho de Tijuana	October 2020	^[13]
"I Think I'm a Mother"	To Bring You My Love	PJ Harvey	November 2020	^[14]
"Stripped"	Black Celebration	Depeche Mode	December 2020	^[15]
"Names"	You Are Free	Cat Power	January 2021	^[16]
"Kansas"	Bird Wood Cage	The Wolfgang Press	February 2021	^[17]
"In Every Dream Home a Heartache"	For Your Pleasure	Roxy Music	March 2021	^[18]
"In the Garage"	Weezer (Blue Album)	Weezer	April 2021	^[19]
"In Dreams"	In Dreams	Roy Orbison	May 2021	^[20]
"New Dawn Fades"	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division	June 2021	^[21]
"Reject All American"	Reject All American	Bikini Kill	July 2021	^[22]
"Triple Sun"	The Ape of Naples	Coil	August 2021	^[23]
"He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)"	Non-album single	The Crystals	September 2021	^[24]
"Hamburger Lady"		Throbbing Gristle	October 2021	^[25]
"Dancing On My Own"	Body Talk Pt. 1	Robyn	November 2021	^[26]
"Mama, You Been on My Mind"	The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3	Bob Dylan	December 2021	^[27]
"Black Ships Ate the Sky"	Black Ships Ate the Sky	Current 93	January 2022	^[28]
"The Passenger"	Lust for Life	Iggy Pop	February 2022	^[29]
"Cherry Bomb"	The Runaways	The Runaways	March 2022	^[30]
"Some Things Last a Long Time"/"Ricky's Hand"	1990/Non-album single	Daniel Johnston/Fad Gadget	April 2022	^[31]
"Modern Romance"	Fever to Tell	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	May 2022	^[32]
"S.P.Q.R."	Deceit	This Heat	June 2022	^[33]
"I Hate You"	Black Monk Time	The Monks	July 2022	^[34]
"Heroin"	The Velvet Underground & Nico	The Velvet Underground & Nico	August 2022	^[35]
"Warm Leatherette"	Non-album single	The Normal	September 2022	^[36]
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"	Boots	Nancy Sinatra	October 2022	^[37]
"Lucretia My Reflection"	Floodland	The Sisters of Mercy	November 2022	^[38]
"The Hall of Mirrors"	Trans-Europe Express	Kraftwerk	December 2022	^[39]
"A Forest"	Seventeen Seconds	The Cure	January 2023	^[40]
"How Shall Our Judgement Be Carried Out Upon The Wicked"	Plague Mass	Diamanda Galás	February 2023	^[41]
"Haenim"/"People Ain't No Good"	Now/The Boatman's Call	Kim Jung Mi/Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	March 2023	^[42]
"Blister in the Sun"	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	April 2023	^[43]
"Rosegarden Funeral of Sores"	Sabotage/Live	John Cale	May 2023	^[44]
"I'm Deranged"	Outside	David Bowie	June 2023	^[45]
"Never Say Never"	Benefactor	Romeo Void	July 2023	^[46]
"Losing You"	True	Solange Knowles	August 2023	^[47]
"Decline and Fall"	...If I Die, I Die	Virgin Prunes	September 2023	^[48]
"No Words"	Clan of Xymox	Clan of Xymox	October 2023	^[49]
"What Makes a Man a Man"	Aznavour Sings Aznavour Vol. 3	Charles Aznavour	November 2023	^[50]
"Super Subway Comedian"		Suicide	December 2023	^[51]

Notes and References

1. Xiu Xiu – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums . Billboard . December 22, 2018.
2. Xiu Xiu – Chart history: Vinyl Albums . Billboard . December 22, 2018.
3. Xiu Xiu – Chart history: Independent Albums . Billboard . March 7, 2019.
4. Web site: GRUMPUS KRAMPUS, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . Bandcamp . en.
5. Web site: GRUMPUS KRAMPUS Announcement of Xiu Xiu's Instagram . 2022-06-27 . Instagram . en.
6. Web site: MERZXIU | Merzbow + Xiu Xiu | Kingfisher Bluez . Kingfisherbluez.bandcamp.com . 2022-05-04.
7. Web site: XMFX Dancing with a Stranger, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
8. Web site: XMFX Plain Gold Ring/In Heaven, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
9. Web site: XMFX Sex Dwarf, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
10. Web site: See You Don't Bump His Head, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
11. Web site: I Put A Spell On You XMFX 5, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
12. Web site: Less Than Human XMFX 6, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
13. Web site: HALLOWEEN XMFX 7, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
14. Web site: I Think I'm a Mother XMFX 8, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
15. Web site: Stripped XMFX 9, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
16. Web site: XMFX 10 Names, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
17. Web site: XMFX 11 Kansas, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
18. Web site: In Every Dream Home a Heartache XMFX 12, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
19. Web site: In the Garage XMFX 13, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
20. Web site: In Dreams XMFX 14, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
21. Web site: New Dawn Fades XMFX 15, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
22. Web site: Reject All American, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
23. Web site: Triple Sun XMFX 17, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
24. Web site: He Hit Me It Felt Like a Kiss, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
25. Web site: Hamburger Lady, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
26. Web site: Dancing On My Own, by XIU XIU . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
27. Web site: Mama, You've Been On My Mind, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
28. Web site: Black Ships Ate The Sky, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
29. Web site: The Passenger, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
30. Web site: CHERRY BOMB, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
31. Web site: Some Things Last A Long Time/Ricky's Hand, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
32. Web site: Modern Romance, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
33. Web site: SPQR, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-06-27 . XIU XIU . en.
34. Web site: I Hate You, by XIu Xiu . 2022-11-28 . XIU XIU . en.
35. Web site: Heroin, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-11-28 . XIU XIU . en.
36. Web site: Warm Leatherette, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-11-28 . XIU XIU . en.
37. Web site: These Boots Are Made For Walking, by Xiu Xiu . 2022-11-28 . XIU XIU . en.
38. Web site: Lucretia My Reflection, by XIU XIU . 2022-11-28 . XIU XIU . en.
39. Web site: Hall Of Mirrors, by Xiu Xiu . 2023-07-20 . XIU XIU . en.
40. Web site: A Forest, by Xiu Xiu . 2023-07-20 . XIU XIU . en.
41. Web site: How Shall Our Judgement Be Carried Out Upon The Wicked, by Xiu Xiu . 2023-07-20 . XIU XIU . en.
42. Web site: Haenim / People Ain't No Good, by Xiu Xiu . 2023-07-20 . XIU XIU . en.
43. Web site: Blister In The Sun, by Xiu Xiu . 2023-07-20 . XIU XIU . en.
44. Web site: Funeral Rose Garden of Sores, by Xiu Xiu . 2023-07-20 . XIU XIU . en.
45. Web site: I'm Deranged, by Xiu Xiu . 2023-07-20 . XIU XIU . en.
46. Web site: Never Say Never, by Xiu Xiu . 2023-07-20 . XIU XIU . en.
47. Web site: Losing You, by Xiu Xiu . 2024-06-25 . XIU XIU . en.
48. Web site: Decline and Fall, by Xiu Xiu . 2024-06-25 . XIU XIU . en.
49. Web site: No Words, by Xiu Xiu . 2024-06-25 . XIU XIU . en.
50. Web site: What Makes a Man a Man, by Xiu Xiu . 2024-06-25 . XIU XIU . en.
51. Web site: Super Subway Comedian, by Xiu Xiu . 2024-06-25 . XIU XIU . en.