# Material discography

This is a list of releases by Material.

## Studio albums

| Title | Album details | US Jazz |
| Memory Serves | Released: 1981 Label: Island Formats: LP | 37 |
| One Down | Released: 1982 Label: Asylum, Elektra Formats: LP | 32 |
| Seven Souls | Released: 1989 Label: Virgin Formats: CD | — |
| The Third Power | Released: 1991 Label: Axiom Formats: CD, LP | — |
| Hallucination Engine | Released: 1993 Label: Axiom Formats: CD, LP | — |
| Intonarumori | Released: September 28, 1999 Label: Axiom, Palm Pictures Formats: CD, LP | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

## Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Improvised Music New York 1981 | Released: 1991 Label: MuWorks Formats: CD |
| Live in Japan | Released: 1993 Label: Restless Formats: CD |
| Live from Soundscape | Released: 1994 Label: DIW Formats: CD |
| Mesgana Ethiopia | Released: 2010 Label: M.O.D. Technologies Formats: CD |

## EPs

| Title | Album details | UK Indie |
| Temporary Music 1 | Released: 1979 Label: ZÙ Formats: LP | — |
| Temporary Music 2 | Released: 1980 Label: Red Formats: LP | 43 |
| American Songs | Released: 1981 Label: Celluloid Formats: LP | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

## Singles

| Title | Year | US Dance | Album |
| "Discourse" | 1980 | — | Temporary Music |
| "Reduction" | 1981 | — | Temporary Music |
| "Ciquri" | 1981 | — | American Songs |
| "Bustin' Out" | 1981 | 3 | Non-album single |
| "Memories" | 1982 | — | One Down |
| "I'm the One" | 1982 | 43 | One Down |
| "Time Out" | 1983 | — | One Down |
| "For a Few Dollars More" | 1984 | — | Non-album single |
| "Reality" | 1991 | — | The Third Power |
| "Playin' with Fire" | 1992 | — | The Third Power |
| "Mantra" | 1993 | — | Hallucination Engine |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||

## Remix albums

| Title | Album details |
| The Road to the Western Lands | Released: 1998 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, LP |

## Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Temporary Music | Released: 1981 Label: Celluloid Formats: LP |
| Red Tracks | Released: 1985 Label: Vinyl Japan Formats: CD, LP |
| Secret Life | Released: 1986 Label: Vinyl Japan Formats: CD |
| The Best of Material | Released: 1998 Label: Charly Schallplatten GmbH Formats: CD |

## Collections

* 1991: Axiom Collection: Illuminations – contains "Cosmic Slop"
* 1993: Axiom Collection II: Manifestation – contains "Mantra" [Doors of Perception Mix] and "Playin' with Fire" [Praxis Remix / Edit]
* 1995: Axion Funk: Funkcronomicon – contains "Cosmic Slop"
* 1996: Axiom Dub: Mysteries of Creation – contains "Ghost Light / Dread Recall"
* 1996: Altered Beats: Assassin Knowledges of the Remanipulated – contains "3D-Cut Transmission"
* 1996: Tetragramton: Submerge – contains "Turn the Screw" by Material with Graham Haynes, and "Active Code" by Material with Byard Lancaster
* 1996: Myth: Dreams of the World – contains "Hermes" by Material with Umar Bin Hassan, and "Apollo" by Material with Abiodun Oyewole
* 1997: Asana – contains "Mantra"
* 1998: The Best of Material - contains 13 tracks from the Celluoid era 1979-1984
* 1998: Abstract Depressionism – contains "Downward"
* 2000: Asana 2: Moving Meditation – contains "Devata"

## Collaborations

This list features recordings that at least in part explicitly credits Material, and features production, writing and/or performance by members of the Material collective.
* 1982: Tribe 2 – "What I Like" – 12" single
* 1982: Phase II – "The Roxy" – 12" single
* 1983: D.ST. – "Crazy Cuts" – 12" single
* 1983: Lenny White – Attitude – tracks "My Turn to Love You"
* 1983: Herbie Hancock – Future Shock
* 1983: Herbie Hancock- "Rockit" – 7" & 12" single
* 1983: Herbie Hancock – "Future Shock" / "Earth Beat" – 12" single
* 1983: Herbie Hancock – "Autodrive" / "Chameleon" – 12" single
* 1983: Fab Five Freddy – "Une Sale Histoire: Part 1 & Part 2" – 12" single
* 1983: Nona Hendryx – Nona
* 1983: Nona Hendryx – "Transformation" – 12" single
* 1984: Bill Laswell – Baselines
* 1984: Yellowman – King Yellowman – tracks "Strong Me Strong" and "Disco Reggae"
* 1984: Yellowman – "Strong Me Strong" – 12" single
* 1984: Gil Scott-Heron – "Re-Ron" – 7" and 12" single
* 1984: Timezone featuring Afrika Bambaataa and John Lydon – "World Destruction" – 7" and 12" single
* 1984: Fab Five Freddy – "Change the Beat" – 7" and 12" single
* 1984: Herbie Hancock – Sound-System
* 1984: Herbie Hancock – "Metal Beat" – 12" single
* 1984: Herbie Hancock – "Hard Rock" – 12" single
* 1984: Shango featuring Afrika Bambaataa – Shango Funk Theology
* 1984: Shango featuring Afrika Bambaataa – "Zulu Groove" – 12" single
* 1984: Shango featuring Afrika Bambaataa – "Shango Message" – 12" single
* 1984: Nona Hendryx – The Art of Defense
* 1984: Nona Hendryx – "I Sweat" – 12" single
* 1984: Nona Hendryx – "To the Bone" – 12" single
* 1984: Genji Sawai – Sowaka
* 1984: Yla-Mago – "TVO-Rock" – 12" single
* 1985: The Last Poets – Oh my People
* 1985: The Last Poets – "Get Movin'" – 12" single
* 1985: Deadline featuring Manu Dibango – Down by Law
* 1985: B-Side – Cairo Nights – tracks "Change the Beat" and "What I Like (American Dreams)"
* 1985: Manu Dibango – Electric Africa
* 1985: Manu Dibango – "Pata Piya" – 12" single
* 1985: Mick Jagger – She's the Boss
* 1985: Mick Jagger – "Just Another Night" – 12" single
* 1985: Mick Jagger – "Lucky in Love" – 12" single
* 1985: Sly and Robbie – Language Barrier
* 1985: Sly and Robbie – "Bass and Trouble" – 12" single
* 1985: Sly and Robbie – "Get to This, Get to That" – 12" single
* 1985: Public Image Ltd. – Album / Compact Disc / Cassette
* 1986: Ginger Baker – Horses and Trees
* 1986: Toshinori Kondo – Konton
* 1986: Manu Dibango – Afrijazzy – tracks "Makossa "87 / Big Blow"
* 1986: Manu Dibango – "Makossa '87" – 7" single
* 1987: Sly and Robbie – Rhythm Killers – 12" single
* 1987: Sly and Robbie – "Boops (Here to Go)" – 12" single
* 1987: Sly and Robbie – "Fire" – 12" single
* 1987: Afrika Bambaataa and Family – The Light
* 1988: Gettovetts – Missionaries Moving
* 1988: Gettovetts – "Battle Call" – 12" single
* 1988: Herbie Hancock – Perfect Machine
* 1988: Herbie Hancock – "Vibe Alive" – 12" single
* 1989: Nicky Skopelitis – Next to Nothing
* 1992: Manu Dibango – Bao Bao