# Marc Ribot discography

This is a discography for guitarist Marc Ribot, including both his own albums and significant recordings to which he has contributed. The year in brackets indicates the date of first release.

## Albums

| Year released | Title | Label | Notes |
| 1990 | Rootless Cosmopolitans | Island | |
| 1992 | Requiem for What's His Name | Les Disques du Crépuscule | with the Rootless Cosmopolitans |
| 1993 | Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus | Les Disques du Crépuscule | solo guitar |
| 1994 | Shrek | Avant | |
| 1994 | Subsonic 1: Sounds of a Distant Episode | Sub Rosa/Subsonic | with Shrek |
| 1995 | The Book of Heads | Tzadik | composed by John Zorn |
| 1995 | Don't Blame Me | DIW | solo guitar |
| 1997 | Shoe String Symphonettes | Tzadik | film music (a.k.a. Soundtracks, Vol. 1) |
| 1998 | The Prosthetic Cubans | Atlantic | with Los Cubanos Postizos |
| 1999 | Yo! I Killed Your God | Tzadik | with Shrek |
| 2000 | Muy Divertido! | Atlantic | with Los Cubanos Postizos |
| 2001 | Saints | Atlantic | solo guitar |
| 2001 | Inasmuch as Life Is Borrowed | Ultima Vez | limited edition |
| 2003 | Scelsi Morning | Tzadik | |
| 2003 | Soundtracks Volume 2 | Tzadik | film music |
| 2005 | Spiritual Unity | Pi | |
| 2007 | Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7 | Tzadik | composed by John Zorn |
| 2008 | Exercises in Futility | Tzadik | solo guitar |
| 2008 | Party Intellectuals | Pi | with Ceramic Dog |
| 2010 | Silent Movies | Pi | solo guitar |
| 2013 | Your Turn | Northern Spy | with Ceramic Dog |
| 2014 | Live at the Village Vanguard | Pi | with Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor |
| 2015 | The Young Philadelphians: Live in Tokyo | Yellowbird | with The Young Philadelphians |
| 2018 | YRU Still Here? | Northern Spy | with Ceramic Dog |
| 2018 | Songs of Resistance 1942-2018 | Epitaph / Ada | |
| 2020 | What I Did on My Long Vacation | Northern Spy | with Ceramic Dog |
| 2021 | Hope | Northern Spy | with Ceramic Dog |
| 2023 | Connection | Yellowbird | with Ceramic Dog |

## As sideman

With Noël Akchoté
* Lust Corner (Winter & Winter, 1997)
With Ambitious Lovers
* Lust (Elektra, 1991)
With the Anarchist Republic of Bzzz
* Anarchist Republic of Bzzz (Sub Rosa, 2009)
With Trey Anastasio
* Surrender to the Air (Elektra, 1996)
With Laurie Anderson
* Bright Red (Warner, 1994)
With Dick Annegarn
* Adieu Verdure (Tôt ou Tard/Warner, 1999)
With Aterciopelados
* Caribe Atómico (RCA International, 1998)
With Auktyon
* Girls Sing (2007)
With Susana Baca
* Eco de Sombras (Luaka Bop, 2000)
* Espíritu Vivo (Luaka Bop, 2002)
* Travesias (Luaka Bop, 2006)
With Eszter Balint
* Flicker (Scratchie/East West, 1999)
With Cyro Baptista
* Vira Loucos (Avant, 1997)
* Beat the Donkey (Tzadik, 2002)
With Sara Bareilles
* Amidst the Chaos (Epic, 2019)
With Barkmarket
* Easy Listening (Purge Sound League, 1989)
* Vegas Throat (Def American, 1992)
With Alain Bashung
* Chatterton (Barclay, 1994)
* L'Imprudence (Barclay, 2002)
* Bleu pétrole (Barclay, 2008)
With Badawi
* Safe (Asphodel, 2006)
With The Black Keys
* Attack & Release (Nonesuch/V2, 2008)
With Claus Boesser-Ferrari
* How We Became Americans (Acoustic Music, 2009)
With Richard Buckner
* Devotion + Doubt (MCA, 1997)
With Solomon Burke
* Soul Alive (Rounder, 1984)
With Robert Burger
* City of Strangers (Tzadik, 2008)
With T Bone Burnett
* The Criminal Under My Own Hat (Columbia, 1992)
* The True False Identity (Columbia, 2006)
* Tooth of Crime (Nonesuch, 2008)
With Andrés Calamaro
* Alta Suciedad (Gasa/Warner, 1997)
* Honestidad Brutal (WEA, 1999)
With Vinicius Cantuária
* Vinicius (Transparent Music, 2001)
* Cymbals (Naïve, 2007)
With Vinicio Capossela
* Il Ballo di San Vito (CDG/East West, 1996)
* Canzoni a manovella (2000)
* Ovunque proteggi (2006)
* La nave sta arrivando (2011)
* Marinai, profeti e balene (2011)
* Rebetiko gymnastas (2012)
With Marco Cappelli
* IDR (Italian Doc Remix) (Itinera, 2008)
With Lori Carson
* Shelter (DGC, 1990) produced by Hal Willner
With James Carter
* Layin' the Cut (Atlantic, 2000)
With Charming Hostess
* The Bowls Project (Tzadik, 2009)
With Chocolate Genius
* Black Music (V2, 1998)
* GodMusic (V2, 2001)
* Black Yankee Rock (Commotion, 2005)
With Shemekia Copeland
* Never Going Back (Telarc, 2008)
With Cibo Matto
* Viva! La Woman (Warner, 1996)
* Super Relax (Warner, 1997)
* Stereo * Type A (Warner, 1999)
With Club d'Elf
* Live at Tonic (Kufala, 2005)
With Paula Cole
* Ithaca (Decca, 2010)
With Anthony Coleman
* With Every Breath: The Music of Shabbat at BJ (Knitting Factory, 1999)
With Gal Costa
* O Sorriso do Gato de Alice (BMG/RCA, 1993)
With Elvis Costello
* Spike (Warner, 1989)
* Mighty Like a Rose (Warner, 1991)
* Kojak Variety (Warner, 1995)
With Corin Curschellas
* Valdun Voices of Rumantsch (Migros Genossenschaftsbund, 1997)
With Dead Combo
* Lisboa Mulata (Dead & Company, 2011)
With Devine & Stratton
* Cardiffians (Les Disques du Crepuscule (Belgium), 1990)
With DJ Logic
* Project Logic (Ropeadope, 1999)
With Dave Douglas
* Freak In (Bluebird/RCA Victor, 2003)
With the Lucien Dubuis Trio
* Ultime Cosmos (Enja, 2009)
With Marty Ehrlich's Dark Woods Ensemble
* Sojourn (Tzadik, 1999)
With Elysian Fields
* Elysian Fields (Radioactive, 1996)
With Carol Emanuel
* Tops of Trees (Evva, 1995)
With Mikel Erentxun
* El Abrazo del Erizo (WEA Latina, 1996)
With Ellery Eskelin
* The Sun Died (Soul Note, 1995)
* Ten (Hat Hut, 2004)
With Evan and Jaron
* Evan and Jaron (Columbia, 2000)
With Marianne Faithfull
* Blazing Away (Island, 1990) produced by Hal Willner
* Easy Come, Easy Go (Naïve, 2008) produced by Hal Willner
With Jeff Finlin
* Original Fin (NBFNY, 1999)
With Flaming Hoops
* Flaming Hoops (Newsic (Japan), 1989)
With Foetus
* Gash (Sony/Columbia, 1995)
* Null/Void (Cleopatra, 1997)
With Gavin Friday & The Man Seezer
* Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves (Island, 1989) produced by Hal Willner
With Richard Hell & The Voidoids
* Destiny Street Repaired (Insound, 2009)
With Sue Garner
* Shadyside (Thrill Jockey, 2002)
With Allen Ginsberg
* The Lion for Real (Great Jones/Island, 1989) produced by Hal Willner
* The Ballad of the Skeletons (Mercury, 1996) produced by Hal Willner
* Wichita Vortex Sutra (Artemis, 2004)
With Ely Guerra
* Lotofire (Higher Octave, 2002)
With Joe Henry
* "Guilty by Association" on Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation (The Songs of Vic Chesnutt) with Madonna (Columbia, 1996)
* Scar (Mammoth, 2001)
* Blood from Stars (Anti-, 2009)
* Reverie (Anti-, 2011)
With Naif Herin
* Faites du bruit (2010)
With Yuka Honda
* Eucademix (Tzadik, 2004)
With The Jazz Passengers
* Broken Night, Red Light (Les Disques du Crepuscule, 1987)
* Deranged and Decomposed (Crepuscule, 1988)
* Live at the Knitting Factory Vol. 1 (A&M, 1989) - 2 tracks
* Implement Yourself (New World/CounterCurrents, 1990)
* In Love (High Street, 1994)
* Cross the Street (Crepuscule, 1995)
* Individually Twisted (32, 1996)
With Elton John and Leon Russell
* The Union (Decca/Mercury, 2010) produced by T Bone Burnett
With Freedy Johnston
* This Perfect World (Elektra, 1994)
With Norah Jones
* The Fall (Blue Note, 2009)
With Hoppy Kamiyama
* King of Music (Toshiba-EMI (Japan), 1991)
* Welcome to Forbidden Paridise (Toshiba-EMI (Japan), 1992)
* Optical*8 (God Mountain (Japan), 1992)
* Groovallegience (Toshiba-EMI (Japan), 1996)
With Mory Kanté
* Nongo Village (Barclay (France), 1993)
With The Klezmatics
* Jews with Horns (Xenophile, 1995)
With Makigami Koichi
* Koroshi No Blues (Toshiba-EMI Japan, 1993)
With Diana Krall
* Glad Rag Doll (Verve, 2012)
* Turn Up the Quiet (Verve, 2017)
* This Dream of You (Verve, 2020)
With Mary La Rose
* The Blue Guitar (Little Music, 2006)
With The Latebirds
* Fortune Cookies (Grandpop, 2003)
With Gina Leishman
* Bed Time (GCQ, 2004)
* In My Skin (GCQ, 2007)
With Arto Lindsay
* O Corpo Sutil (The Subtle Body) (Rykodisc, 1996)
* Mundo Civilizado (Rykodisc, 1996)
With David Linx
* L'Instant d'après (Polygram International, 2001)
With Frank London
* The Shvitz (Knitting Factory, 1993)
With the Lounge Lizards
* Big Heart: Live in Tokyo (Antilles, 1986)
* No Pain for Cakes (Antilles, 1987)
* Voice of Chunk (Lagarto, 1989)
With Allen Lowe
* Jews in Hell (Spaceout, 2007)
With Evan Lurie
* Kizu (CBS/Sony, 1988) with Yoshitada Minami
* Pieces for Bandoneon (Les Disques du Crepuscule, 1989)
* Selling Water by the Side of the River (Antilles, 1990)
* Il Piccolo Diavolo (Ciak (Italy), 1991)
* How I Spent My Vacation (Tzadik, 1998)
With John Lurie
* Down by Law Soundtrack (Crammed Discs, 1987)
* African Swim and Mannie & Lo (Strange & Beautiful Music, 1998)
With Giovanni Maier
* Giovanni Maier Technicolor/A Turtle Soup (Long Song, 2008)
With Kirsty McGee
* Those Old Demons (Hobopop, 2014)
With Maria McKee
* Maria McKee (Geffen Goldline, 1989)
With Medeski Martin & Wood
* It's a Jungle in Here (Gramavision, 1993)
* The Dropper (Blue Note, 2000)
* End of the World Party (Just in Case) (Blue Note, 2004)
With John Mellencamp
* No Better Than This (Rounder, 2010)
With Tift Merritt
* Traveling Alone (Yep, 2012)
* Stitch of the World (Yep, 2017)
With Jun Miyake
* Hoshi No Tama No O (Entropathy) (Sony (Japan), 1993)
With Marisa Monte
* Mais (World Pacific, 1991)
* Memórias, Crônicas, e Declaracões de Amor (EMI, 2000)
With Ikue Mori
* Painted Desert (Avant, 1995)
With Sarah Jane Morris
* Fallen Angel (Irma, 1998)
* August (Fallen Angel/Indigo, 2002)
With Jean-Louis Murat
* Mustango (Labels/Virgin, 1999)
With Youn Sun Nah
* She Moves On (ACT, 2017)
With Roy Nathanson
* Lobster & Friend (Knitting Factory, 1993) with Anthony Coleman
* I Could've Been a Drum (Tzadik, 1997) with Anthony Coleman
* Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill (Six Degrees, 2000)
With Steve Nieve
* Welcome to the Voice (Deutsche Grammophon, 2007)
With Sean Noonan Brewed by Noon
* Stoies to Tell (Songlines, 2007)
* Live from New York and Beyond... (Innova, 2008)
* Boxing Dreams (Songlines, 2008)
With Seigen Ono
* Comme des Garcons, Vol. 2 (Venture/Virgin, 1989)
* Forty Days and Forty Nights (Kitty/Saidera, 1991)
* Maria & Maria (Saidera, 2001)
With Yoko Ono
* Warzone (Sony, 2018)
With Beth Orton
* Sugaring Season (Anti-, 2012)
With Mike Patton
* Pranzo Oltranzista (Tzadik, 1997)
With Madeleine Peyroux
* Dreamland (Atlantic, 1996)
* Standing on the Rooftop (Decca, 2011)
With Philadelphy's Paint
* Paint: Tap the Ethereal (Extraplatte, 2005)
With Sam Phillips
* Cruel Inventions (Virgin, 1991)
* Martinis and Bikinis (Virgin, 1994), produced by T Bone Burnett
* Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop) (Virgin, 1996)
* Fan Dance (Nonesuch, 2001)
* A Boot and a Shoe (Nonesuch, 2004)
With Pissuk Rachav
* Eretz Hakodesh (Tzadik, 2009)
With Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
* Raising Sand (Rounder, 2007)
With David Poe
* David Poe (ulfTone Music, 2001)
With Jim Pugliese
* Jim Pugliese's Save III: Live @ Issue Project Room NYC (Improvvisatore Involontario, 2008)
With Greg Ribot and The International Conspiracy
* Cumbia del Norte (Cathexis, 1999)
With Stan Ridgway
* Mosquitos (Geffen, 1989)
With Jon Rose
* Techno mit Störungen (Plag Dich Nicht, 1998)
With Rough Assemblage
* Construction & Demolition (Avant (Japan), 1995)
With David Sanborn
* Another Hand (Elektra, 1991) produced by Hal Willner
With Boris Savoldelli
* Insanology (BTF, 2008)
With 17 Hippies
* 17 Hippies Play Guitar (Hipster, 2006)
With David Shea
* Prisoner (Sub Rosa, 1994)
* Hsi-Yu Chi (Tzadik, 1995)
With Harry Shearer
* It Must Have Been Something I Said (Rhino, 1994)
With Howard Shore
* The Departed (Original Score) (Watertower, 2006)
With Sion
* Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter (1987)
* I Don't Like Myself (Baidis (Japan), 1993)
With Slut
* Slut (God Mountain (Japan), 1993)
With Wadada Leo Smith
* Lake Biwa (Tzadik, 2004)
With Luísa Sobral
* Luísa (Universal Portugal, 2016), produced by Joe Henry
With Tim Sparks
* At the Rebbe's Table (Tzadik, 2002)
With Shelby Starner
* From in the Shadows (Warner Bros., 1999)
With Syd Straw
* Surprise (Virgin, 1989)
With The Surfers
* Songs from the Pipe (Epic, 1998)
With David Sylvian
* Dead Bees on a Cake (Virgin, 1999)
With Third Person
* The Bends (Knitting Factory, 1991)
* Hallelujah, Anyway – Remembering Tom Cora (Tzadik, 1999)
With Teddy Thompson
* Upfront & Down Low (Verve, 2007)
With Tanita Tikaram
* Ancient Heart (Warner Bros., 1988)
With Marco Tiraboschi
* In a new world (Da Vinci Publishing 2024)
With Allen Toussaint
* The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch, 2009)
With Tricky
* Angels with Dirty Faces (Island, 1998)
With McCoy Tyner
* Guitars (McCoy Tyner/Half Note, 2008)
With Kazutoki Umezu
* Eclecticism (Knitting Factory, 1994)
* First Deserter (Knitting Factory, 1997)
With Silvain Vanot
* Sur des Arbres (Virgin (France), 1995)
With Caetano Veloso
* Estrangeiro (Elektra/Musician, 1989)
With Tom Waits
* Rain Dogs (Island, 1985)
* Franks Wild Years (Island, 1987)
* Mule Variations (Anti-/Epitaph, 1999)
* Real Gone (Anti-/Epitaph, 2004)
* Bad as Me (Anti-, 2011)
With Bill Ware
* This Is No Time (Eightball, 1997) with Groove Thing
* Sir Duke (Knitting Factory, 2001)
With Rob Wasserman
* Trios (MCA/GRP, 1994)
With Sanda Weigl
* Gypsy Killer (Knitting Factory, 2002)
With Hal Willner
* Weird Nightmare (Meditations on Mingus) (Columbia, 1992)
* AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (BMG, 2020) with Joan Jett, Lucinda Williams, Beth Orton, King Khan, Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl and David Johansen
With Cassandra Wilson
* Thunderbird (Blue Note, 2006)
With Norman Yamada
* Being and Time (Tzadik, 1998)
With Akiko Yano
* Akiko (Tabi, 2009)
With Zakarya
* 413 A (Tzadik, 2006)
With Hector Zazou
* Chansons des mers froides (Columbia, 1994)
* Made on Earth (Crammed Disc, 1997) with Barbara Gogan
* Las Vegas Is Curved (First World, 2001) with Sandy Dillon
With Amir Ziv's Kotkot
* Alive at Tonic (Mai Nya Neem, 2008)
With John Zorn
* Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (CBS/Sony (Japan), 1989)
* Kristallnacht (Eva, 1993)
* John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory (Knitting Factory, 1995)
* Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill (Toy's Factory, 1995)
* Filmworks III: 1990-1995 (Toy's Factory, 1996)
* Bar Kokhba (Tzadik, 1996)
* Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy (Tzadik, 1996)
* Filmworks VI: 1996 (Tzadik, 1996)
* Filmworks IV: S&M + More (Tzadik, 1997)
* Filmworks VIII: 1997 (Tzadik, 1998)
* The Circle Maker (Tzadik, 1997) with Bar Kokhba
* Music for Children (Tzadik, 1998)
* Taboo & Exile (Tzadik, 1999)
* The Big Gundown 15th Anniversary Edition (Tzadik, 2000)
* The Gift (Tzadik, 2000)
* Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries (Tzadik, 2002)
* Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide (Tzadik, 2002)
* Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking (2003)
* Masada Guitars (Tzadik, 2003) solo performances by Marc Ribot, Tim Sparks and Bill Frisell
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (Tzadik, 2004) with Electric Masada
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 (Tzadik, 2005) with Bar Kokhba Sextet
* Masada Rock (Tzadik, 2005) with Rashanim
* Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness (Tzadik, 2005) with Electric Masada
* Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (Tzadik, 2006)
* The Dreamers (Tzadik, 2008) with The Dreamers
* The Crucible (Tzadik, 2008) with Moonchild
* O'o (Tzadik, 2009) with The Dreamers
* Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14 (Tzadik, 2010) with The Dreamers
* Enigmata (2011) with Trevor Dunn
* A Dreamers Christmas (Tzadik, 2011) with The Dreamers
* Valentine’s Day (Tzadik, 2014) with Trevor Dunn and Tyshawn Sorey
* Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula (Tzadik, 2015) with The Dreamers
* The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons (Tzadik, 2015) with Simulacrum and Trevor Dunn