# Unwound discography

The discography of American post-hardcore band Unwound consists of eight studio albums, three live albums, five EPs, ten singles, three music videos, and eight compilation albums.
The band originally formed in 1988 under the name Giant Henry and recorded an album's worth of material (the album would be released in 2013 as Big Baby) before changing their name to Cygnus X-1 for a short period of time in 1991 before settling on Unwound. The band released a self-titled demo that same year and not long after signed to Kill Rock Stars, who would release a majority of the band's discography, beginning with their debut album Fake Train. A year later in 1994, New Plastic Ideas was released, as well as a split EP with Helmet, Slug, and Hammerhead. While Fake Train was their first album to be released, their real first album, Unwound, recorded in May 1992, wasn't released until 1995, the same year as The Future of What. 1996 saw the release of Repetition and a split with Steel Pole Bath Tub. In 1997, the EP The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train was released, and 1998 saw the release of Challenge for a Civilized Society. The band released their first two compilation albums in 1999, Further Listening and A Single History: 1991–1997, and the band's first music video for the song "Lifetime Achievement Award". The only release from 2000 was a split with Versus. 2001 saw the band release their final album Leaves Turn Inside You and a music video for "Radio Gra". The band's final release before disbanding in 2002 was a music video for "Scarlette".
Since 2013, The Numero Group has been remastering and reissuing the band's music. In 2023, the band announced several reunion shows and have stayed active since but have yet to release new music.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Release info |
| Fake Train | July 7, 1993 Kill Rock Stars CD, LP, cassette |
| New Plastic Ideas | March 18, 1994 Kill Rock Stars CD, LP, cassette |
| The Future of What | April 24, 1995 Kill Rock Stars CD, LP, cassette |
| Unwound | August 14, 1995 Honey Bear Records CD, LP Recorded in 1992 |
| Repetition | April 9, 1996 Kill Rock Stars CD, LP, cassette |
| Challenge for a Civilized Society | January 13, 1998 Kill Rock Stars CD, LP, cassette |
| Leaves Turn Inside You | April 17, 2001 Kill Rock Stars CD, LP |
| Big Baby | April 20, 2013 Numero Group LP Recorded in 1991 as Giant Henry Record Store Day release |

### Live albums

| Title | Release info |
| Live Leaves | December 11, 2012 Not on label Credited to UNWND LP |
| 7/26/2001 | October 1, 2013 Numero Group LP |
| 06/30/1999: Reykjavik, Iceland | October 14, 2014 Numero Group LP |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Release info |
| Further Listening | May 24, 1996 Matador CD |
| A Single History: 1991–1997 | September 14, 1999 Kill Rock Stars CD, LP |
| Kid Is Gone | September 13, 2013 Numero Group CD, LP |
| Rat Conspiracy | March 18, 2014 Numero Group CD, LP |
| No Energy | October 14, 2014 Numero Group LP |
| Empire | September 4, 2015 Numero Group LP |
| What Was Wound | December 5, 2016 Numero Group LP/CD/DVD |
| Faked Train | September 25, 2020 Numero Group Digital |

## EPs

| Title | Release info |
| Unwound | 1991 Not on label Demo tape |
| Unwound | 1993 Gravity Records 7" Reissued by Numero Group in 2020 as You Bite My Tongue |
| Jabberjaw Vol. 1 | 1994 Mammoth Records 7" Split with Helmet, Slug, and Hammerhead |
| The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train | 1997 Kill Rock Stars LP |
| Live in London | 1999 LoveLetter Records 12" Reissued by Numero Group in 2015 as Peel Sessions |

## Singles

| Title | Release info |
| "Caterpillar"/"Miserific Condition"/"Love & Fear" | 1992 Kill Rock Stars 7" |
| "Kandy Korn Rituals"/"Against"/"Hating In D" | 1992 Kill Rock Stars 7" |
| "Negated"/"Said Serial" | 1994 Troubleman 7" |
| "MK Ultra"/"Totality" | 1994 Kill Rock Stars 7" |
| "Seen Not Heard"/"Tokyo" | 1996 Honey Bear 7" Split with Steel Pole Bath Tub |
| "Corpse Pose"/"Everything Is Weird" | 1996 Kill Rock Stars 7" |
| "Torch Song"/"All In Doubt" | 2000 Troubleman Unlimited 7" |
| "Demons Sing Love Songs" | 2015 Numero Group Digital |
| Fantasma | 2021 Numero Group 7" Split with Karate |
| For Your Entertainment | 2023 Numero Group Split with Pelican and Karate Digital, cassette |

## Music videos

| Song name | Release info |
| "Lifetime Achievement Award" | 1999 Recorded in 1996 |
| "Radio Gra" | 2001 |
| "Scarlette" | 2002 |

## Appearances on other releases

| Year | Song title | Release | Label |
| 1991 | "You Speak Jealousy" | Kill Rock Stars | Kill Rock Stars |
| 1992 | "Stumbling Block" | Throw: The Yoyo Studio Compilation | Yoyo |
| 1992 | "Bionic" | International Pop Underground Convention | K Records |
| 1993 | "8/15/93" | Live at the X-Ray | X-Ray Tapes |
| 1994 | "Plight" | Our Life Could Be Your Live: A Tribute to D. Boon and the Minutemen | n/a |
| 1994 | "New Radio Hit" | The Smitten Love Song Comp. | Karate Brand |
| 1994 | "Eternalux" | A Day In The Park: A Compilation of Now Sounds | The Now Sound |
| 1995 | "Broken E Strings" | Basement Tapes: A KSPC Compilation of Live Recordings | KSPC |
| 1995 | "Dragnalus" | Half-Cocked | Matador |
| 1995 | "Lucky Acid | Wänt.Comp.Uno. | Wäntage USA |
| 1995 | "Rat Bite" | The In-Store Play Sampler | Mordam |
| 1996 | "Valentine Card" | Yoyo A Go Go | Yoyo |
| 1997 | "Hating In D" | Some Songs from the Kill Rock Stars Singles | Kill Rock Stars |
| 1998 | "Laugh Track" | Rock Sound Volume 26 | Rock Sound |
| 1998 | "Data" | Musique Sans Frontieres | Matador |
| 1998 | "Laugh Track" | Ox-Compilation #30: Turn The Radio Off And Play Some Real Music! | Ox Fanzine |
| 1999 | "NO TECH!" | Everything is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology | Matador |
| 1999 | "Laugh Track" | Opscene Promo CD #6 | Paieren Tijger |
| 1999 | "Unauthorized Autobiography" | Nowcore!: The Punk Rock Evolution | K-Tel |
| 1999 | "Lifetime Achievement Award" | Kill Rock Stars Video | Kill Rock Stars |
| 1999 | "Rising Blood" | Beware The Cat #10 | Beware The Cat |
| 1999 | "Lifetime Achievement Award" | Taty Du Post Rock | Ultraviolet |
| 1999 | "Pinwheel Signaling" | Multi-Vitamin Comp | Punk In My Vitamin |
| 1999 | "Broken E Strings" | Audio Ambrosia | Cductive |
| 2000 | "Mile Me Deaf" | Jackson's Jukebok | Kill Rock Stars |
| 2000 | "Dragnalus" | X-Ray Visions Soundtrack Album | Kwali-T |
| 2001 | "Behold The Salt" | Sonic Youth Presents All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 | ATP/Recordings |
| 2001 | "Demons Sing Love Songs" | Draw Me A Riot | Matador |
| 2001 | "Lazslo" | Troubleman Mixtape | Troubleman |
| 2001 | "Arboretum (live)" | Songs for Cassavetes | Better Looking |
| 2001 | "MK Ultra" | Turbo's Tunes | Kill Rock Stars |
| 2001 | "Look A Ghost" | 2001 Sampler | Mordam |
| 2003 | "Demons Sing Love Songs" | Mollie's Mix | Kill Rock Stars |
| 2005 | "Valentine Card (live)" | Video Fanzine III | Kill Rock Stars |
| 2007 | "Corpse Pose" | A Tribute to No: 18 @ Atlas Pasaj Where Thrilling Music Meets With Nonsensical Business | Kod Muzik |
| 2008 | "Corpse Pose" | Mountain Magic: A Kill Rock Stars Collection 1991-2000 | Kill Rock Stars |
| 2008 | "Scarlette" | Magic Mountain: A Kill Rock Stars Collection 2001-2008 | Kill Rock Stars |
| 2008 | "Kandy Korn Rituals" | Me Gusta Rococo, Rococo is Fun Stuff | Rococo |
| 2011 | "Corpse Post" | 20 Years of Kill Rock Stars | Kill Rock Stars |
| 2013 | "You Speak Jealousy" | Kill Rock Stars/Stars Kill Rock/Rock Stars Kill | Kill Rock Stars |
| 2013 | "Below the Salt" | Duyster.4 | PIAS |
| 2016 | "Totality" | 19 | Numero Group |
| 2023 | "Were, Are & Was or Is" | Numero Twenty | Numero Group |