List of Compilations

Since The Residents' career is so long, and their archive is dense, The Residents have occasionally granted The Cryptic Corporation permission to produce compilations. While these compilations typically highlight unreleased material and non-album tracks, they have also been known to occasionally release a best of, if the market demands it. Their first compilation, The Residents' Radio Show is entirely made up of outtakes and singles, with spoken word skits performed by The Cryptic Corporation between the songs - but their first 'Best Of' would come in 1979, when the marketing campaign surrounding their Duck Stab, Not Available, and Eskimo albums granted them worldwide notoriety and label courtship. The interested labels each release the best of in their respective regions - perhaps as a sort of 'test run' to see how well the material would actually sell.
Very few of their compilations have been 'career spanning,' with some notable exceptions being Nibbles, Hell!, Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide To The Residents, Louisiana's Lick, 25 Years of Eyeball Excellence, Theory Of Obscurity Soundtrack, and, 80 Aching Orphans (currently the most definitive.) 
== 'Best of' ==
* Please Do Not Steal It! / Nibbles [1973-1978] (1979)
* Ralph Before '84 [1976-1984] (1984)
* Memorial Hits [1976-1984] (1985)
* Heaven? [1979-1985] (1986)
* Hell! [1971-1985] (1986)
* Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide To The Residents [1972-1992] (1993)
* In Memoriam Torso [1974-1990] (1994)
* UWEB Box Set [1971-1972, 1976-1992] (1995)
* Louisiana's Lick [1972-1994] (1995)
* 25 Years of Eyeball Excellence [1972-1995] (1998)
* Land Of Mystery [1971-1992] (1999)
* Documentation - Tunes In Danger of Becoming Lost [1971-2006] (2009)
* Cover Versions Series 1 [1976-1999] (2009)
* Morning Music [1982-2010] (2010)
* Lost In A Vacant Lot [2000-2008] (2010)
* Theory Of Obscurity Soundtrack [1973-2014] (2014)
* 80 Aching Orphans [1971-2017] (2017)
== Rarities / Outtakes Collections ==
Collections of various unreleased or rare tracks.
* Radio Special [1971-1977] (1977)
* Residue Of The Residents [1971-1983] (1983)
* PAL TV LP [1983-1984] (1985)
* The Census Taker [1980, 1982-1983] (1985)
* Liver Music [1972-1990] (1990)
* Stranger Than Supper [1971, 1985-1990] (1990)
* Daydream B-Liver [1971 - 1991] (1991)
* Our Poor, Our Tired, Our Huddled Masses [1971-1996] (1997)
* Refused [1972-1999] (1999)
* Diskomo 2000 [1980-2000] (2000)
* dot.com [1969-2000] (2000)
* Roosevelt 2.0 [1971-1997] (2001)
* Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town [1971-2001] (2002)
* Petting Zoo [1973-2002] (2002)
* Best Left Unspoken... Volume One: Pollex Christi [1985-2006] (2006)
* Best Left Unspoken... Volume Two: High Horses [1985-2006] (2006)
* Best Left Unspoken... Volume Three: For Elsie [1984-2005] (2007)
* Smell My Picture [2005-2007] (2008)
* El Año Del Muerto [1976-2008] (2009)
* Ten Little Piggies [2005-2009] (2009)
* The Bridegroom of Blood [1998-2005] (2009)
* Chicken Scratching with The Residents [1985-2009] (2010)
* Beautiful Eyes [1974-2010] (2010)
* Ozark [2008-2009] (2011)
* D*ck S*ab 35th Anniversary [1986-2012] (2012)
*Ten Two Times [1972-2012] (2013)
* Sculpt, A Film By Loris Gréaud [1976-2016] (2016)
* Loss Of The Lizard Lady [1994, 1997-2005] (2018)
* Mole Box [1974 - 2013] (2019)
*Eyeful [1983-2012] (2020)
* Leftovers Again?! [1970 - 1979] (2021)
* Wormwood Box [1998-2016] (2022)
== Archival Releases ==
Full releases of shelved recordings.
* Not Available [1974] (1978)
* Assorted Secrets [1982-1983] (1984)
* Mole Show (Live In Holland) [1983] (1989)
* I Murdered Mommy! [1996] (2004)
* Cube-E [1988-1990] (2006)
* Animal Lover Instrumental [2001-2004] (2008)
* The UGHS! [2006-2007] (2009)
* Mole Show DVD Bag Set [1982] (2009)
* The Original Disfigured Night Arrangement [1997] (2009)
* Scattered Unfinished Music Sketches [1997] (2009)
* Adobe Disfigured Night [1997] (2009)
* The Marlboro Eyeball Experience (Disfigured Night) [1997] (2009)
* The Fillmore Dress Rehearsal (Act One) [1997] (2009)
* Arkansas [2008] (2009)
* Tweedles (Tabasco) Instrumental [2005] (2010)
*Voice-Less Midnight [2007] (2010)
* 13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 [1986] (2010)
* Strange Culture/Haeckel's Tale [2005-2006] (2010)
* Brava [2001] (2010)
* CUBE E Dynasone 3EZ [1990] (2011)
* Demonic! The Residents Live In Oslo! [2003] (2012)
* ERA B474 [1969-1973] (2012)
* The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss [1969-1973] (2013)
* The 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland [1986] (2014)
* Disfigured Night [1997] (2016)
* The W***** B*** Album [1971] (2018)
* B.S. [1971] (2019)
* Eskimo Deconstructed [1976 - 1979] (2019)
* Music To Eat Bricks By [2005-2006] (2019)
* A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big [1971-1972] (2019)
* Cube-E Box (The History Of American Music In 3 E-Z Pieces) ‎[1987-2018] (2020)
* Mole Dance 82 Live In Studio [1982] (2021)
* Bunny Boy Live In Frankfurt [2008] (2021)
* WOW Demos 1 ‎[2012] (2021)
* WOW Demos 2 [2012] (2021)
* Warning: Uninc. (Live And Experimental Recordings 1971-1972) [1971-1972] (2022)