The discography of Therapy?, a Northern Irish alternative rock/metal band, consists of 16 studio albums, two live albums, five compilation albums (including a box-set), five extended plays, two video albums, 30 singles and 33 music videos. The list does not consist of any material released by band members with any other project, or any release not under the band name.

The band was formed in Larne, County Antrim in 1989 by Andy Cairns, Fyfe Ewing and Michael McKeegan. Following the releases of Babyteeth (1991) and Pleasure Death (1992) on Wiiija Records, Therapy? signed a deal with A&M Records and quickly produced their major label debut Nurse (1992). Its follow-up, Troublegum (1994), reached the top 5 of the UK Album Charts selling a million units worldwide. Ewing left the group following the release of Infernal Love (1995). With the addition of two new members Graham Hopkins and Martin McCarrick, Therapy? released Semi Detached (1998), their final album for A&M Records. Two more albums, Suicide Pact – You First (1999) and Shameless (2001) were released under the Ark21/Universal banner. Neil Cooper replaced Hopkins in 2002. High Anxiety (2003) was released on Spitfire Records, preceding the departure of McCarrick.

Seven studio albums have since been released as a three piece – Never Apologise Never Explain (2004), One Cure Fits All (2006), Crooked Timber (2009), A Brief Crack of Light (2012), Disquiet (2015), Cleave (2018) and Hard Cold Fire (2023). Therapy? is currently signed to Marshall Records.

Albums

Studio albums

YearDetailsPeak chart positions
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1991Babyteeth Released: 15 July 1991 Label: Wiiija Records Formats: CD, LP, CS
1992Pleasure Death Released: 27 January 1992 Label: Wiiija Records Formats: CD, LP, CS52
Nurse Released: 2 November 1992 Label: A&M Records Formats: CD, LP, CS38
1994Troublegum Released: 7 February 1994 Label: A&M Records Formats: CD, LP, CS55191542036245744
1995Infernal Love Released: 12 June 1995 Label: A&M Records Formats: CD, LP, CS59335204021121048
1998Semi Detached Released: 30 March 1998 Label: A&M Records Formats: CD, 6 x 7", CS2150144247313524
1999Suicide Pact – You First Released: 18 October 1999 Label: Ark21 Formats: CD, CS6144
2001Shameless Released: 3 September 2001 Label: Ark21 Formats: CD, CS196
2003High Anxiety Released: 5 May 2003 Label: Spitfire Records Formats: CD, CS5511350
2004Never Apologise Never Explain Released: 27 September 2004 Label: Spitfire Records Formats: CD
2006One Cure Fits All Released: 24 April 2006 Label: Spitfire Records Formats: CD, DL15256
2009Crooked Timber Released: 23 March 2009 Label: Blast Records Formats: CD, LP, DL12498
2012A Brief Crack of Light Released: 6 February 2012 Label: Blast Records Formats: CD, LP, DL9399
2015Disquiet Released: 23 March 2015 Label: Amazing Records Formats: CD, LP, DL7999120
2018Cleave Released: 21 September 2018 Label: Marshall Records Formats: CD, LP, LP, DL314376
2023Hard Cold Fire Released: 5 May 2023 Label: Marshall Records Formats: CD, LP(x 6), CS, DL482914
Note: Irish Chart (IRL) listings on Chart-Track only includes Top 75 from the year 2000 to present.

Live albums

YearDetails
2010We're Here to the End Released: 5 November 2010 Label: Blast Records Formats: 2CD
2017Communion: Live at the Union Chapel Released: 21 August 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: 2CD

Compilation albums

YearDetailsPeak chart positions
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1992Caucasian Psychosis Released: 13 April 1992 Label: Quarterstick Records Formats: CD, LP, CS (US, CAN only)
2000So Much for the Ten Year Plan Released: 2 October 2000 Label: Ark21 Formats: CD, 2CD11110
2007Music Through a Cheap Transistor Released: 26 February 2007 Label: Universal Records Formats: 2CD, DL
2013The Gemil Box Released: 18 November 2013 Label: Self Released Formats: 7CD+1LP+1CS+1DVD
2014Stories – The Singles Collection Released: 14 April 2014 Label: Universal Records Formats: CD
2020Greatest Hits (The Abbey Road Session) Released: 6 March 2020 Label: Marshall Records Formats: CD, LP40

Extended plays

YearDetailsPeak chart positions
IRLUKSWE
1993Shortsharpshock E.P. Released: 8 March 1993 Label: A&M Records Formats: CD, 7", 12", CS2922
Face the Strange E.P. Released: 1 June 1993 Label: A&M Records Formats: CD, 7", 12", CS518
Born in a Crash Released: 25 August 1993 Label: A&M Records Formats: CD (EU only)
Hats Off to the Insane Released: 6 September 1993 Label: A&M Records Formats: CD, CS (US, CAN, JPN only)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
IRLUKNEDBELFRASWEFIN
"Meat Abstract"1990Babyteeth
"Teethgrinder"19921930Nurse
"Screamager"19932922Troublegum
"Turn"518
"Opal Mantra"61430Non-album single
"Nowhere"199461843Troublegum
"Trigger Inside"1622
"Die Laughing"1429
"Isolation"
"Femtex"
"Stories"19951514Infernal Love
"Loose"2325
"Diane"202610530814
"Misery"
"Bad Mother"1996
"Church of Noise"199829Semi-Detached
"Lonely, Cryin', Only"32
"Hate Kill Destroy"2000Suicide Pact – You First
"Gimme Back My Brain"2001—[A]Shameless
"I Am the Money"84
"If It Kills Me" / "Rust"200376High Anxiety
"My Voodoo Doll"
"Polar Bear" / "Rock You Monkeys"2005Never Apologise Never Explain
"Rain Hits Concrete"2006One Cure Fits All
"Crooked Timber"2009Crooked Timber
"Exiles"2010
"Living in the Shadow of the Terrible Thing"2012A Brief Crack of Light
"Before You, with You, After You"
"Still Hurts"2015Disquiet
"Deathstimate"
"Tides"2016
"Callow"2018Cleave
"Wreck It Like Beckett"
"Joy"2023Hard Cold Fire
"Poundland of Hope and Glory"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  • A.^ "Gimme Back My Brain" was ineligible for the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at no. 6 on the UK Budget Albums Chart.

Demos

YearDemo detailsTrack listing
1989Thirty Seconds of Silence Recorded: 8 April 1989 at Lisburn Road Studio, Belfast, Northern Ireland Engineer: Colum Muinzer Label: Not on label Format: Cassette Notes: Limited to 100 copies, sold at gigs. Picture sleeve. Tracks later released on LP as part of The Gemil Box in 2013"Bloody Blue""Skyward""Body O.D.""Beefheart/Albini"
1989Meat Abstract Recorded: 23 November 1989 at Active Studio, Banbridge, Northern Ireland Engineer: unknown Label: Not on label Format: Cassette Notes: Limited to 150 copies, sold at gigs. Picture sleeve. Tracks later released on LP as part of The Gemil Box in 2013"Multifuck""Here Is…""S.W.T.""Punishment Kiss"
1990Dave Fanning Session Recorded: 14 October 1990 at RTE 2FM Studios, Dublin, Ireland Engineer: Paddy McBreen Label: Not on label Format: Cassette Notes: Circulated by the band, non-general release. Picture sleeve."Reality Fuck""Innocent X""Body O.D.""Dancin' with Manson"
1990(No Title) [aka The Michelin Tape] Recorded: December 1990 at Homestead Studio, Randalstown, Northern Ireland Engineer: Mudd Wallace Label: Not on label Format: Cassette Notes: Circulated by the band, non-general release. Picture sleeve. Tracks later mastered and released on the Babyteeth album"Animal Bones (unmixed)""Skyward""Loser Cop""Innocent X""Dancin' with Manson"
1998Demo 1998 Recorded: 13 November 1998 at Maison Rouge, London, England Engineer: Matt Simes Label: Not on label Format: CD Notes: Used to gain record deal with Ark 21. Tracks later released on LP as part of The Gemil Box in 2013"Hate Kill Destroy""Never Ending""Ghost Train""Other People's Misery"
2002Demo 2002 Recorded: May 2002 at Fortress Studios, London, England Engineer: Pete Bartlett Label: Not on label Format: CD Notes: Used to gain record deal with Spitfire Records. Tracks later released on LP as part of The Gemil Box in 2013"If It Kills Me""High Anxiety""Hey Satan – You Rock""Mama, You Can Call the Ambulance Now"

Promo singles

  • "Nausea" (1992) US CD, CS
  • "Perversonality" (1993) US CD
  • "Screamager" (1993) US CD
  • "Knives" (1994) US CD
  • "Stay Happy" (1998) UK CD
  • "Six Mile Water" (2000) Belgium CD
  • "Bad Karma Follows You Around" (2000) CD
  • "Rise Up (Make Yourself Well)" (2004) CD-R
  • "Die Like a Motherfucker" (2004) CD-R
  • "Long Distance" (2005) Belgium CD-R
  • "Perish the Thought" (2005) Belgium CD-R

Miscellaneous releases

  • "Have a Merry Fucking Christmas" (1992) a 7" given away at Dublin & Belfast gigs
  • "Live in Japan (Fan Club Edition)" (1994) a fan-club only cassette recorded live in Tokyo in October 1993
  • "Official Fan Club 1996" (1996) a fan-club only CD recorded live in Arnhem in July 1995
  • "Webgig" (2007) a live studio video/audio download, recorded in September 2006
  • "Wood & Wire" (2016) an acoustic CD album recorded for exclusive sale on 'Wood & Wire' tour

Selected video appearances

  • "Video Debacle #8" (1994) A&M Records US VHS promo with a live version of "Knives" filmed in late 1993
  • "Harakiri No. 2" (1994) German VHS with live versions of "Trigger Inside" and "Screamager" filmed in Stuttgart in March 1994
  • "Welt Turbojugend Tage" (2005) German DVD with live versions of "Meat Abstract", "Teethgrinder" and "Nowhere" filmed in Hamburg in May 2004
  • "Westend Festival 2011" (2011) German DVD promo with live versions of "Stop It You're Killing Me" and "Nowhere" filmed in Dortmund in October 2011

Video albums

YearDetails
2003Scopophobia Released: 20 October 2003 Label: Eagle Vision Formats: DVD, DVD+CD
2007Gold: The Videos Released: 23 April 2007 Label: Universal Music Formats: DVD

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
TitleYearDirector(s)
"Meat Abstract"1990Fyfe Ewing
"Innocent X"
"Teethgrinder"1992Jon Klein
"Nausea"
"Screamager"1993
"Turn"Julie Hermelin
"Opal Mantra"Benjamin Stokes
"Nowhere"Nico Beyer
"Trigger Inside"1994Mark Pellington
"Die Laughing"Matt Mahurin
"Isolation"Michelle Spillane
"Isolation"?
"Stories"1995Peter Christopherson
"Stories"Thomas Napper
"Loose"W.I.Z.
"Loose (Photek Remix)"
"Diane"
"Church of Noise"1998John Hillcoat
"Lonely, Cryin' Only"
"Little Tongues First"1999Nigel Rolfe
"Bad Karma Follows You Around"2000?
"Gimme Back My Brain (live)"2001Mark Hauptman
"Gimme Back My Brain"?
"If It Kills Me"2003?
"Rise Up (Make Yourself Well)"2004?
"Rock You Monkeys"2005Andre Thyret
"Crooked Timber"2009Sitcom Soldiers
"Living in the Shadow of the Terrible Thing"2011
"Before You With You After You"2012Paul McKay
"Still Hurts"2015Sitcom Soldiers
"Deathstimate"
"Tides"2016Adam David Barker
"Callow"2018Sitcom Soldiers
"Kakistocracy"2019?
"Joy"2023Humble Films
"Poundland of Hope and Glory"Kasparas Vidunas
"Woe"Roni Abramowsky

See also

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