This is a discography of releases from the Australian experimental band Severed Heads. Since their creation in 1979, the group has released 23 studio albums, 1 split album, 14 compilation albums, 1 soundtrack, 3 extended plays, 14 singles, and 8 home video releases. The group's 1984 single "Dead Eyes Opened" (from their 1983 album Since the Accident) peaked at number 16 on the Australian ARIA Charts when remixed and re-issued in 1994, and singles from their 1989 album Rotund for Success, "Greater Reward" and "All Saints Day", both charted on Billboards Top Dance Tracks charts at numbers 19 and 25, respectively.
In 2008, Tom Ellard announced that the Severed Heads project has dissolved; however, the group has done reunion tours since 2011.
Albums Studio albums Year Album details Comments 1980Ear Bitten/No Vowels, No Bowels Released: July 1980 Label: Terse Tapes Format: LP Split album with The Rhythmx Chymx. All covers included artwork done by hand by both artists. A sum of the copies were lost from a fire at the house of Richard Fieldings, and all surviving copies were sold in plain white sleeves. 1980Side 2 Released: 1980 Label: Terse Tapes Format: C90 Initially released in 1980 through Terse Tapes as a C90 cassette tape. The recording included tracks that were written during the same sessions as the Ear Bitten split, and was even intended to be released on the same disc, however the material was put out as its own separate release. Terse also released a C45 version of the album, which included alternative artwork and a different track listing. Music For Midgets reissued the cassette tape with the original track listing and new artwork in 1982. 1981Clean Released: 1981 Label: Dogfood Productions/Terse Tapes Format: LP, CS Released in 1981 as an LP through Dogfood Productions, a sub label operated through Terse Tapes. A cassette edition, with different art, was also released the same time. In 2005 the album was reissued on compact disc format through Sevcom. 1982Blubberknife Released: 1982 Label: Terse Tapes Format: CS First released in 1982 as a cassette, then reissued via Ink Records with different art, then reissued again as a double cassette set through Terse Tapes in 1988 titled Many A Wonderful Picnic Has Been Ruined By A Blubberknife, and then reissued one last time through Sevcom in 2005 as a double CDr set. 1983Since the Accident Released: 1983 Label: Ink/Virgin/Red Flame Format: LP Released in 1983 as a vinyl record. Nettwerk reissued the album in 1989 on CD and cassette formats, now including tracks from the Blubberknife album. Sevcom issued a CDr repress of the album in 2003, and Medical Records released the album as a black and white split coloured vinyl in 2014.1985City Slab Horror Released: 1985 Label: Ink Records Format: LP First vinyl press was released in 1985 through Ink Records. In 1988 Nettwerk reissued the album on CD and cassette formats that included tracks from Blubberknife, much like they did with Since The Accident that same year. Sevcom released the album as a double CDr set in 2003, and Medical Records repressed the album on vinyl in 2014, all copies coloured bone white.1986Come Visit the Big Bigot Released: 1986 Label: Ink/Nettwerk Format: LP, CS First issued in 1986 through vinyl and cassette through Ink and Nettwerk. Nettwerk released a CD version of the album in 1987 combined with their Dead Eyes Opened mini-album, titling it Come Visit the Big Bigot with Dead Eyes Opened. A CDr reissue was released in 1998 through Sevcom, and in 2012 a 25th anniversary edition of the album was released through the Sevcom bandcamp page through a variety of digital download formats.1987Bad Mood Guy Released: 1987 Label: Volition/Nettwerk Format: CD, LP, CS Released in 1987 through Volition and Nettwerk on CD, LP, and cassette formats. Reissued as a CDr through Sevcom in 2002.1989Rotund for Success Released: 1989 Label: Volition/Nettwerk Format: CD, LP, CS Released in 1989 through Volition and Nettwerk on CD, LP, and cassette formats. Reissued as a CDr through Sevcom in 2002. LTM released their own CD reissue of the album in 2004.1991Cuisine (With Piscatorial) Released: 1991 Label: Volition/Nettwerk Format: CD, CS Released in 1991 through Voltion and Nettwerk on CD and cassette formats. Reissued as a CDr through Sevcom in 2003. The album peaked at number 171 on the ARIA charts. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.1994Gigapus Released: 1994 Label: Volition Format: CD Released on CD format through Volition in 1994. A two disc deluxe edition also exists, and a special European edition was issued in 1995. In 1996, Decibel released a version of the album that included a bonus CD-ROM. In 2001 Sevcom issued a CDr edition of the album that included the entirety of the Heart Of The Party CD single. In 2009, Sevcom issued a version of the album that included an extra disc of music, sometimes referred to as Giga++ by fans. The album peaked at number 105 on the ARIA charts.1998Haul Ass Released: 1998 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr Released in 1998 as the band's first fully independent release since 1982's Blubberknife. All copies are home burned CDr discs, and the first 1000 copies, which included promptly green coloured artwork, included two bonus tracks ("Pie Shepherd Family" and "There's A String Inside Your Body") that the standard editions, the ones with red coloured artwork, lacked.1998Contoured Stimulation (Music Server Lite) Released: 1998 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr Part two of the four part Music Server series of albums, however it was the first of which to be released. The album was reissued in 2003 with alternative artwork. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content on the DVD included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack.1999Airconditioning Your Productivity (Music Server Lite) Released: 1999 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr Part three of the four part Music Server series of albums. Reissued in 2003 with alternative artwork. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content on the DVD included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack.2001Gashing and Kato Released: 2001 Label: Sevcom Format: CDrBoth tracks, "Gashing The Old Mae West" and "Kato Gets The Girl", where previously released as their own separate recordings, "Gashing" from the Gashing The Old Mae West 12" EP, and "Kato" from the Kato Gets The Girl home video. 2002Cubicle Broadcasts (Music Server Lite V.1) Released: 2002 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr Part one of the four part Music Server series of albums. Unlike the previous two, it was never reissued. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content on the DVD included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack.2002Op Released: 2002 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr First album released in the series of Op albums. Issued in a DVD case.2003Controlling Time Released: 2003 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr The final album released in the Music Server series of albums. Initially released in 2003, the album was deleted from the Sevcom catalogue in 2004. The recording in its entirety was later used as bonus content on the DVD included in the Illustrated Family Doctor soundtrack.2004Op 1.2 Released: 2004 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr Second album released in the Op series. First issued in a special variopac-styled case. Later copies came in standard jewel cases.2005Op 2.0 Released: 2005 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr Third album released in the Op series. Issued in a DVD case much like the first Op album.2005Op 2.5 (Millennium Cheesecake) Released: 2005 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr Fourth recorded issued in the Op series. First 100 copies included bits of plastic of various shapes and sizes inside the CD jewel case.2006Under Gail Succubus Released: 2006 Label: Sevcom Format: 2xCD Double album that came a metal box edition and a standard DVD case edition. Let it also be noted that this was the first Severed Heads album to contain new material that was not a part of any particular release series since Haul Ass from 1998. 2007Op 3 Released: 2007 Label: Sevcom Format: DL The fifth consecutive release in the Op series. First released in 2007 as a free digital download from the Sevcom website. This contained the last new material the project recorded before they officially ended in 2008. A compilation of remixed versions of songs from all of the releases was released as a download album entitled Op (chOPped) in 2009, which Tom Ellard regards as the definitive version of Op.
Compilation albums Year Album details Comments 1981Media Jingles Released: 1981 Label: Conventional Tapes Format: C90 First released in 1981 as a C90 cassette through Conventional Tapes as a part of their Media Jingles series of releases. Music For Midgets reissued the recording in 1982 with different artwork. 1985Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live In The Past Released: 1985 Label: Ink Records Format: 2xLP First issued as a double compilation album in 1985 through Ink Records, then reissued as a double CDr set through Sevcom. 1985Stretcher Released: 1985 Label: Volition Format: LP First issued in 1985 on vinyl format through Volition, then reissued on CDr format through Sevcom. 1988Bulkhead Released: 1988 Label: Volition/Nettwerk Format: LP, CD, CS First issued on vinyl, cassette, and compact disc in 1988 through Volition and Nettwerk. Nettwerk then reissued the album on cassette and compact disc formats in 1990. Sevcom issued the recording on digital formats in 2004 under the title Bulkhead Plus (Singles 83-84). 1991Retread Released: 1991 Label: Volition/Nettwerk Format: LP, CD Would later be reissued in 2001 through Sevcom with extra material. 1994Trance Techno Released: 21 July 1994 Label: Cultdep Format: CD Japanese-only release. 1996Severything V.1 Released: 1996 Label: Sevcom Format: CD-ROM CD-ROM that included digital audio files, released in 1996 through the then newly formed Sevcom label. It is also considered by some as the very first musical recording to be officially released by an artist on digital formats. 1998Severything V.2.0.2 Released: 1998 Label: Sevcom Format: CD-ROM Released through the internet as a CD-ROM that included digital audio files, much like Severything V.1. 1999Ear Bitten 79-99 Released: 1999 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr Compilation that included the entire Severed Heads side of the 1980 Ear Bitten/No Vowels, No Bowels split LP, plus remix tracks. 2001Twister + Retread Released: 1 August 2001 Label: Sevcom Format: CDr Sevcom CDr reissue of Retread, which includes alternative artwork and the entirety of the "Twister" single. 2006Viva Heads! Released: 2006 Label: LTM Format: CD Compilation of selected tracks recorded during live performances. Note that this is also the first Severed Heads recording to not be released through the band's Sevcom imprint since the 1994 album Gigapus. 2007ComMerz Released: 2007 Label: LTM Format: 2xCD Double disc compilation album. 2008Adenoids 1977-1985 Released: May 2008 Label: Vinyl-On-Demand Format: 5xLP Five disc vinyl boxset that included early Severed Heads material recorded between 1977 and 1985. A special edition of 77 came packaged in laundry bags. In 2010, Sevcom issued a CDr version of the album spanning 4 discs total. 2015Better Dead Than Head Released: 18 September 2015 Label: Sevcom Format: DL Digital compilation album that includes remixed material Severed Heads played during their reunion shows.
Soundtrack albums Year Album details Comments 2005The Illustrated Family Doctor Soundtrack Released: February 2005 Label: Mana Soundtracks