The discography of Swedish indie pop group, The Radio Dept. consists of four studio albums, nine extended plays, eighteen singles and one compilation album. The Radio Dept. was formed in 1995 by Johan Duncanson, although they did not start recording until 2001. They were signed to Labrador Records the same year and have stayed with the label since. The band's lineup has changed over the years until it settled on the trio of Johan Duncanson and Martin Carlberg, with Daniel Tjäder on keyboards.

Their first album, Lesser Matters, was released to critical acclaim, although with little chart success outside of Sweden. It received rave reviews, achieving 'universal acclaim' status from Metacritic, and was ranked the 9th best album of 2004 by NME magazine. The album attracted enough attention for film producer Sofia Coppola to use three of The Radio Dept.'s songs for her film, Marie Antoinette.

Pet Grief, the band's second album, was received less well critically, although it charted higher in Sweden. There was a four-year break before their third album, Clinging to a Scheme was released in 2010. This album was received much better than Pet Grief and was the band's first album to chart in the USA, reaching no. 20 on the Billboard "Heatseekers" chart (which consists of the top 20 albums by artists that have never made the top 100). It featured on many end-of-year lists, including Pitchfork Media's 2010 Readers' Poll.

In July 2016, the band announced their fourth studio album, Running Out of Love which was released on 21 October of that year.

The Radio Dept. released their single Going Down Swinging in August 2018.

Albums

Studio albums Year Album details Peak chart positionsSWE US 2003 Lesser Matters Released: March 2003 Label: Labrador Formats: CD, LP 31 — 2006 Pet Grief Released: May 2006 Label: Labrador Formats: CD, LP 12 — 2010 Clinging to a Scheme Released: April 2010 Label: Labrador Formats: CD, LP 11 20 2016 Running Out of Love Released: October 2016 Label: Labrador Formats: 11 Click on "Veckans albumlista". — "—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Compilation albums Year Album details Peak chart positionsSWE US 2010 Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002–2010 Released: January 2011 Label: Labrador Formats: Double CD, Double LP — — 2019 I Don't Need Love, I've Got My Band Released: August 2019 Label: Just So! Formats: LP — — "—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Extended plays

To date, The Radio Dept. have released nine extended plays, and one split EP with Peruvian band Resplandor.

Year EP details Peak chart positions SWE 2000 Against The Tide Released: 2000/2002 Label: Slottet Format: CD, 7" — 2002 Bus Released: 2002 Label: Slottet Formats: CD — 2002 Annie Laurie Released: 2002 Label: Slottet Formats: CD — 2003 Pulling Our Weight Released: 2003 Label: Labrador Formats: CD 36 2005 This Past Week Released: 2005 Label: Labrador Formats: CD 12 2006 The Radio Dept. / Resplandor Released: 2006 Label: Automatic Entertainment Formats: CD Split EP released with Resplandor to promote concert in Peru. 12 2008 Freddie and the Trojan Horse Released: 2008 Label: Labrador Formats: CD, 7" — 2009 David Released: 2009 Label: Labrador Formats: CD, 12" — 2010 Never Follow Suit Released: 2010 Label: Labrador Formats: CD, 12" — 2015 Occupied Released: 2015 Label: Labrador Formats: CD, 12" — 2017 Teach Me To Forget Released: 2017 Label: Labrador Formats: CD, 12" — "—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Singles Year Song Peak chart positions Album SWE UK 2002 "Liebling" — — Non-album single 2003 "Where Damage Isn't Already Done" — 80 Lesser Matters 2004 "Why Won't You Talk About It?" — — "Ewan" — 87 2006 "The Worst Taste in Music" 16 — Pet Grief "We Made The Team" — — Non-album single 2008 "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" — — 2009 "David" — — Clinging to a Scheme 2010 "Heaven's on Fire" — — "Never Follow Suit" — — "The New Improved Hypocrisy" — — Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002–2010 2014 "Death To Fascism" — — Non-album single 2015 "Occupied" — — Running Out of Love "This Repeated Sodomy" — — Non-album single 2016 "Swedish Guns" — — Running Out of Love "We Got Game" — — 2017 "Teach Me To Forget" — — 2018 "Your True Name" — — Non-album single "Going Down Swinging" — — 2020 "The Absence of Birds" — — Non-album single 2020 "You Fear the Wrong Thing Baby" — — Non-album single "—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Other appearances

Compilation appearances

The Radio Dept. have made 40 compilation appearances since 2002.

Year Song(s) Album Notes 2002 "Why Won't You Talk About It?" Sonically Speaking (Vol 6: April 2002) Compilation disc with Sweden's Sonic magazine. "Why Won't You Talk About It?""Against The Tide" The Sound of Young Sweden: Volume 3 Third volume of Labrador promotional compilations. "Where Damage Isn't Already Done" Sonically Speaking (Vol 9: December 2002) Compilation disc with Sweden's Sonic magazine. 2002 "Against The Tide" EMA Telstar Motor Luger 2003 Compilation released by EMA Telstar, a Swedish booking agency. "Slottet" Friendly People Making Noise Compilation released by Swedish indie label, Friendly Noise. "Lean Back, Lean Forward" Mjuk I Mössan Compilation released by Swedish label, Absurd Records. 2004 "Where Damage Isn't Already Done" Åtömström – The Great Röck'n'Röll Svendle, Part One German release by The Atomic Café label. "Brobygatan""Lost And Found (Mont Ventoux's Vänersborg All-Nighter Edit)" Monotoni #1 Compilation released by indie Swedish label, Monotoni. "The Hideaway Pt.1" Är Jag Förändrad Eller Är Jag Ny? Independent compilation of music from Malmö's pop scene. "Pulling Our Weight" Labrador Kingsize: Volume 2 Second volume of Labrador promotional compilations. "Where Damage Isn't Already Done" XL Recordings: Summer Sampler 2004 Compilation album released by English label XL Recordings. "1995" Accelerator Compilation released by Swedish label Startracks. 2005 "Pulling Our Weight" Rare Trax 41: Clouds Like Sugar Germany only compilation released with Rolling Stone magazine. 2006 "Tell" Sonically Speaking Vol 28: April 2006 Compilation disc with Sweden's Sonic magazine. "This Past Week" Last Exit Compilation disc with Sonik magazine, a Greek music magazine. "Pet Grief" Now Hear This! #46 Compilation released with Word magazine. "Against The Tide" Svensk Indie 1988–2006 – En Kärleks Historia Compilation by North of No South Records. "Worst Taste in Music" Play Station (#07'06) Compilation disc with Russia's Play magazine. "Worst Taste in Music" Soundvenue Magazine Sampler #6 Compilation released with Danish Soundvenue magazine. "Mad About The Boy" Are You Scared To Get Happy? Friendly Noise compilation. "Pulling Our Weight""Worst Taste in Music" Vacaciones En Suecia Sampler CD released by Peruvian record label Revista 69 and Labrador. 2007 "Against The Tide""Why Won't You Talk About It?""Where Damage Isn't Already Done""Deliverance""Pulling Our Weight""Worst Taste in Music""Pet Grief""We Made The Team" Labrador 100: A Complete History of Popular Music Labrador compilation celebrating nine years as a label and their 100th release. "I Wanted You To Feel The Same" Manifest 2007 - Sveriges Oberoende Musikpris 5 År Three-disc compilation album by Swedish indie label, Manifest. "Bachelor Kisses" I Godan Ro Download only compilation EP by Friendly Noise. 2008 "Closing Scene" Sunday in Bed 2 Compilation album by German label Clubstar. "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" Ice & Snow: A Swedish Pop Compilation A Labrador / Universal release of Swedish music for the Philippines. "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" Thank You for the Music Compilation of Scandinavian music by Licking Fingers Records. "Bachelor Kisses" Splendid Isolation Friendly Noise compilation. "Mad About The Boy" Are You Scared To Get Happy? Friendly Noise compilation. 2010 "Heaven's on Fire" Record Store Day Promotional CD for Record Store Day by Border Music. "Heaven's on Fire" Summer Sounds Sampler CD sampler by EMI France. "Heaven's on Fire" Sunny Side Up 10 CD sampler by EMI Australia. "Never Follow Suit" Sonically Speaking Vol 52: April 2010 Compilation disc with Sweden's Sonic magazine. "David" Новая Поп-Музыка Из Скандинавии Compilation CD with Russia's Stereo & Video magazine. 2011 "Bachelor Kisses" Sampler Digital - Janvier 2011 Digital compilation by France's Magic magazine. "Heaven's on Fire""Never Follow Suit" Stockholm Belongs To Us Compilation album by Labrador. "Heaven's on Fire" Sunday in Bed 4 Compilation album by German label Clubstar. "Heaven's on Fire" Sonik & Myspace Present: 39 Best Indie & Electro Tracks of 2010 Compilation disc with Sonik magazine, a Greek music magazine. "The New Improved Hypocrisy" Now Hear This! #97 Compilation released with Word magazine. 2012 "I Don't Need Love, I Got My Band" Twee Grrrls Club Mixtape 2012 Cassette only compilation on the Pit Pony label. 2015 "It Looked Like Heaven (But Feels Like Hell)" Sampler Digital - Juin 2015 Digital compilation by France's Magic magazine.

Soundtrack appearances

The Radio Dept.'s music has appeared in three film soundtracks throughout their career, most notably Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.

Year Song(s) Film 2004 "Bus""Ewan" Fjorton Suger 2006 "Pulling Our Weight""I Don't Like It Like This""Keen on Boys" Marie Antoinette 2014 "Strange Things Will Happen" The Fault in Our Stars

Other songs

Year Song(s) Notes 2016 "I'm Walking on Air" Also released as a solo recording by frontman Martin Larssen, under the alias of Martin Carlberg.In focus: Martin Carlberg

References

External links http://theradiodept.com/discography