The discography of Portland, Oregon-based experimental music band Yellow Swans consists of 45 albums, 15 EPs, 3 compilation albums, and 7 singles, as well as appearing on various artist releases. Of the 70 releases by the band, 25 are either in collaboration with other artists or splits. Many of the band's albums have been released under variations of their name, including Dove Yellow Swans, Descension Yellow Swans, Detestifi Yellow Swans, Deterioration Yellow Swans, and Dreamed Yellow Swans, et cetera.
19 of Yellow Swans' releases are recorded-live albums, notably the 3 part Live During War Crimes series published by the label Release the Bats. Their music has been released mainly through their own label, Collective Jyrk, as well as by Weird Forest and LOAD, among others. Additionally, several records were archived by the Yellow Swans Archive in 2020 and 2021, three of them, Going Places (2010), Being There (2010) and Drowner (2007) having had vinyl reissues as well as digital downloadable copies.
Full albums TitleRelease yearReleased as...Released under a label (Y/N)LabelCollab/Split (Y/N)Recorded LiveFormatCollab/Split ArtistEPX2002Yellow SwansNo -NoNoCD-R -PDX TRPDX2002Yellow SwansNo -NoNoCD-R -Portland Tropics2002Yellow SwansNo -NoNoCD-R -Free Detained Yellow Swans2002Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R -Manik Tiks2002Disk Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R -Live at Kimo's2002Yellow SwansNo -NoYesCD-R -Gnrl Motor Skills/PA Swans2002Yellow SwansNo -NoYesCD-R -Dark Yellow Swans2003Dark Yellow SwansYesFolding CassettesNoNoC20 Cassette -Detestifi Yellow Swans2003Detestifi Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R -Dosed Yellow Swans2003Dosed Yellow SwansYesSince 1972NoNoC30 Cassette -Duh Yellow Swans2003Duh Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R -Against Sleep and Nightmare2003Dyad Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R -Deep Yellow Swans2003Deep Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoYesCD-R -Get The US Out Of A2004Dusk Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoC30 Cassette -Bring the Neon War Home2004Yellow SwansYesNarnackNoNoCD -Noggin/Yellow Swans2004Yellow SwansYesExploderYesNoC45 CassetteNogginDrill Yellow Swans2004Drill Yellow SwansYesSNSENoYesCD-R -Drift Yellow Swans2005Drift Yellow SwansYesRoot StrataNoNoVinyl -Psychic Secession2005Yellow SwansYesNumerical ThiefNoNoCD -MLK Day2005D. Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesNoCD-RAxolotl; GerrittCopper/Silver2005Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesNoCD-RGrey DaturasDreamed Yellow Swans2005Dreamed Yellow SwansYesPACrecNoYesCD -War2005Demonic Yellow SwansYesHung Like A Horse?!NoYesCD-R -Live at Sound & Fury2005Yellow SwansYesSound & FuryNoYesCD-R -Yellow Swans & Birchville Cat Motel2006Yellow SwansYesImportantYesNoCDBitchville Cat MotelLive During War Crimes2006Dove Yellow SwansYesRelease the BatsNoYesCD -Live During War Crimes #22006Dove Yellow SwansYesRelease the BatsNoYesCD -Psychedelic Used Car Lot Blues2006Yellow SwansYesMemoirs Of An AestheteYesYesCD-RAshtray NavigationsAxolotl/Yellow Swans2006Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesYesCD-RAxolotlThey Do Not Always Remember2006Yellow SwansYesOedipusYesYesCDMoth DrakulaDrowner Yellow Swans2007Drowner Yellow SwansYesTape RoomNoNoC62 Cassette -At All Ends2007Yellow SwansYesLoadNoNoCD -Deterioration Yellow Swans2007Deterioration Yellow SwansNo -NoNoC60 Cassette -Yellow Swans & Burning Star Core2007Yellow SwansYesBlossoming NoiseYesYesVinylBurning Star CoreConan Island2008Yellow SwansYesWeird ForestYesNoVinylMouthusEx-Cocaine / Yellow Swans2008Yellow SwansYesNot Not FunYesNoVinylEx-CocaineLive On Conan Island2008Yellow SwansYesNo-FiYesYesVinylMouthusPublic Space2009Yellow SwansYesEn/OfNoNoVinyl -Mort Aux Vaches2009Yellow SwansYesMort Aux VachesNoNoCD -Portable Dunes2009Yellow SwansYesHelicopterYesNoCDJohn WieseLive During War Crimes #32009Dove Yellow SwansYesRelease the BatsNoYesCD -Going Places2010Yellow SwansYesTypeNoNoCD -Split2011Yellow SwansYesBlack HorizonsYesNoVinylOakeaterLive Tarcento May 18 20072012Yellow SwansYesHybridaNoYesCD-R -Two Sides of California -Yellow SwansYesRRRecordsYesNoVinylAmps for Christ
Extended plays TitleRelease yearReleased as...Released under label (Y/N)LabelCollab/Split (Y/N)Recorded LiveTypeCollab/Split ArtistDed Yellow Swans2002Ded Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R -Live in the Men's & Women's Restroom2003Die Yellow SwansYesDeathbomb ArcYesNoCD-RGang WizardPsychedelic Casualties2003Die Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesNoVinylJohn WieseLive in the Police State Capitol2004Demos Yellow SwansYesWeird ForestNoYesVinyl -Humming Latice Flowers2004Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesNoCD-RThe SkatersLive at Camp Blood2005Yellow SwansYesTroniksYesYesCDThe Cherry PointDrowning Yellow Swans2005Drowning Yellow SwansYesCarbonYesNoCD-RJim AltieriAustralian Tour EP2005Yellow SwansYesHeathen SkullsYesNoCD-RGrey DaturasDamaged Yellow Swans2005Damaged Yellow SwansYes23 ProductionsNoNoC20 Cassette -Declawed Yellow Swans2005Declawed Yellow SwansYesTone FilthNoNoC20 Cassette -Doorendoorslechte Yellow Swans2005DoorendoorslechteYesUltra EczemaNoNoCD -Drowned Yellow Swans2005Drowned Yellow SwansYesChondritic SoundNoNoCD-R -Yeh Yellow Swans2005Yeh Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R -Damned Yellow Swans2006Damned Yellow SwansYesFuck It TapesNoNoC20 Cassette -Descension Yellow Swans2007Descension Yellow SwansYesAcuarelaNoYesCD -
Compilation albums TitleRelease yearReleased as...Released under label (Y/N)LabelCollab/Split (Y/N)Recorded LiveTypeCollab/Split ArtistLive During War Crimes2006Dove Yellow SwansYesRelease the BatsNoYesCD -Global Clone2006Doubled Yellow SwansYesPACrecNoNoCD -Being There2020Yellow SwansYesYellow Swans ArchiveNoNoVinyl -
Singles TitleRelease yearReleased as...Released under label (Y/N)LabelCollab/Split (Y/N)Recorded LiveTypeCollab/Split ArtistDecapitation Yellow Swans2003Decapitation Yellow SwansYesDas FortNoNoVinyl -Basement Ghost / Castle EVP2004Dynasty Yellow SwansYesHelicopterYesNoVinylJohn WieseDraught Yellow Swans2005Draught Yellow SwansYesDeathbomb ArcNoNoVinyl -Split2006Yellow SwansYesModern RadioYesNoVinylDevillockWarmth / Yellow Swans2007Yellow SwansYesDNTYesNoVinylWarmthTremor Deliverance2007Yellow SwansYesArborYesNoVinylRobedoorSplit2007Yellow SwansYesNot Not FunYesNoVinylThe Goslings
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