Black Flag discography

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Black Flag discography
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Studio albums7
EPs8
Live albums3
Compilation albums4
Singles2
Video albums3
Music videos6
Other appearances3

The discography of Black Flag, an American hardcore punk band, consists of seven studio albums, three live albums, four compilation albums, eight EPs, and one single.

Contents

Studio albums

YearAlbum details
1981 Damaged
  • Released: December 1981
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
1984 My War
  • Released: March 1984
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
Family Man
  • Released: September 1984
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
Slip It In
  • Released: December 1984
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
1985 Loose Nut
  • Released: May 1985
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
In My Head
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
2013 What The...
  • Released: November 5, 2013
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CD

Live albums

YearAlbum details
1984 Live '84
  • Released: December 1984
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
1986 Who's Got the 10½?
  • Released: March 1986
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CS, CD
2010 Live at the On Broadway 1982
  • Released: November 2010
  • Label: CD Presents
  • Format: Digital download

Compilation albums

YearAlbum details
1982 Everything Went Black
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CD
1982 1982 Demos
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: None
  • Format: LP, CD
1983 The First Four Years
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: SST
  • Format: CS, LP, CD
1987 Wasted…Again
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: SST
  • Format: LP, CD

Extended plays

YearAlbum details
1979 Nervous Breakdown
  • Released: January 1979
  • Label: SST
  • Format: EP, CD
1980 Jealous Again
  • Released: August 1980
  • Label: SST
  • Format: EP, CD
1981 Six Pack
  • Released: June 1981
  • Label: SST
  • Format: EP, CD
1982 TV Party
  • Released: July 1982
  • Label: SST
  • Format: EP, CD
1985 The Process of Weeding Out
  • Released: September 1985
  • Label: SST
  • Format: EP, CD
1986 Minuteflag
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: SST
  • Format: EP
1989 I Can See You
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: SST
  • Format: EP, CD

Singles

YearDetails
1981" Louie Louie "/ "Damaged I"
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Posh Boy
  • Format: 7", CD
1986" Annihilate This Week "
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: SST Records
  • Format: 12", cassette, CD

Digital Singles

3 digital singles were released from May to July to support the then-upcoming album What The... , releasing on 5 November 2013. [1]

YearDetails
2013"Down in the Dirt"
  • Released: 7 May 2013
  • Label: SST Records
2013"The Chase"
  • Released: 13 May 2013
  • Label: SST Records
2013"Wallow in Despair"
  • Released: 11 July 2013
  • Label: SST Records

Video albums

YearVideo details
1983Black Flag: "TV Party"
1984Black Flag Live: My War
  • Recorded: May 19, 1984 - Bierkellar, Leeds
  • Label: Jettisoundz
  • Format: VHS
Live '84
  • Recorded: August 26, 1984 - The Stone, San Francisco
  • Label: SST/Ace Video
  • Format: VHS

Films

YearVideo Details
1991Reality 86'd
  • Filmed: 1986
  • Released: September 1, 1991 (USA)
  • Director: Dave Markey
  • Label: We Got Power Films
  • Format: VHS, digital

Music videos

YearSongDirector
1982"TV Party" Target Video
1983"Rise Above" [Live]
"Thirsty and Miserable" [Live]
1984"American Waste"
"Slip It In"Dave Markey
1985"Drinking and Driving"

Other appearances

The following Black Flag tracks were released on compilation albums and soundtracks. This is not an exhaustive list; tracks that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.

YearDetailsTrack(s)
1980Cracks in the Sidewalk
  • "Clocked In" [I]
1981 The Decline of Western Civilization soundtrack [2]
  • "White Minority" (live)
  • "Depression" (live)
  • "Revenge" (live)
Chunks
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: New Alliance (NAR-003)
  • Format: LP
Let Them Eat Jellybeans! [3]
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Alternative Tentacles (VIRUS 4)
  • Format: LP
  • "Police Story"
1982Rat Music for Rat People [4]
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Go! (GO-003)
  • Format: LP, Cassette
  • "Scream"(live)
1984 Repo Man soundtrack
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: MCA
  • Format: LP
  • "TV Party"

^ I Denotes tracks that were re-released on The First Four Years .

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