Crystal Castles discography | |
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![]() Crystal Castles performing at the Popped! Music Festival in 2008 | |
Studio albums | 4 |
Music videos | 14 |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 17 |
Remixes | 10 |
The discography of the Canadian electronic duo Crystal Castles consists of four studio albums, fourteen music videos, one extended play, seventeen singles, and ten remixes.
Alice Glass (real name Margaret Osborn) and Ethan Kath (real name Claudio Palmieri) first met around 2004. [1] Their first official release as Crystal Castles was an extended play, Alice Practice (2006). After releasing four singles, they released their debut studio album, Crystal Castles (2008). It entered the national charts of France, Ireland, Scotland, and the United Kingdom, and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry. Two years later, they released three singles and another self-titled album, which charted in Australia, Ireland, Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crystal Castles later released a re-recording of that album's "Not in Love" with vocals by Robert Smith, which charted in multiple countries and was certified gold by Music Canada.
In 2012, Crystal Castles released three singles and their third studio album, III , charting in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Two years later, Glass announced that she was leaving the band, [2] being replaced by Edith Frances the next year. [3] Following the release of six singles, Crystal Castles released their fourth and final studio album, Amnesty (I) (2016), which charted in Belgium, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The band has been on hiatus since Glass made allegations of abuse against Kath in 2017. [4] [5]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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AUS [6] | BEL (FL) [7] | BEL (WA) [8] | FRA [9] | IRE [10] | SCO [11] | SWI [12] | UK [11] | US [13] | US Dance [14] | ||||
Crystal Castles | — | — | — | 175 | 49 | 62 | — | 47 | — [upper-alpha 1] | 6 |
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Crystal Castles |
| 25 | — [upper-alpha 2] | — | — | 56 | 54 | — | 48 | 188 | 6 | ||
III |
| 74 | 116 | 134 | — | 93 | 60 | — | 63 | 77 | 2 |
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Amnesty (I) |
| — | 85 | 113 | — | — | — | 95 | 86 | — | 2 | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | EP details |
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Alice Practice |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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AUS [20] | BEL (FL) [7] | BEL (WA) [8] | CAN Rock [21] | DEN [22] | MEX Air. [23] | SCO [24] | UK [11] | US Alt. [25] | US Dance [26] | ||||
"Crimewave" (Crystal Castles vs. Health) | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | — [upper-alpha 3] | — | — | Crystal Castles (2008) | |
"Air War" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | — [upper-alpha 4] | — | — | |||
"Courtship Dating" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | — [upper-alpha 5] | — | — | ||
"Vanished" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Celestica" [lower-alpha 1] | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Crystal Castles (2010) | |
"Doe Deer" [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 6] | — | — | |||
"Baptism" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 87 | 103 | — | — | |||
"Not in Love" (featuring Robert Smith) | 90 | 53 | 43 | 39 | 31 | 18 | 57 | 54 | 24 | 19 | Non-album single [lower-alpha 2] | ||
"Plague" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | III | |
"Wrath of God" [30] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Affection" [31] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Frail" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Amnesty (I) | |
"Deicide" [32] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single [lower-alpha 3] | ||
"Concrete" [33] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Amnesty (I) | |
"Char" [34] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Fleece" [35] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Sadist" [36] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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BEL (FL) [37] | MEX Air. [23] | US Dance [26] | |||
"Empathy" | 2010 | — | — | 43 | Crystal Castles (2010) |
"Suffocation" | 2012 | — | 49 | — | |
"Sad Eyes" | 2013 | 139 | — | — | III |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Artist |
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"Atlantis to Interzone" [38] | 2006 | Klaxons |
"Leni" [39] (Crystal Castles vs. GoodBooks) | GoodBooks | |
"Lovers Who Uncover" [40] (Crystal Castles vs. The Little Ones) | The Little Ones | |
"Divebomb" [41] | 2007 | The Whip |
"Hunting for Witches" [42] | Bloc Party | |
"Lay Down the Queen" [43] [lower-alpha 4] | Switches | |
"Trash the Rental" [44] | Sohodolls | |
"It Fit When I Was a Kid" [45] | Liars | |
"Death" [46] | 2009 | White Lies |
"Eat Flesh" [47] | 2010 | Health |
Title | Year | Director |
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"Air War" [48] | 2008 | Unknown |
"Magic Spells" [49] | Video Marsh | |
"Courtship Dating" [50] | Marc Pannozzo [51] | |
"Crimewave" [52] | Unknown | |
"Knights" [53] | Unknown | |
"Vanished" [54] | Derrick Beckles, Vernon Chatman | |
"Celestica" [55] | 2010 | Ethan Kath, Rob Hawkins |
"Baptism" [56] | Rob Hawkins, Marc Pannozzo | |
"Not in Love" [57] (featuring Robert Smith) | 2011 | Nic Brown |
"Suffocation" [58] | 2012 | Ethan Kath |
"Plague" [59] | Ivan Grbin | |
"Sad Eyes" [60] | 2013 | Rob Hawkins, Marc Pannozzo |
"Affection" [61] | Stephen Agnew | |
"Concrete" [62] | 2016 | Unknown |
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directed by video marsh
video by Marc Pannozzo