Crystal Castles discography

Crystal Castles discography
Crystal Castles performing at the Popped! Music Festival in 2008
Studio albums	4
EPs	1
Singles	17
Music videos	14
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 (also known as Crystal Castles II or II), 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 inactive since Glass made allegations of abuse against Kath in 2017. ^{[4] [5]}

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		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	Released: March 18, 2008 Label: Lies, Last Gang Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—	175	49	62	—	47	— [A]	6	US: 72,000 [16]	BPI: Silver [17]
Crystal Castles	Released: April 23, 2010 Label: Fiction, Lies, Last Gang Formats: CD, LP, digital download	25	— [B]	—	—	56	54	—	48	188	6
III	Released: November 7, 2012 Label: Fiction, Polydor Formats: CD, LP, digital download	74	116	134	—	93	60	—	63	77	2	US: 52,000 [19]
Amnesty (I)	Released: August 19, 2016 Label: Fiction, Casablanca Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	85	113	—	—	—	95	86	—	2
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays

Title	EP details
Alice Practice	Released: July 9, 2006 Label: Merok Records Formats: 7-inch

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		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 Digital [26]
"Crimewave" (Crystal Castles vs. Health)	2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	57	— [C]	—	—		Crystal Castles (2008)
"Air War"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [D]	—	—
"Courtship Dating"	2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [E]	—	—
"Vanished"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Celestica" [a]	2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Crystal Castles (2010)
"Doe Deer" [a]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— [F]	—	—
"Baptism"		—	—	—	—	—	—	83	— [G]	—	—
"Not in Love" (featuring Robert Smith)		90	53	43	39	31	18	57	54	24	19	MC: Gold [29]	Non-album single [b]
"Plague"	2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		III
"Wrath of God"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Affection" [32]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Frail"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Amnesty (I)
"Deicide" [33]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single [c]
"Concrete" [34]	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Amnesty (I)
"Char" [35]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Fleece" [36]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sadist" [37]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charting songs

List of other charting songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		BEL (FL) [38]	MEX Air. [23]	US Dance [26]
"Empathy"	2010	—	—	43	Crystal Castles (2010)
"Suffocation"	2012	—	49	—
"Sad Eyes"	2013	89	—	—	III
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remixes

List of remixes, showing year released and original artist

Title	Year	Artist
"Atlantis to Interzone" [39]	2006	Klaxons
"Leni" [40] (Crystal Castles vs. GoodBooks)		GoodBooks
"Lovers Who Uncover" [41] (Crystal Castles vs. The Little Ones)		The Little Ones
"Divebomb" [42]	2007	The Whip
"Hunting for Witches" [43]		Bloc Party
"Lay Down the Queen" [44] [d]		Switches
"Trash the Rental" [45]		Sohodolls
"It Fit When I Was a Kid" [46]		Liars
"Death" [47]	2009	White Lies
"Eat Flesh" [48]	2010	Health

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director

Title	Year	Director
"Air War" [49]	2008	Unknown
"Magic Spells" [50]		Video Marsh
"Courtship Dating" [51]		Marc Pannozzo [52]
"Crimewave" [53]		Unknown
"Knights" [54]		Unknown
"Vanished" [55]		Derrick Beckles, Vernon Chatman
"Celestica" [56]	2010	Ethan Kath, Rob Hawkins
"Baptism" [57]		Rob Hawkins, Marc Pannozzo
"Not in Love" [58] (featuring Robert Smith)	2011	Nic Brown
"Suffocation" [59]	2012	Ethan Kath
"Plague" [60]		Ivan Grbin
"Sad Eyes" [61]	2013	Rob Hawkins, Marc Pannozzo
"Affection" [62]		Stephen Agnew
"Concrete" [63]	2016	Unknown

Notes

Chart notes

1. Crystal Castles (2008) did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 13 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart. ^[15]
2. Crystal Castles (2010) did not enter the Ultratop 200 Albums chart, but peaked at number six on the Flemish Heatseekers chart. ^[18]
3. "Crimewave" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 54 on the UK Physical Singles Chart and 9 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.
4. "Air War" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 64 on the UK Physical Singles Chart and 7 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.
5. "Courtship Dating" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 39 on the UK Physical Singles Chart and 4 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.
6. "Doe Deer" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 48 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.
7. "Baptism" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.

Other notes

1. "Celestica" and "Doe Deer" are sometimes referred to as extended plays; both include three 2004 demos. ^{[27] [28]}
2. Crystal Castles' original version of "Not in Love" was released on Crystal Castles (2010) without it being a single. The re-recording containing Robert Smith's vocals was later released as a non-album single. ^[30] In 2011, it was included in a digital reissue of Crystal Castles titled II, replacing the original "Not in Love". ^[31]
3. "Deicide" is a demo for the Amnesty (I) track "Their Kindness is Charade".
4. Originally titled "Lay Down the Law".

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