Mogwai discography

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Mogwai discography
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Mogwai performing at Somerset House in London, 2007
Studio albums10
EPs14
Live albums3
Compilation albums4
Singles16
Remix albums2
Film and television scores9

This is a discography of Mogwai, a Scottish post-rock band.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1] 		GER
[2] 		FRA
[3] 		NLD
[4] 		BEL (FL)
[5] 		BEL (WA)
[5] 		AUT
[6] 		ITA
[7] 		US
[8] 		SCO
[1]
Mogwai Young Team 6265——169————3
[9]
Come On Die Young
  • Release date: 29 March 1999
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Chemikal Underground
29————————24
[11]
Rock Action 23—82——————20
[12]
Happy Songs for Happy People
  • Release date: 21 May 2003
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Play It Again Sam
47—91—————18222
[13]
Mr Beast
  • Release date: 6 March 2006
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Play It Again Sam
316564972157——12817
[14]
The Hawk Is Howling
  • Release date: 22 September 2008
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Wall of Sound
357253922970—479718
[15]
Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will
  • Release date: 14 February 2011
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Rock Action
25274683313949—9712
[16]
Rave Tapes
  • Release date: 20 January 2014
  • Format: CD, LP, Cassette
  • Label: Rock Action
1016377812305650552
[17]
Every Country's Sun
  • Release date: 1 September 2017
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Rock Action
6295085211952——2
[18]
As the Love Continues
  • Release date: 19 February 2021
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Rock Action
1359—5172978
[19] 		—1
[20]
The Bad Fire
  • Release date: 24 January 2025
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Rock Action
516——223247——1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[21]
Special Moves —
Mogwai – iTunes Festival London 2011
  • Release date: 26 August 2011 [22]
  • Format: Download
  • Label: Rock Action
—
2018
  • Release date: 4 September 2020 [23]
  • Format: Download
  • Label: Rock Action
80
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

YearTitleLabelNotes
1997 Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997)
  • Release date: 17 April 1997
  • Format: CD
  • Rock Action (UK)
  • Jetset (US)
  • Voices of Wonder (Scandinavia)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Trama (Brazil)
Compiles songs previously released throughout 1996—1997 from various sources.
2000 EP+6
  • Release date: 23 August 2000
  • Format: CD
  • Toy's Factory (Japan)
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
Initially Japan-only album, compiling the EPs 4 Satin, No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew), and EP on one CD, later released in the UK.
2005 Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003
  • Release date: 21 February 2005
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
  • Toy's Factory (Japan)
  • Soyuz (Russia)
Compiles songs recorded from various BBC Radio sessions with John Peel and Steve Lamacq.
2015 Central Belters
  • Release date: 9 October 2015
  • Format: 3xCD, 6xLP
  • Rock Action Records
20th anniversary career retrospective and rarities.

Extended plays

YearTitleLabelNotes
1997 4 Satin
  • Release date: 26 May 1997
  • Format: CD, 12"
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Jet Set (US)
 UK Singles Chart #110 [24]
1998 Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes
  • Release date: 30 March 1998
  • Format: CD, 12"
Features remixes of "Mogwai Fear Satan" by Mogwai, μ-Ziq, Surgeon and My Bloody Valentine. UK Singles Chart #57 [24]
No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew)
  • Release date: 29 June 1998
  • Format: CD, 12"
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
 UK Singles Chart #68 [24]
1999 EP
  • Release date: 18 October 1999
  • Format: CD, 12"
  • Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
2000 EP+6
  • Toy's Factory (Japan)
  • Chemikal Underground (UK), in 2001
2001 Travels in Constants, Vol. 12
  • Release date: 18 March 2001
  • Format: CD
Mogwai's contribution to the subscription-only series of twelve EPs from Temporary Residence Limited.
US Tour EP
  • Release date: 24 May 2001
  • Format: 10"
  • Matador (US)
Split 10" EP with Bardo Pond, sold during Mogwai's May–June 2001 tour of the US.
UK/European Tour EP
  • Release date: 2 November 2001
  • Format: CD
Compiles limited edition tracks from various 2001 releases.
2006 Travel Is Dangerous
  • Release date: 26 June 2006
  • Format: CD, 12"
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
2008 Batcat
  • Release date: 8 September 2008
  • Format: CD, 12", Download
  • Wall of Sound (Europe)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
 UK Singles Chart #164 [25]
2011 Earth Division
  • Release date: 12 September 2011
  • Format: CD, 12", Download
  • Rock Action Records (UK, Europe)
  • Sub Pop (US)
 UK Singles Chart #178 [24]
2012-2013 Les Revenants EP
  • Release date: 17 December 2012 (digital)
  • 28 January 2013 (physical)
  • Format: CD, 10", Download
  • Rock Action Records (UK, Europe)
2014 Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1.
  • Release date: 1 December 2014
  • Format: CD, 12", Download
  • Rock Action Records
2021Take Sides
  • Release date: 1 October, 2021
  • Format: Download
  • Rock Action Records
Remix EP featuring Alessandro Cortini, The Other Two, and Idles

Singles

YearTitleAlbumLabelNotes
1996"Tuner"/"Lower"
  • Release date: 18 March 1996
  • Format: 7"
non-album singles
  • Rock Action (UK)
Double A-side, limited to 500± copies. "Tuner" was rerecorded for Ten Rapid.
"Angels vs Aliens"
  • Release date: 1 July 1996
  • Format: 7"
  • Ché Trading (UK)
Split with English band [dweeb]. "Angels vs Aliens" was rerecorded for Ten Rapid.
" Summer "/" Ithica 27 Φ 9 "
  • Release date: 4 November 1996
  • Format: 7"
  • Love Train (UK)
Double A-side, limited to 1500 copies. Both tracks feature on Ten Rapid.
1997" New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1 " /
" New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2 "
  • Release date: February 1997
  • Format: 7"
  • Wurlitzer Jukebox (UK)
Double A-side, limited to 3000 copies. Both tracks feature on Ten Rapid.
Club Beatroot - Part Four
  • Release date: May 1997
  • Format: 7"
  • Flotsam & Jetsam (UK)
Split with Scottish band pH Family, limited to 500 copies. Features "Stereo Dee (Live)", recorded at The 13th Note, Glasgow, Scotland on 13 February 1997.
1998Do the Rock Boogaloo
  • Release date: 23 March 1998
  • Format: 7", CD
UK Singles Chart #60; Split with English band Magoo. Features a cover of "Sweet Leaf" by Black Sabbath.
2001" My Father My King "
  • Release date: 22 October 2001
  • Format: 12", CD
  • Rock Action (UK)
  • Matador (US)
  • Spunk (Australia/New Zealand)
2006" Friend of the Night "
  • Release date: 30 January 2006
  • Format: 7", CD
 Mr Beast
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
 UK Singles Chart #38; First single released from a studio album
2011"Rano Pano" / "Hasenheide"
  • Release date: 18 January 2011
  • Format: 7"
 Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
  • Sub Pop
"Mexican Grand Prix" / "Slight Domestic"
  • Release date: 7 February 2011
  • Format: 7"
  • Rock Action
"San Pedro" / "George Square Thatcher
Death Party (Session Version)"
  • Release date: 23 May 2011 [26]
  • Format: 7"
  • Rock Action
2017"Coolverine" / "Party in the Dark"
  • Release date: 2 August 2017
  • Format: 7"
 Every Country's Sun
  • Rock Action
"Party in the Dark" / "Eternal Panther"
  • Release date: 25 August 2017 [27]
  • Format: 7"
  • Rock Action
2020"Dry Fantasy" As the Love Continues
  • Rock Action
2021"Ritchie Sacramento"
  • Release date: 12 January 2021 [29]
  • Format: Download
  • Rock Action
2022"Boltfor"
  • Release date: 26 April 2022 [30]
  • Format: Download
non-album single
  • Rock Action
2024"God Gets You Back"
  • Release date: 17 September 2024
  • Format: Download
tbc
  • Rock Action

Remix albums

YearTitleLabel
1998 Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed
  • Release date: 18 May 1998
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Eye Q, Chemikal Underground (UK)
  • Jetset (US)
2012 A Wrenched Virile Lore
  • Release date: 19 November 2012, except USA 4 December [31] [32]
  • Format: CD, LP, Download

Film and television scores

YearTitleFilm/TV seriesLabel
2006 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
  • Release date: 30 October 2006
  • Format: CD, LP
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
  • Play It Again Sam (Europe)
The Fountain: Music from the Motion Picture The Fountain
  • Nonesuch Records
2013 Les Revenants OST
  • Release date: 25 February 2013
  • Format: CD, LP, Download
The Returned (TV series)
  • Rock Action Records
2016 Atomic: A Soundtrack by Mogwai [33]
  • Release date: 1 April 2016 [34]
  • Format: CD, LP, Download
Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise (TV documentary)
  • Rock Action Records [35]
2016 Before the Flood (Music from the Motion Picture) Before the Flood (feature-length documentary)
  • Lakeshore Records
2018 Kin (soundtrack)
  • Release date: 31 August 2018 [37]
  • Format: CD, LP, Download
 Kin
  • Rock Action Records
2020 ZeroZeroZero (soundtrack)
  • Release date: 1 May 2020
  • Format: Download
  • Vinyl released for Record Store Day 2021 (June 12 UK, June 18 North America)
  • CD released 26 November 2021
 ZeroZeroZero
  • Rock Action Records
2022Black Bird (soundtrack)
  • Release date: 8 July 2022
  • Format: Download
 Black Bird (Apple TV+ Series)
  • Rock Action Records
2023Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn
  • Release Date: Unreleased
  • Format: N/A
Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn (Apple TV+ series)

Various Artists Compilation appearances

YearTitleMogwai TracksLabel
1996NME C96
  • Release date: 1996
  • Format: CD
  • 7. "a-70"
  • NME
1997Bedroom Ambience: A Collection of Home Recordings
  • Release date: 1997
  • Format: LP
  • 9. "Stereo Donut"
  • Enraptured
1998NME Clean Sweep: Live at The London Astoria 98
  • Release date: March 1998
  • Format: CD
  • 7. "Ex-Cowboy (Live)"
  • NME
A Tribute to Spacemen 3
  • Release date: 4 May 1998
  • Format: CD
  • 3. "Honey" (cover)
  • Rocket Girl
NME Presents: Radio 1 Sound City
  • Release date: 25 October 1998
  • Format: CD
  • 12. "I Don't Know What to Say"
  • NME
Glasgow EP
  • Release date: November 1998
  • Format: 7"
  • 1. "I Can't Remember"
  • Plastic Cowboy Recordings
1999Fabulous Shit
  • Release date: 2 November 1999
  • Format: CD
  • 6. "003"
  • Lo Recordings
The Carve-Up
  • Release date: 1999
  • Format: CD
  • 7. "Nick Drake"
  • Loose
2003Rock Action Presents Vol 1
  • Release date: 6 September 2003
  • Format: CD
  • 5. "Tuner (Original 7" Version)"
  • 9. "Star Wars"
  • Rock Action
2004Matador at Fifteen
  • Release date: 12 October 2004
  • Format: CD
  • Disc 1, 18. "Hunted By a Freak"
  • Disc 2, 6. "Hunted By a Freak (Boom Bip Remix)"
  • Matador
2007 The 11th Hour (soundtrack)
  • Release date: 13 November 2007
  • Format: CD
  • 10. "Mogwai Fear Satan"
  • Lakeshore Records
2008A Rock Action Sampler: Spring 2008
  • Release date: 2008
  • Format: CD
  • 6. "Dracula Family"
  • Rock Action
2010Matador at 21
  • Release date: 28 September 2010
  • Format: CD
  • Disc 3, 10. "Helps Both Ways"
  • Disc 4, 7. "Kids Will Be Skeletons"
  • Disc 6, 15. "Ex-Cowboy (Live)"
  • Matador
2012 Occupy This Album
  • Release date: 15 May 2012
  • Format: CD
  • Disc 4, 17. "Earth Division"
  • Music for Occupy
Live At KEXP - Volume Eight
  • Release date: 2012
  • Format: CD
  • 8. "Hasenheide (Live Session)"
  • KEXP
2013Dig for Fire: A Tribute to Pixies
  • Release date: 14 November 2013
  • Format: CD, Download
  • 7. "Gouge Away" (cover)
  • American Laundromat Records
2014Other Voices: Series 12 (Live)
  • Release date: 30 May 2014
  • Format: Download
  • 20. "MasterCard (Live Version)"
  • 21. "Remurdered (Live Version)"
  • Other Voices
2016 Life is Strange (soundtrack)
  • Release date: 19 January 2016
  • Format: CD, Download
  • 8. "Kids Will Be Skeletons"
2019Rocket Girl 20
  • Release date: 1 March 2019
  • Format: CD + 7" vinyl + flexi disc
  • Flexi disc: "Fight for Work"

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