Acid Mothers Temple discography

This is a discography of Japanese rock band Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. and related projects.

Acid Mothers Temple have in their two-decade existence recorded far more head-melting music than any sane person would know what to do with.

— David Bennun^[1]

Acid Mothers Temple discography
Studio albums	102
EPs	9
Live albums	56
Compilation albums	6
Singles	9
Video albums	8

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label	Notes
1996	April	Acid Mother's Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.	Acid Mothers Temple	Cassette release only
		Freak Out[2]	La Musica Records
1997	February	Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 1	Acid Mothers Temple
		Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 2
	November 25	Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.	P.S.F. Records
1999	March 25	Pataphysical Freak Out MU!!
	May	Live + Studio	Acid Mothers Temple
	November	Wild Gals A Go-Go
2000	September 25	Troubadours from Another Heavenly World	P.S.F.
	October	La Nòvia	Eclipse	Remastered reissue with additional version recorded live in NYC 5 April 2016 - Bam Balam Records, November 2016
2001	February	Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!)	Static Caravan-Resonant
	June 13	New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple	Squealer	Remastered cassette reissue Eye Vybe Records, May 13, 2020[3]
	October	In C	Eclipse
2002		41st Century Splendid Man	tUMULt
	October 6	Electric Heavyland	Alien8
		Univers Zen ou de zéro à zéro	Fractal
		St. Captain Freak Out & the Magic Bamboo Request	Ektro
2003		A Thousand Shades of Grey	FünfUndVierzig	with Escapade
	October 7	Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple	Sub Pop	with Kinski
2004	April	Hypnotic Liquid Machine from the Golden Utopia	Acid Mothers Temple
	April 26	Mantra of Love	Alien8
	September 20	The Penultimate Galactic Bordello Also the World You Made	Dirter
	October 5	Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs?	Space Age
	November 8	Minstrel in the Galaxy	Riot Season
	November 20	Close Encounters of the Mutants[4]	Multikulti
2006	June 13	Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky?	Ace Fu
	November 27	Myth of the Love Electrique	Riot Season
2007	February 28	Japan Tour 2007	Acid Mothers Temple	with Träd, Gräs & Stenar
	May 29	Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars	Important
	June 19	Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo	Ace Fu
	November 19	Acid Motherly Love	Riot Season
	December	41st Century Splendid Man Returns	Essence
2008	May 13	Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness	Important
	November 11	Glorify Astrological Martyrdom
	December 9	Cometary Orbital Drive	Bam Balam
2009	April 28	Interstellar Guru and Zero	Homeopathic
	May 5	Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir	Alien8
	June 2	Are We Experimental?	Prophase
	June 23	Dark Side of the Black Moon: What Planet Are We On?	Important
2010	April 27	In 0 to ∞
	December 6	Stearica Invade Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.	Homeopathic	with Stearica
2011	April 5	Pink Lady Lemonade ~ You're From Inner Space	Alien8	Cassette reissue with bonus track, Eye Vybe Records, September 21, 2020[5]
	October 31	The Ripper at the Heaven's Gates of Dark	Riot Season
2012	June 28	Son of a Bitches Brew	Important
	November 12	IAO Chant from the Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out	Riot Season
2013	March 15	Cometary Orbital Drive to 2199	Nod and Smile
	May 28	In Search of the Lost Divine Arc	Important
2014	May	Astrorgasm from the Inner Space
2015	May 26	Benzaiten
2016	April 8	Wake to a New Dawn of Another Astro Era
	August 20	Pink Lady Lemonade (You're So Sweet)[6]	Kamikaze Tapes	Limited edition of 65 cassettes. This is the version that appears on the 2002 compilation Do Whatever You Want, Don't Do Whatever You Don't Want!!
2017	November 3	Those Who Came Never Before[7]	Nod and Smile Records
	November 17	Wandering the Outer Space[8]	Buh Records
2018	January 17	Either The Fragmented Body Or The Reconstituted Soul	Necio
	April 13	Electric Dream Ecstasy	Essence
	June 29	Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part 1[9]	Important
	October	Paralyzed Brain [10]	Offset
	October	Sacred and Inviolable Phase Shift	Bam Balam
	October 31	Psychedelic Battles - Volume Five[11]	Vincebus Eruptum	Split with Lee Van Cleef (Psychedelic rock group from Naples, Italy). Limited edition 300 copies on yellow vinyl. AMT's contribution "Flying Teapot" also appears on the CD and download but not vinyl version of Reverse of Rebirth in Universe[12]
	November 22	Trails to the Cosmic Vibrations[13]	Ujikaji Records	with The Observatory
	November 30	Reverse of Rebirth in Universe [14]	Riot Season
2019	February	Kinski ∞ Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.[15]	Acid Mothers Temple	with Kinski
	April	How Was The Decisive Moment Recorded?[16][17]	Max Hazard Records	Original release as two-track vinyl album with monochrome artwork. CD released July 2019 with additional tracks and coloured artwork
	April 13	Invisible Eyes And Phantom Cathedral[18][19]	Bam Balam	Record Store Day 2019 vinyl release. Contains only the title track in two parts, previously included in the CD but not the vinyl release of Sacred and Inviolable Phase Shift. Limited edition of 500 black, 200 clear
	April 26	Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part Two[20]	Important
2020	March	Pink Lady Lemonade (Double Sweet Sucker Punch)	Acid Mothers Temple[21]	Also vinyl release on Max Hazard Records[22]
	April 10	Reverse Of Rebirth Reprise[23]	Nod and Smile	Featuring Geoff Leigh
	May 15	Chosen Star Child's Confession[24]	Riot Season	Featuring Geoff Leigh. Originally scheduled for April 24 release, postponed owing to covid-19 pandemic
	October 31	Voices from Ghostwood [25]	UFO Real	Limited edition 111 copies CDr and 36 copies microcassette
2022	January 3	Demi-Demonaic Daemoog [26]	AKTI Records	Limited edition 200 copies
2024	May 9	Holy Black Mountain Side[27]	Rolling Heads

EPs

Year	Date	Title	Label	Notes
2001	May	Monster of the Universe	Static Caravan-Resonant
	September	Grateful Head / Whopping Wild Freaks	Wabana
	October	'We Are Here' UK Tour October 2001	Caravan-Resonant	split with Nishinihon
2002		Electric Love Machine	Fractal
	November	The Tombstone Phantom Drifter	Verdura	split with Circle
2004		Hello Good Child	Ochre

Singles

Year	Date	Title	Label	Notes
2003	January 7	Ziggy Sitar Dust Raga	Important
	February 4	Diamond Doggy Peggy
	March 4	Cosmic Funky Dolly
2015	January 8	Sign of Benzaiten / Apophenia	God Unknown	split with Anthroprophh
2017	May 12	Sycamore Trees / Just You	Self Sabotage	split with ST 37
2019	May 10	From Planet Orb With Love Part 1 / Hey Bud, How's Your Blood?	Whiteworm	split with Orphan Goggles

Live albums

Year	Date	Title	Label	Notes
2000	July	Live in Occident	Detector
2000	November	In WFMU 2000	Acid Mothers Temple
2002		Born to Be Wild in the USA 2000	Wabana
	October	Live in Japan	Acid Mothers Temple
	December	USA
		UK No. 1
		UK No. 2
2003	November	Last Concert in Tokyo
		The Day Before the Sky Fell in America Sept 10, 2001	Galactic Zoo Disc	Vinyl LP. Remastered and reissued on CD in 2006 as The Day Before The Sky Fell In with different artwork, updated credits and alternative song titles[28]
2004	April	In G[29]	Time-Lag	with Ultrasound. 'Invisible' 10" clear vinyl, no labels, dry letterpressed transparent film covers, limited to 600 copies.
		The Night Before the Sky Fell in America Sept 10, 2001	Mandarinas
2005	October 21	Goodbye John Peel: Live in London 2004	Dirter
2006	April	Power House of Holy	Acid Mothers Temple
2007	November	Acid Mothership Live
2010	January 16	Acid Mothers Temple Festival Vol. 7		with Ichiraku Yoshimitsu
2011	June	Live as a Troubadour	Important
2012	March 14	2010: A Space Ritual	Acid Mothers Temple	with Kido Natsuki
2013	13 October	Birmingham Flapper & Firkin, May 29th 2001	Jesus Juice	Limited edition of 50 CDr handed out free at Birmingham Flapper gig 13 October 2013
2014	April 23	The Unlimited Dream Cloister	FM3
2014	August 25	Live in Tolosa[30]	Bam Balam	with Rosina de Pèira
2015	March 10	High on New Heaven, Live in New Haven	Safety Meeting
		Live in North Carolina 2015	none	CDr sold on UK & Europe Tour October–November 2015
	November 8	Live in Castellón[31]	Discos Mascarpone	Limited edition of 40 cassettes [32]
	December	You Can't Do That on the Radio Anymore	Chaotic Noise
	December	Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK, 2011.11.05	Grumpy's Third Eye Lives
2016	March	Last Concert of the First Chapter[33]	Acid Mother Temple
	September	Live at Cabaret Victoria 2016[34]	none	Limited edition CDr only for European tour 2016
2017	April 1	On the Night of Destruction[35]	Eyevybe	cassette, recorded 20 December 2016
	April	Astro Infinity Discothèque[36]	Acid Mothers Temple	with Pika
2018	Mar	The Man Who Fell To Us Live In Nagoya 2017 [37]
	April 1	The Night He Fell To Us[38]	Eyevybe	cassette in limited edition of 100 for 2018 North American Tour March 31-May 9, 2018, recorded 9 December 2017
2019	April 1	Who Does The Space Troubadour Sing For?[39]		cassette first edition of 100, recorded 19 February 2019
2020	April 1	Diend Of Fiend or Unstoppable Moonsault[40]		cassette, recorded 17 December 2019
2021	August 6	Love The Bomb From Uranus [41]	Acid Mothers Temple
2022		Live Rebootleg in Pangea [42]	Acid Mothers Temple	Recorded 14th Aug. 2022
2024	April 20	A Dream Of Strange Desires Wrapped Inside A Noise[43]	Bam Balam	recorded live 25th October 2019 and overdubbed September 2023
	May 3	Shall We Return To Outer Space?	Acid Mothers Temple	recorded 9th December 2023. Not currently listed on any Acid Mothers Temple website. Release date inferred from Facebook post by Kawabata Makoto on April 16, 2024 stating "Acid Mothers Temple's new live album "Shall We Return To Outer Space?" available on next Bandcamp Friday or our shows of European Tour from 8th May!". The next Bandcamp Friday was May 3rd

Compilation albums

Year	Date	Title	Label	Notes
2002		Do Whatever You Want, Don't Do Whatever You Don't Want!!	Earworm	also includes various related projects
2003		Magical Power from Mars	Important
2007	November 26	The Early Acid Mothers Temple Recordings 1995–1997	Synesthetic
2009	December	Zenkyokushuu (全曲集)	Yokotin Label
2013	November 20	A Young Person's Guide to Acid Mother's Temple	Donburi Disk
2014	September	The Psychedelic Fiction Sauce Book	White Wabbit

Video albums

Year	Date	Title	Label	Notes
2007		Dokonan: Acid Mothers Temple on Tour in US	Acid Mothers Temple
	December	Acid Mothers Temple Festival Vol. 5: Live at Tokuzo Nagoya Dec. 2006		with Mani Neumeier and Kuriyama Jun
2008		Never Ending Space Ritual: History of Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Pariaso UFO	Swordfish

Acid Maso Temple

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label	Note
2011		The Electric Kool-aide Results	White Noise	split with Kill Kill Kill

Acid Mothers Afrirampo

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2005	December	We Are Acid Mothers Afrirampo!	Acid Mothers Temple

Acid Mothers Gong

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label	Note
2004		Acid Motherhood	Voiceprint	released as Gong

Live albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2006		Live in Nagoya	Vivo
		Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo	Voiceprint

Video albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2008		Acid Mothers Gong Live @ Uncon 06	Voiceprint

Acid Mothers Guru Guru

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2007	September 18	Psychedelic Navigator	Important
2021	June 12	Tokugoya[44]	Bam Balam

Live albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2009		Underdogg Express	Fünfundvierzig

Acid Mothers Guru Guru Gong

Singles

Year	Date	Title	Label
2013	December	Pink Lady Lemonade (Sticky Tongue Dada Licks) Part 1 & 2[45]	Bam Balam

Acid Mothers Kaidan

Video albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2008	October 31	Kill the King of Noise	Alchemy Music Store

Acid Mothers Temple & Space Paranoid

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2013	November 12	Black Magic Satori	Safety Meeting

Live albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2014	March 15	My Name Is Lucifer – Live in Kochi 2013[46]	Acid Mothers Temple

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2005	May	Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno European Tour 2005 – Cosmic Funeral Route 666	Acid Mothers Temple
	June	Anthems of the Space	Ektro
	July 18	Demons from Nipples	Vivo
	July 19	Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno	Important
	September 20	IAO Chant from the Cosmic Inferno	Ace Fu
2006	February 21	Starless and Bible Black Sabbath	Alien8
2007	December	Ominous from the Cosmic Inferno	Essence
2008	September 8	Journey into the Cosmic Inferno	Very Friendly
	September 15	Pink Lady Lemonade ~ You're From Outer Space	Riot Season
2011	July 17	For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Goofy Funk	Chaotic Noise
2012	June 15	Chaos Unforgiven Kisses or Grateful Dead Kennedys	Chaotic Noise
2013	September 2	Doobie Wonderland	Parallax Sounds

Live albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2008	August 12	Hotter Than Inferno ~ Live in Sapporo 2008	Vivo
2011	November	Shakespeare from the Cosmic Inferno 2008	Blackest Bootlegs

Video albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2007	January 15	2006 Summer Live!!	Enban
	July	Hardcore Uncle Meat: Live in Croatia 2005	Acid Mothers Temple
2008	September	Hotter Than Inferno – Live in Osaka 2007	Acid Mothers Temple

EPs

Year	Date	Title	Label	Note
2005	May	Melting Paraiso U.F.O. vs Cosmic Inferno	Acid Mothers Temple	split with AMT & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Limited edition CDr five copies [47]
2007		The Load Is a Virgin Killer / Hot Doggin' on a Flip Flop	Nokahoma	split with Je Suis France

Singles

Year	Date	Title	Label	Note
2005		Trigger In Trigger Out – 2005 US Tour Single	Nokahoma
2008	November	Sonic Attack (Psychedelic Warlords)	Trensmat	split with White Hills

Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2006	February	Featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder	Fractal

EPs

Year	Date	Title	Label
2007		The Soul of a Mountain Wolf	Fractal

Acid Mothers Temple SWR

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2005	April 11	SWR	Very Friendly
2007	May 25	Stones, Women, & Records	Magaibutsu

Live albums

Year	Date	Title	Label	Note
2011	January 12	Sax & the City	Magaibutsu	with Umezu Kazutoki
	January 14	Stones, Women and Records at Taku Taku 2009	Acid Mothers Temple	with Umezu Kazutoki and Seiichi Yamamoto
2014	October	Yes, No & Perhaps	Magaibutsu

Tsurubami

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
1995		Tsurubami (つるばみ)	Tenkyo no To (天侠の徒)
1998	May	Tenkyo no To (天侠の徒)	Acid Mothers Temple
2000		Kaina	Last Visible Dog
2003		Tsukuyomi Ni (月夜見に)	Riot Season
	September 2	Gekkyukekkaichi (月球結界地)	Strange Attractors Audio House
2005	March 5	Shohjohkisshohtan (清浄吉祥譚)	Clu Clux Clam
2007	December 5	Tenrin (天臨)	Vivo

Live albums

Year	Date	Title	Label	Note
2001	April	Hanshoh no Omoi (反照の想ひ)	Acid Mothers Temple
2003		Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective Tour 2003	Acid Mothers Temple	Live track by Tsurubami. Studio tracks by Pardons, Kawabata Makoto

Yamamoto Seiichi & Acid Mothers Temple

Live albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2008	December	Giant Psychedelia	Acid Mothers Temple
2011	January	Mega Psychedelia
2012	December	Giga Psychedelia

Acid Mothers Reynols

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2008	February 28	Vol.1[48]	Vert Pituite La belle
2022	January 27	Vol.2[49]	Hive Mind Records

Acid Moon Temple

Acid Mothers Temple (Tsuyama Atsushi, Shimura Koji, Kawabata Makoto, Higashi Hiroshi) plus Honeymoons (Tenko, Atsuko Kamura)

Studio albums

Year	Date	Title	Label
2022	August 8	Gassha[50]	Acid Mothers Temple

Festivals & Tours

Albums associated with a particular festival, tour etc. featuring multiple combinations of a group of performers. Two or more tracks per album credited to different artists, but including at least one Acid Mothers Temple credit. Treated as live albums here, although some include studio recordings.

Live albums

Year	Date	Title	Label	Notes
2005		Japanese New Music Festival Ver.4 November 2005 ( 日本の新音楽)	Magaibutsu	Acid Mothers Temple SWR and others. Enhanced CD with video content
2008	April	Japanese New Music Festival 2008	Acid Mothers Temple	Acid Mothers Temple SWR and others. Enhanced CD with video content
2010	October	Guru Guru Fest 2010	Chaotic Noise	Acid Mothers Temple SWR, Acid Mothers Guru Guru, Manitatsu
2013		Guru Guru Fest 2012	Magaibutsu	Acid Mothers Temple SWR, Acid Mothers Guru Guru and others
2017		Japanese New Music Festival 2017	Magaibutsu	Acid Mothers Temple SWR and others

References

1. Bennun, David (September 29, 2016). "Acid Mothers Temple review – non-stop head-melting psychedelia". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
2. Discogs "Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO – Freak Out"
3. Eye Vybe Records ev-081
4. Multikulti Bandcamp page "Close Encounters Of The Mutants"
5. Eye Vybe Records "Pink Lady Lemonade (you're from inner space)"
6. Kamikaze Tapes "Pink Lady Lemonade (You're So Sweet")
7. Nod and Smile Records "Those Who Came Never Before"
8. Buh Records Bandcamp page "BR86 - Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Wandering The Outer Space"
9. "Important Records "Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Hallelujah Mystic Garden IMPREC463"". Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
10. Offset Records "Paralyzed Brain"
11. Bandcamp "Psychedelic Battles - Volume Five"
12. Discogs "Psychedilic Battles Volume Five", review by jake.afc
13. Ukikaji Records Bandcamp page "Trails to the Cosmic Vibrations"
14. Riot Season "Reverse Of Rebirth In Universe"
15. Japan Vibe "Acid Mothers Temple starts 2019 with five new releases!"
16. Japan Vibe "Acid Mothers Temple starts 2019 with five new releases!"
17. Discogs "How Was The Decisive Moment Recorded?"
18. Rough Trade "Invisible Eyes And Phantom Cathedral"
19. Japan Vibe "Acid Mothers Temple starts 2019 with five new releases!"
20. Imprec Bandcamp "Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part 2"
21. Acid Mothers Temple AMTCD-042
22. Max Hazard Records MHZ-03
23. N&S "Reverse Of Rebirth Reprise"
24. Riot Season "Chosen Star Child's Confession""
25. UFO Real "Voices from Ghostwood"
26. AKTI Records "Demi-Demoniac Daemoog"
27. Rolling Heads "Holy Black Mountain Side"
28. Discogs "The Day Before The Sky Fell In"
29. Time-Lag Records "IN G (TIME-LAG 018)"
30. Bam Balam Records BBLP 024/BBCD 024
31. Mascarpone "Live in Castellón"
32. Discogs "Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.* – Live in Castellón"
33. acidmothers.com "Last Concert of The First Chapter AMTCD-038"
34. acidmothers.com "Live at Cabaret Victoria 2016"
35. Eyevybe Records "On the Night of Destruction"
36. acidmothers.com "Astro Infinity Discothèque AMTCD-032"
37. ameblo.jp/speedguru "AMT宗家ライヴCD＆カセット「The Man Who Fell to Us」リリース案内"
38. Eyevybe Records "The Night He Fell To Us"
39. Eyevybe Records "Who Does The Space Troubadour Sing For?"
40. Eyevybe Records "Diend Of Fiend or Unstoppable Moonsault"
41. "Love The Bomb From Uranus"
42. Discogs "Live Rebootleg In Pangea"
43. Bam Balam Records BBLP 100/BBCD 100
44. Discogs "Tokugoya"
45. Bam Balam Records BBEP 200
46. ameblo.jp/speedguru "Acid Mothers Temple & Space Paranoid 限定ライヴCDR発売"
47. Acid Mothers Temple AMTPD-026
48. Vert Pituite la belle "Vol. 1"
49. Hive Mind Records "Vol. 2"
50. Discogs Acid Moon Temple "Gassha"

• "Acid Mothers Temple & the melting paraiso U.F.O. Discog". AcidMothers.com. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
• "Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno Discog". AcidMothers.com. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
• "Acid Mothers Temple SWR (Stone, Woman & Record) Discog". AcidMothers.com. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
• "Tsurubami Discog". AcidMothers.com. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
• "AMT LABEL CATALOG". AcidMothers.com. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
• Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO discography at Discogs
• Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno discography at Discogs
• Acid Mothers Temple & Space Paranoid discography at Discogs
• Acid Mothers Temple SWR discography at Discogs
• Acid Mothers Gong discography at Discogs
• Acid Mothers Guru Guru discography at Discogs
• Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. discography at MusicBrainz
• Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno discography at MusicBrainz
• Acid Mothers Temple & Space Paranoid discography at MusicBrainz
• Acid Mothers Temple SWR discography at MusicBrainz
• Acid Mothers Gong discography at MusicBrainz
• Acid Mothers Guru Guru discography at MusicBrainz