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The Canadian electro-industrial band Skinny Puppy has released twelve studio albums and two extended plays along with a number of live albums, compilations, and singles. The group formed in 1982 and released its debut EP, Back & Forth, in 1984.[1] Later that year, Skinny Puppy was picked up by Nettwerk and released another EP, Remission, in December 1984. The band's first studio album, 1985's Bites,[2] was its last with the original lineup of vocalist Nivek Ogre and producer / multi-instrumentalist cEvin Key; Dwayne Goettel joined in 1986,[3] and the band released its next two albums, Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse and Cleanse Fold and Manipulate, in 1986 and 1987 respectively.[1]
| Skinny Puppy discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 12 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 11 |
| Singles | 14 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 10 |
VIVIsectVI (1988), Skinny Puppy's fourth album, was one of the band's most well-received efforts, placing on Melody Maker's best of 1988 list and garnering several retrospective accolades.[4][5][6] Bradley Torreano of AllMusic hailed the album as a masterpiece, and Jim Harper of the same publication saw VIVIsectVI as the beginning of electro-industrial music.[7][3] Rabies followed VIVIsectVI in 1989 and marked the band experimenting with industrial metal thanks to the influence of Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen.[8][9] Key and Goettel expressed dissatisfaction with the album,[10] and Skinny Puppy quickly returned to the studio for its sixth album, 1990's Too Dark Park.
Too Dark Park was another critical highlight of the band's career,[3][11][12][13] and Key described it as a return to form for Skinny Puppy.[10][14][15] In 1992, with the band on the brink of dissolution due to Ogre's worsening drug addiction,[16][17] Last Rights was released and saw the band pushing further into extreme noise territory.[18][19] The making of Skinny Puppy's next and eighth album, The Process (which would eventually be released in 1996), was fraught with difficulties both internal and external; the band shifted to a new record label with a new recording studio and new producers, Ogre left, Goettel died of a heroin overdose, and the band ultimately dissolved with the album unfinished.[20] Following dissolution, Skinny Puppy released several compilations and a live improvisation album titled Puppy Gristle (which had been recorded in 1993).[21] Ogre and Key reunited in 2000 and a year later released a live album documenting Skinny Puppy's revival.[22] The band returned to the studio and released The Greater Wrong of the Right in 2004, Mythmaker in 2007, HanDover in 2011, and Weapon in 2013.[1]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [23] |
US Heat [24] |
US Taste [25] |
US Indie [26] |
US Dance [27] |
CAN [28] |
SWE [29] |
GER Alt [30] | |||
| Bites |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Cleanse Fold and Manipulate |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 55 [33] |
— |
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| VIVIsectVI |
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— | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | — |
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| Rabies |
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— | — | — | — | — | 88 | — | — |
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| Too Dark Park |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Last Rights |
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193 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Process |
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102 | 1 | — | — | — | 30 | 48 | — |
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| The Greater Wrong of the Right |
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176 | 7 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
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| Mythmaker |
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200 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | — | — | — |
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| Handover |
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168 | 3 | 18 | 37 | 9 | — | — | — |
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| Weapon |
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140 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 4 | — | 60 | 1 |
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| "—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
| Title | EP details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Back & Forth |
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| Remission |
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| Title | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bites and Remission |
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| Remission & Bites |
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| Twelve Inch Anthology |
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| Back and Forth Series Two |
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| Brap: Back and Forth Series 3 & 4 |
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| Skinned |
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| The Singles Collect |
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| B-Sides Collect |
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| Back and Forth 06Six |
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| Back & Forth Vol7 |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat [24] |
GER | |||
| Ain't It Dead Yet? | — | — |
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| Doomsday (Back and Forth 5) |
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— | 15 |
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| The Greater Wrong of the Right Live |
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— | — | |
| Bootlegged, Broke and in Solvent Seas |
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46 | 2 |
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| "—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Video Collection (1984–1992) |
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| Remix Dystemper |
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| Puppy Gristle |
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| Title | Year | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Dig It" | 1986 | Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse | — |
| "Addiction" | 1987 | Cleanse Fold and Manipulate | |
| "Chainsaw" | Non-album single | ||
| "Stairs and Flowers" | Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse | ||
| "Censor" | 1988 | VIVIsectVI |
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| "Testure" | 1989 |
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| "Tin Omen" | Rabies | — | |
| "Worlock" | 1990 | ||
| "Tormentor" | Too Dark Park | ||
| "Spasmolytic" | 1991 | ||
| "Inquisition" | 1992 | Last Rights | |
| "Candle" | 1996 | The Process | |
| "Track 10" | 2000 | Last Rights | |
| "Politikil" | 2007 | Mythmaker | |
| "Salvo" | 2013 | Weapon | |
| "Illisit" |
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