Spinal Tap discography

The semi-fictional rock band Spinal Tap has released three albums in addition to several bootleg compilations that have been compiled by fans. The band also has an extensive fictional back catalog which is discussed briefly within the film This is Spinal Tap.

Real albums

Commercial releases

This Is Spinal Tap

Main article: This Is Spinal Tap (album)

Released on Polydor (catalog #POL-817846) in 1984.

Side One

• Hell Hole
• Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
• Heavy Duty
• Rock and Roll Creation
• America
• Cups And Cakes

Side Two

• Big Bottom
• Sex Farm
• Stonehenge
• Gimme Some Money
• (Listen to the) Flower People

2000 CD bonus tracks

• Christmas with the Devil
• Christmas with the Devil (Scratch Mix)

Break Like the Wind

Main article: Break Like the Wind

Released on MCA (catalog #MCAP10514) in 1992.

Side one

• Bitch School
• The Majesty of Rock
• Diva Fever
• Just Begin Again (with Cher)
• Cash on Delivery
• The Sun Never Sweats
• Rainy Day Sun

Side two

• Break Like the Wind
• Stinkin' Up the Great Outdoors
• Springtime
• Clam Caravan
• Christmas with the Devil
• Now Leaving on Track 13 (hidden track)
• All the Way Home

Back from the Dead

Released on June 23, 2009 on the A2M Label.

Track List

1. Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
2. Back From the Dead
3. (Funky) Sex Farm
4. Rock 'n' Roll Creation
5. Jazz Oddyssey I
6. Gimme Some Money
7. Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
8. Heavy Duty
9. America
10. Jazz Oddyssey II
11. (Listen to the) Flower People (Reggae Style)
12. Hell Hole
13. Big Bottom
14. Celtic Blues
15. Jazz Oddyssey III
16. Warmer than Hell
17. Stonehenge
18. Short and Sweet
19. Cups and Cakes

Album notes

• Album contains both a CD and a DVD; the DVD contains track-by-track commentary.
• Album packaging is a fold-out diorama of the band.
• Nominated for a 2009 Grammy for Best Comedy Album.
• Nominated for a 2009 Grammy for Best Recording Package.
• "Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare" was originally performed by Spinal Tap in 1979 on "The TV Show".

Singles

• "Christmas with the Devil" / "Christmas with the Devil (Scratch Mix)" (1984)
• "Bitch School" / "Springtime" (1992) UK No. 35
• "The Majesty of Rock" (1992) UK No. 61
• "Back from the Dead" (2000)
• "Warmer Than Hell" (2007)
• "Saucy Jack" (2009) (released as free MP3 download from official website)

Bootlegs

• Ultra Rare Tap, Volume 11 (unknown date)
• None More Black (unknown date – a three-CDR set)
• The Ultimate Rock 'n' Roll Creation (unknown date)

Fictional discography

Studio albums

• Spinal Tap Sings "(Listen to the) Flower People" and Other Favourites (1967)
• We Are All Flower People (1968)
• Brainhammer (1970)
• Nerve Damage (1971)
• Blood to Let (1972)
• Intravenus de Milo (1974)
• The Sun Never Sweats (1975)
• Bent for the Rent (1976)
• Tap Dancing (1976)
• Rock 'n' Roll Creation (referred to as The Gospel According to Spinal Tap in the film) (1977)
• Shark Sandwich (1980)
• Smell the Glove (1982)

Live albums

• Silent but Deadly (1969)
• Jap Habit (1975) — an actual "Jap Habit", containing many unreleased songs recorded concurrently with the soundtrack, was pressed in limited quantities and given to the cast and crew as a gift.

Compilations

• The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody (1969)
• Heavy Metal Memories (1983)

Singles

• "All the Way Home" (1961) – an unreleased demo
• "Gimme Some Money" (1965)
• "(Listen to The) Flower People" (1967)
• "Breakfast of Evil" (1969)
• "Silent but Deadly" (1969)
• "Big Bottom" (1970)
• "Swallow My Love" (1970)
• "Nerve Damage" (1971)
• "Blood to Let" (1972)
• "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" (1974)
• "Stonehenge" (1975)
• "Nice 'n' Stinky" (1975)
• "Heavy Duty" (1976)
• "Bent for the Rent" (1976)
• "Tap Dancing" (1976)
• "Rock 'n' Roll Creation" (1977)
• "Sex Farm" (1980)
• "No Place Like Nowhere" (1980)
• "Hell Hole" (1982)

Bootlegs

• Top Hit for Nows (1968)
• Audible Death (1969)
• Live at Budokan (1975)
• Openfaced Mako (1980)
• Got Thamesmen on Tap (unknown date)
• Maximum Tap (unknown date)
• It's a Dub World (unknown date)

Unreleased/unfinished material

• Here's More Tap
• Flak Packet
• Lusty Lorry
• SEXX! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
• Hernia
• Nigel Tufnel's Trilogy in D-minor, including song with the working title "Lick My Love Pump"
• David St. Hubbins' / Derek Smalls' Saucy Jack, a musical based on the life of Jack the Ripper
  • The title song from the musical was released in 2009 as a free MP3 download from the official Spinal Tap website

Solo releases

Nigel Tufnel

• Nigel Tufnel's Clam Caravan (1979)
• Pyramid Blue (unknown date)

Derek Smalls

• It's a Smalls World (1978)
• Smalls Change Meditations Upon Ageing (2018)

David St. Hubbins

• In Search of a Brown Note (unfinished album of jazz collaborations, c. 1984–1985)

Ross MacLochness

• Doesn't Anybody Here Speak English? (unknown date)

References

• Worek, Steve. "The Ultimate Spinal Tap Discography". Retrieved 9 June 2018.
• Archive index at the Wayback Machine
• Occhiogrosso, Peter. "Inside Spinal Tap." Updated edition. Arbor House, 1992.
• "The Return of Spinal Tap" DVD. 404 Music Group, 2003.
• "This Is Spinal Tap" special edition DVD. Studio Canal, 2000.
• "This Is Spinal Tap: The Official Companion". Bloomsbury, 2000.

External links

• The original illustrated Spinal Tap discography
• The controversial Vinyl Hell article
• Bernard Anderson's Spinal Tap discography

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