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Fred Frith discography

Fred Frith appears on over 400 recordings. This is a selection from bands he was/is a member of, collaborations with other bands and musicians, and his solo recordings. The year indicates when the album was first released. For a comprehensive discography, see the Discography of Fred Frith by Michel Ramond, Patrice Roussel and Stephane Vuilleumier.

Contents

Bands

Henry Cow
  • Legend (1973, LP, Virgin, UK)
  • Unrest (1974, LP, Virgin, UK)
  • Concerts (1976, 2xLP, Caroline, UK)
  • Western Culture (1979, LP, Broadcast, UK)
  • The Virgin Years – Souvenir Box (1991, 3xCD, East Side Digital, US)
  • Henry Cow Box (2006, 7xCD, Recommended, UK)
  • Stockholm & Göteborg (2008, CD, Recommended, UK)
  • The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set (2009, 9xCD+DVD, Recommended, UK)
    • Henry Cow / Slapp Happy
  • Desperate Straights (1975, LP, Virgin, UK)
  • In Praise of Learning (1975, LP, Virgin, UK)
    • Art Bears
  • Hopes and Fears (1978, LP, Recommended, UK)
  • Winter Songs (1979, LP, Recommended, UK)
  • The World as It Is Today (1981, LP, Recommended, UK)
  • The Art Box (2004, 6xCD, Recommended, UK)
    • Aksak Maboul
  • Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits (1980, LP, Crammed Discs, Belgium)
    • Material
  • Memory Serves (1981, LP, Celluloid, France)
  • One Down (1982, LP, Celluloid, France)
  • Live from Soundscape (1994, CD, DIW, Japan)
    • Massacre
  • Killing Time (1981, LP, Celluloid, France)
  • Funny Valentine (1998, CD, Tzadik, US)
  • Meltdown (2001, CD, Tzadik, US)
  • Lonely Heart (2007, CD, Tzadik, US)
  • Love Me Tender (2013, CD, Tzadik, US)
    • Skeleton Crew
  • Learn to Talk (1984, LP, Rift, US / Recommended, Europe)
  • The Country of Blinds (1986, LP, Rift, US / Recommended, Europe)
  • Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds (1990, CD, RecRec, Switzerland)
  • Etymology (1997, CD-ROM, Rarefaction, US)
    • Duck and Cover
  • Rē Records Quarterly, Vol. 1 No. 2 (1985, LP, Recommended, UK)
    • French Frith Kaiser Thompson
  • Live, Love, Larf & Loaf (1987, LP, Rhino, US)
  • Invisible Means (1990, LP, Demon, UK, Windham Hill, US)
    • Naked City
  • Naked City (1990, LP, Elektra/Nonesuch, US)
  • Torture Garden (1990, LP, Elektra/Nonesuch, US)
  • Heretic, Jeux des Dames Cruelles (1992, CD, Avant, Japan)
  • Grand Guignol (1992, CD, Avant, Japan)
  • Leng Tch'e (1992, CD, Toy's Factory, Japan)
  • Radio (1993, CD, Avant, Japan)
  • Absinthe (1993, CD, Avant, Japan)
  • Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (2002, CD, Tzadik, US)
    • Death Ambient
  • Death Ambient (1995, CD, Tzadik, US)
  • Synaesthesia (1999, CD, Tzadik, US)
  • Drunken Forest (2007, CD, Tzadik, US)
    • Fred Frith Guitar Quartet
  • Ayaya Moses (1997, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
  • Upbeat (1999, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
    • Maybe Monday
  • Saturn's Finger (1999, CD, Buzz, Netherlands)
  • Digital Wildlife (2002, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany)
  • Unsquare (2008, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
    • Keep the Dog
  • That House We Lived In (2003, 2xCD, Fred, UK)
    • Cosa Brava
  • Ragged Atlas (2010, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
  • The Letter (2012, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
    • Fred Frith Trio
  • Another Day in Fucking Paradise (2016, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

    • Solo

  • Guitar Solos (1974, LP, Caroline Records, UK)
  • Gravity (1980, LP, Ralph Records, US)
  • Speechless (1981, LP, Ralph Records, US)
  • Live in Japan (1982, 2xLP, Recommended Records, Japan)
  • Cheap at Half the Price (1983, LP, Ralph Records, US)
  • Quartets (1994, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
  • Eye to Ear (1997, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
  • Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986–1996) (1999, CD, I Dischi di Angelica, Italy)
  • Clearing (2001, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
  • Prints: Snapshots, Postcards, Messages and Miniatures, 1987–2001 (2002, CD, Fred Records, UK)
  • Eye to Ear II (2004, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
  • Eleventh Hour (2005, 2xCD, Winter & Winter, Germany)
  • To Sail, to Sail (2008, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
  • Impur II (2009, CD, Fred Records, UK)
  • Eye to Ear III (2010, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
  • Clearing Customs (2011, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

    • Music for Dance

  • The Technology of Tears (And Other Music for Dance and Theatre) (1988, 2xLP, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
  • Allies (Music for Dance Volume 2) (1996, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
  • The Previous Evening (Music for Dance Volume 4) (1997, CD, Recommended Records, UK)
  • Accidental (Music for Dance Volume 3) (2002, CD, Fred Records, UK)
  • The Happy End Problem (Music for Dance Volume 5) (2006, CD, Fred Records, UK)
  • Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air (Music for Dance Volume 6) (2009, CD, Fred Records, UK)
  • Field Days (The Amanda Loops) (2015, CD, Fred Records, UK)
  • Propaganda (2015, CD, Fred Records, UK)

    • Soundtracks

  • The Top of His Head (1989, LP, Crammed Discs, Belgium) – original soundtrack to the film The Top of His Head by Peter Mettler
  • Step Across the Border (1990, 2xLP, RecRec Music, Switzerland) – original soundtrack to the film Step Across the Border by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel
  • Middle of the Moment (1995, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland) – original soundtrack to the film Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel
  • Rivers and Tides (2003, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany) – original soundtrack to the film Rivers and Tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer

    • Composer only

  • Pacifica (1998, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
  • Freedom in Fragments (2002, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
  • Impur (2006, CD, Fred Records, UK)
  • Back to Life (2008, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
  • Rova Saxophone Quartet: Bingo (Victo, 1998) – features "Water Under the Bridge"

    • Collaborations

    With various artists
  • Guitar Solos 2 (1976, LP, Caroline Records, UK)
  • Guitar Solos 3 (1979, LP, Rift Records, US)
    • Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser
  • With Friends Like These (1979, LP, Metalanguage, US)
  • Who Needs Enemies? (1983, LP, Metalanguage, US)
    • With The Residents
  • Commercial Album (1980, LP, Ralph Records, US)
    • Fred Frith, Bob Ostertag and Phil Minton
  • Voice of America (1982, LP, Rift Records, US)
    • Fred Frith and Totsuzen Danball
  • Live at Loft Shinjuku Tokyo Japan 23.July'81 (1982, CT, Floor Records, Japan)
    • Fred Frith and Chris Cutler
  • Live in Prague and Washington (1983, LP, Recommended Records, UK)
  • Live in Trondheim, Berlin, Limoges (1994, CD, Recommended Records, UK)
  • 2 Gentlemen in Verona (2000, CD, Recommended Records, UK)
  • The Stone: Issue Two (2007, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
    • Lol Coxhill and Fred Frith
  • French Gigs (1983, LP, AAA, France)
    • Fred Frith and René Lussier
  • Nous Autres (1987, LP, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
    • Fred Frith and Ferdinand Richard (as Fred & Ferd)
  • Dropera (1991, LP, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
    • Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson
  • Live Improvisations (1992, CD, Woof Records, UK)
    • Fred Frith and François-Michel Pesenti
  • Helter Skelter (1992, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
    • Fred Frith and Marc Ribot
  • Subsonic 1. Sounds of a Distant Episode (1994, CD, Sub Rosa/Subsonic, Belgium)
    • Fred Frith and John Zorn
  • The Art of Memory (1995, CD, Incus Records, UK)
  • 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5 (2004, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
  • The Art of Memory II (2008, CD, Fred Records, UK)
  • Late Works (2010, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
    • Fred Frith and Jean-Pierre Drouet
  • En Public aux Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers (1997, CD, Transes Europeennes, France)
    • Percy Howard, Charles Hayward, Fred Frith and Bill Laswell
  • Meridiem (1998, CD, Materiali Sonori, Italy)
    • Fred Frith and Ensemble Modern
  • Traffic Continues (2000, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany)
    • Mark Dresser, Fred Frith and Ikue Mori
  • Later ... (2000, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
    • Fred Frith, Jean-Pierre Drouet and Louis Sclavis
  • I Dream of You Jumping (2001, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
    • Michel Wintsch, Fred Frith, Franziska Baumann and Bernard Trontin
  • Whisperings (2002, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
    • Fred Frith, Anne Bourne and John Oswald
  • Dearness (2002, CD, Spool, Canada)
    • Fred Frith, Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay and Myles Boisen
  • All is Bright, But it is Not Day (2002, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
    • Derek Bailey, Antoine Berthiaume and Fred Frith
  • Soshin (2003, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
    • Fred Frith, Joëlle Léandre and Jonathan Segel
  • Tempted to Smile (2003, CD, Spool, Canada)
    • Lesli Dalaba, Fred Frith, Eric Glick Rieman and Carla Kihlstedt
  • Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt (2003, CD, Accretions Records, US)
    • Toychestra and Fred Frith
  • What Leave Behind (2004, CD, S.K. Records, France)
    • Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt and Stevie Wishart
  • The Compass, Log and Lead (2005, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
    • Rova::Orchestrova
  • Electric Ascension (Atavistic, 2005)
    • Anthony Braxton and Fred Frith
  • Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 (2006, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
    • Janet Feder and Fred Frith
  • Ironic Universe (2006, CD+DVD, Ad Hoc Records, US)
    • Fred Frith and Chris Brown
  • Cutter Heads (2007, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
    • Darren Johnston, Fred Frith, Devin Hoff, Larry Ochs and Ches Smith
  • Reasons for Moving (2007, CD, Not Two, US)
    • Fred Frith and Evelyn Glennie
  • The Sugar Factory (2007, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
    • Sonargemeinschaft (Sonar Community) and Fred Frith
  • Drift (2008, CD, Poise, Germany)
    • Fred Frith and Danielle Roger
  • Pas de Deux (2008, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
    • Fred Frith and ARTE Quartett
  • Still Urban (2009, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
  • The Big Picture (2009, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
    • Chris Cutler, Thomas Dimuzio and Fred Frith
  • Golden State (2010, LP, Recommended Records, UK)
    • Fred Frith and Annie Lewandowski
  • Long as in Short, Walk as in Run (2011, CD, Ninth World Records)
    • Jean-Pierre Drouet, Fred Frith and Louis Sclavis
  • Contretemps etc ... (2011, CD, In Situ, France)
    • Joëlle Léandre, Fred Frith, Alvin Curran and Urs Leimgruber
  • MMM Quartet – Live at the Metz' Arsenal (2012, CD, Leo Records, UK)
  • MMM Quartet – Oakland/Lisboa (2015, CD, RogueArt, France)
    • Fred Frith and Michel Doneda
  • Fred Frith Michel Doneda (2014, CD, Vand'Œuvre, France)
    • Fred Frith and Barry Guy
  • Backscatter Bright Blue (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
    • Lotte Anker and Fred Frith
  • Edge of the Light (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
    • Fred Frith and John Butcher
  • The Natural Order (2014, CD, Northern Spy, US)
    • Fred Frith and Evan Parker
  • Hello, I Must Be Going (2015, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
    • Katharina Weber, Fred Frith and Fredy Studer
  • It Rolls (2015, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
    • Lindsay Cooper, Fred Frith, Lars Hollmer and Gianni Gebbia
  • Angels on the Edge of Time (2015, CD, Angelica, Italy) – recorded at the 1993 Angelica Festival
    • Fred Frith and Helen Mirra
  • Kwangsi Quail (2015, LP, Shhpuma, Portugal)
    • Fred Frith and Darren Johnston
  • Everybody's Somebody's Nobody (2016, CD, Clean Feed, Portugal)

    • References

    Fred Frith discography Wikipedia
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