Coil discography

Discography for the experimental music group Coil and their aliases.

Albums & singles attributed solely to COIL

• How to Destroy Angels (12") (1984)
• Scatology (12"/Cassette/CD) (1984)
• Panic/Tainted Love (12"/CD) (1985)
• The Anal Staircase (12") (1986)
• Horse Rotorvator (12"/Cassette/CD) (1987)
• Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders (12"/CD) (1987)
• The Wheel/The Wheal (7") (1987)
• The Wheal/Keelhauler (7") (1987)
• The Unreleased Themes for Hellraiser (10"/Cassette/CD) (1987)
• Wrong Eye/Scope (7") (1990)
• Unnatural History (CD) (1990)
• Windowpane (12"/CD) (1990)
• Love's Secret Domain (LP/Cassette/CD) (1991 July)
• The Snow (12"/Cassette/CD) (1991)
• Stolen & Contaminated Songs (CD) (1992)
• How to Destroy Angels (Remixes and Re-Recordings) (CD) (1992)
• Airborne Bells/Is Suicide a Solution? (7") (1993 November)
• Themes for Derek Jarman's Blue (7") (1993)
• The Angelic Conversation (CD) (1994)
• Unnatural History II (CD) (1995 January)
• Windowpane & The Snow (CD) (1995)
• Unnatural History III (CD) (1997 June)
• The Solstice and Equinox Singles:
  • Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull (7"/CD) (1998 March)
  • Summer Solstice: Bee Stings (7"/CD) (1998 June)
  • Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers (7"/CD) (1998 September)
  • Winter Solstice: North (7"/CD) (1999 January)
• Astral Disaster (12"/CD) (1999 January/2000 January)
• Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1 (CD/12") (1999 September)
• Queens of the Circulating Library (CD) (2000 April)
• Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2 (CD/2X12") (2000 September)
• Coil Presents Time Machines (CD) (2000 September)
• Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil (CD) (2000 September)
• Пособие для начинающих: Глас Сéребра (A Guide For Beginners: A Silver Voice) (CD) (2001 September)
• Пособие для кончающих: Волос Злата (A Guide For Finishers: A Golden Hair) (CD) (2001 September)
• Live In Moscow (VHS) (2001)
• Moons Milk (In Four Phases) (2XCD) (2002 January)
  • Moons Milk (In Four Phases) Bonus Disc (CD-R) (2003 July)
• The Remote Viewer (CD-R/2XCD) (2002 May)
• The Golden Hare with a Voice of Silver (2xCD) (2002)
• Spoiler Talks DVD Series: Coil (DVD) (2003)
• Live Four (CD) (2003 March)
• Live Three (CD) (2003 March)
• ANS (CD) (2003 May)
• The Restitution of Decayed Intelligence (10") (2003 May)
• Live Two (CD) (2003 May)
• Live One (2xCD) (2003 June)
• The Key to Joy Is Disobedience (box set) (2003 July)
  • Megalithomania! (CD-R) (2003 July)
• ANS (3xCD & 1 DVD) (2004 May)
• Black Antlers (CD-R/2XCD) (2004 June)
• Selvaggina, Go Back into the Woods (CD-R) (2004 July)
• ...And the Ambulance Died in His Arms (CD) (2005 April)
• The Ape of Naples (CD/3X12") (2 December 2005)
• Duplais Balance (box set) (2006 December)
• The New Backwards (CD/12") (2008)
• Colour Sound Oblivion (16xDVD) (2010)

Aliases and side-project releases

• Zos Kia/Coil: Transparent (CS/CD/LP) (1983)
• Vortex Campaign/Coil/The New Blockaders: Dolbied (cassette) (1984)
• Sickness of Snakes: Nightmare Culture (12") (1985)
• Coil vs The Eskaton: Nasa Arab (12") (1994)
• Coil vs ELpH: Born Again Pagans (CD) (1994)
• ELpH: pHILM #1 (10") (1994)
• ELpH vs. Coil: Worship the Glitch (CD/2X10") (1995)
• Black Light District: A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room (CD/2X12") (1996)
• Time Machines: Time Machines (CD/2X12"/2XCD) (1998/2001/2007)
• ELpH: elph.zwölf (CD) (1999)
• Coil/The New Blockaders/Vortex Campaign: The Melancholy Mad Tenant (CD) (2005 September)

Bootlegs & demos

• Acid Jam
• Aural backdrop for: 2000-06-17 - Spain-Barcelona - Sonar
• Backwards demo
• Dutch Radio4 Supplement
• First Dark Ride demos
• Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
• Live in NYC August 18, 2001 (CD-R/VHS) (2001)
• Love's Secret Domain demos
  • aka Love's Secret Demise
• Protection demos
• Scatology demos
• Songs of the Week
  • aka Black Gold

Compilation appearances

Date of release	Compilation title	Song title	Alias	Track length	Format	Also appears on
1979	Standard Response	"Blue Funk (Scar For E)"	Murderwreckers		cassette	track is exclusive to compilation
1980	Deleted Funtime - Various Tunes By Various Loons	"Thin Veil Of Blood"	Stabmental		cassette	track is exclusive to compilation
1983	The Beast 666	"Here To Here (Double Headed Secret)"	Coil		CD	Unnatural History, Transparent
1983	The Elephant Table Album	"S Is For Sleep"	Coil		CD, 2X12" vinyl	Unnatural History
1984	Bethel	"Red Weather"	Coil		cassette	Unnatural History II
1984	Life At The Top	"Homage To Sewage"	Coil		12" vinyl	Unnatural History
1985	Devastate To Liberate	"Restless Day"	Coil		cassette, 12" vinyl	Scatology (CD pressing only)
1985	The Fight Is On	"Sicktone"	Coil		12" vinyl	Unnatural History
1985	If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul	"The Wheel"	Coil		CD, 12" vinyl	The Wheel/The Wheal
1985	U.K. Buzz#006	"The Wheel"	Coil			The Wheel/The Wheal
1985	A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse	"Neither His Nor Yours"	Coil		CD, 12" vinyl	Unnatural History
1986	Peyrere	"Dream Photography"	Coil		cassette	Unnatural History
1986	Ohrensausen	"His Body Was A Playground For The Nazi Elite"	Coil		CD, 12" vinyl	Unnatural History
1987	Raw Like Sewage	"Comfortable"	Coil			Unnatural History
1987	Less Than Angels	"Never"	Coil			Unnatural History, The Angelic Conversation
1989	Myths 4 - Sinople Twilight In Catal Hüyük	"Another Brown World"	Coil		CD, 12" vinyl	Unnatural History II
1989	Pathological Compilation	"Contains A Disclaimer"	Coil		CD, 12" vinyl, cassette	Unnatural History II
1990	Total Volume 1	"The Anal Staircase (Relentless Mix)"	Coil	4:00	CD	track is exclusive to compilation
1991	The Portable Altamont	"Wrong Eye"	Coil		CD	Wrong Eye/Scope, Unnatural History III
1991	The Portable Altamont	"Scope"	Coil		CD	Wrong Eye/Scope, Unnatural History III
1991	The Portable Altamont	"Meaning What Exactly?"	Coil		CD	Unnatural History III
1991	Wax Trax! Sampler #2	"Love's Secret Domain (Demo)"	Coil			Stolen & Contaminated Songs
1991	Order To The Galaxy	"The Snow (Driftmix)"	Coil			The Snow
1993	Electrocity Vol. 3	"Windowpane"	Coil			Love's Secret Domain
1993	Cash Cow: The Best of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993	"Neither His Nor Yours"	Coil			Unnatural History III
1994	Chaos In Expansion	"Baby Food"	Coil		CD	Unnatural History III
1994	Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years	"Windowpane"	Coil			Love's Secret Domain
1994	Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years	"The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams II)"	Coil			The Snow
1994	Space Daze	"Nasa Arab"	Coil			Stolen & Contaminated Songs
1994	Out There: A Thread In Time	"Nasa Arab"	Coil			Stolen & Contaminated Songs
1994	El Mondo Ambiente	"The Snow (Driftmix)"	Coil			The Snow
1995	Macro Dub Infection	"The Hills Are Alive"	Coil			Unnatural History II
1996	Succour	"Lost Rivers Of London"	Coil			Unnatural History III
1996	Treat The Gods As If They Exist	"It If Wasn't Wolves, What Was It?"	ELpH Vs. Coil	2:58	CD	track is exclusive to compilation
1997	Terra Serpentes	"Heartworms"	Coil			alternate version on Foxtrot
1997	Narcosis	"Stoned Circular II"	Black Light District			A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room
1998	Foxtrot	"Blue Rats (Blue Cheese Mix)"	Coil	4:08	CD, 2X10" vinyl	track is exclusive to compilation
1998	Foxtrot	"Heartworms"	Coil	7:16	CD, 2X10" vinyl	alternate version on Terra Serpentes
1998	Interiors	"Gnomic Verses"	ELpH		CD
1999	Alternative Press Presents Industrial Strength Music	"Panic"	Coil			Scatology
1999	The Torture Garden	"Blue Rats"	Black Light District			A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room
2000	Cornucopea	"Time Machines (excerpt)"	Coil		CD	partial version of track found on Time Machines
2000 October	The Wire Tapper 6	"A Cold Cell"	Coil	6:24		alternate versions found on The Ape Of Naples and Пособие для начинающих: Глас Сéребра
2000	Emre (Dark Matter)	"Broken Aura"	Coil	8:05	CD	track is exclusive to compilation
2000	Computer Music Journal Sound Anthology Volume 24	"Glisten #2"	Coil	1:05	CD	track is exclusive to compilation
2001	Rough Trade Shops: 25 Years	"Further Back And Faster"	Coil			Love's Secret Domain
2001	sR:Ample	"Broken Aura (excerpt)"	Coil		CD	partial version of track found on Emre (Dark Matter)
2001	Lichttaufe	"Are You Shivering?"	Coil			Musick To Play In The Dark Vol. 1
2002	Light + Kraft	"Love's Secret Domain"	Coil			Love's Secret Domain
2002	Rough Trade Shops: Electronic 01	"Ended"	ELpH Vs. Coil			Worship The Glitch
16 April 2002	Brain NOT In The Wire	"Mayhem Accelerator Part 1"	Coil	12:17	CD	track is exclusive to compilation
2002	Beta-Beat 01	"The Restitution of Decayed Intelligence II (excerpt)"	Coil			partial version of a track found on The Restitution Of Decayed Intelligence
2002	X-Rated: The Electronic Files	"Remote Viewing 1 (excerpt)"	Coil			partial version of a track found on The Remote Viewer
2002	The Wire 20: 1982-2002	"Wrong Eye"	Coil			Wrong Eye/Scope, Unnatural History III
2003	Mutek 03	"The Test"	Coil	5:40	CD	track is exclusive to compilation. written by John Balance, Peter Christopherson; engineered by Danny Hyde (CD booklet)
2003	England's Hidden Reverse	"Slur"	Coil		CD	Scatology
2003	England's Hidden Reverse	"Are You Shivering?"	Coil		CD	Musick To Play In The Dark Vol. 1
2003	England's Hidden Reverse	"Chaostrophy"	Coil		CD	Love's Secret Domain
2003	England's Hidden Reverse	"Amethyst Deceivers"	Coil		CD	Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers
2003	England's Hidden Reverse	"The Lost Rivers Of London"	Black Light District		CD	A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room
2003 September	Lactamase Bonus Compilation	"Bad Message"	Coil	2:09	10" vinyl	track is exclusive to compilation
2003 October	The Lactamase 10" Sampler	"The Restitution Of Decayed Intelligence II (Extract)"	Coil	5:01	CD-R	Full version found on The Restitution Of Decayed Intelligence.
2005	X-Rated: The Dark Files	"Coppice Meat"	Coil	10:47	CD	Moons Milk (In Four Phases) Bonus Disc
2006 February	Not Alone	"Broccoli"	Coil	6:54	5XCD	This is an exclusive live version taken from Coil's 25 July 2004 live performance. Another live version can be found on Live Three and the studio version on Musick To Play In The Dark Vol. 1.
2006 November	Brainwaves	"Journey To Avebury"	Coil		3XCD	Exclusive, originally part of the Songs of the Week series.
2006 November	Brainwaves	"Stoned Circular III"	Black Light District		3XCD	Exclusive, originally part of the Songs of the Week series.

Mixes, Remixes & Production by Coil

Date of release	Song title	Released on	Original artist	Alias	Track length	Format
1992	"Gave Up"	Fixed	Nine Inch Nails	Coil	5:25	CD
1994	"Closer (Precursor)"	Closer to God	Nine Inch Nails	Coil	7:16	CD, 12" vinyl, cassette
1994 September	"Olive"	Switchblade	Schaft	Coil	5:03	CD
1994 September	"Visual Cortex"	Switchblade	Schaft	Coil	8:01	CD
1995	"Dreamspace (Coil - Shadow Vs Executioner Mix)"	Ellipsis	Scorn	Coil	11:30	CD, 5X12" vinyl
1995	"Dreamscape (Unstable Sidereal Oneiroscopic Mix)"	Ellipsis	Scorn	Coil		5X12" vinyl
1995	"The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)"	Further Down the Spiral	Nine Inch Nails	Coil	7:28	CD
1995	"Eraser (Denial; Realization)"	Further Down the Spiral	Nine Inch Nails	Coil	6:33	CD
1995	"Eraser (Polite)"	Further Down the Spiral (US version only)	Nine Inch Nails	Coil	1:15	CD
1995	"Erased, Over. Out"	Further Down the Spiral (US version only)	Nine Inch Nails	Coil	6:00	CD
1995	"Cowboys In Bangkok (Coil vs Elph Mix)"	Twist	Chris and Cosey	Coil Vs ELpH	5:53	CD
1996 March 1	"Kraak (Coil Mix)"	Kraak Remixes	Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia	Coil	10:05	CD, 2X12" vinyl
1996 September 16	"Kraak (Coil Mix)"	History of Psychick Phenomenon	Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia	Coil	10:05	2XCD
1996	"Tactile Vs Coil"	Outside the Circles of Time	Tactile	Coil	5:29	12" vinyl
1996	"Intervention 1 - Tactile Vs Coil"	Recurrence & Intervention	Tactile	Coil	5:32	CD
1997	"Kála"	City of Light	Bill Laswell	Coil	13:06	CD
1998	"Villa Esplendor (Coil - Troglodyte Mix)"	En-Co-D-Esplendor	Esplendor Geométrico	Coil	9:01	CD
1999	"Dreamscape (Unstable Sidereal Oneiroscopic Mix)"	Anamnesis - Rarities 1994 - 1997	Scorn	Coil	5:08	CD
1999 August	"The Gimp/Sometimes"	Hate People Like Us	People Like Us	Coil	6:25	CD, 2XCD
4 June 2001	"Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium (Coil Remix)"	So Soon	Slag Boom Van Loon	Coil	9:42	CD
2001	"Hobgoblins (Coil Remix)"	The Seance at Hobs Lane	Mount Vernon Arts Lab	Coil	5:48	CD
2004	"I Wanna Be Your Dog (Coil Mogadog Mix)"	I Wanna Be Your Dog	Futon	Coil	6:18	CD
27 October 2004	"Rush (Black Sun Mix)"	Remixes 81···04 - Rare Tracks Bundle	Depeche Mode	Coil	5:57	MP3
23 November 2004	"Closer (Precursor)"	The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)	Nine Inch Nails	Coil	7:16	CD/SACD hybrid
23 November 2004	"The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)"	The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)	Nine Inch Nails	Coil	7:32	CD/SACD hybrid
2004	"Hobgoblins (Coil Remix)"	The Electronic Bible Chapter 1	Mount Vernon Arts Lab	Coil	5:48	CD

Unreleased songs and alternate versions

Song title	Era	Origin(s)	Track length(s)
"Attack Of The Cenobites 2"	1987	Leftover from The Unreleased Themes For Hellraiser session.	1:52
"Bee Has The Photos"	1993	Available via Songs of the Week.	4:58
"Egyptian Bases"	1993	Shorter version on Backwards demo. Longer version available via Songs of the Week.	3:40, 8:16
"First Dark Ride"	1994	Final version found on Nasa Arab.	1:24, 4:55, 7:38, 11:52
"Protection"	1994	Final version found on Born Again Pagans.	4:36, 6:09, 13:26
"Red Skeletons II"	1996	Leftover from A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room session.	5:24
"Sex With Sun Ra"	2004	Originally released on Black Antlers.	8:13
"Sipping Birdsong Through Bedsprings"		Played after a live show. Also the title of a Beastbox.	4:54
"What Kind Of An Animal Are You?"		Live version on Live Two, studio version never surfaced.

Remixes of Coil by others

• The album Pontifex Maximus by Phallus Dei includes a track called "Rule Again". The music for this track is credited to Coil and lyrics to Death In June, however it is merely the song "Here To Here" with the lyrics of the Death In June song "Rule Again" sung over top of the track. This track was neither authorized by Coil or Death In June. (1991)

• The album Pure by The Golden Palominos features a song called "No Skin" which samples "Nasa Arab" heavily. (1994)

• The album No Thought, No Breath, No Eyes, No Heart (Pure Mixes) by The Golden Palominos includes several versions of the song "No Skin" which heavily features "Nasa Arab". One of these tracks was included as part of the Songs of the Week series. (1995)

• The single Obsidian Monarch by Thread is a two track 7" vinyl with a remix of "Glowworm/Waveform" and "Dark River". (1999)

• The album Plastic Spider Thing by Black Sun Productions is an album of remixes of various Coil material. (2002)

• The album Москве by CoH features a remix of the ELpH Vs. Coil track "pHILM". (2002)

Official music videos

Song title	Album song is on	Music video released on	Directed by	Year
"The Wheel"	If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul	(unreleased)	Peter Christopherson	1985
"Tainted Love"	Scatology	Black Box (A Video Retrospect) Volume 2 (VHS)	Peter Christopherson	1985
"Windowpane"	Love's Secret Domain	Black Box (A Video Retrospect) Volume 1 (VHS)	Peter Christopherson	1990
"The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams II)"	The Snow EP	(unreleased)	Peter Christopherson	1991
"Love's Secret Domain"[1]	Love's Secret Domain	(unreleased)	Peter Christopherson	1991

External links

• official Coil online music shop