Test Dept. (1981 - )

Group - United Kingdom

Releases (32)

Official

Album

  1. Live At The Ritz - New York July 1984 19 Jul 1984 (as Test Department)
  2. Beating the Retreat 1984
  3. The Unacceptable Face of Freedom 1986
  4. European Network 1-9-8-5 1986
  5. A Good Night Out 1987
  6. Terra Firma 1988
  7. Materia Prima 1990
  8. Pax Britannica 1991
  9. Totality 1995
  10. Tactics for Evolution 10 Feb 1998
  11. Disturbance 01 Mar 2019

Album - Live

  1. Ecstacy Under Duress 29 Nov 1984
  2. Materia Prima 1990
  3. Proven in Action 1991
  4. Atonal & Hamburg 'Live' 1992

Album - Compilation

  1. Legacy (1990-1993) 1994

Album - Remix

  1. Totality 1 & 2 1996
  2. Disturbance Disordered 22 Nov 2019 (as Test Dept)

Single

  1. Compulsion 1983
  2. The Faces of Freedom 1 2 & 3 1986
  3. Victory 1987
  4. Natura Victus 1988
  5. Pax Americana 1990
  6. New World Order 1991
  7. Bang on It! 1993
  8. The Enigma of Doctor Dee 1997

EP

  1. Terra Firma 1988
  2. Totality 1 1995
  3. Totality 2: Genius Mixes 1996

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Live At Transmusicales De Rennes 10 Dec 1986

Other

  1. Peel Session 1983. 2017

Relationships (9)

Members

  1. Tony Cudlip
  2. Angus Farquhar
  3. Paul Jamrozy
  4. Gus Ferguson
  5. Alistair Adams
  6. Martin King
  7. Paul Hines
  8. Toby Burdon
  9. Graham Cunnington

Recordings by (187)

  1. Gdansk 6:24 (1982)
  2. Efficiency ?:?? (16 May 1983)
  3. Shockwerk (live) ?:?? (1983)
  4. Extract From Exercise of Will 3:59 (1983)
  5. Shockwork 4:28 (1983)
  6. Compulsion (Machine Run) 5:10 (1983)
  7. Pulsations 1 (Human Run) 4:59 (1983)
  8. Pulsations 2 (Human Run) 5:47 (1983)
  9. Last Rites 2:54 (1983)
  10. Prokofievs Dream 4:12 (1983)
  11. Drum & Body 3:25 (1983)
  12. Death of God 7:41 (1983)
  13. Kindergarten 5:41 (1983)
  14. WWBC 4:08 (1983)
  15. Beating Retreat 8:59 (1983)
  16. Shockwork (live) ?:?? (1983)
  17. Total State Machine (Efficiency) 8:07 (19 Jul 1984)
  18. Compulsion (instrumental) 3:27 (19 Jul 1984)
  19. The Fall From Light 4:12 (19 Jul 1984)
  20. Inheritance 3:37 (19 Jul 1984)
  21. Kick to Kill 7:03 (19 Jul 1984)
  22. Spring Into Action 4:40 (19 Jul 1984)
  23. The Ritz Soundcheck (Excerpts) 3:09 (19 Jul 1984)
  24. [untitled] 1:55 (19 Jul 1984)
  25. Hunger 3:59 (29 Nov 1984)
  26. Compulsion 5:12 (29 Nov 1984)
  27. In Uniform 6:15 (29 Nov 1984)
  28. Slow Hunger 4:01 (29 Nov 1984)
  29. On Pain 4:43 (29 Nov 1984)
  30. Forward 6:44 (1984)
  31. Sweet Sedation 4:11 (1984)
  32. Plastic 4:50 (1984)
  33. Total State Machine 8:13 (1984)
  34. Cold Witness 7:05 (1984)
  35. Total State Machine (Efficiency) ?:?? (1984)
  36. Shockwork ?:?? (1984)
  37. Compulsion (Instrumental) ?:?? (1984)
  38. The Fall From Light ?:?? (1984)
  39. Inheritance ?:?? (1984)
  40. Kick To Kill ?:?? (1984)
  41. Spring Into Action ?:?? (1984)
  42. The Ritz Soundcheck (Excerpts) ?:?? (1984)
  43. Fuel Foundation of the Nation (live) 8:14 (Mar 1985)
  44. Total Nervous Phenomonom 3:40 (1985)
  45. Victory (Fuckhead Version) 8:19 (10 Dec 1986)
  46. Les Enfants De L'Industrie 2:44 (10 Dec 1986)
  47. Fuel To Fight 8:31 (10 Dec 1986)
  48. Fist 4:42 (10 Dec 1986)
  49. Corridor of Cells 7:53 (10 Dec 1986)
  50. Empire 13:58 (10 Dec 1986)
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On Recordings (4)

Arranged

  1. From the Land 5:42 Test Dept. (1991)
  2. Agincourt 3:02 Test Dept. (1991)

Produced

  1. The Unacceptable Face of Freedom—Face 3 6:39 Test Dept. (1986)
  2. Critical Frame of Mind (Criminal edit) 5:56 Test Dept. (Oct 1994)

Credited as (10)

  1. Test Dept.
  2. Brith Gof. & Test Dept.
  3. Test Dept. & Brith Gof
  4. Subgenius vs. Test Dept.
  5. Test Department
  6. South Wales Striking Miners Choir / Test Dept.
  7. South Wales Striking Miners Choir & Test Dept.
  8. Test Dept. & South Wales Striking Miners Choir
  9. Test Dept. Redux
  10. Test Dept

Works (1)

Wrote

  1. Critical Frame of Mind

Events (4)

Main Performer At

  1. Experience
  2. 30. Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2023
  3. 25. Wave-Gotik-Treffen
  4. Roskilde Festival 1996, Day 3: Deeday time

Links (8)

Official Homepages

  1. http://testdept.org.uk/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97075864
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/test-dept
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no97075864

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/427800

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/8958

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1502233

Fan Pages

  1. http://www.esophagus.com/test-dept/index.html