Cardiacs (1977 - 21 Jul 2020)
Group - United Kingdom
Releases (34)
Official
Album
- The Obvious Identity 1980 (as Cardiac Arrest)
- Toy World 1981
- The Seaside 1983
- A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window 21 Mar 1988
- On Land and in the Sea 1989
- Heaven Born and Ever Bright 1992
- Sing to God 11 Jun 1996
- Guns 21 Jun 1999
Album - Compilation
- Archive Cardiacs 1983
- Songs for Ships and Irons 1991
- Sampler 1995
- Greatest Hits 2002
Album - Live
- Rude Bootleg 1986
- Cardiacs Live 31 Oct 1988
- All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest 1991
- Garage Concerts, Volume 1 2005
- Garage Concerts, Volume 2 2005
- The Special Garage Concerts, Vol I & II 24 Apr 2014
- Some Fairytales From the Rotten Shed 17 Sep 2017
Single
- Cardiac Arrest E.P. 1979 (as Cardiac Arrest)
- There’s Too Many Irons in the Fire 1987
- Is This the Life 1988
- Susannah’s Still Alive 1988
- Baby Heart Dirt 1989
- Bellyeye Apr 1995
- Manhoo 1995
- Odd Even 1996
- Signs 19 Jul 1999
- Ditzy Scene 05 Nov 2007
- Vermin Mangle 01 Sep 2020
EP
- Big Ship 1987
- Day Is Gone 1991
EP - Live
Relationships (26)
Members
- Tim Smith (1977 - 1980) original, lead vocals, guitar
- Jim Smith (1977 - 1980) original, bass guitar
- Ralph Cade (1977 - 1979) original
- Michael Pugh (1977 - 1979) original
- Colvin Mayers (1977 - 1980) original, synthesizer
- Peter Tagg (1977 - 1979) original
- Mark Cawthra (1979 - 1980) original, keyboard, membranophone
- Mark Cawthra (1980 - 1983) original, keyboard, membranophone
- Colvin Mayers (1980 - 1981) original, synthesizer
- Tim Smith (1980 - 21 Jul 2020) original, lead vocals, guitar
- Jim Smith (1980) original, bass guitar
- Sarah Jones (1980 - 1989) original, saxophone
- Tim Quy (1980 - 1990) additional, percussion, keyboard
- Graham Simmonds (1982 - 1983)
- Marguerite Johnson (1982 - 1983) additional
- Dominic Luckman (1983 - 1993)
- William D. Drake (1983 - 1990) keyboard
- Christian Hayes (1989 - 1990)
- Jon Poole (1991 - 2003)
- Bob Leith (1993)
- Claire Lemmon (1999) additional
- Sharron Fortnam (1999) additional
- Melanie Woods (2000) additional
- Dawn Staple (2000) additional
- Cathy Harabaras (2000) additional
- Kavus Torabi (2003) guitar
Recordings by (173)
- A Bus for a Bus on the Bus 4:33 (1979)
- A Cake for Bertie’s Party 3:10 (1979)
- Food on the Wall 1:08 (1979)
- The Obvious Identity 2:11 (1980)
- Visiting Hours 4:50 (1980)
- Pip as Uncle Dick but Peter Spoilt It 4:35 (1980)
- To Go Off and Things 2:25 (1980)
- Rock Around the Clock 1:53 (1980)
- Leaf Scrapings 3:13 (1980)
- A Game for Bertie’s Party 5:44 (1980)
- Cameras 1:02 (1980)
- Bite 3/A 2:37 (1980)
- Pilf 3:22 (1980)
- Let Alone My Plastic Doll 4:06 (1980)
- A Balloon for Bertie’s Party 8:01 (1980)
- Aukamacic 0:51 (1981)
- Icky Qualms 2:17 (1981)
- Over + Over + Over + Over 5:15 (1981)
- Dead Mouse 4:24 (1981)
- A Big Noise in a Toy World 3:36 (1981)
- Trademark 3:42 (1981)
- Scratching Crawling Scrawling 0:57 (1981)
- As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea 7:16 (1981)
- Verses 0:28 (1981)
- Is This the Life? 4:35 (1981)
- Nurses Whispering Verses 5:37 (1981)
- A Time for Rejoicing 1:54 (1981)
- A Little Man and a House 4:22 (1983)
- Dinner Time 4:35 (1983)
- Piffol Four Times 2:49 (1983)
- T.V.T.V. 3:49 (1983)
- My Trade Mark 3:40 (1983)
- The Obvious Identity 2:02 (1983)
- Piffol One Time 6:49 (1983)
- A Game for Bertie’s Party 5:26 (1983)
- Piffol Three Times 5:38 (1983)
- Rock Around the Clock 1:45 (1983)
- Jibber and Twitch 4:35 (1983)
- Gena Lollabridgida 3:12 (1983)
- Hello Mr Sparrow 4:33 (1983)
- It’s a Lovely Day 3:25 (1983)
- A Wooden Fish on Wheels 3:22 (1983)
- Hope Day 6:25 (1983)
- Ice a Spot and a Dot on the Dog 3:34 (1983)
- R.E.S. 5:26 (1983)
- To Go Off and Things 2:13 (1983)
- The Icing on the World 2:41 (1986)
- In a City Lining 6:25 (1986)
- Tarred and Feathered 3:11 (1986)
- Big Ship 5:20 (1986)