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Momus
Person · male · United Kingdom · Paisley · born 1960 · recording since 1985
Scottish songwriter and author (born 1960)
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Also known as 莫姆斯
Timeline
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1960s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Beast With 3 Backs
First documented EP in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography1,125 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376200599
Biography
Nicholas John Currie (born 11 February 1960), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a Scottish musician and writer.
For over forty years he has been releasing albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he makes use of continental philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is "dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness".
Musical
Currie's musical career began in 1981, with his band The Happy Family, featuring ex-members of Josef K, who made a single and a concept album The Man on Your Street: Songs of the Dictator Hall on hip UK indie label 4AD.
In 1986 Momus recorded an E.P. of his translations of Jacques Brel songs, "Nicky", and wrote a lengthy article on Brel for the New Statesman. On 22 October 2009 he performed at the Barbican alongside fellow Brel enthusiasts Marc Almond and Camille O'Sullivan at a celebration of Brel's career Carousel: The Songs of Jacques Brel.
His album Don't Stop The Night
Don't Stop the NightSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Trust Me, I'm a Doctor5:212Righthand Heart5:043Lord of the Dance2:594Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous3:355How Do You Find My Sister?5:186The Hairstyle of the Devil4:327Don't Stop the Night4:338Amongst Women Only4:049The Guitar Lesson3:5310The Cabriolet4:2311Shaftesbury Avenue5:58 included the single "The Hairstyle of the Devil", which peaked at No. 94 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1989, and was also a local hit at San Francisco's KITS Live 105 radio station.
Momus' 1980s albums were a great influence on Jarvis Cocker, who wrote to Currie asking him to produce future Pulp albums. Those same albums were a huge influence on Brett Anderson; Currie's championing of Suede following his friendship with Anderson, and particularly rhythm guitar player Justine Frischmann, got them early attention. Momus features in Bad Vibes, the memoir of musician Luke Haines, whom Currie dubbed "The Hitler of Britpop."
In the early 1990s, Momus struck up a working relationship with a number of J-Pop stars. A cult audience for Momus and the indie labels he had released his early records on, particularly el records, led to the formation community of musicians in Shibuya, Tokyo, and the founding of Cru-el records, and the emergence of Shibuya-kei artists such as Cornelius and The Poison Girlfriend, the latter named for his second album The Poison Boyfriend
The Poison BoyfriendSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracksA1The GatecrasherA2VioletsA3Islington JohnA4Three WarsB1Flame Into BeingB2Situation Comedy BluesB3Sex for the DisabledB4Closer to You, who performed Momus songs. Currie began writing specifically for nOrikO (aka the Poison Girlfriend) and Kahimi Karie. In 1995 Kahimi Karie's Momus-penned song "Good Morning World" went to number one and was featured in a heavily syndicated advert, giving Currie his first real hit and financial stability for the first time.
Momus has continued to release music regularly. His 2020 album, Vivid
VividSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Oblivion4:452Working From Home4:573Ten Foot Hut3:044September4:365Parasite3:526Self‐Isolation3:117Empty Paris4:238Movement4:239I Got It From Agnes3:0410My Corona4:0811Long Distance Love4:0512Spring4:1113Levitation3:5314Fever Dream3:4915Optimism4:56, which documented the COVID-19 pandemic and Momus' own suspected case of the virus, earned some coverage in the mainstream media.
He has been the subject of a number of documentaries including Hannu Puttonen's Man of Letters.
As author
Currie has published a book of lyrics, and has written texts or introductions for several books on art and culture. Under the names Momums, he has published six novels. The Book of Jokes and The Book of Scotlands received positive reviews in the LA Times and the Guardian. The Book of Scotlands (Sternberg Press) was shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Council's First Book prize. He published The Book of Japans in 2011, also on Sternberg Press, and UnAmerica in 2014, as well as several ebooks.
2020 saw the publication of Niche: a memoir in pastiche in which Currie tells the story of his creative life through fictional eyewitness statements from famous historic figures.
Blog and vlog
Momus said in 1991 that "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen people", which has evolved into a meme, "On the web, everyone will be famous to fifteen people". The quip parodies Andy Warhol's famous prediction that, "In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes".
From 15 January 2004 to 10 February 2010, Momus wrote a blog on the LiveJournal platform called Click Opera. Initially a collection of links, Click Opera evolved to become a substantial daily cultural essay. After announcing it unexpectedly in an interview with magazine called Chronic'art, Momus ended the blog on his fiftieth birthday because it had become too time-consuming and because LiveJournal was being wound down. It is cited a high point of the blogging era and led to Momus becoming a columnist with the New York Times and Wired.
Since 2016, Momus has been releasing a series of improvised lectures and travel vlogs called Open University.
Lawsuits
In 1991, following the release of the album Hippopotamomus
HippopotamomusSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Hippopotamomus4:232I Ate a Girl Right Up3:173Michelin Man1:554A Dull Documentary3:135Marquis of Sadness3:326Bluestocking3:117Ventriloquists and Dolls3:568The Painter and His Model4:299A Monkey for Sallie2:4410Pornography3:0511Song in Contravention4:36, Momus was threatened with legal action by the Michelin tyre company for his song "Michelin Man" which imagined the company's Bibendum mascot as a metaphor for hypersexual rubber fetishism. Remaining copies of the album were destroyed, the track was withdrawn from subsequent pressings of the album, and the album's cover was amended to remove a hippo-headed pastiche of the Michelin Man character. The lyrics to the track were included in the lyric book Lusts of a Moron under the amended title "Made of Rubber". The 2018 box set Recreate restored both the track and title, with the accompanying booklet by Anthony Reynolds Sons of Pioneers, detailing the legal wrangle but not explaining the track's reinstatement.
In 1998, Momus was sued by the composer/musician Wendy Carlos for $22 million for his song "Walter Carlos" (from the album The Little Red Songbook
The Little Red SongbookSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 26 tracks1Old Friend, New Flame2:072MC Escher3:323Who Is Mr. Jones?2:114Harry K-Tel2:055Lucretia Borgia2:526How to Spot an Invert1:427Everyone I Have Ever Slept With2:438Born to Be Adored4:169Coming in a Girl's Mouth1:3410What Are You Wearing?5:3211The New Decameron1:4312Walter Carlos2:1913The Symphonies of Beethoven4:1414Tragedy and Farce2:3815Miss X, an Ex-Lover2:0916A White Oriental Flower4:5217Old Friend, New Flame (karaoke)2:0518Tragedy and Farce (karaoke)2:3719The New Decameron (karaoke)1:4420Coming in a Girl's Mouth (karaoke)1:3421Miss X, an Ex-Lover (karaoke)2:0922Harry K-Tel (karaoke)2:0523Who Is Mr. Jones? (karaoke)2:1824Walter Carlos (karaoke)2:2025How to Spot an Invert (karaoke)1:4326The Symphonies of Beethoven (karaoke)4:07, released that year), which postulated that the post-gender transition Wendy could travel back in time to marry her pre-surgery self. The case was settled out of court, with Momus agreeing to remove the song from subsequent editions of the CD and owing $30,000 in legal fees. Momus' following album Stars Forever
Stars ForeverSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 38 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Other Music2:092Tinnitus2:0633D Corporation2:444Akiko Masuda2:475Stefano Zarelli2:516Minty Fresh1:547Jeff Koons3:438Milton Jacobson3:079Mai Noda3:0710Robert Dye3:1811Florence Manlik2:1712Adam Green3:3313Maf2:3214Stephanie Pappas3:4315Steven Zeeland3:3416Mika Akutsu3:0617Miles Franklin3:4018Paolo Rumi4:2519Karin Komoto3:00Disc 21Reckless Records2:102Kokoro Hirai3:083Indiepop List5:214Keigo Oyamada3:075Team Clermont3:256Brent Bushboom3:197Natsuko Tayama2:278Girlie Action2:159Minus 53:3810Noah Brill2:5511Shawn Krueger3:4212New Flame, Same Old Story (Christian Carl)2:3113Not Intended for Children (Bill Hardy)1:5314Coming on Intern's Dress (Mr Kate Jenkins)1:2915Nicky My Friend (Diego Zapparoli and Paula)2:0716Mr Jones (Jack Curtis Dubowsky)2:1917Taste of Pink Champagne (El Tepo)2:0818Onan the Babarian (Richard Knowles)1:3319Suggestion to Jealous Men (Oliver Schopfer)1:34 consisted of commissioned biographical sketches in the style of the Wendy Carlos song, conceived as a crowdfunding exercise to pay Currie's legal fees.
Personal life
Currie attended boarding school at the Edinburgh Academy while his father taught English for the British Council in Athens.
Since 1984 Momus has lived in London, Paris, Tokyo, New York, Berlin and Osaka. He currently splits his time between Berlin and Paris. He is an atheist.
In 1994, at the age of 34, he married his 17-year-old girlfriend. She was 14 when they first corresponded by fan mail and met in-person months later. They separated in 1997 and divorced in 1999.
In December 1997, he contracted acanthamoeba keratitis in his right eye due to a contact lens mishap sustained while on holiday in Greece, causing loss of vision on that side. Although his sight subsequently improved following surgery, he has suffered lingering effects from the infection since, causing him to often be photographed in an eyepatch, wearing dark glasses, or squinting.
His cousin is musician Justin Currie, the lead singer and songwriter of Del Amitri. His brother-in-law is Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting, following Welsh's marriage to his sister, actress Emma Currie, in 2022.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 67 | 96.1th |
| Studio albums | 47 | 99.2th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 49 | 98.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 41 | 81.6th |
| Genres | 18 | 99.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (67 release groups · 47 studio albums)
Albums · 47
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 35:07
A1Lucky Like St. Sebastian3:19A2The Lesson of Sodom (According to Lot)3:43A3John the Baptist Jones3:12A4King Solomon's Song and Mine3:17A5Little Lord Obedience5:13B1The Day the Circus Came to Town3:25B2The Rape of Lucretia4:57B3Paper Wraps Rock3:58B4Rules of the Game of Quoits4:031987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1The GatecrasherA2VioletsA3Islington JohnA4Three WarsB1Flame Into BeingB2Situation Comedy BluesB3Sex for the DisabledB4Closer to You1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
Disc 1A1The Angels Are VoyeursA2Love on IceA3I Was a Maoist IntellectualA4The HomosexualA5BishonenB1A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy (Parts 17 - 24)B2Ice KingB3In the SanatoriumB4The Charm of InnocenceB5The Angels Are Voyeurs (reprise)Disc 2ARight Hand HeartBThe Poison Boyfriend (1982)1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:40
1Trust Me, I'm a Doctor5:212Righthand Heart5:043Lord of the Dance2:594Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous3:355How Do You Find My Sister?5:186The Hairstyle of the Devil4:327Don't Stop the Night4:338Amongst Women Only4:049The Guitar Lesson3:5310The Cabriolet4:2311Shaftesbury Avenue5:581991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:21
1Hippopotamomus4:232I Ate a Girl Right Up3:173Michelin Man1:554A Dull Documentary3:135Marquis of Sadness3:326Bluestocking3:117Ventriloquists and Dolls3:568The Painter and His Model4:299A Monkey for Sallie2:4410Pornography3:0511Song in Contravention4:361992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:03
1Sinister Themes2:232Last Of The Window Cleaners3:463The Ladies Understand3:174Cape and Stick Gang4:375The Ultraconformist4:446The Mother-In-Law5:107La Catrina4:088The Cheque's In The Post6:339Spy On The Moon3:2310Forests3:021992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:57
1Cibachrome Blue4:412Virtual Reality3:183Vocation3:314Conquistador5:325Spacewalk3:536Summer Holiday 19993:187Afterglow4:108Trans Siberian Express5:169Voyager5:4910Momutation 32:291993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 36:07
1Platinum4:432Enlightenment4:303You've Changed3:434Landrover5:065Rhetoric5:096Suicide Pact3:357Christmas on Earth5:078Breathless4:141995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:09:57
1Toothbrushead1:362The Madness of Lee Scratch Perry5:383It's Important to Be Trendy4:134Quark & Charm, the Robot Twins4:095Girlish Boy3:416Yokohama Chinatown2:557Withinity3:588K's Diary2:429Virtual Valerie4:0310Red Pyjamas2:4311The Cabinet of Kuniyoshi Kaneko4:1012Slide Projector Lie Detector3:4813Microworlds4:1214Complicated3:0715I Had a Girl2:4816The Philosophy of Momus3:3017The Loneliness of Lift Music4:0818Paranoid Acoustic Seduction Machine3:0719The Sadness of Things5:291995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:15:55
1A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy6:082The Guitar Lesson3:563Closer to You7:264The Homosexual5:275The Charm of Innocence6:556Lucky Like St. Sebastian3:127I Was a Maoist Intellectual3:518Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous3:089The Angels Are Voyeurs4:1210Hotel Marquis de Sade4:1911The Gatecrasher6:2812The Hairstyle of the Devil5:3813Bishonen8:5714Angels Reprise1:1615A Complete History of Penis Envy (Sizes 24-29)2:1116The Guitar Lesson1:4617Maybe You're the Fat Girl1:051996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:13:49
1I Am a Kitten2:462Vogue Bambini3:053The Poisoners3:124Nikon 23:305Giapponese a Roma3:216Paolo5:047The End of History4:038London 18884:309Streetlamp Soliloquy4:1910An Inflatable Doll2:4711Saved3:4012Someone3:3413Howard Hughes3:1714Three Beasts3:5615Good Morning World3:3416Germania3:1817The Girl With No Body2:4718Radiant Night4:4119Orgasm Addict4:2120Nobody4:041997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:12:03
1Ping Pong With Hong Kong King Kong0:502His Majesty the Baby4:223My Pervert Doppelganger4:324I Want You, but I Don’t Need You4:465Professor Shaftenberg3:346Shoesize of the Angel6:337The Age of Information4:378The Sensation of Orgasm3:529Anthem of Shibuya4:0010Lolitapop Dollhouse4:0911Tamagotchi Press Officer2:1912Space Jews3:5813My Kindly Friend the Censor3:5314The Animal That Desires7:0515How to Get – and Stay – Famous7:36162PM5:571998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:09:11
1Old Friend, New Flame2:072MC Escher3:323Who Is Mr. Jones?2:114Harry K-Tel2:055Lucretia Borgia2:526How to Spot an Invert1:427Everyone I Have Ever Slept With2:438Born to Be Adored4:169Coming in a Girl's Mouth1:3410What Are You Wearing?5:3211The New Decameron1:4312Walter Carlos2:1913The Symphonies of Beethoven4:1414Tragedy and Farce2:3815Miss X, an Ex-Lover2:0916A White Oriental Flower4:5217Old Friend, New Flame (karaoke)2:0518Tragedy and Farce (karaoke)2:3719The New Decameron (karaoke)1:4420Coming in a Girl's Mouth (karaoke)1:3421Miss X, an Ex-Lover (karaoke)2:0922Harry K-Tel (karaoke)2:0523Who Is Mr. Jones? (karaoke)2:1824Walter Carlos (karaoke)2:2025How to Spot an Invert (karaoke)1:4326The Symphonies of Beethoven (karaoke)4:071999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 38 tracks · 1:48:37
Disc 11Other Music2:092Tinnitus2:0633D Corporation2:444Akiko Masuda2:475Stefano Zarelli2:516Minty Fresh1:547Jeff Koons3:438Milton Jacobson3:079Mai Noda3:0710Robert Dye3:1811Florence Manlik2:1712Adam Green3:3313Maf2:3214Stephanie Pappas3:4315Steven Zeeland3:3416Mika Akutsu3:0617Miles Franklin3:4018Paolo Rumi4:2519Karin Komoto3:00Disc 21Reckless Records2:102Kokoro Hirai3:083Indiepop List5:214Keigo Oyamada3:075Team Clermont3:256Brent Bushboom3:197Natsuko Tayama2:278Girlie Action2:159Minus 53:3810Noah Brill2:5511Shawn Krueger3:4212New Flame, Same Old Story (Christian Carl)2:3113Not Intended for Children (Bill Hardy)1:5314Coming on Intern's Dress (Mr Kate Jenkins)1:2915Nicky My Friend (Diego Zapparoli and Paula)2:0716Mr Jones (Jack Curtis Dubowsky)2:1917Taste of Pink Champagne (El Tepo)2:0818Onan the Babarian (Richard Knowles)1:3319Suggestion to Jealous Men (Oliver Schopfer)1:342000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 46 tracks
1Theme Music2Flier: Snippets of Interviews3Theme Music (Some More)4Momus & Sinclair Scientific, the Robot Anthropologist5Introducing Rhymes With Adventure by International Fiction6Introducing Miss Mono Trona7Mono Sings About the Birth of a Superbeing8Momus & Sinclair: What Is Gavin Brown's Enterprise?9Introducing Mr Casey Spooner, Fischerspooner10Casey Spooner in Conversation at Gavin Brown's Enterprise11Fischerspooner Excerpt: Invisible12Introducing Mr Steve Lafreniere, Index Magazine13Steve Lafreniere at the Chelsea Studio of Index Magazine14Steve Lafreniere: Polish & Ukrainian Folk in Chicago15Casey Spooner Talks About Glamour16Fischerspooner Excerpt: Turn On17Steve Lafreniere on Glam Style18Casey Spooner on Kitsch and Brecht19Momus & Sinclair: Rhymes With Adventure at the Soho Rep20Internat'l Fiction's Rhymes With Adventure: Die Evil Beings21Introducing Mr Ford Wright22Ford Wright on the Chicago Scene23Ford on His Appearance as Jesus Christ Superstar24Ford Wright on Fantasy Fiction25Rhymes With Adventure: Carbon Ice26Ford on Kitsch27Rhymes With Adventure: Unicorn, Come to My Aid28Sinclair and Momus: Who Are the Elves of Yore?29Cindy Green Talks About Superhero Imagery30Introducing the Melted Men, From Athens, Georgia31A Slice of Mono Trona32Introducing Miss Kelly Kuvo of Sweet Thunder33Kelly Kuvo on Sweet Thunder34Sinclair and Momus: What Is Irony, Post Gen X?35Ford Wright on D.I.V.O.R.C.E.36Momus & Sinclair, the Robot37Introducing Mr Stephin Merrit of Magnetic Fields38Stephin Merritt: The Harry Smith Anthology Box Set39Ford Wright's Hobo Musical, Arrogance: Catch as Catch Can40Stephin Merrit on Fake Folk and Possible Precedents41Introducing Brian Degraw of Saabsongs42Brian Degraw on His Collaboration With Harmony Korine43Steve Lafreniere on Folk Art44Sinclair Scientific: All Too Much for a Robot to Understand45Ford Wright: A Slave Boy That Thinks He's a King46Closing Theme2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
1Firestone Baby2Pierrot Lunaire3Intervista4Siritori5I Cat My Hair6Dialtone7The Rabbit Was Me8Noah's Ark2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:29:01
Disc 11Appalachia2:092Smooth Folk Singer2:553Mountain Music2:154Simple Men2:335Finnegan the Folk Hero3:256Protestant Art3:377U.S. Knitting3:478Jarre in Hicksville2:459Tape Recorder Man3:4710Little Apples3:0611Robocowboys3:1212Psychopathia Sexualis3:5613Folk Me Amadeus4:1214Handheld1:4415The Penis Song3:1316Heliogabalus2:5617Going for a Walk With a Line3:3618The Lady of Shallot3:5919Mistaken Memories of Medieval Manhattan4:2620Pygmalism5:48Disc 21Appalachia2:122Smooth Folk Singer3:023Mountain Music2:144Us Knitting3:595Little Apples4:256Handheld5:482003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:03:16
1Spooky Kabuki3:062Is It Because I’m a Pirate?3:273Multiplying Love1:304Scottish Lips3:005My Sperm Is Not Your Enemy2:236Oskar Tennis Champion4:117A Little Schubert3:378The Laird of Inversnecky3:409The Last Communist5:0110Pierrot lunaire5:2811Beowulf (I Am Deformed)4:2912Electrosexual Sewing Machine3:5113A Lapdog4:1814Lovely Tree3:2215Palm Deathtop3:2116[silence]1:0017The Ringtone Cycle7:322004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 48:09
1Jesus in Furs2:592Life of the Fields4:483Robin Hood3:214Corkscrew King3:325Sempreverde2:586Klaxon2:527The Water Song4:308Bantam Boys9The Great Cockle Picker Disaster of 20046:3610Your Fat Friend2:4111Belvedere2:3312Lute Score2:1313Mr Ulysses4:3514I Refuse To Die2:2015The Water Song (Dream Mix by Roddy Schrock)16Lute Score (New Mix)2:112004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 35:44
1Fur Ming Felt Hunt3:322Black Earth Buzz3:113Go Fishing Willy2:434Spin Thread Annie4:175Mckenzie Fling1:546Fingal Martin's Mistress1:327The Tailor of Dunblane3:288Manty Kelin1:459A Spratch o' Thyme4:5510Trilly Birthphone2:3311Johnny Jump Up1:2312Seakliff Kragg2:3313Ossian May1:582004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 56:25
1Spooky Kabuki2:312Is It Because I'm a Pirate?3:023Multiplying Love0:594Scottish Lips3:395My Sperm Is Not Your Enemy2:116Oskar Tennis Champion3:327A Little Schubert3:098The Laird of Inversnecky3:449The Last Communist4:4310Pierrot Lunaire4:5811Beowulf (I Am Deformed)4:1212Electrosexual Sewing Machine3:3013A Lapdog3:2714Lovely Tree3:0015Palm Deathtop2:4816Erostratus1:5917Back Answers (By Robb Wilton)2:5718Infanticide2:042005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:09:57
1Sempreverde3:532Life Of The Fields5:493Corkscrew King5:264Klaxon3:525Robin Hood4:176Lady Fancy Knickers4:587Lute Score2:548Belvedere3:489Your Fat Friend4:0210My Ulysses5:1611Water Song4:4912Jesus In Furs4:3213Bantam Boys4:0014Cockle Pickers7:5615The Artist Overwhelmed4:252006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 54:08
1Moop Bears4:222Frilly Military2:443The Birdcatcher3:504Nervous Heartbeat3:195Dialtone2:566Hang Low4:367Permagasm3:238Pleasantness2:179Devil Mask, Buddha Mind2:26107000 BC4:4711Zanzibar5:0512Count Ossie in China3:4613Dr Cat2:4314I Refuse to Die3:3315Ex-Erotomane4:21Amazing Blonde Women: Momus demos from 1988
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:19:59
1Morality is Vanity3:292How Do You Find My Sister?4:573Amazing Blonde Women3:094Junk Jewelry2:205Trust Me, I'm a Doctor4:486Junk Jewelry (reprise)2:067The Guitar Lesson3:378Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous3:389Ice King4:0410I Was A Maoist Intellectual4:5411Bishonen6:5312Susceptible3:3213The Charm of Innocence5:0314The Homosexual4:1715In the Sanatorium4:0616Blame Mame3:5817The Hairstyle of the Devil4:0718Last of the Window Cleaners3:5919Tango Ballad (Brecht / Weill)3:2020Lord of the Dance3:42The Golden Age of Television: Momus demos from the mid-80s
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 55:23
1The Filippino3:592Confectioner4:113Splitting the Atom in Eden3:024Ash and Sack2:425Nobody2:596Landrover4:327Paolo6:068Hotel Marquis de Sade2:269John the Baptist Jones3:1310Lesson of Sodom (According to Lot)7:3811Rules of the Game of Quoits2:4312Lusts of a Moron3:2913Amongst Women Only1:0714Shaftesbury Avenue1:5515Start at the Top2:0916Could I Leave You? (Sondheim)3:122008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks
1Birocracry2Widow Twanky3Mr Proctor4Thatness and Thereness5Jahwise Hammer of the Babylon King6The Next Time7The Cooper o' Fife8Ichabod Crane9Strewf!10Dracula11Goodiepal12Fade to White13The Mouth Organ14The Man You'll Never Be15The Vaudevillian2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 47:02
1Hypnoprism3:482The Charm Song2:433Datapanik4:334Evil Genius3:405Mr Consistency4:406Deliverance3:517Is There Sex in Marriage?1:528Death Ruins Everything3:149Bubble Music4:0910The Building Song2:5911Confiance Absolue3:1912Adoration3:3213Strawberry Hill4:422011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:53
1Love Wakes the Devil3:372The Thunderclown3:313Willow Pattern4:114Precocious Young Miss Calloway4:075The Criminal2:536How I Met Your Mother3:177Baloney Polonius3:338The Teacher3:219Futura Bold3:5010We Don’t Have to Make Children4:4211Shangri‐La2:4912Gibbous Moon4:022012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 43:09
1Erase2:222Lycidas2:333Dunes3:084Farther4:405Core2:476Southbound3:427Huge3:038Bibliotek3:069International3:2910Cheekbone2:4611Erostratus2:1212Jackdaw3:4513Shunned4:1914Isaak1:172012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks
Disc 11Samoa SonataDisc 21The Conductor2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 40:56
1The Blind Boy3:232Bambi2:463Deer Wife2:484The Fallacy3:535Love Isn’t a Right3:286The Ephebophobe2:507Lipgloss2:358Kinski Gets Angry3:089Song of Norway2:2910Hammered Horse2:1611Pots2:4912Skriptorium3:0113Crispbread Pagoda3:4514For Elise1:452015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 46:36
1The Art Creep2:482Masks of Bebko2:513Moral Mountain2:334Chef Biff2:405The Kappa2:256The Etruscan Shepherd3:137AFK3:058Gregor Samsa2:409Hinkfuss at the Glyptothek3:0610The Labourer2:2211The Manticore2:3412Electric Dionysus3:0513Candaulism3:1414Nikki Danjo2:3615Old Nick3:3916Papposilenus3:452016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:05:47
1Heian3:222Tick of the Clock3:473Art and Design2:524Little Girls2:385Cabin Porn2:326The Death of Empedokles2:527Icek Judko3:008Neo‐Weimar2:499The Brothers3:3910Perlenschwein4:0711Bullshit2:3012Bashibazouks3:2113Year Zero4:5114What Are Facts?3:2615Imperial2:3316The Counting Song2:3017Pessoa4:0018Ass3:2619Hatecrush4:0420The Torch3:282017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 50:35
1Italian2:552Macbeth3:093Charcoal2:414Guerilla3:105Ghost3:256Judy3:177Pillycock3:188Crusoe3:27920092:3610Eurotrash4:1211Drunkenness3:3412Whites3:2813Canterbury2:2814Tryster3:3715Literature2:4516Scuttle2:332018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:44
1When I Was an Animal3:142Burning the Flag3:303The Beckmanns3:304Good Time Coming4:005Glacier4:376Little Paper Humans4:387Brexochasm4:058Escalator3:509The Fisher King4:3710Rootless Cosmopolitans2:4011Osip Mandelstam3:3412Goodbye Mr Quin5:4313The Nightingale1:462019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 53:14
1The World of Night2:492What the Kite Thinks2:593The Poet2:384Lardybastard3:015People Are Turning to Gold2:406Grand Guignol2:097Self Help3:298Catman Finley3:109Couple Me3:4510Dylanology4:3011Facial Recognition2:5912Samurai3:3213Inside3:2814The Thief4:1215Loneliness4:2916Endarkenment3:242020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:01:17
1Oblivion4:452Working From Home4:573Ten Foot Hut3:044September4:365Parasite3:526Self‐Isolation3:117Empty Paris4:238Movement4:239I Got It From Agnes3:0410My Corona4:0811Long Distance Love4:0512Spring4:1113Levitation3:5314Fever Dream3:4915Optimism4:562021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:01:12
1Swansong3:122Greyland3:013Chatternooga4:144Under the Volcano4:135Zooming4:056Horrorworld4:027Coco the Clown3:088My Moriarty2:489Francoise4:2710Nono3:3411The Drizzle of March3:3212The Tyro3:5613The Existentialist3:1714Bus Inspector Bill5:2215Doomscroll4:4916Athenian3:322022 · studio album
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1January4:382Stop the Body4:283Disappear4:194Orchestras4:385Bartleby3:546Supervillain4:017Midnight Sun2:118Friends2:299Smudge3:0310The Coffee Professor2:4211Influencer Village2:4312Totentanz3:0613Pesky Blighters3:0314Bergreise2:2415Peter Grimes4:0516Night Clinic2:1817Friendly World1:322022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks
1Self‐Identity2Pocket Apocalypse3Kirchner4Monkey5DGAF6It’s Incredible7The Art Creep Is Dead8Lawyers9My Wife Will Soon Forget Me10In My Heart11Bertie the Heterosexual12Queerness13Details14Safetyism15Issyvoo2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks
1Murder Me2Life After Sixty3Theatre of the Self4Captivate5Hotdesking6Men Are the Problem7Clearer8Fanfare9The Beast10Heliobore11Pelikan12Cosmos13Dunderheads2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 36 tracks · 2:10:34
Disc 11Codependency4:562Becoming You3:413Staring a Hole3:584Before the War3:305Waterspout4:016Beautiful Human Life3:467Sark E Myth4:438Mondegreen5:049Threnody3:3610Canterville3:3211Chthonian4:0712Nino Rota3:4313It’s Impossible3:4314The Dinosaurs2:1015A Little Rain1:2716This Isn’t Goodbye3:37Disc 21Murder in the Village3:422Panathenian3:413Make Way2:194The European3:295This Is the Place3:056Midas4:367British2:368The Mosquito Song3:089The Good Person of Sichuan3:1910Trump3:1911Garland4:1312Fuck This Year2:5713Pure Selfishnesss4:4714Charm School3:1115My Rose3:2816I Cat My Hair3:3917The Stars Are Out4:2718The Superstars of Bollywood3:1819Slippery Life3:4920Perfecto3:572024 · studio album
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1Plastic Seoul3:432Asylum3:223This Abuse4:194Kleptoglade3:585Singapore3:286The Enshittification of Everything3:427Three Trapped Tigers3:298Chromosomes3:309Catchy3:4310Cruel3:1611Reshape3:2812The Fox in Winter3:3613Glassy Menageries5:2514Faraday3:462025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:27
1The Actor3:562Orange Pills2:563Continuity Girl3:574Love Yourself3:26530,000 Nights3:446My Apprentice Devil4:237Spoiler Alert4:298The Quietist4:099Noise Reduction4:0110Trauma Bingo4:1311The Butcher’s Beautiful Wife3:4312Life With Eno3:2913Impostor Syndrome4:1614Imperial Phase4:452025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 52:35
1What’s Your Take?3:532Car Crash Man3:573The Blond Beast4:314Hothead3:145Randomness4:286Odradek2:277Eat the Disease3:578Mr Young Men3:499The Kitchen4:0810Busted4:2311Beautiful When Angry3:0812Situationship3:4713Quantum Strangeness3:4114Anyone’s Guess3:122026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 55:33
14x44:252Lost in Love3:383The Claw Republic3:444Mannequin4:055Neversay4:216Hatefulness4:337Sexual Sickness3:388Vastly Ghastly Grizzly3:229Ballyshannon2:2310The Octopus1:4911Afterlife4:0212Decency3:5813The Sea, the Sea3:2414Mr Sliding Sideways3:4215The Old Apostasy4:29
EP · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Beast With 3 BacksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks1Ballad of the Barrel Organist 2Third Party, Fire and Theft 3Hotel Marquis de Sade | October 1985 | ||
| 1986 | “Nicky”Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks1“Nicky” 2Don’t Leave 3See a Friend in Tears | May 1986 | ||
| 1999 | The Progressive DemosSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks1The Lady Of Shalott 2Mistaken Memories Of Medieval Manhattan 3The Seventh Wife Of Henry VIII 4Pygmalism 5Journey To The Centre Of Me | 1999 | ||
| 2000 | Chinese WhispersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks1Appalachia 2Mountain Music 3Smooth Folk Singer 4Handheld 5Little Apples 6US Knitting | 2000 | ||
| 2001 | The Mashroom Haircat ProjectSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 16:051I Cat My Hair3:38 2Pierrot Lunaire4:00 3Homemade Soup4:11 4Superstars Of Bollywood4:16 | 2001 |
Single · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Murderers, the Hope of WomenSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracksAMurderers, the Hope of Women B1What Will Death Be Like? B2Eleven Executioners | 1987 | ||
| 1992 | SpacewalkSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 21:521Spacewalk (Deja Vu mix)5:04 2Spacewalk (extended)8:06 3Conquistador (Lovecut Db remix)6:11 4Momutation 32:31 | May 1992 | ||
| 1995 | The Sadness of ThingsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 17:151The Sadness of Things5:32 2London 18884:42 3The End of History4:12 4An Inflatable Doll2:49 | 1995 |
Album · 9
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Monsters of Love: Singles 1985-90Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 43:481Morality Is Vanity3:27 2Ballad of the Barrel Organist5:16 3Third Party, Fire and Theft4:06 4Hotel Marquis de Sade3:28 5Murderers, the Hope of Women5:19 6What Will Death Be Like?7:08 7Eleven Executioners4:05 8Gilda3:07 9The Hairstyle of the Devil3:30 10Monsters of Love4:22 | Compilation | June 1990 | |
| 1996 | Stop This!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks1Broken to Joking 2A Card From Islington 3Confectioner 4The Kitten's Telephone 5Millipedes 6My Double 7Smart Drugs 8Things You Never Did 9I'm Still Trying 10Young People Today 11Trance Cocktail Airlines Performed by Laila France 12David Hamilton Performed by Laila France 13Good Morning World Performed by Kahimi Karie 14Japanese Especially Performed by Laila France 15Orgonon Performed by Laila France 16The Pink Song Performed by Laila France 17Le Roi Soleil Performed by Kahimi Karie 18Airline Trailer Performed by Laila France 19Trashy Like TV Performed by Laila France 20Life of an Office Worker 21Sensation of Orgasm 22Jackie Onassis Performed by Milky 23Emperor of Oranges Performed by Milky | Soundtrack | 1996 | |
| 1999 | Promo Sampler 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 28:511Miles Franklin3:38 2Paolo Rumi4:24 3MC Escher3:30 4Coming in a Girl’s Mouth1:34 5I Want You, But I Don't Need You4:48 6The Sensation of Orgasm3:51 7Vogue Bambini3:05 8The End of History4:01 | Compilation | 1999 | |
| 2003 | Forbidden Software Timemachine: Best of the Creation Years, 1987–1993Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 27 tracks · 2:09:05Disc 1 1Bishonen7:38 2The Gatecrasher5:00 3Murderers, the Hope of Women5:18 4Love on Ice3:51 5The Homosexual4:42 6How Do You Find My Sister?5:14 7A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy, Parts 17–245:36 8The Hairstyle of the Devil4:28 9Shaftesbury Avenue5:57 10The Guitar Lesson3:50 11In the Sanatorium5:04 12The Charm of Innocence6:33 13Closer to You7:32 Disc 21Hippopotamomus4:22 2Ventriloquists and Dolls3:55 3Monsters of Love4:20 4A Monkey for Sallie2:43 5Bluestocking3:09 6Morality Is Vanity3:23 7Platinum4:52 8Cibachrome Blue4:37 9Rhetoric5:06 10Summer Holiday 19993:15 11Spacewalk3:50 12Voyager5:49 13Enlightenment4:26 14Song in Contravention4:35 | Compilation | 13 June 2003 | |
| 2007 | Momus Live at the Compilotheque, Brussels, October 22nd 2007Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:331The Artist Overwhelmed3:55 2Zanzibar4:20 3Count Ossie in China3:24 4Nervous Heartbeat3:17 5Thatness and Thereness3:21 6Beowulf (I Am Deformed)4:27 7Pygmalism5:46 8The Lady of Shalott4:27 9Pierrot Lunaire5:09 10David Hamilton5:06 11What Are You Wearing?5:39 12Giapponese a Roma3:57 13Mika Akutsu3:13 14I Refuse to Die2:32 15I Am a Kitten2:58 16Tinnitus2:27 17The End of History (fragment)2:35 | Live | 31 October 2007 | |
| 2008 | Theater Kikker, Utrecht, January 26 2008Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:07:591The Artist Overwhelmed4:13 2Nervous Heartbeat3:13 3Pleasantness2:43 4Thatness and Thereness3:17 5Voyager5:06 6Pierrot Lunaire5:12 7Beowulf4:35 8Mistaken Memories of Medieval Manhattan4:38 9The Lady of Shallot5:44 10Giapponese a Roma3:58 11A Little Shubert3:48 12The Laird of Inversnecky3:50 13The Penis Song3:20 14What Are You Wearing?5:39 15I Refuse to Die2:32 16Tinnitus2:39 17Mika Akutsu3:32 | Live | 26 January 2008 | |
| 2016 | Pubic Intellectual: An Anthology, 1986–2016Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 56 tracks · 3:53:32Disc 1 1Lucky Like St. Sebastian3:20 2Paper Wraps Rock4:00 3Murderers, the Hope of Women5:19 4Flame Into Being5:23 5Closer to You7:32 6A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy, Parts 17–245:38 7The Homosexual4:44 8Bishonen7:40 9I Was a Maoist Intellectual4:32 10How Do You Find My Sister?5:16 11The Hairstyle of the Devil4:29 12Shaftesbury Avenue5:57 13Morality Is Vanity3:25 14Bluestocking3:11 15Ventriloquists and Dolls3:56 16Summer Holiday 19993:18 Disc 21Cibachrome Blue4:40 2Voyager5:51 3Spacewalk3:51 4Platinum4:53 5Enlightenment4:28 6Rhetoric5:09 7Last of the Window Cleaners3:48 8The Cheque’s in the Post6:34 9The Cabinet of Kuniyoshi Kaneko4:11 10Microworlds4:12 11The Sadness of Things5:30 12London 18884:31 13The End of History4:03 14I Want You, but I Don’t Need You4:48 15The Age of Information4:39 16Born to Be Adored4:15 17Old Friend, New Flame2:06 Disc 31Tinnitus2:08 2Stefano Zarelli2:50 3Going for a Walk With a Line3:37 4Pygmalism5:48 5Scottish Lips3:01 6Beowulf (I Am Deformed)4:29 7The Laird of Inversnecky3:43 8Life of the Fields4:57 9Frilly Military2:44 10Nervous Heartbeat3:19 11Widow Twanky3:13 12Hypnoprism3:46 13Love Wakes the Devil3:39 14Erase2:24 15Bibliotek3:08 16Bambi2:47 17The Ephebophobe2:53 18System of Usher3:30 19The Hiker3:01 20The Manticore2:37 21The Art Creep2:50 22Masks of Bebko2:47 23The Vaudevillian5:12 | Compilation | 19 August 2016 | |
| 2018 | Create I: ProcreateSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 39 tracks · 3:06:32Disc 1 1The Gatecrasher5:00 2Violets4:59 3Islington John5:17 4Three Wars5:50 5Flame into Being5:24 6Situation Comedy Blues3:50 7Sex for the Disabled4:52 8Closer to You8:33 9Extras. Ballad of the Barrel Organist5:13 10Extras. Third Party, Fire and Theft4:06 11Extras. Hotel Marquis de Sade3:28 Disc 21The Angels Are Voyeurs2:46 2Love on Ice3:55 3I Was a Maoist Intellectual4:35 4The Homosexual4:46 5Bishonen7:43 6A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy (Parts 17-24)5:41 7Ice King4:57 8In the Sanitorium5:08 9The Charm of Innocence6:37 10The Angels are Voyeurs (Reprise)2:00 11Extras. Righthand Heart (Acoustic)3:40 12Extras. Murderers, the Hope of Women5:20 13Extras. What Will Death Be Like?7:07 14Extras. Eleven Executioners4:03 Disc 31Trust Me, I'm a Doctor5:23 2Righthand Heart5:03 3Lord of the Dance3:01 4Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous3:36 5How Do You Find My Sister?5:20 6The Hairstyle of the Devil4:31 7Don't Stop the Night4:34 8Amongst Women Only4:05 9The Guitar Lesson3:52 10The Cabriolet4:23 11Shaftesbury Avenue6:57 12Extras. Morality Is Vanity3:27 13Extras. Gilda3:08 14Extra. Monsters of Love4:22 | Compilation | 26 January 2018 | |
| 2018 | Create 2: RecreateSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 39 tracks · 2:39:48Disc 1 1Hippopotamomus4:26 2I Ate a Girl Right Up3:19 3Michelin Man1:58 4A Dull Documentary3:15 5Marquis of Sadness3:32 6Bluestocking3:12 7Ventriloquists and Dolls3:58 8The Painter and His Model4:29 9A Monkey for Sallie2:48 10Pornography3:06 11Song in Contravention5:37 12The Mechanical Arm4:09 13Smart Drugs3:49 14Life of an Office Worker4:44 15President of Love4:58 Disc 21Cibachrome Blue4:41 2Virtual Reality3:20 3Vocation3:32 4Conquistador5:32 5Spacewalk3:53 6Summer Holliday 19993:19 7Afterglow4:11 8Trans Siberian Express5:18 9Voyager5:52 10Momutation3:30 11Summer Holliday 1999 (original)3:15 12I’m Still Trying2:48 13Things You Never Did3:25 Disc 31Platinum4:41 2Enlightenment4:31 3You’ve Changed3:45 4Landrover5:08 5Rhetoric5:12 6Suicide Pact3:35 7Christmas on Earth5:09 8Breathless5:13 9Je suis avec le Christ4:28 10Song of the Traffic Crossing3:24 11Empress of Hawaii4:46 | Compilation | 23 March 2018 |
Other · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Momus Interview Covering the Years 1987-2001Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks1Momus Interview Covering the Years 1987-88 2Momus Interview Covering the Years 1988-91 3Momus Interview Covering the Years 1992-94 4Momus Interview Covering the Years 1995-97 5Momus Interview Covering the Years 1998-2001 | Interview | 29 August 2003 | |
| 2005 | Momus RadioSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1Strange Emission 2Venice Podcast | Audiobook | 2005 | |
| 2006 | 2 ThackraysSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:321Lah Di Dah2:50 2Lah Di Dah (Spooky Weird version)3:42 | 25 October 2006 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Momus head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 67 | 96.1th |
| Studio albums | 47 | 99.2th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 49 | 98.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 41 | 81.6th |
| Genres | 18 | 99.4th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Happy Family(band) | — | present | |
| MOMUSMCCLYMONT(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Sunbutler(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Momus%28musician%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ff9c106f-e342-4543-a376-776e08121f69discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ff9c106f-e342-4543-a376-776e08121f69core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1352256genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1352256seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momus_%28musician%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momus_%28musician%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Scottish musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: The original uploader was Aratuk at English Wikipedia . · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1352256 · MusicBrainz: ff9c106f-e342-4543-a376-776e08121f69
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