The Residents discography officially spans from 1972 to the present day, though also includes recordings from several years earlier. It consists of hundreds of studio, live, and compilation albums, as well as many singles.
"The Delta Nudes" - early demo tapes and reels (1967-1972)
- The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger (circa 1969)
- Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor (circa 1970)
- The Warner Bros. Album (recorded 1970, released 2018)
- Baby Sex (1971)
Studio albums
The "Classic" Era (1972-1983)
- Meet The Residents (1974)
- The Third Reich 'n Roll (1976)
- Fingerprince (1977)
- Duck Stab!/Buster and Glen (1978)
- Not Available (recorded 1974, released 1978)
- Eskimo (1979)
- The Commercial Album (1980)
- Mark of the Mole - Part One of The Mole Trilogy (1981)
- The Tunes of Two Cities - Part Two of The Mole Trilogy (1982)
- Title In Limbo - with Renaldo & The Loaf (1983)
American Composers and Cube-E (1984-1989)
- George & James - The American Composer Series, Volume I (1984)
- The Big Bubble - Part Four of The Mole Trilogy (1985)
- Stars & Hank Forever - The American Composer Series, Volume II (1986)
- God In Three Persons (1988)
- The King & Eye (1989)
Multimedia and Storytelling (1990-2009)
- Freak Show (1990)
- Our Finest Flowers (1992)
- Gingerbread Man (1994)
- Have A Bad Day (1996)
- Wormwood - Curious Tales From The Bible (1998)
- Demons Dance Alone (2002)
- The 12 Days of Brumalia (2004)
- Animal Lover (2005)
- Tweedles (2006)
- The Voice of Midnight (2007)
- Night of the Hunters (2007)
- The Bunny Boy (2008)
- The UGHS! (2009)
The "Randy, Chuck and Bob" Era (2010-2016)
- Dollar General (One Lost Night in Van Horn, Texas) (2010)
- Coochie Brake as Sonidos de la Noche (2011)
- Lonely Teenager (2011)
"The Real Residents" (2017-present)
- The Ghost of Hope (2017)
- I Am A Resident! (2018)
Podcasts / Serial Dramas
- The River of Crime (2006)
Soundtrack albums
- Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? (1984)
- The Census Taker (1985)
- Hunters - The World of Predators and Prey (1995)
- Icky Flix (2001)
- Postcards From Patmos (2008)
- The Rivers of Hades (2009)
- Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents (2014)
Singles and EPs
- Santa Dog (1972)
- Meet The Residents Sampler flexidisc from File Magazine (1974)
- Satisfaction (1976)
- The Beatles Play The Residents and The Residents Play The Beatles (1977)
- Duck Stab! (1978)
- Santa Dog '78 (1978)
- Babyfingers (1979)
- Diskomo (1980)
- The Commercial Single (1980)
- Intermission (1982)
- The White Single (1984)
- It's A Man's Man's Man's World (1984)
- Kaw-Liga (1986)
- Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1986)
- For Elsie (1987)
- Hit The Road Jack (1987)
- The Snakey Wake (1987)
- Double Shot (1988)
- Holy Kiss Of Flesh (1988)
- From The Plains To Mexico (1989)
- Don't Be Cruel (1990)
- Blowoff (1992)
- Prelude To "The Teds" (1993)
- Pollex Christi (1997)
- I Hate Heaven (1998)
- Diskomo 2000 (2000)
- High Horses as The Residents' Combo de Mecanico (2001)
- Season Of The Witch as Black Tar and the Cry Babies (2015)
- Rushing Like A Banshee (2016)
Live albums
- Mole Show - Live At The Roxy (1983)
- The 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Japan (1986)
- Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour (1986)
- 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Holland (1987)
- Mole Show: Live In Holland (1989)
- Cube-E (The History Of American Music In 3 E-Z Pieces) - Live In Holland (1990)
- Live At The Fillmore (1998)
- Wormwood Live 1999 (1999)
- Roadworms: The Berlin Sessions (2000)
- The Way We Were (2005)
- 1997: The Missing Year - The Fillmore Dress Rehearsal (Act One) (2009)
- 1997: The Missing Year - Adobe Disfigured Night (2009)
- Talking Light Nijmegen Holland (2010)
- 13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 (2010)
- Talking Light Live In Rehearsal, Santa Cruz, California (2010)
- Brava (2010)
- Cube-E Dynasone 3EZ (2011)
- Talking Light Bimbo's (2011)
- Demonic! The Residents Live In Oslo! (2012)
- Triple Dub-Ya: The Way We Were Melbourne (2012)
- The 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland (2014)
- The Wonder of Weird (2014)
- Shadowland (2015)
Charles Bobuck "contraptions"
- Chuck's Ghost Music (2011)
- Codgers on the Moon (2012)
- GOD O: Music for a Gallery Opening (2012)
- Life Is My Only Sunshine (2013)
- The Highway (2014)
- Roman de la Rose (2014)
- Missing Soldiers - The Favorite Songs of Clara Barton (2015)
- What Was Left of Grandpa (2015)
- The Swords of Slidell (Original Soundtrack) (2016)
- Bobuck Plays The Residents (2016)
- Black Tar - 13 Tiny Tunes For Hallow's Eve (with H. Fox) (2016)
Compilations
- The Residents Radio Special (1979)
- Please Do Not Steal It! (1979)
- Nibbles (1979)
- Residue of The Residents (1982)
- Ralph Before '84: Volume 1, The Residents (1984)
- Assorted Secrets (1984)
- Memorial Hits (1985)
- PAL TV LP (1985)
- Heaven? (1986)
- Hell! (1986)
- Stranger Than Supper (1990)
- Liver Music (1990)
- Daydream B-Liver (1991)
- Louisiana's Lick (1995)
- Our Poor, Our Tired, Our Huddled Masses (1997)
- Residue Deux (1998)
- 25 Years of Eyeball Excellence (1998)
- Land of Mystery (1999)
- Refused (1999)
- dot.com (2000)
- Diskomo 2000 (2000)
- Petting Zoo (2002)
- Eat Exuding Oinks! The Residents Radio Special (2002)
- Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town (2003)
- Best Left Unspoken... Volume One: Pollex Christi and Other Selections (2006)
- Best Left Unspoken... Volume Two: High Horses and Other Selections (2006)
- Best Left Unspoken... Volume Three: For Elsie and Other Selections (2007)
- Ten Little Piggies (2009)
- Arkansas (2009)
- Chicken Scratching with The Residents (2010)
- Ozan (2010)
- Ozark (2011)
- D*ck S*ab - 35th Anniversary (2012)
- ERA B474 (2012)
- The Residents' Ultimate Box Set (2013)
- Greatest Hiss as The Delta Nudes (2013)
- The Residents Present The Delta Nudes as The Delta Nudes (2016)
- 80 Aching Orphans: 45 Years Of The Residents (2017)
Remix albums
- God In Three Persons Soundtrack (1988)
- Poor Kaw-Liga's Pain (1994)
- WB:RMX (2003)
- The King & Eye: RMX (2004)
- Animal Lover Instrumental (2008)
- Tabasco: Tweedles Instrumental (2010)