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Discogs API: Get artist discography

Lists an artist's albums, singles, EPs and compilations on Discogs, grouped by master release and ordered oldest first.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.

Page optionalpage

Page number starting at 1, such as 2.

1 (default)

Whole number 1 or more.

Artist, requiredartist

Artist or band name, Discogs artist link, or artist ID, such as Radiohead.

Radiohead

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum number of entries per page, such as 50.

500

Whole number from 1 to 500. Default 50.

Release Type optionalrelease_type

Which releases to include, such as albums.

albums

One of all, albums, singles_and_eps, compilations. Default albums.

Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "releases": [    {      "type": "Album",      "year": 1993,      "label": "Parlophone",      "title": "Pablo Honey",      "format": "Vinyl, LP",      "discogs_link": "https://www.discogs.com/master/13344-Radiohead-Pablo-Honey",      "master_or_release_id": 13344    },    {      "type": "Album",      "year": 1995,      "label": "Parlophone",      "title": "The Bends",      "format": "Vinyl, LP",      "discogs_link": "https://www.discogs.com/master/17008-Radiohead-The-Bends",      "master_or_release_id": 17008    },    {      "type": "Album",      "year": 1995,      "label": "EMI Holland",      "title": "Nottingham Rock City",      "format": "CDr, Promo",      "discogs_link": "https://www.discogs.com/release/15518246-Radiohead-Nottingham-Rock-City",      "master_or_release_id": 15518246    }  ],  "artist_id": 3840,  "artist_link": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3840",  "artist_name": "Radiohead"}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
discogs.com/get_artist_discography
Returns
artist name, link and ID; releases with title, year, type, label, format, link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method discogs.com/get_artist_discography with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

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    discogs.com/get_release
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    genius.com/list_artist_songs
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    deezer.com/get_album
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    songkick.com/get_artist_tour_dates