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The discography of Babes in Toyland, an American alternative rock band, consists of three studio albums, one live album, six compilation albums, two extended plays and eight singles.

Babes in Toyland was formed in 1987 by vocalist and guitarist Kat Bjelland and drummer Lori Barbero. Following a number of early changes to its line-up, including bassist Courtney Love with whom Bjelland had formed Sugar Babydoll and Pagan Babies, the band later recruited bassist Michelle Leon and began performing live. The band signed with Twin/Tone Records in 1989 and released its debut studio album Spanking Machine in April 1990. Despite little promotion or critical, BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel referred to the album as his "favourite album of 1990" and the band released two singles, "Dust Cake Boy" and "House," on independent labels Treehouse Records and Sub Pop the same year. The band's debut extended play, To Mother (1991), was an underground success in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 1 in the UK Indie Chart.

During the mainstream success of alternative rock and grunge, Babes in Toyland toured with Sonic Youth and Nirvana in August 1991, a tour that was documented on 1991: The Year Punk Broke. The band signed a major label deal in 1991 with Reprise Records, a division of Warner Music and released its second studio album, Fontanelle in August 1991. Produced by Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, Fontanelle received unanimous critical acclaim and charted in the UK Albums Chart. Painkillers, an extended play of Fontanelle outtakes and other songs, was released in 1993 and also charted in the United Kingdom. In 1995, the band released its third and final studio album Nemesisters. The album's two singles, "Sweet '69" and "We Are Family," were minor hits in the United States, charting in Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and Hot Dance Club Play charts. Less than a year after Nemesister's release, Reprise Records dropped the band and bassist Maureen Herman departed. The band released three related compilation albums in 2000 on Almafame Records before disbanding in 2001. The band's back catalogue has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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