Caribou Albums Ranked — Complete Discography Guide
UK Bass & Electronics · Updated May 2026
Caribou has released eight studio albums across two decades, beginning as Manitoba with Start Breaking My Heart (2001) and continuing through Andorra, Swim, Suddenly and Honey (2024). Dan Snaith's catalogue spans psychedelic pop, electronic music and dance music in ways that resist easy categorisation. Here is every record ranked.
Caribou Albums — Ranked
#8 — Start Breaking My Heart (as Manitoba, 2001)
The debut — released under the Manitoba name before a naming dispute required the change — is the roughest and most experimental entry in the catalogue. Dense noise textures and krautrock influence are present but the signature psychedelic melodic sense had not yet fully emerged. Primarily for completists. Reference track: "Jacknuggeted".
#7 — The Milk of Human Kindness (as Manitoba, 2005)
The second Manitoba album refined the debut considerably — more melodic, more focused, with the Brian Wilson and krautrock influences more clearly integrated. It is a better record than the debut but still clearly preparatory in relation to what Andorra would achieve. Reference track: "Pelican Narrows".
#6 — Our Love (2014) — City Slang / Merge
The most minimal record in the catalogue — stripped-back house and electronic music with a direct emotional impact. Our Love is less immediately ambitious than Swim but its concision is a deliberate choice rather than a limitation. "Can't Do Without You" is the best single track Snaith has made. Reference track: "Can't Do Without You".
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#5 — Honey (2024) — City Slang / Merge
The most dance-oriented record in the catalogue — explicitly referencing Italo disco, Chicago house and Ibiza in ways none of the previous Caribou albums had attempted. Honey confirms the direction initiated with Swim was not a temporary detour. Reference track: "Honey".
#4 — Suddenly (2020) — City Slang / Merge
The most autobiographical record — inspired by personal loss and the disorientation of grief, rendered in warmly layered electronic music that uses the texture of sound to communicate what words resist. "Home" and "Never Come Back" are the standouts. Reference track: "Never Come Back".
#3 — Andorra (2007) — Merge
The Polaris Prize winner and the record that established Caribou as a major figure in contemporary electronic music. Andorra drew from 1960s psychedelic pop — the Beach Boys, the Beatles' studio period, the Zombies — and processed it through digital production to create something that sounded both archival and entirely new. Reference track: "Melody Day".
#2 — Swim (2010) — City Slang / Merge
The record that moved the balance toward dance music and demonstrated that the psychedelic language of Andorra could function on the dancefloor without compromise. "Sun" opens with a four-to-the-floor pulse that carries the melodic complexity of the album's earlier work into a new physical context. Swim is the defining Caribou album for a large segment of the audience and the best entry point for listeners coming from electronic music. Reference track: "Sun".
#1 — Up in Flames (as Manitoba, 2003) — Domino
The record that most completely realises the Caribou aesthetic at its purest. Dense, warm, melodically saturated — every sound has a precise place in the arrangement. Up in Flames demonstrated that Snaith's melodic intelligence was as developed as his electronic production. It remains the record most followers of the catalogue return to most often. Reference track: "Hendrix with KO".
Where to Start
Start with Swim if you come from electronic music. Start with Andorra if you come from indie or psychedelic pop. For the most recent work: Honey is the most immediately accessible record in the catalogue.
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