Elliott Smith discography

Elliott Smith discography
Elliott Smith performing in 2003.
Studio albums	6
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	2
Music videos	4
Singles	11
Contributions	23

The discography of Elliott Smith, an American singer-songwriter, consists of six studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums and eleven singles.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]	AUS [2]	BEL [3]	FRA [4]	IRL [5]	NOR [6]	SWE [7]	UK [8][9]
Roman Candle	Released: July 14, 1994 Labels: Cavity Search (CSR13), Domino (REWIG 2), Kill Rock Stars (KRS-523) Formats: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Elliott Smith	Released: July 21, 1995 Labels: Kill Rock Stars (KRS 246), Domino (REWIG1) Formats: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Either/Or	Released: February 25, 1997 Labels: Kill Rock Stars (KRS 269), Domino (WIG 51) Formats: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
XO	Released: August 25, 1998 Label: DreamWorks (DRD 50048) Formats: CD, LP	104	46	—	—	—	—	41	123
Figure 8	Released: April 18, 2000 Label: DreamWorks (450 225) Formats: CD, 2xLP	99	45	—	45	59	29	44	37
Posthumous studio albums
From a Basement on the Hill	Released: October 19, 2004 Labels: ANTI- (86741), Domino (WIG147), Kill Rock Stars (KRS524) Formats: CD, 2xLP	19	50	47	45	11	37	52	41
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums

Title	Album details
Elliott Smith: Live at Largo^[A]	Released: October 25, 2004 Label: Chronicle (9780811857994) Format: CD

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]	BEL [3]	FRA [4]	IRL [5]	SWE [7]	UK [8]
New Moon	Released: May 8, 2007 Labels: Kill Rock Stars (KRS 455), Domino (WIG198) Formats: CD, LP, digital download	24	28	81	22	48	39
An Introduction to... Elliott Smith	Released: November 2, 2010 Labels: Kill Rock Stars (KRS541), Domino (WIG265) Formts: CD, 2xLP, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
Heaven Adores You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Released: February 5, 2016 Labels: Universal Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

Note: Elliott Smith never charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

Retail singles

List of retail singles, with chart positions

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		FRA [4]	UK [8][9]
1995	"Needle in the Hay"	—	—	Elliott Smith
1996	"Division Day"^[B]	—	—	Non-album single.
	"Speed Trials"	—	—	Either/Or
1998	"Ballad of Big Nothing"	83	182
	"Waltz #2 (XO)"	—	52	XO
1999	"Baby Britain"	—	55
	"Happiness"	—	—	Figure 8
2000	"Son of Sam"	—	55
2003	"Pretty (Ugly Before)"^[C]	—	85	From a Basement on the Hill
2013	"Alternate Versions from Either/Or" 7"	—	—	Either/Or.
2014	"Between the Bars"	132	—

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles

Year	Single	Album
1999	"Miss Misery"	Non-album single.

Split singles

List of split singles, with other artists

Year	Single	Other artist
1994	"Shytown"/"No Confidence Man"	Pete Krebs

Music videos

List of music videos, with directors

Year	Title	Director	Reference
1995	"Coming Up Roses"	Ross Harris	[10]
1997	"Miss Misery"		[11]
1998	"Baby Britain"	Steve Hanft	[12]
2000	"Son of Sam"	Autumn de Wilde	[11]

Contributions

List of contributions to other artists, with notes

Year	Song(s)	Album	Artist	Notes	Reference
1995	"Suit of Running Water"	Nope	Ain't	Performed tremolo guitar.	[13]
1996	"Madding" "For No One Else"	Strand	The Spinanes	Sang backing vocals.	[14]
	"I Figured You Out"	Martian Saints!	Mary Lou Lord	Engineered and mixed.	[15]
	"Rougher"	Infinity Plus	Lois	Performed guitar and sang backing vocals.	[16]
	"Birthday Boy"	Jabberjaw Compilation, Vol. 2: Pure Sweet Hell	Various artists (Mary Lou Lord)	Performed guitar and produced.	[17]
1997	"Tom Waits and the Attack of the Crab Monster"	Western Electric	Pete Krebs	Performed drums, organ and keyboards, co-wrote and engineered.	[18]
1998	"Shake Sugaree"	Got No Shadow	Mary Lou Lord	Performed guitar.	[19]
	N/A	Killer of Friendships	Jr. High	Producer.	[20]
	N/A	Featuring "Birds"	Quasi		[21]
	"Killer" "Parked Car Homestead"	The Trackhouse, the Valley, and the Liquor-Store Drive-Thru	Birddog	Produced both songs, performed bass and drums on "Killer. "	[22]
1999	"All the Same" "Empty Words" "Under a Cloud"	Field Studies	Quasi	Performed bass guitar.	[23]
	"Critical Mass" "So Long"	No Memory	No.2	Sang backing vocals and mixed.	[24]
	"They Wave"	Horse Tricks	Mark De Gli Antoni	Performed piano and sang vocals.	[25]
2000	"The Loneliest of Faces"^[D]	Down in Fall	The Minders	Performed guitar.	[26]
2001	"Third and South"	A Sweet and Bitter Fancy	Birddog	Performed bass, piano and drums.	[27]
	"Hell Below/Stars Above"	Hell Below/Stars Above	Toadies	Performed piano.	[28]
	"Fine to See You" "Skills Like This" "How's My Drinking?"	Isolation Drills	Guided by Voices	Performed piano.	[29]
2002	"Summertime"	Blue Swan Orchestra	Goldenboy	Sang backing vocals.	[30]
2003	"Tore Up & Broke"	Plastic Fang	Blues Explosion
Posthumous contribution appearances
2005	"Meet Me in the City"	Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough	Various artists (Blues Explosion)	Performed guitar and engineered.	[31]
2008	"Dream Flowers"	Magic Monsters	April March and Steve Hanft	Performed piano and drums.	[32]
2011	"Who's Behind the Door?"	Live From Nowhere Near You Vol. 2: Pacific Northwest	Various artists (No.2)	Performed guitar and keyboards, sang backing vocals and produced.	[33]
"N/A" denotes contributions on all songs.

Soundtrack inclusions

• Lucky Three (1997) – "Baby Britain" (instrumental), "Between the Bars" (live), "Thirteen" (live Big Star cover), "Angeles" (live)
• The Maker (1997) - "Ballad of Big Nothing", "Cupid's Trick"
• Good Will Hunting (1997) – "Miss Misery", "Between the Bars" (orchestral version), "No Name #3", "Angeles", "Say Yes"
• Hurricane Streets (1997) – "Say Yes"
• Strange Parallel (1998) – Various studio and live versions of Smith's songs, features his covers of George Harrison's "Isn't It a Pity" and Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Prelude Op3 #2 in C Sharp Minor", and a dub cover of "Waltz #2 (XO)" performed by Future Pigeon
• American Beauty (1999) – "Because" (Beatles cover)
• Opposite Sex (2000) – (Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot") – "Say Yes"
• Opposite Sex (2000) – (Season 1, Episode 2: "The Virgin Episode") – "The Biggest Lie"
• Keeping the Faith (2000) – "Pitseleh"
• Antitrust (2001) – "Son of Sam"
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) – "Needle in the Hay"
• Southlander (2001) – "Splitsville", "Snowbunny's Serenade" (an alternate version of "Bye" from Figure 8)
• Ora o mai più (Now or Never) (2003) – "Say Yes"
• One Tree Hill (2003) – (Season 1, Episode 7: "Life in a Glass House") – "Say Yes"
• Thumbsucker (2005) – "Let's Get Lost", "Trouble" (Cat Stevens cover), "Thirteen" (Big Star cover, originally in Lucky Three)
• The Girl Next Door (2004) – "Angeles"
• The O.C. (2005) - (Season 2, Episode 7: "Family Ties") - "Twilight"
• The O.C. (2005) - (Season 2, Episode 10: "The Accomplice") - "Pretty (Ugly Before)"
• Cold Case (2005) - (Season 2, Episode 16: "Revenge") - "Waltz #2 (XO)"
• One Tree Hill (2006) - (Season 3, Episode 22: "The Show Must Go On") - "Say Yes"
• CSI: NY (2006) - (Season 2, Episode 24: "Charge of This Post") - "Angeles"
• Criminal Minds (2006) - (Season 2, Episode 5: "The Aftermath") - "Clementine"
• Shminiya, Ha- (2006) – (Season 2, Episode 8: "Matisse's Moroccans") – "Pretty Mary K"
• Die Österreichische Methode (2006) - "Tomorrow Tomorrow"
• Georgia Rule (2007) – "I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out"
• Heroes (2007) – (Season 1, Episode 23: "How to Stop an Exploding Man") - "The Last Hour"
• Gossip Girl (2007) – (Season 1, Episode 7: "Victor/Victrola") – "Whatever (Folk Song in C)"
• The Go-Getter (2007) – "Coast to Coast"
• Paranoid Park (2007) – "Angeles", "The White Lady Loves You More"
• Life (2008) – (Season 2, Episode 16: "Crushed") – "Pretty (Ugly Before)"
• Skins (2008) - (Season 2, Episode 10: "Everyone") – "Between the Bars"
• Guitar Hero 5 (2009) – "L.A."
• Up in the Air (2009) – "Angel in the Snow"
• American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009) – "Say Yes"
• True Blood (2012) - (Season 5, Episode 8: "Somebody That I Used to Know") - "Somebody That I Used to Know"
• Stuck in Love (2012) – "Between the Bars"
• Love, Rosie (2014) – "Son of Sam"
• Rick and Morty (2015) - (Season 2, Episode 7: "Big Trouble In Little Sanchez") - "Between the Bars"

Compilation inclusions

• A Slice of Lemon (1995) – "Big Decision"
• American Pie, Vol. 2: I Can't Hear You (Again) (1996) – "Roman Candle"
• Some Songs: From the Kill Rock Stars Singles (1997) – "Some Song"
• To All the URLs I've Loved Before (1997) – "Some (Rock) Song"
• CMJ New Music Monthly, Vol. 44 (1997) – "Rose Parade"
• CMJ New Music Monthly, Vol. 61 (1998) – "Waltz #2 (XO)"
• Air Check (1998) – "See You Later" (Heatmiser cover)
• Howlin' Kitty promo (1998) – "Independence Day"
• Wicked Good sampler (1998) – "Waltz #2"
• Habits of the Heart (1998) – "Sweet Adeline"
• YoYo a Go Go '97: Another Live Compilation (1998) – "Rose Parade" (live)
• American Eagle Outfitters: The Blue Album, Vol. 2 (1998) – "Waltz #2 (XO)"
• A Little on the CD Side, Vol. 31 (1998) – "Waltz #2 (XO)"
• Network 40: CD Tuneup 109 (1998) - "Miss Misery"
• 8 trax plus 2 promo (1999) – "Baby Britain"
• NME Annual Probe, Vol. 2 (1999) – "Pictures of Me"
• WBCN 3:16 (1999) – "Baby Britain"
• Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History (1999) – "Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands" (live at KBVR)
• Back to School domestic sampler promo (1999) – "Our Thing"
• DreamWorks Fall sampler promo (2000) – "A Living Will"
• Sweet & Pungent Dreamworks sampler (2000) – "Son of Sam"
• Cavity Search Records Audio Resume (2000) – "Condor Ave. "
• WXPN 88.5 FM New Names New Music (2000) – "Son of Sam"
• FMQB MQB Modern Rock on the Dial: An FMQB CD Sampler March 2000 Promo (2000) – "Son of Sam"
• TapeOp: A Compact Disc of Creative Music Recordings (2000) – "Waltz #1" (demo)
• the deep end (2000) – "Happiness" (edit)
• Yeti: Volume I (2000) – "Angel in the Snow"
• Filthy Festival Fun: A Polydor New Release Sampler (2000) – "Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?"
• Open All Night: In the City (2001) – "Miss Misery"
• The Amos House Collection, Volume II (2002) – "Bottle Up and Explode!" (early version)
• Worlds of Possibility: Domino's 10th Anniversary (2003) – "Speed Trials"
• Music Inspired by Bumbershoot (2003) – "Pretty (Ugly Before)"
• Magnet New Music Sampler, Vol. 35 (2004) – "Twilight"
• Declaration of Independence (2004) – "Ballad of Big Nothing"
• Future Soundtrack for America (2004) – "A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free"
• Paste Magazine (Issue 12) (2004) – "Memory Lane"
• All Tomorrow's Parties v3.1 (2005) – "Pictures of Me"
• Triple J Hottest 100 v12 (2005) – "Memory Lane"
• Suicide Squeeze: Slaying Since 1996 (2006) – "Division Day"
• Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter (2006) – "Needle in the Hay"
• Kill Rock Stars Best Sampler Ever (2010) – "Angeles"
• Live from Nowhere Near You, Vol. 2 (2011) – "The Real Estate"

Filmography

List of appearances in films and documentaries, with role

Year	Film	Role
1997	Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait	Himself
	The Lonesome Crowded West
1998	Strange Parallel
2001	Southlander	Bus driver
	Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson short film	Basketball player
2014	Heaven Adores You	Himself

Unreleased material

Unreleased tracks, demos, and covers have circulated over the Internet. The posthumous collection From a Basement on a Hill II attracted the attention of the media when it was first leaked online.^[34] Other leaks include the Grand Mal collection, which is updated yearly and, as of the latest edition, contains 131 tracks spread over eight discs, and the two-disc Basement Demos collection, which contains some of the same tracks as From a Basement on a Hill II along with a significant amount of additional unreleased material. Many of these leaks have taken place near the anniversary of Smith's death.^[35]

Notes

• A ^ Released alongside copies of Elliott Smith by Autumn de Wilde.
• B ^ Re-released on November 1, 2010 to promote An Introduction to... Elliott Smith.
• C ^ Re-released on December 6, 2004 as the lead single from From a Basement on the Hill.
• D ^ Credited as "Leicester Myth" in the album's liner notes.

References

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14. Strand – The Spinanes: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
15. Martian Saints [EP] – Mary Lou Lord: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
16. Infinity Plus – Lois: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
17. Jabberjaw Compilation, Vol. 2: Pure Sweet Hell – Various Artists: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
18. Western Electric – Pete Krebs: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
19. Got No Shadow – Mary Lou Lord: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
20. Killer of Friendships – Jr. High: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
21. Featuring "Birds" – Quasi: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
22. Trackhouse Valley the Liquor Store Drive-Thru – Birddog: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
23. Field Studies – Quasi: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
24. No Memory – No. 2: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
25. Horse Tricks – Mark De Gli Antoni: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
26. Down in Fall (CD). The Minders. spinART Records. 2000. SPART 86.
27. A Sweet and Bitter Fancy – Birddog: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
28. Hell Below/Stars Above – Toadies: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
29. Isolation Drills – Guided by Voices: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
30. Blue Swan Orchestra – Goldenboy: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
31. Sunday Nights – The Songs of Junior Kimbrough: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
32. Magic Monsters (CD). April March and Steve Hanft. Martyrs of Pop. 2008. MOP 002.
33. Live From Nowhere Near You, Vol.2: Pacific Northwest – Various Artists: Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
34. David Hyland (2005-10-18). "Review: Leaked Elliott Smith Songs Should Revive Interest". WCAU (NBC 10). Retrieved 2007-05-07. The leak caused enough of a ripple that articles about it have already appeared on MTV.com and the UK's New Music Express Web site.
35. Gavin Paul Giovagnoli (2006-09-15). "Mysterious Elliott Smith Tracks Leak Once Again". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-05-07. Ever since Elliott Smith passed away almost three years ago, an anonymous leaker has been planting tracks (mostly From a Basement on a Hill demo sessions) on message boards close to the anniversary of his death.

External links

• Discography at Elliott Smith's official website
• Elliott Smith discography at Discogs