Grandaddy discography

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The discography of American indie rock band Grandaddy includes seven studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, five extended plays, and sixteen singles.

Grandaddy discography
Studio albums8
Live albums2
Compilation albums3
EPs5
Singles16
Other albums1

Albums edit

Studio albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
BEL
(Fl)

[2]
BEL
(Wa)

[3]
FRA
[4]
IRL
[5]
NLD
[6]
SCO
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[7]
Complex Party Come Along Theories
  • Released: 1994
  • Self-released
Under the Western Freeway
  • Released: October 21, 1997
  • Label: Will
131
The Sophtware Slump
  • Released: May 29, 2000
  • Label: V2
64 39 36
Sumday
  • Released: May 13, 2003
  • Label: V2
84 13 30 44 30 [A] 19 51 22
Just Like the Fambly Cat
  • Released: May 9, 2006
  • Label: V2
171 39 82 58 82 [B] 41 50
Last Place
  • Released: March 3, 2017
  • Label: 30th Century
150 12 43 78 31 82 10 51 18
Sophtware Slump ..... On a Wooden Piano[13] 182 15 [C]
Blu Wav
  • Released: February 16, 2024
8 93
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums edit

Title Album details
Recorded Live Amongst Friends and Fidget
  • Released: 1994
  • Self-released
Live at the Art Factory
  • Released: 1997
  • Self-released

Compilation albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions
SCO
[7]
UK
Indie

[7]
The Broken Down Comforter Collection 91 28
The Windfall Varietal
  • Released: 2000
  • Self-released
Concrete Dunes
Sumday: Excess Baggage
  • Released: August 25, 2023[14]
  • Label: Dangerbird
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other albums edit

Title Album details
The Ham and Its Lily
(credited to Arm of Roger)
  • Released: December 20, 2002
  • Label: Sweat of the Alps

Extended plays edit

Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[7]
UK
Indie

[7]
Prepare to Bawl
  • Released: 1992
  • Self-released
A Pretty Mess by This One Band
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Will
Signal to Snow Ratio
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: V2
Through a Frosty Plate Glass E.P.
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: V2
Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: V2
157 18
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
AAA

[1]
MEX
[1]
SCO
[15]
UK
[7]
UK
Indie

[7]
"Could This Be Love" 1994 Non-album singles
"Taster" 1995
"Everything Beautiful Is Far Away" 1998 162 28 Under the Western Freeway
"Laughing Stock" 124 20
"Summer Here Kids" 83 19
"A.M. 180" 91 88 19
"The Crystal Lake" 2000 40 38 6 The Sophtware Slump
"Hewlett's Daughter" 81 71 10
"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." 82 20
"Now It's On" 2003 19 27 23 4 Sumday
"El Caminos in the West" 41 48 10
"I'm on Standby" 2004 89 20
"Nature Anthem" 115 39 Below the Radio
"Elevate Myself" 2006 155 12 Just Like the Fambly Cat
"Way We Won't" 2016 40 Last Place
"RIP Coyote Condo #5" 2019 Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional releases edit

A-side/Title Release date Label Formats & B-side(s) Notes
"Our Dying Brains" 2000 V2 CD: "Wives Of Farmers", "Moe Bandy Mountaineers"
The Sophtware Slump Radio Sampler 2000 CD: "The Crystal Lake", "Hewlett's Daughter", "Miner At The Dial-A-View", "Broken Household Appliance National Forest"
"Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland" 2000 1-track CD; appears on It's a Cool Cool Christmas
Sumday – The Videos 2003 DVD: "El Caminos in the West", "Now It's On" DVD video single
Tour Sampler 2003 2003 CD: "Now It's On", "Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake", "The Crystal Lake" Given away at live shows
Sampler 2003 CD: "Yeah Is What We Had", "Miner at the Dial-a-View", "Summer Here Kids", "Levitz (Birdless)"
Sampler 2003 CD: "El Caminos In The West", "Now It's On", "I'm On Standy", "Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake"
"Pull the Curtains" (radio edit) 2005 Radio CD-R
"Elevate Myself (Diskotik Mix)" 2006 CD, credited to 'Scrum Down Rookies vs. Grandaddy'
"Just Like the Fambly Cat" 2006 CD

Split releases edit

Grandaddy tracks Release date Label Format(s) Split with Notes
"I'm in Love with No-One" 1998 Devil in the Woods 7" Morella's Forest/Dart/Shove EP titled Alone in a Room 2
Included free with issue #17 of Devil in the Woods magazine
"Too Many Nights in a Road House" 1999 Devil in the Woods/Horse Brand Industry Double 7" EP titled Noise Pop 99
"MGM Grand" 2000 62TV/Ines Boukov 7" John Wayne Shot Me
"Fishing Boat Song" 2000 Devil in the Woods 7" Persil/Beachwood Sparks Available with Devil in the Woods magazine
"Aisle Seat 37-D" June 2003 7" Verbena Available with Devil in the Woods magazine
"The Rugged and Splintered Entertainment Center" December 2003 Birdman/Good Records 7" The Polyphonic Spree

Contributions edit

Album title Release date Label Grandaddy tracks Notes
Zum Audio Vol. 2 1998 Zum "Ghost of 1672"
Dream with the Fishes soundtrack 1997 Will "Why Would I Want To Die"
Unscrubbed: Live from the Laundromat III October 1999 Toy Gun Murder "Why Took Your Advice" (live)
We Are Now Flying @ 20,000 Feet 2000 Cavalier / Sensory Products "Wonder Why in LA" (live) Free with Sadness in the Sky magazine
We Are Now Flying @ 33,000 Feet 2000 Cavalier / Sensory Products "Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance" (live) Free with Sadness in the Sky magazine
Little Echoes Presents Sleeping Off Stolen Dreams 2000 Little Echoes "Rode My Bike to My Stepsister's Wedding" Longer version than released elsewhere
It's a Cool Cool Christmas 2000 Jeepster "Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland"
Trigger Happy TV Soundtrack to Series 2 2001 Channel 4 Music "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot"
Loose – New Sounds Of The Old West – volume 3 November 2001 Loose "Best of All Possible Worlds" Cover of the Kris Kristofferson song
Almost Famous: Undiscovered Modern Rock Hits January 2002 Lakeshore "Laughing Stock" Previously-unreleased version from Don't Sock the Tryer
I Am Sam soundtrack 2002 V2 "Revolution"
28 Days Later: The Soundtrack Album 2002 XL "A.M. 180"
Nothing Left to Lose: A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson October 2002 Incidental Music "Best of All Possible Worlds" Cover of the Kris Kristofferson song
Wrong Turn (soundtrack) July 1, 2003 Lakeshore "Why Would I Want to Die"
X-Ray CD#07 August 2003 X-Ray "Now It's On" (XFM Session version) Free with X-Ray magazine
Below the Radio 2004 Ultra "Nature Anthem" Compiled by Jason Lytle
Live At The World Cafe Volume 18: I'll Take You There September 2004 WXPN "Now It's On" (live at the World Cafe)
Alive and Rare: KCRW May 22, 2006 V2 "The Go in the Go for It" (Live on KCRW)
Acoustic 07 2007 V2 "Rear View Mirror"
Kats Karavan – The History of John Peel on the Radio October 26, 2009 Universal "Hawaiian Island Wranglers" From a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show recorded 17/05/1998

Notes edit

  1. ^ Sumday did not enter the Dutch Album Top 100, but peaked at number one on the Dutch Alternative Top 30.[11]
  2. ^ Just Like the Fambly Cat did not enter the Dutch Album Top 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Dutch Alternative Top 30.[12]
  3. ^ Sophtware Slump ..... On a Wooden Piano did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the UK Album Sales Chart.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Grandaddy Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  2. ^ "Discografie Grandaddy". Ultratop Flanders (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  3. ^ "Discographie Grandaddy". Ultratop Wallonia (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  4. ^ "Discographie Grandaddy". Les Charts (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  5. ^ "Discography Grandaddy". irishcharts.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "Discografie Grandaddy". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Peaks in the UK:
  8. ^ "Discography Grandaddy". Swedish Charts. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  9. ^ "Discographie Grandaddy". Swiss Hitparade (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  10. ^ "Grandaddy: The Sophtware Slump". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  11. ^ "Grandaddy - Sumday - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  12. ^ "Grandaddy - Just Like the Fambly Cat - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  13. ^ Kreps, Daniel (2020-11-19). "'Sophtware Slump': An Indie Rock Classic Created in Isolation Gets Rerecorded in Quarantine". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  14. ^ "Grandaddy Announces 'Sumday: Excess Baggage' Rarities Collection set for Digital Release August 25 + Reveals "The Town where I'm Livin Now" Single + Video". Dangerbird. July 12, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  15. ^ Peaks on the Scottish Singles Chart:

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