Elliott Smith discography | |
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![]() Elliott Smith performing in 2003 | |
Studio albums | 6 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Singles | 11 |
Music videos | 4 |
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.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
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US [1] | AUS [2] | FRA [3] | IRL [4] | NOR [5] | SWE [6] | UK [7] [8] | |||
Roman Candle |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Elliott Smith |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Either/Or |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
XO |
| 104 | 46 | — | — | — | 41 | 123 |
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Figure 8 |
| 99 | 45 | 45 | 59 | 29 | 44 | 37 |
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"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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US [1] | AUS [2] | BEL [12] | FRA [3] | IRL [4] | NOR [5] | SWE [6] | UK [7] [8] | ||
From a Basement on the Hill |
| 19 | 50 | 47 | 45 | 11 | 37 | 52 | 41 |
Title | Album details |
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Elliott Smith: Live at Largo [A] |
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Live at Umbra Penumbra [E] |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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US [1] | BEL [12] | FRA [3] | IRL [4] | SWE [6] | UK [7] | ||
New Moon |
| 24 | 28 | 81 | 22 | 48 | 39 |
An Introduction to... Elliott Smith |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
Heaven Adores You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1996 | Elliott Smith Sampler | A BMG sampler. Features "Some Song" and various songs from Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, and Either/Or. |
1997 | Untitled Girlie Action Media Either/Or sampler | Features "Speed Trials", "Angeles", "Ballad of Big Nothing", "Between the Bars", and "Say Yes". Packaging features phone numbers for Smith's press contacts at Girlie Action Media. |
1998 | Snippets from XO | Promo cassette issued in support of Smith's 1998 Australian tour; features 30-second snippets of "Waltz #2 (XO)", "Baby Britain", "Sweet Adeline", "Bled White", "Tomorrow Tomorrow", and "Bottle Up and Explode!" |
1998 | A Brief History | DreamWorks sampler. Songs include "Tomorrow Tomorrow", "Waltz #2 (XO)", "Miss Misery", "Pictures of Me", "Say Yes", "Southern Belle", "Coming Up Roses", "No Name #1", "Last Call", "Division Day", and "Some Song". |
2001 | Roman Candle / Elliott Smith / Either/Or (box set) | A Domino CD box set of Smith's first three albums. |
2004 | From a Basement on the Hill Album Sampler | Domino sampler. Features "Coast to Coast", "Pretty (Ugly Before)", "A Fond Farewell", "Don't Go Down", and "Little One". |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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FRA [3] | UK [7] [8] | |||
1995 | "Needle in the Hay" | — | — | Elliott Smith |
1996 | "Division Day" [B] | — | — | Non-album single |
"No Name #6" [13] | — | — | 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)" | — | 85 | Non-album single [C] |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album |
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FRA [3] | |||
2012 | "Alternate Versions from Either/Or" 7" | — | Either/Or |
2013 | "Needle in the Hay" (Trumpet Version) | — | Non-album digital single |
2014 | "Between the Bars" | 132 | Either/Or |
2017 | "Pretty (Ugly Before)" (Live at Largo) | — | 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood/digital single |
Year | Single | Album | Notes |
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1998 | XO | XO | Features "Waltz #2 (XO)", "Bottle Up and Explode!", and "Oh Well, Okay". |
1999 | "Miss Misery" | Non-album single | Featured on the soundtrack for Good Will Hunting. |
1999 | "Because" (Beatles cover) | Non-album single | Featured on the soundtrack for American Beauty. |
2000 | B-Sides, Alternate Versions and Demos | Non-album single | Features "Bottle Up and Explode!" (Early Version), "Waltz #1" (Demo), "Some (Rock) Song", and "The Enemy Is You". |
2000 | 3 Titres Inedits | Non-album single | Features "I Can't Answer You Anymore", as well as an alternate version of "Pretty Mary K" and an acoustic version of "Happiness". This CD was also bundled with some French versions of Figure 8. |
Year | Single | Other artist | Notes |
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1994 | "Shytown"/"No Confidence Man" | Pete Krebs | Originally released on Slo-Mo Records; sold as a digital single in 2013 through UseMusic, with proceeds benefiting Outside/In of Portland, OR; re-released on Suicide Squeeze Records in 2016 with new mixes and cover artwork. |
1996 | Spring Tour '96 (split cassette) | The Softies | Elliott Smith songs included "Coming Up Roses", "Needle in the Hay", "Clementine", "St. Ides Heaven", and "Single File" (from Smith's 1995 self-titled album on Kill Rock Stars); the Softies' side included songs from their 1995 album on K Records, It's Love. |
Year | Title | Director | Reference |
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1995 | "Coming Up Roses" | Ross Harris | [14] |
1997 | "Miss Misery" | [15] | |
1998 | "Baby Britain" | Steve Hanft | [16] |
2000 | "Son of Sam" | Autumn de Wilde | [15] |
Year | Song(s) | Album | Artist | Notes | Reference | ||||||||
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1995 | "Suit of Running Water" | Nope | Ain't | Performed tremolo guitar | [17] | ||||||||
1996 | "Madding" "For No One Else" | Strand | The Spinanes | Sang backing vocals | [18] | ||||||||
"I Figured You Out" | Martian Saints! | Mary Lou Lord | Engineered and mixed | [19] | |||||||||
"Rougher" | Infinity Plus | Lois | Performed guitar and sang backing vocals | [20] | |||||||||
"Birthday Boy" | Jabberjaw Compilation, Vol. 2: Pure Sweet Hell | Various artists (Mary Lou Lord) | Performed guitar and produced | [21] | |||||||||
1997 | "Tom Waits and the Attack of the Crab Monster" | Western Electric | Pete Krebs | Performed drums, air organ, keyboards, and "recyclables"; co-wrote and engineered | [22] | ||||||||
"Demon for Today" | Western Electric | Pete Krebs | Performed drums, air organ, and keyboards; co-wrote and engineered | [23] | |||||||||
— | Western Electric | Pete Krebs | Producer; recorded the album | [23] | |||||||||
1998 | "Shake Sugaree" | Got No Shadow | Mary Lou Lord | Performed guitar | [24] | ||||||||
— | Killer of Friendships | Jr. High | Producer | [25] | |||||||||
— | Featuring "Birds" | Quasi | [26] | ||||||||||
"Killer" "Parked Car Homestead" | The Trackhouse, the Valley, and the Liquor-Store Drive-Thru | Birddog | Produced both songs, performed bass and drums on "Killer" | [27] | |||||||||
1999 | "All the Same" "Empty Words" "Under a Cloud" | Field Studies | Quasi | Performed bass guitar | [28] | ||||||||
"Critical Mass" "So Long" | No Memory | No.2 | Sang backing vocals and mixed | [29] | |||||||||
"They Wave" | Horse Tricks | Mark De Gli Antoni | Performed piano and sang vocals | [30] | |||||||||
2000 | "The Loneliest of Faces" [D] | Down in Fall | The Minders | Performed guitar | [31] | ||||||||
2001 | "Third and South" | A Sweet and Bitter Fancy | Birddog | Performed bass, piano and drums | [32] | ||||||||
"Hell Below/Stars Above" | Hell Below/Stars Above | Toadies | Performed piano | [33] | |||||||||
"Fine to See You" "Skills Like This" "How's My Drinking?" | Isolation Drills | Guided by Voices | Performed piano | [34] | |||||||||
2002 | "Summertime" | Blue Swan Orchestra | Goldenboy | Sang backing vocals | [35] | ||||||||
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 | [36] | ||||||||
2008 | "Dream Flowers" | Magic Monsters | April March and Steve Hanft | Performed piano and drums | [37] | ||||||||
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 | [38] | ||||||||
"N/A" denotes contributions on all songs. |
Year | Film | Role |
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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 (archival footage) |
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. [39] 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. [40]
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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.