Neutral Milk Hotel discography

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Neutral Milk Hotel discography
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Neutral Milk Hotel performing in 2014
Studio albums2
EPs2
Singles3
Compilation album2

The discography of Neutral Milk Hotel, a Ruston, Louisiana-based indie rock group, consists of two studio albums, two singles, two extended plays, two compilation albums, and three demos.

Contents

Neutral Milk Hotel formed in 1989 as an offshoot of Milk, a high school musical project of singer-songwriter Jeff Mangum, [1] and the band was largely a Mangum solo project in the group's earlier days. [2] The group was a part of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, a collective of musicians that includes, among others, notable indie rock bands The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, and Of Montreal. The 1993 single "Everything Is" was the band's first release, and it would later be reissued as an EP with additional tracks. The band's first studio album, On Avery Island , was released on the independent label Merge, and has sold a relatively high 5,000 copies. Afterwards, the band began to tour for the first time, and grew to include horns player Scott Spillane, multi-instrumentalist Julian Koster, and drummer Jeremy Barnes. In 1998 the band released In the Aeroplane Over the Sea on Merge, an album which has since become one of the most popular and acclaimed indie rock albums of the 1990s. [3] [4] [5] Up until 2011's Ferris Wheel on Fire EP, the band had no new releases since In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, though Mangum has said "I don't know what's going to happen, but I certainly want to make music a bigger part of my life in the future than it has been for the last couple of years." [6]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US
Vinyl

[7]
On Avery Island
  • Released: March 26, 1996 (US); September 9, 1996 (UK)
  • Label: Merge (MRG #103), Fire (Fire #53)
  • Formats: CD, vinyl
  • US: 5,000 + [8]
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
  • Released: February 10, 1998 (US); May 18, 1998 (UK)
  • Label: Merge (MRG #136), Blue Rose (BRRC #10192), Domino (Domino #21)
  • Formats: CD, vinyl
12
  • US: 393,000 [9]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum information
Walking Wall of Words
  • Released: December 12, 2011
  • Label: Neutral Milk Hotel Records
  • Formats: vinyl
The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel
  • Released: February 24, 2023
  • Label: Merge Records
  • Formats: vinyl

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
Everything Is
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Cher Doll (Cher #002), Fire (Blaze #079), Orange Twin (OTR #005), Neutral Milk Hotel (NMH #001)
  • Formats: 7", 10", CD, digital download
Ferris Wheel on Fire
  • Released: December 12, 2011
  • Label: Neutral Milk Hotel Records
  • Formats: 10", digital download

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Holland, 1945"1998In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
"You've Passed"/"Where You'll Find Me Now"2011Walking Wall of Words
"Little Birds" [11]

Demos

YearInformationFormats
1990Beauty (Milk demo) [12] CS
1991Invent Yourself a Shortcake CS
1992Beauty
  • Label: Elephant 6
CS
1993Hype City Soundtrack
  • Label: Elephant 6
CS
Unreleased Demo #1CS
1994Shannon's Monroe House DemoCS
Unreleased Demo #2CS

Miscellaneous

YearSongAlbumComments
1993"Ruby Bulbs"Those Pre-phylloxera YearsThe title is sometimes spelled "Rubby Bulbs" because of someone misspelling it.
1994"Up and Over"Amazing Phantom Third ChannelThe original version of the song "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. Three" from In the Aeroplane over the Sea.
"Bucket" [13] Periscope: Another Yoyo CompilationTaken from the band's July 1994 Yoyo A Gogo Festival performance.
1995"Invent Yourself a Shortcake"Champagne Dancing PartyTaken from an improvisational collaboration with members of Olivia Tremor Control.
"Everything Is" [14] Appetite For SwagOriginally appeared on "Everything Is"
1996"Love Me on a Tuesday" [15] Yo-Yo a Go-GoThe same song as "Tuesday Moon", [16] which appeared on Everything Is, Hype City Soundtrack, and Invent Yourself A Shortcake.
"(Untitled)"Ptolemaic TerrascopeThis track is a different song than the untitled tenth track from In the Aeroplane over the Sea.
1997"Glue"The Basement Tapes, Volume Two: Live UndergroundA cover of a song by The Gerbils.
"Naomi" [14] Audio CD-29Originally appeared on On Avery Island.
1998"Everything Is" [17] I Wouldn't Piss On It If It Was On FireOriginally appeared on "Everything Is".
"Oh Comely (live)"More Than You Can Ask Or ImagineLive version of "Oh Comely" from In the Aeroplane over the Sea recorded at the 1997 Terrastock festival.
"Oh Comely" [14] 9 O'Clock in the MorningOriginally appeared on In the Aeroplane over the Sea.
1999"Engine" [18] Oh, Merge: Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary CompilationOriginally appeared on "Holland, 1945".
2000"In the Aeroplane over the Sea" [19] Songs for SummerOriginally appeared on In the Aeroplane over the Sea
2002"Everything Is" [14] Orange Twin Records SamplerThe compilation also contains two Mangum solo tracks.
2004"Song Against Sex" [14] Old Enough to Know BetterOriginally appeared on On Avery Island

Unreleased songs

There are several songs which have been written and performed by Neutral Milk Hotel but have not officially released. These include songs that have only been performed live and songs that have appeared on unreleased demo tapes. Mangum stated that he has written songs possibly intended for a future Neutral Milk Hotel release, although these songs went unnamed; [6] the only known song written after In the Aeroplane over the Sea is "Little Birds". The following are titled unreleased songs by Neutral Milk Hotel.

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