Sam Roberts discography

Sam Roberts discography
Sam Roberts singing at Lollapalooza in 2007.
Studio albums	8
EPs	4
Singles	20
Music videos	12

This is the full discography for the Canadian rock musician Sam Roberts who is signed to Universal (Canada) since 2001. In 2000, Roberts recorded a set of demos entitled "Brother Down". ^[1] Some of these songs appeared on later albums, including the song "Brother Down" which appeared on Roberts' 2002 release "The Inhuman Condition" EP. The latter reached the charts in Canada. Since then Roberts has released six albums, four EPs and a number of singles. ^[2]

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album	Chart positions		Certifications	Sales
		CAN [3]	US Heat [3]
2003	We Were Born in a Flame Released: June 17, 2003 Label: Universal Music Canada	2	—	MC: 2× Platinum [4]	CAN: 145,000 [5]
2006	Chemical City Released: May 16, 2006 Label: Universal Music Canada	3	—	MC: Platinum [4]
2008	Love at the End of the World Released: May 20, 2008 Label: Universal Music Canada	1	47	MC: Gold [4]	CAN: 9,000 (first week) [6]
2011	Collider Released: May 10, 2011 Label: Universal Music Canada	3	—		CAN: 7,000 (first week) [7]
2014	Lo-Fantasy Released: February 11, 2014 Label: Universal Music Canada	3	35 [8]		CAN: 5,800 (first week) [9]
2016	TerraForm Released: October 28, 2016 Label: Universal Music Canada	8 [10]	—
2020	All Of Us Released: October 16, 2020 Label: Universal Music Canada	56 [11]	—
2023	The Adventures Of Ben Blank Released: October 20, 2023 Label: Known Accomplice	—	—

EPs

Year	Album	Chart Positions [12]	Certification
		CAN
2002	The Inhuman Condition Released: July 16, 2002 Label: MapleMusic Recordings	32	MC: Gold [4]
2004	Rolling Stone Original Released: November 16, 2004 Label: Lost Highway Records US download-only release	-	-
2011	iTunes Live from Montreal Released: October 24, 2011 Label: Universal Music Canada iTunes download-only release	-	-
2015	Counting The Days Released: April 18, 2015 Label: Paper Bag Records / Universal Music Canada 12" vinyl Record Store Day release, later followed by a digital release	-	-

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Certifications	Album
		CAN [13] [14] [15]	CAN Alt [16] [17] [18] [19]	CAN Rock [20] [21] [22] [23]
2002	"Brother Down"	2	×	3		The Inhuman Condition
	"Don't Walk Away Eileen"	—	×	4
2003	"Where Have All the Good People Gone?"	29	×	×	MC: Gold [4]	We Were Born in a Flame
	"Hard Road"	—	×	25
	"Dead End/Every Part of Me"	—	×	—
2006	"The Gate"	—	×	1		Chemical City
	"Bridge to Nowhere"	—	×	8
	"With a Bullet"	—	×	10
2008	"Them Kids"	36	×	1		Love at the End of the World
	"Detroit '67"	82	×	15
2009	"Fixed to Ruin"	—	×	15
2011	"I Feel You"	83	3	3		Collider
	"The Last Crusade"	—	44	—
	"Without a Map"	—	16	29
2012	"Let It In"	—	6	16
2013	"We're All In This Together"	70	3	1		Lo-Fantasy
	"Shapeshifters"	—	—	—
2014	"Human Heat"	—	7	3
	"Kid Icarus"	—	12	27
2016	"If You Want It"	—	2	2		TerraForm
"FIEND"	—	34	41
2017	"Rogue Empire"	—	—	—
2020	"Ascension"	—	—	5		All Of Us
	"I Like The Way You Talk About The Future"	—	—	—
	"Youth"	—	—	—
2021	"All Of Us"	—	—	—
	"Take Me Away"	—	—	15
2023	"Picture of Love"	—	—	21		The Adventures Of Ben Blank
	"I Dream Of You"	—	—	—
	"Afterlife"	—	29	40
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Miscellaneous

These songs have not appeared on a studio album released by Roberts:

Year	Song	Collaborating Artist	Album
2003	"Never Destroy Us"	The Dears	No Cities Left
2004	"Dirty Water"	K-os	Joyful Rebellion
2006	"Valhalla"	K-os	Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
	"Magic On My Mind"	n/a	Help! A Day In The Life compilation
	"Late In The Evening [live]"	n/a	Hommage à / Tribute to Paul Simon compilation
	"You Can Call Me Al [live]"
2008	"Marvin The Meerkat"	n/a	Roll Play 2 compilation
2009	"I'm Running"	Misstress Barbara	I'm No Human
	"Dark Eyes"	n/a	Victoria Day soundtrack
2010	"Wavin' Flag"	Young Artists For Haiti	Wavin' Flag single
	"One Good Time"	Anthony D'Amato	Down Wires
2011	"Loin d'ici"	Cœur de pirate	Blonde
2012	"Let It In (King Britt’s Je Ne Sais Quoi Mix)"	King Britt
	"Faultline Blues"	n/a	Esquire Presents: Pacific Standard Time
2013	"Don't Touch"	K-os	Black On Blonde
	"History Repeated"	Maestro Fresh Wes	Orchestrated Noize
2014	"Protector"	Kandle	In Flames
2016	"Life As It Happens"	Krief	Automanic
2020	"Instant Nightmare!"	The Dears	Lovers Rock

Music videos

Video	Director
"Brother Down"	James Cooper
"Don't Walk Away Eileen"	Maxime Giroux
"Where Have All the Good People Gone?"	Kyle Davison
"Hard Road"	Kyle Davison
"The Gate"	Christopher Mills
"Bridge to Nowhere"	Dave Pawsey
"Them Kids"	Dave Pawsey
"Detroit '67"	Dave Pawsey
"I Feel You"	Dave Pawsey/Jonathan Legris
"Without A Map"	Malcolm Hearn
"We're All In This Together"	George Vale
"Shapeshifters"	Dave Pawsey
"If You Want It"	Amit Dabrai

References

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13. Peak position for "Brother Down" on the BDS Canada Airplay chart: "The Hits Charts (Airplay) : Top 100 singles". Archived from the original on 2002-10-22. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
14. "Sam Roberts > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". allmusic . Retrieved 2010-08-01.
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16. "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - May 17, 2011". America's Music Charts. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
17. "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - October 4, 2011". America's Music Charts. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
18. "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - October 18, 2011". America's Music Charts. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
19. Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - April 24, 2012
20. Peak positions for Sam Roberts' singles on Canadian Airplay Chart by Nielsen BDS:
    • For "Brother Down" and "Don't Walk Away Eileen": Roberts 'Flame' Lights Up Canada. Billboard. 5 July 2003. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
21. Peak positions for Sam Roberts' singles on Radio & Records Canadian Rock chart:
    • For "Hard Road": "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 59. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
    • For "The Gate": "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 83. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
    • For "Bridge to Nowhere": "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 57. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
22. "Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2018.
23. "Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved December 6, 2018.