Scott Miller discography

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Scott Miller discography
Scott Miller of Game Theory, Loud Family.jpg
Studio albums13
Live albums1
Compilation albums4
Video albums1
Music videos6
EPs4
Singles7
Tribute albums2
Various artist compilations12

This article presents a full discography of pop musician and singer-songwriter Scott Miller, as the leader of the groups Alternate Learning, Game Theory, and The Loud Family. Miller's discography includes thirteen studio albums (including a forthcoming posthumous release), four EPs, one live album, four compilations, seven singles (including promotional releases), six music videos, and one concert documentary video.

Contents

Studio albums and EPs

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
Alternate Learning 1979ALRN7" EP Rational
1982Painted Windows LP Rational
Game Theory 1982 Blaze of Glory [1]
  • LP
  • CD (2014)
  • LP (2014, pink)
  • ION003
  • CD OV-96
  • LP OV-96
1983 Pointed Accounts of People You Know
  • 12" EP
  • 10" EP (2014, clear)
  • Rational
  • Omnivore
  • ONA-004
  • OVS10-101
1984 Distortion
  • 12" EP
  • 10" EP (2014, green)
  • Rational
  • Omnivore
  • RGP 8405
  • OVS10-102
1985 Real Nighttime
  • LP
  • CD
  • CD (1993)
  • CD (2015)
  • LP (2015, red)
  • Enigma
  • Restless
  • Alias
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • 7 72022
  • A047D
  • OVCD-115
  • OVLP-115
1986 The Big Shot Chronicles
  • LP
  • CS
  • CD (1993)
  • LP (2016, green)
  • CD (2016)
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Alias
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • ST-73210
  • 4XT-73210
  • A046D
  • OVLP-174
  • OVCD-174
1987 Lolita Nation
  • LP (double)
  • CS
  • CD
  • LP (2016, green)
  • CD (2016)
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • STB-73288
  • CDE-73280
  • OVLP-136
  • OVCD-136
1988 Two Steps from the Middle Ages
  • LP
  • CS
  • CD
  • LP (2017, orange)
  • CD (2017)
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • 7 73350-1
  • 7 73350-4
  • 7 73350-2
  • OVLP-204
  • OVCD-204
The Loud Family 1993 Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things LP, CS, CDAliasA033
1994 Slouching Towards Liverpool CD, 10" EPAliasA055
1994 The Tape of Only Linda LP, CS, CDAliasA060
1996 Interbabe Concern CDAliasA098
1998 Days for Days CDAliasA131
2000 Attractive Nuisance CDAliasA146
The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau 2006 What If It Works?
  • CD
  • CD (2022)
  • 125-013
  • OVCD-477
Game Theory2017 Supercalifragile [2] [3] LP, CDKCM RecordsKCINA22

Live albums

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog No.
The Loud Family2002 From Ritual to Romance CD 125 Records 125-005

Compilation albums

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
Game Theory1984 Dead Center
  • LP
  • CD (2015)
  • Lolita (FR)
  • Omnivore
  • 5031
  • OVCD-103
1989 Tinker to Evers to Chance LP, CS, CDEnigma
1993 Distortion of Glory CDAlias
2020 Across the Barrier of Sound: PostScript
  • LP (pink)
  • CD
Omnivore
  • OVLP-362
  • OVCD-362

Singles and promotional releases

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
Game Theory1983"Dead Center" [4] 7" flexi-disc Rational
1985"24" b/w "Waltz the Halls Always" [5] 7" singleEnigma, Victoria
1986"Erica's Word" b/w "Couldn't I Just Tell You" [6] 7" singleBig Time Records
1987"The Real Sheila"12" singleEnigma
The Loud Family1993Never Mind the Camera Crew, Here's The Loud Family [7] CSAlias
1993"Take Me Down" b/w "The Come On"7" singleAliasA043
1994"It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas" [8] CD single Alias
1997"Don't Respond, She Can Tell"CD singleAliasPRCD A098

Tribute and cover album appearances

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
The Loud Family1995 Sing Hollies in Reverse
  • includes "Look Through Any Window"
CDeggBertER80018
1997Come and Get It: A Tribute to Badfinger
  • includes "We're for the Dark"
CDCopperCPR 2181

Various artist compilations

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
Game Theory1985 Enigma Variations [9]
  • includes "24"
LP, CS, CDEnigma
1987Enigma Variations 2 [10]
LP, CS, CDEnigma
1987The Enigma Compilation 1988
  • includes "Erica's Word"
LPEnigma
The Loud Family1992TDK Mail Rock: Serious Music Sampler
  • includes "Isaac's Law"
CDTDK/CarolineCARTDK01
1993Fat-Free, Guilt-Free
  • includes "Soul Drain," "Baby Hard-To-Be-Around"
CSAlias
1993Hot Cinnamon Churros
  • includes "Jimmy Still Comes Around," "The Ballad of How You Can All Shut Up," "Back of a Car," "No One Twisting His Arm"
CDAliasA040-D
The Loud Family and Game Theory1993Alias w/ a Bullet [11]
  • includes "Slit My Wrists (Live)," "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory," "Girl w/ a Guitar," "Linus and Lucy"
CDAlias
The Loud Family1994Streamlined
  • includes "Baby Hard-to-Be-Around," "Ballet Hetero"
CDAlias
1995Star Power
  • includes "Horse with No Name"
CD, CSPravdaPR6350
1996Premium: New Music With A Golden Glow [12]
  • includes "Don't Respond, She Can Tell"
CDAliasA108
1996For Discriminating Tastes: The Alternative Distribution Alliance CD Sampler
  • includes "Don't Respond, She Can Tell"
CD Alternative Distribution Alliance ADA 20005
The Loud Family and Game Theory1997Year of the Wagon
  • includes "Don't Respond, She Can Tell," "Spot the Setup," "Erica's Word," "Tin Scarecrow"
CDAliasA124 [13]
The Loud Family1997Yellow Pills, Vol. 4
  • includes "Chicago and Miss Jovan's Land-O-Mat"
CDBig Deal
1999 The 26th Commandment: Thou Shalt Expand Thy Mind
  • includes "Asleep and Awake on the Man's Freeway (live)"
CD Ptolemaic Terrascope

Music videos and DVDs

GroupYearTitle
Game Theory1985"I've Tried Subtlety"
  • from the album The Big Shot Chronicles
  • music video, directed by Fred Juhos
1986"Erica's Word"
  • from the album The Big Shot Chronicles
  • music video, directed by Jan Novello for Novello Productions, art direction by Modi Karlsson [14] [15]
1987"The Real Sheila"
  • from the album Lolita Nation
  • music video, directed by Jan Novello for Novello Productions, art direction by Modi Karlsson [16]
2017"I Still Dream of Getting Back to Paris"
  • from the album Supercalifragile
  • music video, directed by Hector Di Napoli [17]
The Loud Family1993"Jimmy Still Comes Around"
  • from the album Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things
  • music video, directed by Lucy Phillips and Glen Scantlebury
1994"Soul Drain"
  • from the album The Tape of Only Linda
  • music video, directed by Sondra Russell
1994"Marcia and Etrusca"
  • from the album The Tape of Only Linda
  • music video, directed by Sondra Russell
1996"Don't Respond, She Can Tell"
  • from the album Interbabe Concern
  • music video, directed by Sondra Russell, produced by Jeff Orgill for Giant Tarantula Productions [18]
2003Loud Family Live 2000
  • concert tour documentary on DVD
  • directed by Danny Plotnick
  • 125 Records, catalog no. 125-008

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