Sleater-Kinney discography

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Sleater-Kinney discography
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Sleater-Kinney in 2005
Studio albums11
Live albums1
Compilation albums1
Music videos9
Singles17

Sleater-Kinney is an American rock band that formed in Olympia, Washington in 1994. The band's discography consists of 11 studio albums, one live album, one compilation box set, 16 singles, and nine music videos. The band released their debut album, Sleater-Kinney , in 1995 on the independent record label Chainsaw Records. The band's second album, Call the Doctor , was released in 1996 to critical acclaim, cementing the band's reputation as one of the major musical acts from the Pacific Northwest. Dig Me Out , Sleater-Kinney's third album, was released the following year on Kill Rock Stars. It became one of their most successful albums, appearing on several publications' best album lists. [1]

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Sleater-Kinney released their fourth album, The Hot Rock , in 1999. The Hot Rock became the band's first album that entered the US Billboard Top 200 chart. Their next album, All Hands on the Bad One , was released in 2000 and received a nomination for Outstanding Music Album at the 12th Annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Awards. [2] [3] One Beat , Sleater-Kinney's sixth album, followed in 2002 and met with high critical praise. Sleater-Kinney released their seventh album, The Woods , in 2005 on Sub Pop. The album produced the singles "Entertain" and "Jumpers". In 2006, the band announced an indefinite hiatus. [4] The band's first seven albums had sold a combined total of 583,000 copies in the United States by October 2014. [5]

After a ten-year hiatus, Sleater-Kinney released their eighth studio album, No Cities to Love , in 2015. [6]

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
[7]
US
Heat.

[8]
US
Indie

[9]
UK
[10]
Sleater-Kinney US: 25,000 [12]
Call the Doctor
  • Released: March 25, 1996 [13]
  • Label: Chainsaw (CHSW #13)
  • Formats: CD, LP
US: 60,000 [12]
Dig Me Out US: 130,000 [12]
The Hot Rock
  • Released: February 23, 1999 [14]
  • Label: Kill Rock Stars (KRS #321)
  • Formats: CD, LP
18112US: 97,000 [12]
All Hands on the Bad One
  • Released: May 2, 2000 [14]
  • Label: Kill Rock Stars (KRS #360)
  • Formats: CD, LP
17712156US: 98,000 [12]
One Beat
  • Released: August 20, 2002 [14]
  • Label: Kill Rock Stars (KRS #387)
  • Formats: CD, LP
10725US: 90,000 [12]
The Woods
  • Released: May 24, 2005 [15]
  • Label: Sub Pop (SP #670)
  • Formats: CD, LP
802143US: 94,000 [12]
No Cities to Love
  • Released: January 20, 2015 [16]
  • Label: Sub Pop (SP #1100)
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
18227US: 28,000 [12]
The Center Won't Hold 2745
Path of Wellness
  • Released: June 11, 2021
  • Label: Mom + Pop
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
Little Rope
  • Released: January 19, 2024
  • Label: Loma Vista
  • Formats: CD, LP, download, streaming
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Live albums

TitleDetailsCertifications
Live in Paris
  • Released: January 27, 2017 [17]
  • Label: Sub Pop (SP #1191)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
  • Russia (Gold - 10,000 copies, as of June 2018) [18]

Compilations

TitleDetailsSales
Start Together
  • Released: October 21, 2014 [19]
  • Label: Sub Pop (SP #1110)
  • Formats: CD, LP
3,000 [12]

(as of February 2015)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
AAA

[20]
UK
[21]
"You Ain't It!"1994Non-album singles
"Big Big Lights" [22]
(split w/ Cypher in the Snow)
1998
"One More Hour" [23] 153Dig Me Out
"Little Babies" [23] 147
"Get Up" [14] 199998The Hot Rock
"A Quarter to Three/Burn, Don't Freeze" [23] 157
"You're No Rock n' Roll Fun" [14] 200085All Hands on the Bad One
"Entertain" [24] 2005112The Woods
"Jumpers" [25]
"Bury Our Friends" [16] 2014No Cities to Love
"Hurry On Home" [26] 201935The Center Won't Hold
"Can I Go On"24
"Animal"Non-album single
"Worry with You"202119Path of Wellness
"High in the Grass"
"Method"
"Hell"2023Little Rope
"Say It Like You Mean It"27
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

TitleDetailsAlbum
"Get Up"The Hot Rock
"You're No Rock n' Roll Fun"
  • Released: May 2, 2000 [28]
  • Director: Brett Vapnek
All Hands on the Bad One
"Entertain"
  • Released: June 22, 2005 [29]
  • Director: Molly and Mariah
The Woods
"Jumpers"
  • Release: October 7, 2005 [30]
  • Director: Matt McCormick
"Modern Girl" (live)
  • Released: August 22, 2006
  • Director: Christoph Green
"Bury Our Friends"
  • Released: October 20, 2014 [16]
  • Director: Miranda July
No Cities to Love
"A New Wave"
  • Released: February 19, 2015 [31]
  • Director: Bernard Derriman
"Can I Go On"
  • Released: September 5, 2019
  • Director: Ashley Connor
The Center Won't Hold
"Love"

Other appearances

SongAlbumYear
"You Ain't It!"Move Into The Villa Villakula1994
"Write Me Back, Fucker"
"More Than a Feeling"
"I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" All Over Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1997
"It's Enough" CMJ New Music: Volume 48, August 19971997
"Get Up" CMJ New Music: Volume 65, January 19991999
"Dance Song '97" (live)Yo-Yo a Go-Go '97: Another Live Compilation [32] 1999
"Banned from the End of the World" Everything Is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology 1999
"The End of You"After The Fair: 21st Century Women2000
"What If I Was Right?"Jackson's Jukebox [33] 2000
"The Ballad of a Ladyman"Turbo's Tunes2000
"Banned from the End of the World" (live)Yo-Yo a Go-Go 1999 [34] 2001
"The Ballad of a Ladyman" (live) Calling All Kings & Queens 2001
"Maraca"Group (Soundtrack)2002
"Oh!"Mollie's Mix [35] 2003
"Combat Rock"Peace Not War2003
"Angry Inch" (with Fred Schneider) Wig in a Box: Songs from and Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2003
"Off With Your Head" Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 2004
"Off With Your Head" Future Soundtrack for America 2004
"Entertain"Songbook of Songs [36] 2004
"Turn It On" Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box [37] 2005
"Jumpers" (live)Live at KEXP, Vol. 22006
"Step Aside"Safe Haven, A Benefit for SMYRC [38] 2006
"Jumpers" (live) The L Word: Season Three Soundtrack 2006
"Modern Girl"Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 052006
"Step Aside"Wed-Rock: A Benefit for Freedom To Marry2006
"Fortunate Son" (live)
"You're No Rock n' Roll Fun" (live) Metro: The Official Bootleg Series, Volume 1 [39] 2010
"Here we Come"7-inches for Planned Parenthood2017

Notes

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