Unwritten Law discography

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Unwritten Law discography
Studio albums7
EPs2
Live albums2
Compilation albums3
Singles11
Video albums2
Music videos15
Demo albums1
Other appearances5
Official bootlegs1

American rock band Unwritten Law has released seven studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two video albums, eleven singles, one demo, and thirteen music videos.

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Unwritten Law formed in 1990 in Poway, California with an initial lineup of singer Scott Russo, guitarists Steve Morris and Rob Brewer, bassist John Bell, and drummer Wade Youman. [1] They released their six-song demo in 1992 and the EP Blurr in 1993. Their debut album Blue Room was released in 1994 through local label Red Eye Records. The band then signed to Epic Records, who re-released Blue Room and put out 1996's Oz Factor , [1] supported by singles for "Lame", "Denied", and "Superman", the latter of which became the band's first music video. Bell then left the group and the band signed to Interscope Records, bringing in Pivit bassist Micah Albao for the recording of 1998's Unwritten Law . By the time of the album's release Pat "PK" Kim had become their permanent bassist. [1] Unwritten Law was their first album to chart, reaching #16 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart, and spawned five music videos: "Teenage Suicide", "California Sky", "Holiday", "Cailin", and "Lonesome". "Cailin" and "Lonesome" were released as singles, the former being Unwritten Law's first song to chart, reaching #28 on the Alternative Songs chart. In 1999 they released the Visit to Oz EP in Australia, coinciding with their first headlining tour there.

The band's fourth album was 2002's Elva , their first to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching #69. "Up All Night" and "Seein' Red" were both released as singles, the latter becoming the highest-charting song of the band's career by reaching the #1 spot on the Alternative Songs chart. The group then moved to Lava Records and released 2003's Music in High Places , a live acoustic album recorded in Yellowstone National Park for the VH1 series of the same name, [1] which spawned a charting single for "Rest of My Life". Youman was then ejected from the band, so Adrian Young and Tony Palermo played drums on the recording of Here's to the Mourning (2005). Palermo joined the band permanently, and the singles for "Save Me (Wake Up Call)" and "She Says" from the album both reached the Alternative Songs chart, the former being the band's second-highest-charting song at #5. Brewer was fired from Unwritten Law in 2005 and the band continued as a quartet. [1]

In 2006 Interscope released 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection , a compilation of tracks from Unwritten Law and Elva. [1] Unwritten Law followed by releasing their own greatest hits album, The Hit List , on Abydos Records in 2007. [1] Consisting mostly of re-recorded versions of songs from their back catalog, it reached #10 on the Independent Albums chart. No singles were released from this album, but a music video was filmed for the new track "Shoulda Known Better". Palermo then left Unwritten Law for Papa Roach and was replaced by Dylan Howard. The band signed to Suburban Noize Records, releasing the live album and DVD Live and Lawless in 2008 and their sixth studio album, Swan , in 2011.

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[2] [3]
US
Ind.

[3]
AUS
[4] [5]
1994 Blue Room [6]
  • Released: September 12, 1994
  • Label: Epic (67363)
  • Format: CD, CS
1996 Oz Factor [7]
  • Released: April 29, 1996
  • Label: Epic (67511)
  • Format: CD, CS
1998 Unwritten Law [8]
  • Released: June 2, 1998
  • Label: Interscope (90189)
  • Format: CD, CS, DI
562
2002 Elva [9]
  • Released: January 29, 2002
  • Label: Interscope (10571-2)
  • Format: CD, LP
6917
2005 Here's to the Mourning [10]
  • Released: February 1, 2005
  • Label: Lava (93147)
  • Format: CD
5127
2011 Swan 19541
2022The Hum
  • Released: July 29, 2022
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes an album that did not chart.

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[2] [3]
US
Ind.

[11]
2003 Music in High Places [12]
  • Released: January 21, 2003
  • Label: Earth Escapes (83632)
  • Format: CD
1345
2008 Live and Lawless [13]
"—" denotes an album that did not chart.

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[2] [3]
US
Ind.

[3] [11]
2006 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection [14]
  • Released: October 10, 2006
  • Label: Interscope (06816)
  • Format: CD
2007 The Hit List [15]
  • Released: January 2, 2007
  • Label: Abydos
  • Format: CD
18410
2016Acoustic [16]
  • Released: April 1, 2016
  • Label: Cyber Tracks
  • Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
"—" denotes an album that did not chart.

Demo albums

YearAlbum details
1992Six Song Demo
  • Released: September 1992
  • Format: CS

Extended plays

YearEP details
1993 Blurr
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Red Eye
  • Format: 7"
1999 Visit to Oz

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Bubbling
US
Alternative

[17]
AUS
[4] [18]
1996"Lame" Oz Factor
"Denied"
"Superman"
1998"California Sky" Unwritten Law
"Holiday"
1999"Cailin"28
2000"Lonesome"36
2001"Up All Night"1471 Elva
2002"Seein' Red"5173
2003"Rest of My Life"16 Music in High Places
2005"Save Me (Wake Up Call)"85 Here's to the Mourning
"She Says"32
2007"Shoulda Known Better" The Hit List
2011"Starships and Apocalypse" Swan
"Sing"
2012"Nevermind"
"—" denotes songs that did not chart.

Video albums

YearVideo details
1999Live In Australia 99
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: N/A
  • Format: VHS
2003 Live in Yellowstone
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Image (3314)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
2008Live and Lawless [13]

Music videos

YearTitleDirector(s)
1996"Superman" [19]
1998"Teenage Suicide" [19]
"California Sky" [20] Taylor Steele, Emmett Malloy
"Holiday" [21] Darren Doane, Ken Daurio
1999"Cailin" [19] Doug Pray
2000"Lonesome" [22] Bill Otto
2002"Up All Night" [19] [23] Honey
"Seein' Red" [19] Marc Webb
2003"Rest of My Life" [19]
2005"Save Me (Wake Up Call)" [19] [24] Brett Simon
"She Says" [19] [25] Jessy Terrero
2007"Shoulda Known Better" [19] [26] Fernando Apodaca
2011"Starships and Apocalypse" [27] Dale Resteghini
"Swan Song" [28]
"Sing" [29] Daniel Coolahan
2022"Ghosted" [30] Joseph Russo

Other appearances

The following Unwritten Law songs were released on compilation albums, soundtracks, and other releases. This is not an exhaustive list.

YearRelease detailsTrack(s)
1995 Punk Sucks
  • "C.P.K."
1997 Before You Were Punk [31]
  • Released: March 11, 1997
  • Label: Vagrant
  • Format: CD
1999 Short Music for Short People [32]
  • "Armageddon Singalong"
Burning London: The Clash Tribute
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD
Kevin & Bean's Last Christmas
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: N/A
  • Format: CD
  • "Please Come Home For Christmas"
2000Hit & Run Soundtrack
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: N/A
  • Format: N/A
  • "Hit and Run"
2002Don't Make Me Pull This Thing Over [33]
  • Released: August 6, 2002
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD
  • "Take Me Away (Jodi)"
Santa Clause 2 Soundtrack
  • Released: November 1, 2002
  • Label: Disney
  • Format: CD
  • "Unwritten Christmas" (featuring Sum 41)
2004 North Shore
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: none
  • Format: unreleased (series theme song)
  • "Home in Paradise"
2018Slabratory - Sick Slabs Of Sonic Sound 2
  • Released: September 18, 2018
  • Label: None
  • Format: CD
  • "I Will Refuse" (originally performed by Pailhead)

Official bootlegs

YearAlbum details
1997 Live in Hollyweird
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: none
  • Format: CD

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