The discography of American indie rock band Grandaddy includes seven studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, five extended plays, and sixteen singles.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US1 | BEL(Fl)2 | BEL(Wa)3 | FRA4 | IRL5 | NLD6 | SCO7 | SWE8 | SWI9 | UK10 | |||
| Complex Party Come Along Theories |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Under the Western Freeway |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 131 | |
| The Sophtware Slump |
| — | — | — | — | 64 | — | 39 | — | — | 36 | |
| Sumday |
| 84 | 13 | 30 | 44 | 30 | —12 | 19 | 51 | — | 22 | |
| Just Like the Fambly Cat |
| 171 | 39 | 82 | 58 | 82 | —13 | 41 | — | — | 50 | |
| Last Place |
| 150 | 12 | 43 | 78 | 31 | 82 | 10 | — | 51 | 18 | |
| Sophtware Slump ..... On a Wooden Piano14 |
| — | 182 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | —15 | |
| Blu Wav |
| —16 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | 73 | 93 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Recorded Live Amongst Friends and Fidget |
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| Live at the Art Factory |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO17 | UKIndie18 | |||||||||||
| The Broken Down Comforter Collection |
| 91 | 28 | |||||||||
| The Windfall Varietal |
| — | — | |||||||||
| Concrete Dunes |
| — | — | |||||||||
| Sumday: Excess Baggage |
| — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Other albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Ham and Its Lily(credited to Arm of Roger) |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK20 | UKIndie21 | |||||||||||
| Prepare to Bawl |
| — | — | |||||||||
| A Pretty Mess by This One Band |
| — | — | |||||||||
| Signal to Snow Ratio |
| — | — | |||||||||
| Through a Frosty Plate Glass E.P. |
| — | — | |||||||||
| Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla |
| 157 | 18 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USAAA22 | MEX23 | SCO24 | UK25 | UKIndie26 | ||||||||
| "Could This Be Love" | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Taster" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Everything Beautiful Is Far Away" | 1998 | — | — | — | 162 | 28 | Under the Western Freeway | |||||
| "Laughing Stock" | — | — | — | 124 | 20 | |||||||
| "Summer Here Kids" | — | — | — | 83 | 19 | |||||||
| "A.M. 180" | — | — | 91 | 88 | 19 | |||||||
| "The Crystal Lake" | 2000 | — | — | 40 | 38 | 6 | The Sophtware Slump | |||||
| "Hewlett's Daughter" | — | — | 81 | 71 | 10 | |||||||
| "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." | — | — | — | 82 | 20 | |||||||
| "Now It's On" | 2003 | 19 | — | 27 | 23 | 4 | Sumday | |||||
| "El Caminos in the West" | — | — | 41 | 48 | 10 | |||||||
| "I'm on Standby" | 2004 | — | — | — | 89 | 20 | ||||||
| "Nature Anthem" | — | — | — | 115 | 39 | Below the Radio | ||||||
| "Elevate Myself" | 2006 | — | — | — | 155 | 12 | Just Like the Fambly Cat | |||||
| "Way We Won't" | 2016 | — | 40 | — | — | — | Last Place | |||||
| "RIP Coyote Condo #5" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Promotional releases
| A-side/Title | Release date | Label | Formats & B-side(s) | Notes |
| "Our Dying Brains" | 2000 | V2 | CD: "Wives Of Farmers", "Moe Bandy Mountaineers" | |
| The Sophtware Slump Radio Sampler | 2000 | CD: "The Crystal Lake", "Hewlett's Daughter", "Miner At The Dial-A-View", "Broken Household Appliance National Forest" | ||
| "Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland" | 2000 | 1-track CD; appears on It's a Cool Cool Christmas | ||
| Sumday – The Videos | 2003 | DVD: "El Caminos in the West", "Now It's On" | DVD video single | |
| Tour Sampler 2003 | 2003 | CD: "Now It's On", "Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake", "The Crystal Lake" | Given away at live shows | |
| Sampler | 2003 | CD: "Yeah Is What We Had", "Miner at the Dial-a-View", "Summer Here Kids", "Levitz (Birdless)" | ||
| Sampler | 2003 | CD: "El Caminos In The West", "Now It's On", "I'm On Standy", "Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake" | ||
| "Pull the Curtains" (radio edit) | 2005 | Radio CD-R | ||
| "Elevate Myself (Diskotik Mix)" | 2006 | CD, credited to 'Scrum Down Rookies vs. Grandaddy' | ||
| "Just Like the Fambly Cat" | 2006 | CD |
Split releases
| Grandaddy tracks | Release date | Label | Format(s) | Split with | Notes |
| "I'm in Love with No-One" | 1998 | Devil in the Woods | 7" | Morella's Forest/Dart/Shove | EP titled Alone in a Room 2Included free with issue #17 of Devil in the Woods magazine |
| "Too Many Nights in a Road House" | 1999 | Devil in the Woods/Horse Brand Industry | Double 7" | EP titled Noise Pop 99 | |
| "MGM Grand" | 2000 | 62TV/Ines Boukov | 7" | John Wayne Shot Me | |
| "Fishing Boat Song" | 2000 | Devil in the Woods | 7" | Persil/Beachwood Sparks | Available with Devil in the Woods magazine |
| "Aisle Seat 37-D" | June 2003 | 7" | Verbena | Available with Devil in the Woods magazine | |
| "The Rugged and Splintered Entertainment Center" | December 2003 | Birdman/Good Records | 7" | The Polyphonic Spree |
Contributions
| Album title | Release date | Label | Grandaddy tracks | Notes |
| Zum Audio Vol. 2 | 1998 | Zum | "Ghost of 1672" | |
| Dream with the Fishes soundtrack | 1997 | Will | "Why Would I Want To Die" | |
| Unscrubbed: Live from the Laundromat III | October 1999 | Toy Gun Murder | "Why Took Your Advice" (live) | |
| We Are Now Flying @ 20,000 Feet | 2000 | Cavalier / Sensory Products | "Wonder Why in LA" (live) | Free with Sadness in the Sky magazine |
| We Are Now Flying @ 33,000 Feet | 2000 | Cavalier / Sensory Products | "Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance" (live) | Free with Sadness in the Sky magazine |
| Little Echoes Presents Sleeping Off Stolen Dreams | 2000 | Little Echoes | "Rode My Bike to My Stepsister's Wedding" | Longer version than released elsewhere |
| It's a Cool Cool Christmas | 2000 | Jeepster | "Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland" | |
| Trigger Happy TV Soundtrack to Series 2 | 2001 | Channel 4 Music | "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" | |
| Loose – New Sounds Of The Old West – volume 3 | November 2001 | Loose | "Best of All Possible Worlds" | Cover of the Kris Kristofferson song |
| Almost Famous: Undiscovered Modern Rock Hits | January 2002 | Lakeshore | "Laughing Stock" | Previously-unreleased version from Don't Sock the Tryer |
| I Am Sam soundtrack | 2002 | V2 | "Revolution" | |
| 28 Days Later: The Soundtrack Album | 2002 | XL | "A.M. 180" | |
| Nothing Left to Lose: A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson | October 2002 | Incidental Music | "Best of All Possible Worlds" | Cover of the Kris Kristofferson song |
| Wrong Turn (soundtrack) | July 1, 2003 | Lakeshore | "Why Would I Want to Die" | |
| X-Ray CD#07 | August 2003 | X-Ray | "Now It's On" (XFM Session version) | Free with X-Ray magazine |
| Below the Radio | 2004 | Ultra | "Nature Anthem" | Compiled by Jason Lytle |
| Live At The World Cafe Volume 18: I'll Take You There | September 2004 | WXPN | "Now It's On" (live at the World Cafe) | |
| Alive and Rare: KCRW | May 22, 2006 | V2 | "The Go in the Go for It" (Live on KCRW) | |
| Acoustic 07 | 2007 | V2 | "Rear View Mirror" | |
| Kats Karavan – The History of John Peel on the Radio | October 26, 2009 | Universal | "Hawaiian Island Wranglers" | From a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show recorded 17/05/1998 |
Notes
External links
- Grandaddy discography discography at Discogs
References
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Sumday did not enter the Dutch Album Top 100, but peaked at number one on the Dutch Alternative Top 30.[11] ↩
Just Like the Fambly Cat did not enter the Dutch Album Top 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Dutch Alternative Top 30.[12] ↩
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Sophtware Slump ..... On a Wooden Piano did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the UK Album Sales Chart.[7] ↩
Blu Wav did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 40 on the US Top Current Albums Chart.[14] /wiki/Billboard_charts#Albums ↩
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"Grandaddy Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-06-17. https://www.billboard.com/artist/grandaddy ↩
Peaks on the Scottish Singles Chart: For "A.M. 180": "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 16, 2023. For "The Crystal Lake": "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 16, 2023. For "Hewlett's Daughter": "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 16, 2023. For "Now It's On": "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 16, 2023. For "El Caminos in the West": "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 16, 2023. https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20200717/41/ ↩
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