Grandaddy discography

Grandaddy discography

Releases
↙Studio albums	4
↙Compilation albums	3
↙EPs	6
↙Singles	15
↙Other albums	4

Grandaddy was an indie rock band from Modesto, California, United States. They released four studio albums, four self-released albums, four compilation albums, six EPs, fifteen singles, and five split singles.

Studio albums

Title	Release date	Label	UK[1]	US[2]	Notes
Under the Western Freeway	October 1997	Will	131		issued in the UK April 1998
The Sophtware Slump	May 2000	V2	36
Sumday	May 2003		22	84
Just Like the Fambly Cat	May 2006		50	171	#10 US Independent Albums

Self-released albums/EPs

Title	Release date	Label	Notes
Prepare to Bawl	1992		Hand-made cassette EP Tracks: "Gold", "I Love Nothing", "I'm Not Buying", "Aviatress", "Cows", "Bobs Fast"
Recorded Live Amongst Friends and Fidget	1994		Cassette EP Tracks: "Kim You Bore me to Death", "Worship Pneumonia", "Mike Don't Eat The Pie Crust", "Centre of the Universe", "Call Girl Call", "You Drove your Car into a Moving Train"
Complex Party Come Along Theories	1994		Cassette-only release
Live at the Art Factory	1997		Cassette-only Tracks: "Everything Beautiful Is Faraway", "Levitz", "Go Progress Chrome", "Street Bunny", "Summer Here Kids", "Wretched Songs"

Unreleased albums

• Don't Sock the Tryer (1996)

Compilation albums

Title	Release date	Label	Notes
The Broken Down Comforter Collection	1999	Big Cat
The Windfall Varietal	2000		Not commercially released, sold by the band at live shows
Concrete Dunes	2002	Lakeshore
Granddaddy	September 2011	V2	2CD box

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

EPs

Title	Release date	Label	Notes
A Pretty Mess by This One Band	April 1996	Will
Happy Happy X-Mas from Jason	1996
Machines Are Not She	1998	Big Cat	Originally a mail-order only 12" release, available via an order form with early copies of Under The Western Freeway[3] Tracks: "Levitz"/"For The Dishwasher"/"Lava Kiss"/"Wretched Songs"/"Sikh In A Baja VW Bug"/"Fentry"
Signal to Snow Ratio	September 1999	V2
Through a Frosty Plate Glass	2001
Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla	September 27, 2005

Singles

A-side	Release date	Label	Formats & B-side(s)	UK Singles Chart[1]	Notes
"Could This Be Love"	1994	Big Jesus	7": "Kim, You Bore Me to Death"
"Taster"	1995	Get Go	7": "Nebraska"
"Everything Beautiful Is Far Away"	February 1998	Big Cat	7": "For the Dishwasher" CD: "For the Dishwasher", "Glass Dusty"
"Laughing Stock"	March 1998		7"/CD: "G.P.C.", "12-pak $5.99"
"Summer Here Kids"	May 1998		7"/CD: "Levitz", "My Small Love"
"A.M. 180"	October 1998		7": "Here" CD: "For the Dishwasher"		"Here" is a live cover of the Pavement song
"The Crystal Lake"	May 2000	V2	7": "Our Dying Brains" CD: "Our Dying Brains", "First Movement/Message Send: ID#5646766"
"Hewlett's Daughter"	August 2000		7": "LFO" CD1: "XD-data-II", "Street Bunny" CD2: "Wonder Why in L.A.", "Hewlett's Daughter" (mix) CD3: "Wonder Why in L.A.", "Chartsengrafs"	71
"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot."	November 2000		12"/CD: "Wives of Farmers" "N. Blender"
"The Crystal Lake"	January 2001		7": "Rode My Bike to My Stepsister's Wedding" CD1: "Moe Bandy Mountaineers", "She-deleter" CD2: "The Crystal Lake (Chilly Mix)", "What Can't Be Erased", "I Don't Want to Record Anymore"	38
"Now It's On"	2003		7":"Trouble With A Capital T" CD1:"Trouble With A Capital T", "Hey Cowboy, The Phone's For You" CD2:"Getting Jipped", "Yeah Is What We Need" (video) DVD:"Now It's Upside Down" (video)	23
"El Caminos in the West"	2003		CD1: "Beautiful Ground (Live - XM Satellite Radio)", "My Little Skateboarding Problem" CD2: "Now It’s On (Live - Colin Murray Radio Show/BBC)", "Derek Spears" DVD: "El Caminos In The West" (video), "Derek Spears"	48
"I'm on Standby"	2004		7": "Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake" CD: "Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake", "The Town Where I'm Livin' Now", "Fare Thee Not Well Mutineer" (video)
"Nature Anthem"	2004	Ultra
"Elevate Myself"	2006	V2	7": "Winners"

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
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'

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 2 Included 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	7"	The Polyphonic Spree

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Grandaddy", Chart Stats, retrieved 2011-08-06
2. ^ "Grandaddy Billboard Albums", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-08-06
3. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 773