Elliott Smith discography

Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Elliott Smith

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Caption = Elliott Smith performing in New York City in January 2003.
Studio = 5
Singles = 11
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Compilation = 2
Comp link = Posthumous albums
Music videos = 4
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This is an extended discography of the solo career of the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. For his work with Heatmiser, see their discography.

Full-length studio albums

Filmography

Music videos

Film appearances

* "" (1997), as himself, directed by Jem Cohen.
* " [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dso7e0ov7Yo Untitled] " [Modest Mouse documentary] (1997), as himself (interviewee), directed by Rick Madsen.
* "Strange Parallel" (1998), as himself, directed by Steve Hanft.
* "Southlander" (2001), as a bus driver, directed by Steve Hanft and Ross Harris.

Other releases

A 40 minute concert DVD of Smith playing at the July 17, 1999 Yo Yo A Go Go Festival, titled "Elliott Smith – Olympia, Washington", was announced to be released sometime during 2004 by HIQI Media, but has since been legally challenged by DreamWorks and as of 2006, is still in limbo. [cite news | first=Kimberly | last=Chun | pages= | title=No Easy Way Out | date=October 13 2004 | publisher=San Francisco Bay Guardian | url=http://www.sfbg.com/39/02/art_music_elliott_smith.html | accessdate=2006-04-28 ]

Rob Schnapf and Joanna Bolme had made it clear that they wished and considered "From a Basement on the Hill" to be Smith's final record, and it was unknown whether the Smith family or DreamWorks planned to release any more posthumous albums. [cite news | first=RJ | last=Smith | pages= | title= Elliott Smith's Uneasy Afterlife | date=July 18, 2004 | publisher=The New York Times | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9406E3DF163AF93BA25754C0A9629C8B63 | accessdate=2006-04-29 ] However, in February 2007 Kill Rock Stars announced "New Moon", a compilation consisting of songs Smith recorded during his years (1994-1997) with that label.

"Elliott Smith: Live at Largo", a five-song CD featuring previously unreleased live recordings of Smith performing acoustically at Club Largo in Los Angeles is included with Autumn de Wilde's book "Elliott Smith", released on October 25, 2007.

Leaks

Unreleased tracks, demos, and covers have circulated over the internet. The posthumous collection "From a Basement on a Hill II" attracted the attention of the media. [cite news
url = http://www.nbc10.com/columnists/5119404/detail.html
title = Review: Leaked Elliott Smith Songs Should Revive Interest
author = David Hyland
publisher = (NBC 10)
date = 2005-10-18
accessdate = 2007-05-07
quote = The leak caused enough of a ripple that articles about it have already appeared on MTV.com and the U.K.'s New Music Express Web site.] These leaks have taken place near the anniversary of Smith's death. [cite news
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/09/15/mysterious-elliott-smith-tracks-leak-once-again/
title = Mysterious Elliott Smith Tracks Leak Once Again
author = Gavin Paul Giovagnoli
publisher = Rolling Stone
date = 2006-09-15
accessdate = 2007-05-07
quote = Ever since Elliott Smith passed away almost three years ago, an anonymous leaker has been planting tracks (mostly "From a Basement on a Hill" demo sessions) on message boards close to the anniversary of his death.]

Promotional releases

* "Either/Or" advance promo (1997)
* "A Brief History" (1998)
* "Good Will Hunting" sampler (1998)
* "Miss Misery" promo (1998)
* "Waltz #2" promo (1998)
* "XO" Advance promo (1998)
* "XO" promo (1998)
* "Because" acetate promo (1999)
* "3 Titres Inedits" (2000)
* "Figure 8" album sampler promo (2000)
* "Figure 8" promo (2000)
* "Son of Sam" promo (2000)
* "Son of Sam" acetate promo (2000)
* "New Moon" album sampler promo (2007)

Soundtrack inclusions

* "Lucky Three" (1997) – "Baby Britain" (instrumental), "Between the Bars" (live), "Thirteen" (live Big Star cover), "Angeles" (live)
* "Good Will Hunting" (1997) – "Miss Misery", "Between the Bars" (orchestral version), "No Name #3", "Angeles" and "Say Yes"
* "Hurricane Streets" (1997) – "Say Yes"
*"Strange Parallel" (1998) – Various studio and live versions of Smith's songs, features his covers of George Harrison's "Isn't It a Pity" and Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Prelude Op3 #2 in C Sharp Minor", and a dub cover of "Waltz #2 (XO)" performed by Future Pigeon
* "American Beauty" (1999) – "Because" (Beatles cover)
* "Opposite Sex" (2000) – (Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot") – "Say Yes"
* "Opposite Sex" (2000) – (Season 1, Episode 2: "The Virgin Episode") – "The Biggest Lie"
* "Keeping the Faith" (2000) – "Pitseleh"
* "Antitrust" (2001) – "Son of Sam"
* "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001) – "Needle in the Hay"
* "Southlander" (2001) – "Splitsville", "Snowbunny's Serenade" (an alternate version of "Bye" from "Figure 8)
* "Ora o mai più (Now or Never)" (2003) – "Say Yes"
* "One Tree Hill" (2003) – (Season 1, Episode 7: "Life in a Glass House") – "Say Yes"
* "Thumbsucker" (2005) – "Let's Get Lost", "Trouble" (Cat Stevens cover), "Thirteen" (Big Star cover, originally in "Lucky Three")
* "Shminiya, Ha-" (2006) – (Season 2, Episode 8: "Matisse's Moroccans") – "Pretty Mary K"
* "Georgia Rule" (2007) – "I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out"
* "Gossip Girl" (2007) – (Season 1, Episode 7: "Victor/Victrola") – "Whatever (Folk Song in C)"
*"The Go-Getter" (2007) – "Coast to Coast"
*"Paranoid Park" (2007) – "Angeles", "The White Lady Loves You More"

Compilation inclusions

* "A Slice of Lemon" (1995) – "Big Decision"
* "American Pie, Vol. 2: I Can't Hear You (Again)" (1996) – "Roman Candle"
* "Some Songs: From the Kill Rock Stars Singles" (1997) – "Some Song"
* "To All the URLs I've Loved Before" (1997) – "Some (Rock) Song"
* "Air Check" (1998) – "See You Later" (Heatmiser cover)
* "Howlin' Kitty" promo (1998) – "Independence Day"
* "Wicked Good" sampler (1998) – "Waltz #2"
* "YoYo a Go Go '97: Another Live Compilation" (1998) – "Rose Parade" (live)
* "8 trax plus 2" promo (1999) – "Baby Britain"
* "NME Annual Probe Volume 2" (1999) – "Pictures of Me"
* "WBCN 3:16" (1999) – "Baby Britain"
* "Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History" (1999) – "Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands" (live at KBVR)
* "Back to School" domestic sampler promo (1999) – "Our Thing"
* DreamWorks Fall sampler promo (2000) – "A Living Will"
* "WXPN 88.5 FM New Names New Music" (2000) – "Son of Sam"
* "FMQB MQB Modern Rock on the Dial: An FMQB CD Sampler March 2000 Promo" (2000) – "Son of Sam"
* "TapeOp: A Compact Disc of Creative Music Recordings" (2000) – "Waltz #1" (demo)
* "the deep end" (2000) – "Happiness" (edit)
* "Yeti: Volume I" (2000) – "Angel in the Snow"
* "Open All Night: In the City" (2001) – "Miss Misery"
* "The Amos House Collection, Volume II" (2002) – "Bottle Up and Explode!" (early version)
* "Declaration of Independence" (2004) – "Ballad of Big Nothing"
* "Future Soundtrack for America" (2004) – "A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free"
* "Paste Magazine (Issue 12)" (2004) – "Memory Lane"
* "All Tomorrow's Parties v3.1" (2005) – "Pictures of Me"
* "Triple J Hottest 100 v12" (2005) – "Memory Lane"
* "Suicide Squeeze: Slaying Since 1996" (2006) – "Division Day"

Contributions

* Ain't – "Nope" (1995) – tremolo guitar on "Suit of Running Water"; Heatmiser manager J.J. Gonson listed in album's thank-you section.
* The Spinanes – "Strand" (1996) – backing vocals on "Madding" and "For No One Else".
* Mary Lou Lord – "Martian Saints!" (1996) – recorded, and mixed "I Figured You Out".
* Lois – "Infinity Plus" (1996) – guitar and backing vocals on "Rougher".
* Various Artists – "Jabberjaw: Pure Sweet Hell" (1996) – plays with Mary Lou Lord on "Birthday Boy," a Ween cover; produces the track.
* Pete Krebs – "Western Electric" (1997) – "Tom Waits and the Attack of the Crab Monster" was co-written, co-produced, recorded, and engineered by Smith; he played drums, air organ, keyboards, and recyclables on the track.
* Mary Lou Lord – "Got No Shadow" (1998) – guitar on "Shake Sugaree".
* Jr. High – "Killer of Friendships" (1998) – Producer.
* Quasi – "Featuring Birds" (1998) – executive producer.
* Birddog – "The Trackhouse, the Valley, the Liquor-Store Drive-Thru" (1998) – drums on "Killer"; produces "Killer" and "Parked Car Homestead".
* Quasi – "Field Studies" (1999) – bass guitar on "All The Same", "Empty Words" and "Under a Cloud".
* No. 2 – "No Memory" (1999) – backing vocals on "Critical Mass" and "So Long".
* Mark De Gli Antoni – "Horse Tricks" (1999) – piano, vocals on "They Wave"; also contributes a portion of his unreleased song, "Going Nowhere".
* The Minders – "Down in Fall" (2000) – acoustic guitar on "The Loneliest of Faces"; was credited as "Leicester Myth" in the liner notes.
* The Delta 72 – "000" (2000) – makes an uncredited appearance on "Samba/Nowhere".
* Birddog – "A Sweet and Bitter Fancy" (2001) – bass, drums and piano on "Third and South".
* Toadies – "Hell Below / Stars Above" (2001) – piano on "Hell Below/Stars Above".
* Guided By Voices – "Isolation Drills" (2001) – piano on "Fine To See You"; organ on "Skills Like This" and "How’s My Drinking?"
* Goldenboy – "Blue Swan Orchestra" (2002) – backing vocals on "Summertime".
* Blues Explosion – "Plastic Fang" (2003) – backing vocals on "Tore Up & Broke".
* Various Artists – "Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough" (2005) – acoustic guitar on "Meet Me in the City", recorded with the Blues Explosion at his studio, New Monkey.
* April March and Steve Hanft – "Magic Monsters" (2008) – drums and piano on the song "Dream Flowers", recorded shortly before his death.
* Various Artists – "Live from Nowhere Near You, Volume 2" (upcoming, possibly 2007/2008) – A newly-found yet-unknown song by Smith is contributed.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.somesongs.net/discography.php?a=Elliott%20Smith=ty=Compact%20Disc=tn=Promo=th=U Extensive discography at SomeSongs.net]
* [http://www.sweetadeline.net/music.html Discography at SweetAdeline.net]