Beck discography explained

Artist:	Beck
Studio:	14
Compilation:	1
Video:	6
Ep:	4
Music Videos:	46
Singles:	52
Option:	1
Option Name:	Remix albums
1Option:	51
1Option Name:	Collaborations
2Option:	17
2Option Name:	Soundtracks
3Option:	10
3Option Name:	Demos

The discography of Beck, an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, consists of 14 studio albums, one compilation album, one remix album, four extended plays (EPs) and 52 singles. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public throughout his musical career as being amongst the most creative and idiosyncratic musicians of 1990s and 2000s alternative rock.

Beck released his debut album Golden Feelings through independent record label Sonic Enemy in 1993. Later that year, his first singles, "Loser" and "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack", helped to quickly gain the attention of major record labels. In early 1994, after issuing Stereopathetic Soulmanure on Los Angeles-based independent Flipside Records, Beck made his major label debut with DGC Records, releasing Mellow Gold on March 1, 1994. The album's lead single "Loser" (previously available only as a standalone single on Bong Load Custom Records) reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped introduce Beck to a mainstream audience. That year, he released a fourth album, One Foot in the Grave, on indie label K Records, which included appearances by members of Beat Happening, The Presidents of the United States of America and Built to Spill.

Beck released his breakthrough album Odelay on June 18, 1996, which included the successful singles "Where It's At" and "The New Pollution". In addition to critical acclaim, Odelay would go on to see double platinum certification in both the US and Canada. His next two albums, Mutations (1998) and Midnite Vultures (1999) maintained the eclectic sound Beck had become known for and saw favorable reviews with continued chart success. In 2002, Sea Change was released to considerable praise from both fans and critics, becoming Beck's first US Top 10 album, supported by a tour that featured The Flaming Lips as his backing band. Beck issued Guero on March 29, 2005, which would become his most successfully charting album to date, reaching No. 2 on the US Billboard 200. The album's first single "E-Pro" topped the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, a feat not achieved by any Beck song since "Loser", over a decade earlier. Two additional US Top 10 albums followed, including The Information (2006) and Modern Guilt (2008), the latter of which gave Beck his first ever Top 10 placing on the UK Albums Chart. His next album, Morning Phase (2014), won him the 2015 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Albums

Studio albums

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Details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
US ^[1]	AUS	CAN ^[2]	GER ^[3]	JPN ^[4]	NLD ^[5]	NOR ^[6]	NZ ^[7]	SWI ^[8]	UK ^[9]
Golden Feelings	Released: March 1993 Label: Sonic Enemy (SE002) Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Stereopathetic Soulmanure	Released: February 22, 1994 (FLIP60) Formats: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 146,000^[10]
Mellow Gold	Released: March 1, 1994 (24634) Formats: CD, cassette, LP	12	53	6	41	61	81	18	23	33	41	US: 1,200,000	RIAA: Platinum^[11] BPI: Gold^[12] MC: Platinum^[13]
One Foot in the Grave	Released: June 27, 1994 (KLP28) Formats: CD, cassette, LP	—	—	—	—	238	—	—	—	—	—	US: 226,000
Odelay	Released: June 18, 1996 Label: DGC (24823) Formats: CD, cassette, LP	16	20	11	30	16	27	23	16	14	17	US: 2,300,000	RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold^[14] BPI: Platinum MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum^[15]
Mutations	Released: November 3, 1998 Label: DGC (25309) Formats: CD, cassette, LP	13	24	5	49	15	—	18	24	46	24	US: 586,000	RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold MC: Platinum
Midnite Vultures	Released: November 15, 1999 Label: DGC (0694904852) Formats: CD, cassette, LP	34	34	19	46	12	88	3	33	42	19	US: 743,000	RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold MC: Platinum
Sea Change	Released: September 24, 2002 (0694933932) Formats: CD, CD/DVD, SACD, LP	8	15	5	38	34	53	1	26	30	20	US: 680,000 UK: 90,000^[16]	RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Gold
Guero	Released: March 29, 2005 (B0003481) Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download	2	14	2	33	5	38	5	30	20	15	US: 917,000^[17]	RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Gold
The Information	Released: October 3, 2006 Label: Interscope (B0007567) Formats: CD, LP, digital download	7	31	6	78	17	58	20	37	32	—	US: 564,000	RIAA: Gold MC: Gold
Modern Guilt	Released: July 8, 2008 Label: Interscope (B0011507) Formats: CD, LP, digital download	4	13	4	63	12	33	24	21	14	9	US: 262,000^[18]
Morning Phase	Released: February 21, 2014 (B001983802) Formats: CD, LP, digital download	3	5	2	13	17	5	6	8	5	4	US: 300,000^[19]	RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Gold
Colors	Released: October 13, 2017 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, LP, digital download	3	14	4	32	13	14	24	8	9	5	US: 41,000^[20]
Hyperspace	Released: November 22, 2019 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, cassette, LP, digital download	40	33	48	—	20	46	—	—	33	33
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Details	Peak chart positions
JPN
Stray Blues	Released: June 1, 2000 Label: Geffen (MVCZ10113) Formats: CD	35

Remix albums

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Details	Peak chart positions		Sales
US	UK ^[21]
Guerolito	Released: December 13, 2005 Label: Interscope (B0005650) Formats: CD, LP, digital download	191	131	US: 76,000

Demos

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Details
Banjo Story	Released: 1988
Beck and Dava	Released: 1990
We Like Folk... Who Cares... Destroy Us	Released: 1991
Bek's A Loser	Released: 1991
1992 Demo	Released: 1992
Don't Get Bent Out of Shape	Released: 1992
Healing - Are U Positive	Released: 1992
R-Marcel	Released: 1992
Beck, Like the Beer	Released: 1992
Fresh Meat + Old Slabs	Released: 1993

Extended plays

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Details
A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight	Released: January 1994 Label: Fingerpaint (Fingerpaint Records 02) Formats: 10" LP
Beck	Released: February 12, 2001 Label: DGC (0694908672) Formats: CD
Hell Yes	Released: February 1, 2005 Label: Interscope (INTR113482) Formats: CD, LP
Paisley Park Sessions	Released: November 11, 2019 Label: Capitol Records Formats: digital download

Singles

As lead artist

1990s

Notes and References

1. Beck – Chart History: Billboard 200 . . March 4, 2020.
2. Peak chart positions for albums in Canada:
   • All except for Mellow Gold and Odelay: Beck – Chart History: Canadian Albums . Billboard . March 4, 2020.
   • Mellow Gold: HITS OF THE WORLD . . April 2, 1994 . December 30, 2018.
   • Odelay: HITS OF THE WORLD . . July 13, 1996 . December 26, 2018.
3. Web site: Discographie von Beck. GfK Entertainment. November 27, 2019.
4. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/150191/rank/album/ . ja:ＢＥＣＫのリリース一覧 . . November 27, 2019 . ja.
5. Web site: Discografie Beck . dutchcharts.nl . Hung Medien . June 23, 2013 . nl.
6. Web site: Discography Beck . norwegiancharts.com . Hung Medien . June 23, 2013.
7. Web site: Discography Beck . charts.nz . Hung Medien . June 23, 2013.
8. Web site: Beck - hitparade.ch . hitparade.ch . March 24, 2022.
9. Web site: Beck . . November 30, 2019 . select "Albums" tab.
10. Ask Billboard: Beck, Blind Melon, Danity Kane . . . July 18, 2008 . June 23, 2013 . Caulfield, Keith.
11. Web site: American certifications – Beck . . June 23, 2013.
12. United Kingdom. Beck . August 27, 2022.
13. Canada . Beck . December 18, 2019.
14. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums . . June 23, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528162635/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1997.htm . May 28, 2008 .
15. Web site: Rianz Charts – Top 50 Albums . Radioscope . November 6, 2015.
16. Web site: Iconic albums turning 20 in 2022. Official Charts. May 8, 2022.
17. Web site: 20 Years Of Beck. American Radio History (Billboard Archive). 25. February 22, 2014. May 21, 2019.
18. Going Their Way. Billboard. 17. Cortney. Harding. January 24, 2009. July 20, 2019.
19. Beck's 'Morning Phase': Grammy Album of the Year Spotlight. Billboard. February 6, 2015. April 16, 2019.
20. Pink's 'Beautiful Trauma' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 2017's Biggest Debut for a Woman. Billboard. Caulfield. Keith. October 22, 2017. October 23, 2017.
21. Web site: Chart Log UK: Darren B – David Byrne . zobbel.de . Tobias Zywietz . June 23, 2013.
22. Beck – Chart History: Hot 100 . . January 22, 2020.
23. Beck – Chart History: Alternative Songs . Billboard . January 22, 2020.
24. Peak chart positions in Australia:
    • Top 50 peaks: Web site: Discography Beck . australian-charts.com . Hung Medien . June 23, 2013.
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. PDF. 27.
    • "Pay No Mind (Snoozer)": Web site: Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received May 24, 2016. Imgur.com. May 24, 2016.
    • "Beercan": Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – 09 Oct 1994. ARIA. Imgur.com. March 20, 2016. N.B. The HP column displays the single's highest position.
    • "Where It's At": Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 04 Aug 1996. ARIA. Imgur.com. April 16, 2020.
    • "Devil's Haircut": Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 27 Oct 1996. ARIA. Imgur.com. June 2, 2016.
25. Peak chart positions for singles in Canada:
    • "Loser":
    • "Where It's At":
    • "Devils Haircut":
    • "The New Pollution":
    • "Tropicalia":
    • "Timebomb" and "Dreams": Beck – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard . May 3, 2020.
26. Peak chart positions for singles on the Icelandic Singles Chart (Íslenski Listinn):
    • "Loser": News: Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (28.04.1994 – 04.05.1994). Dagblaðið Vísir. is. 20. April 28, 1994. March 13, 2018.
    • "Where It's At": News: Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 184 Vikuna 24.8. – 30.8. '96). Dagblaðið Vísir. is. 42. August 24, 1996. July 21, 2018.
    • "The New Pollution": Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 212 Vikuna 13.3. '97 - 19.3. '97). Dagblaðið Vísir. July 12, 2018. is.
    • "Deadweight": Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 299 Vikuna 13.11. '97 - 20.11. '97). Dagblaðið Vísir. July 12, 2018. is.
    • "Tropicalia": Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 299 Vikuna 20.11. '98 - 27.11. '98). Dagblaðið Vísir. July 12, 2018. is.
    • "Sexx Laws": Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (Vikuna 17.2. '00 - 24.2. '00). Dagblaðið Vísir. July 12, 2018. is.
    • For "Dreams": Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20150812091814/http://ruv.is/thaettir/vinsaeldalisti-rasar-2. 12 August 2015. Listi kynntur 8. ágúst 2015. is. RÚV. September 29, 2022.
    • For "Up All Night": Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20171022174208/http://ruv.is/thaettir/vinsaeldalisti-rasar-2. October 22, 2017. Vinsældalisti Rásar 2 - RÚV. is. RÚV. September 30, 2022.
27. Web site: Beck . hot100nz . June 20, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620164307/http://www.hot100nz.com/artists/beck/ . June 20, 2015 . dead .
28. Peaks in Scotland:
    • "Loser": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 13 March 1994 - 19 March 1994. Official Charts Company. March 24, 2022.
    • "Pay No Mind": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 19 April 2009 - 25 April 2009. Official Charts Company. March 24, 2022.
    • "Where It's At": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 23 June 1996 - 29 June 1996. Official Charts Company. March 24, 2022.
    • "Devil's Haircut": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 10 November 1996 - 16 November 1996. Official Charts Company. March 24, 2022.
    • "The New Pollution": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 02 March 1997 - 08 March 1997. Official Charts Company. March 24, 2022.
    • "Sissyneck": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 18 May 1997 - 24 May 1997. Official Charts Company. March 24, 2022.
    • "Deadweight": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 02 November 1997 - 08 November 1997. Official Charts Company. March 24, 2022.
    • "Tropicalia": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 13 December 1998 - 19 December 1998. Official Charts Company. March 24, 2022.
    • "Sexx Laws": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 14 November 1999 - 20 November 1999. Official Charts Company. March 24, 2022.
    • "Mixed Bizness": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 02 April 2000 - 08 April 2000. Official Charts Company. February 24, 2022.
    • "E-Pro": Web site: Official Scottish Singles Chart 20 March 2005 - 26 March 2005. Official Charts Company. February 24, 2022.
29. Web site: Discography Beck . swedishcharts.com . Hung Medien . June 23, 2013.
30. Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
    • All except "Lost Cause" and "Timebomb": Web site: BECK Artist . . March 5, 2014.
    • "Lost Cause":
    • "Timebomb": Web site: Chart Log UK: Darren B – David Byrne . zobbel.de . Tobias Zywietz . June 23, 2013.