Grandaddy discography explained

Artist:Grandaddy
Studio:8
Live:2
Compilation:3
Option:1
Option Name:Other albums
Singles:16
Ep:5

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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[1]
BEL
(Fl)

[2]
BEL
(Wa)

[3]
FRA
[4]
IRL
[5]
NLD
[6]
SCO
SWE
[7]
SWI
[8]
UK
[9]
Complex Party Come Along Theories
  • Released: 1994
  • Self-released
Under the Western Freeway
  • Released: October 21, 1997
  • Label: Will
131
The Sophtware Slump
  • Released: May 29, 2000
  • Label: V2
643936
Sumday
  • Released: May 13, 2003
  • Label: V2
8413304430195122
Just Like the Fambly Cat
  • Released: May 9, 2006
  • Label: V2
171398258824150
Last Place
  • Released: March 3, 2017
  • Label: 30th Century
1501243783182105118
Sophtware Slump ..... On a Wooden Piano[11] 18215
Blu Wav
  • Released: February 16, 2024
  • Label: Dangerbird
8117393
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Recorded Live Amongst Friends and Fidget
  • Released: 1994
  • Self-released
Live at the Art Factory
  • Released: 1997
  • Self-released

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
SCO
UK
Indie

The Broken Down Comforter Collection 9128
The Windfall Varietal
  • Released: 2000
  • Self-released
Concrete Dunes
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Lakeshore
Sumday: Excess Baggage
  • Released: August 25, 2023[12]
  • Label: Dangerbird
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other albums

Extended plays

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
UK
UK
Indie

Prepare to Bawl
  • Released: 1992
  • Self-released
A Pretty Mess by This One Band
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Will
Signal to Snow Ratio
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: V2
Through a Frosty Plate Glass E.P.
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: V2
Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: V2
15718
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
AAA

MEX
SCO
[13]
UK
UK
Indie

"Could This Be Love"1994rowspan="2"
"Taster"1995
"Everything Beautiful Is Far Away"199816228Under the Western Freeway
"Laughing Stock"12420
"Summer Here Kids"8319
"A.M. 180"918819
"The Crystal Lake"200040386The Sophtware Slump
"Hewlett's Daughter"817110
"He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot."8220
"Now It's On"20031927234Sumday
"El Caminos in the West"414810
"I'm on Standby"20048920
"Nature Anthem"11539Below the Radio
"Elevate Myself"200615512Just Like the Fambly Cat
"Way We Won't"201640Last Place
"RIP Coyote Condo #5"2019
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional releases

A-side/TitleRelease dateLabelFormats & 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 tracksRelease dateLabelFormat(s)Split withNotes
"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"
"Fishing Boat Song" 2000 Devil in the Woods 7" Available with Devil in the Woods magazine
"Aisle Seat 37-D" June 2003 7" Available with Devil in the Woods magazine
"The Rugged and Splintered Entertainment Center" December 2003 Birdman/Good Records7"

Contributions

Album titleRelease dateLabelGrandaddy tracksNotes
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 "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"
2002 "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 "Hawaiian Island Wranglers" From a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show recorded 17/05/1998

Notes and References

  1. Grandaddy Chart History . Billboard . 2022-06-17.
  2. Web site: Discografie Grandaddy . Ultratop Flanders . nl . 2024-02-25.
  3. Web site: Discographie Grandaddy . Ultratop Wallonia . fr . 2022-06-17.
  4. Web site: Discographie Grandaddy . Les Charts . fr . 2022-06-17.
  5. Web site: Discography Grandaddy . irishcharts.com . August 16, 2023.
  6. Web site: Discografie Grandaddy . Dutch Charts . nl . 2022-06-17.
  7. Web site: Discography Grandaddy . Swedish Charts . 2022-06-17.
  8. Web site: Discographie Grandaddy . Swiss Hitparade . de . 2022-06-17.
  9. Peaks in the UK:
  10. Web site: Grandaddy: The Sophtware Slump . 2022-06-18 . British Phonographic Industry . en.
  11. Kreps . Daniel . 2020-11-19 . 'Sophtware Slump': An Indie Rock Classic Created in Isolation Gets Rerecorded in Quarantine . 2022-06-17 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  12. Web site: Grandaddy Announces ‘Sumday: Excess Baggage’ Rarities Collection set for Digital Release August 25 + Reveals “The Town where I’m Livin Now” Single + Video . Dangerbird . July 12, 2023 . August 16, 2023.
  13. Peaks on the Scottish Singles Chart: