| Artist: | Isobel Campbell |
| Studio: | 4 |
| Music Videos: | 2 |
| Singles: | 7 |
| Option: | 3 |
| Option Name: | Collaborations |
| 1Option: | 11 |
| 1Option Name: | Other appearances |
Scottish musician and vocalist Isobel Campbell has released four solo studio albums, seven singles, a studio album in collaboration with Bill Wells and three with Mark Lanegan as well as several cameos on other artists' records. Isobel Campbell debuted in 1996 as cellist and sometime vocalist of indie pop band Belle & Sebastian. Despite limited commercial success, Belle & Sebastian have been hailed as the greatest Scottish band ever.[1]
Campbell released two records under the pseudonym of The Gentle Waves whilst still a member of Belle & Sebastian, which she left in the midst of the band's 2002 North American tour.[2] In 2003 she released Amorino, her first album under her own name, which received mixed reviews from critics.[3] 2006 saw the release of Ballad of the Broken Seas, a critically acclaimed collaboration with Mark Lanegan which was later nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.[4] This was followed by a solo album, Milkwhite Sheets, which spawned the single "O Love Is Teasin'". Campbell reunited with Lanegan to record Sunday at Devil Dirt, which was released on May 13, 2008.[5]
| Year | Title | |
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| 1999 | The Green Fields of Foreverland | |
| 2000 | Swansong for You
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| 2003 | Amorino
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| 2006 | Milkwhite Sheets
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| 2020 | There Is No Other
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I Released under the pseudonym of The Gentle Waves.[5]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL | FRA[6] | ITA | IRE[7] | NLD[8] | NOR[9] | SWE | SWI | UK[11] | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Ballad of the Broken Seas
| 15 | 96 | 27 | 21 | 32 | 51 | 56 | — | 38 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Sunday at Devil Dirt
| 6 | 96 | 41 | 28 | 69 | 25 | — | 37 | 38 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Hawk
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | ||||||||||
| " - " denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Weathershow" | The Green Fields of Foreverland |
| 2000 | "Falling from Grace" | Swansong for You |
| 2004 | "Time Is Just the Same" | Amorino |
| 2006 | "Ramblin' Man"[A] | Ballad of the Broken Seas |
| "Honey Child What Can I Do?"[B] | ||
| "O Love Is Teasin'" | Milkwhite Sheets | |
| 2008 | "Who Built the Road" | Sunday at Devil Dirt |
| "Come on Over (Turn Me On)" |
| Year | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Weathershow" | |
| 2000 | "Falling From Grace" | |
| 2006 | "Ramblin Man" | Vrnda Daktor[13] |
| "Time Is Just the Same" | ||
| 2019 | "Ant Life" | Mike Aho[14] |
| "Hey World" |
| Year | Collaborations | Song(s) | Album | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Snow Patrol | vocals on "NYC" | Songs for Polarbears | [15] | |
| 1998 | Arab Strap | cello on "The Clearing" | The Week Never Starts Round Here | [16] | |
| 2001 | Mount Vernon Arts Lab | cello on "The Black Drop" | The Séance at Hobs Lane | [17] | |
| Future Pilot A.K.A. | vocals on "Ananda Is The Ocean" | Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea | [18] | ||
| 2002 | Looper | cello on "Good Girls" | The Snare | [19] | |
| 2004 | Kinobe | vocals on "Luciole" and "I Am One" | Wide Open | [20] | |
| 2006 | Kama Aina | cello on "Millport" and "Club Kama Aina", cello and vocals on "Car Song" | Club Kama Aina | [21] | |
| 2007 | Paul Leonard-Morgan | vocals on "Wilderness" | Filmtales | [22] | |
| Blanche | cello on "No Matter Where You Go..." | Little Amber Bottles | [23] | ||
| Pantaleimon | cello on "We Love", vocals, cello, piano and glockenspiel on "High Star" | Mercy Oceans | [24] | ||
| Annie Lennox | vocals on "Sing" | Songs of Mass Destruction | [25] | ||
| 2017 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | vocals on "Song for a Secret" and "The Two of Us" | Damage and Joy | [26] |