The National discography
| The National discography | |
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 The National performing at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010. | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Music videos | 9 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 13 |
The discography of American indie rock band The National consists of seven studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), thirteen singles and nine music videos. The band's first two albums, were released by Brassland Records. Their next two albums were released by Beggars Banquet Records, and their fifth and sixth albums were released by 4AD.
The documentary film, A Skin, a Night, accompanied the band's 2008 EP, The Virginia. The National's fifth studio album, High Violet (2010), reached the top ten of a dozen national charts, including peaks of number three in the United States and number five in the United Kingdom. It was certified gold in the UK, Denmark, Ireland and Belgium. The album's lead single, "Bloodbuzz Ohio", peaked at number 16 on the Belgian Ultratop 50 chart.
Albums
Studio albums
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| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
CAN [4] |
DEN [5] |
FIN [6] |
GER [7] |
IRL [8] |
NZ [9] |
SWE [10] |
UK [11] | |||||
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| Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers |
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| Alligator |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 165 |
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| Boxer |
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68 | — | 32 | — | — | 23 | — | 31 | 31 | 53 | 57 |
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| High Violet |
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3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| Trouble Will Find Me |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
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| Sleep Well Beast |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 1 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Live albums
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| BEL (FL) [3] |
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| Daytrotter Session[20] |
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| iTunes Festival: London 2010 |
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| Tiny Desk Concert[21] |
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| Boxer (Live in Brussels)[22] |
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37 | 70 |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
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| BEL (FL) DVD [23] |
IRL [8] | ||
| Cherry Tree |
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| The Virginia EP |
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3 | 87 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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| US AAA [24] |
US Alt [25] |
US Rock [26] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
BEL (WA) [27] |
CAN Rock [28] |
IRL [8] |
MEX Air. [29] |
UK [30] | ||||
| "Slipping Husband" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers | |
| "Abel" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | Alligator | |
| "Secret Meeting" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lit Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mistaken for Strangers" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 183 | Boxer | |
| "Apartment Story" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Fake Empire" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bloodbuzz Ohio" | 2010 | — | — | — | 16 | —[upper-alpha 2] | — | — | 20 | — | High Violet | |
| "Anyone's Ghost" | — | — | — | 48 | —[upper-alpha 3] | — | — | 24 | — | |||
| "Terrible Love" | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 4] | — | — | 23 | — | — | |||
| "Wake Up Your Saints" | 2011 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 5] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Conversation 16" | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 6] | —[upper-alpha 7] | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Demons" | 2013 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 8] | — | — | 64 | 32 | — | Trouble Will Find Me | |
| "Don't Swallow the Cap" | — | — | —[upper-alpha 9] | —[upper-alpha 10] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sea of Love" | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 11] | — | — | — | 40 | — | |||
| "Graceless" | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 12] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Need My Girl" | 2014 | — | — | — | 34 | —[upper-alpha 13] | — | — | 43 | — | ||
| "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"[32] | 2017 | 1 | 33 | 31 | —[upper-alpha 14] | — | 41 | — | 48 | — | Sleep Well Beast | |
| "Guilty Party" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Carin at the Liquor Store" | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 15] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Day I Die" | 7 | — | 40 | —[upper-alpha 16] | —[upper-alpha 17] | 32 | — | 28 | — | |||
| "I'll Still Destroy You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| US Rock Dig. [31] |
BEL (FL) Tip [3] |
UK Indie [33] | |||
| "Sorrow" | 2010 | 33 | — | — | High Violet |
| "Exile Vilify" | 2011 | — | — | 43 | Portal 2 (soundtrack) |
| "Fake Empire" (Live in Brussels) | 2018 | — | 43 | — | Boxer (Live in Brussels) |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Compilation appearances
| Year | Track | Album |
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| 2003 | Clampdown (The Clash cover) | White Riot Vol Two (A Tribute to the Clash) |
| 2005 | High Beams | Music for Robots Volume 1 |
| 2006 | Minor Star of Rome | The Believer, The 2006 Music Issue |
| 2009 | Ashamed of the Story I Told (Polaris cover) | Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy |
| Sleep All Summer (Crooked Fingers cover) | Score: 20 Years of Merge Records | |
| So Far Around the Bend | Dark Was the Night | |
| 2011 | Twenty Miles to N.H., Pt. 2 | If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods |
| Exile Vilify | Portal 2 (soundtrack) | |
| Think You Can Wait | Win Win (soundtrack) | |
| About Today (alternative version) | Warrior (soundtrack) | |
| 2012 | Thanksgiving Song | Bob's Burgers (soundtrack) |
| The Rains of Castamere | Game of Thrones: Season 2 (soundtrack) | |
| 2013 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Boardwalk Empire Volume 2 (soundtrack) |
| Lean | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (soundtrack) | |
| 2015 | Sunshine on My Back | Mistaken for Strangers documentary |
| 2016 | Peggy-O | Day of the Dead |
| Morning Dew | ||
| I Know You Rider (live) | ||
| Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom (with Låpsley) | The Bob's Burgers Music Album |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Directors |
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| 2005 | "Abel" | Adam Levite |
| "Lit Up" | Vincent Moon | |
| "Daughters of the Soho Riots" | ||
| 2007 | "Mistaken for Strangers" | Thread-Count |
| "Apartment Story" | Banner Gwin | |
| 2010 | "Bloodbuzz Ohio" |
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| "Terrible Love" (Alternate Version) | Tom Berninger | |
| "Conversation 16" | Scott Jacobson | |
| 2013 | "Sea of Love" | Sophia Peer |
| "Graceless" | ||
| 2014 | "I Need My Girl" | |
| 2016 | "Morning Dew" | Michael Brown |
| 2017 | "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" | Casey Reas |
| "Guilty Party" | ||
| "Carin at the Liquor Store" | ||
| "Day I Die" | ||
| "I'll Still Destroy You" | Allan Sigurðsson and Ragnar Kjartansson | |
| "Dark Side of the Gym" | Justin Peck | |
| "Sleep Well Beast" | Casey Reas and Graham MacIndoe | |
Notes
- ↑ CD issues of The Virginia EP were packaged with a DVD of the film A Skin, A Night, directed by Vincent Moon.
- ↑ "Bloodbuzz Ohio" did not enter the Wallonia Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 37 on the Ultratip chart.[27]
- ↑ "Anyone's Ghost" did not enter the Wallonia Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 33 on the Ultratip chart.[27]
- ↑ "Terrible Love" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 11 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "Wake Up Your Saints" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 45 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "Conversation 16" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 14 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "Conversation 16" did not enter the Wallonia Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 29 on the Ultratip chart.[27]
- ↑ "Demons" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 13 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "Don't Swallow the Cap" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 48 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart.[31]
- ↑ "Don't Swallow the Cap" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 7 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "Sea of Love" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 18 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "Graceless" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 20 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "I Need My Girl" did not enter the Wallonia Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 35 on the Ultratip chart.[27]
- ↑ "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 4 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "Carin at the Liquor Store" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 24 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "Day I Die" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number three on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- ↑ "Day I Die" did not enter the Wallonia Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 46 on the Ultratip chart.[27]
References
- ↑ "The National – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Discography The National". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Discografie The National". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "The National – Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Discography The National". danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Discography The National". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung The National". musicline.de. PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Discography The National". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Discography The National". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Discography The National". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- 1 2 Peak chart positions for albums in the United Kingdom:
- All except Alligator: "The National" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- Alligator: Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: Nadanuf – Michael Nyman". Zobbel.de. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- 1 2 3 Herrera, Monica (April 23, 2010). "The National: Heads Of State". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- 1 2 Maloney, Devon (May 20, 2013). "The National Stop Fighting the 'Dad Rock' Label: 'This Time, We Didn't Care'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Certified Awards Search" (To access, enter the search parameter "The National"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2010". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Certificeringer". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Denmark. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- 1 2 "Canadian certifications – The National". Music Canada. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1565033/daft-punk-leads-debut-filled-top-four-on-billboard-200
- ↑ Caulfield, Keith (September 17, 2017). "Thomas Rhett Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Country's First of 2017". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ↑ "The National - Jul 9, 2007 - Daytrotter Studio, Rock Island, IL". Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ↑ "The National - June 10, 2013 - Tiny Desk Concert". Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ↑ Strauss, Matthew (March 6, 2018). "The National Announce New Album Boxer (Live in Brussels)". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ↑ "The National – A Skin, A Night & The Virginia EP". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "The National – Chart History: Adult Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ↑ "The National – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ "The National – Chart History: Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Discographie The National". ultratop.be (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Canada Rock billboard.biz". Billboard.biz.
- ↑ "Billboard.biz search: The National Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard.biz.
- ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: Nadanuf – Michael Nyman". Zobbel.de. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- 1 2 "The National – Chart History – Rock Digital". Billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ↑ Wicks, Amanda (May 11, 2017). "The National Share Video for New Song "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness": Watch". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ↑ Peak chart positions on UK Independent Singles chart:
- "Exile Vilify": "2011-04-24 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
External links
- Official website
- The National at AllMusic
- The National discography at Discogs
- The National discography at MusicBrainz
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