Isobel Campbell discography
The discography of Isobel Campbell, a Scottish musician and vocalist, consists of 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,[1] Belle & Sebastian have been hailed as the greatest Scottish band ever.[2]
Isobel Campbell discography | |
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Studio albums | 4 |
Music videos | 2 |
Singles | 7 |
Collaborations | 3 |
Other appearances | 11 |
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.[3] In 2003 she released Amorino, her first album under her own name, which received mixed reviews from critics.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
Studio albums
Year | Title |
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1999 | The Green Fields of Foreverland[I]
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2000 | Swansong for You[I]
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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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Singles
Year | Song | Album |
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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)" |
- Notes
- A ^ Appeared in the UK Singles Chart at number 116.[7]
- B ^ Appeared in the UK Singles Chart at number 199.[7]
Music videos
Year | Song | Director |
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2006 | "Ramblin Man" | Vrnda Daktor[8] |
"Time Is Just the Same" |
Collaborations
With Bill Wells
Year | Title |
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2002 | Ghost of Yesterday
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With Mark Lanegan
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
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BEL | FRA | ITA | IRE | NLD | NOR | SWE | SWI | UK | |||||||||||
2006 | Ballad of the Broken Seas
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15 | 96 | 27 | 21 | 32 | 51 | 56 | — | 38 | |||||||||
2008 | Sunday at Devil Dirt
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6 | 96 | 41 | 28 | 69 | 25 | — | 37 | 38 | |||||||||
2010 | Hawk
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | |||||||||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Other appearances
Year | Collaborations | Song(s) | Album | Ref. |
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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 Seance 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] |
References
- General
- "Isobel Campbell > Discography". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- Specific
- Cloonan, Martin (2007), Popular Music and the State in the UK: Culture, Trade Or Industry?, Ashgate Publishing, p. 120, ISBN 0-7546-5373-0
- Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Open City Books. p. 80. ISBN 1-84195-860-3.
- "Isobel Campbell: After Belle Comes 'Ballad'". National Public Radio. 2006-03-19. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Amorino by Isobel Campbell". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Arctic Monkeys win Mercury prize". BBC. 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Isobel Campbell discography". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Chart Log UK - 1994–2006, Chris C.–CZR". Zobbel. Archived from the original on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- "Vrnda Daktor - videography". v2music.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- "World Chart". World Chart. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "French Chart". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Dutch Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Norwegian Chart". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Swiss Chart". Hitparade. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "British Album Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Snow Patrol - Songs For Polarbears". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Arab Strap - The Clearing". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Mount Vernon Arts Lab - The Seance At Hobs Lane". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Future Pilot A.K.A. - Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Looper - The Snare". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Kinobe - Wide Open". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Kama Aina - Club Kama Aina". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Paul Leonard-Morgan - Filmtales". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Blanche - Little Amber Bottles". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "Pantaleimon - Mercy Oceans". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- "A choir of 23 renowned female artists join Annie on her new album". RCA Label Group. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- Ben Graham (2017-03-14). "INTERVIEW: The Jesus & Mary Chain's Jim Reid". The Quietus. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
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