Nada Surf discography

The discography of Nada Surf, a New York-based alternative rock group, consists of nine studio albums, thirteen singles and one extended play (EP). Nada Surf was formed in 1992 and consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Daniel Lorca (bass, backup vocals), Ira Elliot (drums, backup vocals), and Doug Gillard (lead guitar).

Nada Surf discography
Studio albums9
EPs3
Singles16

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US
Ind.

[2]
AUT
[3]
BEL
[4]
FRA
[5]
NLD
[6]
SPA
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
1996 High/Low 63 36 37 31
1998 The Proximity Effect
  • Released: September 22, 1998
  • Labels: Elektra (Europe), MarDev Records (2000)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
45
2002 Let Go
  • Released: October 15, 2002
  • Labels: EMI, Barsuk (2003)
  • Formats: CD, 2-LP
31 32
2005 The Weight Is a Gift 167 15 47 59
2008 Lucky
  • Released: February 5, 2008
  • Labels: Barsuk, City Slang (Rough Trade)
  • Formats: CD, LP
82 8 97 41 98 39 193
2010 If I Had a Hi-Fi
  • Released: June 8, 2010
  • Label: Mardev Records
  • Formats: CD, 2-LP
153 86
2012 The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
  • Released: January 18, 2012 (Japan)
    January 23, 2012 (UK/EU)
    January 24, 2012 (US)
  • Label: Barsuk Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
86 13 46 86 42 190
2016 You Know Who You Are
  • Released: March 4, 2016 (US)
  • Label: Barsuk Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
[upper-alpha 1] 14 51 118 61 46
2020 Never Not Together
  • Released: February 7, 2020 (US)
  • Label: Barsuk Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD, LP
[upper-alpha 2] 135 41 63

Extended plays

YearTitleLabel/Type
1995Karmic (EP)No.6 Records - CD +++ 2007 reissue on Hi-Speed Soul Records - digital/CD/12" incl. bonus track
2006All You Need Is Love (radio only EP)Barsuk Records - digital/promo CD
2008The MySpace Transmissions (EP)MySpace Records/Barsuk Records - digital/CD Ltd.

Other records

TypeYearTitleLabelInfo
CD1999North 6th StreetNoneties Musiccompilation of demos, 7" versions and French versions of early songs - available only at shows & on www.nadasurf.com
CD2004Live in BrusselsLabels/EMI Francefull concert recorded in house at l'Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, 2003-03-31
DVD2004Live aux Eurockéennes de BelfortLabels/EMI Francefull concert filmed at Eurockéennes de Belfort festival, France, 2003-07-06
Vinyl2008Vinyl Box Set 1994-2008Barsuk/City Slangfirst 5 studio albums on 12" vinyl (High/Low only here!) plus repressing of debut 7" single, 24 pages 12" booklet incl. all lyrics, mp3-download code for 16 rare b-sides - limited edition of 1000 copies
Digital2014B-SidesBarsukA compilation of digital rarities, which includes tracks that had previously only been available on limited-edition CDs, including a few [...] covers and tracks that were previously unreleased in the US.[13]
CD/Vinyl/Digital 2016 Peaceful Ghosts City Slang An album of the band performing with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra (Vienna) and the Babelsberg Film Orchestra (Berlin)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[14]
US
Alt.

[15]
AUS
[16]
BEL
[4]
FRA
[17]
JPN
[18]
NLD
[6]
SCO
[19]
SWE
[8]
UK
[10]
"Popular" 1996 51114321105413123 High/Low
"Treehouse"
"Deeper Well"
"Why Are You So Mean to Me?" 1998 The Proximity Effect
"The Way You Wear Your Head" 2002 142 Let Go
"Inside of Love" 8573
"Hi-Speed Soul" 2003 87
"L'Aventurier" 86
"Always Love" 2005 57 The Weight Is a Gift
"Imaginary Friends"
"See These Bones" 2007 Lucky
"Electrocution" 2010 65 If I Had a Hifi
"Waiting for Something" 2012 The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
"Believe You're Mine" 2015 You Know Who You Are
"Cold to See Clear"
"Something I Should Do" 2019 Never Not Together
"Looking For You"
"So Much Love" 2020
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other releases

* All are non-album versions of each song

Films, games, TV programs and adverts soundtracks

  • Nada Surf have been featured several times in the television series One Tree Hill:
    • "Inside of Love" was played in season 1 episode 13.
    • "Always Love" was played in season 3 episode 3.
    • The band make a guest appearance on season 3 episode 11 playing "Concrete Bed" in concert as Peyton (Hilarie Burton) is trying to convince their band manager to agree to be a part of the benefit CD which is later named as "Friends with Benefit".
    • "See These Bones", "Here Goes Something", "I LIke What You Say" and "The Film Did Not Go Round" appeared in season 5 episode 10.
    • "Are You Lightning?" was used in season 6 episode 17, which had Matthew Caws as a guest composer for the episode score.
  • Nada Surf performed the "Kitty Cat Song" used as the theme tune for the Catz 2006 PC game, officially titled "Meow Meow Lullaby Remix". The song was written by Matthew Caws, Ira Elliot and Daniel Lorca, with additional vocals from Lianne Smith.
  • Nada Surf covered The Beatles' classic "All You Need is Love" in 2006. The cover was featured in a Chase Bank credit card television commercial in the U.S.
  • “Blankest Year” featured in a 2006 TV commercial for the Suzuki Swift in Germany.
  • The song "Blonde on Blonde" from Let Go is featured during the opening and end credits to the 2004 coming of age German film Sommersturm (Summer Storm). "Blonde on Blonde" is also featured in the 2004 John Travolta film, A Love Song for Bobby Long, and in the television series Six Feet Under.
  • "What is Your Secret" from The Weight Is a Gift, was featured in "A New Light", episode 3 of the ABC series Six Degrees.
  • Nada Surf recorded a cover of the classic 1980s song "If You Leave" by OMD for the television series The O.C. The song played during a prominent scene in which Seth Cohen (Adam Brody) shares an emotional goodbye with Anna Stern (Samaire Armstrong). This scene was a tribute to the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink, in which the OMD version of the song originally appeared.
  • Nada Surf songs have been played three times in the television show How I Met Your Mother; "Inside of Love" was featured in the first season, "Always Love" was featured in the twelfth episode of the second season, and "Beautiful Beat" was featured in the closing moments of the twelfth episode of the third season as Ted (Josh Radnor) revisits the bar.
  • "Always Love" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2007 film Disturbia.
  • "Zen Brain" is featured in the 2001 German film Nichts Bereuen.
  • "Hyperspace" is featured in the 2004 German film The Edukators and the 2009 remake of My Bloody Valentine.
  • Nada Surf's song "I Like What You Say" is featured in the 2006 film John Tucker Must Die.
  • Nada Surf's song "Weightless", from their album Lucky, premiered in the 30th episode (season 2, episode 7, "Out of Time") of the NBC television series Heroes, on November 6, 2007, and will appear on its original soundtrack.
  • "The Fox" from Nada Surf's album Lucky is featured in the closing montage of The Riches episode 204 "Slums of Bayou Hills".
  • "Happy Kid" is featured in the opening scenes of an episode of Numb3rs entitled "When Worlds Collide".

Covers

Notes

  1. You Know Who You Are did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 88 on the US Current Album Sales Chart.[11]
  2. Never Not Together did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 44 on the US Album Sales Chart.[12]

References

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  8. "Nada Surf Swiss Album Charting". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  9. Peaks of Nada Surf in the United Kingdom:
  10. "Nada Surf– Chart History: Current Album Sales". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  11. "Nada Surf– Chart History: Album Sales". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  12. "Nada Surf: B-Sides". Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  13. "Nada Surf – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  14. "Nada Surf – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
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  17. "Nada Surf – Japan Hot 100 Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  18. Peaks in Scotland:
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