The National discography
The discography of American indie rock band the National consists of eight 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, sixth and seventh albums were released by 4AD.
| The National discography | |
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 The National performing at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010. | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 21 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 24 |
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 chart.
Albums
Studio albums
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| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
CAN [4] |
DEN [5] |
FIN [6] |
FRA [7] |
GER [8] |
IRL [9] |
NZ [10] |
POR [11] |
SWE [12] |
UK [13] | ||||
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| Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers |
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| Alligator |
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| Boxer |
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68 | — | 32 | — | — | 23 | 90 | — | 31 | — | — | 53 | 57 |
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| High Violet |
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3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 5 | — | 5 | 5 |
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| Trouble Will Find Me |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
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| Sleep Well Beast |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| I Am Easy to Find |
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5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||
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Live albums
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| US [1] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
POR [23] |
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| Daytrotter Session[24] |
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| iTunes Festival: London 2010 |
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| Tiny Desk Concert[25] |
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| Boxer (Live in Brussels)[26] |
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| Juicy Sonic Magic |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US [1] |
BEL (FL) DVD [29] |
IRL [9] | ||
| Cherry Tree |
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| The Virginia EP |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US [30] |
US AAA [31] |
US Rock [32] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
BEL (WA) [33] |
CAN Rock [34] |
IRL [9] |
MEX Air. [35] |
NZ [10] |
UK [36] | |||||
| "Slipping Husband" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers | ||
| "Abel"[37] | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | Alligator | ||
| "Secret Meeting"[38] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lit Up"[39] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Mistaken for Strangers" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 183 | Boxer | ||
| "Apartment Story" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Fake Empire" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Bloodbuzz Ohio" | 2010 | —[upper-alpha 4] | — | — | 16 | —[upper-alpha 5] | — | — | 20 | — | —[upper-alpha 6] | High Violet | ||
| "Anyone's Ghost" | — | — | — | 48 | —[upper-alpha 7] | — | — | 24 | — | — | ||||
| "Terrible Love"[42] | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 8] | — | — | 23 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 9] | ||||
| "Wake Up Your Saints" | 2011 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 10] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Conversation 16" | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 11] | —[upper-alpha 12] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Think You Can Wait"[44] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Win Win (soundtrack) | |||
| "Exile Vilify" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Demons" | 2013 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 13] | — | — | 64 | 32 | — | — | Trouble Will Find Me | ||
| "Don't Swallow the Cap" | — | — | —[upper-alpha 14] | —[upper-alpha 15] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Sea of Love" | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 16] | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | ||||
| "Graceless"[46] | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 17] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Need My Girl" | 2014 | — | — | — | 34 | —[upper-alpha 18] | — | — | 43 | — | — |
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| "Sunshine on My Back"[47] | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"[48] | 2017 | — | 1 | 31 | —[upper-alpha 19] | — | 41 | — | 48 | — | — | Sleep Well Beast | ||
| "Guilty Party"[49] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Carin at the Liquor Store" | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 20] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Day I Die"[50] | — | 7 | 40 | —[upper-alpha 21] | —[upper-alpha 22] | 32 | — | 28 | — | — | ||||
| "I'll Still Destroy You"[51] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "You Had Your Soul with You"[52] | 2019 | — | 9 | 48 | —[upper-alpha 23] | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 24] | I Am Easy to Find | ||
| "Light Years"[54] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 25] | — | ||||
| "Hairpin Turns"[56] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rylan"[57] | — | 13 | 44 | —[upper-alpha 26] | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 27] | — | ||||
| "Hey Rosey"[59] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Never Tear Us Apart"[60] | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Songs for Australia[61] | ||
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Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| US Rock Dig. [45] |
BEL (FL) Tip [3] | ||||
| "Sorrow" | 2010 | 33 | — | High Violet | |
| "Fake Empire" (Live in Brussels) | 2018 | — | 43 | Boxer (Live in Brussels) | |
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Other 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: 2006 Music Issue |
| 2009 | "So Far Around the Bend" | Dark Was the Night |
| "Sleep All Summer" (with St. Vincent) (Crooked Fingers cover) | Score: 20 Years of Merge Records | |
| "Ashamed of the Story I Told" (Polaris cover) | Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy | |
| 2011 | "Exile Vilify" | digital single (recorded for Portal 2) |
| "Think You Can Wait" | Win Win soundtrack | |
| "Twenty Miles to NH (Part 2)" (The Philistines Jr. cover) | If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods reissue various artists disc | |
| "About Today (alternate version)" | Warrior soundtrack | |
| 2012 | "The Rains of Castamere" | Game of Thrones: Season 2 (soundtrack) |
| 2013 | "Lean" | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 2015 | "Sunshine on My Back" | digital single (recorded for Mistaken for Strangers) |
| 2016 | "Peggy-O" | Day of the Dead (Grateful Dead cover album) |
| "Morning Dew" | ||
| "Terrapin Station" (with Daniel Rossen and Christopher Bear) | ||
| "I Know You Rider" (live with Bob Weir) | ||
| 2017 | "Sailors in Your Mouth" | The Bob's Burgers Music Album |
| "Christmas Magic" | ||
| "Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom" (with Låpsley) | ||
| 2018 | "Le violon blanc de Monsieur Souris" | Souris Calle[64] |
| 2019 | "Turn on Me" | For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones |
| 2020 | "Never Tear Us Apart" | Songs for Australia[65] |
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
- Boxer (Live in Brussels) did not enter the US Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Vinyl Albums chart.[27]
- CD issues of The Virginia EP were packaged with a DVD of the film A Skin, A Night, directed by Vincent Moon.
- The Virginia EP did not enter the US Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 8 on the Vinyl Albums chart.[27]
- "Bloodbuzz Ohio" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Hot Singles Sales chart.[40]
- "Bloodbuzz Ohio" did not enter the Wallonia Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 37 on the Ultratip chart.[33]
- "Bloodbuzz Ohio" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 31 on the UK Physical Chart.[41]
- "Anyone's Ghost" did not enter the Wallonia Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 33 on the Ultratip chart.[33]
- "Terrible Love" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 11 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- "Terrible Love" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 38 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[43]
- "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.[33]
- "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.[45]
- "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.[33]
- "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.[33]
- "You Had Your Soul with You" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 17 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- "You Had Your Soul with You" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 3 on the UK Physical Chart.[53]
- "Light Years" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 31 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[55]
- "Rylan" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 39 on the Ultratip chart.[3]
- "Rylan" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[58]
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External links
- Official website
- The National at AllMusic
- The National discography at Discogs
- The National discography at MusicBrainz
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 Book:The National | |
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