Elliott Smith discography
The discography of Elliott Smith, an American singer-songwriter, consists of six studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums and eleven singles.
Albums
Studio albums
Posthumous studio albums
Live albums
Title | Album details |
Elliott Smith: Live at Largo |
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Live at Umbra Penumbra |
Compilation albums
Promotional compilations
Singles
Retail singles
Posthumous singles
Promotional singles
Year | Single | Album | Notes |
1998 | XO | XO | Features "Waltz #2 ", "Bottle Up and Explode!", and "Oh Well, Okay". |
1999 | "Miss Misery" | Non-album single | Featured on the soundtrack for Good Will Hunting. |
1999 | "Because" | Non-album single | Featured on the soundtrack for American Beauty. |
2000 | B-Sides, Alternate Versions and Demos | Non-album single | Features "Bottle Up and Explode!", "Waltz #1", "Some Song", and "The Enemy Is You". |
2000 | 3 Titres Inedits | Non-album single | Features "I Can't Answer You Anymore", as well as an alternate version of "Pretty Mary K" and an acoustic version of "Happiness". This CD was also bundled with some French versions of Figure 8. |
Split singles
Year | Single | Other artist | Notes |
1994 | "Shytown"/"No Confidence Man" | Pete Krebs | Originally released on Slo-Mo Records; sold as a digital single in 2013 through UseMusic, with proceeds benefiting Outside/In of Portland, OR; re-released on Suicide Squeeze Records in 2016 with new mixes and cover artwork. |
1996 | Spring Tour '96 | The Softies | Elliott Smith songs included "Coming Up Roses", "Needle in the Hay", "Clementine", "St. Ides Heaven", and "Single File" ; the Softies' side included songs from their 1995 album on K Records, It's Love. |
Music videos
Year | Title | Director | Reference |
1995 | "Coming Up Roses" | Ross Harris | |
1997 | "Miss Misery" | Ross Harris | |
1998 | "Baby Britain" | Steve Hanft | |
2000 | "Son of Sam" | Autumn de Wilde |
Contributions
Soundtrack inclusions
- Lucky Three – "Baby Britain", "Between the Bars", "Thirteen", "Angeles"
- The Maker – "Ballad of Big Nothing", "Cupid's Trick"
- Good Will Hunting – "Miss Misery", "Between the Bars", "No Name #3", "Angeles", "Say Yes"
- Hurricane Streets – "Say Yes"
- Strange Parallel – Various studio and live versions of Smith's songs, features his covers of George Harrison's "Isn't It a Pity" and Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Prelude Op3 #2 in C Sharp Minor", and a dub cover of "Waltz #2 " performed by Future Pigeon
- American Beauty – "Because"
- Opposite Sex – – "Say Yes"
- Opposite Sex – – "The Biggest Lie"
- Keeping the Faith – "Pitseleh"
- Antitrust – "Son of Sam"
- The Royal Tenenbaums – "Needle in the Hay"
- Southlander – "Splitsville", "Snowbunny's Serenade"
- Ora o mai più – "Say Yes"
- One Tree Hill – – "Say Yes"
- The Girl Next Door – "Angeles"
- Thumbsucker – "Let's Get Lost", "Trouble", "Thirteen"
- The O.C. – – "Twilight"
- The O.C. – – "Pretty "
- Cold Case – – "Waltz #2 "
- One Tree Hill – – "Say Yes"
- ' – – "Angeles"
- Criminal Minds – – "Clementine"
- Shminiya, Ha- – – "Pretty Mary K"
- Die Österreichische Methode – "Tomorrow Tomorrow"
- Georgia Rule – "I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out"
- Heroes – – "The Last Hour"
- Gossip Girl – – "Whatever "
- The Go-Getter – "Coast to Coast"
- Paranoid Park – "Angeles", "The White Lady Loves You More"
- Life – – "Pretty "
- Skins – – "Between the Bars"
- Guitar Hero 5 – "L.A."
- Up in the Air – "Angel in the Snow"
- ' – "Say Yes"
- Fresh Meat – "Waltz #2"
- True Blood – – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
- Stuck in Love – "Between the Bars"
- Love, Rosie – "Son of Sam"
- Rick and Morty – – "Between the Bars"
- 13 Reasons Why – – "Thirteen"
- Mr. Robot – – "Everything Means Nothing to Me"
- Normal People – – "Angeles"
Compilation inclusions
- So, What Else Do You Do? – "Roman Candle"
- A Slice of Lemon – "Big Decision"
- American Pie, Vol. 2: I Can't Hear You – "Roman Candle"
- Some Songs: From the Kill Rock Stars Singles – "Some Song"
- To All the URLs I've Loved Before – "Some Song"
- Un Eté 97 – "Speed Trials"
- CMJ New Music Monthly, Vol. 44 – "Rose Parade"
- Chill Out With the Class of '97 – "Say Yes"
- CMJ New Music Monthly, Vol. 61 – "Waltz #2 "
- Virtually Alternative September 98 – "Waltz #2 "
- Select Magazine: Hot! – "Ballad of Big Nothing"
- Vive La Différence - Nouveautés Domino 98/99 – "Speed Trials"
- Rare Trax Vol. 8 - Unerhört! Die Heimlichen Hits Von 98 – "Division Day"
- Virtually Alternative October 98 – "Waltz #2 "
- Musician Magazine's A Little on the CD Side Volume 31 – "Waltz #2 "
- Screenadelica – "Miss Misery"
- Rolling Stone New Voices Vol. 23 – "Pictures of Me"
- Universal Music CD Sampler 1998 #5 – "Waltz #2 "
- EMI Hit Disc 105 - Album CD Sampler Information May '98 – "Between the Bars"
- New Music Spins 9 – "Waltz #2 ", "Independence Day", and "Baby Britain"
- Good Will Hunting Sampler – "Between the Bars" and "Miss Misery"
- Universal Ser Fremover Vol. 7 – "Waltz #2 "
- Air Check – "See You Later"
- Humo - Alle 98 Goed – "Waltz #2"
- Unconditionally Guaranteed – "Between the Bars"
- Wicked Good Sampler 05 – "Waltz #2"
- Une Rentrée 98 – "Waltz #2"
- Virtually Alternative December 98, V. 99 – "Baby Britain"
- Radioactive Top 40 & Alternative Series #02 – "Miss Misery"
- Howlin' Kitty promo – "Independence Day"
- Habits of the Heart – "Sweet Adeline"
- Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History – "Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands"
- YoYo a Go Go '97: Another Live Compilation – "Rose Parade"
- NME Annual Probe, Vol. 2 – "Pictures of Me"
- Chivas Regal – "Waltz #1"
- 8 trax plus 2 promo – "Baby Britain"
- Virtuallyalternative 100 – "Baby Britain"
- All Is Full of Love – "Waltz #2 "
- American Eagle Outfitters: The Blue Album, Vol. 2 – "Waltz #2 "
- A Little on the CD Side, Vol. 31 – "Waltz #2 "
- Network 40: CD Tuneup 109 - "Miss Misery"
- Liberation! HMV Exclusive Sampler - "Independence Day"
- WBCN 3:16 – "Baby Britain"
- Back to School domestic sampler promo – "Our Thing"
- OUI Radiorock Volume 01 – "Son of Sam"
- CMJ New Music Monthly Volume 81 May 2000 – "Son of Sam"
- Objectif 2000 - Tome 2 – "Happiness/The Gondola Man"
- DreamWorks Fall sampler promo – "A Living Will"
- Sweet & Pungent Dreamworks sampler – "Son of Sam"
- WFUV New Names New Music – "Son of Sam"
- Cavity Search Records Audio Resume – "Condor Ave."
- WXPN 88.5 FM New Names New Music – "Son of Sam"
- FMQB MQB Modern Rock on the Dial: An FMQB CD Sampler March 2000 Promo – "Son of Sam"
- Indie 2000 Volume 5 – "Waltz #2"
- TapeOp: A Compact Disc of Creative Music Recordings – "Waltz #1"
- Romantic Collection 2000 Harmony – "Because"
- Monitor This! – "Son of Sam"
- the deep end – "Happiness"
- Yeti: Volume I – "Angel in the Snow"
- Filthy Festival Fun: A Polydor New Release Sampler – "Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?"
- LAUNCH – "Son of Sam", "Somebody That I Used to Know", "Happiness"
- Open All Night: In the City – "Miss Misery"
- Rokkland Rás 2 – "Waltz #2 "
- Magnet New Music Sampler Volume 27 – "Summertime"
- The Amos House Collection, Volume II – "Bottle Up and Explode!"
- Worlds of Possibility: Domino's 10th Anniversary – "Speed Trials"
- Worlds Of Possibility sampler – "Speed Trials"
- Music Inspired by Bumbershoot – "Pretty "
- Triple J's Hottest 100 10th Anniversary - Hottest Box – "Waltz #2 "
- Sonically Speaking – "Twilight"
- Magnet New Music Sampler, Vol. 35 – "Twilight"
- Declaration of Independence – "Ballad of Big Nothing"
- Future Soundtrack for America – "A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free"
- A Declaration Of Independence - The Sound of Domino – "Twilight"
- Une Rentrée 2004 - Vol. 2 – "Twilight"
- Vital Music – "Pretty "
- The Best Soundtrack Vol. 2 MP3 – "Because"
- Paste Magazine – "Memory Lane"
- 2004 Volume One – "Memory Lane"
- Rolling Stone New Noises Vol. 68 – "A Fond Farewell"
- Sounds - Now! – "Pretty "
- Oorgasm 19 – "Twilight"
- Word of Mouth 21 – "Twilight"
- Another Urban Outfitter Sampler – "Pretty "
- The Bands 05 – "Coast to Coast"
- Alternative Distribution Alliance Fall 2004 Sampler – "Twilight"
- X-Rock #7 – "Coast to Coast"
- All Tomorrow's Parties v3.1 – "Pictures of Me"
- Triple J Hottest 100 v12 – "Memory Lane"
- Beatles Regrooved – "Because"
- The Best Acoustic Album in the World... Ever! – "Let's Get Lost"
- Domino - Inverno 2005 – "Twilight"
- Vital Sales & Marketing Best of 2004/Best of 2005 – "Pretty "
- Acoustico – "Speed Trials"
- Here Comes the Sun – "Let's Get Lost"
- Rough Trade Shops - Counter Culture 04 Best of 2004 – "Let's Get Lost"
- Wide Awake - It's All About Songs – "Let's Get Lost"
- Everything You Need – "Twilight"
- Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter – "Needle in the Hay"
- The Definitive Tom Dunne Vol. 01: Pet Picks 2000-2006 – "Son of Sam"
- Mellow Gold – "A Fond Farewell"
- Suicide Squeeze: Slaying Since 1996 – "Division Day"
- Alternative Acoustic – "Say Yes"
- 2004 – "A Fond Farewell"
- Mo's Songs! – "Waltz #2 "
- – "Let's Get Lost"
- Panic Prevention Vol. 4 – "Needle in the Hay"
- Wide Awake 3 - It's All About Songs – "Angel in the Snow"
- Mojo Presents: Love Will Tear You Apart – "Twilight"
- Un Printemps 2007 - Vol. 2 – "High Times"
- Kylie Minogue - Music and Moments – "Angeles"
- 100 Trésors Cachés: Chansons Rares & Indispensables – "Condor Ave."
- Independent Innovative Creative – "High Times"
- Under the Milky Way – "Between the Bars"
- Kulturkantine – "Angeles"
- Sampler Real Love – "High Times"
- Mountain Magic: A Kill Rock Stars Collection 1991-2000 – "Angeles"
- Between the Lines II – "Son of Sam"
- Asia Argento - Asia Argento – "Waltz #1"
- 100% Bittersweet Melodies – "Waltz #2"
- Het Beste Van 2 Meter Sessies 1987-2009 – "Waltz #2"
- Sleeping Beauties – "Say Yes"
- Jazz Supreme Modal Waltz-a-Nova – "Waltz #1"
- 100 Hits Indie – "Ballad of Big Nothing"
- Kill Rock Stars Best Sampler Ever – "Angeles"
- Grandes Canções Do Cinema – "Miss Misery"
- Paste Magazine New - Music Sampler June 2010 Issue 64 – "Last Call"
- 25 Years Pukkelpop – "Waltz #2 "
- Les Inrockuptibles - Best Of 2000-2010 – "Son of Sam"
- Hit Disc Nov. 2010 – "Between the Bars"
- Hype Machine Radio Show: April 2010 – "Twilight"
- 20 Years of Kill Rock Stars – "Between the Bars"
- Live from Nowhere Near You, Vol. 2 – "The Real Estate"
- L'Anthologie Des InRocks - 25 Ans De Musique – "Between the Bars"
- Les Beaux Labels – "Ballad of Big Nothing"
- Rise & Shine – "Summertime"
- Keep Portland Weird - City Sound Step 2: Portland – "Needle in the Hay"
- L'Inrockuptible 2 – "Baby Britain"
- Songs We Shouldn't Forget Collected – "Say Yes"
- Kill Rock Stars: Crazed Fans MP3 Vol. 1 – "Needle in the Hay"
- Coffret 60 Ans De Musique – "Speed Trials"
- XPLAYMIX říjen 2014 – "No Name #1"
- 100 Hits Indie Anthems – "Angeles"
- Fort George – "Division Day"
- Rolling Stone Rare Trax Vol. 84 - Lost & Rare Tracks – "A Fond Farewell"
- Suicide Squeeze 20 Year Anniversary – "No Confidence Man"
- Het Allerbeste Uit Radio 1 Classics 1000 – "Waltz #2 "
- 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood – "Pretty "
- Het Allerbeste Uit Radio 1 Classics - 2018 – "Between the Bars"
Filmography
Year | Film | Role |
1997 | Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait | Himself |
1997 | The Lonesome Crowded West | Himself |
1998 | Strange Parallel | Himself |
2001 | Southlander | Bus driver |
2001 | Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson short film | Basketball player |
2014 | Heaven Adores You | Himself |
Unreleased material
Unreleased tracks, demos, and covers have circulated over the Internet. The posthumous collection From a Basement on a Hill II attracted the attention of the media when it was first leaked online.Other leaks include the Grand Mal collection, which is updated yearly and, as of the latest edition, contains 131 tracks spread over eight discs, and the two-disc Basement Demos collection, which contains some of the same tracks as From a Basement on a Hill II along with a significant amount of additional unreleased material. Many of these leaks have taken place near the anniversary of Smith's death.