Scottish musician and vocalist Isobel Campbell has released 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, Belle & Sebastian have been hailed as the greatest Scottish band ever.
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. In 2003 she released Amorino, her first album under her own name, which received mixed reviews from critics. 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. 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.
Studio albums Year Title1999The Green Fields of Foreverland Released: 5 April 1999 Label: Jeepster (JR #4026) Format: CD, LP2000Swansong for You Released: 6 November 2000 Label: Jeepster (JR #4051) Format: CD, LP2003Amorino Released: 7 October 2003 Label: Snowstorm (ST #00020651) Format: CD, LP2006Milkwhite Sheets Released: 23 October 2006 Label: V2 (V2 #1043452) Format: CD, LP2020There Is No Other Released: 31 January 2020 Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOK720) Format: CD, LP, digital download2024Bow To Love Released: 14 June 2024 Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOK909) Format: CD, LP, digital download
I Released under the pseudonym of The Gentle Waves.
Extended Plays Year Title2020Voices In The Sky Released: 7 August 2020 Label: Cooking Vinyl Format: digital download
Collaborations With Bill Wells Year Title2002Ghost of Yesterday Released: 17 June 2002 Label: Creeping Bent (CB #00027790) Format: CD
With Mark Lanegan Year Title Peak chart positions BEL FRA ITA IRE NLD NOR SWE SWI UK2006Ballad of the Broken Seas Released: 7 March 2006 Label: V2 (V2 #1035821) Format: CD, LP 15 96 27 21 32 51 56 — 382008Sunday at Devil Dirt Released: 13 May 2008 Label: V2 (V2 #1050622) Format: CD, LP 6 96 41 28 69 25 — 37 382010Hawk Released: 16 August 2010 Label: V2 Formats: CD, LP — — — — — — — — 29 "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Singles YearSongAlbum1999"Weathershow"The Green Fields of Foreverland2000"Falling from Grace"Swansong for You2004"Time Is Just the Same"Amorino2006"Ramblin' Man"[A]Ballad of the Broken Seas"Honey Child What Can I Do?"[B]"O Love Is Teasin'"Milkwhite Sheets2008"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. B ^ Appeared in the UK Singles Chart at number 199.
Music videos YearSong Director1999 "Weathershow" 2000 "Falling From Grace"2006 "Ramblin Man" Vrnda Daktor "Time Is Just the Same" 2019 "Ant Life" Mike Aho "Hey World"
Other appearances Year CollaborationsSong(s) Album Ref. 1997 Snow Patrol vocals on "NYC" Songs for Polarbears 1998 Arab Strap cello on "The Clearing" The Week Never Starts Round Here 2001 Mount Vernon Arts Lab cello on "The Black Drop" The Séance at Hobs Lane Future Pilot A.K.A. vocals on "Ananda Is The Ocean" Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea 2002 Looper cello on "Good Girls" The Snare 2004 Kinobe vocals on "Luciole" and "I Am One" Wide Open 2006 Kama Aina cello on "Millport" and "Club Kama Aina", cello and vocals on "Car Song" Club Kama Aina 2007 Paul Leonard-Morgan vocals on "Wilderness" Filmtales Blanche cello on "No Matter Where You Go..." Little Amber Bottles Pantaleimon cello on "We Love", vocals, cello, piano and glockenspiel on "High Star" Mercy Oceans Annie Lennox vocals on "Sing" Songs of Mass Destruction 2017 The Jesus and Mary Chain vocals on "Song for a Secret" and "The Two of Us" Damage and Joy
References General
[ "Isobel Campbell > Discography"]. Allmusic. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
Specific
External links Isobel Campbell at MySpace [ Isobel Campbell] at Allmusic Isobel Campbell at Discogs