The discography of American indie rock band the National consists of ten 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 subsequent albums were released by 4AD.
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 + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US AUS Laugh Track: BEL(FL) CAN FIN IRLPeaks in Ireland: For all except noted: Laugh Track: NLD NZ SWE UKPeak chart positions for albums in the United Kingdom: All except Alligator: Alligator: The National Released: October 30, 2001 Label: Brassland Formats: CD — — 133 — — — — — — — US: 15,000 Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers Released: September 2, 2003 Label: Brassland Formats: CD, LP — — — — — — — — — — US: 27,000 Alligator Released: April 12, 2005 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — — — — — — 165 US: 77,000 BPI: Silver Boxer Released: May 22, 2007 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: CD, LP, digital download 68 — 32 — 23 31 — — 53 57 US: 270,000 BPI: Gold High Violet Released: May 11, 2010 Label: 4AD Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 29 3 2 9 3 23 5 5 5 US: 326,846 RIAA: Gold BEA: Gold BPI: Gold IFPI DEN: Platinum MC: Gold Trouble Will Find Me Released: May 17, 2013 Label: 4AD Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 2 2 3 3 2 7 2 6 3 US: 75,000 ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold IFPI DEN: Gold MC: Gold Sleep Well Beast Released: September 8, 2017 Label: 4AD Formats: CD, LP, digital download 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 US: 56,000 BPI: Silver I Am Easy to Find Released: May 17, 2019 Label: 4AD Formats: CD, LP, digital download 5 6 2 4 8 3 5 6 11 2 First Two Pages of Frankenstein Released: April 28, 2023 Label: 4AD Formats: CD, LP, digital download 14 9 1 16 15 1 1 4 18 4 Laugh Track Released: September 18, 2023 Label: 4AD Formats: CD, LP, digital download — 51 12 — — 40 14 33 — 24 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums Title Details Peak chart positions Track listing US AUT BEL(FL) BEL(WA) GER NLD POR SCO SWI UK Daytrotter Session Released: July 9, 2007 Label: Daytrotter Format: Digital download — — — — — — — — — —Track list"Welcome to Daytrotter" "Lucky You" "Gospel" "Slow Show" "Pretty In Pink" iTunes Festival: London 2010 Released: July 20, 2010 Label: 4AD Format: Digital download — — — — — — — — — —Track list"Anyone's Ghost" "Mistaken for Strangers" "Bloodbuzz Ohio" "Brainy" "Afraid of Everyone" "Conversation 16" "England" "Available" Tiny Desk Concert Released: June 10, 2013 Label: NPR Format: Digital download — — — — — — — — — —Track list"This Is the Last Time" "I Need My Girl" "Pink Rabbits" "Sea of Love" A Lot of Sorrow Released: June 30, 2015 Label: 4AD Format: Vinyl — — — — — — — — — —Track list"Sorrow" (x99) Boxer (Live in Brussels) Released: April 21, 2018 Label: 4AD Format: Vinyl — — 37 114 — 122 17 26 — 70Track list"Fake Empire" "Mistaken For Strangers" "Brainy" "Squalor Victoria" "Green Gloves" "Slow Show" "Apartment Story" "Start a War" "Guest Room" "Racing Like a Pro" "Ada" "Gospel" Juicy Sonic Magic Released: November 29, 2019 Label: 4AD Format: Cassette — — — — — — — — — — Rome Released: December 4, 2024 Label: 4AD Format: Vinyl — 63 8 68 26 62 — 18 20 71Track list "Runaway" "Eucalyptus" "Tropic Morning News" "New Order T-Shirt" "Don't Swallow the Cap" "Bloodbuzz Ohio" "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" "I Need My Girl" "Lemonworld" "The Geese of Beverly Road" "Lit Up" "Alien" "Humiliation" "Murder Me Rachael" "England" "Graceless" "Fake Empire" "Smoke Detector" "Mr November" "Terrible Love" "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
EPs + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions USSales USIndie BEL(FL)DVD IRL NLDVinyl SCO SPAVinyl UKSales UKIndie Cherry Tree Released: July 20, 2004 Label: Brassland Formats: CD, 10" vinyl 94 — — — 18 30 59 51 21 The Virginia EP Released: May 20, 2008 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: CD + DVD, 12" — 31 3 87 — — — — 26 NTL RM EP I Released: September 23, 2024 Label: 4AD Formats: Digital — — — — — — — — — NTL RM EP II Released: October 23, 2024 Label: 4AD Formats: Digital — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles As lead artist + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US Rock BEL(FL) CANRock ICEPeaks in Iceland: "Weird Goodbyes": "Tropic Morning News": IRL ITAPeaks in Italy: For all except noted: For "Terrible Love": MEXIng. NZHotPeaks on the NZ Hot Singles chart: "Light Years": "Rylan": "New Order T-Shirt" and "The Alcott": POLPeaks on the Polish singles chart: "Demons": "Sea of Love": "Graceless": "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness": UK "Slipping Husband" 2003 — — — — — — — — — — Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers "Abel" 2005 — — — — — — — — — 83 Alligator "Secret Meeting" — — — — — — — — — — "Lit Up" — — — — — — — — — — "Mistaken for Strangers" 2007 — — — — — — — — — 183 Boxer "Apartment Story" — — — — — — — — — — "Fake Empire" 2008 — — — — — — — — — — MC: Gold "Bloodbuzz Ohio" 2010 — 16 — — — — 20 — — — MC: Gold High Violet "Anyone's Ghost" — 48 — — — — 24 — — — "Terrible Love" — — — — 23 61 — — — — "Wake Up Your Saints" 2011 — — — — — — — — — — "Conversation 16" — — — — — — — — — — "Think You Can Wait" — — — — — — — — — — Win Win (soundtrack) "Exile Vilify" — — — — — — — — — — "Demons" 2013 — — — — 64 — 32 — 60 — Trouble Will Find Me "Don't Swallow the Cap" — — — — — — — — — — "Sea of Love" — — — — — — 40 — 25 — "Graceless" — — — — — — — — 41 — "I Need My Girl" 2014 — 34 — — — — 43 — — — RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold "Sunshine on My Back" 2015 — — — — — — — — — — "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" 2017 31 — 41 — — — 48 — 44 — Sleep Well Beast "Guilty Party" — — — — — — — — — — "Carin at the Liquor Store" — — — — — — — — — — "Day I Die" 40 — 32 — — — 28 — — — "I'll Still Destroy You" — — — — — — — — — — "You Had Your Soul with You" 2019 48 — — — — — — — — — I Am Easy to Find "Light Years" — — — — — — — 31 — — "Hairpin Turns" — — — — — — — — — — "Rylan" 44 — — — — — — 40 — — "Hey Rosey" — — — — — — — — — — "Never Tear Us Apart" 2020 — — — — — — — — — — Songs for Australia "Somebody Desperate" 2021 — — — — — — — — — — Cyrano (soundtrack) "Weird Goodbyes" 2022 — — — 27 — — — — — — Laugh Track "Tropic Morning News" 2023 — — — 38 — — — — — — First Two Pages of Frankenstein "New Order T-Shirt" — — — — — — — 39 — — "Eucalyptus" — — — — — — — — — — "Your Mind Is Not Your Friend" — — — — — — — — — — "The Alcott" 13 — — — 63 — — 5 — 90 "Space Invader" — — — — — — — — — — Laugh Track "Alphabet City" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USAAA USAlt US Rock AUS BEL(FL)Tip CAN PORPeak positions for songs on the Portuguese Singles Chart: "Sleep Well Beast": "Coney Island": UKStream WW "Coney Island" 2020 63 18 12 12 42 8 31 150 75 45 ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver Evermore "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other charted or certified songs Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album USAAA US RockDL BEL(FL)Tip NZHot POR "About Today" 2004 — — — — — MC: Gold Cherry Tree "Sorrow" 2010 — 33 — — — High Violet "Lean" 2013 — — — — — RMNZ: Gold The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (soundtrack) "Sleep Well Beast" 2017 — — — — 95 Sleep Well Beast "Fake Empire" (Live in Brussels) 2018 — — 43 — — Boxer (Live in Brussels) "Once Upon a Poolside" 2023 — — — 30 — First Two Pages of Frankenstein "This Isn't Helping" — — — 33 — "Crumble" 28 — — — — Laugh Track "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other appearances Year Track Album 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 Issue2009 "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 Mulcahy2011 "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 soundtrack2012 "The Rains of Castamere"Game of Thrones: Season 2 soundtrack2013 "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 2019 "Turn on Me"For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones 2020 "Never Tear Us Apart"Songs for Australia2021"Somebody Desperate"Cyrano
Music videos YearVideoDirectors2005"Abel"Adam Levite"Lit Up"Vincent Moon"Daughters of the Soho Riots"2007"Mistaken for Strangers"Thread-Count"Apartment Story"Banner Gwin2010"Bloodbuzz Ohio""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 Brown2017"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 MacIndoe2019"Light Years"Mike Mills"Hairpin Turns""Hey Rosie"2023"Eucalyptus" Chris Sgroi"Your Mind Is Not Your Friend" Jackson Bridgers"Deep End (Paul's In Pieces)" Pauline de Lassus"Dreaming" Mina Tindle"Laugh Track" Bernard Derriman
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References
External links Official website The National at AllMusic