The discography of The Weakerthans, a Canadian indie rock band, consists of four studio albums, one live album and concert video, one EP, one single, and eight music videos.
The Weakerthans formed in Winnipeg in 1997 with the lineup of John K. Samson (vocals, guitar), John P. Sutton (bass guitar), and Jason Tait (drums). Their debut album Fallow was released in Canada in December of that year through G7 Welcoming Committee Records, a label founded by Samson's former bandmates in Propagandhi, with a United States release following in 1999 through Sub City Records. Stephen Carroll performed on the album as a guest musician, and soon joined the band as second guitarist. Left and Leaving was released in July 2000, through G7 Welcoming Committee in Canada and Sub City in the United States. A single for "Watermark" followed in January 2001.
The band signed to Epitaph Records and released Reconstruction Site in 2003. It was their first album to chart, reaching no. 28 on Billboard's Independent Albums. Sutton left the band in 2004 and was replaced by Greg Smith. The new lineup released Reunion Tour in September 2007 through Epitaph and its subsidiary label ANTI-. It became their highest-charting album, reaching no. 181 on the Billboard 200. The iTunes-exclusive Live Session EP was released in 2009, with a full live album and concert video, Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre, following in March 2010.
The Weakerthans also performed on Jim Bryson's 2010 album The Falcon Lake Incident, credited to Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans. Carroll, Smith, and Tait also performed on Greg Graffin's 2006 album Cold as the Clay.
Studio albums YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUSBillboard 200IndependentHeatseekers1997Fallow Released: December 7, 1997 Label: G7 Welcoming Committee (G7003) Format: LP, CD — — —2000Left and Leaving Released: July 25, 2000 Label: G7 Welcoming Committee (G7013) Format: LP, CD — — —2003Reconstruction Site
Released: August 26, 2003 Label: Epitaph (86682) Format: LP, CD — 28 492007Reunion Tour Released: September 25, 2007 Label: Epitaph/ANTI- (86877) Format: LP, CD 181 28 7 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Live albums YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUSHeatseekers2010Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre Released: March 23, 2010 Label: Epitaph/ANTI- (87067) Format: LP, CD/DVD 31
EPs YearEP details2009Live Session EP Released: June 19, 2009 Label: Epitaph Format: download
Singles YearSingleAlbum2001"Watermark"Left and Leaving
Video albums YearVideo details2010Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre Released: March 23, 2010 Label: Epitaph/ANTI- (87067) Formats: DVD
Music videos Year Song Director Album 1997 "Diagnosis" Fallow 2000 "Watermark" Left and Leaving2003 "Psalm for the Elks Lodge Last Call" Reconstruction Site "The Reasons" "Our Retired Explorer (Dines with Michel Foucault in Paris, 1961)" 2007 "Civil Twilight" Reunion Tour "Tournament of Hearts" "Sun in an Empty Room"
Other appearances The following Weakerthans songs were released on compilation albums. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums and singles are not included.
YearRelease detailsTrack(s)1999Take Action! Released: June 22, 1999 Label: Sub City Format: CD"Everything Must Go!" Return of the Read Menace Released: August 15, 1999 Label: G7 Welcoming Committee (G7010) Format: CD"Ringing of Revolution" 2000Hopelessly Devoted to You, Vol. 3 Released: October 3, 2000 Label: Hopeless (HR648) Format: CD"Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist" 2002Hopelessly Devoted to You, Vol. 4 Released: June 25, 2002 Label: Hopeless (HR662) Format: CD"(Past-Due)" 2005Take Penacilin Now Released: July 12, 2005 Label: G7 Welcoming Committee (G7040) Format: CD"My Favourite Power Chords"2007The Secret Sessions Released: March 16, 2007 Label: Zunior Format: CD, download"Bad Time to Be Poor" 2010Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion Released: October 19, 2010 Label: Myspace/Spin Format: download"Sanity"
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