The following is the discography of Less Than Jake, a Florida-based ska punk band.
Less Than Jake's first full-length LP Pezcore debuted in August 1995, featuring such staples as "Liquor Store" and "My Very Own Flag", originally on Dill Records. Shortly following the release of Pezcore, the band was signed to Capitol Records. They debuted on the major label in 1996 with Losing Streak. The album was full of the band's wry, fast-paced brand of ska-punk anthems, producing such fan favorites as "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts", "Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore", and "Automatic".
In 1998 the band released Hello Rockview, one of their most acclaimed albums. In September 2000, the band released Borders & Boundaries. While it was neither as commercially successful or as musically appreciated as previous releases initially, the album was a display of significant growth for the band, showcasing much more mature music than the band had ever shown before. Still, the album provided fans with two instant hits in "Look What Happened" (which received minor airplay on college stations) and their hometown anthem, "Gainesville Rock City" (which received some airtime on MTV2).
Less Than Jake returned to major label status with their next album Anthem, releasing the 2003 LP on Warner Bros./Sire Records. It featured hit singles in both the US and the UK, with "She's Gonna Break Soon" (which spent a couple weeks on TRL), "The Science Of Selling Yourself Short" (#36 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart). The DVD retrospective "The People's History of Less Than Jake" appeared a month later, featuring both professional and bootleg recordings of the band, as well as home movies of the members' own creation.
In April 2006, the band released the four-song EP, Absolution for Idiots and Addicts, followed a month later with their next full-length, In with the Out Crowd, on Sire Records. The album, while still receiving generally positive reviews, was viewed far more negatively than compared to previous albums. On June 24, 2008, the band released GNV FLA on their own label Sleep It Off Records. This album was widely viewed as a welcomed return to the sound and musical style heard on their early records.
In 2011, members of the band stated their distaste for full-length studio albums, and suggested that the band will be releasing only EPs in the future. The band subsequently released Greetings from Less Than Jake in 2011 and its follow-up, Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake in 2012. The band went back on their comments in 2013, and released the full-length album See the Light. Their EP Sound the Alarm was released in 2017, and in 2020, their latest album Silver Linings was released.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US USAlt. USIndie USRock AUS SCO UK UKIndie UKRock PezcoreReleased: August 22, 1995 Label: Dill Formats: CD, LP — — — — — — — — — Losing StreakReleased: November 12, 1996 Label: Capitol (CDP 7243-8-37235-2-2) Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — —778918— Hello RockviewReleased: October 6, 1998 Label: Capitol (CDP 7243-8-57663-2-9) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 80 — — — — Borders & BoundariesReleased: October 24, 2000 Label: Fat Wreck Chords (FAT 616-2) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 103 — 4 — — — 99 12 — AnthemReleased: May 20, 2003 Label: Sire (Sire 48386-2) Formats: CD, digital download 45 — — — — 38 37 43 23 In with the Out CrowdReleased: May 23, 2006 Label: Sire (Sire 49984-2) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 78 — — — 85 68 55 — 3 GNV FLAReleased: June 24, 2008 Label: Sleep It Off/Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, LP, digital download 61 18 9 23 — — 171 10 — See the LightReleased: November 12, 2013 Label: Fat Wreck Chords Formats: CD, LP, digital download 154 21 24 33 — — — — — Silver LiningsReleased: December 11, 2020 Label: Pure Noise Formats: CD, LP, digital download — 25 44 50 — — — 34 8 "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Live albums Title Album details Bootleg a Bootleg, You Cut Out the MiddlemanReleased: 1999 Label: Fueled by Ramen Formats: CD Live from UranusReleased: March 9, 1999 Label: Capitol Formats: CD Live at the Apple StoreReleased: August 19, 2003 Label: Formats: Digital download Losing Streak: LiveReleased: March 1, 2011 Label: Sleep It Off Formats: Digital download Hello Rockview: LiveReleased: March 1, 2011 Label: Sleep It Off Formats: DVD, digital download Live from AstoriaReleased: April 29, 2016 Label: Rude Formats: Digital, CD, LP
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US USIndie CAN Alt.Peak position for B Is for B-sides: Losers, Kings, and Things We Don't UnderstandReleased: April 22, 1996 Label: No Idea (No Idea 22) Formats: CD, LP — — — The Pez CollectionReleased: December 14, 1999 Label: Moon Ska UK Formats: CD, LP — — — Goodbye Blue and WhiteReleased: February 19, 2002 Label: Fueled by Ramen Formats: CD, LP — 36 — B Is for B-sidesReleased: July 20, 2004 Label: Sire (Sire 48788-2) Formats: CD 157 — 46 Greetings & Salutations from Less Than JakeReleased: October 15, 2012 Label: Fat Wreck Chords Formats: LP — — — "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Demos Title Album details Four Songs DemoReleased: 1992 Label: Self-Released Formats: Cassette Freebie DemoReleased: 1992 Label: Self-Released Formats: Cassette
EPs + List of EPs, with selected chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions US USAlt. USIndie USRock UKIndie UKRock Making Fun of Things You Don't UnderstandReleased: 1995 Label: Far Out Formats: 12" vinyl — — — — — — GreasedReleased: November 18, 1997 Label: No Idea Formats: CD, LP — — — — — — PestoReleased: 1999 Label: Very Small Formats: CD, LP — — — — — — B Is for B-sides (Remixed)Released: 2005 Label: Fueled by Ramen Formats: CD, LP — — — — — — Absolution for Idiots and AddictsReleased: March 14, 2007 Label: Fueled by Ramen Formats: CD — — — — — — TV/EPReleased: October 12, 2010 Label: Sleep It Off Formats: CD, digital download — — — — — — Greetings from Less Than JakeReleased: June 20, 2011 Formats: CD, Digital download — — — — — — Seasons Greetings from Less Than JakeReleased: February 16, 2012 Formats: Digital download — — — — — — Sound the AlarmReleased: February 3, 2017 Formats: Digital download, Streaming, CD, Vinyl 114 14 7 16 26 14 UnchartedReleased: November 15, 2024 Formats: Digital download, streaming, CD, vinyl — — — — 34 16 "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
7" vinyl TitleLabel AAA/LTJ split 7″ Far Out All My Best Friends Are Metalheads 7″ Golf All My Best Friends Are Metalheads Jukebox 7″ Capitol Bait and Switch: Vol. 1 SBAM Birthday Cake 7″ Fueled by Ramen Birthday Cake 7″ (Moldy) Fueled by Ramen Cheese 7" Fueled by Ramen Cheese 7″ (Moldy) Fueled by Ramen Chicago Halloween 7″ Fueled by Ramen Crash Course in Being an Asshole 7" Rhetoric Crash Course in Being an Asshole Picture Disc Rhetoric Dopeman / Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts Jukebox 7″ Capitol Food Not Bombs 7″ Fueled by Ramen G-Man Training Target 7" What Else? G-Man/Crash Course in Being an Asshole double 7″ Rhetoric I Think I Love You 7″ Flexi Capitol J Church/LTJ split 7″ Dead Beat Kemuri/LTJ split 7″ Fueled By Ramen Kemuri/LTJ double split 7″ Fueled By Ramen Live From Chicago 7″ Capitol Losing Streak b/w Mixology of Tom Collins 5″ No Idea Madison 8″ Flexi Fueled by Ramen Making Fun of Things You Don't Understand 10″ Far Out Megadeth/LTJ split 7″ Fueled by Ramen Megadeth/LTJ split 7″ (Europe) Fueled by Ramen Muppets 7" Liquid Meat Pesto 7″ Too Many Pez Kings 7″ Toybox Pung/LTJ split 7″ No Idea Punk TV LP Red Dawg Rock-n-Roll Pizzeria 7" No Idea Rock-n-Roll Pizzeria 7″ (Japan) Nat Slayer 7″ No Idea Smoke Spot 7″ No Idea Songs About Drinking double LP Too Many Sprocket Wheel/LTJ Split 7″ Snuffy Smile Theme for Yo-Yo Ninja Boy 7″ Flexi Erika Three Way Split 7″ Toybox Unglued 7″ No Idea Viva La Vinyl vol. #2 LP Dead Beat Wood Panel Pacer Wagon with Mags LP + 7″ Too Many
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album US Mod SCOPeaks in Scotland: "All My Best Friends are Metalheads": "Gainesville Rock City": "She's Gonna Break Soon": "The Science of Selling Yourself Short": "Overrated (Everything Is)": "The Rest of My Life": "P.S. Shock the World": "Does the Lion City Still Roar?": UK UKIndie UKRockPolyhex UK Singles: (requires search) Accessed 19 October 2007 "Automatic"1997 — — — — —Losing Streak "Dopeman" — — — — — "Dopeman" (Remix) — — — — —rowspan="2" "Howie J. Reynolds" — — — — — "History of a Boring Town"1998 39 — — — —Hello Rockview "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads"2000 — 49 51 8 — "All My Best Friends are Metalheads" (Remix) — — — — — "Gainesville Rock City"2001 — 48 57 — —Borders & Boundaries "She's Gonna Break Soon"2003 — 48 39 — —Anthem "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" 36 89 78 — 11 "Surrender" — — — — — "Overrated (Everything Is)" / "A Still Life Franchise"2006 — 39 61 — 1In with the Out Crowd "The Rest of My Life" / "Don't Fall Asleep On The Subway" — 43 77 — 1 "P.S. Shock the World" — 40 96 — — "Does the Lion City Still Roar?"2008 — 91 — 16 —GNV FLA "Abandon Ship" — — — — — "My Money Is on the Long Shot"2014 — — — — —See the Light "Do the Math" — — — — — "Lie To Me"2020 — — — — —Silver Linings "—" denotes recording that did not chart or was not released
Notes A Released as a promotional single only. B Released in the UK only.
Compilation appearances YearSongSoundtrackLabel 1996 "Summer of '69" (Bryan Adams cover) Wood Panel Pacer Wagon With Mags Very Small Records 1997 "Cheese" Liverache: Tales From The Livers' Edge Very Small Records "I Think I Love You" (The Partridge Family cover) Scream 2 Capitol Records "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" (Elmo & Patsy cover) It’s a Punk and Ska Christmas Gone Wrong Drive Thru Records We're All Dudes (Feat. Kel Mitchell) Good Burger: Music From the Original Motion Picture Capitol Records 1999 "Anchor" Short Music for Short People Fat Wreck Chords 2004 "The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out" (feat. Billy Bragg) Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 Fat Wreck Chords 2020 "The Sit Around" Ska Against RacismBad Time RecordsAsian Man Records
Video releases YearAlbum details2002Avant Tarde Released: 2002 Label: Fueled by Ramen Formats: VHS2004The People's History of Less Than Jake Released: August 10, 2004 Label: Fueled by Ramen Formats: DVD2011Anthology Released: 2011 Label: Sleep It Off Formats: DVD
Music videos Year Single Album 1996 "Automatic" Losing Streak "Dopeman" 2000 "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" Hello Rockview 2001 "Gainesville Rock City" Borders & Boundaries 2003 "She's Gonna Break Soon" Anthem "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" 2006 "Overrated (Everything Is)" In with the Out Crowd "The Rest of My Life" 2008 "Does the Lion City Still Roar?" GNV FLA 2009 "Conviction Notice" 2012 "Goodbye, Mr. Personality" Greetings & Salutations 2013 "My Money Is on the Long Shot" See the Light 2014 "Do the Math" 2017 "Bomb Drop"Sound The Alarm 2020 "Lie to Me" Silver Linings "Keep on Chasing"
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