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
+ List of studio albums, with chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS FRA IRL NOR SWE UK Roman Candle Released: July 14, 1994 Labels: Cavity Search (CSR13), Domino (REWIG 2), Kill Rock Stars (KRS-523) Formats: CD, CS, LP — — — — — — — Elliott Smith Released: July 21, 1995 Labels: Kill Rock Stars (KRS 246), Domino (REWIG1) Formats: CD, LP — — — — — — — Either/Or Released: February 25, 1997 Labels: Kill Rock Stars (KRS 269), Domino (WIG 51) Formats: CD, LP — — — — — — — BPI: Gold XO Released: August 25, 1998 Label: DreamWorks (DRD 50048) Formats: CD, LP 104 46 — — — 41 123 BPI: Silver Figure 8 Released: April 18, 2000 Label: DreamWorks (450 225) Formats: CD, 2×LP 99 45 45 59 29 44 37 BPI: Silver "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Posthumous studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positionsUSAUSBELFRAIRLNORSWEUKFrom a Basement on the Hill Released: October 19, 2004 Labels: ANTI- (86741), Domino (WIG147), Kill Rock Stars (KRS524) Formats: CD, 2xLP 19 50 47 45 11 37 52 41
Live albums
+ List of live albums Title Album details Elliott Smith: Live at Largo Released: October 25, 2004 Label: Chronicle (9780811857994) Format: CD Live at Umbra Penumbra Released: August 28, 2020 Label: Kill Rock Stars Format: CD/LP
Compilation albums
+ List of compilation albums, with chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US BEL FRA IRL SWE UK New Moon Released: May 8, 2007 Labels: Kill Rock Stars (KRS 455), Domino (WIG198) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 24 28 81 22 48 39 An Introduction to... Elliott Smith Released: November 2, 2010 Labels: Kill Rock Stars (KRS541), Domino (WIG265) Formts: CD, 2xLP, digital download — — — — — — Heaven Adores You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Released: February 5, 2016 Labels: Universal Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Promotional compilations + List of promotional compilations Year Title Notes 1996 Elliott Smith Sampler A BMG sampler. Features "Some Song" and various songs from Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, and Either/Or. 1997 Untitled Girlie Action Media Either/Or sampler Features "Speed Trials", "Angeles", "Ballad of Big Nothing", "Between the Bars", and "Say Yes". Packaging features phone numbers for Smith's press contacts at Girlie Action Media. 1998 Snippets from XO Promo cassette issued in support of Smith's 1998 Australian tour; features 30-second snippets of "Waltz #2 (XO)", "Baby Britain", "Sweet Adeline", "Bled White", "Tomorrow Tomorrow", and "Bottle Up and Explode!" 1998 A Brief History DreamWorks sampler. Songs include "Tomorrow Tomorrow", "Waltz #2 (XO)", "Miss Misery", "Pictures of Me", "Say Yes", "Southern Belle", "Coming Up Roses", "No Name #1", "Last Call", "Division Day", and "Some Song". 2001 Roman Candle / Elliott Smith / Either/Or (box set) A Domino CD box set of Smith's first three albums. 2004 From a Basement on the Hill Album Sampler Domino sampler. Features "Coast to Coast", "Pretty (Ugly Before)", "A Fond Farewell", "Don't Go Down", and "Little One".
Singles Retail singles
+ List of retail singles, with chart positions Year Single Peak chart positions Album FRA UK 1995 "Needle in the Hay" — — Elliott Smith 1996 "Division Day" — — Non-album single "No Name #6" — — Non-album single "Speed Trials" — — Either/Or 1998 "Ballad of Big Nothing" 83 182 "Waltz #2 (XO)" — 52 XO 1999 "Baby Britain" — 55 "Happiness" — — Figure 8 2000 "Son of Sam" — 55 2003 "Pretty (Ugly Before)" — 85Non-album single
Posthumous singles Year Single Peak chart positions AlbumFRA 2012 "Alternate Versions from Either/Or" 7" —Either/Or 2013 "Needle in the Hay" (Trumpet Version) — Non-album digital single 2014 "Between the Bars" 132Either/Or 2017 "Pretty (Ugly Before)" (Live at Largo) —7-Inches for Planned Parenthood/digital single
Promotional singles
+ List of promotional singles Year Single Album Notes 1998 XO XO Features "Waltz #2 (XO)", "Bottle Up and Explode!", and "Oh Well, Okay". 1999 "Miss Misery" Non-album single Featured on the soundtrack for Good Will Hunting. 1999 "Because" (Beatles cover) 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!" (Early Version), "Waltz #1" (Demo), "Some (Rock) 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
+ List of split singles, with other artists 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 (split cassette) The Softies Elliott Smith songs included "Coming Up Roses", "Needle in the Hay", "Clementine", "St. Ides Heaven", and "Single File" (from Smith's 1995 self-titled album on Kill Rock Stars); the Softies' side included songs from their 1995 album on K Records, It's Love.
Music videos
+ List of music videos, with directors Year Title Director Reference 1995 "Coming Up Roses" Ross Harris 1997 "Miss Misery" 1998 "Baby Britain" Steve Hanft 2000 "Son of Sam" Autumn de Wilde
Contributions
+ List of contributions to other artists, with notes Year Song(s) Album Artist Notes Reference 1995 "Suit of Running Water" Nope Ain't Performed tremolo guitar 1996 "Madding""For No One Else" Strand The Spinanes Sang backing vocals "I Figured You Out" Martian Saints! Mary Lou Lord Engineered and mixed "Rougher" Infinity Plus Lois Performed guitar and sang backing vocals "Birthday Boy" Jabberjaw Compilation, Vol. 2: Pure Sweet Hell Various artists (Mary Lou Lord) Performed guitar and produced 1997 "Tom Waits and the Attack of the Crab Monster" Western Electric Pete Krebs Performed drums, air organ, keyboards, and "recyclables"; co-wrote and engineered "Demon for Today" Western Electric Pete Krebs Performed drums, air organ, and keyboards; co-wrote and engineered Western Electric Pete Krebs Producer; recorded the album 1998 "Shake Sugaree" Got No Shadow Mary Lou Lord Performed guitar Killer of Friendships Jr. High Producer Featuring "Birds" Quasi "Killer""Parked Car Homestead" The Trackhouse, the Valley, and the Liquor-Store Drive-Thru Birddog Produced both songs, performed bass and drums on "Killer" 1999 "All the Same""Empty Words""Under a Cloud" Field Studies Quasi Performed bass guitar "Critical Mass""So Long" No Memory No.2 Sang backing vocals and mixed "They Wave" Horse Tricks Mark De Gli Antoni Performed piano and sang vocals 2000 "The Loneliest of Faces" Down in Fall The Minders Performed guitar 2001 "Third and South" A Sweet and Bitter Fancy Birddog Performed bass, piano and drums "Hell Below/Stars Above" Hell Below/Stars Above Toadies Performed piano "Fine to See You""Skills Like This""How's My Drinking?" Isolation Drills Guided by Voices Performed piano 2002 "Summertime" Blue Swan Orchestra Goldenboy Sang backing vocals 2003 "Tore Up & Broke" Plastic Fang Blues ExplosionPosthumous contribution appearances 2005 "Meet Me in the City" Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough Various artists (Blues Explosion) Performed guitar and engineered 2008 "Dream Flowers" Magic Monsters April March and Steve Hanft Performed piano and drums 2011 "Who's Behind the Door?" Live From Nowhere Near You Vol. 2: Pacific Northwest Various artists (No. 2) Performed guitar and keyboards, sang backing vocals and produced "N/A" denotes contributions on all songs.
Soundtrack inclusions Lucky Three (1997) – "Baby Britain" (instrumental), "Between the Bars" (live), "Thirteen" (live Big Star cover), "Angeles" (live) The Maker (1997) – "Ballad of Big Nothing", "Cupid's Trick" Good Will Hunting (1997) – "Miss Misery", "Between the Bars" (orchestral version), "No Name #3", "Angeles", "Say Yes" Hurricane Streets (1997) – "Say Yes" Strange Parallel (1998) – Various studio and live versions of Smith's songs; also 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 (XO)" performed by Future Pigeon American Beauty (1999) – "Because" (Beatles cover) Opposite Sex (2000) (Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot") – "Say Yes" Opposite Sex (2000) (Season 1, Episode 2: "The Virgin Episode") – "The Biggest Lie" Keeping the Faith (2000) – "Pitseleh" Antitrust (2001) – "Son of Sam" The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) – "Needle in the Hay" Southlander (2001) – "Splitsville", "Snowbunny's Serenade" (an alternate version of "Bye", from Figure 8) Ora o mai più (Now or Never) (2003) – "Say Yes" One Tree Hill (2003) (Season 1, Episode 7: "Life in a Glass House") – "Say Yes" The Girl Next Door (2004) – "Angeles" Thumbsucker (2005) – "Let's Get Lost", "Trouble" (Cat Stevens cover), "Thirteen" (Big Star cover, originally in Lucky Three) The O.C. (2005) (Season 2, Episode 7: "Family Ties") – "Twilight" The O.C. (2005) (Season 2, Episode 10: "The Accomplice") – "Pretty (Ugly Before)" Cold Case (2005) (Season 2, Episode 16: "Revenge") – "Waltz #2 (XO)" One Tree Hill (2006) (Season 3, Episode 22: "The Show Must Go On") – "Say Yes" CSI: NY (2006) (Season 2, Episode 24: "Charge of This Post") – "Angeles" Criminal Minds (2006) (Season 2, Episode 5: "The Aftermath") – "Clementine" Ha-Shminiya (2006) (Season 2, Episode 8: "Matisse's Moroccans") – "Pretty Mary K" Die Österreichische Methode (2006) – "Tomorrow Tomorrow" Georgia Rule (2007) – "I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out" Heroes (2007) (Season 1, Episode 23: "How to Stop an Exploding Man") – "The Last Hour" Gossip Girl (2007) (Season 1, Episode 7: "Victor/Victrola") – "Whatever (Folk Song in C)" The Go-Getter (2007) – "Coast to Coast" Paranoid Park (2007) – "Angeles", "The White Lady Loves You More" Life (2008) (Season 2, Episode 16: "Crushed") – "Pretty (Ugly Before)" Skins (2008) (Season 2, Episode 10: "Everyone") – "Between the Bars" Guitar Hero 5 (2009) – "L.A." Up in the Air (2009) – "Angel in the Snow" American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009) – "Say Yes" Fresh Meat (2011) (Series 1: Episode 1) – "Waltz #2" True Blood (2012) (Season 5, Episode 8: "Somebody That I Used to Know") – "Somebody That I Used to Know" Stuck in Love (2012) – "Between the Bars" Love, Rosie (2014) – "Son of Sam" Rick and Morty (2015) (Season 2, Episode 7: "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez") – "Between the Bars" 13 Reasons Why (2017) (Season 1, Episode 5) – "Thirteen (Big Star cover)" Mr. Robot (2017) (Season 3, Episode 4) – "Everything Means Nothing to Me" The Sunlit Night (2019) – "Pretty (Ugly Before)" Normal People (2020) (Season 1, Episode 2) – "Angeles" Mickey 17 (2025) – "Twilight"
Compilation inclusions
So, What Else Do You Do? (1994) – "Roman Candle" A Slice of Lemon (1995) – "Big Decision" American Pie, Vol. 2: I Can't Hear You (Again) (1996) – "Roman Candle" Some Songs: From the Kill Rock Stars Singles (1997) – "Some Song" To All the URLs I've Loved Before (1997) – "Some (Rock) Song" Un Eté 97 (1997) – "Speed Trials" CMJ New Music Monthly, Vol. 44 (1997) – "Rose Parade" Chill Out With the Class of '97 (1997) – "Say Yes" CMJ New Music Monthly, Vol. 61 (1998) – "Waltz #2 (XO)" Virtually Alternative September 98 (1998) – "Waltz #2 (XO)" Select Magazine: Hot! (1998) – "Ballad of Big Nothing" Vive La Différence – Nouveautés Domino 98/99 (1998) – "Speed Trials" Rare Trax Vol. 8 – Unerhört! Die Heimlichen Hits Von 98 (1998) – "Division Day"