Joseph Arthur discography
This page lists albums, EPs, singles and compilations by musician Joseph Arthur.
Studio albums
- Big City Secrets
- Real World Records, March 11, 1997
- Come to Where I'm From
- Real World Records/Virgin Records, April 11, 2000
- Redemption's Son
- Real World Records (UK), May 20, 2002
- Enjoy Records (US), November 5, 2002
- Our Shadows Will Remain
- Vector Recordings (US), September 28, 2004
- 14th Floor Records (UK), July 11, 2005
- Nuclear Daydream
- Lonely Astronaut Records, September 19, 2006
- The Graduation Ceremony
- Lonely Astronaut Records, May 23, 2011
- Redemption City
- Lonely Astronaut Records, January 18, 2012
- The Ballad of Boogie Christ
- Lonely Astronaut Records (US), June 11, 2013
- The Ballad of Boogie Christ Act II
- Lonely Astronaut Records (US), November 29, 2013
- The Ballad of Boogie Christ Acts I & II
- Real World Records (UK)/Republic Records (US), September 9, 2013
- Lou: The Songs of Lou Reed
- Vanguard Records, May 13, 2014
- Days of Surrender
- self-released, May 26, 2015
- The Family
- Real World Records, June 3, 2016
- Come Back World
- Moonage Rebel Records, October 11, 2019
Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts
- Let's Just Be
- Lonely Astronaut Records, April 17, 2007
- Temporary People
- Lonely Astronaut Records, September 30, 2008
Arthur Buck
(Joseph Arthur and Peter Buck)
- Arthur Buck
- New West Records, June 15, 2018
EPs
- Cut and Blind (August 1996)
- Vacancy (May 11, 1999)
- Junkyard Hearts I (February 15, 2002)
- Junkyard Hearts II (February 28, 2002)
- Junkyard Hearts III (March 15, 2002)
- Junkyard Hearts IV (March 28, 2002)
- And the Thieves Are Gone (December 7, 2004)
- Could We Survive (March 18, 2008)
- Crazy Rain (April 15, 2008)
- Vagabond Skies (June 10, 2008)
- Foreign Girls (July 8, 2008)
Others
- Holding the Void (side project with Pat Sansone and Rene Lopez) (2003)
- The Invisible Parade (CD) & We Almost Made It (art book) (May 18, 2006)
- iTunes Live from Montreal (recorded live in October 2008; iTunesexclusive) (April 21, 2009)
- As I Call You Down (debut album by Fistful of Mercy, a side project with Ben Harper and Dhani Harrison) (October 5, 2010)
- ) (October 30, 2012)
- Ghost Riding (album by RNDM) (March 4, 2016)
Singles
- "Mercedes" (PROMO ONLY) (1996)
- "Daddy's on Prozac" (PROMO ONLY) (1997)
- "Chemical" (June 26, 2000)
- "In the Sun" (April 23, 2001)
- "Exhausted" (PROMO ONLY) (2001)
- "In the Night" (PROMO ONLY) (July 8, 2002)
- "I Would Rather Hide" (PROMO ONLY) (2002)
- "Honey and the Moon" (PROMO ONLY) (January 2003)
- "Nation of Slaves" (PROMO ONLY) (2003)
- "All of Our Hands" (May 23, 2005)
- "Can't Exist" (July 4, 2005)
- "Even Tho" (September 26, 2005)
- "Devil's Broom" (February 13, 2006)
- "Can't Exist" (re-issue) (May 1, 2006)
- "Honey and the Moon" (new radio edit) (March 26, 2007)
- "Enough to Get Away" (August 27, 2007)
- "Faith"/"Look Into the Sky" (PROMO ONLY) (December 15, 2008)
- "Travel As Equals" (April 21, 2012)
Music videos
Year | Video | Director | Link |
---|---|---|---|
1996 | "Daddy's on Prozac" | Zachary Larner | YouTube |
2000 | "Chemical" | Anton Corbijn | |
"In the Sun" | |||
"History" | Joseph Daniel Lewis | YouTube | |
2003 | "Let's Embrace" | Adria Petty and Anna Gabriel | Yahoo! Music |
2004 | "All of Our Hands" | Chad Reddell | Yahoo! Music |
"Wild Horses" (Faultline featuring Joseph Arthur) | Borkur Sigthorsson | ||
2005 | "Can't Exist" | Noaz Deshe | Yahoo! Music |
"Even Tho" | Noaz Deshe and David Incorvaia | YouTube | |
2006 | "Devil's Broom" | Noaz Deshe | Yahoo! Music |
2007 | "Slide Away" | (director unlisted) | YouTube |
"Diamond Ring" | Anna Gabriel | YouTube | |
2008 | "Second Sight" | Gabriel Judet-Weinshel | YouTube |
"She Paints Me Gold" | Cerise Leang and Joseph Arthur | YouTube | |
"Temporary People" | Cerise Leang | YouTube | |
"Faith" | Stephen Shellenberger | YouTube | |
2010 | "Love Never Asks You to Lie" | SBG Media | YouTube |
Promo CDs
- "Chaos and Beauty" (Live at La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France, on November 17, 1996) - Real World promo, 1997
- "Big City Secret" (Live)
- "Good About Me" (Live)
- "Crying Like a Man" (Live)
- "New Morning" (Live at New Morning, Paris, France, on February 5, 1997) - Real World promo, 1997
- "Mercedes" (Live)
- "Good About Me" (Live)
- "Big City Secret" (Live)
- "Rusty Water" (early version of Come to Where I'm From) - Virgin promo, 1999
- "The Black Sessions EP" (Live at Rockstation, Montpelier, France, on November 23, 1999) - Sargo promo, 2000
- "Still the Same" (Live)
- "Mercedes" (Live)
- "Big City Secret" (Live)
- "In the Sun" (Live)
- "Prison" (Live)
- "Live at the ASCAP Cafe" (Live at the Sundance Film Festival with Peter Gabriel, January 22, 2000) - Virgin promo, 2000
- "I Donated Myself to the Mexican Army" (Live)
- "In the Sun" (Live)
- "Mercedes" (Live)
- "Invisible Hands" (Live)
- "Prison" (Live)
- "Live at the Gypsy Tea Room" (Dallas, Texas, June 19, 2000) - Virgin promo, 2000
- "History" (Live) – 4:20
- "Big City Secret" (Live) – 10:31
- "Exhausted" (Live) – 3:36
- "Invisible Hands" (Live) – 9:52
- "I Donated Myself to the Mexican Army" (Live) – 5:16
- "In the Sun" (Live) – 5:28
- "Prison" (Live) – 13:42
- "Live at KACD 103.1" (recorded live on July 26, 2000) - Virgin promo, 2000
- (Interview)
- "In the Sun" (Live)
- (Interview)
- "Tattoo" (Live)
- (Interview)
- "Live at Soundbreak.com" (recorded live on September 8, 2000) - Virgin promo, 2000
- "Tattoo" (Live)
- (Interview)
- "Redemption's Son" (Live)
- (Interview)
- "In the Sun" (Live)
- (Interview)
- "I Donated Myself to the Mexican Army" (Live)
- (Interview)
- "Invisible Hands" (Live)
- (Interview)
- "I Am a Great Person Even Though I Am a Snake" - Virgin promo, 2002
- "Honey and the Moon" (Live Acoustic)
- "Redemption's Son" (Live Acoustic)
- "I Donated Myself to the Mexican Army" (Live Acoustic)
- "History" (Live)
- "In the Sun" (Live)
- "Are You With Us?" (early version of Redemption's Son) - Virgin promo, 2002
- "Crazy Rain / Vagabond Skies / Foreign Girls" (combines the 3 EPs onto one 20-track CD-R acetate with unique packaging artwork) - Lonely Astronaut promo, 2008
- "The Black Sessions EP" (Live in Paris: recorded on June 24, 2008, broadcast on September 29, 2008) - Sangatte Records promo, 2008
- "Turn You On" (Live)
- "Dead Savior" (Live)
- "Faith" (Live)
- "King of the Pavement" (Live)
- "Temporary People" (Live)
- "Honey and the Moon" (Live)
- "Redemption's Son" (Live)
- "A Smile That Explodes" (Live)
- "Black Lexus" (Live)
Song appearances in television and film
Joseph Arthur soundtracked the 1998 film Hell's Kitchen,[1] as well as making a cameo appearance in the film.[2] Joseph also provided three songs for the 2006 documentary Deliver Us from Evil.[3] Joseph starred as a character's father in the 1999 film The Dream Catcher,[4] though he did not provide any music to the soundtrack. Many of his songs have made appearances in film and television:
- "Mercedes"
- Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
- "Porcupine"
- The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)
- "Bed of Nails"
- The Bone Collector (1999)
- "In the Sun"
- The Bourne Identity (2002)
- Wasted (2002)
- Saved! (2004)
- Scrubs (2006)
- Dawson's Creek
- Grey's Anatomy
- The L Word
- Laguna Beach
- Life
- Advert for "Echo" by Davidoff
- "Chemical"
- Rennie's Landing (Stealing Time) (2001)
- Shallow Hal (2001)
- "Exhausted"
- Long Way Down(first aired October 28, 2007 through December 2, 2007)
- "Honey and the Moon"
- The O.C. (2003)
- American Wedding (2003)
- As the World Turns
- Without a Trace
- Dawson's Creek
- October Road
- Perfect Romance
- "Stumble and Pain"
- True Blood (episode "Strange Love," first aired September 7, 2008)
- "A Smile That Explodes"
- "My Home Is Your Head"
- House M.D. (episode "Ugly," first aired November 13, 2007)
- "You're So True"
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- "Electrical Storm"
- 3 lbs.
- "Could We Survive"
- House M.D. (episode "Lucky Thirteen," first aired October 21, 2008)
- Friday Night Lights (episode "The Giving Tree," first aired December 10, 2008)
- "Walk Away"
- Lie to Me (episode "Undercover," first aired April 29, 2009)
- Hungsoundtrack)
- "Killer's Knife"
- Numb3rs(episode "7 Men Out," first aired October 9, 2009)
Unreleased songs
Joseph Arthur has an ever-expanding, vast catalog of songs that have yet to see the light of day on an official release (rumor has it there's over 200 songs recorded to date in this back-catalog of unreleased songs). These songs have either been only played live, or were recorded and put up on either his website,
Cover songs
Below is a list of covers that Joseph has performed (taken from the fan website lonelyastronauts.com):[7]
- "Across the Universe" (The Beatles)
- "After the Gold Rush" (Neil Young)
- "The Four Tops)
- "Born in the U.S.A." (Bruce Springsteen)
- "Brass in Pocket" (The Pretenders)
- "Dearest Darlin'" (Bo Diddley)
- "Going Blind" (Kiss)
- "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen)
- "Imagine" (John Lennon)
- "Little Drummer Boy" (Harry Simeone)
- "Little Sister" (Elvis Presley)
- "Look at Me" (John Lennon)
- "Miss You" (The Rolling Stones)
- "Pale Blue Eyes" (The Velvet Underground)
- "Ramble On" (Led Zeppelin)
- "Shock Me" (Kiss)
- "Shock the Monkey" (Peter Gabriel)
- "Step Into the Light" (The Afghan Whigs)
- "Sweet Black Angel" (The Rolling Stones)
- "Ten Crack Commandments" (Notorious B.I.G.)
- "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (The Smiths)
- "TV Eye" (The Stooges)
- "Up to Me" (Bob Dylan)
- "Venus in Furs" (The Velvet Underground)
- "Viva Las Vegas" (Elvis Presley)
- "Whatever You Like" (T.I.)
- "Wild Horses" (The Rolling Stones)
- "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" (Johnny Thunders)
Contributions
- "Build Back Up" from September 11, 2001benefit album (2002)
- "You're So True" from the Shrek 2 soundtrack (2004)
- "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (The Smiths cover) on the Starbucks compilation album Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs (2005)
- "Look at Me" (Q magazinecompilation album Lennon Covered (2005)
- "Deliver Us from Evil(2006)
- "Coast of High Barbary" from Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (2006)
- "Last Train to Ithaca" (given away as a free download on Joseph's website for the benefit of Hurricane Katrina victims[8]) (2006)
- "A River Blue" (written for Uganda LRA victims and the "A River Blue" project[9]) (2006)
- "Step Into the Light" (The Afghan Whigs cover) on the Afghan Whigs tribute album Summer's Kiss: A Tribute to The Afghan Whigs (2009)
Contributions to other artists' projects
As record producer
- Come Down by Tara Angell (February 22, 2005)
- Here, There and Anymore by Greg Connors (September 25, 2006)
As guest musician
- Soularium by Sister Soleil(July 14, 1998)
- Co-wrote and played guitar, bass, and sang backing vocals on "Butterfly"
- Righteous Love by Joan Osborne (September 12, 2000)
- Played acoustic guitar on "Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan cover)
- Co-writer of "Righteous Love" and "If I Was Your Man"
- Your Love Means Everything by Faultline (May 17, 2004)
- Co-produced, played guitar, keyboards and percussion, and sang lead and backing vocals on "Wild Horses" (The Rolling Stonescover)
- Co-produced, played guitar, keyboards and percussion, and sang lead and backing vocals on "
- Powder Burns by The Twilight Singers (May 16, 2006)
- Sang backing vocals on "There's Been an Accident" and "Forty Dollars"
- Sang backing vocals and played Dobro on "The Conversation"
- Joan as Police Woman(June 12, 2006)
- Played the Moog Rogue synthesizer on "Eternal Flame" (and the bonus disc track and B-side "Endless Supply of Poison")
- Played drums and piano on "Feed the Light"
- Played piano, Moog Rogue synth, and sang backing vocals on "Christobel"
- Caroline Glass and Friends EP by Caroline Glass (October 24, 2006)
- Sang backing vocals on "In Limbo"
- A Stitch in Time (EP) by The Twilight Singers (December 4, 2006)
- Co-wrote, sang backing vocals, and played guitar on "Sublime"
- The Ideal Condition by Paul Hartnoll (May 28, 2007)
- Co-wrote and sang vocals on "Aggro"
- Canon by Ani DiFranco (September 11, 2007)
- Sang backing vocals on "Napoleon" (new version)
- Saturnalia by The Gutter Twins (March 4, 2008)
- Joseph along with Jennifer Turner and Greg Wieczorek from The Lonely Astronautsprovide backing vocals on "Idle Hands"
- Joseph along with Jennifer Turner and Greg Wieczorek from
- Big Blue Ball released by Real World Records (June 24, 2008)
- Sang vocals on "Altus Silva" and "Exit Through You"
- Joan as Police Woman(available only at Joan as Police Woman's live shows starting in September 2009)
- Whatever You Like"
References
- ^ Joseph Arthur – IMDb.com
- ^ Hell's Kitchen (1998) – Full cast and crew
- ^ Deliver Us from Evil (2006) – Full cast and crew
- ^ The Dream Catcher (1999)
- ^ Bag Is Hot
- ^ LONELY ASTRONAUTS - SONGOGRAPHY - Lost Songs
- ^ LONELY ASTRONAUTS - SONGOGRAPHY - Covers
- ^ LONELY ASTRONAUTS - SONGOGRAPHY - Last Train to Ithaca
- ^ LONELY ASTRONAUTS - SONGOGRAPHY - A River Blue