Neutral Milk Hotel discography
| Neutral Milk Hotel discography | |
|---|---|
 Neutral Milk Hotel performing in 2014 | |
| Studio albums | 2 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 3 |
| Compilation album | 2 |
The
extended plays, two compilation albums, and three demos
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Neutral Milk Hotel formed in 1989 as an offshoot of Milk, a high school musical project of singer-songwriter
independent label Merge, and has sold a relatively high 5,000 copies. Afterwards, the band began to tour for the first time, and grew to include horns player Scott Spillane, multi-instrumentalist Julian Koster, and drummer Jeremy Barnes. In 1998 the band released In the Aeroplane Over the Sea on Merge, an album which has since become one of the most popular and acclaimed indie rock albums of the 1990s.[3][4][5] Up until 2011's Ferris Wheel on Fire EP, the band had no new releases since In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, though Mangum has said "I don't know what's going to happen, but I certainly want to make music a bigger part of my life in the future than it has been for the last couple of years."[6]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
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| On Avery Island | — |
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| In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart | ||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album information |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel |
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| The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel |
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Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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Everything Is
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| Ferris Wheel on Fire |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Holland, 1945" | 1998 | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| "You've Passed"/"Where You'll Find Me Now" | 2011 | Walking Wall of Words |
| "Little Birds"[11] |
Demos
| Year | Information | Formats |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Beauty (Milk demo)[12]
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CS
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| 1991 | Invent Yourself a Shortcake
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CS
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| 1992 | Beauty
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CS |
| 1993 | Hype City Soundtrack
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CS |
| Unreleased Demo #1 | CS | |
| 1994 | Shannon's Monroe House Demo | CS |
| Unreleased Demo #2 | CS |
Miscellaneous
| Year | Song | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Ruby Bulbs" | Those Pre-phylloxera Years | The title is sometimes spelled "Rubby Bulbs" because of someone misspelling it. |
| 1994 | "Up and Over" | Amazing Phantom Third Channel | The original version of the song " The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. Three " from In the Aeroplane over the Sea.
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| "Bucket"[13] | Periscope: Another Yoyo Compilation | Taken from the band's July 1994 Yoyo A Gogo Festival performance. | |
| 1995 | "Invent Yourself a Shortcake" | Champagne Dancing Party | Taken from an Olivia Tremor Control .
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| "Everything Is"[14] | Appetite For Swag | Originally appeared on "Everything Is" | |
| 1996 | "Love Me on a Tuesday"[15] | Yo-Yo a Go-Go | The same song as "Tuesday Moon",[16] which appeared on Everything Is, Hype City Soundtrack, and Invent Yourself A Shortcake. |
| "(Untitled)" | Ptolemaic Terrascope | This track is a different song than the untitled tenth track from In the Aeroplane over the Sea.
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| 1997 | "Glue" | The Basement Tapes, Volume Two: Live Underground | A cover of a song by The Gerbils. |
| "Naomi"[14] | Audio CD-29 | Originally appeared on On Avery Island. | |
| 1998 | "Everything Is"[17] | I Wouldn't Piss On It If It Was On Fire | Originally appeared on "Everything Is". |
| "Oh Comely (live)" | More Than You Can Ask Or Imagine | Live version of "Oh Comely" from In the Aeroplane over the Sea recorded at the 1997 Terrastock festival. | |
| "Oh Comely"[14] | 9 O'Clock in the Morning | Originally appeared on In the Aeroplane over the Sea. | |
| 1999 | "Engine"[18] | Oh, Merge: Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation | Originally appeared on "Holland, 1945". |
| 2000 | "In the Aeroplane over the Sea"[19] | Songs for Summer | Originally appeared on In the Aeroplane over the Sea |
| 2002 | "Everything Is"[14] | Orange Twin Records Sampler | The compilation also contains two Mangum solo tracks. |
| 2004 | "Song Against Sex"[14] | Old Enough to Know Better | Originally appeared on On Avery Island |
Unreleased songs
There are several songs which have been written and performed by Neutral Milk Hotel but have not officially released. These include songs that have only been performed live and songs that have appeared on unreleased demo tapes. Mangum stated that he has written songs possibly intended for a future Neutral Milk Hotel release, although these songs went unnamed;[6] the only known song written after In the Aeroplane over the Sea is "Little Birds". The following are titled unreleased songs by Neutral Milk Hotel.
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- I ^ From the first untitled demo tape. "Candy Coated Dream" has since been released as "Unborn" on the 2011 re-release of "Everything Is".
- II ^ From the second untitled demo tape.
- III ^ Although never released in full, the last verse of "Oh Comely" is taken from "Goldaline".
See also
References
- General
- "Neutral Milk Hotel: Recordings". neutralmilkhotel.net. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- "Neutral Milk Hotel discography". Merge Records. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- Bachner, Gavin. "Neutral Milk Hotel releases". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 2, 2007.
- Cooper, Kim (2005). In the Aeroplane over the Sea 33⅓. (New York) Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1690-X.
- DeRogatis, Jim (2003). Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. (Milwaukee) Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-05548-8.
- Specific
- ^ Cooper (2005). p. 9
- ^ DeRogatis (2003). p. 541
- ^ Richardson, Mark (February 15, 2018). "How Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Became a Polarizing Cult Classic". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ "What Neutral Milk Hotel's 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea' Is Really About". PopMatters. June 25, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ "Neutral Milk Hotel Leader Makes Rare Appearance". Billboard. August 3, 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Fierma, Marci. "Interview: Neutral Milk Hotel Archived 2007-06-29 at the Wayback Machine ". Pitchfork Media, February 1, 2002. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- ^ "Neutral Milk Hotel Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Cooper (2005). p. 37
- ^ Mass, Emily (April 29, 2013). "Neutral Milk Hotel Reunites, Announces Tour Dates". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ "British certifications – Neutral Milk Hotel". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 22, 2021. Type Neutral Milk Hotel in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Draft of Milk – Beauty (1990, Cassette)" – via www.discogs.com.
- Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Bachner, Gavin. "Compilations with Neutral Milk Hotel tracks". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 3, 2007.
- Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- ^ Bachner, Gavin. "Neutral Milk Hotel Song Index". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 12, 2007.
- Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Bachner, Gavin. "Other Neutral Milk Hotel Rarities". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 2, 2007.
- ^ Cooper (2005). p. 75
- ^ ""Trilogy (Through My Tear/Goldaline/Now There Is Nothing)" | Neutral Milk Hotel". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
External links
- Neutral Milk Hotel's official site
- Neutral Milk Hotel at Elephant 6
- Neutral Milk Hotel at Merge Records
- Neutral Milk Hotel discography at Discogs