Beastie Boys discography

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Beastie Boys discography

Beastie Boys at Virgin Festival 2007
Releases
↙Studio albums 8
↙Compilation albums 4
↙EPs 12
↙Singles 35
↙Video albums 4
↙Music videos 24

This is a discography of the Beastie Boys, a hip hop trio from New York City consisting of Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and Adam "MCA" Yauch. Since 1986, the group have released eight studio albums, four of which have topped the Billboard 200 chart. They have also released four compilation albums and twelve EPs. The Beastie Boys have sold well over 22 million albums in the US alone.

Contents


[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1]		 US
R&B
[1]		 AUS
[2][3]		 AUT
[4]		 CAN
[1][5]		 FIN
[6]		 FRA
[7]		 GER
[8]		 NLD
[9]		 NZL
[10]		 NOR
[11]		 SWE
[12]		 SWI
[13]		 UK
[14][15]
1986 Licensed to Ill 1 2 62 — 5 — — — 15 12 — 30 — 7
1989 Paul's Boutique
  • Released: July 25, 1989
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
 14 24 72 — 30 — — — 30 50 — 38 — 44
  • US: 2× Platinum[16]
  • CAN: Platinum[17]
1992 Check Your Head
  • Released: April 21, 1992
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
 10 37 — — 32 — — — — 37 — — — 106
  • US: 2× Platinum[16]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[17]
1994 Ill Communication
  • Released: May 23, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
 1 2 8 10 7 — — 11 31 6 — 7 12 10
1998 Hello Nasty
  • Released: July 14, 1998
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
 1 — 1 2 2 3 5 1 2 1 2 2 1 1
2004 To the 5 Boroughs
  • Released: June 15, 2004
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, LP
 1 1 2 14 1 4 15 3 14 4 18 20 5 2
2007 The Mix-Up
  • Released: June 26, 2007
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, LP
 15 — 42 40 — — 80 — 84 — — — 25 79
2011 Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
  • Released: May 3, 2011
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, LP, download
 2 1 7 20 3 29 26 3 6 17 9 — 3 9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

[edit] Compilation albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications[17][24]
US
[1]		 US
R&B
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 AUT
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 GER
[8]		 NLD
[9]		 NZL
[10]		 SWE
[12]		 SWI
[13]		 UK
[15]
1982 New York Thrash
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: ROIR
 — — — — — — — — — — —
1989 Killed by Death #1
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Redrum
 — — — — — — — — — — —
1994 Some Old Bullshit
  • Released: February 8, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
 46 — — — 43 — — — — — —
1996 The In Sound from Way Out!
  • Released: April 2, 1996
  • Label: Capitol
 45 — — — — — — — — — 45
1999 Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Grand Royal
 19 14 14 42 18 50 62 4 8 72 36
  • US: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
2005 Solid Gold Hits
  • Released: November 8, 2005
  • Label: Capitol
 42 30 — — — — — 27 — 83 71
  • US: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

[edit] Extended plays

Year EP details Peak chart positions
US
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 AUT
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 GER
[8]		 NLD
[9]		 NZL
[10]		 UK
[15]
1982 Polly Wog Stew — — — — — — — —
1983 Cooky Puss
  • Released: 1983
  • Labels: Rat Cage, Southern Studios
 — — — — — — — —
1985 Rock Hard
  • Released: 1985
  • Labels: Def Jam
 — — — — — — — —
1989 Love American Style
  • Released: July 25, 1989
  • Labels: Capitol
 — — — — — — — 76
An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
  • Released: October 30, 1989
  • Labels: Capitol
 — — — — — — — —
1992 Frozen Metal Head
  • Released: July, 1992
  • Labels: Capitol
 — — — — — — — 55
1994 Pretzel Nugget
  • Released: 1994
  • Labels: Capitol
 — — — — — — — —
1995 Root Down
  • Released: May 23, 1995
  • Labels: Capitol, Grand Royal
 50 43 38 48 38 78 10 23
Aglio e Olio
  • Released: November 13, 1995
  • Labels: Toshiba, Grand Royal
 — — — — — — — —
1998 Nasty Bits
  • Released: 1998
  • Labels: Capitol
 — — — — — — — —
1999 Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1)
  • Released: August 24, 1999
  • Labels: Backstreet, Grand Royal
 — — — — — — — —
2007 The Mix-Up Bonus Tracks
  • Released: December 23, 2008
  • Labels: Capitol
 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

[edit] Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[25]		 US
Alt.
[26]		 US
Dance
[27]		 US
R&B
[27]		 AUS
[2][3]		 CAN
[27][28]		 GER
[8]		 NLD
[9]		 NZL
[10]		 UK
[14][15]
1985 "She's on It" — — — — — — 44 23 — 10 Krush Groove soundtrack
1986 "Hold It, Now Hit It" — — 41 55 — — — — — — Licensed to Ill
"The New Style" — — 20 22 — — — — — —
"Paul Revere" — — — 34 — — — — — —
1987 "Brass Monkey" 48 — — 83 — — — — — — US: Gold[16]
"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" 7 — — — 37 7 25 10 17 11
"No Sleep till Brooklyn" — — — — — — 46 23 — 14
"Girls" — — — — — — — — 27 34
1989 "Hey Ladies" 36 18 16 — — — 43 31 37 76 Paul's Boutique
"Shake Your Rump" — — — — — — — —
"Shadrach" — — — — — — — — — —
1992 "Pass the Mic" — — 38[29] — — — — — — 47 Check Your Head
"So What'cha Want" 93 22 26[29] 121[A] 64 — — — — —
"Jimmy James" — — — — — — — — — 55
"Gratitude" — — — — — — — — — —
"Professor Booty" — — — — — — — — — —
1994 "Sabotage" 115[A] 18 — — — 38 — 35 — 19 Ill Communication
"Get It Together" 101[A] — 5 113[A] — — — —
"Sure Shot" — — 48 — — — — — — 27
1995 "Root Down" — — — — — — — — — —
1998 "Intergalactic" 28 4 6 — 21 9 40 16 4 5 Hello Nasty
"Body Movin'" — 15 25 — 28 — — 82 20 15
"The Negotiation Limerick File" — 29 — — — — — — — —
1999 "Remote Control" / "Three MC's and One DJ" — — — — — — — — — 21
"Alive" — 11 — — — — — — 22 28 Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science
2004 "Ch-Check It Out" 68 1 — 106[A] 46 1 65 21 31 8 US: Gold[16] To the 5 Boroughs
"Triple Trouble" — 11 — — — — — — — 37
"Right Right Now Now" — 25 — — — — — — — —
"Now Get Busy" — — — — — — — — — — The Wired CD
2005 "An Open Letter to NYC" — — — — — — — 17 — 38 To the 5 Boroughs
2007 "The Electric Worm" / "Suco de Tangerina" — — — — — — — — — — The Mix-Up
"Off the Grid"[30] — — — — — — — — — —
2009 "Lee Majors Come Again" — — — — — — — — — — Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
"Too Many Rappers" (featuring Nas) 93 — — — — 70[31] — — — 134
2011 "Make Some Noise"[32] 102[A] 7 — — — 76 — 87 — —
"Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" (featuring Santigold)[33] — — — 80[34] — — — — — —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

[edit] Videography

[edit] Video albums

Year Video details SWE
[12]
1987 Beastie Boys 35
1992 The Skills to Pay the Bills
  • Released: June 2, 1992
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LD, VHS
 —
1994 Sabotage
  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: PMI (MVP 4913413)
  • Format: VHS, VCD, LD, DVD
 —
2000 Beastie Boys Video Anthology —
2006 Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (Live)
  • Released: July 25, 2006
  • Label: Velocity / Thinkfilm
  • Format: DVD
 —

[edit] Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
1982 "Beastie"

(Later excerpted as "Egg Raid on Mojo")

 Philip Pucci
1986 "Fight for Your Right" Adam Dubin, Ric Menello
"Hold It Now, Hit It"
1987 "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" Adam Dubin, Ric Menello
1989 "Hey Ladies" Adam Bernstein
"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" Nathanial Hörnblowér
"Shake Your Rump"
"Shadrach"
1992 "Netty's Girl" Tamra Davis
"Pass the Mic" Nathanial Hörnblowér
"So What'cha Want"
1993 "Gratitude" David Perez
1994 "Sabotage" Spike Jonze
"Sure Shot"
"Ricky's Theme"
"Holy Snappers" Nathanial Hörnblowér
1995 "Root Down" Evan Bernard
1998 "Intergalactic" Nathanial Hörnblowér
"Body Movin'"
1999 "Three MC's and One DJ"
"Alive"
2004 "Ch-Check It Out"
"Triple Trouble"
"Right Right Now Now"
2005 "Brass Monkey"
2011 "Make Some Noise"
"Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" Spike Jonze

[edit] Notes

  • A.^ "So What'cha Want", "Get It Together", and "Ch-Check It Out" peaked outside of the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, therefore they are listed on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Sabotage", "Get It Together", and "Make Some Noise" peaked outside of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, therefore they are listed on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

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