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Great Big Sea discography
Great Big Sea in 2009
Studio albums9
Live albums3
Compilation albums3
Singles28

Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk rock band. Their discography comprises nine studio albums, three compilation albums, three live albums and twenty-eight singles.

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN US US Heat
Great Big Sea
  • Release date: March 13, 1993
  • Label: NRA Productions
  • Format: Cassette, CD
Up 45
  • CAN: 4× Platinum
Play
  • Release date: May 20, 1997
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: Cassette, CD
9
  • CAN: 3× Platinum
Turn
  • Release date: June 22, 1999
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: Cassette, CD
9
  • CAN: Platinum
Sea of No Cares
  • Release date: February 19, 2002
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: CD
1
  • CAN: Platinum
Something Beautiful
  • Release date: February 24, 2004
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: CD
4
  • CAN: Gold
The Hard and the Easy
  • Release date: October 11, 2005
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: CD
3
  • CAN: Gold
Fortune's Favour
  • Release date: June 24, 2008
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: CD, Vinyl
5 49
  • CAN: Gold
Safe Upon the Shore
  • Release date: July 13, 2010
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: CD
2 159 4
  • CAN: Gold

Compilations

Title Details Peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
Rant and Roar
  • Release date: June 2, 1998
  • Label: Sire Records
  • Format: Cassette, CD
XX [1]
  • Release date: October 30, 2012 [2]
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: CD
11
XX (box set) [4]
  • Release date: October 30, 2012 [2]
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title Details Peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
Road Rage
  • Release date: October 31, 2000
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: Cassette, CD
9
Great Big DVD and CD
  • Release date: October 12, 2004
  • Label: Zoë Records
  • Format: CD, DVD
Courage & Patience & Grit
  • Release date: November 21, 2006
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
  • Format: CD, DVD
52
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1990s

Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
CAN AC CAN
1995 "Run Runaway" Up
1996 "Fast as I Can" 46 40
"Mari-Mac"
"Goin' Up" 53 70
1997 "When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)" 13 6 Play
"Ordinary Day" 3 30
1998 "End of the World" 9 24
"Lukey" Fire in the Kitchen
"How Did We Get from Saying 'I Love You'..." 23 Play
1999 "Consequence Free" 7 18 Turn
"Feel It Turn" 38 65
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Year Single Peak positions Album
CAN
2000 "Can't Stop Falling" Turn
"Everything Shines" Road Rage
2002 "Sea of No Cares" Sea of No Cares
"Stumbling In"
"Clearest Indication"
2003 "Penelope"
2004 "When I Am King" Something Beautiful*
"Shines Right Through Me"
2005 "Captain Kidd" The Hard and the Easy
2006 "Come and I Will Sing You (The Twelve Apostles)"
"Sea of No Cares" (live) Courage & Patience & Grit
2008 "Walk on the Moon" 86 Fortune's Favour
"Love Me Tonight"
2009 "Here and Now"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

Year Single Album
2010 "Nothing but a Song" Safe Upon the Shore
"Good People"
2012 "Heart of Hearts" XX

DVD

Year Album CRIA
2003 Great Big DVD 3× Platinum
2006 Courage & Patience & Grit

Other releases

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20130518191457/http://www.greatbigsea.com/music/discography/cd/default.aspx?albumid=d80589d2-5766-464b-8948-7a5127e7fe46. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b [1]
  3. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Great Big Sea – XX". Music Canada.
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification – March 2001". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-08-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)