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Liz Phair discography
Liz Phair performing live in 2005.
Studio albums6
Compilation albums3
Video albums2
Music videos12
EPs2
Singles11
B-sides7
Demo albums3
Box sets1
Promo Singles6

This article presents the discography of rock music singer-songwriter Liz Phair which consists of six studio albums, two extended plays, eleven singles, three compilations, two video albums, twelve music videos, three demo albums and one box set. Also, in the early 1990s, she recorded several self-produced cassettes as Girly Sound.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1]
Exile in Guyville
  • Released: June 22, 1993
  • Label: Matador / Capital (Reissue) / ATO (Reissue)
  • Format: CD / Cassette / 2xLP / CD/DVD / Download
 196
  • US: Gold[2]
  • US sales: 491,000[3]
Whip-Smart
  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Matador / Atlantic / Capital/UMe (Reissue)
  • Format: CD / Cassette / LP / Download
 27
  • US: Gold[2]
  • US sales: 412,000[3]
Whitechocolatespaceegg
  • Released: August 11, 1998
  • Label: Matador / Capitol / UMe (Reissue)
  • Format: CD / Cassette / LP / 2xLP / Download
 35
  • US sales: 293,000[3]
Liz Phair
  • Released: June 24, 2003
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: Enhanced CD / 2xLP / Download
 27
  • US: Gold[2]
  • US sales: 433,000[3]
Somebody's Miracle
  • Released: October 4, 2005
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD / CD/DVD / Download
 46
  • US sales: 83,000[3]
Funstyle
  • Released: July 3, 2010
  • Label: Rocket Science Ventures
  • Format: 2xCD / Download
 150

Compilation albums

Title Album details
iTunes Originals
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: Download
Icon
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Capitol / UMe
  • Format: CD
Girly-Sound To Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set
  • Released: May 4, 2018
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: 3xCD / 7xLP / Download
The Girly-Sound Tapes
  • Released: May 4, 2018
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: Download

Extended plays

Title Album details
Juvenilia
  • Released: August 8, 1995
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD / 2x7"
Comeandgetit
  • Released: June 24, 2003
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: Download (2003) / CD (2004)

Demo albums

Title Album details
Girly Sound: Yo Yo Buddy Yup Yup Word to Ya Muthuh
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Cassette
Girly Sound: GIRLSGIRLSGIRLS
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Cassette
Girly Sound: Sooty
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Cassette

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds) 		Album
US
[4] 		US Alt
[4] 		US Adult
[4] 		US Pop
[4]
1993 "Carnivore" — — — — Non-album single
1994 "Supernova" 78 6 — — Whip-Smart
1995 "Whip-Smart" — 24 — —
1998 "Polyester Bride" — — — — Whitechocolatespaceegg
2003 "Insanity[A]" — — — — Non-album single
"Why Can't I?" 32 — 7 10 US: Gold[2] Liz Phair
2004 "Extraordinary" —[B] — 14 28
2005 "Everything to Me" — — 27 — Somebody's Miracle
2010 "Bollywood" — — — — Funstyle
2018 "Divorce Song (Girly-Sound Version)" — — — — Girly-Sound To Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set
"Bomb (Girly-Sound Version)" — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
  • A. ^ "Insanity" charted only on the Hot Digital Tracks chart, peaking at number 5.[5]
  • B. ^ Charted at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, a 25-song extension to the Billboard Hot 100.[6]
  • "Why Can't I?" charted on Billboard's Top 40 Tracks chart in 2004, peaking at number 15[4]
  • "Why Can't I?" charted on Billboard's Top 40 Adult Recurrent chart in 2004, peaking at number 1[4]
  • "Polyester Bride" was an international commercial single in Japan only and a promotional single in the U.S. and Europe.[7]

Promotional Singles

Year Song Album
1993 "Never Said" Exile in Guyville
1995 "Jealousy" Whip-Smart
1996 "Rocket Boy" Stealing Beauty Original Soundtrack
"The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits
1998 "Johnny Feelgood" Whitechocolatespaceegg
2012 "Dotted Line" People Like Us Original Soundtrack

[8]

Year Song Artist Album
2002 "Soak Up the Sun" Sheryl Crow C'mon, C'mon
2005 "Chemistry" Kyle Riabko Before I Speak
2007 "Sorry Baby" Minnie Driver Seastories

B-sides

Year B-sides A-sides
1993 "Carnivore (Raw)" "Carnivore"
1994 "Combo Platter (Girlysound)" "Supernova"
1995 "Whip-Smart (Remix)" "Whip-Smart"
1998 "Greased Lightning"/"White Bird of Texas" "Polyester Bride"
2003 "Jeremy Engle"/"Fine Again" "Why Can't I?"

Other contributions

Year Song Album
1995 "Don't Have Time" Higher Learning Original Soundtrack
1996 "Six Dick Pimp" Brain Candy Original Soundtrack
1997 "California" Chasing Amy Original Soundtrack
"Erecting A Movie Star" First Love, Last Rites Original Soundtrack
"Stuck On An Island" What's Up, Matador?
1998 "Freak of Nature" Local 101 (Chicago radio sampler)
2003 "Don't Apologize" CMJ Sampler
"Winter Wonderland" Sounds Of The Season - The NBC Holiday Collection
2005 "Mother's Little Helper" Desperate Housewives Original Soundtrack
2006 "Bend" (w/ Eric Hirshberg) Payola 2 (Australian Smashed Records compilation)
2007 "Perfect Misfit" Nancy Drew Original Soundtrack

Videography

Video albums

Year Album details
Somebody's Miracle / Liz Phair: A Retrospective
  • Released: October 4, 2005
  • Label: Capital
  • Format: CD/DVD
Exile in Guyville 15th Anniversary Edition / Guyville Redux
  • Released: June 24, 2008
  • Label: ATO
  • Format: CD/DVD

Music videos

Year Single Album Director
1993 "Stratford-on-Guy" Exile in Guyville Liz Phair[9]
"Never Said" Katy Maguire[10]
1994 "Supernova" Whip-Smart Liz Phair
1995 "Whip-Smart"
"Jealousy"
1996 "Rocket Boy" Stealing Beauty OST Jon Mintz
1998 "Polyester Bride" whitechocolatespaceegg Kevin Kerslake
2001 "Down" - Rodney Ascher
2003 "Why Can't I?" Liz Phair Phil Harder
2004 "Extraordinary"
2005 "Everything to Me" Somebody's Miracle
2012 "And He Slayed Her" Funstyle Joey Boukadakis & Paul Boukadakis

References

  1. ^ "Liz Phair > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  2. ^ a b c d "Gold & Platinum: Liz Phair". RIAA. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Ask Billboard: Kylie 'Fever'". Billboard. 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2012-02-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Billboard chart positions – singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  5. ^ "Billboard chart search: Liz Phair "Insanity"" (XML). Billboard.com. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  6. ^ "Billboard chart search: Liz Phair "Everything"" (XML). Billboard.com. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  7. ^ "Liz Phair – Polyester Bride". discogs.com. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  8. ^ "Liz Phair Discography". discogs.com. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  9. ^ 6/24/08 (2008-06-24). "Stratford-On-Guy | Liz Phair | Music Video". MTV. Retrieved 2010-10-04. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
  10. ^ 6/24/08 (2008-06-24). "Never Said | Liz Phair | Music Video". MTV. Retrieved 2010-10-04. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
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