Beastie Boys discography
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The discography of Beastie Boys, an American hip hop group, consists of eight studio albums, four compilation albums, five video albums, seven extended plays, 40 singles and 44 music videos.
Studio albums8
EPs7
Compilation albums5
Singles40
| Beastie Boys discography | |
|---|---|
Beastie Boys performing at the Virgin Festival in 2007 | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Singles | 40 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| Music videos | 44 |
The group, formed in 1981, consisted of rappers Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitars), and Kate Schellenbach (drums), originally accompanied by DJ Hurricane and later accompanied by turntablist Mix Master Mike. Originally a hardcore punk group, the group's first release, Polly Wog Stew, was released in November 1982. The band made the shift into hip hop music with the single "Cooky Puss" (1983). They later signed to Def Jam Recordings, releasing "Rock Hard" in 1984. Around this time, Kate Schellenbach left the group. Since 1986, the group has released eight studio albums, four of which have topped the US Billboard 200 chart. Beastie Boys have sold 20,384,000 albums in the US as of July 2013.[1]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | US [2] |
US R&B/HH [3] |
AUS [4] |
CAN [5] |
GER [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] |
Certifications | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed to Ill | 1 | 2 | 62 | 5 | — | 15 | 12 | 30 | — | 7 | 10,507,000 | ||
| Paul's Boutique |
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14 | 24 | 65 | 30 | — | 30 | 50 | 38 | — | 44 | 2,160,000 | |
| Check Your Head |
|
10 | 37 | 74 | 32 | — | — | 37 | — | — | 106 | 2,260,000 | |
| Ill Communication |
|
1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3,500,000 | |
| Hello Nasty |
|
1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4,928,000 | |
| To the 5 Boroughs |
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1,344,844 | |
| The Mix-Up |
|
15 | — | 42 | — | — | 84 | — | — | 25 | 79 | ||
| Hot Sauce Committee Part Two |
|
2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | — | 3 | 9 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | US [2] |
US R&B/HH [3] |
AUS [4] |
CAN [5][20] |
GER [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] |
Certifications | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Some Old Bullshit |
|
46 | — | 91 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The In Sound from Way Out! |
|
45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 |
|
60,000 |
| Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science |
|
19 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 50 | 62 | 4 | 8 | 72 | 36 | 2,450,000 | |
| Solid Gold Hits |
|
42 | 30 | 63 | 48 | — | — | 27 | — | 83 | 71 | 591,000 | |
| Beastie Boys Music |
|
64 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Video [22] |
SWE [9] | |||
| Beastie Boys | 5 | 35 |
| |
| The Skills to Pay the Bills |
|
4 | — |
|
| Sabotage | 3 | — |
| |
| Beastie Boys Video Anthology |
|
4 | — |
|
| Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! |
|
— | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
Extended plays
| Title | EP details | US [2] |
AUS [4] |
AUT [23] |
CAN [5] |
GER [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
UK [11] |
Certifications | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polly Wog Stew | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Frozen Metal Head |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Pretzel Nugget |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Root Down |
|
50 | 43 | 38 | 48 | 38 | 78 | 10 | 23 |
|
50,000 |
| Aglio e Olio |
|
118 [24] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Nasty Bits |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Mix-Up Bonus Tracks |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [25] |
US Alt. [26] |
US R&B/HH [27] |
AUS [28] |
CAN [29] |
GER [30] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [31] | ||||
| "Cooky Puss" | 1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Rock Hard"[32] | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "She's on It" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | 23 | — | — | — | 10 | Krush Groove (soundtrack) | |
| "Slow and Low"[33] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Licensed to Ill | ||
| "Hold It Now, Hit It" | 1986 | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The New Style" | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Paul Revere" | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Brass Monkey" | 1987 | 48 | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" | 7 | — | — | 37 | 7 | 25 | 10 | 17 | — | — | 11 |
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| "No Sleep till Brooklyn" | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | 23 | — | — | — | 14 |
| ||
| "Girls"[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | 34 | |||
| "Hey Ladies"[B] | 1989 | 36 | 18 | — | 141 | — | 43 | 31 | 37 | — | — | 76 | Paul's Boutique | |
| "Shadrach"[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Pass the Mic" | 1992 | — | — | — | 199 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | Check Your Head | |
| "So What'cha Want" | 93 | 22 | —[D] | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Jimmy James"[E] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | |||
| "Gratitude" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Professor Booty" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Something's Got to Give"[34] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sabotage"[G] | 1994 | —[F] | 18 | — | 94 | 38 | — | 35 | — | — | — | 19 |
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Ill Communication |
| "Get It Together"[G] | —[H] | — | —[H] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Sure Shot" | — | — | — | 129 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |||
| "Root Down" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Intergalactic" | 1998 | 28 | 4 | — | 21 | 9 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 5 | Hello Nasty | |
| "Body Movin'" | — | 15 | — | 28 | — | — | 82 | 20 | 30 | — | 15 | |||
| "The Negotiation Limerick File" | — | 29 | — | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Remote Control" / "Three MC's and One DJ" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | ||
| "Alive" | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | 28 | Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science | ||
| "Ch-Check It Out" | 2004 | 68 | 1 | —[I] | 46 | 1 | 65 | 21 | 31 | 38 | 36 | 8 |
|
To the 5 Boroughs |
| "Triple Trouble" | — | 11 | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | |||
| "Right Right Now Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Now Get Busy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Wired CD | ||
| "An Open Letter to NYC" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 38 | To the 5 Boroughs | ||
| "Electric Worm"[35] | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Mix-Up | |
| "Off the Grid"[35] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lee Majors Come Again" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | |
| "Too Many Rappers" (featuring Nas) |
93 | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | 134 | |||
| "Make Some Noise" | 2011 | —[J] | 7 | — | 128 | 76 | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" (featuring Santigold) |
— | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Featured
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Stick 'Em Up"[36] (Hurricane featuring Beastie Boys) |
1993 | CB4 (soundtrack) / Hurra |
| "Spam”[37] Milk featuring Ad Rock (drum programming by Mike D.) |
1994 | Never Dated |
| "The Knock (Drums of Death Part 2)"[38] Unkle featuring Mike D |
1995 | Psyence Fiction |
| "Metaphysical" [39] Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Mike D and Miho Hatori |
1999 | So... How's Your Girl? |
| "Kickin' Wicked Rhymes"
DJ Hurricane featuring Ad Rock and Black Thought |
2000 | Don't Sleep |
| "Squat!" [40] De La Soul featuring Mike D & Ad-Rock) |
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump | |
| "EAT INtro"; "Shout Out for Delivery"; "Beef or Chicken!?"; "Take OUTro"
Teriyaki Boyz (produced by Ad Rock} |
2005 | Beef or Chicken? |
| "Can't Bake that Fape"
Teriyaki Boyz featuring Ad Rock |
2009 | Serious Japanese |
| "That's What I Said (The NYC Remix By Adrock And Mike D)"[41] | N/a | |
| "Love Parade"; "Action"[42]
Cassius featuring Mike D |
2016 | Ibifornia |
| "Consume or Be Consumed" [43] The Slaves featuring Mike D (Whole album produced by Mike D) |
Take Control | |
| "Public Enemy Number Won " [44] Public Enemy featuring Mike D, Ad-Rock and Run-DMC |
2020 | What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? |
Music videos
As lead artist
| Year | Album | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Some Old Bullshit | "Holy Snappers" | Nathanial Hörnblowér[45] |
| 1982 | "Egg Raid on Mojo" | Philip Pucci[46] | |
| 1985 | She's on It | "She's on It" | Sean Travis[47] |
| 1986 | Licensed to Ill | "Hold It, Now Hit It" | Peter Dyer Dougherty[48][49] |
| "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" | Adam Dubin, Ric Menello[46][50] | ||
| 1987 | "No Sleep till Brooklyn" | ||
| "Rhymin & Stealin" | Peter Dyer Dougherty[48][51] | ||
| "She's Crafty" | |||
| 1989 | Paul's Boutique | "Hey Ladies" | Adam Bernstein[46] |
| "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" | Nathanial Hörnblowér[46] | ||
| "Shake Your Rump" | |||
| "Shadrach" | |||
| "Ask for Janice, Part II" | |||
| Licensed to Ill | "Slow and Low" (live) | ||
| 1992 | Check Your Head | "Netty's Girl" | Tamra Davis[46] |
| "Pass the Mic" | Nathanial Hörnblowér[46] | ||
| "So What'cha Want" | |||
| "So What'cha Want" (Remix) | David Perez Shadi[46] | ||
| "Jimmy James" | Nathanial Hörnblowér, Lisa Ann Cabasa[46] | ||
| "Time for Livin'" | Spike Jonze[46] | ||
| "Something's Got to Give" | N/a | ||
| 1993 | "Gratitude" | David Perez Shadi[46] | |
| 1994 | Ill Communication | "Sabotage" | Spike Jonze[52][53] |
| "Ricky's Theme" | |||
| "Sure Shot" | Spike Jonze, Nathanial Hörnblowér[46][54] | ||
| 1995 | "Root Down" | Evan Bernard[46] | |
| "Root Down" (live) | Spike Jonze[46] | ||
| 1998 | Hello Nasty | "Intergalactic" | Nathanial Hörnblowér[46][55][56][57][58][59] |
| "Body Movin'" | |||
| 1999 | "Three MC's and One DJ" | ||
| The Sounds of Science | "Alive" | ||
| Alive 12" | "Start!" (featuring Miho Hatori) | ||
| 2004 | To the 5 Boroughs | "Ch-Check It Out" | |
| "Triple Trouble" | |||
| "Right Right Now Now" | |||
| "Rhyme the Rhyme Well" | |||
| "An Open Letter to NYC" | |||
| 2005 | Solid Gold Hits | "Brass Monkey" (live) | |
| 2007 | To The 5 Boroughs | "Shazam!" | |
| The Mix-Up | "Off the Grid" | ||
| "The Gala Event" | N/a | ||
| "The Rat Cage" | |||
| "Suco De Tangerina" | |||
| 2011 | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | "Make Some Noise" | Nathanial Hörnblowér[60] |
| "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" (featuring Santigold) |
Spike Jonze[61] | ||
| 2015 | "Too Many Rappers" (featuring Nas) |
Roman Coppola[46] | |
| 2024 | Ill Communication | "Futterman's Rule" | Spike Jonze[62] |
As featured artist
Notes
- A ^ "Girls" was released as a double A-side single with "She's Crafty" in the United Kingdom.
- B ^ An EP entitled Love American Style, containing a track listing similar to that of the "Hey Ladies" single, was released in several territories in place of the single. The UK peak chart position listed for "Hey Ladies" represents the peak chart position of Love American Style.
- C ^ "Shadrach" was alternately released as a single under the name "An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego".
- D ^ "So What'cha Want" did not enter the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 21 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[63]
- E ^ An EP entitled Frozen Metal Head, containing a track listing similar to that of the "Jimmy James" single, was released in several territories in place of the single. The UK peak chart position listed for "Jimmy James" represents the peak chart position of Frozen Metal Head.
- F ^ "Sabotage" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[64]
- G ^ ^ "Sabotage" and "Get It Together" were released together as a double A-side single in several European territories.
- H ^ "Get It Together" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[64] It did not enter the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[63]
- I ^ "Ch-Check It Out" did not enter the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[63]
- J ^ "Make Some Noise" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[64]