The National discography
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The discography of American indie rock band the National consists of ten studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), thirteen singles and nine music videos. The band's first two albums, were released by Brassland Records. Their next two albums were released by Beggars Banquet Records, and their subsequent albums were released by 4AD.
Studio albums10
EPs3
Live albums5
Singles24
| The National discography | |
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The National performing at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010. | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Singles | 24 |
| Music videos | 26 |
The documentary film, A Skin, a Night, accompanied the band's 2008 EP, The Virginia. The National's fifth studio album, High Violet (2010), reached the top ten of a dozen national charts, including peaks of number three in the United States and number five in the United Kingdom. It was certified gold in the UK, Denmark, Ireland and Belgium. The album's lead single, "Bloodbuzz Ohio", peaked at number 16 on the Belgian Ultratop chart.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
CAN [4] |
FIN [5] |
IRL [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
UK [10] | ||||||
| The National | — | — | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[A] |
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| Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers |
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| Alligator |
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| Boxer |
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68 | — | 32 | — | 23 | 31 | —[D] | — | 53 | 57 |
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| High Violet |
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3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| Trouble Will Find Me |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
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| Sleep Well Beast |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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| I Am Easy to Find |
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5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| First Two Pages of Frankenstein |
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14 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| Laugh Track |
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—[E] | 51 | 12 | — | —[F] | 40 | 14 | 33 | —[G] | 24 | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Track listing | |||||||||||
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| US [1] |
AUT [29] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
BEL (WA) [30] |
GER [31] |
NLD [7] |
POR [32] |
SCO [10] |
SWI [33] |
UK [10] | |||||
| Daytrotter Session[34] |
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| iTunes Festival: London 2010 |
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| Tiny Desk Concert[35] |
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| A Lot of Sorrow |
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| Boxer (Live in Brussels)[36] |
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—[H] | — | 37 | 114 | — | 122 | 17 | 26 | — | 70 |
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| Juicy Sonic Magic |
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| Rome[39] |
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—[I] | 63 | 8 | 68 | 26 | 62 | — | 18 | 20 | 71 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
EPs
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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| US Sales [13] |
US Indie [41] |
BEL (FL) DVD [42] |
IRL [6] |
NLD Vinyl [43] |
SCO [10] |
SPA Vinyl [44] |
UK Sales [45] |
UK Indie [10] | |||
| Cherry Tree |
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94 | — | — | — | 18 | 30 | 59 | 51 | 21 | |
| The Virginia EP | —[K] | 31 | 3 | 87 | — | — | — | — | 26 | ||
| NTL RM EP I |
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| NTL RM EP II |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US Rock [46] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
CAN Rock [47] |
ICE [48] |
IRL [6] |
ITA [49] |
MEX Ing. [50] |
NZ Hot [51] |
POL [52] |
UK [53] | |||||
| "Slipping Husband" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers | ||
| "Abel"[54] | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | Alligator | ||
| "Secret Meeting"[55] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lit Up"[56] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Mistaken for Strangers" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 183 | Boxer | ||
| "Apartment Story" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Fake Empire" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Bloodbuzz Ohio" | 2010 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | —[L] |
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High Violet | |
| "Anyone's Ghost" | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Terrible Love"[58] | — | —[M] | — | — | 23 | 61 | — | — | — | —[N] | ||||
| "Wake Up Your Saints" | 2011 | — | —[O] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Conversation 16" | — | —[P] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Think You Can Wait"[60] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Win Win (soundtrack) | |||
| "Exile Vilify" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Demons" | 2013 | — | —[Q] | — | — | 64 | — | 32 | — | 60 | — | Trouble Will Find Me | ||
| "Don't Swallow the Cap" | —[R] | —[S] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Sea of Love" | — | —[T] | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | 25 | — | ||||
| "Graceless"[62] | — | —[U] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | ||||
| "I Need My Girl" | 2014 | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | |||
| "Sunshine on My Back"[64] | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"[65] | 2017 | 31 | —[V] | 41 | — | — | — | 48 | — | 44 | — | Sleep Well Beast | ||
| "Guilty Party"[66] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Carin at the Liquor Store" | — | —[W] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Day I Die"[67] | 40 | —[X] | 32 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | ||||
| "I'll Still Destroy You"[68] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "You Had Your Soul with You"[69] | 2019 | 48 | —[Y] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[Z] | I Am Easy to Find | ||
| "Light Years"[71] | — | —[AA] | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | ||||
| "Hairpin Turns"[72] | — | —[AB] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rylan"[73] | 44 | —[AC] | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | ||||
| "Hey Rosey"[74] | — | —[AD] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Never Tear Us Apart"[75] | 2020 | — | —[AE] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Songs for Australia[76] | ||
| "Somebody Desperate"[77] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[AF] | Cyrano (soundtrack) | ||
| "Weird Goodbyes"[79] (featuring Bon Iver) |
2022 | —[AG] | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | —[AH] | Laugh Track | ||
| "Tropic Morning News"[82] | 2023 | —[AI] | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | First Two Pages of Frankenstein | ||
| "New Order T-Shirt"[83] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | ||||
| "Eucalyptus"[84] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Your Mind Is Not Your Friend"[85] (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) |
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| "The Alcott" (featuring Taylor Swift) |
13 | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | 5 | — | 90 | ||||
| "Space Invader"[86] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laugh Track | |||
| "Alphabet City"[86] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US [87] |
US AAA [88] |
US Alt [89] |
US Rock [46] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) Tip [3] |
CAN [90] |
POR [91] |
UK Stream [92] |
WW [93] | |||||
| "Coney Island" (Taylor Swift featuring the National) |
2020 | 63 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 8 | 31 | 150 | 75 | 45 | Evermore | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Other charted or certified songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| US AAA [95] |
US Rock DL [61] |
BEL (FL) Tip [3] |
NZ Hot [96] |
POR [91] | |||||
| "About Today" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Cherry Tree | |
| "Sorrow" | 2010 | — | 33 | — | — | — | High Violet | ||
| "Lean" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — |
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (soundtrack) | |
| "Sleep Well Beast" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | 95 | Sleep Well Beast | ||
| "Fake Empire" (Live in Brussels) | 2018 | — | — | 43 | — | — | Boxer (Live in Brussels) | ||
| "Once Upon a Poolside" (featuring Sufjan Stevens) |
2023 | — | — | — | 30 | — | First Two Pages of Frankenstein | ||
| "This Isn't Helping" (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) |
— | — | — | 33 | — | ||||
| "Crumble" (featuring Rosanne Cash) |
28 | — | — | — | — | Laugh Track | |||
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Other appearances
| Year | Track | Album |
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| 2003 | "Clampdown" (The Clash cover) | White Riot Vol. Two (A Tribute to the Clash) |
| 2005 | "High Beams" | Music for Robots Volume 1 |
| 2006 | "Minor Star of Rome" | The Believer: 2006 Music Issue |
| 2009 | "So Far Around the Bend" | Dark Was the Night |
| "Sleep All Summer" (with St. Vincent) (Crooked Fingers cover) | Score: 20 Years of Merge Records | |
| "Ashamed of the Story I Told" (Polaris cover) | Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy | |
| 2011 | "Exile Vilify" | digital single (recorded for Portal 2) |
| "Think You Can Wait" | Win Win soundtrack | |
| "Twenty Miles to NH (Part 2)" (The Philistines Jr. cover) | If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods reissue various artists disc | |
| "About Today (alternate version)" | Warrior soundtrack | |
| 2012 | "The Rains of Castamere" | Game of Thrones: Season 2 soundtrack |
| 2013 | "Lean" | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 2015 | "Sunshine on My Back" | digital single (recorded for Mistaken for Strangers) |
| 2016 | "Peggy-O" | Day of the Dead (Grateful Dead cover album) |
| "Morning Dew" | ||
| "Terrapin Station" (with Daniel Rossen and Christopher Bear) | ||
| "I Know You Rider" (live with Bob Weir) | ||
| 2017 | "Sailors in Your Mouth" | The Bob's Burgers Music Album |
| "Christmas Magic" | ||
| "Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom" (with Låpsley) | ||
| 2018 | "Le violon blanc de Monsieur Souris" | Souris Calle[97] |
| 2019 | "Turn on Me" | For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones |
| 2020 | "Never Tear Us Apart" | Songs for Australia[98] |
| 2021 | "Somebody Desperate" | Cyrano[99] |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Directors |
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| 2005 | "Abel" | Adam Levite |
| "Lit Up" | Vincent Moon | |
| "Daughters of the Soho Riots" | ||
| 2007 | "Mistaken for Strangers" | Thread-Count |
| "Apartment Story" | Banner Gwin | |
| 2010 | "Bloodbuzz Ohio" |
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| "Terrible Love" (Alternate Version) | Tom Berninger | |
| "Conversation 16" | Scott Jacobson | |
| 2013 | "Sea of Love" | Sophia Peer |
| "Graceless" | ||
| 2014 | "I Need My Girl" | |
| 2016 | "Morning Dew" | Michael Brown |
| 2017 | "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" | Casey Reas |
| "Guilty Party" | ||
| "Carin at the Liquor Store" | ||
| "Day I Die" | ||
| "I'll Still Destroy You" | Allan Sigurðsson and Ragnar Kjartansson | |
| "Dark Side of the Gym" | Justin Peck | |
| "Sleep Well Beast" | Casey Reas and Graham MacIndoe | |
| 2019 | "Light Years" | Mike Mills |
| "Hairpin Turns" | ||
| "Hey Rosie" | ||
| 2023 | "Eucalyptus" | Chris Sgroi |
| "Your Mind Is Not Your Friend" | Jackson Bridgers | |
| "Deep End (Paul's In Pieces)" | Pauline de Lassus | |
| "Dreaming" | Mina Tindle | |
| "Laugh Track" | Bernard Derriman |
Notes
- Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers did not enter the US Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 99 on the US Album Sales chart.[13]
- Boxer (Live in Brussels) did not enter the US Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Vinyl Albums chart.[37]
- Rome did not enter the US Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 35 on the US Top Current Albums chart.[40]
- CD issues of The Virginia EP were packaged with a DVD of the film A Skin, A Night, directed by Vincent Moon.
- "Don't Swallow the Cap" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 48 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart.[61]