Liz Phair discography

Liz Phair discography
Liz Phair performing live in 2005.
Studio albums7
EPs3
Soundtrack albums6
Compilation albums3
Singles18
B-sides7
Video albums2
Music videos17
Demo albums3
Box sets1
Promo singles7

This discography of rock music singer-songwriter Liz Phair consists of seven studio albums, three extended plays, eighteen singles, three compilations, two video albums, seventeen music videos and one box set. She recorded three self-produced cassettes as Girly Sound in the early 1990s.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1] 		US
Indie
[2]
Exile in Guyville 196 —
Whip-Smart
  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Matador, Atlantic
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
 27 —
Whitechocolatespaceegg
  • Released: August 11, 1998
  • Label: Matador, Capitol
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
 35 —
Liz Phair
  • Released: June 24, 2003
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
 27 —
Somebody's Miracle
  • Released: October 4, 2005
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CD/DVD, digital download, streaming
 46 —
Funstyle
  • Released: July 3, 2010
  • Label: Rocket Science Ventures
  • Format: CD, digital download
 —[a] 30
Soberish
  • Released: June 4, 2021[6]
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
 —[b] —

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
Indie
[2] 		US
Sales
[7]
iTunes Originals
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: Digital 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: 3×CD, 7×LP, digital download, streaming
 14 51
The Girly-Sound Tapes
  • Released: May 4, 2018
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 — —

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

Extended plays

Title Details
Juvenilia
  • Released: August 2, 1995
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD, LP
Comeandgetit
  • Released: June 24, 2003
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: Digital download
Chicago Apple (Live)
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds) 		Album
US
[8] 		US Alt
[9] 		US Adult
[10] 		US Pop
[11] 		US Triple A
[12] 		AUS
[13]
1993 "Carnivore" — — — — — — Non-album single
1994 "Supernova" 78 6 — — — 43 Whip-Smart
1995 "Whip-Smart" — 24 — — — —
1998 "Polyester Bride" — — — — — — Whitechocolatespaceegg
2003 "Insanity[A]" — — — — — — Non-album single
"Why Can't I?" 32 — 7 10 — — RIAA: Gold[4] Liz Phair
2004 "Extraordinary" —[B] — 14 28 — —
2005 "Everything to Me" — — 27 — — — Somebody's Miracle
2010 "Bollywood" — — — — — — Funstyle
2012 "And He Slayed Her" — — — — — —
2014 "Ho Ho Ho" — — — — — — All Is Bright
2018 "Divorce Song (Girly-Sound Version)" — — — — — — Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set
"Bomb (Girly-Sound Version)" — — — — — —
2019 "Good Side" — — — — 24 — Soberish
2021 "Hey Lou" — — — — — —
"Spanish Doors" — — — — 31 —
"In There" — — — — — —
"The Game" — — — — — —
"—" 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.[14]
  • B. ^ Charted at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, a 25-song extension to the Billboard Hot 100.[15]
  • "Why Can't I?" charted on Billboard's Top 40 Tracks chart in 2004, peaking at number 15[16]
  • "Why Can't I?" charted on Billboard's Top 40 Adult Recurrent chart in 2004, peaking at number 1[16]
  • "Polyester Bride" was an international commercial single in Japan only and a promotional single in the US and Europe.[17]

Promotional singles

Year Song Album
1993 "Never Said" Exile in Guyville
"Stratford-on-Guy"
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

[18]

Title Year Artist Album
"Soak Up the Sun" 2002 Sheryl Crow Non-album single
"Chemistry" 2005 Kyle Riabko Before I Speak
"Sorry Baby" 2007 Minnie Driver Seastories
"Here Comes Your Man" 2018 Pete Yorn Non-album single

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" (with Eric Hirshberg) Payola 2 (Australian Smashed Records compilation)
2007 "Perfect Misfit" Nancy Drew Original Soundtrack
2023 "Free Ride" The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake

Videography

Video albums

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

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director
"Stratford-on-Guy" 1993 Liz Phair[19]
"Never Said" Katy Maguire[20]
"Supernova" 1994 Liz Phair[21][22][23]
"Whip-Smart" 1995
"Jealousy"
"The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" 1996 Jean Pellerin
"Rocket Boy" Jon Mintz[24]
"Polyester Bride" 1998 Kevin Kerslake
"Down" 2001 Rodney Ascher
"Why Can't I?" 2003 Phil Harder[25][26]
"Extraordinary" 2004
"Everything to Me" 2005
"And He Slayed Her" 2012 Joey Boukadakis
Paul Boukadakis
"Hey Lou" 2021 Toben Seymour[27]
"Spanish Doors" N/A
"In There" Katia Temkin
"The Game" Angela Kohler

Notes

  1. ^ Funstyle did not enter the US Billboard 200, but did peak at number 181 on the Billboard Current Album Sales chart.[5]
  2. ^ Soberish did not enter the US Billboard 200, but did peak at number 25 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Liz Phair Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Liz Phair Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Ask Billboard: Kylie 'Fever'". Billboard. 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  4. ^ a b c d "Gold & Platinum: Liz Phair". RIAA. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Liz Phair Chart History: Current Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Liz Phair's first album in a decade, 'Soberish,' coming out in 2021". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Liz Phair Chart History: Top Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Liz Phair Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Liz Phair Chart History: Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Liz Phair Chart History: Adult Top 40 Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Liz Phair Chart History: Mainstream Top 40 Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Liz Phair Chart History: Triple A Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Discography Liz Phair". australian-charts.com. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  14. ^ "Billboard chart search: Liz Phair "Insanity"". Billboard.com. Archived from the original (XML) on August 11, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  15. ^ "Billboard chart search: Liz Phair "Everything"". Billboard.com. Archived from the original (XML) on August 11, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  16. ^ a b "Liz Phair Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  17. ^ "Liz Phair – Polyester Bride". Discogs. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  18. ^ "Liz Phair Discography". discogs.com. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  19. ^ "Stratford-on-Guy | Liz Phair | Music Video". MTV. Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  20. ^ "Never Said | Liz Phair | Music Video". MTV. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  21. ^ "Supernova | Liz Phair | Music Video". MTV. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  22. ^ "Whip-Smart | Liz Phair | Music Video". MTV. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  23. ^ "Jealousy | Liz Phair | Music Video". MTV. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  24. ^ "Production Notes". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 26. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 29, 1996. p. 91. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  25. ^ "Why Can't I? | Liz Phair | Music Video". MTV. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  26. ^ "Liz Phair Plugs In For Fall Tour". Billboard. August 18, 2005. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  27. ^ Brandle, Lars (February 10, 2021). "Liz Phair Remembers Music's Quirkiest Couple With 'Hey Lou': Watch". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.