Neutral Milk Hotel discography
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{{Infobox Artist Discography
|Artist = Neutral Milk Hotel
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|Studio = 2
|Singles = 3
|EP = 2
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|Option name = Compilation album
|Caption=Neutral Milk Hotel performing in 2014}}
The discography of Neutral Milk Hotel, a Ruston, Louisiana-based indie rock group, consists of two studio albums, two singles, two extended plays, two compilation albums, and three demos.
Neutral Milk Hotel formed in 1989 as an offshoot of Milk, a high school musical project of singer-songwriter Jeff Mangum,Cooper (2005). p. 9 and the band was largely a Mangum solo project in the group's earlier days.DeRogatis (2003). p. 541 The group was a part of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, a collective of musicians that includes, among others, notable indie rock bands The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, and Of Montreal. The 1993 single "Everything Is" was the band's first release, and it would later be reissued as an EP with additional tracks. The band's first studio album, On Avery Island, was released on the independent label Merge, and has sold a relatively high 5,000 copies. Afterwards, the band began to tour for the first time, and grew to include horns player Scott Spillane, multi-instrumentalist Julian Koster, and drummer Jeremy Barnes. In 1998 the band released In the Aeroplane Over the Sea on Merge, an album which has since become one of the most popular and acclaimed indie rock albums of the 1990s.{{cite web|last1=Richardson|first1=Mark|title=How Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Became a Polarizing Cult Classic|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/how-neutral-milk-hotels-in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea-became-a-polarizing-cult-classic/|website=Pitchfork|date=February 15, 2018|access-date=February 11, 2024}}{{cite web|title=What Neutral Milk Hotel's 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea' Is Really About|url=https://www.popmatters.com/neutral-milk-hotel-areoplane-about|website=PopMatters|date=June 25, 2015|access-date=February 11, 2024}}{{cite magazine|title=Neutral Milk Hotel Leader Makes Rare Appearance|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/neutral-milk-hotel-leader-makes-rare-appearance-61904/|magazine=Billboard|date=August 3, 2005|access-date=February 11, 2024}} Up until 2011's Ferris Wheel on Fire EP, the band had no new releases since In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, though Mangum has said "I don't know what's going to happen, but I certainly want to make music a bigger part of my life in the future than it has been for the last couple of years."
Fierma, Marci. "[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/31406-interview-neutral-milk-hotel Interview: Neutral Milk Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629112646/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/31406-interview-neutral-milk-hotel |date=2007-06-29 }} ". Pitchfork Media, February 1, 2002. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
Albums
=Studio albums=
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|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:2.4em;font-size:85%;"| US Vinyl {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/neutral-milk-hotel/chart-history/|title=Neutral Milk Hotel Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |
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| scope="row"| On Avery Island
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| scope="row"| In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
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| align="center" colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart |
=Compilation albums=
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| scope="row"| Walking Wall of Words
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| scope="row"| The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel
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Extended plays
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| scope="row"| Everything Is
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| scope="row"| Ferris Wheel on Fire
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Singles
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| scope="row"| "Holland, 1945"
| 1998 | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
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| scope="row"| "You've Passed"/"Where You'll Find Me Now"
| rowspan="2"| 2011 | rowspan="2"| Walking Wall of Words |
| scope="row"| "Little Birds"{{cite web|last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/44020-listen-to-another-unreleased-neutral-milk-hotel-song-mix-from-jeff-mangum/|title=Listen to Another Unreleased Neutral Milk Hotel Song, Mix From Jeff Mangum|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=September 16, 2011|access-date=September 4, 2020}} |
Demos
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! Year ! Information ! Formats |
| 1990
| Beauty (Milk demo){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6488833-Milk-Beauty|title=Draft of Milk – Beauty (1990, Cassette)|date=1990 |via=www.discogs.com}}
| CS |
| 1991
| Invent Yourself a Shortcake | CS |
| 1992
| Beauty
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| rowspan=2| 1993
| Hype City Soundtrack
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| Unreleased Demo #1
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| rowspan=2| 1994
| Shannon's Monroe House Demo | CS |
| Unreleased Demo #2
| CS |
Miscellaneous
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! Year ! Song ! Album ! Comments |
| 1993
| "Ruby Bulbs" | Those Pre-phylloxera Years |The title is sometimes spelled "Rubby Bulbs" because of someone misspelling it. |
| rowspan="2"|1994
| "Up and Over" | Amazing Phantom Third Channel | The original version of the song "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. Three" from In the Aeroplane over the Sea. |
| "Bucket"Cramer, Stephen. "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r377764|pure_url=yes}} Periscope: Another Yoyo Compilation]". Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
| Periscope: Another Yoyo Compilation | Taken from the band's July 1994 Yoyo A Gogo Festival performance. |
| rowspan="2"| 1995
| "Invent Yourself a Shortcake" | Champagne Dancing Party | Taken from an improvisational collaboration with members of Olivia Tremor Control. |
| "Everything Is"Bachner, Gavin. "[http://www.neutralmilkhotel.org/disco2-comps.htm Compilations with Neutral Milk Hotel tracks]". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 3, 2007.
| Appetite For Swag | Originally appeared on "Everything Is" |
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| "Love Me on a Tuesday""[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r307189|pure_url=yes}} Yo-Yo a Go-Go]". Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007. | Yo-Yo a Go-Go | The same song as "Tuesday Moon",Bachner, Gavin. "[http://www.neutralmilkhotel.org/song.htm Neutral Milk Hotel Song Index]". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 12, 2007. which appeared on Everything Is, Hype City Soundtrack, and Invent Yourself A Shortcake. |
| "(Untitled)"
| Ptolemaic Terrascope | This track is a different song than the untitled tenth track from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. |
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| "Glue" | {{nowrap|The Basement Tapes, Volume Two: Live Underground}} | A cover of a song by The Gerbils. |
| "Naomi"
| {{nowrap|Audio CD-29}} | Originally appeared on On Avery Island. |
| rowspan="3"| 1998
| "Everything Is"Phares, Heather. "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r556619|pure_url=yes}} I Wouldn't Piss On It If It Was On Fire [Fire/2 Disc | I Wouldn't Piss On It If It Was On Fire | Originally appeared on "Everything Is". |
| "Oh Comely (live)"
| More Than You Can Ask Or Imagine | Live version of "Oh Comely" from In the Aeroplane over the Sea recorded at the 1997 Terrastock festival. |
| "Oh Comely"
| 9 O'Clock in the Morning | Originally appeared on In the Aeroplane over the Sea. |
| 1999
| "Engine"Phares, Heather. "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r423335|pure_url=yes}} Oh, Merge: Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation]". Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007. | {{nowrap|Oh, Merge: Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation}} | Originally appeared on "Holland, 1945". |
| 2000
| {{nowrap|"In the Aeroplane over the Sea"Wilson, MacKenzie. "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r465883|pure_url=yes}} Songs for Summer]". Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.}} | Songs for Summer | Originally appeared on In the Aeroplane over the Sea |
| 2002
| Orange Twin Records Sampler | The compilation also contains two Mangum solo tracks. |
| 2004
| {{nowrap|"Song Against Sex"}} | Old Enough to Know Better | Originally appeared on On Avery Island |
Unreleased songs
There are several songs which have been written and performed by Neutral Milk Hotel but have not officially released. These include songs that have only been performed live and songs that have appeared on unreleased demo tapes. Mangum stated that he has written songs possibly intended for a future Neutral Milk Hotel release, although these songs went unnamed; the only known song written after In the Aeroplane over the Sea is "Little Birds". The following are titled unreleased songs by Neutral Milk Hotel.
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- "Sweet Marie"{{ref label|Demo 1|I|}}Bachner, Gavin. "[http://www.neutralmilkhotel.org/disco3-misc.htm Other Neutral Milk Hotel Rarities]". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 2, 2007.
- "Love You More Than Life"{{ref label|Demo 1|I|}}
- "Candy Coated Dream"{{ref label|Demo 1|I|}}
- "Through My Tears"{{ref label|Demo 1|I|}}
- "I Hear You Breathe"{{ref label|Demo 1|I|}}
- "Random Noise II"{{ref label|Demo 1|I|}}
- "Random Noise III"{{ref label|Demo 1|I|}}
- "Jennifer"{{ref label|Demo 2|II|}}
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- "All the Colors of the Rainbow"
- "She Did A Lot of Acid/Beautiful Baby"
- "Worms In The Wind"
- "Goldaline"{{ref label|Goldaline|III|}}Cooper (2005). p. 75
- "Now There is Nothing"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_LvdvHbOUE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/0_LvdvHbOUE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title="Trilogy (Through My Tear/Goldaline/Now There Is Nothing)" | Neutral Milk Hotel|date=July 12, 2018 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}
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- I {{Note|Demo 1}} From the first untitled demo tape. "Candy Coated Dream" has since been released as "Unborn" on the 2011 re-release of "Everything Is".
- II {{Note|Demo 2}} From the second untitled demo tape.
- III {{Note|Goldaline}} Although never released in full, the last verse of "Oh Comely" is taken from "Goldaline".
See also
References
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;General
- "[https://web.archive.org/web/20070908202309/http://www.neutralmilkhotel.net/recordings.html Neutral Milk Hotel: Recordings]". neutralmilkhotel.net. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- "[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234653/http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?disc=true&band_id=51 Neutral Milk Hotel discography]". Merge Records. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
- Bachner, Gavin. "[http://www.neutralmilkhotel.org/disco1-nmh.htm Neutral Milk Hotel releases]". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 2, 2007.
- Cooper, Kim (2005). In the Aeroplane over the Sea 33⅓. (New York) Continuum International Publishing Group. {{ISBN|0-8264-1690-X}}.
- DeRogatis, Jim (2003). Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. (Milwaukee) Hal Leonard Corporation. {{ISBN|0-634-05548-8}}.
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External links
- [http://www.neutralmilkhotel.net/ Neutral Milk Hotel's official site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070810101022/http://www.elephant6.com/bands/neutral.html Neutral Milk Hotel at Elephant 6]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814122556/http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=51& Neutral Milk Hotel at Merge Records]
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