Say Anything discography#Dormroom Demos

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{{Infobox artist discography

| Artist = Say Anything

| Image = Max Say Anything.jpg

| Caption = Max Bemis of Say Anything

| Studio = 8

| Singles = 9

| Music videos = 9

| EP = 4

| B-sides = 49

}}

The discography of Say Anything, an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Say Anything is composed of Max Bemis (lead vocals), Coby Linder (drums), Jake Turner (guitar, vocals), Jeff Turner (guitar, vocals), and Parker Case (keyboard, vocals). They have released eight studio albums, four EPs, and seven singles (along with music videos for each single).{{cite web|last=Bemis|first=Max|url=http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/biography|title=Say Anything biography - by Max Bemis|accessdate=2008-08-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526042057/http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/biography|archivedate=2008-05-26}} In addition, they have appeared on numerous compilation albums and have recorded many tracks that were never officially released.

In addition to this, as with any band with a large fanbase, there exist numerous live recordings of Say Anything, often recorded off of radio programs such as DJ Rossstar and GTFU.

Studio albums

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!width="18" rowspan="2"|Year

!width="245" rowspan="2"|Album

!colspan="4"|Chart positions

!width="150" rowspan="2"|Sales

width="50"|Billboard 200
{{cite web|title=Say Anything Albums & Song Chart History|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=say anything|chart=Rock Albums}}|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=11 October 2011}} {{dead link|date=January 2013}}

! width="50"|Top Heatseekers

! width="50"|US Alternative Albums

! width="50"|US Rock Albums

2001

| Baseball: An Album by Sayanything

  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Self-released

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2004

| ...Is a Real Boy

  • Released: August 3, 2004
  • Label: Doghouse

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 8

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|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 20,000{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/02/27/real-boy/|title=...Is a Real Boy Review|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|first=Michael|last=Endelman|date=Feb 27, 2006|access-date=9 May 2011}}

2007

| In Defense of the Genre

  • Released: October 23, 2007
  • Label: J

|align="center"| 27

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 8

|align="center"| 12

|align="center"| 25,228{{cite web|title=Previous Album Chart: CHART DATE: 10/29/2007|url=http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht267|publisher=HitsDailyDouble.com|accessdate=11 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130125095819/http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht267|archivedate=25 January 2013}}

2009

| Say Anything

  • Released: November 3, 2009
  • Label: RCA

|align="center"| 25

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| 9

|align="center"| 16,647{{cite web|title=Previous Album Chart: CHART DATE: 11/09/2009|url=http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht370|publisher=HitsDailyDouble.com|accessdate=11 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130126022202/http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht370|archivedate=26 January 2013}}

2012

| Anarchy, My Dear{{cite web|last=Zaleski|first=Annie|title=Exclusive Interview: Max Bemis reveals all about Say Anything's new album|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/max_bemis_say_anything_interview_2011_new_album|publisher=Alternative Press|accessdate=11 October 2011}}

|align="center"| 22

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 4

|align="center"| 5

|align="center"| 11,960{{cite web|title=Previous Album Chart: Chart Date: 3/19/2012|url=http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht490|publisher=HitsDailyDouble.com|accessdate=August 14, 2013|date=March 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130814163636/http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht490|archivedate=August 14, 2013}}

2014

| Hebrews

  • Released: June 10, 2014
  • Label: Equal Vision

|align="center"| 37

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 17,950

|2016

| I Don't Think It Is

  • Released: February 5, 2016
  • Label: Equal Vision

|align="center"| 31

|align="center"| —

|align="center"| 3

|align="center"| 2

|align="center"| 19,000

|2019

| Oliver Appropriate

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|2024

| ...Is Committed

  • Released: May 24, 2024
  • Label: Dine Alone

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Extended plays

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! Release date

! Title

! Label

2000

| Junior Varsity

| rowspan="3"|Self-released

2001

| In Your Dreams

2002

| Menorah/Majora EP

2004

| For Sale...

| Doghouse

2009

| The Myspace Transmissions

| N/A

Singles

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rowspan="2" |Year

!rowspan="2" |Single

!colspan="1" |Peak chart positions

!rowspan="2" |Album

style="width:1em"|US Alternative
2003

|"A Boston Peace"

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|rowspan="2"|Non-album single(s)

rowspan="2"|2005

|"Belt (Acoustic)"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

"Alive with the Glory of Love"

| style="text-align:center;"|28

|...Is a Real Boy

rowspan="2"|2007

|"Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|...Was a Real Boy

"Baby Girl, I'm a Blur"

| style="text-align:center;"|29

|rowspan="4"|In Defense of the Genre

rowspan="3"|2008

|"Shiksa (Girlfriend)"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

"Skinny Mean Man"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

"Spores"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

2009

|"Hate Everyone"

| style="text-align:center;"|31

|Say Anything

2011

|"Burn a Miracle"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|rowspan="2"|Anarchy, My Dear

2012

|"Say Anything"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

rowspan="2"|2014

|"Six Six Six"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|rowspan="2"|Hebrews

"Judas Decapitation"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

2016

|"Torches Apart"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|Non-album single(s)

2017

|"They're Not Horses, They're Unicorns"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|Say Anything/Bayside Split

rowspan="4"|2018

|"Daze"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|rowspan="4"|Oliver Appropriate

"Pink Snot"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

"It's a Process"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

"Send You Off"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

2023

|"Psyche!"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|...Is Committed

colspan="7" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes singles that did not chart.

Music videos

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! Year

! Title

! Album

! Director

2006

| "Alive with the Glory of Love"{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/ar-12698065-videos--Say-Anything|title=Alive With The Glory Of Love|work=Yahoo! Music|accessdate=2008-08-28}}

| ...Is a Real Boy

|

rowspan="2"| 2007

| "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too"{{cite web|last=Bemis|first=Max|url=http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/news/february-26th-2007-wow-i-can-get-sexual-too-debuts|date=2007-02-26|title=WOW, I Can Get Sexual Too Debuts|work=The Official Say Anything Site|accessdate=2008-08-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019091802/http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/news/february-26th-2007-wow-i-can-get-sexual-too-debuts|archivedate=2008-10-19}}

| ...Was a Real Boy

|

"Baby Girl, I'm a Blur"{{cite web|last=Bemis|first=Max|url=http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/news/baby-girl-i-m-a-blur-video-world-premiere-this-monday-on-mtv2-and-mtvu|title=Baby Girl I'm a Blur Premieres this Month on MTV2 and mtvU|work=The Official Say Anything Site|date=2007-11-08|accessdate=2008-08-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112133116/http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/news/baby-girl-i-m-a-blur-video-world-premiere-this-monday-on-mtv2-and-mtvu|archivedate=2008-01-12}}

| rowspan="2"|In Defense of the Genre

|Wayne Isham

2008

| "Shiksa (Girlfriend)"{{cite web|last=Bemis|first=Max|url=http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/news/say-anything-video-update|title=Say Anything Video Update|date=2008-04-03|accessdate=2008-08-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019091812/http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/news/say-anything-video-update|archivedate=2008-10-19}}

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2009

| "Hate Everyone"

| Say Anything

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rowspan="2"| 2012

| "Say Anything"

| rowspan="2"| Anarchy, My Dear

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"Burn a Miracle"

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2014

| "Six Six Six"

| Hebrews

|

2016

| "Give a Damn"

| I Don't Think It Is

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Compilations

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! Year

! Song

! Album

! Label

rowspan="3"| 2008

| "Tickle Me Red"

| Favorite Gentlemen Recordings/Gnome Records Sampler

| Favorite Gentlemen Recordings/Gnome Records

"Shiksa (Girlfriend)"

| Vans Warped Tour '08

| SideOneDummy Records

"I Got Your Money" (Ol' Dirty Bastard cover)

| Punk Goes Crunk

| Fearless Records

rowspan="3"| 2007

| "Walk Through Hell"

| Alternative Press Play Volume 1: Back to School

| Photo Finish Records

"Woe"

| Punk Goes Acoustic 2

| Fearless Records

"Walk Through Hell"

| Punk the Clock 3—Property of a Gentleman

| Punk the Clock

rowspan="2"| 2006

| "Alive with the Glory of Love"

| Caddy of the Year, Vol. 4

| Below Par Records

"The Man in Me" (Bob Dylan cover featuring Chris Conley of Saves the Day)

| Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs Of Bob Dylan

| Doghouse Records

rowspan="3"| 2005

| "Alive with the Glory of Love"

| The Soundtrack to Your Summer!

| Doghouse Records

"Woe"

| Drive-Thru Records and PureVolume.com—Bands You Love, Have Heard of, and Should Know

| Drive-Thru Records

"Every Man Has a Molly"

| MySpace Records Volume 1

| MySpace Records

2004

| "Belt"
"Alive with the Glory of Love"

| New Music from the American Landscape

| Doghouse Records

rowspan="2"| 2003

| "But a Fleeting Illness"
"Woe (The Optimist)"

| Spring/Summer Sampler 2003

| Doghouse Records

"Spider Song"

| Doghouse 100

| Doghouse Records

The song "I Got Your Money" was originally slated to appear on the album Yo!: Indie Rock Raps on Immortal Records, but the compilation was scrapped by the label before its slated 2007 release.

==Other songs==

Most of the band's unreleased songs predate ...Is a Real Boy. Along with the band's demos and other above-listed songs, they are available to download from [http://72.52.163.132/phpbb/index.php the band's online forum].{{cite web|last=Tate|first=Jason|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=246310|title=Interview with Max Bemis|date=2007-06-19|accessdate=2008-08-02}}{{cite web|url=http://72.52.163.132/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8426|title=Say Anything Forum: It's the Download Thread Fools!|accessdate=2008-08-02}}

=''Baseball'' demos=

  • "Colorblind" (Rough Demo)
  • "Sure, Baby... Hold Back" (Demo)
  • "That's That" (Demo) (later retitled "That's That (Do What We Want)")

=Dormroom demos=

Most of Say Anything's unreleased songs from the set of tracks known as Dormroom Demos, were recorded by Max Bemis in his dorm room while at Sarah Lawrence College.{{cite web|last=Bemis|first=Max|url=http://sayanythingmusic.com/disco.html|title=SayAnythingMusic.com archive (Discography) |date=2003-04-09|accessdate=2008-08-01 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030409074323/http://sayanythingmusic.com/disco.html |archivedate=2003-04-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thetabworld.com/Say_Anything_biography.html|title=Say Anything biography|accessdate=2008-07-21}}{{cite web|last=Bemis|first=Max|url=http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/ |title=SayAnythingMusic.com archive |date=2003-02-05|accessdate=2008-08-01 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030205052056/http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/ |archivedate = 2003-02-05}}

  1. "For the Silent"
  2. "Until the Bombs"
  3. "All This Fashion"
  4. "You Help Them" †
  5. "Transylvanian" †
  6. "Signal the Riflemen"
  7. "The Great Awakening"
  8. "A Boston Peace"
  9. "The Keg Is Bleeding"
  10. "By Tonight" †
  11. "My Bare Hands"
  12. "Try to Remember, Forget" †
  13. "Certain Type of Genius"
  14. "I Want to Know Your Plans" ‡
  15. "Nudity"
  16. "Dealer" (Safety In Numbers cover)

† Released as part of Menorah/Majora

‡ Released as part of Menorah/Majora and ...Is a Real Boy, the latter as a rerecording

=''...Is a Real Boy'' demos=

  1. "Belt"
  2. "The Writhing South"
  3. "Alive with the Glory of Love"
  4. "Yellow Cat (Slash) Red Cat"
  5. "Tiny Portions, Artful Abortions" (later renamed "The Futile")
  6. "An Orgy of Critics"
  7. "Slowly, Through a Vector"
  8. "Molly Conelly " (later renamed "Every Man Has a Molly")
  9. "I Shall Grow" (later renamed "Chia-Like, I Shall Grow")
  10. "Admit It!!!"

=Florida demos=

  1. "But a Fleeting Illness"
  2. "Spider Song" (later renamed "Spidersong")
  3. "Woe (The Optimist)" (later renamed "Woe")

=''Vs. AIDS'' demos=

The songs that would eventually make up ...Was a Real Boy were originally slated for release as a benefit album entitled Say Anything vs. AIDS, the proceeds from which would, appropriately enough, go to support AIDS research....Is a Real Boy CD booklet from the 2006 J Records reissue The songs differ from their commercially released counterparts in that they had yet to be properly mastered, and that the titles for many songs were different. One song does not appear on the commercial release.

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Track number

! Old Title (if Applicable)

! Title on ...Was a Real Boy

1

|

| "Metal Now"

2

| Purple Sky

| "Most Beautiful Plague"

3

| There's a Man Assigned to Me

| "Total Revenge"

4

|

| "It's a Metaphor, Fool"

5

| "Wow, I Can Be Sexual"

| "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too"

6

|

| "I Will Never Write an Obligatory Song About Being on the Road & Missing Someone"

7

| "Don't Dance So Close to Me"

| "Little Girls"

08

| "You Don't See Me Right"

|

===Miscellaneous demos===

  • "Mystery Rash" (demo of "We Will Erase All Life on Earth but Us")
  • "Treblinkah" (demo of "Alive with the Glory of Love")
  • "The Man in Me" (demo of the Bob Dylan cover, featuring Chris Conley of Saves the Day)
  • "Yellow Cat/Red Cat" (rough demo)
  • "Thoughts on a Liberal Education" (rough demo)
  • "But a Fleeting Illness" (Demo)
  • "The Presidential Suite (Electric)" (acoustic demo of "The Presidential Suite")
  • "The Great Awakening" (Possible early demo of 'spay me')

===Non-demo unreleased songs===

  • "Jessie and My Whetstone" (Saves the Day cover)
  • "Dammit" (blink-182 cover)
  • "Joel on the Other Planets"
  • "Thoughts on a Liberal Education"
  • "The Presidential Suite (Acoustic)"

References

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