The Twilight Sad discography
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{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = The Twilight Sad
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|Studio = 5
|Compilation = 4
|Live = 1
|EP = 5
|Singles = 15
|Music videos = 13
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The discography of Scottish rock band The Twilight Sad consists of five studio albums, four compilation albums, fifteen singles, and five extended plays (EPs). The band currently consists of James Graham (vocals, lyrics), Andy MacFarlane (guitar, production), Johnny Docherty (bass), Brendan Smith (keyboards) and Sebastien Schultz (drums). The Kilsyth-based band formed in 2003 and were signed to Fat Cat Records when Alex Knight, co-founder of the label, went to Glasgow to watch the band perform their third gig and signed them on the spot.{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Hughes |title=Q&A: The Twilight Sad |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2007/05/qa-the-twilight-sad/ |date=24 October 2014}} The band released their debut EP The Twilight Sad in November 2006 in the United States only, followed by their debut album Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters in April 2007, which garnered widespread critical acclaim.{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/twilightsad/fourteenautumnsandfifteenwinters |title=Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters by The Twilight Sad |work=Metacritic |publisher=CNET Networks, Inc |accessdate=24 October 2014}} The album spawned two singles, "That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy" in April, and "And She Would Darken the Memory" in July. The following year, the band released Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did, a mini-album of reworked versions of songs from Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters and two non-album tracks, inspired by stripped-down live performances. A collection of live versions and previously unreleased tracks entitled Killed My Parents and Hit the Road was released in December 2008. The Twilight Sad's second studio album, Forget the Night Ahead, was released in September 2009 to further acclaim{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/twilightsad/forgetthenightahead |title=Forget the Night Ahead by The Twilight Sad |work=Metacritic |publisher=CNET Networks, Inc |accessdate=24 October 2014}} and marked a shift in the band's direction towards a darker and more streamlined sound. The album produced three singles: "I Became a Prostitute" in August 2009, "Seven Years of Letters" in October 2009, and "The Room" in April 2010. Founding bassist Craig Orzel left the band in February 2010, and the band released The Wrong Car EP in September of that year.
The Twilight Sad's third studio album, No One Can Ever Know, was released in February 2012 and marked another stylistic shift, with the band citing industrial music and krautrock influences for a darker, sparser sound.{{cite web |title=The Twilight Sad Set To Release New Album 'No One Can Ever Know' On 7 February, Playing SXSW |url=http://theaudioperv.com/2011/11/14/the-twilight-sad-set-to-release-new-album-%E2%80%98no-one-will-ever-know%E2%80%99-on-february-7-playing-sxsw/ |date=14 November 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2011}} The album yielded two singles, "Sick" in November 2011 and "Another Bed" in February 2012 (both singles were released as limited edition 7" vinyl singles, with the non-album tracks "Untitled No. 67" and "A Million Ignorants", respectively); in addition to a collection of remixes entitled No One Can Ever Know: The Remixes, and a limited edition CD-R EP entitled N/O/C/E/K Tour EP, available only at select tour dates. In January 2014, the band released a free digital download and video of the band performing nine songs with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, recorded live at Paisley Abbey in October 2013.{{cite web |title=FATCAT RECORDS - NEWS |url=http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/site/news/the-twilight-sad-celebrate-the-reissue-of-their-debut-album-with-free-live |date=29 January 2014 |accessdate=7 February 2014}} The band's fourth studio album, Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave, was released in October 2014 to positive reviews,{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/no-one-wants-to-be-here-and-no-one-wants-to-leave/the-twilight-sad |title=Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave by The Twilight Sad |work=Metacritic |publisher=CNET Networks, Inc |accessdate=28 October 2014}} preceded by the download-only single "Last January" in September. A limited edition EP, entitled Òran Mór Session, was self-released by the band in late October 2014 and made available only at the band's tour dates (the EP was later expanded with additional tracks and given a wider commercial release in October 2015). The album's second single, "I Could Give You All That You Don't Want", was released on 9 February 2015 as a picture disc 7" vinyl single, with the exclusive double A-side track "The Airport".{{cite web |first=Ben |last=Lee |title=The Twilight Sad announce new single for February |website=Digital Spy |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a619622/the-twilight-sad-announce-new-single-for-february.html#~p0BnLctbn0Qr86 |date=6 January 2015 |accessdate=6 January 2015}} The album's third single, "It Never Was the Same", was released on 29 June 2015.{{cite web |title=It Never Was The Same - Vinyl Delay |url=http://thetwilightsad.com/news/2336/it_never_was_the_same_-_vinyl_delay |date=11 June 2015 |accessdate=13 June 2015}} The single was released as a double A-side on white-coloured 7" vinyl, with the exclusive track "There's a Girl in the Corner" as covered by Robert Smith of The Cure.{{cite web |title=The Twilight Sad - News - New Single It Never Was The Same |url=http://thetwilightsad.com/news/2290/new_single_it_never_was_the_same_+_robert_smith_cover |date=7 April 2015 |accessdate=7 April 2015}} Nobody Wants to Be Here turned out to be the band's last studio album with founding drummer Mark Devine, who amicably left the band in January 2018.
The Twilight Sad announced on 10 July 2018 that they had signed to Mogwai's label Rock Action Records, and released their new single "I/m Not Here [missing face]" for download and streaming.{{cite web |title=The Twilight Sad sign to Rock Action, announce new single and tour |url=http://www.rockaction.co.uk/news/2779/the_twilight_sad_sign_to_rock_action___announce_new_single_+_tour |date=10 July 2018 |accessdate=10 July 2018}} On 5 September, the band announced that their fifth studio album, titled and stylised as It Won/t Be Like This All the Time, would be released on 18 January 2019. The first proper single, "Videograms", preceded the album on 26 October 2018. The album's third single, "VTr", was released as a digital download only on 13 November 2018. The album was released to universally positive reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/it-wont-be-like-this-all-the-time/the-twilight-sad |title=It Won't Be Like This All the Time by The Twilight Sad |publisher=CNET Networks, Inc |work=Metacritic |accessdate=21 January 2019}} Two extra songs recorded during the album sessions, "Rats" and "Public Housing", were released as a limited edition double A-side 7" single on 6 December 2019.
Studio albums
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rowspan="2" style="background: #c2d2e5"|Year
!rowspan="2" style="background: #c2d2e5"|Title !colspan="3" style="background: #c2d2e5"|Peak chart positions |
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;background:#c2d2e5"| SCO Peaks in Scotland:
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;background:#c2d2e5"|UK ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;background:#c2d2e5"|US |
style="background: #c2d2e5"|2007
|style="background: #d8e2ee" align="left"|Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |
style="background: #c2d2e5"|2009
|style="background: #d8e2ee" align="left"|Forget the Night Ahead
| style="text-align:center;"|41 | style="text-align:center;"|186 | style="text-align:center;"|— |
style="background: #c2d2e5"|2012
|style="background: #d8e2ee" align="left"|No One Can Ever Know
| style="text-align:center;"|28 | style="text-align:center;"|121 | style="text-align:center;"|30 |
style="background: #c2d2e5"|2014
|style="background: #d8e2ee" align="left"|Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
| style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|51 | style="text-align:center;"|29 |
style="background: #c2d2e5"|2019
|style="background: #d8e2ee" align="left"|It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
| style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|17 | style="text-align:center;"|9 |
Live albums
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width="15" style="background: #f99aed"|Year
! width="300" style="background: #f99aed"|Title ! width="300" style="background: #f99aed"|Details |
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style="background: #f99aed"|2020
|style="background: #f9c4f2" align="left"|It Won/t Be Like This All the Time Live
| Live show collated from the November 2019 shows in London, Manchester and Edinburgh |
style="background: #f99aed"|2020
|style="background: #f9c4f2" align="left"|Òran Mór 2020
| Live show recorded at Òran Mór in October 2020, James Graham and Andy MacFarlane only |
Compilation albums
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width="15" style="background: #bad8ba"|Year
! width="300" style="background: #bad8ba"|Title ! width="300" style="background: #bad8ba"|Details |
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style="background: #bad8ba"|2008
|style="background: #cae2ca" align="left"|Killed My Parents and Hit the Road
| Collection of live and unreleased tracks. |
style="background: #bad8ba"|2011
|style="background: #cae2ca" align="left"|Demos
| Limited edition split cassette release with Frightened Rabbit for Record Store Day.{{cite web |title=Radio-Active Records: Record Store Day 2011 Pre-Orders Part 1 |url=http://radio-active-records.blogspot.com/2011/02/record-store-day-2011-pre-orders-part-1.html |date=25 February 2011 |accessdate=8 March 2011}} {{track listing | headline = Track listing | extra_column = Artist | title1 = Be Less Rude | extra1 = Frightened Rabbit | length1 = 3:02 | title2 = I Feel Better | extra2 = Frightened Rabbit | length2 = 2:51 | title3 = Snake | extra3 = Frightened Rabbit | length3 = 2:26 | title4 = Keep Yourself Warm | extra4 = Frightened Rabbit | length4 = 5:33 | title5 = The Greys | extra5 = Frightened Rabbit | length5 = 2:41 | title6 = 2d | extra6 = The Twilight Sad | length6 = 2:56 | title7 = 3iv | extra7 = The Twilight Sad | length7 = 3:39 | title8 = 2c | extra8 = The Twilight Sad | length8 = 2:27 | title9 = Ravishing Rick Rude | note9 = Cover version of Frightened Rabbit's "Be Less Rude" | extra9 = The Twilight Sad | length9 = 3:16 }} |
style="background: #bad8ba"|2012
|style="background: #cae2ca" align="left"|No One Can Ever Know: The Remixes
| Remixes of songs from No One Can Ever Know.{{cite web |title=FatCat Records - News: The Twilight Sad - Remix Album And Tour Dates |url=http://fat-cat.co.uk/site/news/the-twilight-sad-remix-album-and-tour-dates |accessdate=24 October 2014}} |
style="background: #bad8ba"|2014
|style="background: #cae2ca" align="left"|Live at the Paisley Abbey
| Recorded live with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at Paisley Abbey on 14 October 2013; conducted by John Logan. {{track listing | headline = Track listing | title1 = The Wrong Car | length1 = 7:11 | title2 = I Became a Prostitute | length2 = 4:25 | title3 = Sick | length3 = 4:45 | title4 = Mapped by What Surrounded Them | length4 = 3:17 | title5 = Alphabet | length5 = 4:37 | title6 = The Room | length6 = 4:28 | title7 = That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy | length7 = 3:45 | title8 = And She Would Darken the Memory | length8 = 4:32 | title9 = Cold Days from the Birdhouse | length9 = 5:12 }} |
2020
|Òran Mór - music from Live Performance Film
|Recorded live in Òran Mór, a music venue in Glasgow that was formerly Kelvinside Parish Church, on 26 October 2020, for a film of the same name which was broadcast online on 5 December 2020;{{cite tweet|number=1342782554047442944|user=thetwilightsad|title=Today we are pleased to make the Òran Mor Performance Film available for a limited time. Previous ticket holders wi… |date=26 December 2020}} it was released as an album on the band's Bandcamp page.{{Cite web|url=https://thetwilightsad.bandcamp.com/album/oran-mor-2020|title = Oran Mor 2020, by the Twilight Sad}} {{track listing | headline = Track listing | title1 = 3 Seconds Of Dead Air | length1 = 5:13 | title2 = Vtr | length2 = 4:14 | title3 = That Summer At Home, I Had Become The Invisible Boy | length3 = 3:41 | title4 = And She Would Darken The Memory | length4 = 2:55 | title5 = The Room | length5 = 4:27 | title6 = Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave | length6 = 3:17 | title7 = Sick | length7 = 4:27 | title8 = Alphabet | length8 = 4:27 | title9 = Keep It All to Myself | length9 = 3:00 | title10 = M | length10 = 2:47 | title11 = Last January | length11 = 5:06 }} |
EPs
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width="15" style="background: #deb887"|Year
! width="300" style="background: #deb887"|Title |
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style="background: #deb887"|2006
|style="background: #e8d6c0" align="left"|The Twilight Sad
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style="background: #deb887"|2008
|style="background: #e8d6c0" align="left"|Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did
|
style="background: #deb887"|2010
|style="background: #e8d6c0" align="left"|The Wrong Car
|
style="background: #deb887"|2012
|style="background: #e8d6c0" align="left"|N/O/C/E/K Tour EP
|
style="background: #deb887"|2014
|style="background: #e8d6c0" align="left"|Òran Mór Session
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Singles
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rowspan="1" style="background: #f4eca5"|Year
!rowspan="1" style="background: #f4eca5"|Single !rowspan="1" style="background: #f4eca5"|Details !rowspan="1" style="background: #f4eca5"|Album |
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style="background: #f4eca5" rowspan="2"|2007
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (7FAT29) | title1 = That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy | length1 = 4:48 | title2 = Watching That Chair Painted Yellow | length2 = 5:31 }} | rowspan="2"|Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters |
style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"And She Would Darken the Memory"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (7FAT32) | title1 = And She Would Darken the Memory | length1 = 5:49 | title2 = That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy | note2 = Decomposed by Ensemble | length2 = 4:17 }} |
style="background: #f4eca5" rowspan="2"|2009
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"I Became a Prostitute"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (7FAT67) | title1 = I Became a Prostitute | length1 = 5:22 | title2 = In the Blackout | length2 = 5:15 }} | rowspan="3"|Forget the Night Ahead |
style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"Seven Years of Letters"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (7FAT49) | title1 = Seven Years of Letters | length1 = 4:34 | title2 = Suck | note2 = The Wedding Present cover | length2 = 3:25 }} |
style="background: #f4eca5"|2010
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"The Room"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (7FAT74) | title1 = The Room | length1 = 4:35 | title2 = The Neighbours Can't Breathe | note2 = Acoustic | length2 = 3:55 }} |
style="background: #f4eca5"|2011
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"Sick"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (7FAT84) | title1 = Sick | length1 = 4:23 | title2 = Untitled No. 67 | note2 = Demo | length2 = 3:50 }} | rowspan="2"|No One Can Ever Know |
style="background: #f4eca5"|2012
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"Another Bed"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (7FAT85) | title1 = Another Bed | length1 = 4:39 | title2 = A Million Ignorants | length2 = 3:32 }} |
style="background: #f4eca5"|2013
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|The Twilight Sad vs. Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat Split 7"{{cite web |title=FATCAT RECORDS - NEWS - Record Store Day 2013 |url=http://fat-cat.co.uk/site/news/record-store-day-2013 |date=20 March 2013 |accessdate=25 March 2013}}
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (7FAT124) | title1 = Alphabet | note1 = covered by Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat | length1 = 2:58 | title2 = (If You) Keep Me in Your Heart | note2 = covered by The Twilight Sad | length2 = 3:16 }} | rowspan="1"|Non-album single |
style="background: #f4eca5"|2014
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"Last January"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = Digital download | title1 = Last January | length1 = 5:11 }} |rowspan="3"|Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave |
style="background: #f4eca5" rowspan="2"|2015
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"I Could Give You All That You Don't Want"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (FAT143) | title1 = I Could Give You All That You Don't Want | length1 = 4:17 | title2 = The Airport | length2 = 4:08 }} |
style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"It Never Was the Same"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7" (7FAT148) | title1 = It Never Was the Same | length1 = 5:00 | title2 = There's a Girl in the Corner | note2 = Robert Smith version | length2 = 3:52 }} |
style="background: #f4eca5" rowspan="3"|2018
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"I/m Not Here [missing face]"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = Digital download (ROCKACT117D) | title1 = I/m Not Here [missing face] | length1 = 5:38 }} | rowspan="3"|It Won/t Be Like This All the Time |
style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"Videograms"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 10" (etched/one-sided) (ROCKACT118T) | title1 = Videograms | length1 = 4:56 }} |
style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"VTr"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = Digital download | title1 = VTr | length1 = 4:19 }} |
style="background: #f4eca5" rowspan="1"|2019
|style="background: #f1eab3" align="left"|"Rats"/"Public Housing"
|align="left"|{{track listing | headline = 7"(ROCKACT130S) | title1 = Rats | length1 = 3:19 | title2 = Public Housing | length2 = 3:00 }} | rowspan="1"|Non-album single |
Music videos
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style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; width:40px;"|Year
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Video ! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Director ! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Link | |||
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style="text-align:center;"|2007
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"And She Would Darken the Memory" | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Mark Charlton | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBHnESrmmM0 YouTube] | |||
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2009
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"I Became a Prostitute" | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Paul Spencer | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2zgVcP5WYU YouTube] | |||
style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" | "Seven Years of Letters" | Adam Stafford | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTGUnELHOIk YouTube] |
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2010
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"The Room" | style="text-align:left;" vertical-align:top;"|Nicola Collins | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWKMv-nHKbw YouTube] | |||
style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" | "The Wrong Car"
| style="text-align:left;" vertical-align:top;"|Nicola Collins | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK8G4TN-DH4 YouTube] | |
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2012
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Another Bed" | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Craig Murray | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuehlm0aNfs YouTube] | |||
style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Dead City" | style="text-align:left;" vertical-align:top;"|Nicola Collins | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wi5iyxGsIQ&ob=av2e YouTube] | ||
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2014
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Last January" | style="text-align:left;" vertical-align:top;"|Nicola Collins | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8ffFcUmpKw YouTube] | |||
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2015
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"I Could Give You All That You Don't Want" | style="text-align:left;" vertical-align:top;"|Nicola Collins | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25t9lSaIJ0 YouTube] | |||
style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"It Never Was the Same" | style="text-align:left;" vertical-align:top;"|Hand Held Cine Club | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjts9BrT-ZE YouTube] | |||
style="text-align:center;"|2018
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"I/m Not Here [missing face]" | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Brendan Jay Smith | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQkNzTK3oV8 YouTube] | |||
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2019
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"VTr" | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Michael Sherrington | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BW5j3PgW7Y YouTube] | |||
style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting"
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Brendan Jay Smith & Cameron Gleave | style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sKn5e62tNs YouTube] |
References
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