Neutral Milk Hotel discography explained

Artist:Neutral Milk Hotel
Studio:2
Singles:3
Ep:2
Option:2
Option Name:Compilation album

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,[1] and the band was largely a Mangum solo project in the group's earlier days.[2] 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.[3] [4] [5] 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."[6]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US
Vinyl
[7]
On Avery Island
  • Released: March 26, 1996 (US); September 9, 1996 (UK)
  • Label: Merge (MRG #103), Fire (Fire #53)
  • Formats: CD, vinyl
  • US: 5,000 +[8]
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
  • Released: February 10, 1998 (US); May 18, 1998 (UK)
  • Label: Merge (MRG #136), Blue Rose (BRRC #10192), Domino (Domino #21)
  • Formats: CD, vinyl
12
  • US: 393,000[9]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum information
Walking Wall of Words
  • Released: December 12, 2011
  • Label: Neutral Milk Hotel Records
  • Formats: vinyl
The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel
  • Released: February 24, 2023
  • Label: Merge Records
  • Formats: vinyl

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
Everything Is
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Cher Doll (Cher #002), Fire (Blaze #079), Orange Twin (OTR #005), Neutral Milk Hotel (NMH #001)
  • Formats: 7", 10", CD, digital download
Ferris Wheel on Fire
  • Released: December 12, 2011
  • Label: Neutral Milk Hotel Records
  • Formats: 10", digital download

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Holland, 1945"1998In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
"You've Passed"/"Where You'll Find Me Now"2011Walking Wall of Words
"Little Birds"[11]

Demos

YearInformationFormats
1990Beauty (Milk demo)[12] CS
1991Invent Yourself a Shortcake CS
1992Beauty
  • Label: Elephant 6
CS
1993Hype City Soundtrack
  • Label: Elephant 6
CS
Unreleased Demo #1CS
1994Shannon's Monroe House DemoCS
Unreleased Demo #2CS

Miscellaneous

YearSongAlbumComments
1993"Ruby Bulbs"Those Pre-phylloxera YearsThe title is sometimes spelled "Rubby Bulbs" because of someone misspelling it.
1994"Up and Over"Amazing Phantom Third ChannelThe original version of the song "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. Three" from In the Aeroplane over the Sea.
"Bucket"[13] Periscope: Another Yoyo CompilationTaken from the band's July 1994 Yoyo A Gogo Festival performance.
1995"Invent Yourself a Shortcake"Champagne Dancing PartyTaken from an improvisational collaboration with members of Olivia Tremor Control.
"Everything Is"[14] Appetite For SwagOriginally appeared on "Everything Is"
1996"Love Me on a Tuesday"[15] Yo-Yo a Go-GoThe same song as "Tuesday Moon",[16] which appeared on Everything Is, Hype City Soundtrack, and Invent Yourself A Shortcake.
"(Untitled)"Ptolemaic TerrascopeThis track is a different song than the untitled tenth track from In the Aeroplane over the Sea.
1997"Glue"A cover of a song by The Gerbils.
"Naomi"Originally appeared on On Avery Island.
1998"Everything Is"[17]

Notes and References

  1. Cooper (2005). p. 9
  2. DeRogatis (2003). p. 541
  3. Web site: Richardson. Mark. How Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Became a Polarizing Cult Classic. Pitchfork. February 15, 2018. February 11, 2024.
  4. Web site: What Neutral Milk Hotel’s ‘In the Aeroplane Over the Sea’ Is Really About. PopMatters. June 25, 2015. February 11, 2024.
  5. Web site: Neutral Milk Hotel Leader Makes Rare Appearance. Billboard. August 3, 2005. February 11, 2024.
  6. Fierma, Marci. "Interview: Neutral Milk Hotel ". Pitchfork Media, February 1, 2002. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
  7. Neutral Milk Hotel Chart History. Billboard. November 29, 2021.
  8. Cooper (2005). p. 37
  9. Web site: Neutral Milk Hotel Reunites, Announces Tour Dates. Hollywood Reporter. Emily. Mass. April 29, 2013. November 13, 2020.
  10. United Kingdom. Neutral Milk Hotel. December 22, 2021.
  11. Web site: Fitzmaurice. Larry. Listen to Another Unreleased Neutral Milk Hotel Song, Mix From Jeff Mangum. Pitchfork Media. September 16, 2011. September 4, 2020.
  12. Web site: Draft of Milk – Beauty (1990, Cassette). www.discogs.com.
  13. Cramer, Stephen. "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r377764|pure_url=yes}} Periscope: Another Yoyo Compilation]". Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
  14. Bachner, Gavin. "Compilations with Neutral Milk Hotel tracks". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 3, 2007.
  15. "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r307189|pure_url=yes}} Yo-Yo a Go-Go]". Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
  16. Bachner, Gavin. "Neutral Milk Hotel Song Index". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 12, 2007.
  17. Phares, Heather. "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r423335|pure_url=yes}} Oh, Merge: Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation]". Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
  18. Bachner, Gavin. "Other Neutral Milk Hotel Rarities". neutralmilkhotel.org. Retrieved on September 2, 2007.
  19. Cooper (2005). p. 75
  20. Web site: "Trilogy (Through My Tear/Goldaline/Now There Is Nothing)" | Neutral Milk Hotel. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/0_LvdvHbOUE . 2021-12-21 . live. www.youtube.com.
  21. Phares, Heather. "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r556619|pure_url=yes}} I Wouldn't Piss On It If It Was On Fire [Fire/2 Disc<nowiki>]]". Allmusic. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.| 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"[17] | | Originally appeared on "Holland, 1945".|-| 2000| | 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| | 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.

    • "Sweet Marie"[18]
    • "Love You More Than Life"
    • "Candy Coated Dream"
    • "Through My Tears"
    • "I Hear You Breathe"
    • "Random Noise II"
    • "Random Noise III"
    • "Jennifer"
    • "All the Colors of the Rainbow"
    • "She Did A Lot of Acid/Beautiful Baby"
    • "Worms In The Wind"
    • "Goldaline"[19]
    • "Now There is Nothing"[20]
    • I From the first untitled demo tape. "Candy Coated Dream" has since been released as "Unborn" on the 2011 re-release of "Everything Is".
    • II From the second untitled demo tape.
    • III Although never released in full, the last verse of "Oh Comely" is taken from "Goldaline".

    See also

    References

    General
    • "Neutral Milk Hotel: Recordings". neutralmilkhotel.net. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
    • "Neutral Milk Hotel discography". Merge Records. Retrieved on August 26, 2007.
    • Bachner, Gavin. "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. .
    • DeRogatis, Jim (2003). Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. (Milwaukee) Hal Leonard Corporation. .
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