Liz Phair discography

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Liz Phair discography
Liz-Phair.jpg
Liz Phair performing live in 2005.
Studio albums 7
Compilation albums 3
Video albums 2
Music videos 17
EPs 3
Singles 18
B-sides 7
Soundtrack albums 6
Demo albums 3
Box sets 1
Promo singles 7

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
  • US: 491,000[3]
Whip-Smart
  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Matador, Atlantic
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
27
  • US: 412,000[3]
  • RIAA: Gold[4]
Whitechocolatespaceegg
  • Released: August 11, 1998
  • Label: Matador, Capitol
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
35
  • US: 293,000[3]
Liz Phair
  • Released: June 24, 2003
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
27
  • US: 433,000[3]
  • RIAA: Gold[4]
Somebody's Miracle
  • Released: October 4, 2005
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CD/DVD, digital download, streaming
46
  • US: 83,000[3]
Funstyle
  • Released: July 3, 2010
  • Label: Rocket Science Ventures
  • Format: CD, digital download
[lower-alpha 1] 30
Soberish
  • Released: June 4, 2021[6]
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
[lower-alpha 2]

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 releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
  • 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]

As featured artist

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
"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

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