The discography of American alternative rock band The Breeders consists of five studio albums, one live album, three extended plays, ten singles and twelve music videos. Kim Deal, then-bassist of American alternative rock band the Pixies, formed The Breeders as a side-project with Tanya Donelly, guitarist of American alternative rock band Throwing Muses.[1] After recording a demo tape, The Breeders signed to the English independent record label 4AD in 1989. Their debut studio album Pod was released in May 1990, but was not commercially successful.[2] After the revival of the Pixies and Throwing Muses in 1990, The Breeders became mostly inactive until the Pixies' breakup in 1993. With a new lineup, The Breeders released their Safari EP in 1992, followed by their second studio album Last Splash in 1993. Last Splash was The Breeders' most successful album; it peaked at number 33 on the United States Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1994.[3][4] The album spawned the band's most successful single, "Cannonball". The single peaked at number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number two on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.[5][6]
| The Breeders discography | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Breeders performing in 2018 | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 12 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Singles | 10 |
Following the release of the EP Head to Toe, The Breeders once again became inactive until 2002, when they released their third studio album, Title TK. It failed to match the previous success of Last Splash, and in 2004 the band were dropped from Elektra Records in the United States.[7] Mountain Battles, the band's fourth studio album, was released on April 7, 2008. It peaked at number 98 on the Billboard 200.[3]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] | AUS [8] | CAN [9] | FRA [10] | IRE [11] | NLD [12] | NZ [13] | SPA [14] | SWE [15] | UK [16] | |||
| Pod | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | 22 | ||
| Last Splash |
| 33 | 22 | 44 | — | — | 41 | 11 | — | 43 | 5 | |
| Title TK |
| 130 | 42 | — | 91 | 36 | — | — | — | — | 51 | |
| Mountain Battles |
| 98 | — | — | 100 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 46 | |
| All Nerve |
| 79 | 44 | — | — | 49 | 79 | — | 74 | — | 9 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live in Stockholm 1994[20] |
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Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Sales [21] | UK [16] | ||
| Safari |
| — | 69 |
| Head to Toe | — | 68 | |
| Fate to Fatal |
| 3 | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] | US Alt. [6] | US Main. [22] | AUS [8] | CAN Digital [23] | FRA [10] | NLD [12] | UK [16] | |||
| "Cannonball" | 1993 | 44 | 2 | 32 | 58 | — | 8 | 35 | 40 | Last Splash |
| "Divine Hammer" | —[A] | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | ||
| "Saints" | 1994 | —[B] | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Climbing the Sun"[25] | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Off You" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | 200 | Title TK |
| "Huffer"[26] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Son of Three" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | |
| "Bang On"[27] | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mountain Battles |
| "We're Gonna Rise"[28] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Walk It Off"[29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Wait in the Car" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All Nerve |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
- Notes
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Safari" (Remix)[30] | 1992 | Volume Three |
| "Collage"[31] | 1999 | The Mod Squad soundtrack |
| "Wicked Little Town" (Hedwig version)[32] | 2003 | Wig in a Box |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Hellbound" | 1990 | —[33][34] |
| "Safari" | 1992 | |
| "Iris" (version 1) | 1993 | Neil Breakwell[35] |
| "Iris" (version 2) | Hal Hartley[36] | |
| "Cannonball" | Kim Gordon, Spike Jonze[37] | |
| "Divine Hammer" | Kim Gordon, Spike Jonze, Richard Kern[38] | |
| "Saints" | 1994 | Frank Sacramento[39] |
| "Shocker in Gloomtown" | Jesse Peretz[40] | |
| "Huffer" | 2002 | Kevin Kerslake[41] |
| "Son of Three" | 2003 | —[42][43] |
| "Walk It Off" | 2008 | |
| "Fate to Fatal" | 2009 | James Ford, Mando Lopez, Kelley Deal[44] |
| "Spacewoman" | 2018 | Richard Ayoade[45] |
References
External links
- The Breeders at AllMusic
- The Breeders discography at Discogs
- The Breeders discography at MusicBrainz