Screaming Trees discography
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The discography
of Screaming Trees
, an Ellensburg, Washington
-based rock
band, consists of seven studio album
s, three compilation album
s, five extended play
s (EP), and six singles
, though this does not include any solo material recorded by the individual members of Screaming Trees.
Vocalist Mark Lanegan
, guitarist Gary Lee Conner
, and bassist Van Conner
formed Screaming Trees in 1985, soon signing to the independent label
Velvetone Records and releasing the Other Worlds
EP. The Screaming Trees' debut album, Clairvoyance, came out in 1986. The same year Screaming Trees signed with punk label SST Records
and released the second full-length album, Even If and Especially When. The band would later release two more albums under SST Records, then signed with Epic Records
in 1990. In 1991, the Screaming Trees released its first album for a major label, Uncle Anesthesia
.
Sweet Oblivion
, released in 1992, brought the band to a new level of commercial success, and the Screaming Trees found itself amidst the sudden popularity of the Seattle music scene. In 1996, the band released its seventh studio album, Dust
; while successful, the album could not emulate the precedent set by Sweet Oblivion. Screaming Trees disbanded in 2000 due to conflicts among the members regarding the band's creative direction.
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Released: May 24, 2005
Label: Epic
Format: CD, LP
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I Appeared on the UK Albums Chart at number 152.
Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...
of Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel had been replaced by Barrett Martin by the time the band reached its most successful period...
, an Ellensburg, Washington
Ellensburg, Washington
Ellensburg is a city in, and the county seat of, Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 18,174 at the 2010 census. The population was 18,250 at 2011 Estimate from Office of Financial Management. Ellensburg is located just east of the Cascade Range on I-90 and is known as the...
-based rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band, consists of seven studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
s, three compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s, five extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
s (EP), and six singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, though this does not include any solo material recorded by the individual members of Screaming Trees.
Vocalist Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan is an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the grunge group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band Lanegan would start a low-key solo career...
, guitarist Gary Lee Conner
Gary Lee Conner
Gary Lee Conner was the lead guitarist for rock act Screaming Trees, along with his brother Van, who was the band's bassist. Conner began his career with Screaming Trees in 1985 which lasted until their disbanding in 2000...
, and bassist Van Conner
Van Conner
Van Conner is an American rock musician. In 1984 he co-founded the band Screaming Trees with his brother Gary Lee Conner and close friends Mark Lanegan and Mark Pickerel. On the 25 June 2000 Screaming Trees announced their official breakup...
formed Screaming Trees in 1985, soon signing to the independent label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
Velvetone Records and releasing the Other Worlds
Other Worlds
Other Worlds EP is Screaming Trees' 1985 debut, produced by Steve Fisk. It was released on Velvetone Records and distributed by K Records...
EP. The Screaming Trees' debut album, Clairvoyance, came out in 1986. The same year Screaming Trees signed with punk label SST Records
SST Records
SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was initially called Solid State Transmitters through which Ginn sold electronics equipment...
and released the second full-length album, Even If and Especially When. The band would later release two more albums under SST Records, then signed with Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
in 1990. In 1991, the Screaming Trees released its first album for a major label, Uncle Anesthesia
Uncle Anesthesia
Uncle Anesthesia is the Screaming Trees' fifth album and first full-length album release on Epic Records, released on January 29, 1991. It includes two of the four tracks from the band's previous Epic release, 1990's Something About Today EP, including the song that would give the LP its title...
.
Sweet Oblivion
Sweet Oblivion
Sweet Oblivion is Screaming Trees' 6th full length album that was released on September 8, 1992. The recording was the band's highest landmark in terms of album sales, and was the closest they would come to ever achieving mainstream success...
, released in 1992, brought the band to a new level of commercial success, and the Screaming Trees found itself amidst the sudden popularity of the Seattle music scene. In 1996, the band released its seventh studio album, Dust
Dust (Screaming Trees album)
Dust is the seventh and final album by the Screaming Trees, released on June 25, 1996.After an aborted attempt at recording a followup to Sweet Oblivion with producer Don Fleming, the band hired producer George Drakoulias to man the controls for what eventually turned out to be their last album...
; while successful, the album could not emulate the precedent set by Sweet Oblivion. Screaming Trees disbanded in 2000 due to conflicts among the members regarding the band's creative direction.
Studio albums
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US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Heat. Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
CAN RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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1986 | Clairvoyance
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1987 | Even If and Especially When
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1988 | Invisible Lantern Invisible Lantern Invisible Lantern is the third full-length album by Seattle grunge band Screaming Trees, released in 1988.-Track listing:# "Ivy" – 3:16# "Walk Through to This Side" – 2:32# "Lines & Circles" – 3:45# "She Knows" – 2:15# "Shadow Song" – 4:15... |
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1989 | Buzz Factory Buzz Factory Buzz Factory was the 4th full length album by Seattle band Screaming Trees and their final record released through SST Records released in 1989. The LP was also available on translucent purple vinyl... |
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1991 | Uncle Anesthesia Uncle Anesthesia Uncle Anesthesia is the Screaming Trees' fifth album and first full-length album release on Epic Records, released on January 29, 1991. It includes two of the four tracks from the band's previous Epic release, 1990's Something About Today EP, including the song that would give the LP its title... Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A... |
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1992 | Sweet Oblivion Sweet Oblivion Sweet Oblivion is Screaming Trees' 6th full length album that was released on September 8, 1992. The recording was the band's highest landmark in terms of album sales, and was the closest they would come to ever achieving mainstream success... |
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1996 | Dust Dust (Screaming Trees album) Dust is the seventh and final album by the Screaming Trees, released on June 25, 1996.After an aborted attempt at recording a followup to Sweet Oblivion with producer Don Fleming, the band hired producer George Drakoulias to man the controls for what eventually turned out to be their last album... |
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2011 | Last Words: The Final Recordings
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Compilation albums
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1991 | Anthology: SST Years 1985-1989 Anthology: SST Years 1985-1989 Anthology: SST Years 1985–1989 is the first compilation album by the Screaming Trees, covering their tenure under SST Records. Anthology consists of three songs from the Other Worlds EP, and six each from the Even If and Especially When, Invisible Lantern, and Buzz Factory albums.-Track listing:#...
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2001 | Nearly Lost You
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2005 |
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Extended plays
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1985 | Other Worlds
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1988 | Beat Happening/Screaming Trees EP Beat Happening/Screaming Trees EP Beat Happening/Screaming Trees is an EP and a one-off collaboration between Beat Happening and Screaming Trees . Originally released on Homestead Records in 1988, it was later reissued as part of Beat Happening's box set Crashing Through in 2002... K Records K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and presently in the bands Dub Narcotic Sound System and The Hive Dwellers... , Homestead Homestead Records Homestead Records was a Long Island, NY based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading. It was founded in 1984 by Sam Berger, who was the American Independent buyer for Dutch East India Trading. Berger was finding that many bands who had perhaps released their own first 45 were... |
1990 | Something About Today Something About Today Something About Today was the major label debut by the Screaming Trees for Epic Records. It would be followed up by their first full album for the label, Uncle Anesthesia, in 1991... |
1991 | Change Has Come Change Has Come Change Has Come was the only recording the Screaming Trees released through Sub Pop. Released in 1990 the Screaming Trees then moved on to a major label, Epic Records, for their next three albums - Uncle Anesthesia, Sweet Oblivion, and Dust, as well as the Something About Today EP... Sub Pop Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene... |
1992 | Winter Songs Tour Tracks Winter Songs Tour Tracks Winter Songs Tour Tracks is the fourth EP released by Screaming Trees. The EP was produced by the singer Chris Cornell from Soundgarden.-Track listing:# "Nearly Lost You"# "Bed Of Roses"# "Something About Today "# "E.S.K."... |
Singles
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CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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1991 | "Bed of Roses" | 23 | — | — | — | Uncle Anesthesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1992 | "Nearly Lost You Nearly Lost You Nearly Lost You is the second greatest hits compilation of the Screaming Trees, released in 2001.-Track listing:# "Halo of Ashes" - 4:05# "Nearly Lost You" - 4:07# "Butterfly" - 3:22# "Alice Said" - 4:13... " |
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1993 | "Shadow of the Season" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Dollar Bill" | 28 | 40 | — | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | "All I Know" | 9 | 9 | 7 | — | Dust | |||||||||||||||||||||||
"Dying Days" | 27 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Sworn and Broken Sworn and Broken -Track listings:#"Sworn and Broken" #"Butterfly" #"Dollar Bill" #"Caught Between"/"The Secret Kind"... " |
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Music videos
Year | Music video | Director |
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1993 | "Butterfly" | Eric Zimmerman |
"Nearly Lost You" | ||
1996 | "All I Know" | Mark Kohr |
"Sworn and Broken" | Dean Karr |
Other appearances
Year | Title | Song(s) | Ref. |
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1988 | Sub Pop 200 Sub Pop 200 Sub Pop 200 is a compilation released in the early days of the Seattle grunge scene . It features songs from Tad, The Fluid, Nirvana, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Mudhoney, The Walkabouts, Terry Lee Hale, Soundgarden, Green River, Fastbacks, Blood Circus, Swallow, Chemistry Set, Girl Trouble, The... |
"Love or Confusion" | |
1991 | The Grunge Years The Grunge Years The Grunge Years was a compilation album of songs by notable grunge bands released by Sub Pop and distributed by Caroline Records in 1991. As indicated by the cover of the album it was limited to a pressing of 500,000 copies.-Track listing:... |
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1992 | Singles | "Nearly Lost You" | |
1995 | Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music... |
"Working Class Hero" | |
2000 | Double Shot: Alt Rock | "Nearly Lost You" |