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The discography of American indie rock band the National consists of ten studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), thirteen singles and nine music videos. The band's first two albums, were released by Brassland Records. Their next two albums were released by Beggars Banquet Records, and their subsequent albums were released by 4AD.
| The National discography | |
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The National performing at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010. | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Singles | 24 |
| Music videos | 26 |
The documentary film, A Skin, a Night, accompanied the band's 2008 EP, The Virginia. The National's fifth studio album, High Violet (2010), reached the top ten of a dozen national charts, including peaks of number three in the United States and number five in the United Kingdom. It was certified gold in the UK, Denmark, Ireland and Belgium. The album's lead single, "Bloodbuzz Ohio", peaked at number 16 on the Belgian Ultratop chart.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
CAN [4] |
FIN [5] |
IRL [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
UK [10] | ||||||
| The National | — | — | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 1] |
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| Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers |
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—[upper-alpha 2] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 3] |
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| Alligator |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 165 |
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| Boxer |
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68 | — | 32 | — | 23 | 31 | —[upper-alpha 4] | — | 53 | 57 |
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| High Violet |
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3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| Trouble Will Find Me |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
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| Sleep Well Beast |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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| I Am Easy to Find |
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5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| First Two Pages of Frankenstein |
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14 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| Laugh Track |
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—[upper-alpha 5] | 51 | 12 | — | —[upper-alpha 6] | 40 | 14 | 33 | —[upper-alpha 7] | 24 | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Track listing | ||||||||||
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| US [1] |
US Indie [28] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
BEL (WA) [29] |
NLD [7] |
POR [30] |
SCO [10] |
UK [10] |
UK Indie [10] | |||||
| Daytrotter Session[31] |
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| iTunes Festival: London 2010 |
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| Tiny Desk Concert[32] |
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| A Lot of Sorrow |
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| Boxer (Live in Brussels)[33] |
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—[upper-alpha 8] | 14 | 37 | 114 | 122 | 17 | 26 | 70 | 5 |
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| Juicy Sonic Magic |
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| Rome[36] |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US Sales [13] |
US Indie [28] |
BEL (FL) DVD [37] |
IRL [6] |
NLD Vinyl [38] |
SCO [10] |
UK Sales [39] |
UK Indie [10] | ||
| Cherry Tree |
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94 | — | — | — | 18 | 30 | 51 | 21 |
| The Virginia EP |
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—[upper-alpha 10] | 31 | 3 | 87 | — | — | — | 26 |
| NTL RM EP I |
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| NTL RM EP II |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US Rock [40] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
CAN Rock [41] |
ICE [42] |
IRL [6] |
ITA [43] |
MEX Ing. [44] |
NZ Hot [45] |
POL [46] |
UK [47] | |||||
| "Slipping Husband" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers | ||
| "Abel"[48] | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | Alligator | ||
| "Secret Meeting"[49] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lit Up"[50] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Mistaken for Strangers" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 183 | Boxer | ||
| "Apartment Story" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Fake Empire" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Bloodbuzz Ohio" | 2010 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 11] |
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High Violet | |
| "Anyone's Ghost" | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Terrible Love"[52] | — | —[upper-alpha 12] | — | — | 23 | 61 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 13] | ||||
| "Wake Up Your Saints" | 2011 | — | —[upper-alpha 14] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Conversation 16" | — | —[upper-alpha 15] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Think You Can Wait"[54] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Win Win (soundtrack) | |||
| "Exile Vilify" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Demons" | 2013 | — | —[upper-alpha 16] | — | — | 64 | — | 32 | — | 60 | — | Trouble Will Find Me | ||
| "Don't Swallow the Cap" | —[upper-alpha 17] | —[upper-alpha 18] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Sea of Love" | — | —[upper-alpha 19] | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | 25 | — | ||||
| "Graceless"[56] | — | —[upper-alpha 20] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | ||||
| "I Need My Girl" | 2014 | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | |||
| "Sunshine on My Back"[58] | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"[59] | 2017 | 31 | —[upper-alpha 21] | 41 | — | — | — | 48 | — | 44 | — | Sleep Well Beast | ||
| "Guilty Party"[60] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Carin at the Liquor Store" | — | —[upper-alpha 22] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Day I Die"[61] | 40 | —[upper-alpha 23] | 32 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | ||||
| "I'll Still Destroy You"[62] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "You Had Your Soul with You"[63] | 2019 | 48 | —[upper-alpha 24] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 25] | I Am Easy to Find | ||
| "Light Years"[65] | — | —[upper-alpha 26] | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | ||||
| "Hairpin Turns"[66] | — | —[upper-alpha 27] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rylan"[67] | 44 | —[upper-alpha 28] | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | ||||
| "Hey Rosey"[68] | — | —[upper-alpha 29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Never Tear Us Apart"[69] | 2020 | — | —[upper-alpha 30] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Songs for Australia[70] | ||
| "Somebody Desperate"[71] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 31] | Cyrano (soundtrack) | ||
| "Weird Goodbyes"[73] (featuring Bon Iver) |
2022 | —[upper-alpha 32] | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 33] | Laugh Track | ||
| "Tropic Morning News"[76] | 2023 | —[upper-alpha 34] | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | First Two Pages of Frankenstein | ||
| "New Order T-Shirt"[77] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | ||||
| "Eucalyptus"[78] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Your Mind Is Not Your Friend"[79] (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) |
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| "The Alcott" (featuring Taylor Swift) |
13 | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | 5 | — | 90 | ||||
| "Space Invader"[80] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laugh Track | |||
| "Alphabet City"[80] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [81] |
US AAA [82] |
US Alt [83] |
US Rock [40] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) Tip [3] |
CAN [84] |
POR [85] |
UK Stream [86] |
WW [87] | |||||
| "Coney Island" (Taylor Swift featuring the National) |
2020 | 63 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 8 | 31 | 150 | 75 | 45 |
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Evermore | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| US AAA [89] |
US Rock DL [55] |
BEL (FL) Tip [3] |
NZ Hot [90] |
POR [85] | |||||
| "About Today" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Cherry Tree | |
| "Sorrow" | 2010 | — | 33 | — | — | — | High Violet | ||
| "Sleep Well Beast" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | 95 | Sleep Well Beast | ||
| "Fake Empire" (Live in Brussels) | 2018 | — | — | 43 | — | — | Boxer (Live in Brussels) | ||
| "Once Upon a Poolside" (featuring Sufjan Stevens) |
2023 | — | — | — | 30 | — | First Two Pages of Frankenstein | ||
| "This Isn't Helping" (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) |
— | — | — | 33 | — | ||||
| "Crumble" (featuring Rosanne Cash) |
28 | — | — | — | — | Laugh Track | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Year | Track | Album |
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| 2003 | "Clampdown" (The Clash cover) | White Riot Vol. Two (A Tribute to the Clash) |
| 2005 | "High Beams" | Music for Robots Volume 1 |
| 2006 | "Minor Star of Rome" | The Believer: 2006 Music Issue |
| 2009 | "So Far Around the Bend" | Dark Was the Night |
| "Sleep All Summer" (with St. Vincent) (Crooked Fingers cover) | Score: 20 Years of Merge Records | |
| "Ashamed of the Story I Told" (Polaris cover) | Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy | |
| 2011 | "Exile Vilify" | digital single (recorded for Portal 2) |
| "Think You Can Wait" | Win Win soundtrack | |
| "Twenty Miles to NH (Part 2)" (The Philistines Jr. cover) | If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods reissue various artists disc | |
| "About Today (alternate version)" | Warrior soundtrack | |
| 2012 | "The Rains of Castamere" | Game of Thrones: Season 2 soundtrack |
| 2013 | "Lean" | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 2015 | "Sunshine on My Back" | digital single (recorded for Mistaken for Strangers) |
| 2016 | "Peggy-O" | Day of the Dead (Grateful Dead cover album) |
| "Morning Dew" | ||
| "Terrapin Station" (with Daniel Rossen and Christopher Bear) | ||
| "I Know You Rider" (live with Bob Weir) | ||
| 2017 | "Sailors in Your Mouth" | The Bob's Burgers Music Album |
| "Christmas Magic" | ||
| "Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom" (with Låpsley) | ||
| 2018 | "Le violon blanc de Monsieur Souris" | Souris Calle[91] |
| 2019 | "Turn on Me" | For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones |
| 2020 | "Never Tear Us Apart" | Songs for Australia[92] |
| 2021 | "Somebody Desperate" | Cyrano[93] |
| Year | Video | Directors |
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| 2005 | "Abel" | Adam Levite |
| "Lit Up" | Vincent Moon | |
| "Daughters of the Soho Riots" | ||
| 2007 | "Mistaken for Strangers" | Thread-Count |
| "Apartment Story" | Banner Gwin | |
| 2010 | "Bloodbuzz Ohio" |
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| "Terrible Love" (Alternate Version) | Tom Berninger | |
| "Conversation 16" | Scott Jacobson | |
| 2013 | "Sea of Love" | Sophia Peer |
| "Graceless" | ||
| 2014 | "I Need My Girl" | |
| 2016 | "Morning Dew" | Michael Brown |
| 2017 | "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" | Casey Reas |
| "Guilty Party" | ||
| "Carin at the Liquor Store" | ||
| "Day I Die" | ||
| "I'll Still Destroy You" | Allan Sigurðsson and Ragnar Kjartansson | |
| "Dark Side of the Gym" | Justin Peck | |
| "Sleep Well Beast" | Casey Reas and Graham MacIndoe | |
| 2019 | "Light Years" | Mike Mills |
| "Hairpin Turns" | ||
| "Hey Rosie" | ||
| 2023 | "Eucalyptus" | Chris Sgroi |
| "Your Mind Is Not Your Friend" | Jackson Bridgers | |
| "Deep End (Paul's In Pieces)" | Pauline de Lassus | |
| "Dreaming" | Mina Tindle | |
| "Laugh Track" | Bernard Derriman |
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