The National performing at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010. |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 5 | |
| ↙EPs | 2 | |
| ↙Singles | 11 | |
| ↙Music videos | 8 | |
The discography of American indie rock band The National consists of five studio albums, two extended plays {EPs), eleven singles and eight 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 fifth album was released by 4AD.
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, Demark, Ireland and Belgium. The album's lead single, "Bloodbuzz Ohio", peaked at number 16 on the Belgian Ultratop 50 chart.
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| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
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| US | UK | CAN | BEL | FRA | GER | IRL | NED | FIN | NZ | SWE | DEN | NOR | AUT | SWI | GRE | PT | |||
| 2001 | The National
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| 2003 | Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
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| 2005 | Alligator
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— | 165 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | Boxer
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68 | 57 | — | 32 | 90 | — | 31 | — | 23 | 31 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | High Violet
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3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | UK: Gold[18] DEN: Gold IRE: Gold BEL: Gold |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Video | Director | Link |
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| 2005 | "Abel" | YouTube | |
| "Lit Up" | Vincent Moon | YouTube | |
| "Daughters of the Soho Riots" | YouTube | ||
| 2007 | "Mistaken for Strangers" | Thread-Count | YouTube |
| "Apartment Story" | Banner Gwin | YouTube | |
| 2010 | "Bloodbuzz Ohio" | Hope Hall, Andreas Burgess, and Carin Besser | YouTube |
| "Terrible Love" (Alternate Version) | Tom Berninger | YouTube | |
| "Conversation 16" | Scott Jacobson | YouTube |
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