Beastie Boys discography

Beastie Boys discography

The Beastie Boys performing at the Virgin Festival in 2007.
Studio albums 8
Compilation albums 4
Video albums 5
Music videos 43
EPs 7
Singles 40

The discography of the Beastie Boys, an American hip hop group, consists of eight studio albums, four compilation albums, five video albums, seven extended plays, forty singles and forty-three music videos.

The group, formed in 1981, consisted of rappers Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums) and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitars), accompanied by turntablist Mix Master Mike. Originally a hardcore punk group, the group's first release, Polly Wog Stew, was released in November 1982. The band made the shift into hip hop music with the single "Cooky Puss" (1983). They later signed to Def Jam Recordings, releasing "Rock Hard" in 1984. Since 1986, the group has released eight studio albums, four of which have topped the Billboard 200 chart. The Beastie Boys have sold 20,384,000 albums in the US as of July 2013.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]		 US
R&B
[3]		 AUS
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 GER
[6]		 NLD
[7]		 NZ
[8]		 SWE
[9]		 SWI
[10]		 UK
[11]
Licensed to Ill 1 2 62 5 — 15 12 30 — 7
Paul's Boutique
  • Released: July 25, 1989
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 14 24 65 30 — 30 50 38 — 44
Check Your Head
  • Released: April 21, 1992
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, MD
 10 37 74 32 — — 37 — — 106
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[12]
  • BPI: Silver[13]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[14]
Ill Communication
  • Released: May 23, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 1 2 8 7 11 31 6 7 12 10
Hello Nasty 1 — 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1
To the 5 Boroughs
  • Released: June 15, 2004
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download
 1 1 2 1 3 14 4 20 5 2
The Mix-Up
  • Released: June 26, 2007
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 15 — 42 — — 84 — — 25 79
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
  • Released: May 3, 2011
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 2 1 7 3 3 6 17 — 3 9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]		 US
R&B
[3]		 AUS
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 GER
[6]		 NLD
[7]		 NZ
[8]		 SWE
[9]		 SWI
[10]		 UK
[11]
Some Old Bullshit
  • Released: February 8, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 46 — 91 43 — — — — — —
The In Sound from Way Out!
  • Released: April 2, 1996
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 45 — — — — — — — — 45
Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Grand Royal
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 19 14 14 18 50 62 4 8 72 36
Solid Gold Hits
  • Released: November 8, 2005
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 42 30 63 — — — 27 — 83 71
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
Video
[20]		 SWE
[9]
Beastie Boys
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LD, VHS
 5 35
The Skills to Pay the Bills
  • Released: June 2, 1992
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: LD, VHS
 4 —
Sabotage
  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: LD, VHS, DVD, VCD
 3 —
Beastie Boys Video Anthology 4 —
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
  • Released: July 25, 2006
  • Label: Velocity, Thinkfilm, Lions Gate
  • Formats: DVD
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]		 AUS
[4]		 AUT
[21]		 CAN
[5]		 GER
[6]		 NLD
[7]		 NZ
[8]		 UK
[11]
Polly Wog Stew
  • Released: November 20, 1982
  • Label: Rat Cage
  • Formats: CS, 7", 12"
 — — — — — — — —
An Exciting Evening At Home With Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: 12"
 — — — — — — — —
Pretzel Nugget
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — — — —
Root Down
  • Released: May 23, 1995
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, CS, 7", 12"
 50 43 38 48 38 78 10 23
Aglio e Olio
  • Released: November 13, 1995
  • Label: Grand Royal
  • Formats: CD, 12"
 — — — — — — — —
Nasty Bits
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — — — —
Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1)
  • Released: August 24, 1999
  • Label: Capitol, Grand Royal
  • Formats: 12"
 — — — — — — — —
The Mix-Up Bonus Tracks
  • Released: December 23, 2008
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: Digital download
 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[22]		 US
Alt.
[23]		 US
R&B
[24]		 AUS
[25]		 CAN
[26]		 GER
[27]		 NLD
[7]		 NZ
[8]		 SWE
[9]		 SWI
[10]		 UK
[28]
"Cooky Puss" 1983 — — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Rock Hard"[29] 1984 — — — — — — — — — — —
"She's on It" 1985 — — — — — 44 23 — — — 10 Krush Groove soundtrack
"Slow and Low"[30] — — — — — — — — — — — Licensed to Ill
"Hold It Now, Hit It" 1986 — — 55 — — — — — — — —
"The New Style" — — 22 — — — — — — — —
"Paul Revere" — — 34 — — — — — — — —
"Brass Monkey" 1987 48 — 83 — — — — — — — —
"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" 7 — — 37 7 25 10 17 — — 11
"No Sleep till Brooklyn" — — — — — 46 23 — — — 14
"Girls"[A] — — — — — — — 27 — — 34
"Hey Ladies"[B] 1989 36 18 — 141 — 43 31 37 — — 76 Paul's Boutique
"Shadrach"[C] — — — — — — — — — — —
"Pass the Mic" 1992 — — — — — — — — — — 47 Check Your Head
"So What'cha Want"[D] 93 22 121 64 — — — — — — —
"Jimmy James"[E] — — — — — — — — — — 55
"Gratitude" — — — — — — — — — — —
"Professor Booty" — — — — — — — — — — —
"Something's Got to Give"[31] — — — — — — — — — — —
"Sabotage"[F][G] 1994 115 18 — 94 38 — 35 — — — 19 Ill Communication
"Get It Together"[G][H] 101 — 113 — — — — —
"Sure Shot" — — — — — — — — — — 27
"Root Down" 1995 — — — — — — — — — — —
"Intergalactic" 1998 28 4 — 21 9 40 16 4 9 33 5 Hello Nasty
"Body Movin'" — 15 — 28 — — 82 20 30 — 15
"The Negotiation Limerick File" — 29 — — — — — — — — —
"Remote Control" / "Three MC's and One DJ" 1999 — — — — — — — — — — 21
"Alive" — 11 — — — — — 22 — — 28 Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science
"Ch-Check It Out"[I] 2004 68 1 106 46 1 65 21 31 38 36 8 To the 5 Boroughs
"Triple Trouble" — 11 — 73 — — — — — — 37
"Right Right Now Now" — — — — — — — — — — —
"Now Get Busy" — — — — — — — — — — — The Wired CD
"An Open Letter to NYC" 2005 — — — — — — 17 — — — 38 To the 5 Boroughs
"Electric Worm"[32] 2007 — — — — — — — — — — — The Mix-Up
"Off the Grid"[32] — — — — — — — — — — —
"Lee Majors Come Again" 2009 — — — — — — — — — — — Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
"Too Many Rappers"
(featuring Nas)		 93 — — — 70 — — — — — 134
"Make Some Noise"[J] 2011 102 7 — — 76 — 87 — — — —
"Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win"
(featuring Santigold)		 — — 80 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Stick 'Em Up"[33]
(Hurricane featuring Beastie Boys)		 1993 The Hurra

Music videos

As lead artist

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Holy Snappers" 1981 Nathanial Hörnblowér[34]
"Egg Raid on Mojo" 1982 Philip Pucci[35]
"She's on It" 1985 N/A
"Hold It, Now Hit It" 1986
"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" Adam Dubin, Ric Menello[35][36]
"No Sleep till Brooklyn" 1987
"Hey Ladies" 1989 Adam Bernstein[35]
"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" Nathanial Hörnblowér[35]
"Shake Your Rump"
"Shadrach"
"Ask for Janice, Part II"
"Slow and Low" (live)
"Netty's Girl" 1992 Tamra Davis[35]
"Pass the Mic" Nathanial Hörnblowér[35]
"So What'cha Want"
"So What'cha Want" (remix) David Perez Shadi[35]
"Jimmy James" Nathanial Hörnblowér, Lisa Ann Cabasa[35]
"Time for Livin'" Spike Jonze[35]
"Gratitude" 1993 David Perez Shadi[35]
"Sabotage" 1994 Spike Jonze[37][38]
"Ricky's Theme"
"Sure Shot" Spike Jonze, Nathanial Hörnblowér[35][39]
"Root Down" 1995 Evan Bernard[35]
"Root Down" (live) Spike Jonze[35]
"Intergalactic" 1998 Nathanial Hörnblowér[35][40][41][42][43][44]
"Body Movin'"
"Three MC's and One DJ" 1999
"Alive"
"Start!"
(featuring Miho Hatori)		 2000
"Ch-Check It Out" 2004
"Triple Trouble"
"Right Right Now Now"
"Rhyme the Rhyme Well"
"An Open Letter to NYC" 2005
"Brass Monkey" (live)
"Shazam!" 2007
"Off the Grid"
"The Gala Event" N/A
"The Rat Cage"
"Suco De Tangerina"
"Make Some Noise" 2011 Nathanial Hörnblowér[45]
"Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win"
(featuring Santigold)		 Spike Jonze[46]
"Too Many Rappers"
(featuring Nas)		 2015 Roman Coppola[35]
List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Stick 'Em Up"[35]
(Hurricane featuring Beastie Boys)		 1993 N/A

Notes

  • A ^ "Girls" was released as a double A-side single with "She's Crafty" in the United Kingdom.
  • B ^ An EP entitled Love American Style, containing a track listing similar to that of the "Hey Ladies" single, was released in several territories in place of the single. The UK peak chart position listed for "Hey Ladies" represents the peak chart position of Love American Style.
  • C ^ "Shadrach" was alternately released as a single under the name "An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego".
  • D ^ "So What'cha Want" did not enter the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 21 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[47]
  • E ^ An EP entitled Frozen Metal Head, containing a track listing similar to that of the "Jimmy James" single, was released in several territories in place of the single. The UK peak chart position listed for "Jimmy James" represents the peak chart position of Frozen Metal Head.
  • F ^ "Sabotage" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[48]
  • G ^ ^ "Sabotage" and "Get It Together" were released together as a double A-side single in several European territories.
  • H ^ "Get It Together" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[48] It did not enter the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[47]
  • I ^ "Ch-Check It Out" did not enter the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[47]
  • J ^ "Make Some Noise" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[48]

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