# Sondre Lerche discography

The discography of Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche consists of 10 studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, three soundtrack albums, one re-recorded album, 14 extended plays, 36 singles, 35 music videos, and 14 holiday covers.
Lerche's published music career began in the year 2000 at the age of 17, when he released his debut single, "You Know So Well" in Norway. He had previously started writing songs, including his first song "Locust Girl", at age 14. The release of Lerche's first full-length album, Faces Down, was delayed to 2001 until he finished schooling; the album debuted at the number two spot on the VG-lista Norwegian charts. His sophomore album, Two Way Monologue, was released in 2004. In 2006, Lerche took a stylistic change into jazz with Duper Sessions, which charted on the American Billboard Jazz charts. This was followed in 2007 by the indie rock album Phantom Punch. In 2009, Lerche released the album Heartbeat Radio, which was followed in 2011 by the self-titled Sondre Lerche.
Lerche started a trilogy of albums with the release of Please in 2014, followed by Pleasure in 2017 and concluding with Patience in 2020. He then released a double album, Avatars of Love, in 2022, the year of his 40th birthday. Lerche's discography has also included several extended plays, and a tradition of releasing cover songs as digital singles during the holiday season.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | NOR | US | US Indie | US Jazz |
| Faces Down | Released: September 2001 Label: Astralwerks, Virgin Formats: CD, LP, digital | 2 | – | – | – |
| Two Way Monologue | Released: 9 March 2004 Label: Astralwerks, Virgin Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital | 2 | – | 31 | – |
| Duper Sessions (as Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet) | Released: 27 February 2006 Label: Astralwerks, Virgin Formats: CD, LP, digital | 4 | – | – | 21 |
| Phantom Punch (as Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down) | Released: 6 February 2007 Label: Astralwerks, EMI Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital | 5 | – | – | – |
| Heartbeat Radio | Released: 8 September 2009 Label: Rounder Formats: CD, LP, digital | 31 | 178 | – | – |
| Sondre Lerche | Released: 6 June 2011 Label: Mona, Tellé Formats: CD, LP, digital | 6 | 183 | 34 | – |
| Please | Released: 23 September 2014 Label: Mona, Yep Roc Formats: CD, LP, digital | 34 | – | – | – |
| Pleasure | Released: 3 March 2017 Label: PLZ Formats: CD, LP, digital | – | – | – | – |
| Patience | Released: 5 June 2020 Label: PLZ Formats: CD, LP, digital | 11 | – | – | – |
| Avatars of Love | Released: 1 April 2022 Label: PLZ, Ingrooves Formats: CD, LP, digital | 4 | – | – | – |

### Live album

| Title | Details |
| Bootlegs | Released: 4 September 2012 Label: Mona Formats: CD, LP, digital |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Details |
| Avatars of the Night | Released: 31 March 2023 Label: PLZ, Ingrooves Formats: LP, digital |
| Understudy | Released: 20 October 2023 Label: PLZ Formats: LP, digital |

### Soundtrack albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US Heat |
| Dan in Real Life | Released: 2 October 2007 Label: Virgin, Touchstone Formats: CD, digital | 6 |
| The Sleepwalker (with Kato Ådland) | Released: 11 February 2014 Label: Mona, Yep Roc Formats: LP, digital | – |
| Er det morgen nå? (with Fantorangen) | Released: 26 September 2018 Label: PLZ Formats: Digital | – |

### Re-recorded album

| Title | Details |
| Solo Pleasure | Released: 24 November 2017 (physical), 14 February 2018 (digital) Label: Analog Spark, PLZ Formats: LP, digital |

## Extended plays

| Title | Details |
| You Know So Well | Released: February 2001 Label: Virgin Formats: CD |
| No One's Gonna Come EP | Released: June 2001 Label: Virgin Formats: CD |
| Sleep on Needles EP | Released: 14 January 2002 Label: Virgin Formats: CD |
| Dead Passengers EP | Released: 2002 Label: Source Formats: CD |
| Don't Be Shallow | Released: 23 September 2003 Label: Astralwerks Formats: CD, digital |
| Two Way Monologue EP | Released: 2004 Label: Virgin Formats: CD |
| Polaroid Pool Party EP | Released: August 2008 Label: N/A Formats: CD |
| Polaroid Pumpkin Party EP | Released: November 2008 Label: N/A Formats: CD |
| Public Hi-Fi Sessions 01 | Released: November 2013 Label: Public Hi-Fi Formats: LP, digital |
| Covers EP | Released: April 2015 Label: Mona Formats: Digital |
| Despite the Night EP | Released: 22 May 2015 Label: Mona Formats: Digital |
| Britney | Released: 20 December 2019 Label: PLZ Formats: Digital |
| I Shouldn't Have to Spell My Name | Released: 6 December 2024 Label: Flake, PLZ Formats: CD |
| Sea of Sighs | Released: 10 January 2025 Label: PLZ Formats: LP, digital |

## Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album | Ref. |
| Title | Year | NOR | US Emerging | Album | Ref. |
| "You Know So Well" | 2000 | 2 | – | Faces Down | |
| "No One's Gonna Come" | 2001 | 6 | – | Faces Down | |
| "Sleep on Needles" | 2001 | – | – | Faces Down | |
| "All Luck Ran Out" | 2001 | – | – | Faces Down | |
| "Two Way Monologue" | 2004 | – | – | Two Way Monologue | |
| "Days That Are Over" | 2004 | – | – | Two Way Monologue | |
| "Minor Detail" | 2006 | – | – | Duper Sessions | |
| "Phantom Punch" | 2006 | – | – | Phantom Punch | |
| "Say It All" | 2006 | – | – | Phantom Punch | |
| "The Tape" | 2007 | – | – | Phantom Punch | |
| "Heartbeat Radio" | 2008 | – | – | Heartbeat Radio | |
| "Domino" | 2011 | – | – | Sondre Lerche | |
| "Private Caller" | 2011 | – | – | Sondre Lerche | |
| "Øynene lukket" (with Lars Vaular) | 2012 | – | – | Non-album single | |
| "It's Never Meant to Be" | 2012 | – | – | Non-album single | |
| "The Plague" | 2013 | – | – | Non-album single | |
| "Bad Law" | 2014 | – | 19 | Please | |
| "Sentimentalist" | 2014 | – | – | Please | |
| "Despite the Night" | 2015 | – | – | Despite the Night (EP) | |
| "Soft Feelings" | 2017 | – | – | Pleasure | |
| "Violent Game" | 2017 | – | – | Pleasure | |
| "I Know Something That's Gonna Break Your Heart" | 2017 | – | – | Pleasure | |
| "Serenading in the Trenches" | 2017 | – | – | Pleasure | |
| "Slip Into Character" | 2019 | – | – | Britney (EP) | |
| "You Are Not Who I Thought I Was" | 2020 | – | – | Patience | |
| "Why Would I Let You Go" | 2020 | – | – | Patience | |
| "That's All There Is" | 2020 | – | – | Patience | |
| "I Could Not Love You Enough" | 2020 | – | – | Patience (Deluxe Edition) | |
| "Foreign Heart" (feat. Delicate Steve) | 2020 | – | – | Patience (Deluxe Edition) | |
| "King of Letting Go" | 2021 | – | – | Non-album single | |
| "Dead of the Night" | 2021 | – | – | Avatars of Love | |
| "Cut" / "Turns Out I'm Sentimental After All" | 2022 | – | – | Avatars of Love | |
| "Avatars of Love" | 2022 | – | – | Avatars of Love | |
| "Summer in Reverse" (feat. CHAI) | 2022 | – | – | Avatars of Love | |
| "Den sanne jul" | 2024 | – | – | Non-album single | |
| "Showtime 2.1" | 2025 | – | – | Sea of Sighs (EP) | |

### Holiday covers

Lerche maintains an annual holiday tradition of covering a pop song from the past year, which has been in conjunction with producer Matias Tellez since 2013. They are published as stand-alone digital singles on Bandcamp and released to the music publication Stereogum. Many of these covers were included on the 2015 EP Covers and the 2023 compilation album Understudy. Lerche first began publishing cover songs during the holiday season in 2009, as exclusives for Stereogum, although his partnership with Tellez for an annual tradition did not start until 2013. In 2019, the Britney EP (containing three Britney Spears covers and the original single "Slip Into Character") fulfilled the tradition rather than releasing one single.
List of annual holiday covers, published as digital singles :
| Title | Year | Original artist |
| "Bluish" | 2009 | Animal Collective |
| "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" | 2010 | Owen Pallett |
| "Countdown" | 2011 | Beyoncé |
| "Wrecking Ball" | 2013 | Miley Cyrus |
| "Chandelier" | 2014 | Sia |
| "Hotline Bling" | 2015 | Drake |
| "Into You" | 2016 | Ariana Grande |
| "Bad Liar" | 2017 | Selena Gomez |
| "Thank U, Next" | 2018 | Ariana Grande |
| "Rain on Me" / "I Contain Multitudes" | 2020 | Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande Bob Dylan |
| "Kiss Me More" | 2021 | Doja Cat (feat. SZA) |
| "Anti-Hero" | 2022 | Taylor Swift |
| "Flowers" | 2023 | Miley Cyrus |
| "Good Luck, Babe!" | 2024 | Chappell Roan |

## Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "You Know So Well" | 2000 | Nathilde Overrein Rapp |
| "Sleep on Needles" | 2001 | Snorre Lærdal Magnus Martens |
| "Two Way Monologue" | 2004 | |
| "Days That Are Over" | 2004 | Magnus Martens |
| "Minor Detail" | 2006 | |
| "Phantom Punch" | 2006 | Kristoffer Borgli |
| "Say It All" | 2007 | Renate Rognan |
| "Heartbeat Radio" | 2009 | Kate Barker-Frøyland |
| "If Only" | 2010 | Celia Rowlson-Hall |
| "Private Caller" | 2011 | Kate Barker-Frøyland |
| "Go Right Ahead" | 2011 | Mona Fastvold |
| "Domino" | 2011 | Mona Fastvold |
| "When the River" | 2012 | Mona Fastvold |
| "Øynene lukket" (with Lars Vaular) | 2012 | Andrew Amorim |
| "Bad Law" | 2014 | Evan Savitt |
| "Legends" | 2014 | Evan Savitt |
| "Sentimentalist" | 2014 | Evan Savitt |
| "Lucky Guy" | 2015 | Marius Hauge |
| "I'm Always Watching You" | 2016 | Johannes Greve Muskat |
| "Soft Feelings" | 2017 | Johannes Greve Muskat |
| "Serenading in the Trenches" | 2017 | Evan Savitt |
| "Siamese Twin" | 2017 | Marius Hauge |
| "I Know Something That's Gonna Break Your Heart (Solo)" | 2018 | Jon Danovic |
| "Slip Into Character" | 2019 | Jon Danovic |
| "You Are Not Who I Thought I Was" | 2020 | Jon Danovic |
| "Why Would I Let You Go" | 2020 | Jon Danovic |
| "That's All There Is" | 2020 | Jon Danovic |
| "I Can't See Myself Without You" | 2020 | Jon Danovic |
| "Are We Alone Now" | 2021 | CJ Wallis |
| "King of Letting Go" | 2021 | Jon Danovic |
| "Cut" | 2022 | Jon Danovic |
| "Turns Out I'm Sentimental After All" | 2022 | Jon Danovic |
| "Avatars of Love" | 2022 | CJ Wallis |
| "Summer in Reverse" (feat. CHAI) | 2022 | Marius Hauge |
| "Alone in the Night" (feat. Aurora) | 2022 | William Glandberger |

## Other appearances

| Year | Album | Song | Notes |
| 2010 | Dinner for Schmucks | "Dear Laughing Doubters" | Film soundtrack album |
| 2011 | Muppets: The Green Album | "Mr. Bassman" | Compilation album/various artists |
| 2020 | Crescendo i gågata: En hyllest til Lillebjørn Nilsen | "Så nære vi var" | Compilation album/various artists |
| 2021 | Songs for Trans Youth | "High School Is Eternal" | Compilation album/various artists |
| 2021 | Chris Holm | "Maybe" | Featured artist (Chris Holm & Orions Belte) |
| 2022 | Covers of Covers | "Townie" | Compilation album/various artists |
| 2024 | Radiant Green | "Virginia" | Featured artist (Bel Canto) |