# Stephin Merritt discography

This article is a detailed listing of releases by singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt, including the discographies of The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies, The 6ths, Future Bible Heroes, and solo releases by Merritt.

## The Magnetic Fields
### Albums

| Album title | Format | Year | Original label | Chart positions | Sales |
| Distant Plastic Trees | LP | 1991 | Red Flame | — | |
| The Wayward Bus | LP | 1992 | PoPuP | — | |
| The House of Tomorrow | EP | 1992 | Feel Good All Over | — | |
| The Charm of the Highway Strip | LP | 1994 | Merge Records | — | |
| Holiday | LP | 1994 | Feel Good All Over | — | |
| Get Lost | LP | 1995 | Merge Records | — | |
| 69 Love Songs | LP | 1999 | Merge Records | — | US: 203,000 |
| i | LP | 2004 | Nonesuch Records | #152 (Billboard 200) | US: 63,000 |
| Distortion | LP | 2008 | Nonesuch Records | #77 (Billboard 200) | |
| Realism | LP | 2010 | Nonesuch Records | #110 (Billboard 200) | |
| Love at the Bottom of the Sea | LP | 2012 | Merge Records | #89 (Billboard 200) | |
| 50 Song Memoir | LP | 2017 | Nonesuch Records | — | |
| Quickies | 5xEP | 2020 | Nonesuch Records | — | |

### Singles

| Song title | Format | b/w | Year | Label |
| "100,000 Fireflies" | 7" | "Old Orchard Beach" | 1991 | Harriet Records |
| "Long Vermont Roads" | 7" | "Alien Being", "Beach-a-Boop-Boop" | 1992 | Harriet Records |
| "All the Umbrellas in London" | 7" | "Rats in the Garbage of the Western World" | 1995 | Merge Records |
| "Why I Cry" | 7" | "The Man Amplifier" | 1995 | Motorway Records |
| "I Don't Believe You" | 7" | "When I'm Not Looking, You're Not There" | 1998 | Merge Records |
| "Andrew in Drag" | 7" | "When Next I Fall in Love" | 2012 | Merge Records |

### Non-album releases

* "Plant White Roses" (Stephin Merritt re-recording), 5 Rows of Teeth (1994)
* "Heroes", Crash Course for the Ravers: A Tribute to the Songs of David Bowie (1996)
* "I Die: You Die", Random: Gary Numan Tribute (1997)
* "Le Tourbillon", Pop Romantique: French Pop Classics (1999)
* "Take Ecstasy with Me" (original Susan Anway recording), Oh Merge (1999)
* "If I Were a Rich Man", Knitting on the Roof (1999)

## The Gothic Archies
### Albums

| Album title | Format | Year | Original label | Chart positions |
| Looming in the Gloom | EP | 1996 | Hello Recording Club | — |
| The New Despair | EP | 1997 | Merge Records | — |
| The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events | LP | 2006 | Nonesuch Records | — |

## The 6ths
### Albums

| Album title | Format | Year | Original label | Chart positions |
| Wasps' Nests | LP | 1995 | London Records | — |
| Hyacinths and Thistles | LP | 2000 | Merge Records | — |

### Singles

| Song title | Format | B/W | Year | Label |
| "Heaven In A Black Leather Jacket" | 7" | "Rot In The Sun" | 1993 | Merge Records |

## Future Bible Heroes
### Albums

| Album title | Format | Year | Original label | Chart positions |
| Memories of Love | LP | 1997 | Slow River/Rykodisc (US), Elefant (Europe, Korea), Setanta (UK) | — |
| Lonely Days | EP | 1997 | | — |
| I'm Lonely (And I Love It) | EP | 2000 | | — |
| Eternal Youth | LP | 2002 | Instinct Records | — |
| The Lonely Robot | EP | 2002 | Instinct Records | — |
| Partygoing | LP | 2013 | Merge Records | — |

## Solo

The following releases are credited solo to Stephin Merritt.

### Albums

* Eban and Charley (Merge, 2002)
* Pieces of April (Nonesuch, 2003)
* Showtunes (Nonesuch, 2006)
* "Coraline (Original Cast Recording of the Off-Broadway play)" (2010)
* Obscurities (2011)

### Non-album releases

* "The Meaning of Lice", Plague Songs (2006)
* "I'm In A Lonely Way", iTunes-only single (2007)
* "The Man of a Million Faces", NPR Music: Two Days with Project Song (2007)
* "Beauty", Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox (2009)
* "Not One Of Us", I'll Scratch Yours (2010)
* "Dream Again", Covers E.P. (2011)