Alex G discography

Alex G discography
Alex G performing at South by Southwest in 2015
Studio albums	9
EPs	4
Soundtrack albums	2
Live albums	3
Singles	27

American musician Alex G has released nine studio albums and four EPs, as well as three live albums and two soundtrack albums. His first four studio albums were self-released on the music-sharing website Bandcamp. His fifth album, DSU, was released on Orchid Tapes in 2014, and his subsequent releases have been with the label Domino Recording Company. He has also contributed to songs by various artists and bands including Julia Brown, Frank Ocean, Porches, Japanese Breakfast, Nothing and Lil Yachty.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]	US Alt [2]	US Curr. [3]	US Heat [4]	US Indie [5]
Winner	Released: July 4, 2011[6] Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming	—	—	—	—	—
Race	Released: August 9, 2011[A][B] Label: Self-released Format: LP, digital download, streaming, cassette[C]	—	—	—	—	—
Rules	Released: January 15, 2012[12] Label: Self-released[D] Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming, cassette[E]	—	—	—	—	—
Trick	Released: November 6, 2012 Label: Self-released Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming, cassette	—	—	—	—	—
DSU	Released: June 17, 2014 Label: Orchid Tapes Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming, cassette	—	—	—	—	—
Beach Music	Released: October 9, 2015 Label: Domino Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming, cassette	—	—	—	9	—
Rocket	Released: May 19, 2017 Label: Domino Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming, cassette	—	—	95	7	23
House of Sugar	Released: September 13, 2019 Label: Domino Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming, cassette	—	25	39	5	16
God Save the Animals	Released: September 23, 2022 Label: Domino Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming, cassette	144	16	9	3	23
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Curr. [3]	US Sales [16]	SCO [17]
Live at The Headroom	Released: October 9, 2015[F] Label: Domino Format: LP[G]	—	—	—
Live at Third Man Records	Released: June 15, 2018[20] Label: Third Man Format: LP[H]	—	—	—
Live from Union Transfer	Released: June 30, 2023[22] Label: Domino Format: LP	45	80	88
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums

Title	Album details
We're All Going to the World's Fair (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Released: April 15, 2022[23] Label: Love in Winter, Milan Format: LP,[I] digital download, streaming
I Saw the TV Glow (Original Motion Picture Score)	Released: May 16, 2024 Label: A24 Music Format: Digital download, streaming

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums with notes

Title	Album details	Notes
Some Songs	Released: May 10, 2014[25] Label: Volante Discos Format: Digital download, streaming, cassette	A compilation of songs recorded between 2010 and 2012. Includes tracks from the EPs Easy and What Would Your Closest Friend Do? and from the albums Rules and Trick, plus single "Good".
C-Sides	Released: 2015[J] Label: Self-released Format: CD	An album consisting of 18 unreleased songs.

Extended plays

List of extended plays

Title	Details
Easy	Released: August 21, 2011[27] Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming[K]
Paint	Released: September 9, 2013[31] Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
Split 7" (with R.L. Kelly)	Released: September 24, 2013[32] Label: Birdtapes Format: EP, digital download, streaming
Salt	Released: 2013[15] Label: Birdtapes[L] Format: Cassette

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US AAA [33]	US TikTok [34]
"Sandy"[35]	2011	—	—	Rules[M]
"Good"[37]		—	—
"Lucy"[38]	2013	—	—	Non-album singles
"Joy"[39]		—	—
"Hollow"	2014	—	—	DSU
"Harvey"		—	—
"Bug"	2015	—	—	Beach Music
"Salt"		—	—
"Kicker"		—	—
"Bobby"	2017	—	—	Rocket
"Witch"		—	—
"Proud"		—	—
"Brick"		—	—
"Sportstar" (solo or remix with Porches)		—	—
"Gretel"	2019	—	—	House of Sugar
"Hope"		—	—
"Southern Sky"		—	—
"Near"		—	—
"Treehouse"[N] (featuring Emily Yacina)	2022	—	42	Non-album single
"Sarah"		—	—	Trick
"Soaker"		—	—	DSU
"End Song"[O][23]		—	—	We're All Going to the World's Fair (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Main Theme"[O][44]		—	—
"Blessing"		—	—	God Save The Animals
"Runner"		34	—
"Cross the Sea"		—	—
"Miracles"		—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Album
"Too Long Here" (Ryan Hemsworth featuring Alex G)	2015	Alone for the First Time
"April Ha Ha" (Nothing featuring Alex G)	2020	The Great Dismal

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US TikTok [34]	US Lyr. [45]
"I Wait for You"	2011	15	—	Easy
"Break"	2014	—	7	Those Who Were Once Friends Are Now Fam
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances

Title	Year	Other artist	Album	Ref.
"Sloth"	2012	None	Mein Comp	[46]
"Cold"	2013		420 Love Songs (First 40)	[47]
"Molly"			420 Love Songs (Second 40)	[48]
"Trade"			What Would Your Closest Friend Do?[P]	[49]
"Not So Tough"			Winter Mixtape	[50]
"Break"	2014		Those Who Were Once Friends Are Now Fam	[51]
"Cards"			Boring Ecstasy: The Bedroom Pop of Orchid Tapes	[52]
"Kara"			Alone	[53]
"Sum Secret"			Angeltown II	[54]
"Change My Mind"	2015		Bonus Mix CD	[55]
"I Was Here"[Q]	2016		Art Week 2016	[56]
"July 27 2015"			Radiating Light: Orchid Tapes & Friends	[57]
"Leave the House"	2018	Porches	The House	[58]
"Babylon"		Oneohtrix Point Never	Love in the Time of Lexapro	[59]
"Nine"	2019	Sleeping at Last	Atlas: Enneagram	[60]

Collaborations

List of musical collaborations

Title	Year	Artist	Credit(s)
Reverie	2011	Emily Yacina	Drums ("Far Away",[61] "For Now"[62])
"Too Slow"	2013		Instruments[63]
Bloom			Electric guitar, drums ("Glow")[64]
Brown Horse	2014	R.L. Kelly	Drums ("The Great Big World"), guitar, keys ("I Cannot")[65]
All Cold Everything		Cold Foamers	Writing ("Always", "Rebecca"), recording, production[66]
"Alright"		R.L. Kelly	Drums[67]
An Abundance of Strawberries	2016	Julia Brown	Writing, recording ("Possession (Full)" coda)[68]
Endless		Frank Ocean	Guitars ("U-N-I-T-Y",[R] "Wither", "Slide on Me", "Rushes", "Higgs")[69]
Blonde			Guitars, arrangement ("Self Control", "White Ferrari")[70]
Attic Space	2018	Fairy Godmother	Drums ("Intro", "Tell on Me")[71]
Not Glitterer		Glitterer	Production[72]
Looking Through the Shades	2019		Production[73]
Projections	2020	Tomberlin	Production[74]
Ravening Iron		Eternal Champion	Additional keys ("Ravening Iron")[75]
Jubilee	2021	Japanese Breakfast	Production, rhodes, piano, synthesizers ("Savage Good Boy")[76]
Lifesaver	2022	Snoozer	Keys ("Half Way Home")[77]
Let's Start Here	2023	Lil Yachty	Writing ("Failure")[78]
The Great Impersonator	2024	Halsey	Production ("Only Living Girl in LA", "The End", "Letter to God (1983)", "Hometown"), guitar ("Ego", "The End"), additional production ("Darwinism"), writing ("Only Living Girl in LA")

Notes

1. Giannascoli wrote and recorded Race during high school, but released it only after graduating in 2011.[7][8] For this reason, the Bandcamp page of the album indicates January 1, 2010, as release date.[9]
2. Remastered by Heba Kadry in 2020 and reissued in 2021.[10]
3. Released by Gold Soundz in 2013.[11]
4. Remastered and reissued by Lucky Number on April 6, 2015.[13]
5. Released by Birdtapes in September 2013.[14][15]
6. Included in the deluxe edition of the Beach Music LP vinyl.[18]
7. The tracks "Bug" and "Kicker" were included in the EP Spring 2016 Tour Compilation (released on Bandcamp) and made available for digital download and streaming.[19]
8. The track "Bobby" (distributed via SoundCloud) was officially uploaded online and made available for digital download and streaming.[21]
9. Released in occasion of Record Store Day on November 25, 2022.[24]
10. Copies were distributed at live performances during a concert tour.[26]
11. The track "I Wait for You" doesn't appear in the official Bandcamp track listing—and isn't therefore available for streaming anymore—since 2015,[28][29] but is still included in the download.[30]
12. Salt was published as a minor release since it wasn't directly intended for the Birdtapes label.
13. "Good" was included in compilation album Some Songs (2014) and—along with "Sandy"—in the 2015 remastered edition of Rules, as a bonus track. "Sandy" was reissued in 2022 featuring "Good" as B-side.[36]
14. "Treehouse" was originally an unreleased song, having an instrumental version included in the compilation C-Sides (2015). After becoming popular on TikTok in 2020–21,[40][41] it was uploaded to main audio streaming platforms on January 22, 2022.[42] Official sources indicate January 17, 2011, as release date.[43]
15. Subtitled "(from "We're All Going to the World's Fair" Soundtrack)"
16. "Trade" was later included in the EP Split 7" (2013).
17. Released under the name "Alan J".
18. Giannascoli appears in the credits for "U-N-I-T-Y" only in the 2017 home video version of the film.

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