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Alex G discography
Alex G performing at South by Southwest in 2015
Studio albums9
Live albums3
EPs4
Singles27
Soundtrack albums2

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

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Studio albums

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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 — — — — —
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

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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 — — —
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

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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

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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 sigle "Good".
C-Sides
  • Released: 2015[J]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD
  • An album consisting of 18 unreleased songs.

Extended plays

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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

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As lead artist

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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.
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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

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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

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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

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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, guitar ("The End")[79]

Notes

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  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. ^ a b 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.

References

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  38. ^ "LUCY". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  39. ^ "Joy". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
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  43. ^ "Treehouse (feat. Emily Yacina) - Single". Apple Music. Archived from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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  47. ^ "420 love songs (first 40)". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  48. ^ "420 love songs (second 40)". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
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  54. ^ "Angeltown II". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  55. ^ "Girlpool – Bonus Mix CD (2015, CDr)". Discogs. Archived from the original on August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
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  72. ^ "Not Glitterer". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  73. ^ "Looking Through The Shades". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  74. ^ Projections (EP liner notes). Tomberlin. 2020. Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  75. ^ Ravening Iron (LP liner notes). Eternal Champion. 2020. Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  76. ^ Jubilee (LP liner notes). Japanese Breakfast. 2021. Archived from the original on August 29, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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