Scott Miller discography

This article presents a full discography of pop musician and singer-songwriter Scott Miller, as the leader of the groups Alternate Learning, Game Theory, and The Loud Family. Miller's discography includes thirteen studio albums (including a forthcoming posthumous release), four EPs, one live album, four compilations, seven singles (including promotional releases), six music videos, and one concert documentary video.

Scott Miller discography
Studio albums13
EPs4
Live albums1
Compilation albums4
Tribute albums2
Singles7
Video albums1
Music videos6
Various artist compilations12

Studio albums and EPs

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Group Year Title Format Label Catalog no.
Alternate Learning 1979 ALRN 7" EP Rational
1982 Painted Windows LP Rational
Game Theory 1982 Blaze of Glory[1]
  • LP
  • CD (2014)
  • LP (2014, pink)
  • ION003
  • CD OV-96
  • LP OV-96
1983 Pointed Accounts of People You Know
  • 12" EP
  • 10" EP (2014, clear)
  • Rational
  • Omnivore
  • ONA-004
  • OVS10-101
1984 Distortion
  • 12" EP
  • 10" EP (2014, green)
  • Rational
  • Omnivore
  • RGP 8405
  • OVS10-102
1985 Real Nighttime
  • LP
  • CD
  • CD (1993)
  • CD (2015)
  • LP (2015, red)
  • Enigma
  • Restless
  • Alias
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • 7 72022
  • A047D
  • OVCD-115
  • OVLP-115
1986 The Big Shot Chronicles
  • LP
  • CS
  • CD (1993)
  • LP (2016, green)
  • CD (2016)
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Alias
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • ST-73210
  • 4XT-73210
  • A046D
  • OVLP-174
  • OVCD-174
1987 Lolita Nation
  • LP (double)
  • CS
  • CD
  • LP (2016, green)
  • CD (2016)
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • STB-73288
  • CDE-73280
  • OVLP-136
  • OVCD-136
1988 Two Steps from the Middle Ages
  • LP
  • CS
  • CD
  • LP (2017, orange)
  • CD (2017)
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • 7 73350-1
  • 7 73350-4
  • 7 73350-2
  • OVLP-204
  • OVCD-204
The Loud Family 1993 Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things LP, CS, CD Alias A033
1994 Slouching Towards Liverpool CD, 10" EP Alias A055
1994 The Tape of Only Linda LP, CS, CD Alias A060
1996 Interbabe Concern CD Alias A098
1998 Days for Days CD Alias A131
2000 Attractive Nuisance CD Alias A146
The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau 2006 What If It Works?
  • CD
  • CD (2022)
  • 125-013
  • OVCD-477
Game Theory 2017 Supercalifragile[2][3] LP, CD KCM Records KCINA22

Live albums

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Group Year Title Format Label Catalog No.
The Loud Family 2002 From Ritual to Romance CD 125 Records 125-005

Compilation albums

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Group Year Title Format Label Catalog no.
Game Theory 1984 Dead Center
  • LP
  • CD (2015)
  • Lolita (FR)
  • Omnivore
  • 5031
  • OVCD-103
1989 Tinker to Evers to Chance LP, CS, CD Enigma
1993 Distortion of Glory CD Alias
2020 Across the Barrier of Sound: PostScript
  • LP (pink)
  • CD
Omnivore
  • OVLP-362
  • OVCD-362

Singles and promotional releases

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Group Year Title Format Label Catalog no.
Game Theory 1983 "Dead Center"[4] 7" flexi-disc Rational
1985 "24" b/w "Waltz the Halls Always"[5] 7" single Enigma, Victoria
1986 "Erica's Word" b/w "Couldn't I Just Tell You"[6] 7" single Big Time Records
1987 "The Real Sheila" 12" single Enigma
The Loud Family 1993 Never Mind the Camera Crew, Here's The Loud Family[7] CS Alias
1993 "Take Me Down" b/w "The Come On" 7" single Alias A043
1994 "It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas"[8] CD single Alias
1997 "Don't Respond, She Can Tell" CD single Alias PRCD A098

Tribute and cover album appearances

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Group Year Title Format Label Catalog no.
The Loud Family 1995 Sing Hollies in Reverse
  • includes "Look Through Any Window"
CD eggBert ER80018
1997 Come and Get It: A Tribute to Badfinger
  • includes "We're for the Dark"
CD Copper CPR 2181

Various artist compilations

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Group Year Title Format Label Catalog no.
Game Theory 1985 Enigma Variations[9]
  • includes "24"
LP, CS, CD Enigma
1987 Enigma Variations 2[10]
LP, CS, CD Enigma
1987 The Enigma Compilation 1988
  • includes "Erica's Word"
LP Enigma
The Loud Family 1992 TDK Mail Rock: Serious Music Sampler
  • includes "Isaac's Law"
CD TDK/Caroline CARTDK01
1993 Fat-Free, Guilt-Free
  • includes "Soul Drain," "Baby Hard-To-Be-Around"
CS Alias
1993 Hot Cinnamon Churros
  • includes "Jimmy Still Comes Around," "The Ballad of How You Can All Shut Up," "Back of a Car," "No One Twisting His Arm"
CD Alias A040-D
The Loud Family and Game Theory 1993 Alias w/ a Bullet[11]
  • includes "Slit My Wrists (Live)," "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory," "Girl w/ a Guitar," "Linus and Lucy"
CD Alias
The Loud Family 1994 Streamlined
  • includes "Baby Hard-to-Be-Around," "Ballet Hetero"
CD Alias
1995 Star Power
  • includes "Horse with No Name"
CD, CS Pravda PR6350
1996 Premium: New Music With A Golden Glow[12]
  • includes "Don't Respond, She Can Tell"
CD Alias A108
1996 For Discriminating Tastes: The Alternative Distribution Alliance CD Sampler
  • includes "Don't Respond, She Can Tell"
CD Alternative Distribution Alliance ADA 20005
The Loud Family and Game Theory 1997 Year of the Wagon
  • includes "Don't Respond, She Can Tell," "Spot the Setup," "Erica's Word," "Tin Scarecrow"
CD Alias A124[13]
The Loud Family 1997 Yellow Pills, Vol. 4
  • includes "Chicago and Miss Jovan's Land-O-Mat"
CD Big Deal
1999 The 26th Commandment: Thou Shalt Expand Thy Mind
  • includes "Asleep and Awake on the Man's Freeway (live)"
CD Ptolemaic Terrascope

Music videos and DVDs

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Group Year Title
Game Theory 1985 "I've Tried Subtlety"
  • from the album The Big Shot Chronicles
  • music video, directed by Fred Juhos
1986 "Erica's Word"
  • from the album The Big Shot Chronicles
  • music video, directed by Jan Novello for Novello Productions, art direction by Modi Karlsson[14][15]
1987 "The Real Sheila"
  • from the album Lolita Nation
  • music video, directed by Jan Novello for Novello Productions, art direction by Modi Karlsson[16]
2017 "I Still Dream of Getting Back to Paris"
  • from the album Supercalifragile
  • music video, directed by Hector Di Napoli[17]
The Loud Family 1993 "Jimmy Still Comes Around"
  • from the album Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things
  • music video, directed by Lucy Phillips and Glen Scantlebury
1994 "Soul Drain"
  • from the album The Tape of Only Linda
  • music video, directed by Sondra Russell
1994 "Marcia and Etrusca"
  • from the album The Tape of Only Linda
  • music video, directed by Sondra Russell
1996 "Don't Respond, She Can Tell"
  • from the album Interbabe Concern
  • music video, directed by Sondra Russell, produced by Jeff Orgill for Giant Tarantula Productions[18]
2003 Loud Family Live 2000
  • concert tour documentary on DVD
  • directed by Danny Plotnick
  • 125 Records, catalog no. 125-008

References

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  1. ^ Omnivore Recordings (July 14, 2014). "Release: Blaze of Glory". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Gibbs, Ryan (May 5, 2016). "Music news: Kickstarter launched for final Game Theory album". The Young Folks. Archived from the original on 2016-05-06.
  3. ^ West, B.J. "Supercalifragile by Scott Miller's Game Theory". Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Dead Center" at Discogs
  5. ^ "24" at Discogs
  6. ^ "Erica's Word / Couldn't I Just Tell You" at Discogs
  7. ^ Never Mind the Camera Crew, Here's The Loud Family at Discogs
  8. ^ "It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas" at Discogs
  9. ^ Enigma Variations at Discogs (list of releases)
  10. ^ Enigma Variations 2 at Discogs (list of releases)
  11. ^ Alias w/ a Bullet at Discogs
  12. ^ Premium: New Music With A Golden Glow at Discogs
  13. ^ Note: A second version of Year of the Wagon (catalog number A123) features four songs by Archers of Loaf in place of the Loud Family/Game Theory material. Ruppenstein, Andy; Holtebeck, Steve. "Year of the Wagon". The Loud Family Discography. The Loud Family (official website). Archived from the original on 2013-11-06.
  14. ^ "Video Track". Billboard. 1986. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27.
  15. ^ Game Theory (March 3, 1987). Erica's Word (official video). Vimeo. Total running time 4:00. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  16. ^ Game Theory (1987). The Real Sheila (official video). Vimeo. Total running time 3:34. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  17. ^ Game Theory (January 4, 2017). I Still Dream of Getting Back to Paris (official music video). Directed by Hector Di Napoli. B.J. West's channel. YouTube.
  18. ^ The Loud Family (1996). Don't Respond, She Can Tell (official video). Vimeo. Total running time 4:03. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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