Joseph Arthur discography
This page lists albums, EPs, singles and compilations by musician Joseph Arthur.
Studio albums
- Big City Secrets
- *Real World Records, March 11, 1997
- Come to Where I'm From
- *Real World Records/Virgin Records, April 11, 2000
- Redemption's Son
- *Real World Records, May 20, 2002
- *Enjoy Records, November 5, 2002
- Our Shadows Will Remain
- *Vector Recordings, September 28, 2004
- *14th Floor Records, July 11, 2005
- Nuclear Daydream
- *Lonely Astronaut Records, September 19, 2006
- The Graduation Ceremony
- *Lonely Astronaut Records, May 23, 2011
- Redemption City
- *Lonely Astronaut Records, January 18, 2012
- The Ballad of Boogie Christ
- *Lonely Astronaut Records, June 11, 2013
- The Ballad of Boogie Christ Act II
- *Lonely Astronaut Records, November 29, 2013
- The Ballad of Boogie Christ Acts I & II
- *Real World Records /Republic Records, September 9, 2013
- Lou: The Songs of Lou Reed
- *Vanguard Records, May 13, 2014
- Days of Surrender
- *self-released, May 26, 2015
- The Family
- *Real World Records, June 3, 2016
- Come Back World
- *Moonage Rebel Records, October 11, 2019
Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts
- Let's Just Be
- *Lonely Astronaut Records, April 17, 2007
- Temporary People
- *Lonely Astronaut Records, September 30, 2008
Arthur Buck
Arthur Buck- *New West Records, June 15, 2018Arthur Buck 2
- *October 3, 2025
EPs
- Cut and Blind
- Vacancy
- Junkyard Hearts I
- Junkyard Hearts II
- Junkyard Hearts III
- Junkyard Hearts IV
- And the Thieves Are Gone
- Could We Survive
- Crazy Rain
- Vagabond Skies
- ''Foreign Girls''
Others
- Holding the Void
- The Invisible Parade (CD) & We Almost Made It (art book)
- iTunes Live from Montreal
- As I Call You Down
- Acts
- Ghost Riding
Singles
- "Mercedes"
- "Daddy's on Prozac"
- "Chemical"
- "In the Sun"
- "Exhausted"
- "In the Night"
- "I Would Rather Hide"
- "Honey and the Moon"
- "Nation of Slaves"
- "All of Our Hands"
- "Can't Exist"
- "Even Tho"
- "Devil's Broom"
- "Can't Exist"
- "Honey and the Moon"
- "Enough to Get Away"
- "Faith"/"Look Into the Sky"
- "Travel As Equals"
Promo CDs
"Chaos and Beauty" - Real World promo, 1997- # "Big City Secret"
- # "Good About Me"
- # "Crying Like a Man" "New Morning" - Real World promo, 1997
- # "Mercedes"
- # "Good About Me"
- # "Big City Secret" "Rusty Water" - Virgin promo, 1999"The Black Sessions EP" - Sargo promo, 2000
- # "Still the Same"
- # "Mercedes"
- # "Big City Secret"
- # "In the Sun"
- # "Prison" "Live at the ASCAP Cafe" - Virgin promo, 2000
- # "I Donated Myself to the Mexican Army"
- # "In the Sun"
- # "Mercedes"
- # "Invisible Hands"
- # "Prison" "Live at the Gypsy Tea Room" - Virgin promo, 2000
- # "History" – 4:20
- # "Big City Secret" – 10:31
- # "Exhausted" – 3:36
- # "Invisible Hands" – 9:52
- # "I Donated Myself to the Mexican Army" – 5:16
- # "In the Sun" – 5:28
- # "Prison" – 13:42"Live at KACD 103.1" - Virgin promo, 2000
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- # "In the Sun"
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- # "Tattoo"
- # "Live at Soundbreak.com" - Virgin promo, 2000
- # "Tattoo"
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- # "Redemption's Son"
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- # "In the Sun"
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- # "I Donated Myself to the Mexican Army"
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- # "Invisible Hands"
- # "I Am a Great Person Even Though I Am a Snake" - Virgin promo, 2002
- # "Honey and the Moon"
- # "Redemption's Son"
- # "I Donated Myself to the Mexican Army"
- # "History"
- # "In the Sun" "Are You With Us?" - Virgin promo, 2002"Crazy Rain / Vagabond Skies / Foreign Girls" - Lonely Astronaut promo, 2008"The Black Sessions EP" - Sangatte Records promo, 2008
- # "Turn You On"
- # "Dead Savior"
- # "Faith"
- # "King of the Pavement"
- # "Temporary People"
- # "Honey and the Moon"
- # "Redemption's Son"
- # "A Smile That Explodes"
- # "Black Lexus"
Song appearances in television and film
Joseph Arthur soundtracked the 1998 film Hell's Kitchen, as well as making a cameo appearance in the film. Joseph also provided three songs for the 2006 documentary Deliver Us from Evil. Joseph starred as a character's father in the 1999 film The Dream Catcher, though he did not provide any music to the soundtrack. Many of his songs have made appearances in film and television:- "Mercedes"
- *Searching for Debra Winger
- "Porcupine"
- *The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
- "Bed of Nails"
- *The Bone Collector
- "In the Sun"
- *The Bourne Identity
- *Wasted
- *Saved!
- *Scrubs
- *Dawson's Creek
- *Grey's Anatomy
- *The L Word
- *Laguna Beach
- *Life
- *Advert for "Echo" by Davidoff
- "Chemical"
- *Rennie's Landing (Stealing Time)
- *Shallow Hal
- "Exhausted"
- *Long Way Down
- "Honey and the Moon"
- *The O.C.
- *American Wedding
- *As the World Turns
- *Without a Trace
- *Dawson's Creek
- *October Road
- *Perfect Romance
- "Stumble and Pain"
- *True Blood
- "A Smile That Explodes"
- *The O.C.
- "My Home Is Your Head"
- *House M.D.
- "You're So True"
- *Shrek 2
- "Electrical Storm"
- *3 lbs.
- "Could We Survive"
- *House M.D.
- *Friday Night Lights
- "Walk Away"
- *Lie to Me
- *Hung
- "Killer's Knife"
- *''Numb3rs''
Unreleased songs
Joseph Arthur has an ever-expanding, vast catalog of songs that have yet to see the light of day on an official release. These songs have either been only played live, or were recorded and put up on either his website, MySpace page, or his Tumblr blog page Bag Is Hot. The list of unreleased songs can be found on the definitive fan website .Cover songs
Below is a list of covers that Joseph has performed :- "Across the Universe"
- "After the Gold Rush"
- "Baby I Need Your Lovin'"
- "Born in the U.S.A."
- "Brass in Pocket"
- "Dearest Darlin'"
- "Going Blind"
- "Hallelujah"
- "Imagine"
- "Little Drummer Boy"
- "Little Sister"
- "Look at Me"
- "Miss You"
- "Pale Blue Eyes"
- "Ramble On"
- "Shock Me"
- "Shock the Monkey"
- "Step Into the Light"
- "Sweet Black Angel"
- "Ten Crack Commandments"
- "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"
- "TV Eye"
- "Up to Me"
- "Venus in Furs"
- "Viva Las Vegas"
- "Whatever You Like"
- "Wild Horses"
- "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"
Contributions
- "Build Back Up" from Wish You Were Here: Love Songs for New York, a September 11, 2001 benefit album
- "You're So True" from the Shrek 2 soundtrack
- "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" on the Starbucks compilation album Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs
- "Look at Me" on the Q magazine compilation album Lennon Covered
- "Hallelujah", "Cathedral" and "Pyramids" from the documentary Deliver Us from Evil
- "Coast of High Barbary" from Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys
- "Last Train to Ithaca"
- "A River Blue"
- "Step Into the Light" on the Afghan Whigs tribute album
Contributions to other artists' projects
As record producer
- Come Down by Tara Angell
- Here, There and Anymore by Greg Connors
As guest musician
Soularium by Sister Soleil- * Co-wrote and played guitar, bass, and sang backing vocals on "Butterfly"Righteous Love by Joan Osborne
- * Played acoustic guitar on "Make You Feel My Love"
- * Co-writer of "Righteous Love" and "If I Was Your Man"Your Love Means Everything by Faultline
- * Co-produced, played guitar, keyboards and percussion, and sang lead and backing vocals on "Wild Horses" Powder Burns by The Twilight Singers
- * Sang backing vocals on "There's Been an Accident" and "Forty Dollars"
- * Sang backing vocals and played Dobro on "The Conversation"Real Life by Joan as Police Woman
- * Played the Moog Rogue synthesizer on "Eternal Flame"
- * Played drums and piano on "Feed the Light"
- * Played piano, Moog Rogue synth, and sang backing vocals on "Christobel"Caroline Glass and Friends EP by Caroline Glass
- * Sang backing vocals on "In Limbo"A Stitch in Time (EP) by The Twilight Singers
- * Co-wrote, sang backing vocals, and played guitar on "Sublime"The Ideal Condition by Paul Hartnoll
- * Co-wrote and sang vocals on "Aggro"Canon by Ani DiFranco
- * Sang backing vocals on "Napoleon" Saturnalia by The Gutter Twins
- * Joseph along with Jennifer Turner and Greg Wieczorek from The Lonely Astronauts provide backing vocals on "Idle Hands"Big Blue Ball released by Real World Records
- * Sang vocals on "Altus Silva" and "Exit Through You"Cover by Joan as Police Woman
- * Joan Wasser singing with Joseph on a cover of T.I.'s "Whatever You Like"