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Less Than Jake discography
Less Than Jake performing in August 2006. From left to right: JR, Roger, Vinnie, Buddy, Chris.
Studio albums9
EPs8
Soundtrack albums23
Live albums4
Compilation albums5
Singles17
Video albums3
Music videos13
Demos2

The following is the discography of Less Than Jake, a Florida-based ska punk band.

Less Than Jake's first full-length LP Pezcore debuted in August 1995, featuring such staples as "Liquor Store" and "My Very Own Flag", originally on Dill Records. Shortly following the release of Pezcore, the band was signed to Capitol Records. They debuted on the major label in 1996 with Losing Streak. The album was full of the band's wry, fast-paced brand of ska-punk anthems, producing such fan favorites as "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts," "Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore," and "Automatic".

In 1998 the band released Hello Rockview, one of their most acclaimed albums. In September 2000, the band released Borders & Boundaries. While it was neither as commercially successful or as musically appreciated as previous releases initially, the album was a display of significant growth for the band, showcasing much more mature music than the band had ever shown before. Still, the album provided fans with two instant hits in "Look What Happened" (which received minor airplay on college stations) and their hometown anthem, "Gainesville Rock City" (which received some airtime on MTV2).

Less Than Jake returned to major label status with their next album Anthem, releasing the 2003 LP on Warner Bros./Sire Records. It featured hit singles in both the US and the UK, with "She's Gonna Break Soon" (which spent a couple weeks on TRL), "The Science Of Selling Yourself Short" (#36 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart). The DVD retrospective "The People's History of Less Than Jake" appeared a month later, featuring both professional and bootleg recordings of the band, as well as home movies of the members' own creation.

In April 2006, the band released the four-song EP, Absolution for Idiots and Addicts, followed a month later with their next full-length, In with the Out Crowd, on Sire Records. The album, while still receiving generally positive reviews, was viewed far more negatively than compared to previous albums. On June 24, 2008, the band released GNV FLA on their own label Sleep It Off Records. This album was widely viewed as a welcomed return to the sound and musical style heard on their early records.

In 2011, members of the band stated their distaste for full-length studio albums,[1][2] and suggested that the band will be releasing only EPs in the future. The band subsequently released Greetings from Less Than Jake in 2011 and its follow-up, Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake in 2012. The band went back on their comments in 2013, and released the full length album See the Light. Their EP Sound the Alarm was released in 2017, and in 2020, their latest album Silver Linings was released.

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
[3]
US
Alt.

[4]
US
Indie

[5]
US
Rock

[6]
AUS
[7]
SCO
[8]
UK
[8]
UK
Indie

[8]
UK
Rock

[8]
Pezcore
  • Released: August 22, 1995
  • Label: Dill
  • Formats: CD, LP
Losing Streak
  • Released: November 12, 1996
  • Label: Capitol (CDP 7243-8-37235-2-2)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
[A] 77 89 18
Hello Rockview
  • Released: October 6, 1998
  • Label: Capitol (CDP 7243-8-57663-2-9)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
80
Borders & Boundaries
  • Released: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Fat Wreck Chords (FAT 616-2)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
103 4 99 12
Anthem
  • Released: May 20, 2003
  • Label: Sire (Sire 48386-2)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
45 38 37 43 23
In with the Out Crowd
  • Released: May 23, 2006
  • Label: Sire (Sire 49984-2)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
78 85 68 55 3
GNV FLA
  • Released: June 24, 2008
  • Label: Sleep It Off/Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
61 18 9 23 [B] 171 10
See the Light
  • Released: November 12, 2013
  • Label: Fat Wreck Chords
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
154 21 24 33
Silver Linings
  • Released: December 11, 2020
  • Label: Pure Noise
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
[C] 25 44 50 [D] 34 8
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live albums

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Title Album details
Bootleg a Bootleg, You Cut Out the Middleman
Live from Uranus
  • Released: March 9, 1999
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Apple Store
Losing Streak: Live
  • Released: March 1, 2011
  • Label: Sleep It Off
  • Formats: Digital download
Hello Rockview: Live
  • Released: March 1, 2011
  • Label: Sleep It Off
  • Formats: DVD, digital download
Live from Astoria
  • Released: April 29, 2016
  • Label: Rude
  • Formats: Digital, CD, LP

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[3]
US
Indie

[5]
Losers, Kings, and Things We Don't Understand
  • Released: April 22, 1996
  • Label: No Idea (No Idea 22)
  • Formats: CD, LP
The Pez Collection
  • Released: December 14, 1999
  • Label: Moon Ska UK
  • Formats: CD, LP
Goodbye Blue and White
  • Released: February 19, 2002
  • Label: Fueled by Ramen
  • Formats: CD, LP
36
B Is for B-sides
  • Released: July 20, 2004
  • Label: Sire (Sire 48788-2)
  • Formats: CD
157
Greetings & Salutations from Less Than Jake
  • Released: October 15, 2012
  • Label: Fat Wreck Chords
  • Formats: LP
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Demos

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Title Album details
Four Songs Demo
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Self-Released
  • Formats: Cassette
Freebie Demo
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Self-Released
  • Formats: Cassette

EPs

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List of EPs, with selected chart positions
Title EP details Peak chart positions
US
[3]
US
Alt.

[4]
US
Indie

[5]
US
Rock

[6]
UK
Indie

[8]
UK
Rock

[8]
Making Fun of Things You Don't Understand
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Far Out
  • Formats: 12" vinyl
Greased
  • Released: November 18, 1997
  • Label: No Idea
  • Formats: CD, LP
Pesto
B Is for B-sides (Remixed)
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Fueled by Ramen
  • Formats: CD, LP
Absolution for Idiots and Addicts
  • Released: March 14, 2007
  • Label: Fueled by Ramen
  • Formats: CD
TV/EP
  • Released: October 12, 2010
  • Label: Sleep It Off
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Greetings from Less Than Jake
  • Released: June 20, 2011
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake
  • Released: February 16, 2012
  • Formats: Digital download
Sound the Alarm
  • Released: February 3, 2017
  • Formats: Digital download, Streaming, CD, Vinyl
114 14 7 16 26 14
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

7" vinyl

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Title Label
AAA/LTJ split 7″ Far Out
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads 7″ Golf
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads Jukebox 7″ Capitol
Birthday Cake 7″ Fueled by Ramen
Birthday Cake 7″ (Moldy) Fueled by Ramen
Cheese 7" Fueled by Ramen
Cheese 7″ (Moldy) Fueled by Ramen
Chicago Halloween 7″ Fueled by Ramen
Crash Course in Being an Asshole 7" Rhetoric
Crash Course in Being an Asshole Picture Disc Rhetoric
Dopeman / Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts Jukebox 7″ Capitol
Food Not Bombs 7″ Fueled by Ramen
G-Man Training Target 7" What Else?
G-Man/Crash Course in Being an Asshole double 7″ Rhetoric
I Think I Love You 7″ Flexi Capitol
J Church/LTJ split 7″ Dead Beat
Kemuri/LTJ split 7″ Fueled By Ramen
Kemuri/LTJ double split 7″ Fueled By Ramen
Live From Chicago 7″ Capitol
Losing Streak b/w Mixology of Tom Collins 5″ No Idea
Madison 8″ Flexi Fueled by Ramen
Making Fun of Things You Don't Understand 10″ Far Out
Megadeth/LTJ split 7″ Fueled by Ramen
Megadeth/LTJ split 7″ (Europe) Fueled by Ramen
Muppets 7" Liquid Meat
Pesto 7″ Too Many
Pez Kings 7″ Toybox
Pung/LTJ split 7″ No Idea
Punk TV LP Red Dawg
Rock-n-Roll Pizzeria 7" No Idea
Rock-n-Roll Pizzeria 7″ (Japan) Nat
Slayer 7″ No Idea
Smoke Spot 7″ No Idea
Songs About Drinking double LP Too Many
Sprocket Wheel/LTJ Split 7″ Snuffy Smile
Theme for Yo-Yo Ninja Boy 7″ Flexi Erika
Three Way Split 7″ Toybox
Unglued 7″ No Idea
Viva La Vinyl vol. #2 LP Dead Beat
Wood Panel Pacer Wagon with Mags LP + 7″ Too Many

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US Mod
[13]
SCO
[14]
UK
[8]
UK
Indie

[8]
UK
Rock

[15]
"Automatic"[A] 1997 Losing Streak
"Dopeman"[A]
"Dopeman" (Remix)[A] Non-album singles
"Howie J. Reynolds"[A]
"History of a Boring Town"[A] 1998 39 Hello Rockview
"All My Best Friends are Metalheads" 2000 49 51 8
"All My Best Friends are Metalheads" (Remix)[A] Non-album single
"Gainesville Rock City" 2001 48 57 Borders & Boundaries
"She's Gonna Break Soon" 2003 48 39 Anthem
"The Science of Selling Yourself Short" 36 89 78 11
"Surrender"[A]
"Overrated (Everything Is)" / "A Still Life Franchise" 2006 39 61 1 In with the Out Crowd
"The Rest of My Life" / "Don't Fall Asleep On The Subway" 43 77 1
"P.S. Shock the World" 40 96
"Does the Lion City Still Roar?" 2008 91 [E] 16 GNV FLA
"Abandon Ship"[A][B]
"My Money Is on the Long Shot" 2014 See the Light
"Do the Math"
"Lie To Me" 2020 Silver Linings
"—" denotes recording that did not chart or was not released

Notes

  • A ^ Released as a promotional single only.
  • B ^ Released in the UK only.

Compilation appearances

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Year Song Soundtrack Label
1996 "Summer of '69" (Bryan Adams cover) Wood Panel Pacer Wagon With Mags Very Small Records
1997 "Cheese" Liverache: Tales From The Livers' Edge Very Small Records
"I Think I Love You" (The Partridge Family cover) Scream 2 Capitol Records
"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" (Elmo & Patsy cover) It’s a Punk and Ska Christmas Gone Wrong Drive Thru Records
We're All Dudes (Feat. Kel Mitchell) Good Burger: Music From the Original Motion Picture Capitol Records
1999 "Anchor" Short Music for Short People Fat Wreck Chords
2004 "The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out" (feat. Billy Bragg) Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 Fat Wreck Chords
2020 "The Sit Around" Ska Against Racism Bad Time Records
Asian Man Records

Video releases

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Year Album details
2002 Avant Tarde
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Fueled by Ramen
  • Formats: VHS
2004 The People's History of Less Than Jake
  • Released: August 10, 2004[16]
  • Label: Fueled by Ramen
  • Formats: DVD
2011 Anthology
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Sleep It Off
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

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Year Single Album
1996 "Automatic" Losing Streak
"Dopeman"
2000 "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" Hello Rockview
2001 "Gainesville Rock City" Borders & Boundaries
2003 "She's Gonna Break Soon" Anthem
"The Science of Selling Yourself Short"
2006 "Overrated (Everything Is)" In with the Out Crowd
"The Rest of My Life"
2008 "Does the Lion City Still Roar?" GNV FLA
2009 "Conviction Notice"
2012 "Goodbye, Mr. Personality" Greetings & Salutations
2013 "My Money Is on the Long Shot" See the Light
2014 "Do the Math"
2017 "Bomb Drop" Sound The Alarm
2020 "Lie to Me" Silver Linings
"Keep on Chasing"

Notes

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  1. ^ Losing Streak did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart.[9]
  2. ^ GNV FLA did not enter the Australian ARIA Albums Chart but peaked at number 17 on the ARIA Hitseekers Chart.[10]
  3. ^ Silver Linings did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard Current Album Sales Chart.[11]
  4. ^ Silver Linings did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 45 on the UK Album Downloads Chart.[8]
  5. ^ "Does the Lion City Still Roar?" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 95 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "LP Interviews: Less Than Jake". limitedrun.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Property of Zack Interview: Less Than Jake". propertyofzack.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Less Than Jake Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Less Than Jake Chart History: Top Alternative Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Less Than Jake Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Less Than Jake Chart History: Rock Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 164.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Less Than Jake | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "Less Than Jake Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  10. ^ "ARIA Report: Issue 957" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2008. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  11. ^ "Less Than Jake Chart History: Current Album Sales". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  12. ^ "Live from the Santa Monica Store - EP by Less Than Jake on iTunes". iTunes. 19 August 2003.
  13. ^ "Less Than Jake Chart History: Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  14. ^ Peaks in Scotland:
  15. ^ Polyhex UK Singles: (requires search) Archived 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 19 October 2007
  16. ^ White, Adam (June 15, 2004). "Less Than Jake DVD release date and artwork". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 27, 2021.