Scott Miller discography
ArtistScott Miller
Studio13
Live1
Compilation4
Video1
Music videos6
Ep4
Singles7
Tribute2
Option12
Option nameVarious artist compilations

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.

Studio albums and EPs

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
Alternate Learning1979ALRN7" EPRational
1982Painted WindowsLPRational
Game Theory1982Blaze of Glory[1]
  • LP
  • CD (2014)
  • LP (2014, pink)
  • ION003
  • CD OV-96
  • LP OV-96
1983Pointed Accounts of People You Know
  • 12" EP
  • 10" EP (2014, clear)
  • Rational
  • Omnivore
  • ONA-004
  • OVS10-101
1984Distortion
  • 12" EP
  • 10" EP (2014, green)
  • Rational
  • Omnivore
  • RGP 8405
  • OVS10-102
1985Real Nighttime
  • LP
  • CD
  • CD (1993)
  • CD (2015)
  • LP (2015, red)
  • Enigma
  • Restless
  • Alias
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • —
  • 7 72022
  • A047D
  • OVCD-115
  • OVLP-115
1986The 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
1987Lolita Nation
  • LP (double)
  • CS
  • CD
  • LP (2016, green)
  • CD (2016)
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Enigma
  • Omnivore
  • Omnivore
  • STB-73288
  • –
  • CDE-73280
  • OVLP-136
  • OVCD-136
1988Two 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 Family1993Plants and Birds and Rocks and ThingsLP, CS, CDAliasA033
1994Slouching Towards LiverpoolCD, 10" EPAliasA055
1994The Tape of Only LindaLP, CS, CDAliasA060
1996Interbabe ConcernCDAliasA098
1998Days for DaysCDAliasA131
2000Attractive NuisanceCDAliasA146
The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau2006What If It Works?
  • CD
  • CD (2022)
  • 125-013
  • OVCD-477
Game Theory2017Supercalifragile[2][3]LP, CDKCM RecordsKCINA22

Live albums

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog No.
The Loud Family2002From Ritual to RomanceCD125 Records125-005

Compilation albums

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
Game Theory1984Dead Center
  • LP
  • CD (2015)
  • Lolita (FR)
  • Omnivore
  • 5031
  • OVCD-103
1989Tinker to Evers to ChanceLP, CS, CDEnigma
1993Distortion of GloryCDAlias
2020Across the Barrier of Sound: PostScript
  • LP (pink)
  • CD
Omnivore
  • OVLP-362
  • OVCD-362

Singles and promotional releases

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
Game Theory1983"Dead Center"[4]7" flexi-discRational
1985"24" b/w "Waltz the Halls Always"[5]7" singleEnigma, Victoria
1986"Erica's Word" b/w "Couldn't I Just Tell You"[6]7" singleBig Time Records
1987"The Real Sheila"12" singleEnigma
The Loud Family1993Never Mind the Camera Crew, Here's The Loud Family[7]CSAlias
1993"Take Me Down" b/w "The Come On"7" singleAliasA043
1994"It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas"[8]CD singleAlias
1997"Don't Respond, She Can Tell"CD singleAliasPRCD A098

Tribute and cover album appearances

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
The Loud Family1995Sing Hollies in Reverse * includes "Look Through Any Window"CDeggBertER80018
1997Come and Get It: A Tribute to Badfinger * includes "We're for the Dark"CDCopperCPR 2181

Various artist compilations

GroupYearTitleFormatLabelCatalog no.
Game Theory1985Enigma Variations[9] * includes "24"LP, CS, CDEnigma
1987Enigma Variations 2[10] * includes "Erica's Word" and "Shark Pretty"LP, CS, CDEnigma
1987The Enigma Compilation 1988 * includes "Erica's Word"LPEnigma
The Loud Family1992TDK Mail Rock: Serious Music Sampler * includes "Isaac's Law"CDTDK/CarolineCARTDK01
1993Fat-Free, Guilt-Free * includes "Soul Drain," "Baby Hard-To-Be-Around"CSAlias
1993Hot 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"CDAliasA040-D
The Loud Family and Game Theory1993Alias 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"CDAlias
The Loud Family1994Streamlined* includes "Baby Hard-to-Be-Around," "Ballet Hetero"CDAlias
1995Star Power * includes "Horse with No Name"CD, CSPravdaPR6350
1996Premium: New Music With A Golden Glow[12] * includes "Don't Respond, She Can Tell"CDAliasA108
1996For Discriminating Tastes: The Alternative Distribution Alliance CD Sampler * includes "Don't Respond, She Can Tell"CDAlternative Distribution AllianceADA 20005
The Loud Family and Game Theory1997Year of the Wagon * includes "Don't Respond, She Can Tell," "Spot the Setup," "Erica's Word," "Tin Scarecrow"CDAliasA124[13]
The Loud Family1997Yellow Pills, Vol. 4 * includes "Chicago and Miss Jovan's Land-O-Mat"CDBig Deal
1999 The 26th Commandment: Thou Shalt Expand Thy Mind * includes "Asleep and Awake on the Man's Freeway (live)"CDPtolemaic Terrascope

Music videos and DVDs

GroupYearTitle
Game Theory1985

"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 Family1993

"Jimmy Still Comes Around" * from the album Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things

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

References

  1. ^ Omnivore Recordings (July 14, 2014). "Release: Blaze of Glory". Archived 2014-07-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Gibbs, Ryan (May 5, 2016). "Music news: Kickstarter launched for final Game Theory album". The Young Folks. Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ West, B.J. "Supercalifragile by Scott Miller's Game Theory". Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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  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" (official website). The Loud Family. Archived 2013-11-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  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. pp. 4:00. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  16. ^ Game Theory (1987). The Real Sheila (official video). Vimeo. pp. 3:34. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  17. ^ Game Theory (January 4, 2017). I Still Dream of Getting Back to Paris (official music video). B.J. West's channel. YouTube.
  18. ^ The Loud Family (1996). Don't Respond, She Can Tell (official video). Vimeo. pp. 4:03. Retrieved May 10, 2016.