Less Than Jake discography
The following is a discography of Less Than Jake, a Florida-based ska punk band.
| Less Than Jake discography | |
|---|---|
 Less Than Jake performing in August 2006. From left to right: JR, Roger, Vinnie, Buddy, Chris. | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 13 |
| EPs | 8 |
| Singles | 17 |
| Soundtrack albums | 23 |
| Demos | 2 |
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 their latest studio album, 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.
Studio albums
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US[3] | UK[4] | |||||||||||
| Pezcore | — | — | ||||||||||
Losing Streak
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— | 89 | ||||||||||
Hello Rockview
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80 | 89 | ||||||||||
Borders & Boundaries
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103 | 99 | ||||||||||
Anthem
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45 | 37 | ||||||||||
In with the Out Crowd
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78 | 55 | ||||||||||
GNV FLA
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61 | 171 | ||||||||||
See the Light
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154 | — | ||||||||||
Silver Linings
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EPs
| Album details |
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Making Fun of Things You Don't Understand
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Greased
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Pesto
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B Is for B-sides (Remixed)
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Absolution for Idiots and Addicts
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TV/EP
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Greetings from Less Than Jake
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Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake
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Sound the Alarm
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Live albums
| Album details |
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Bootleg a Bootleg, You Cut Out the Middleman
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Live from Uranus
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Live at the Apple Store
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Losing Streak: Live
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Hello Rockview: Live
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Live from Astoria
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US[6] | UK[4] | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Losers, Kings, and Things We Don't Understand
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— | — | ||||||||||
| 1999 | The Pez Collection
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— | — | ||||||||||
| 2002 | Goodbye Blue and White
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— | — | ||||||||||
| 2004 | B Is for B-sides
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157 | — | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Greetings & Salutations from Less Than Jake
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— | |||||||||||
7" vinyl
| 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 |
Demos
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Four Songs Demo
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| 1992 | Freebie Demo
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Mod [7] |
UK [8] |
UK Rock [8] | |||
| 1997 | "Automatic"[A] | — | — | — | Losing Streak |
| "Dopeman"[A] | — | — | — | ||
| "Dopeman" (Remix)[A] | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Howie J. Reynolds"[A] | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "History of a Boring Town"[A] | 39 | — | — | Hello Rockview |
| 2000 | "All My Best Friends are Metalheads" | — | 51 | — | |
| "All My Best Friends are Metalheads" (Remix)[A] | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2001 | "Gainesville Rock City" | — | 57 | — | Borders & Boundaries |
| 2003 | "She's Gonna Break Soon" | — | 39 | — | Anthem |
| "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" | 36 | 78 | 11 | ||
| "Surrender"[A] | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | "Overrated (Everything Is)" | — | 61 | 1 | In with the Out Crowd |
| "The Rest of My Life" | — | 77 | 1 | ||
| "P.S. Shock the World" | — | 96 | — | ||
| 2008 | "Does the Lion City Still Roar?" | — | — | — | GNV FLA |
| "Abandon Ship"[A][B] | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | "My Money is on the Long Shot" | — | — | — | See the Light |
| "Do the Math" | — | — | — | ||
Notes
Videos
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Avant Tarde
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| 2004 | The People's History of Less Than Jake
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| 2011 | Anthology
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Music videos
| 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 |
Compilation Appearances
| Year | Song | Soundtrack | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "The 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 |
| 2001 | "Surrender" (Cheap Trick cover) | ATV Offroad Fury | Sony |
| 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 |
References
- "LP Interviews: Less Than Jake". limitedrun.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- "Property of Zack Interview: Less Than Jake". propertyofzack.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- "Less Than Jake – Artist chart history". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- "UK Top 40 Hit Database". Every hit. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live-from-santa-monica-store/id2162166
- "Metallica – Artist chart history". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- AllMusic Charts: Less Than Jake singles Accessed 30 June 2008
- Polyhex UK Singles: (requires search) Archived 2010-02-01 at WebCite Accessed 19 October 2007