Phish discography
Phish is an American rock band noted for their live concerts and improvisational jamming. Audience recordings of Phish's live shows have been traded among fans since the band's earliest days. In addition to numerous studio albums and projects, Phish has maintained a steady output of live releases, including the ongoing Live Phish series.
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Phish performing at American Airlines Arena in Miami on December 30, 2009. Left to right: Page McConnell, Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon Photo: Dan Shinneman. | |
Studio albums | 15 |
Live albums | 13 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Video albums | 11 |
Singles | 24 |
Live Phish series | 27 |
Archival releases | 31 |
Live Bait series | 14 |
Albums
Studio albums
Phish recorded and/or released several albums before being signed to Elektra Records in 1991; they remained with Elektra through 2004, before founding their own label, JEMP Records. Phish's albums all feature the quartet of Trey Anastasio (guitar), Mike Gordon (bass guitar), Jon Fishman (drums), and Page McConnell (keyboards), often joined by a number of guest musicians.
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1989 | Junta | — | US: Platinum | ||||||||||
1990 | Lawn Boy |
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1992 | A Picture of Nectar |
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— | US: Gold | |||||||||
1993 | Rift |
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51 | US: Gold | |||||||||
1994 | Hoist |
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34 | US: Gold | |||||||||
1996 | Billy Breathes |
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7 | US: Gold | |||||||||
1998 | The Story of the Ghost |
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8 | — | |||||||||
1999 | The Siket Disc |
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2000 | Farmhouse |
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12 | US: Gold | |||||||||
2002 | Round Room |
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46 | — | |||||||||
2004 | Undermind |
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13 | — | |||||||||
2009 | Joy |
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13 | — | |||||||||
2014 | Fuego |
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7 | — | |||||||||
2016 | Big Boat |
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19 | — | |||||||||
2020 | Sigma Oasis |
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116 | — | |||||||||
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Other albums
Year | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications[1] | |||||||||
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1986 | Phish (The White Tape) | — | — | ||||||||||
2006 | Headphones Jam |
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2009 | Party Time |
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Unreleased albums
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1987 | The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday |
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1990 | The Wendell Sessions |
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2002 | The Victor Disc |
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Live albums
The original twenty-volume series was released by Elektra Records and launched while Phish was on hiatus from recording and touring (October 2000 to December 2002). Numbered 01 through 20, each multi-disc set was made available individually and featured innovative packaging: a cardboard slipcase containing the compact discs housed in a foldable plastic page that could be stored in a ShowCase binder that was sold separately or with select copies of Volume 06. The first six volumes were simultaneously released on September 18, 2001. The rest of the series was then released in sporadic batches throughout May 2003. Among the initial twenty volumes, there are four two-disc sets, twelve three-disc sets and four quadruple-disc sets totaling over forty-seven and a half hours of live recordings ranging from 1989 to 2000. The original plastic fold-out CD pages eventually began leaking a strange chemically reactive liquid goo that often ruined the CDs within the original foil CD covers. Elektra Records thus began re-issuing several LIVE PHISH Volumes 1 through 20 in clamshell CD cases in the mid-2000s.
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1995 | A Live One |
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18 | US: Platinum | |||||||||
1997 | Slip Stitch and Pass |
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17 | — | |||||||||
1999 | Hampton Comes Alive |
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120 | US: Gold | |||||||||
2005 | New Year's Eve 1995 |
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2006 | Live in Brooklyn |
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162 | — | |||||||||
Colorado '88 |
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2007 | Vegas 96 |
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2008 | At the Roxy |
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148 | — | |||||||||
2011 | Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 |
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2012 | Chicago '94 |
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121 | — | |||||||||
2013 | Ventura |
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123 | — | |||||||||
Niagara Falls |
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2015 | Amsterdam |
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2017 | St. Louis '93 |
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2018 | Kasvot Växt: í rokk |
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The Complete Baker's Dozen |
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The Baker's Dozen: Live At Madison Square Garden |
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Live Phish series
Beginning in late 2001, the Live Phish Series are multi-CD sets chronicling complete shows picked by the band spanning their entire career. [A]
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2001 | Live Phish Volume 1 |
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Live Phish Volume 2 |
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93 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 3 |
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118 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 4 |
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127 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 5 |
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115 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 6 |
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105 | — | ||||||||||
2002 | Live Phish Volume 7 |
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128 | — | |||||||||
Live Phish Volume 8 |
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154 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 9 |
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141 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 10 |
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147 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 11 |
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145 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 12 |
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138 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 13 |
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112 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 14 |
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146 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 15 |
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144 | — | ||||||||||
Live Phish Volume 16 |
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139 | — | ||||||||||
2003 | Live Phish Volume 17 |
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Live Phish Volume 18 |
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Live Phish Volume 19 |
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Live Phish Volume 20 |
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2004 | Live Phish 02.28.03 |
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Live Phish 07.15.03 |
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Live Phish 07.29.03 |
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2005 | Live Phish 04.02.98 |
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Live Phish 04.03.98 |
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Live Phish 04.04.98 |
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Live Phish 04.05.98 |
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Live Phish Downloads: Archival releases
A ^ : The Live Phish Downloads Series is regularly updated with shows both old and new, available as downloads in various formats, with select shows* made available on CD
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2003 | Live Phish Downloads 10.31.90 |
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Live Phish Downloads 12.01.92 |
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Live Phish Downloads 05.08.93 |
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Live Phish Downloads 10.07.00 |
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2004 | Live Phish Downloads 12.07.97 |
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2005 | Live Phish Downloads 11.30.94 |
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Live Phish Downloads 12.01.94 |
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Live Phish New Orleans Relief |
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2006 | Live Phish Downloads 12.29.97 |
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2007 | Live Phish Downloads 08.13.93 |
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Live Phish Downloads 10.21.95 |
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Live Phish Downloads 11.14.95 |
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Live Phish Downloads 12.01.95 |
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Live Phish Downloads 03.18.97 |
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2008 | Live Phish Downloads 12.30.97 |
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Live Phish Downloads 07.06.98 |
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Live Phish Downloads 07.22.97 |
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2010 | Live Phish Downloads 11.19.92 |
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Live Phish Downloads 11.02.96 |
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2011 | Live Phish Japan Relief |
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Live Phish Downloads 12.31.91 |
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2012 | Live Phish Downloads 12.06.97 |
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Live Phish Downloads 08.11.98 |
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2013 | Live Phish Downloads 05.03.93 |
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Live Phish Downloads 06.20.95 |
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2014 | Live Phish Downloads 08.07.93 |
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2015 | Live Phish Downloads 12.16.99 |
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Live Phish Downloads 12.12.92 |
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Live Phish Downloads 11.22.94 |
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2016 | Live Phish Downloads 11.07.96 |
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Live Phish Downloads 09.14.99 |
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2017 | Live Phish Downloads 06.26.95 |
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Live Phish Downloads 05.17.92 |
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Live Phish Downloads 06.17.94 |
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2018 | Live Phish Downloads 08.12.98 |
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Live Phish Downloads 08.26.93 |
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Live Phish Downloads 09.18.99 |
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2019 | Live Phish Downloads 07.19.91 |
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Live Phish Downloads 11.11.98 |
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Live Phish Downloads 11.30.95 |
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Live Phish Downloads 07.23.99 |
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2020 | Live Phish Downloads 11.12.94 |
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Live Phish Downloads 03.08.93 |
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Live Phish Downloads 08.01.98 |
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Live Phish Downloads 07.21.97 |
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Live Phish Downloads 07.08.94 |
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Live Phish Downloads 06.14.95 |
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Live Phish Downloads 12.02.99 |
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Live Phish Downloads 11.28.94 |
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2021 | Live Phish Downloads 08.17.93 |
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Compilation albums
Year | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications[1] | |||||||||
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1996 | Stash |
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Live Bait series
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2010 | Live Bait Vol. 01 - Summer 2010 Leg 1 |
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Live Bait Vol. 02 - Summer 2010 Leg 2 |
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Live Bait Vol. 03 - Worcester Sampler |
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2011 | Live Bait Vol. 04 - Past Summers |
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Live Bait Vol. 05 - Festival Sampler |
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Live Bait Vol. 06 - Colorado Sampler |
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2012 | Live Bait Vol. 07 - 2012 Leg 1 Past Summers Compilation |
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Live Bait Vol. 08 - 2012 Leg 2 Past Summers Compilation |
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2013 | Live Bait Vol. 09 |
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2014 | Live Bait Vol. 10 |
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2015 | Live Bait Vol. 11 |
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2016 | Live Bait Vol. 12 |
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2017 | Live Bait Vol. 13 |
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2018 | Live Bait Vol. 14 |
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Live Bait Vol. 15 |
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2019 | Live Bait Vol. 16 |
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Singles
From 1992 to 2004 Phish was signed with Elektra Records and released seventeen CD promo singles for radio DJs and one commercial cassette single, "Down with Disease". In 2005 Phish started their own record label, JEMP Records (in association with Rhino for a year) and have released one promo single and four digital singles since.
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1992 | "Chalk Dust Torture" | — | — | — | — | A Picture of Nectar | Elektra | ||||||
"Cavern" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
1993 | "Fast Enough for You" | — | — | — | — | Rift | |||||||
"The Wedge" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
1994 | "Down with Disease" | — | 33 | — | — | Hoist | |||||||
"Sample in a Jar" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
"Julius" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
1995 | "Bouncing Around the Room" (Live) | — | — | — | — | A Live One | |||||||
"Gumbo" (Live) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
1996 | "Free" | 24 | 11 | — | 7 | Billy Breathes | |||||||
1997 | "Character Zero" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
1998 | "Birds of a Feather" | — | — | — | 14 | The Story of the Ghost | |||||||
"Wading in the Velvet Sea" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
2000 | "Heavy Things" | — | — | 29 | 2 | Farmhouse | |||||||
"Back on the Train" | — | — | — | 32 | |||||||||
2002 | "46 Days" | — | — | — | — | Round Room | |||||||
2004 | "The Connection" | — | — | — | 2 | Undermind | |||||||
2005 | "Strange Design" (Live) | — | — | — | — | New Year's Eve 1995 | JEMP/Rhino | ||||||
2009 | "Time Turns Elastic" | — | — | — | — | Joy | JEMP | ||||||
"Backwards Down the Number Line" | — | — | — | 9 | |||||||||
2014 | "Waiting All Night" | — | — | — | — | Fuego | |||||||
"The Line" | — | — | — | 16 | |||||||||
"555" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
2016 | "Breath and Burning" | — | — | — | 23 | Big Boat | |||||||
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Video releases
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Phish tributes discography
Since 2000, various artists have recorded a number of tribute albums dedicated to the rock band Phish. Like Phish's music, the albums cover a wide range of genres including reggae, bluegrass, classical music, and more. The first Phish tribute album - Sharin' in the Groove - was a double album created by a non-profit group of fans called The Mockingbird Foundation, who also published The Phish Companion. The album features a number of high-profile musicians performing Phish songs, including Jimmy Buffett, The Wailers, Dave Matthews, Arlo Guthrie, Hot Tuna, Tom Tom Club, and members of Pavement and Los Lobos. The members of Phish officially endorsed this album, which also featured an album release concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco led by Merl Saunders. In 2002, members of the Birmingham, Alabama bluegrass group Rollin' in the Hay collaborated with a number of other bluegrass musicians to release Gone Phishin: A Bluegrass Tribute to Phish, featuring all instrumental versions of Phish classics. The album was a success, and a sequel followed later in the year with a song list that included more obscure Phish songs. In 2004, Phish became one of over a hundred bands to have their songs interpreted by a string quartet (joining the ranks of Tool, Radiohead, and U2). Another bluegrass tribute (this time with vocals) by a group of Nashville-based musicians was released later in the year.
- Sharin' in the Groove: Celebrating the Music of Phish (2000)
- Gone Phishin: A Bluegrass Tribute to Phish (2000)
- Still Phishin: A Bluegrass Tribute to Phish 2 (2002)
- JamGrass (Progressive Bluegrass Jams on a Band Called Phish) (2004)
- The String Quartet Tribute to Phish (2004)
- High Neighbors: Dub Tribute to Phish (2006)
- Dub Like An Antelope - Legends of Reggae Celebrate Phish (2009)
Cover songs of other artists
They consistently vary their set lists while touring extensively. To keep the music fresh and the audiences intrigued, Phish records and performs a number of cover songs from various musical genres.[7][8][9]
Books
- The Phish Book (official biography written by Phish and Richard Gehr – 1998)
- Phish: The Biography (non-official biography written by Parke Puterbaugh – 2009)
References
- "RIAA searchable certification database". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- "Phish". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Phish Chart History: Alternative". Billboard. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Phish Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Phish Chart History: Adult Top 40". Billboard. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Phish Chart History: Triple A". Billboard. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- Phish Cover Songs at The Covers Project
- Phish Reviews and News at The Music Box
- Phish Setlists at The Helping Phriendly Book