311 discography explained

Artist:311
Studio:13
Singles:33
Live:1
Compilation:5
Ep:5
Video:7
Music Videos:28

The comprehensive discography of 311, a rock band, originally from Omaha, Nebraska, consists of thirteen studio albums, one live album, twenty-four live concerts released via Live311 four compilation albums, five extended plays, thirty-three singles, and seven video albums.

Their first two studio albums, 1990's Dammit! and 1991's Unity, did not chart. Their next two studio albums, 1993's Music and 1994's Grassroots, both appeared on the Top Heatseekers chart.

The band's 1995 studio album 311 went three times platinum in the United States to become their best-selling album. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200. The single "Down" reached number one on the Alternative Songs chart, and the single "All Mixed Up" reached number four. After that, 311 released the studio album Transistor in 1997. It peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and went platinum.

Soundsystem was released in 1999, From Chaos was released in 2001, and Evolver was released in 2003; all three studio albums peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. The band's 2004 compilation album Greatest Hits '93-'03 also peaked in the top 10. A single from Greatest Hits '93-'03, "Love Song", became 311's second single to top the Alternative Songs chart.

The band's next four studio albums, Don't Tread on Me (2005), Uplifter (2009), Universal Pulse (2011), and Stereolithic (2014), all peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 as well. Uplifter went to number three, the highest chart position of any 311 album. The title track from Don't Tread on Me was released as a single and peaked at number two on the Alternative Songs chart.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[1]
US
Alt.

US
Heat.
AUS
[2]
Music
  • Released: February 9, 1993
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI
37

Gold[3]

Grassroots
  • Released: July 12, 1994
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Formats: CD, CS, DI
1938
  • RIAA: Gold
311
  • Released: July 11, 1995
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI
12193
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
Transistor
  • Released: August 5, 1997
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI
4
  • RIAA: Platinum
Soundsystem
  • Released: October 12, 1999
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI
9
  • RIAA: Gold
From Chaos
  • Released: June 19, 2001
  • Label: Volcano
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI
10
  • RIAA: Gold
Evolver
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Volcano
  • Formats: CD, DI
7
Don't Tread on Me
  • Released: August 16, 2005
  • Label: Volcano
  • Formats: CD, LP, DI
5
Uplifter
  • Released: June 2, 2009
  • Label: Volcano
  • Formats: CD, LP, DI
32
Universal Pulse
  • Released: July 19, 2011
  • Label: 311, ATO
  • Formats: CD, LP, DI
72
Stereolithic
  • Released: March 11, 2014
  • Label: 311 Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, DI
61
Mosaic
  • Released: June 23, 2017
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, DI
62
Voyager
  • Released: July 12, 2019
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, DI
182
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Independent albums

TitleAlbum details
Dammit!
Unity
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: What Have You
  • Formats: CD, CS

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Live
  • Released: November 3, 1998
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Formats: CD, CS, DI
77
311 with the Unity Orchestra
  • Released: November 18, 2014
  • Label: 311 Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, Digital
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
Omaha Sessions
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: What Have You
  • Formats: CD
Flavors - American Singles
  • Released: September 27, 2000
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Formats: CD
Greatest Hits '93-'03
  • Released: June 8, 2004
  • Label: Volcano
  • Formats: CD, DI
7
  • RIAA: Platinum
Playlist: The Very Best of 311
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Volcano, Legacy
  • Formats: CD, DI
311 ARCHIVE
  • Released: June 30, 2015
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: CD, DI
126
The Essential 311
  • Released: May 6, 2016
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: CD, DI
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

TitleAlbum detailsCertifications
Enlarged to Show Detail
  • Released: November 5, 1996
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
  • RIAA: Platinum
Enlarged to Show Detail 2
  • Released: December 11, 2001
  • Label: Volcano
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
  • RIAA: Gold
311 Day: Live in New Orleans
  • Released: October 24, 2004
  • Label: Volcano
  • Formats: DVD
  • RIAA: Platinum
The Road to 311 Day 2008
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Volcano
  • Formats: DVD
311 Pow Wow Festival: Transistor Full Album Set: 08/06/11: Live Oaks, FL
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Live311
  • Formats: DVD
Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island: Chicago, IL: 7/14/11
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Live311
  • Formats: DVD
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion: Columbus, OH: 8/8/2012
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Live311
  • Formats: DVD

Extended plays

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
US
Downstairs (unreleased)
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: What Have You
  • Formats: CS
Hydroponic
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: 311 Records
  • Formats: CS, CD, LP
Enlarged to Show Detail
  • Released: November 5, 1996
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Formats: CD
95
Enlarged to Show Detail 2
  • Released: December 11, 2001
  • Label: Volcano
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

1990s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
US
Alt.

[4]
US
Main.

[5]
US
Pop

[6]
US
Rock
[7]
AUS
[8]
CAN
[9]
CAN
Rock
[10]
"Freak Out"1992Music
"Do You Right"199327
"Visit"
"My Stoney Baby"
"Feels So Good"
"Homebrew"1994Grassroots
"Lucky"
"8:16 a.m./Omaha Stylee"[11] 1995
"Jackolantern's Weather/Guns"[12] 311
"Don't Stay Home"29
"Down"199611941604
  • RIAA: Platinum
"All Mixed Up"434
"Transistor"19971431Transistor
"Prisoner"21
"Beautiful Disaster"21
  • RIAA: Platinum
"Come Original"1999639Soundsystem
"Flowing"17
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2000s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
US
Alt.

[13]
US
Main.

[14]
US
Pop

[15]
US
Rock
[16]
CAN
Rock
[17]
"Large in the Margin"2000Soundsystem
"You Wouldn't Believe"2001732From Chaos
"I'll Be Here Awhile"15
"Amber"200213
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
"Creatures (For a While)"20033Evolver
"Beyond the Gray Sky"200439
"Love Song"59139
  • RIAA: Platinum
50 First Dates soundtrack
Greatest Hits '93–'03
"First Straw"14Greatest Hits '93–'03
"Don't Tread on Me"200529822Don't Tread on Me
"Speak Easy"22
"Frolic Room"2006
"Hey You"20093381739Uplifter
"It's Alright"1638
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2010s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Alt.

[18]
US
Main.

[19]
US
Rock
[20]
CAN
Rock
[21]
MEX
[22]
"Sunset in July"2011736214328Universal Pulse
"Count Me In"3147
"Time Bomb"2012
"Five of Everything"2014Stereolithic
"Too Much to Think"20172049Mosaic
"'Til the City's On Fire"
"Good Feeling"201935Voyager
"Don't You Worry"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2020s

Music videos

Title! scope="col" style="width:4em;"
YearDirector(s)
"Do You Right"1993Joe Charbanic[25]
"Homebrew"1994Dante Ariola, Anthony Artiaga, and Jay Papke
"Don't Stay Home"1995Mark Kohr[26]
"Down"1996Josh Taft[27]
"All Mixed Up"Dante Ariola and Jay Papke
"Transistor"1997Jay Papke
"Prisoner"Dante Ariola and Jay Papke
"Beautiful Disaster"Carter B. Smith
"Come Original"1999Kevin Kerslake[28]
"Flowing"2000Marcos Siega[29]
"You Wouldn't Believe"2001Mark Kohr
"I'll Be Here Awhile"If/Then
"Amber"2002The Malloys[30] [31]
"Creatures (For a While)"2003
"Love Song"2004Mark Kohr
"First Straw"[32]
"Don't Tread on Me"2005Colourmovie[33]
"Hey You"2009Joe Lynch[34]
"Sunset in July"2011[35]
"Weightless"Matt Boda[36]
"Wild Nights"SA Martinez[37]
"Trouble"Shawn Harris[38]
"And a Ways to Go"Matt Boda[39]
"Five of Everything"2014Brian Bowen Smith[40]
"Make It Rough"P-Nut[41]
"Sand Dollars"Streethearted Videos[42]
"Too Much to Think"2017Rich Ragsdale[43]
"Til the City's on Fire"BWA (Brand Wagon Agency)[44]
"You're Gonna Get It"2024Brian Bowen Smith

Notes and References

  1. Peak chart positions in the United States:
    • Web site: 311 - Awards. AllMusic. 2012-09-07.
    • [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=311|chart=Billboard 200}} 311 Chart History: Billboard 200]. Billboard. 2012-05-26.
    • [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=311|chart=Alternative Albums}} 311 Chart History: Alternative Albums]. Billboard. 2012-05-26.
    • [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=311|chart=Alternative Songs}} 311 Chart History: Hot 100]. Billboard. 2012-05-26.
    • [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=311|chart=Adult Pop Songs}} 311 Chart History: Adult Pop Songs]. Billboard. 2012-05-26.
    • [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=311|chart=Alternative Songs}} 311 Chart History: Alternative Songs]. Billboard. 2010-12-07.
  2. 279.
  3. United States . 311.
  4. 311 Chart History: Alternative Airplay . . December 27, 2022.
  5. 311 Chart History: Mainstream Rock Airplay . . December 27, 2022.
  6. Peaks on the Pop Songs chart:
    • For all except noted: 311 Chart History: Pop Airplay. . December 27, 2022.
    • For "Love Song", "Don't Tread on Me": Web site: 311 Awards. AllMusic. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228010403/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/311-mn0000485135/awards. December 27, 2022. February 28, 2015.
  7. 311 Chart History: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs . . December 27, 2022.
  8. Web site: Discography 311. Hung Medien. 2011-01-27.
  9. Web site: 311 Top Singles positions . . 2011-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519151013/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-100.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=q7a8kho0gp0ecl1bcihne0pto6. 19 May 2011 . live.
  10. Peaks on the Pop Songs chart:
  11. Web site: 311 - 8:16 AM Remix / Omaha Stylee Remix. Discogs. 2011-01-27.
  12. Web site: Jackolantern's Weather / Guns. Discogs. 2011-01-27.
  13. 311 Chart History: Alternative Airplay . . December 27, 2022.
  14. 311 Chart History: Mainstream Rock Airplay . . December 27, 2022.
  15. Peaks on the Pop Songs chart:
    • For all except noted: 311 Chart History: Pop Airplay. . December 27, 2022.
    • For "Love Song", "Don't Tread on Me": Web site: 311 Awards. AllMusic. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228010403/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/311-mn0000485135/awards. December 27, 2022. February 28, 2015.
  16. 311 Chart History: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs . . December 27, 2022.
  17. Peaks on the Pop Songs chart:
  18. 311 Chart History: Alternative Airplay . . December 27, 2022.
  19. 311 Chart History: Mainstream Rock Airplay . . December 27, 2022.
  20. 311 Chart History: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs . . December 27, 2022.
  21. Peaks on the Pop Songs chart:
  22. 311 Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay . . December 27, 2022.
  23. 311 Chart History: Alternative Airplay . . December 27, 2022.
  24. 311 Chart History: Mainstream Rock Airplay . . December 27, 2022.
  25. Web site: 311: Do You Right . . 15 April 1993 . . September 11, 2021.
  26. Web site: 311 Move From Suicide To Cure On Next Single; Tour Planned . . . January 21, 2004 . September 11, 2021.
  27. Web site: 311: Down . . . September 11, 2021.
  28. Web site: 311 To "Come Original" For Fall Theater Tour . . . August 30, 1999 . September 11, 2021.
  29. Web site: SR-71 Shoots Beatles-Inspired Video For "Right Now" . https://web.archive.org/web/20180307142351/http://www.mtv.com/news/1425506/sr-71-shoots-beatles-inspired-video-for-right-now/ . dead . March 7, 2018 . . . June 27, 2000 . September 11, 2021.
  30. Web site: 311 Discusses the Surfing America Summer Surf Jam . . . July 22, 2010 . September 11, 2021.
  31. Web site: About 311 . M&M Group Entertainment . September 11, 2021.
  32. Web site: 311 - First Straw . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/tVuXT0RGNLU . 2021-12-21 . live. . . June 14, 2014 . September 11, 2021.
  33. Web site: 311's Don't Tread Walks In Footsteps Of Van Halen, Pantera . https://web.archive.org/web/20160729235304/http://www.mtv.com/news/1507751/311s-dont-tread-walks-in-footsteps-of-van-halen-pantera/ . dead . July 29, 2016 . . . August 16, 2005 . September 11, 2021.
  34. Web site: 311 | News | 311 UPDATE 5/1/09 . 2009-07-17 . https://archive.today/20091006085022/http://www.311.com/News/311-UPDATE-5109/03FE6FFFF00F22AA1001600B9E672 . 2009-10-06 . dead .
  35. Web site: 311 - Sunset In July (Official) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/1P2YSktr7xU . 2021-12-21 . live. . . June 2, 2011 . September 11, 2021.
  36. Web site: 311 - Weightless (Official Animated Video) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/P-tRSfKBLoE . 2021-12-21 . live. . . July 18, 2011 . September 11, 2021.
  37. Web site: 311 - Wild Nights (Official Stop-Action Photo Video) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/9QcyLUShT_Q . 2021-12-21 . live. . . July 18, 2011 . September 11, 2021.
  38. Web site: 311 - Trouble (Official Animated Video) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/tAgoT_HShSE . 2021-12-21 . live. . . July 19, 2011 . September 11, 2021.
  39. Web site: 311 - "And A Ways To Go" . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Z1ZFimicIkk . 2021-12-21 . live. . . August 12, 2011 . September 11, 2021.
  40. Web site: 311 - Five of Everything . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/DSGtm-vzfpw . 2021-12-21 . live. . . February 19, 2014 . September 11, 2021.
  41. Web site: 311 - Make It Rough . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/lla5AszUI6k . 2021-12-21 . live. . . August 2, 2014 . September 11, 2021.
  42. Web site: 311 - Sand Dollars . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/gFWB-_ZqZ9k . 2021-12-21 . live. . . August 14, 2014 . September 11, 2021.
  43. Web site: 311 - Too Much To Think [Official Video] ]. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/t-8hSpJOAyo . 2021-12-21 . live. . . May 24, 2017 . September 11, 2021.
  44. Web site: 311 - 'Til the City's On Fire [Official Video] ]. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HY6nlIBVsDI . 2021-12-21 . live. . . September 27, 2017 . September 11, 2021.