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The discography of American [[alternative rock]] band [[The Innocence Mission]] consists of twelve [[studio album]]s, one [[compilation album]], two releases issued for free download, five [[Extended play|EPs]], seventeen [[Single (music)|single]]s, ten [[music video]]s, and numerous appearances on [[soundtrack album|soundtrack]], [[tribute album|tribute]] and [[sampler album]]s. The band have had their songs included on over a hundred different compilations and soundtracks, with many of those including the same select few songs (namely "Bright as Yellow", "The Lakes of Canada", "Tomorrow on the Runway" and "What a Wonderful World"). Therefore, only compilations and soundtracks which featured exclusive or otherwise rare content have been included.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imdiscog.com/compilations.html |title=The Innocence Mission Discography 4.0 - Compilations |work=IMDiscog.com |accessdate=May 11, 2018}}</ref> Also included on this list are their various solo albums and collaborations with other recording artists.
The discography of American [[alternative rock]] band [[The Innocence Mission]] consists of thirteen [[studio album]]s, two [[compilation album]], two releases issued for free download, five [[Extended play|EPs]], seventeen [[Single (music)|single]]s, ten [[music video]]s, and numerous appearances on [[soundtrack album|soundtrack]], [[tribute album|tribute]] and [[sampler album]]s. The band have had their songs included on over a hundred different compilations and soundtracks, with many of those including the same select few songs (namely "Bright as Yellow", "The Lakes of Canada", "Tomorrow on the Runway" and "What a Wonderful World"). Therefore, only compilations and soundtracks which featured exclusive or otherwise rare content have been included.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imdiscog.com/compilations.html |title=The Innocence Mission Discography 4.0 - Compilations |work=IMDiscog.com |accessdate=May 11, 2018}}</ref> Also included on this list are their various solo albums and collaborations with other recording artists.


==Albums==
==Albums==
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! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/416015/innocence-mission/chart?f=305 |title=The Innocence Mission - Chart history - Billboard 200 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=April 30, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123060241/https://www.billboard.com/artist/416015/innocence-mission/chart |archivedate=November 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/416015/innocence-mission/chart?f=305 |title=The Innocence Mission - Chart history - Billboard 200 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=April 30, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123060241/https://www.billboard.com/artist/416015/innocence-mission/chart |archivedate=November 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US [[Independent Albums|Indie]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiehq.com/2007/03/28/independent-sales-chart-3-28-07/ |title=IndieHQ [Independent Sales Chart 3-28-07] |work=IndieHQ |date=March 30, 2007 |accessdate=April 30, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401020436/http://indiehq.com/2007/03/28/independent-sales-chart-3-28-07/ |archivedate=April 1, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US [[Independent Albums|Indie]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiehq.com/2007/03/28/independent-sales-chart-3-28-07/ |title=IndieHQ [Independent Sales Chart 3-28-07] |work=IndieHQ |date=March 30, 2007 |accessdate=April 30, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401020436/http://indiehq.com/2007/03/28/independent-sales-chart-3-28-07/ |archivedate=April 1, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US [[Top Heatseekers|Heat]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-innocence-mission/chart-history/tln/ |title=The Innocence Mission Chart History: Heatseekers Albums |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=April 30, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US [[Top Heatseekers|Heat]]<br/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-innocence-mission/chart-history/tln/ |title=The Innocence Mission Chart History: Heatseekers Albums |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=April 30, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Indie]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20180713/131/ |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=July 13, 2018 |accessdate=July 24, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Indie]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20180713/131/ |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=July 13, 2018 |accessdate=July 24, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Official Americana Albums Chart|UK Ameri.]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/americana-albums-chart/20180713/americana/ |title=Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=July 13, 2018 |accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/americana-albums-chart/20200124/americana/ |title=Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=January 24, 2020 |accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Official Americana Albums Chart|UK Ameri.]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/americana-albums-chart/20180713/americana/ |title=Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=July 13, 2018 |accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/americana-albums-chart/20200124/americana/ |title=Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=January 24, 2020 |accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
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* Released: September 2, 2003
* Released: September 2, 2003
* Label: [[Badman Recording Co.]]
* Label: Badman Recording Co.
* Formats: CD · LP · [[Music download|DL]]
* Formats: CD · LP · [[Music download|DL]]
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! scope="row"|''[[Hello I Feel the Same]]''
! scope="row"|''[[Hello I Feel the Same]]''
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* Released: October 17, 2015
* Released: October 16, 2015
* Label: Korda Records
* Label: Korda Records
* Formats: CD · LP · DL
* Formats: CD · LP · DL
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* Formats: CD · LP · DL<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/album/see-you-tomorrow |title=see you tomorrow {{!}} the innocence mission |work=[[Bandcamp]] |date=October 29, 2019 |accessdate=October 29, 2019}}</ref>
* Formats: CD · LP · DL<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/album/see-you-tomorrow |title=see you tomorrow {{!}} the innocence mission |work=[[Bandcamp]] |date=October 29, 2019 |accessdate=October 29, 2019}}</ref>
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! scope="row"|''[[Midwinter Swimmers]]''
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* Released: November 29, 2024<ref name="Uncut">{{cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/the-innocence-mission-share-new-track-this-thread-is-a-green-street-147084/ |title=the innocence mission share new track, 'This Thread Is a Green Street'|author=Bonner, Michael|work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|date=September 4, 2024|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>
* Label: Bella Union · Thérèse Records
* Formats: CD · LP · DL
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|colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"|"—" denotes an album which did not chart or was ineligible to chart.
|colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"|"—" denotes an album which did not chart or was ineligible to chart.
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! scope="row"|''為に・クワイエット・コーナ''<br/>(''For Quiet Corner'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://p-vine.jp/music/pcd-93974 |title=The Innocence Mission for Quiet Corner – P-VINE, Inc. |work=[[P-Vine Records]] |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="row"|''為に・クワイエット・コーナ''<br/>(''For Quiet Corner'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://p-vine.jp/music/pcd-93974 |title=The Innocence Mission for Quiet Corner – P-VINE, Inc. |work=[[P-Vine Records]] |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref>
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# "[[What a Wonderful World]]"
# "[[What a Wonderful World]]"
# "[[It Is Well with My Soul]]"
# "[[It Is Well with My Soul]]"
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! scope="row"|''Geranium Lake: Live Performances, Demos and Unreleased Songs from Glow''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/album/geranium-lake |title=geranium lake {{!}} the innocence mission|work=[[Bandcamp]] |accessdate=November 2, 2022}}</ref>
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* Released: October 22, 2022
* Formats: CD · LP
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# "Keeping Awake" (Demo)
# "Speak Our Minds" (Demo)
# "That Was Another Country" (Live from Cleveland OH)
# "[[Day by Day (Godspell song)|Day by Day]]" (Live from the Tin Angel, Philadelphia PA)
# "Spinning" (Demo)
# "I Hear You Say So" (Live from [[Troubadour (West Hollywood, California)|Troubadour]], Los Angeles CA)
# "Bright as Yellow" (Demo)
# "Geranium Lake" (Alternate Version)
# "Film for My Sister"
# "Our Harry" (Live from the Tin Angel, Philadelphia PA)
# "Brave" (Live from Borders, San Francisco)
# "Everything's Different Now" (Live from Borders, Los Angeles)
# "Goodnight, Margaret Wissler" (New Orleans 1995)
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! scope="row"|''Tending the Rose Garden''
! scope="row"|''Tending the Rose Garden''
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* Catalog #: 602020X
* Catalog #: 602020X
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* Only 1,000 copies manufactured.
* Limited to 1,000 copies.
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! scope="row"|''[[The Lakes of Canada]]''
! scope="row"|''The Lakes of Canada''
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* Released: 1999
* Released: 1999
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* This release was mailed free of charge to anyone who requested a copy on Kneeling Elephant's website, in promotion of the ''Birds of My Neighborhood'' album. Limited quantities were reissued by the band's own Umbrella Day Music label in 2007 and given as a free gift with pre-orders of the ''We Walked In Song'' vinyl.
* This release was mailed free of charge to anyone who requested a copy on Kneeling Elephant's website, in promotion of the ''Birds of My Neighborhood'' album. Limited quantities were reissued by the band's own Umbrella Day Music label in 2007 and given as a free gift with pre-orders of the ''We Walked In Song'' vinyl.
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# "Moon River"
# "Prayer of St. Francis"
# "Snow ([[GusGus]] Remix)"
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! scope="row"|''[[Christ Is My Hope]]''
! scope="row"|''[[Christ Is My Hope]]''
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* A collection of traditional hymns and folk songs, as well as three original recordings. All proceeds from sales of this record are donated to local [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]]-based [[food bank]]s, and [[UNICEF]]'s [[World Food Programme]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/album/christ-is-my-hope |title=Christ Is My Hope by The Innocence Mission |work=[[Bandcamp]] |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref>
* A collection of traditional hymns and folk songs, as well as three original recordings. All proceeds from sales of this record are donated to local [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]]-based [[food bank]]s, and [[UNICEF]]'s [[World Food Programme]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/album/christ-is-my-hope |title=Christ Is My Hope by The Innocence Mission |work=[[Bandcamp]] |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref>
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! scope="row"|''[[Street Map (album)|Street Map]]''
! scope="row"|''Street Map''
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* Released: December 3, 2008
* Released: December 3, 2008
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* Contains seven previously unreleased recordings, and "A Thousand Miles" from the 2000 compilation ''Evensong''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/album/street-map |title=Street Map by The Innocence Mission |work=[[Bandcamp]] |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref>
* Contains seven previously unreleased recordings, and "A Thousand Miles" from the 2000 compilation ''Evensong''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/album/street-map |title=Street Map by The Innocence Mission |work=[[Bandcamp]] |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref>
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| content = # "From a Homeland"
# "Sunshine Roof"
# "Pioneering"
# "We Wake Up in the Earliest Blue of All"
# "A Thousand Miles"
# "Fair Hill"
# "You Draw the Streets of Rome"
# "Suitcase Waltz"
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! scope="row"|''The Snow on Pi Day''
! scope="row"|''The Snow on Pi Day''
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Bubbling Under Hot 100|US]]<br/><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Q0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA85 |title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |pages=85 |volume=107 |issue=37 |date=September 16, 1995 |accessdate=April 2, 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501235942/https://books.google.ie/books?id=6Q0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA85#v=onepage&q&f=false |archivedate=May 1, 2018 }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Bubbling Under Hot 100|US]]<br/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Q0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA85 |title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |pages=85 |volume=107 |issue=37 |date=September 16, 1995 |accessdate=April 2, 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501235942/https://books.google.ie/books?id=6Q0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA85 |archivedate=May 1, 2018 }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US<br/>[[Alternative Songs|Alt.]]<br/><ref>Peak chart positions for singles on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Alternative Songs]], formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks:
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US<br/>[[Alternative Songs|Alt.]]<br/><ref>Peak chart positions for singles on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Alternative Songs]], formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks:
* for "Black Sheep Wall": {{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1989-10-21 |title=Alternative Songs: Top Alternative Songs Chart {{!}} The Week of October 21, 1989 |work=Billboard |accessdate=May 2, 2018}}
* for "Black Sheep Wall": {{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1989-10-21 |title=Alternative Songs: Top Alternative Songs Chart {{!}} The Week of October 21, 1989 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=May 2, 2018}}
* for "Bright as Yellow": {{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99 |title=The Modern Age {{!}} Modern Rock Tracks |author=[[Eric Boehlert|Boehlert, Eric]] |journal=Billboard |pages=99 |volume=107 |issue=38 |date=September 23, 1995 |accessdate=April 2, 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501235942/https://books.google.ie/books?id=9A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99#v=onepage&q&f=false |archivedate=May 1, 2018 }}</ref>
* for "Bright as Yellow": {{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99 |title=The Modern Age {{!}} Modern Rock Tracks |author=[[Eric Boehlert|Boehlert, Eric]] |magazine=Billboard |pages=99 |volume=107 |issue=38 |date=September 23, 1995 |accessdate=April 2, 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501235942/https://books.google.ie/books?id=9A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99 |archivedate=May 1, 2018 }}</ref>
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!scope="row"|"Black Sheep Wall"
!scope="row"|"Black Sheep Wall"
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!scope="row"|"Radiant and Holy Night"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/26-new-songs-out-today-19/|title=26 New Songs Out Today|author=BrooklynVegan Staff|work=[[BrooklynVegan]]|date=December 2, 2020|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}</ref>
!scope="row"|"Radiant and Holy Night"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/26-new-songs-out-today-19/|title=26 New Songs Out Today|author=BrooklynVegan Staff|work=[[BrooklynVegan]]|date=December 2, 2020|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}</ref>
|2020
|2020
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!scope="row"|"[[This Thread Is a Green Street]]"
|rowspan="2"|2024
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|rowspan="2"|''Midwinter Swimmers''
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* "Do You Still Remember" on ''Davy Jones' Locker'' (1999) by [[The Ocean Blue]] {{small|(song [[Audio engineer|recorded]] by Don; entire album [[Audio mastering|mastered]] by Don)}}
* "Do You Still Remember" on ''Davy Jones' Locker'' (1999) by [[The Ocean Blue]] {{small|(song [[Audio engineer|recorded]] by Don; entire album [[Audio mastering|mastered]] by Don)}}
* "The Places We've Been" on ''Ojalá'' (2017) by Lost Horizons {{small|(lead vocals by Karen)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/cocteau-twins-simon-raymonde-announces-debut-album-from-new-band/ |title=Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde Announces Debut Album From New Band |author=Sodomsky, Sam |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=July 6, 2017 |accessdate=April 29, 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708202722/http://pitchfork.com/news/cocteau-twins-simon-raymonde-announces-debut-album-from-new-band/ |archivedate=July 8, 2017}}</ref>
* "The Places We've Been" on ''Ojalá'' (2017) by Lost Horizons {{small|(lead vocals by Karen)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/cocteau-twins-simon-raymonde-announces-debut-album-from-new-band/ |title=Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde Announces Debut Album From New Band |author=Sodomsky, Sam |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=July 6, 2017 |accessdate=April 29, 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708202722/http://pitchfork.com/news/cocteau-twins-simon-raymonde-announces-debut-album-from-new-band/ |archivedate=July 8, 2017}}</ref>
* "This Is the Weather" on ''In Quiet Moments'' (2020) by Lost Horizons {{small|(lead vocals by Karen)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lost-horizons-cocteau-twins-simon-raymonde-announce-double-album-share-new-song-listen/|title=Lost Horizons (Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde) Announce Double Album, Share New Song: Listen|author=Bloom, Madison|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=October 7, 2020|access-date=October 17, 2024}}</ref>


Don has worked extensively with Lancaster-based singer-songwriter [[Denison Witmer]], and was first credited as an [[Audio engineer|engineer]] on his debut release, 1995's ''My Luck, My Love''. He has gone on to [[Record producer|produce]] several of Witmer's albums, including ''[[Safe Away]]'' (1998) and ''[[Are You a Dreamer?]]'' (2005), as well as the 1999 [[Extended play|EP]] ''River Bends''. He also engineered the LPs ''Of Sorrow and Joy'' (2001) and ''Recovered'' (2003), and [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] ''The '80s EP'' (2000) and ''Philadelphia Songs'' (2004). The latter album additionally features background vocals from Karen, on the song "Rock Run". Don also produced the 2003 charity album ''Poverty, Chastity, Obedience: Remembering [[Mychal Judge|Father Mychal F. Judge, O.F.M.]]'', and was credited as the [[mastering engineer]] for two EPs released by [[The Ocean Blue]]: ''Denmark'' (2000) and ''Ayn'' (2001).<ref name="discog"/> Mike Bitts and Steve Brown were both credited with performing bass guitar and drums, respectively, on several songs from ''Better Living Through Compression'',<ref name="discog"/> a 2004 album by The Innocence Mission's former guitar technician Cliff Hillis.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kRQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38 |title=Music {{!}} Now Hear This >>> Cliff Hillis |author=Newman, Melinda |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |pages=38 |volume=117 |issue=21 |date=May 21, 2005 |accessdate=May 2, 2018}}</ref>
Don has worked extensively with Lancaster-based singer-songwriter [[Denison Witmer]], and was first credited as an [[Audio engineer|engineer]] on his debut release, 1995's ''My Luck, My Love''. He has gone on to [[Record producer|produce]] several of Witmer's albums, including ''[[Safe Away]]'' (1998) and ''[[Are You a Dreamer?]]'' (2005), as well as the 1999 [[Extended play|EP]] ''River Bends''. He also engineered the LPs ''Of Sorrow and Joy'' (2001) and ''Recovered'' (2003), and [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] ''The '80s EP'' (2000) and ''Philadelphia Songs'' (2004). The latter album additionally features background vocals from Karen, on the song "Rock Run". Don also produced the 2003 charity album ''Poverty, Chastity, Obedience: Remembering [[Mychal Judge|Father Mychal F. Judge, O.F.M.]]'', and was credited as the [[mastering engineer]] for two EPs released by [[The Ocean Blue]]: ''Denmark'' (2000) and ''Ayn'' (2001).<ref name="discog"/> Mike Bitts and Steve Brown were both credited with performing bass guitar and drums, respectively, on several songs from ''Better Living Through Compression'',<ref name="discog"/> a 2004 album by The Innocence Mission's former guitar technician Cliff Hillis.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kRQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38 |title=Music {{!}} Now Hear This >>> Cliff Hillis |author=Newman, Melinda |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |pages=38 |volume=117 |issue=21 |date=May 21, 2005 |accessdate=May 2, 2018}}</ref>


==Music videos==
==Music videos==
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| [[Dan Winters]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://imvdb.com/video/the-innocence-mission/bright-as-yellow |title=The Innocence Mission - Bright As Yellow (1995) |work=IMVDb |accessdate=May 12, 2018}}</ref>
| [[Dan Winters]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://imvdb.com/video/the-innocence-mission/bright-as-yellow |title=The Innocence Mission - Bright As Yellow (1995) |work=IMVDb |accessdate=May 12, 2018}}</ref>
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! scope="row"|"My Sisters Return from Ireland"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoqHBjH-Kk4 |title=the innocence mission - My Sisters Return from Ireland |author=[[The Innocence Mission]] |work=[[YouTube]] |date=April 11, 2008 |accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="row"|"My Sisters Return from Ireland"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoqHBjH-Kk4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/WoqHBjH-Kk4 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=the innocence mission - My Sisters Return from Ireland |author=[[The Innocence Mission]] |work=[[YouTube]] |date=April 11, 2008 |accessdate=May 13, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| 2008
| 2008
| rowspan="4"|The Innocence Mission
| rowspan="4"|The Innocence Mission
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! scope="row"|"North American Field Song"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXMOriLyBW8 |title=the innocence mission - North American Field Song |author=The Innocence Mission |work=YouTube |date=August 17, 2011 |accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="row"|"North American Field Song"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXMOriLyBW8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/EXMOriLyBW8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=the innocence mission - North American Field Song |author=The Innocence Mission |work=YouTube |date=August 17, 2011 |accessdate=May 13, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| 2011
| 2011
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|-
! scope="row"|"Hello I Feel the Same"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9o_QuTNszY |title=the innocence mission - Hello I Feel the Same |author=The Innocence Mission |work=YouTube |date=October 3, 2015 |accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="row"|"Hello I Feel the Same"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9o_QuTNszY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/A9o_QuTNszY |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=the innocence mission - Hello I Feel the Same |author=The Innocence Mission |work=YouTube |date=October 3, 2015 |accessdate=May 13, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|2015
|rowspan="2"|2015
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! scope="row"|"Washington Field Trip"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJPyYXAV2UI |title=the innocence mission - Washington Field Trip |author=The Innocence Mission |work=YouTube |date=October 15, 2015 |accessdate=May 13, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="row"|"Washington Field Trip"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJPyYXAV2UI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/qJPyYXAV2UI |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=the innocence mission - Washington Field Trip |author=The Innocence Mission |work=YouTube |date=October 15, 2015 |accessdate=May 13, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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! scope="row"|"Green Bus"
! scope="row"|"Green Bus"
| rowspan="2"|2018
| rowspan="2"|2018
| rowspan="3"|Karen Peris<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Innocence-Mission-Share-New-Video-For-GREEN-BUS-From-Upcoming-Album-20180502 |title=Innocence Mission Share New Video For GREEN BUS From Upcoming Album |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=May 2, 2018 |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/06/the-innocence-mission---look-out-from-your-window.html |title=The Innocence Mission - "Look Out From Your Window" Exclusive Video Debut |author=Jackson, Josh |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |publisher=[[Wolfgang's (Vault)|Wolfgang's Vault]] |date=July 2, 2018 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |issn=1540-3106}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2019/10/the-innocence-mission-announce-new-album-see-you-tomorrow/ |title=The Innocence Mission announce new album "See You Tomorrow" |work=[[Folk Radio UK]] |date=October 30, 2019 |accessdate=December 8, 2019}}</ref>
| rowspan="5"|Karen Peris<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Innocence-Mission-Share-New-Video-For-GREEN-BUS-From-Upcoming-Album-20180502 |title=Innocence Mission Share New Video For GREEN BUS From Upcoming Album |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=May 2, 2018 |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/06/the-innocence-mission---look-out-from-your-window.html |title=The Innocence Mission - "Look Out From Your Window" Exclusive Video Debut |author=Jackson, Josh |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |publisher=[[Wolfgang's (Vault)|Wolfgang's Vault]] |date=July 2, 2018 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |issn=1540-3106}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2019/10/the-innocence-mission-announce-new-album-see-you-tomorrow/ |title=The Innocence Mission announce new album "See You Tomorrow" |work=[[Folk Radio UK]] |date=October 30, 2019 |accessdate=December 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2278540/the-innocence-mission-this-thread-is-a-green-street/music/|title=The Innocence Mission – 'This Thread Is A Green Street'|work=[[Stereogum]]|author=Breihan, Tom|date=September 3, 2024|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-the-innocence-missions-animated-video-for-midwinter-swimmers/|title=Watch The Innocence Mission's animated video for 'Midwinter Swimmers'|author=Pearis, Bill|work=[[BrooklynVegan]]|date=October 16, 2024|access-date=October 17, 2024}}</ref>
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! scope="row"|"Look Out from Your Window"
! scope="row"|"Look Out from Your Window"
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! scope="row"|"On Your Side"
|2019
|2019
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! scope="row"|"This Thread Is a Green Street"
|rowspan="2"|2024
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! scope="row"|"Midwinter Swimmers"
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Latest revision as of 07:40, 9 December 2024

The Innocence Mission discography
Studio albums12
EPs6
Soundtrack albums3
Compilation albums2
Tribute albums1
Singles20
B-sides13
Music videos13

The discography of American alternative rock band The Innocence Mission consists of thirteen studio albums, two compilation album, two releases issued for free download, five EPs, seventeen singles, ten music videos, and numerous appearances on soundtrack, tribute and sampler albums. The band have had their songs included on over a hundred different compilations and soundtracks, with many of those including the same select few songs (namely "Bright as Yellow", "The Lakes of Canada", "Tomorrow on the Runway" and "What a Wonderful World"). Therefore, only compilations and soundtracks which featured exclusive or otherwise rare content have been included.[1] Also included on this list are their various solo albums and collaborations with other recording artists.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[2] 		US Indie
[3] 		US Heat
[4] 		UK Indie
[5] 		UK Ameri.
[6][7]
The Innocence Mission 167 — — — —
Umbrella
  • Released: July 23, 1991
  • Label: A&M Records
  • Formats: CD · Cassette · LP
 — — — — —
Glow
  • Released: June 6, 1995
  • Label: A&M Records
  • Formats: CD · Cassette
 — — — — —
Birds of My Neighborhood
  • Released: August 10, 1999
  • Label: Kneeling Elephant · RCA
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — —
Small Planes — — — — —
Befriended
  • Released: September 2, 2003
  • Label: Badman Recording Co.
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 — — — — —
Now the Day Is Over
  • Released: November 9, 2004[8]
  • Label: Badman Recording Co.
  • Formats: CD · DL
 — — — — —
We Walked in Song
  • Released: March 13, 2007
  • Label: Badman Recording Co.
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 — 177 — — —
My Room in the Trees
  • Released: July 13, 2010
  • Label: Badman Recording Co.
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 — — 42 — —
Hello I Feel the Same
  • Released: October 16, 2015
  • Label: Korda Records
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 — — — — —
Sun on the Square
  • Released: June 29, 2018
  • Label: Badman Recording Co. · Bella Union
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 — — — 45 9
See You Tomorrow
  • Released: January 17, 2020[9]
  • Label: Bella Union · Thérèse Records
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL[10]
 — — — — 8
Midwinter Swimmers
  • Released: November 29, 2024[11]
  • Label: Bella Union · Thérèse Records
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 — — — — —
"—" denotes an album which did not chart or was ineligible to chart.

Compilations

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List of compilations with additional information
Title Details Further information
為に・クワイエット・コーナ
(For Quiet Corner)[12]
Track listing
  1. "Gentle the Rain at Home"
  2. "Sunshine Roof"
  3. "Happy Birthday"
  4. "Glimmer"[a]
  5. "The Leaves Lift High"
  6. "Brotherhood of Man"
  7. "Colors of the World"
  8. "Holiday Beach"[a]
  9. "Over the Rainbow"
  10. "ElectroStar"[a]
  11. "Edelweiss"
  12. "We Wake Up in the Earliest Blue of All"
  13. "Song for a New Day"[b]
  14. "After the Fair"[a]
  15. "No Storms Come"
  16. "Pascal's Evening Song"[b]
  17. "Stay Awake"
  18. "PennyLand"[a]
  19. "Moon River"
  20. "When Mac Was Swimming"
  21. "I Have Loved You"
  22. "Landscape with Birds"[b]
  23. "What a Wonderful World"
  24. "It Is Well with My Soul"
Geranium Lake: Live Performances, Demos and Unreleased Songs from Glow[14]
  • Released: October 22, 2022
  • Formats: CD · LP
Track listing
  1. "The Forests and the Seas" (Keppel Building 1997)
  2. "Keeping Awake" (Demo)
  3. "Speak Our Minds" (Demo)
  4. "That Was Another Country" (Live from Cleveland OH)
  5. "Day by Day" (Live from the Tin Angel, Philadelphia PA)
  6. "Spinning" (Demo)
  7. "I Hear You Say So" (Live from Troubadour, Los Angeles CA)
  8. "Bright as Yellow" (Demo)
  9. "Geranium Lake" (Alternate Version)
  10. "Film for My Sister"
  11. "Our Harry" (Live from the Tin Angel, Philadelphia PA)
  12. "Brave" (Live from Borders, San Francisco)
  13. "Everything's Different Now" (Live from Borders, Los Angeles)
  14. "Goodnight, Margaret Wissler" (New Orleans 1995)

Solo albums

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List of albums recorded by individual members of The Innocence Mission, with additional information
Title Details Further information
Painting in the Rain
  • Artist: Super Genius
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: CD
  • An album independently released by former A Thousand Years guitarist Tim Kwiat, on which Mike Bitts and Steve Brown perform bass guitar and drums, respectively, on every track on the album.
Track listing
  1. "My Old Girlfriend"
  2. "Painting in the Rain"
  3. "Spending Time with You"
  4. "Save Me"
  5. "Let You Down"
  6. "Every Time I See Her"
  7. "Dark Days"
  8. "I Am Everywhere"
  9. "Sad Oak Trees"
  10. "My Back Yard"
  11. "Thousands and Millions"
Ten Silver Slide Trombones
  • Released: January 16, 2001
  • Label: Umbrella Day Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Catalog #: UD-CD-01
  • Originally released via donperis.com; reissued in 2020.[15]
Track listing
  1. "Spin"
  2. "Firefly"
  3. "Catherine-Anne"
  4. "Your Friend"
  5. "Butterfly"
  6. "Ten Silver Slide Trombones"
  7. "Anytime at All"
  8. "Help Me Out"
  9. "Banjos and Trampolines"
  10. "Pennsylvania"
  11. "Clement"
  12. "Far or Near"
Go When the Morning Shineth
  • Released: May 23, 2006
  • Label: Jemez Mountain
  • Formats: CD · DL
  • Catalog #: JMD–944
  • An album of instrumental compositions, with the exception of "North Atlantic Sand" featuring Karen Peris, and "Young as You Feel" which features Denison Witmer.
Track listing
  1. "Day Trip"
  2. "Jubilee"
  3. "Delaware"
  4. "Glimmer"
  5. "Recital"
  6. "Ribbon of Highway"
  7. "Walnut Street Rectory"
  8. "North Atlantic Sand" (with Karen Peris)
  9. "Ravel Pavane"
  10. "Flyer"
  11. "Darkness Cannot Overcome the Light"
  12. "Young as You Feel" (with Denison Witmer)
  13. "Blink"
  14. "After the Fair"
Brighter Visions Beam Afar
  • Released: November 24, 2007
  • Label: Umbrella Day Music
  • Formats: CD · DL
  • Catalog #: LCD–003
  • An album of instrumental Christmas carols and classical compositions; a portion of the proceeds raised from sales of this record were donated to hunger relief charities.
Track listing
  1. "Angels We Have Heard on High"
  2. "Lo, How a Rose"
  3. "What Child Is This?"
  4. "Für Elise"
  5. "Christmas Time Is Here"
  6. "Away in a Manger"
  7. "O Christmas Tree"
  8. "O Come, All Ye Faithful"
  9. "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
  10. "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
  11. "Little Drummer Boy"
  12. "O Sanctissima"
  13. "Going Home"
  14. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
  15. "Silent Night"
Violet
  • Released: December 6, 2012
  • Label: Umbrella Day Music
  • Formats: CD · DL
  • Catalog #: LCD–005
Track listing
  1. "Song for a New Day"
  2. "Pascal's Evening Song" (Instrumental)
  3. "Wales Because the Sun Would Shine" (Instrumental)
  4. "Violet"
  5. "Julie and the Universe" (Instrumental)
  6. "Procession" (Instrumental)
  7. "Sweet William"
  8. "The Blue Rooftops" (Instrumental)
  9. "Rowing Across" (Instrumental)
  10. "Landscape with Birds"
  11. "First Days in the City" (Instrumental) (Japanese bonus track)
  12. "Getting Here" (Japanese bonus track)
The Old Century
  • Released: May 1, 2013
  • Label: Jemez Mountain
  • Formats: CD · DL
  • Catalog #: JMD–917
  • An album of instrumental compositions
Track listing
  1. "ElectroStar"
  2. "The Old Century"
  3. "Pennyland"
  4. "Concertina"
  5. "Palos Verdes"
  6. "Catalonia"
  7. "Flight"
  8. "History in G Minor"
  9. "Holiday Beach"
  10. "Speedwell Forge"
  11. "Marisol"
  12. "Operadio"
  13. "Swansea"
  14. "Ranger"
  15. "Bicycling"
A Song Is Way Above the Lawn
  • Released: October 8, 2021
  • Label: Bella Union
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
  • Catalog #: BELLA–1246[16]
Track listing
  1. "Superhero"
  2. "To the Library"
  3. "I Would Sing Along"
  4. "For a Giraffe"
  5. "This Is a Song in Wintertime"
  6. "Map for the Orange Daylight"
  7. "Sister Birds"
  8. "George in the Car"
  9. "A Song Is Way Above the Lawn"
  10. "Flowers"
  •   = Mike Bitts and Steve Brown
  •   = Don Peris
  •   = Karen Peris

EPs

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List of EPs with additional information
Title Details Further information
Tending the Rose Garden
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: LList Records
  • Formats: Cassette · LP
  • Catalog #: 602020X
  • Limited to 1,000 copies.
Track listing
  1. "Can't Anybody Stay Together"
  2. "Trust"
  3. "Do As the Living Do"
  4. "Shadows"
  5. "Small Town Blues"
The Lakes of Canada
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Kneeling Elephant
  • Formats: CD
  • Catalog #: RDJ65808–2
  • This release was mailed free of charge to anyone who requested a copy on Kneeling Elephant's website, in promotion of the Birds of My Neighborhood album. Limited quantities were reissued by the band's own Umbrella Day Music label in 2007 and given as a free gift with pre-orders of the We Walked In Song vinyl.
Track listing
  1. "The Lakes of Canada"
  2. "Snow"
  3. "Moon River"
  4. "Prayer of St. Francis"
  5. "Snow (GusGus Remix)"
Christ Is My Hope
  • Released: April 10, 2000
  • Label: Umbrella Day Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Catalog #: LCD–001
Street Map
  • Released: December 3, 2008
  • Label: Umbrella Day Music
  • Formats: CD · DL
  • Catalog #: LCD–004
  • Contains seven previously unreleased recordings, and "A Thousand Miles" from the 2000 compilation Evensong.[18]
Track listing
  1. "From a Homeland"
  2. "Sunshine Roof"
  3. "Pioneering"
  4. "We Wake Up in the Earliest Blue of All"
  5. "A Thousand Miles"
  6. "Fair Hill"
  7. "You Draw the Streets of Rome"
  8. "Suitcase Waltz"
The Snow on Pi Day
  • Released: November 14, 2017
  • Label: Umbrella Day Music
  • Formats: CD · Cassette · DL
  • Catalog #: LCD–006
  • Four new recordings, including a new version of "Snow" from Birds of My Neighborhood.[19]
Track listing
  1. "From the Trains"
  2. "Snow"
  3. "Montreal"
  4. "The Snow on Pi Day"

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[20] 		US
Alt.
[21]
"Black Sheep Wall" 1989 — 22 The Innocence Mission
"Wonder of Birds" — —
"I Remember Me" 1990 — —
"Sorry and Glad Together" 1991 — — Umbrella
"Bright as Yellow" 1995 117 33 Glow
"One for Sorrow, Two for Joy" 2003 — — Befriended
"Song from Holland" 2007 — — Non-album singles
"Trip" 2016 — —
"The Lakes of Canada 2019"[22] 2019 — —
"Radiant and Holy Night"[23] 2020 — —
"This Thread Is a Green Street" 2024 — — Midwinter Swimmers
"Midwinter Swimmers" — —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Promotional singles

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List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Clear to You" 1990 The Innocence Mission
"Curious"
"And Hiding Away" 1991 Umbrella
"Keeping Awake" 1995 Glow
"Everything's Different Now"
"Today" 2001 Small Planes
"The Happy Mondays" 2010 My Room in the Trees
"Green Bus" 2018 Sun on the Square
"Look Out from Your Window"
"On Your Side" 2019 See You Tomorrow
"This Boat"

B-sides

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List of B-sides, showing year released and A-side name
Title Year Single
"Broken Circle" (Acoustic) 1989 "Black Sheep Wall"
"Notebook" (Acoustic)
"Your Advice" "Wonder of Birds"
"Curious" (Live)
"You Chase the Light" (Acoustic) 1990 "I Remember Me"
"Wonder of Birds" (Live) "Clear to You"
"An Old Sunday" 1991 "Sorry and Glad Together"
"Let's Talk About Something Else" 1995 "Bright as Yellow"
"Geranium Lake"
"Bright as Yellow" (Live) "Keeping Awake"
"Prayer of Saint Francis" 1999 "The Lakes of Canada"
"Snow" (GusGus Remix)
"Peace Be with You" 2003 "One for Sorrow, Two for Joy"

Internet-only releases

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List of albums which have been released exclusively for free download on the internet, and additional information
Title Details Further information
Track of the Month
  • A series of individual songs, released one-at-a-time each month for free download through the band's official website.
Track listing (showing month released)
  1. "No Storms Come" (Aug 2002)
  2. "Moon River" (Sep 2002)
  3. "A Thousand Miles" (Oct 2002)
  4. "East Virginia"[c] (Nov 2002)
  5. "A Hymn for Christmas Day"[c] (Dec 2002)
  6. "The Way You Know" (Jan 2003)
  7. "Rhode Island"[d] (1996 Version) (Feb 2003)
  8. "Happy, the End"[e] (Live from the Troubadour on February 2, 1996) (Mar 2003)
  9. "Only a Shadow"[c] (Apr 2003)
  10. "A Little Rain"[f] (Live from the Troubadour on Feb 2, 1996) (May 2003)
  11. "Do You See My Brothers Coming?"[g] (Jun 2003)
Seven Christmas Songs[24]
  • Released: December 14, 2011
  • Offered for free download through the band's official SoundCloud channel.
Track listing
  1. "See, amid the Winter's Snow"
  2. "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
  3. "O Little Town of Bethlehem"[h]
  4. "In the Bleak Midwinter"
  5. "Away in a Manger"[h]
  6. "O Lord of Light"[i]
  7. "Joy to the World"[h]

Soundtracks and miscellaneous

[edit]
List of soundtrack and compilation albums which contain rare and/or exclusive material
Title Details Song(s) featured
Preliminary Hearing
  1. "Black Wall Sheep" – 4:55
  2. "Tiny Picture" – 4:19
If We Give You This CD, Will You Be Our Best Friend?
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: A&M Records
  • Type: Sampler album
  1. "And Hiding Away" – 3:33
  2. "Now in This Hush" (Acoustic Version) – 3:38
Empire Records OST
  1. "Bright as Yellow" – 3:33
Live from the Music Hall Vol.1
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: KSCA FM
  • Type: Live compilation
  1. "Bright as Yellow" (Live) – 3:46
Take Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver
  • Released: April 18, 2000
  • Label: Badman Recording Co.
  • Type: Tribute album
  1. "Follow Me" – 3:17
Evensong
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Evensong Recordings Ltd.
  • Type: Compilation
  1. "A Thousand Miles" – 3:51
The Pet Series, Vol. 2
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Sally Forth Records
  • Type: Compilation
  1. "The Way You Know" – 3:53
Hope Isn't a Word – Comes with a Smile, Vol.11
  1. "I Haven't Seen This Day Before" (Live) – 3:05
Awake, My Soul / Help Me to Sing: Songs of the Sacred Harp
  • Released: October 14, 2008[25]
  • Label: Awake Productions
  • Type: Compilation
  1. "Africa, 178" – 2:36
The Perks of Being a Wallflower OST
  1. "Evensong" – 3:40
Korda 3 Komp
  • Released: March 18, 2016[26]
  • Label: Korda Records
  • Type: Sampler album
  1. "At Sea" – 3:10

Collaborations and guest appearances

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The band have collaborated on numerous songs recorded by other artists throughout their career,[27] including:

  • "I Belong" on Crack the Sky (1987) by Mylon LeFevre & Broken Heart (song written by Karen and Don)
  • "Shadows" on Lead Me On (1988) by Amy Grant (written by Karen and Don)
  • "Hard Sun" on Big Harvest (1989) by Indio (background vocals from Karen)
  • "Through Your Hands" on Stolen Moments (1990) by John Hiatt (duet with Karen)
  • "Don't Face the World Alone" on Brave Heart (1991) by Kim Hill (written by Karen)
  • "Cherokee Louise" on Night Ride Home (1991) by Joni Mitchell (background vocals from Karen)
  • "Running Away" on From Strength to Strength (1991) by Peter Himmelman (duet with Karen; Don also performs guitar)
  • "By Way of Sorrow" on Blue Pony (1997) by Julie Miller (duet with Karen)
  • "Constance" and "Motorboat" on Illinois (1997) by Mila Drumke (guitar work by Don on both songs, and backgrounds vocals by Karen on "Motorboat")
  • "Frozen Charlotte" and "When They Ring the Golden Bells" on Ophelia (1998) by Natalie Merchant (vocals by Karen and guitar by Don on both tracks)
  • "Do You Still Remember" on Davy Jones' Locker (1999) by The Ocean Blue (song recorded by Don; entire album mastered by Don)
  • "The Places We've Been" on Ojalá (2017) by Lost Horizons (lead vocals by Karen)[28]
  • "This Is the Weather" on In Quiet Moments (2020) by Lost Horizons (lead vocals by Karen)[29]

Don has worked extensively with Lancaster-based singer-songwriter Denison Witmer, and was first credited as an engineer on his debut release, 1995's My Luck, My Love. He has gone on to produce several of Witmer's albums, including Safe Away (1998) and Are You a Dreamer? (2005), as well as the 1999 EP River Bends. He also engineered the LPs Of Sorrow and Joy (2001) and Recovered (2003), and mixed The '80s EP (2000) and Philadelphia Songs (2004). The latter album additionally features background vocals from Karen, on the song "Rock Run". Don also produced the 2003 charity album Poverty, Chastity, Obedience: Remembering Father Mychal F. Judge, O.F.M., and was credited as the mastering engineer for two EPs released by The Ocean Blue: Denmark (2000) and Ayn (2001).[27] Mike Bitts and Steve Brown were both credited with performing bass guitar and drums, respectively, on several songs from Better Living Through Compression,[27] a 2004 album by The Innocence Mission's former guitar technician Cliff Hillis.[30]

Music videos

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List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director(s)
"Wonder of Birds" 1989 Erick Ifergan[31]
"I Remember Me" 1990 —
"And Hiding Away" 1991 —
"Bright as Yellow" 1995 Dan Winters[32]
"My Sisters Return from Ireland"[33] 2008 The Innocence Mission
"North American Field Song"[34] 2011
"Hello I Feel the Same"[35] 2015
"Washington Field Trip"[36]
"Green Bus" 2018 Karen Peris[37][38][39][40][41]
"Look Out from Your Window"
"On Your Side" 2019
"This Thread Is a Green Street" 2024
"Midwinter Swimmers"

Notes

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  • ^[a] signifies a track from a Don Peris solo album.
  • ^[b] signifies a track from a Karen Peris solo album.
  • ^[c] signifies a track that remains officially unreleased.
  • ^[d] "Rhode Island" was later re-recorded for My Room in the Trees, although the original 1996 recording remains unreleased.
  • ^[e] "Happy, the End" was originally released on Glow.
  • ^[f] "A Little Rain" is a Tom Waits cover; this is the only known performance of this song.
  • ^[g] "Do You See My Brothers Coming?" was later released as a bonus track on French editions of We Walked in Song.
  • ^[h] differs from the version which appeared on Brighter Visions Beam Afar.
  • ^[i] is identical to the version which previously appeared on Christ Is My Hope.

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