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Natalie Merchant began her solo career in 1993 after leaving 10,000 Maniacs. This Complete List Of Natalie Merchant Albums And Songs presents the full discography of Natalie Merchant studio albums. All these sweet Natalie Merchant albums have been presented below in chronological order. We have also included all original release dates with each Natalie Merchant album as well as all original album covers. Every Natalie Merchant album listed below showcases the entire album tracklisting.
Tigerlily
Released: June 20, 1995
Tigerlily is Natalie Merchant’s debut solo album, released after her departure from 10,000 Maniacs. The album’s sound is a departure from the sound of her former band, It was a commercial and critical success, featuring hit singles like “Carnival,” “Wonder,” and “Jealousy.” The album was recorded at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Natalie Merchant herself. It features musicians like Jennifer Turner on guitar, Peter Yanowitz on drums, and Barrie Maguire on bass.
CD Track Listings:
- “San Andreas Fault” – 3:58
- “Wonder” – 4:26
- “Beloved Wife” – 5:03
- “River” – 5:32
- “Carnival” – 5:59
- “I May Know the Word” – 8:07
- “The Letter” – 2:12
- “Cowboy Romance” – 4:39
- “Jealousy” – 2:41
- “Where I Go” – 4:00
- “Seven Years” – 5:30
Ophelia
Released: May 19, 1998
Ophelia continued Merchant’s journey into a more mature and varied musical expression. The album was produced by Natalie Merchant herself.
CD Track Listings:
- “Ophelia” – 5:10
- “Life is Sweet” – 5:12
- “Kind & Generous” – 4:07
- “Frozen Charlotte” – 5:23
- “My Skin” – 5:30
- “Break Your Heart” – 4:47
- “King of May” – 4:09
- “Thick as Thieves” – 6:57
- “Effigy” – 2:30
- “The Living” – 3:18
- “When They Ring the Golden Bells” – 9:33
Motherland
Released: November 13, 2001
Motherland wasrecorded at Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York, and produced by T-Bone Burnett. The album features several guest musicians, including the likes of Gabriel Gordon on guitar and Elizabeth Steen on keyboard.
CD Track Listings:
- “This House Is on Fire” – 4:42
- “Motherland” – 4:44
- “Saint Judas” – 5:44
- “Put the Law on You” – 5:02
- “Build a Levee” – 4:46
- “Golden Boy” – 4:14
- “Henry Darger” – 4:24
- “The Worst Thing” – 5:49
- “Tell Yourself” – 5:08
- “Just Can’t Last” – 4:32
- “Not in This Life” – 5:21
- “I’m Not Gonna Beg” – 3:40
The House Carpenter’s Daughter
Released: August 26, 2003
The House Carpenter’s Daughter marks a departure into traditional music and folk, featuring a collection of covers and traditional songs alongside a few original compositions. The album delves deep into her folk roots. Recorded at Bearsville Studios and produced by Natalie Merchant, this album includes a wide range of traditional instruments and backing from musicians including Erik Della Penna on various stringed instruments.
CD Track Listings:
- “Sally Ann” – 5:47
- “Which Side Are You On?” – 5:03
- “Crazy Man Michael” – 5:12
- “Diver Boy” – 4:43
- “Weeping Pilgrim” – 4:14
- “Soldier, Soldier” – 3:51
- “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” – 3:20
- “House Carpenter” – 5:31
- “Owensboro” – 4:22
- “Down on Penny’s Farm” – 4:02
- “Poor Wayfaring Stranger” – 6:01
Leave Your Sleep
Released: April 13, 2010
Leave Your Sleep is an ambitious double album that explores a broad array of 19th and 20th-century British and American poetry, adapted and set to music by Merchant. The project is an extensive collection that features a wide array of musical styles and an ensemble of more than 130 musicians.
CD Track Listings:
Disc One:
- “Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience” – 5:11
- “Equestrienne” – 4:39
- “Calico Pie” – 2:42
- “Bleezer’s Ice-Cream” – 5:17
- “It Makes a Change” – 3:30
- “The King of China’s Daughter” – 2:39
- “The Dancing Bear” – 5:38
- “The Man in the Wilderness” – 3:45
- “Maggie and Milly and Molly and May” – 4:07
- “If No One Ever Marries Me” – 2:22
- “The Sleepy Giant” – 2:01
- “The Peppery Man” – 5:06
- “The Blind Men and the Elephant” – 5:31
Disc Two:
- “Adventures of Isabel” – 3:25
- “The Walloping Window Blind” – 4:33
- “Topsyturvey-World” – 5:09
- “The Janitor’s Boy” – 3:52
- “Griselda” – 5:47
- “The Land of Nod” – 4:33
- “Vain and Careless” – 4:44
- “Crying, My Little One” – 2:29
- “Sweet and a Lullaby” – 3:33
- “I Saw a Ship A-Sailing” – 2:11
- “Autumn Lullaby” – 3:32
- “Spring and Fall: To a Young Child” – 3:04
- “Indian Names” – 4:55
Natalie Merchant
Released: May 6, 2014
Natalie Merchant is her self-titled and sixth studio album, featuring all-new material.
CD Track Listings:
- “Ladybird” – 4:16
- “Maggie Said” – 4:38
- “Texas” – 5:07
- “Go Down, Moses” – 5:17
- “Seven Deadly Sins” – 5:07
- “Giving Up Everything” – 4:26
- “Black Sheep” – 3:34
- “It’s a-Coming” – 3:44
- “Lulu (Introduction)” – 4:18
- “Lulu” – 4:29
- “The End” – 5:03
Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings
Released: November 6, 2015
Paradise Is There revisits Merchant’s seminal debut album Tigerlily. On the 20th anniversary of its release, she re-recorded the entire album with new arrangements.
CD Track Listings:
- “San Andreas Fault” – 4:02
- “Beloved Wife” – 5:03
- “Carnival” – 5:59
- “River” – 5:32
- “The Letter” – 2:12
- “Where I Go” – 4:00
- “I May Know the Word” – 8:07
- “Seven Years” – 5:30
- “Cowboy Romance” – 4:39
- “Jealousy” – 2:41
- “Wonder” – 4:26
Butterfly
Released: February 24, 2017
Butterfly is a double album consisting of one disc of new songs and another of reinterpreted and rearranged selections from her catalog, recorded live in the studio.
CD Track Listings:
- “Butterfly” – 3:47
- “She Devil” – 3:14
- “Baby Mine” – 3:37
- “Frozen Charlotte” – 5:22
- “Ophelia” – 5:11
- “The Worst Thing” – 5:49
- “The Man in the Wilderness” – 3:45
- “My Skin” – 5:30
- “Vain and Careless” – 4:52
- “Can’t Ignore the Train” – 2:44
Keep Your Courage
Released: April 14, 2023
CD Track Listings:
1. Big Girls (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis)
2. Come on, Aphrodite (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis)
3. Sister Tilly
4. Narcissus
5. Hunting the Wren
6. Guardian Angel
7. Eye of the Storm
8. Tower of Babel
9. Song of Himself
10. The Feast of Saint Valentine
