The Innocence Mission discography
# The Innocence Mission discography

The discography of American alternative rock band The Innocence Mission consists of twelve 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. Also included on this list are their various solo albums and collaborations with other recording artists.

## Albums

### Studio albums

List of studio albums with selected chart positions :

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Details | US | US Indie | US Heat | UK Indie | UK Ameri. |
| The Innocence Mission | Released: August 29, 1989 Label: A&M Records Formats: LP · Cassette · CD | 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 | Released: September 25, 2001 Label: What Are Records? Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Befriended | Released: September 2, 2003 Label: Badman Recording Co. Formats: CD · LP · DL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Now the Day Is Over | Released: November 9, 2004 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 Label: Bella Union · Thérèse Records Formats: CD · LP · DL | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| "—" denotes an album which did not chart or was ineligible to chart. |||||||

### Compilations

List of compilations with additional information :

| Title | Details | Further information |
| - | - | - |
| 為に・クワイエット・コーナ (For Quiet Corner) | Released: November 25, 2015 Label: P-Vine Records Formats: CD Japanese-only release Compiled by Youki Yamamoto Catalog #: PCD–93974 | Track listing "Gentle the Rain at Home" "Sunshine Roof" "Happy Birthday" "Glimmer" "The Leaves Lift High" "Brotherhood of Man" "Colors of the World" "Holiday Beach" "Over the Rainbow" "ElectroStar" "Edelweiss" "We Wake Up in the Earliest Blue of All" "Song for a New Day" "After the Fair" "No Storms Come" "Pascal's Evening Song" "Stay Awake" "PennyLand" "Moon River" "When Mac Was Swimming" "I Have Loved You" "Landscape with Birds" "What a Wonderful World" "It Is Well with My Soul" |
| Geranium Lake: Live Performances, Demos and Unreleased Songs from Glow | Released: October 22, 2022 Formats: CD · LP | Track listing "The Forests and the Seas" (Keppel Building 1997) "Keeping Awake" (Demo) "That Was Another Country" (Live from Cleveland OH) "Day by Day" (Live from the Tin Angel, Philadelphia PA) "Spinning" (Demo) "I Hear You Say So" (Live from 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) |

### Solo albums

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 "My Old Girlfriend" "Painting in the Rain" "Spending Time with You" "Save Me" "Let You Down" "Every Time I See Her" "Dark Days" "I Am Everywhere" "Sad Oak Trees" "My Back Yard" "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. Track listing "Spin" "Firefly" "Catherine-Anne" "Your Friend" "Butterfly" "Ten Silver Slide Trombones" "Anytime at All" "Help Me Out" "Banjos and Trampolines" "Pennsylvania" "Clement" "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 "Day Trip" "Jubilee" "Delaware" "Glimmer" "Recital" "Ribbon of Highway" "Walnut Street Rectory" "North Atlantic Sand" (with Karen Peris) "Ravel Pavane" "Flyer" "Darkness Cannot Overcome the Light" "Young as You Feel" (with Denison Witmer) "Blink" "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 "Angels We Have Heard on High" "Lo, How a Rose" "What Child Is This?" "Für Elise" "Christmas Time Is Here" "Away in a Manger" "O Christmas Tree" "O Come, All Ye Faithful" "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" "O Little Town of Bethlehem" "Little Drummer Boy" "O Sanctissima" "Going Home" "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" "Silent Night" |
| Violet | Released: December 6, 2012 Label: Umbrella Day Music Formats: CD · DL Catalog #: LCD–005 | Track listing "Song for a New Day" "Pascal's Evening Song" (Instrumental) "Wales Because the Sun Would Shine" (Instrumental) "Violet" "Julie and the Universe" (Instrumental) "Procession" (Instrumental) "Sweet William" "The Blue Rooftops" (Instrumental) "Rowing Across" (Instrumental) "Landscape with Birds" "First Days in the City" (Instrumental) (Japanese bonus track) "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 "ElectroStar" "The Old Century" "Pennyland" "Concertina" "Palos Verdes" "Catalonia" "Flight" "History in G Minor" "Holiday Beach" "Speedwell Forge" "Marisol" "Operadio" "Swansea" "Ranger" "Bicycling" |
| A Song Is Way Above the Lawn | Released: October 8, 2021 Label: Bella Union Formats: CD · LP · DL Catalog #: BELLA–1246 | Track listing "Superhero" "To the Library" "I Would Sing Along" "For a Giraffe" "This Is a Song in Wintertime" "Map for the Orange Daylight" "Sister Birds" "George in the Car" "A Song Is Way Above the Lawn" "Flowers" |

* = Mike Bitts and Steve Brown
* = Don Peris
* = Karen Peris

## EPs

List of EPs with additional information :

| Title | Details | Further information |
| - | - | - |
| Tending the Rose Garden | Released: 1986 Label: LList Records Formats: Cassette · LP Catalog #: 602020X | Only 1,000 copies manufactured. Track listing "Can't Anybody Stay Together" "Trust" "Do As the Living Do" "Shadows" "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. |
| Christ Is My Hope | Released: April 10, 2000 Label: Umbrella Day Music Formats: CD Catalog #: LCD–001 | 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-based food banks, and UNICEF's World Food Programme. |
| 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. |
| 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. Track listing "From the Trains" "Snow" "Montreal" "The Snow on Pi Day" |

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | US | US Alt. | Album |
| "Black Sheep Wall" | 1989 | — | 22 | The Innocence Mission |
| "Wonder of Birds" | 1989 | — | — | The Innocence Mission |
| "I Remember Me" | 1990 | — | — | The Innocence Mission |
| "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 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "The Lakes of Canada 2019" | 2019 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Radiant and Holy Night" | 2020 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. |||||

### Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name :

| Title | Year | Album |
| - | - | - |
| "Clear to You" | 1990 | The Innocence Mission |
| "Curious" | 1990 | The Innocence Mission |
| "And Hiding Away" | 1991 | Umbrella |
| "Keeping Awake" | 1995 | Glow |
| "Everything's Different Now" | 1995 | Glow |
| "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" | 2018 | Sun on the Square |
| "On Your Side" | 2019 | See You Tomorrow |
| "This Boat" | 2019 | See You Tomorrow |

### B-sides

List of B-sides, showing year released and A-side name :

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

## Internet-only releases

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) "No Storms Come" (Aug 2002) "Moon River" (Sep 2002) "A Thousand Miles" (Oct 2002) "East Virginia" (Nov 2002) "A Hymn for Christmas Day" (Dec 2002) "The Way You Know" (Jan 2003) "Rhode Island" (1996 Version) (Feb 2003) "Happy, the End" (Live from the Troubadour on February 2, 1996) (Mar 2003) "Only a Shadow" (Apr 2003) "A Little Rain" (Live from the Troubadour on Feb 2, 1996) (May 2003) "Do You See My Brothers Coming?" (Jun 2003) |
| Seven Christmas Songs | Released: December 14, 2011 Offered for free download through the band's official SoundCloud channel. | Track listing "See, amid the Winter's Snow" "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" "O Little Town of Bethlehem" "In the Bleak Midwinter" "Away in a Manger" "O Lord of Light" "Joy to the World" |

## Soundtracks and miscellaneous

List of soundtrack and compilation albums which contain rare and/or exclusive material :

| Title | Details | Song(s) featured |
| - | - | - |
| Preliminary Hearing | Released: 1986 Label: Creation Records Type: Sampler album | "Black Wall Sheep" – 4:55 "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 | "And Hiding Away" – 3:33 "Now in This Hush" (Acoustic Version) – 3:38 |
| Empire Records OST | Released: August 22, 1995 Label: A&M Records Type: Soundtrack album | "Bright as Yellow" – 3:33 |
| Live from the Music Hall Vol.1 | Released: 1995 Label: KSCA FM Type: Live compilation | "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 | "Follow Me" – 3:17 |
| Evensong | Released: 2000 Label: Evensong Recordings Ltd. Type: Compilation | "A Thousand Miles" – 3:51 |
| The Pet Series, Vol. 2 | Released: 2003 Label: Sally Forth Records Type: Compilation | "The Way You Know" – 3:53 |
| Hope Isn't a Word – Comes with a Smile, Vol.11 | Released: 2004 Label: Comes with a Smile Type: Compilation | "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 Label: Awake Productions Type: Compilation | "Africa, 178" – 2:36 |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower OST | Released: August 1, 2012 Label: Atlantic Records Type: Soundtrack album | "Evensong" – 3:40 |
| Korda 3 Komp | Released: March 18, 2016 Label: Korda Records Type: Sampler album | "At Sea" – 3:10 |

## Collaborations and guest appearances

The band have collaborated on numerous songs recorded by other artists throughout their career, 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)

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). Mike Bitts and Steve Brown were both credited with performing bass guitar and drums, respectively, on several songs from Better Living Through Compression, a 2004 album by The Innocence Mission's former guitar technician Cliff Hillis.

## Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors :

| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| - | - | - |
| "Wonder of Birds" | 1989 | Erick Ifergan |
| "I Remember Me" | 1990 | — |
| "And Hiding Away" | 1991 | — |
| "Bright as Yellow" | 1995 | Dan Winters |
| "My Sisters Return from Ireland" | 2008 | The Innocence Mission |
| "North American Field Song" | 2011 | The Innocence Mission |
| "Hello I Feel the Same" | 2015 | The Innocence Mission |
| "Washington Field Trip" | 2015 | The Innocence Mission |
| "Green Bus" | 2018 | Karen Peris |
| "Look Out from Your Window" | 2018 | Karen Peris |
| "On Your Side" | 2019 | Karen Peris |
