Vinyl Edition: Includes download card and a third National poster which completes the triptych started in the first two vinyl National releases, the self-titled release and Sad Songs for Dirty... more

The National's seminal first two releases finally available on vinyl. Having played few live shows before recording this first self-titled release, this was the album that brought early attention to... more

US LP pressing. For a band that's been compared to Joy Division, Leonard Cohen, Wilco, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The National sure sounds a lot more like the Czars or Uncle Tupelo on this... more

2010 studio album by The National. High Violet's 11 tracks were recorded at the band's own studio in Brooklyn, with further recording and mixing at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut with... more

High Violet, the new full-length record by The National, is a nervy, melodic, explosive and beautiful set of songs that find the band at the height of their collaborative powers. The music is... more

The follow-up to 2005's "Alligator" is filled with lush arrangements and sees the band incorporating new instrumentation and expanded musical elements such as piano, trumpet, and more prominent... more

US only 140-gram LP pressing. Beggars Banquet. 2007.