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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Michelle Shocked
| image            = MichelleShockedCrop.jpg
| caption          = Michelle Shocked at [[Hardly Strictly Bluegrass]], 2007
| background       = solo_singer
| birth_name       = Karen Michelle Johnston<ref name=GreatRockDiscography>{{cite book |title=The Great Rock Discography |page=141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DE9qW3YfHG4C&pg=PA141-IA172 |publisher=The National Academies |year=2002 |isbn=1841953121 |edition=6}}</ref>
| alias            =
| origin           = [[Dallas, Texas]]<ref name="dv kushner">{{cite news |last1=Kusner |first1=Daniel |title=Michelle Shocked: Dallas Voice's controversial interview from 2008 - Michelle Shocked Believes Being Gay is a Sin |url=https://dallasvoice.com/michelle-shocked-controversial-interview/ |access-date=14 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314112007/https://dallasvoice.com/michelle-shocked-controversial-interview/ |archive-date=14 March 2022 |work=Dallas Voice |orig-date=Originally published April 2008 |date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1962|2|24|mf=yes}}<ref name=GreatRockDiscography/>
| instrument       = Vocals, guitar
| genre            = [[Alternative folk]]
| occupation       = Musician, songwriter
| years_active     =
| label            = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]/[[PolyGram]], [[Private Music]]
| associated_acts  =
| website          = {{URL|michelleshocked.com}}
}}

'''Michelle Shocked''' (born '''Karen Michelle Johnston'''; February 24, 1962)<ref name=GreatRockDiscography/> is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], been nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album]], and received an award for Folk Album of the Year at the [[CMJ]] New Music Awards.

==Early life==
Shocked was born Karen Michelle Johnston on February 24, 1962, in [[Dallas, Texas]], at the [[Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas|Baylor University Medical Center]].<ref name=GreatRockDiscography/><ref name="dv kushner"/> Her stepfather was in the US Army and the family moved from base to base, eventually settling in [[Gilmer, Texas]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/03/15/michelle-shocked-taking-stock/1e08762c-fa8d-4c95-ab34-a96024406453/ Michelle Shocked, Taking Stock – The Washington Post] Retrieved 2018-04-17.</ref> She was raised in a [[Mormon]] family.<ref name="Outlines 1990 take2"/> Johnston went through a [[punk rock]] phase, wearing a [[Mohawk hairstyle|Mohawk hairdo]] and [[squatting]] in abandoned buildings in [[San Francisco, California]].<ref name="Outlines 1990 take2"/>

==Career==
In 1984, Johnston adopted the [[stage name]] "Michelle Shocked", a play on the expression "[[shell shock]]ed", she said in a 1992 interview with ''[[Green Left Weekly]]'': "The term 'Miss shell shocked' is a direct reference to the [[thousand-yard stare]], which was a term that they first used to describe the victims of shell-shock in [[World War I]]. "I first used that name in 1984 at the [[1984 Democratic National Convention|Democratic Convention]] in San Francisco where I was arrested for protesting and demonstrating against corporations who contribute money to both the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] campaigns."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/mellowing-miss-shell-shocked|title=The mellowing of 'Miss Shell Shocked'|date=September 6, 2016|website=Green Left Weekly}}</ref>

Shocked received her first international exposure after [[Pete Lawrence]] recorded her performance on a portable [[tape recorder]] at the [[Kerrville Folk Festival]] in Texas. Lawrence released the tape in Europe as ''[[The Texas Campfire Tapes]]'' (1986) (later released as ''The Texas Campfire Takes''). The album's success brought major labels asking her to sign a contract. Shocked was resistant to what she saw as the machinations of the music industry, and worked to retain a degree of creative control.<ref name="Outlines 1990 take2"/>

=== Mercury trilogy ===
Her first US success came with the release of her 1988 debut album, ''[[Short Sharp Shocked]]'', on [[college radio]] rotations around the country, which was met with strong acclaim from listeners. The debut single, "[[Anchorage (song)|Anchorage]]", charted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>[http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2011/08/dallas_hot_100.php Laura Mann, "53 Years Into The Billboard Hot 100's History, A Look At Every Dallas Song To Make The Chart"], Blogs.dallasobserver.com, retrieved March 29, 2014</ref> but a follow-up single from the album, "When I Grow Up", did not chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Michelle-Shocked-When-I-Grow-Up/release/2383000|title=Michelle Shocked - When I Grow Up|website=Discogs|year=1989 }}</ref>  ''Short Sharp Shocked'' was the first album in what Shocked later described as a "trilogy" for Mercury Records.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/michelle-shocked/492633 |title=Bio - Michelle Shocked |access-date=March 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331132931/http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/michelle-shocked/492633 |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The second album in the trilogy, ''[[Captain Swing (album)|Captain Swing]]'', was released in 1989. Described by reviewer Chris Woodstra as an album of "swing and big-band music" that "no one expected,"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/captain-swing-mw0000201967|title=Captain Swing - Michelle Shocked &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref> the album was promoted with the release of "On the Greener Side", whose music video is a gender-reversed parody of [[Robert Palmer]]'s 1986 video for "[[Addicted to Love (song)|Addicted to Love]]", in which topless male models performed the motions made famous by the female models in Palmer's video.<ref>[https://windycitytimes.com/2013/03/27/pop-making-sense-182/ David Byrne with Tony Peregrin, "Pop Making Sense"]</ref>

The trilogy concluded with her 1992 album, ''[[Arkansas Traveler (album)|Arkansas Traveler]]''. Her desire to have the cover portray her in [[blackface]] in tribute to the roots of the music featured on the album drew criticism and a change in the cover art.<ref name="Caughie1999">{{cite book|last=Caughie|first=Pamela L.|title=Passing and Pedagogy: The Dynamics of Responsibility|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrcablMdJVgC&pg=PA54|access-date=March 24, 2014|year=1999|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252067709|pages=54–}}</ref> However, the album received little commercial notice, and Shocked parted ways with the label following an acrimonious lawsuit.<ref>[http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-10-15/music/michelle-shocked/ Nick Spacek, "Michelle Shocked"], Houstonpress.com, retrieved March 29, 2014</ref>

=== Post-Mercury years ===
In 1995, Shocked contributed an original song to the soundtrack for the film ''[[Dead Man Walking (film)|Dead Man Walking]]'' called "Quality of Mercy." In 1996, she released a studio version of ''[[Kind Hearted Woman]]'' on the short-lived Private Music label.

Starting in 2002 with the release of ''Deep Natural'', Shocked established her own label, Mighty Sound. She reissued expanded versions of her entire catalog, made possible by having retained complete ownership of her work when she signed with Mercury in 1987.

An [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] version of her song "How You Play the Game" was featured as the opening and credits soundtrack on the DVD of the 2004 documentary film ''[[Bush's Brain]]''.

Shocked continued to make music as an independent artist. In June 2005, she released a trilogy of albums called ''Threesome'' (''Don't Ask Don't Tell'', ''Mexican Standoff'' and ''Got No Strings''). In May 2007, she released the album ''ToHeavenURide''; and in September 2009, ''Soul of My Soul''.<ref name="new soul of my soul">{{citation| title = Michelle Shocked Back with "Soul of My Soul" Album...  | first= Mal  | last= Westerly |publisher = MusicNewsNet.com|date = February 25, 2009}}</ref>

''Soul of My Soul'' remains Shocked's last released recording to date.  She toured consistently through 2013, then took time off before resuming live performances and touring in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://michelleshocked.com/news/|title=The Mercury Trilogy Tour &#124; Michelle Shocked|website=Michelleshocked.com}}</ref>

Shocked is a vocal critic of [[Spotify]] and its low pay rates for artists, declaring that "None of my music will be on there until they commit to a sustainable rate rather than suing songwriters."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Locke |first=Jesse |date=2019-11-13 |title=These musicians are taking a stand against Spotify |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/artists-vs-spotify |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=NOW Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> She has also refused to allow her music to be on [[iTunes]], [[YouTube]], or [[Amazon Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://michelleshocked.com/bio/|title=Michelle Shocked - Official Bio: The Ballad of the Bootleg Poster Child|website=michelleshocked.com|accessdate=February 17, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Shocked's younger brother is the musician and multi-instrumentalist [[Max Johnston (musician)|Max Johnston]], of [[Uncle Tupelo]], [[Wilco]] and [[the Gourds]].

In 1992, Shocked married journalist [[Bart Bull]]. They divorced in 2004.<ref name="bulldiv">{{Cite news |title=Keep the campfire burning, Michelle |first=Jude |last=Rogers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jul/31/1 |date=July 31, 2005 |periodical=[[The Observer]] |access-date=October 19, 2011 |location=London}}</ref> She reported in 2007 that she was in a relationship with [[Disney]] artist [[David Willardson]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/shocked-tactics-1.835624 |title=Shocked Tactics |date=December 15, 2007 |last=Purcell |first=Andrew |work=Scotland Herald }}</ref> with whom she had first worked in 2001 when he designed the branding for her record label Mighty Sound. Willardson has since designed album covers for ''Deep Natural'' and for Shocked's album reissues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michelleshocked.com/willywear/about_willywear.htm |title=About Willywear |year=2010 |last1=Shocked |first1=Michelle |last2=Willardson |first2=David |publisher=Michelle Shocked |access-date=March 29, 2014}}</ref> Willardson and Shocked share an artist's studio in the [[Biscuit Company Lofts]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ladowntownnews.com/entertainment/what-s-in-my-loft-michelle-shocked-biscuit-company-lofts/article_f11ce5c9-8172-52f1-90dc-8cc0e7ac0151.html |title=What's in My Loft?: Michelle Shocked, Biscuit Company Lofts – An Urban Temple in the Arts District |date=October 15, 2010 |last=Leonard |first=Gary |work=Los Angeles Downtown News |publisher=Civic Center News}}</ref>

===Sexuality===
[[File:MichelleShocked BellyUp 2010.jpg|thumb|right|Shocked performing in 2010]]

According to ''Gay 100'' author [[Paul Russell (novelist)|Paul Russell]], in 1989 she joked to a US broadcast television audience that the Grammy award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording, whose nominees included herself, eventual winner [[Tracy Chapman]], [[Phranc]], and [[Indigo Girls]], should have been called "Best Lesbian Vocalist".<ref name=Gay100>{{cite book |title=The Gay 100 |last=Russell |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jACXalmJ3nEC&pg=PA331 |page=331 |publisher=Kensington |year=2002 |isbn=0758201001}}</ref> Shocked herself remembers that she joked the award "could have been called 'They Might Be Lesbians'".<ref name="dv kushner"/>

After an Earth Day performance in Chicago in April 1990, she gave an interview to Christie L. Nordhielm of ''[[Windy City Times|Outlines]]'', a Chicago newspaper for the gay community. Accompanied by future husband, journalist [[Bart Bull]], she told Nordhielm she felt boxed in by listener expectations that she was either straight or gay; she said "I would like a much broader definition for myself."<ref name="Outlines 1990 take2">{{cite news |newspaper=OutLines |date=May 1990 |title='Shocking' Revelations from Michelle Shocked |page=25|url=https://windycitytimes.com/m/APPredirect.php?AID=18269|access-date=14 March 2022 |first=Christie |last=Nordhielm|archive-date=14 March 2022 |id=Republished May 7, 2008 as: "Shocked's change; Carly widens her net" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314112233/https://windycitytimes.com/m/APPredirect.php?AID=18269}}</ref><ref name="dallas voice 2008">{{cite news |last1=Kusner |first1=Daniel |title=Michelle Shocked: Dallas Voice's controversial interview from 2008 - Michelle Shocked Believes Being Gay is a Sin |url=https://dallasvoice.com/michelle-shocked-controversial-interview/ |access-date=14 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314112007/https://dallasvoice.com/michelle-shocked-controversial-interview/ |archive-date=14 March 2022 |work=Dallas Voice |orig-date=Originally published April 2008 |date=20 March 2013}} {{plainlist|Following this 2008 interview, the ''Dallas Voice'' responded to Shocked's request for specifics from the 1990 ''Outlines'' interview with:
* [http://www.dallasvoice.com/michelle-shocked-said-what-1990-outlines-interview-surfaces-10434.html "Michelle Shocked said what? 1990 ''Outlines'' interview surfaces"] ''Dallas Voice'' April 25, 2008:
* "''Dallas Voice'' contributor Rex Wockner battled ...to dig out his May 1990 issue of ''OutLines'', the Chicago paper that contained Michelle Shocked's "coming out" interview... By the way, ''OutLines'' merged into ''Windy City Times'' in 2000. In last week’s edition of ''Dallas Voice'', Shocked demanded that I quote her what the article said. Well, here’s just one tidbit that might have made people think she came out as a lesbian:
* 'I was with my first woman lover about a year and a half ago. To be honest, the real fear of coming out of the closet, not fear, but the real pressures of coming out of the closet had been if you had certain problems identifying yourself one way or the other.' "}}</ref> She explained her wish to be politically and sexually subversive by saying, "I resent like hell that I was maybe 18 years old before I even heard the 'L' word. I mean, that's understood, growing up sheltered in a Mormon environment. But it would have made all the difference for me had I grown up knowing that the reason I didn't fit in, was because they hadn't told me there were more categories to fit into."<ref name="Outlines 1990 take2"/> She said she did not condone the [[outing]] activities engaged in by members of [[ACT UP]].<ref name="Outlines 1990 take2"/>

Since then, Shocked has been listed as bisexual in reference books,<ref>{{cite book |title=Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America |last=Gross |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aF3x8sUB1bEC&pg=PT157 |page=157 |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-0231529327}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0EUoCrFolGcC&pg=PA523|page=523 [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofle00bzim/page/523 523] |title=Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia |volume=1 |editor=Bonnie Zimmerman |chapter=Music, Women's |last=Mockus |first=Martha |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2000 |isbn=0815319207 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofle00bzim/page/523 }}</ref> and does not self-identify as a lesbian. In a 2013 interview with CNN, Shocked stated "I am, for the last 10 years, so deeply in love with a man that the idea of living my life without him is impossible. I know how much I love him, and knowing that passion that I have for him, would I ever want to deny that to anyone else? Absolutely not."<ref name="willman hr 2013">{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/michelle-shocked-piers-morgan-im-not-homophobic-432258 |date=April 2, 2013 |last=Willman |first=Chris |title=Michelle Shocked on 'Piers Morgan': Evasive, Incoherent, Says 'I'm Not Homophobic' |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]| access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref>

===Religion and views on homosexuality===
While performing at the [[Wild Goose Festival]] in June 2011, a Christian event at which the [[LGBT-affirming religious groups|inclusion of gay Christians]] was debated, Shocked responded to an audience member's question about homosexuality by saying "Who drafted me as a gay icon? You are looking at the world's greatest homophobe. Ask God what He thinks."<ref name="Wild Goose Festival">{{cite web| title = Wild Goose Festival's (Mostly) Welcoming Spirit for LGBT Christians | url=http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/sexandgender/4888/wild_goose_festival%E2%80%99s_(mostly)_welcoming_spirit_for_lgbt_christians_/ | publisher = Religion Dispatches | date = August 1, 2011 |access-date = March 18, 2013}}</ref>

On March 17, 2013, Shocked made an impromptu speech against [[same-sex marriage]] during a concert at [[Yoshi's (jazz club)|Yoshi's]] nightclub in San Francisco, which led some audience members to leave in protest and the club's management to end the show.<ref name="homophobic rant">{{cite web|last1=Avery|first1=Dan|title=Alt-Folk Singer Michelle Shocked Goes on Homophobic Rant, Tells Audience 'God Hates Fags' | url=http://www.queerty.com/alt-folk-singer-michelle-shocked-goes-on-homophobic-rant-tells-audience-god-hates-fags-20130318/|publisher = Queerty.com | date = March 18, 2013 | access-date = January 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name="homophobic rant staff shutdown">{{cite news| title = Shocked show shut down over gay slur | url= http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Shocked-show-shut-down-over-gay-slur-4363898.php|publisher = SFGate.com | date = March 18, 2013 | access-date = January 1, 2016 | first=Leah | last=Garchik}}</ref> All venues eventually cancelled scheduled performances of her "Roadworks Tour" in response to reports of Shocked's remarks.<ref name="Evanston cancellation">{{cite news| title = Michelle Shocked: anti-gay rant triggers Evanston cancellation | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-michelle-shocked-evanston-20130318,0,7598900.story|publisher = Chicago Tribune | date = March 18, 2013 | access-date = March 18, 2013 | first=Mark | last=Caro}}</ref> In a March 20, 2013, email to the news media, Shocked apologized, saying that her comments had been misinterpreted, and that she was not describing her own opinions about homosexuality, but rather those of some Christians.<ref>{{cite news| title=Michelle Shocked: 'I'm damn sorry'| first=Leah| last=Garchik| work=San Francisco Chronicle| date=March 20, 2013| access-date=January 1, 2016| url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/garchik/article/Michelle-Shocked-I-m-damn-sorry-4370886.php}}</ref> An audio recording of the performance was reported as contradicting Shocked's post-performance explanation.<ref>{{cite news| last=White| first=Ryan| title=Michelle Shocked issues two statements, and audio of her Yoshi's show emerges |work=The Oregonian| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2013/03/post_25.html| access-date=January 1, 2016| date=March 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1553842/michelle-shocked-speaks-out-as-full-audio-of-meltdown-emerges |magazine=Billboard |date=March 20, 2013 |last=Schneider |first=Mark |title=Michelle Shocked Speaks Out as Full Audio of Meltdown Emerges |access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/03/audio-of-michelle-shocked-anti-gay-rant-listen-stream/ |title=Audio of Michelle Shocked's 'Anti-Gay' Rant Reveals Only Confusion&nbsp;– She contradicts her apology, but also appears addled |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=March 20, 2013 |journal=Spin |access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref>

On April 1, 2013, Shocked appeared on CNN's ''[[Piers Morgan Live]]'' to clarify her remarks. Morgan asked Shocked three times whether she was "homophobic". Eventually, Shocked stated "If you want to keep this simple for the audience, let me just give you a straight no, I'm not homophobic. But the truth, I don't think, lies in the simplicity. It's in the nuance, and that's been completely lost in this." She said that the meaning behind her prior comments was misinterpreted.<ref name="willman hr 2013"/>

===Political activity===

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A photograph of Shocked being detained during a protest that appears on the cover of her 1988 album ''Short Sharp Shocked'' was taken by Chris Hardy of the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' at a protest in [[San Francisco]] during the [[1984 Democratic National Convention]]. Years later, Shocked was arrested during the November 29, 2011, eviction of the [[Occupy Los Angeles]] movement.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://laist.com/2011/12/02/la_times_posts_list_of_those_arrest.php| title=LA Times Posts Names of Those Arrested at Occupy LA, Stories Begin to Unfold About What Happened During the Raid: LAist| work=[[Gothamist]]| access-date=December 2, 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529090945/http://laist.com/2011/12/02/la_times_posts_list_of_those_arrest.php| archive-date=May 29, 2012| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://spreadsheets.latimes.com/protestors-arrested-occupy-la/| title=Protesters arrested at Occupy L.A.&nbsp;– Spreadsheets – Los Angeles Times| work=[[Los Angeles Times]]| access-date=December 2, 2011| date=December 1, 2011}}</ref>

==Awards==
Shocked was honored as having the Folk Album of the Year at the [[CMJ]] New Music Awards ceremony in late October 1989, taped in New York City for later broadcast. The award recognized the popularity of ''Short Sharp Shocked'' with [[college radio]] listeners.<ref name=Gay100/>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>Peaks in the United States:
* ''Short Sharp Shocked'': {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/shocked-completes-diverse-album-trio-63485/|title=Shocked Completes Diverse Album Trio|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 30, 2005|access-date=November 13, 2022}}
* ''Captain Swing'': {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1989-11-18/|title=Billboard 200: Week of November 18, 1989|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref>Peaks of albums in Australia:
* ''Short Sharp Shocked'': {{cite Kent|page=273}}
* ''Arkansas Traveler'': {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Michelle+Shocked|title=Discography Michelle Shocked|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=November 13, 2022}}
* ''Captain Swing'': {{cite Ryan|page=251}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Michelle+Shocked|title=Discography Michelle Shocked|website=charts.nz|access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Texas Campfire Tapes]]''
|
* Released: 1986
* Label: [[Cooking Vinyl]]/[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Short Sharp Shocked]]''
|
* Released: August 15, 1988
* Label: Mercury
| 73 || 46 || 20 || 33
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Captain Swing (album)|Captain Swing]]''
|
* Released: October 1989
* Label: Mercury
| 95 || 58 || 38 || 31
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Arkansas Traveler (album)|Arkansas Traveler]]''
|
* Released: April 1992
* Label: Mercury
| — || 33 || 42 || 46
|-
! scope="row"| ''Artists Make Lousy Slaves''<br />{{small|(with [[Fiachna O'Braonain]])}}
|
* Released: 1996
* Label: Mood Swing
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Kind Hearted Woman]]''
|
* Released: 1996
* Label: [[Private Music]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Good News''<br />{{small|(with The Anointed Earls)}}
|
* Released: 1998
* Label: Mood Swing
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Dub Natural''
|
* Released: 2001
* Label: Mood Swing
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Deep Natural''
|
* Released: 2002
* Label: Mighty Sound
* Includes ''Dub Natural'' as a bonus disc
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Don't Ask Don't Tell''
|
* Released: 2005
* Label: Mighty Sound
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Mexican Standoff''
|
* Released: 2005
* Label: Mighty Sound
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Got No Strings''
|
* Released: 2005
* Label: Mighty Sound
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''ToHeavenURide''
|
* Released: 2007
* Label: Mighty Sound
* Recorded at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival on June 22, 2003
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Soul of My Soul''
|
* Released: 2009
* Label: Mighty Sound
| — || — || — || —
|}

===Re-releases===
Michelle Shocked has re-released her Mercury releases in expanded form on her own Mighty Sound imprint
* ''Texas Campfire Takes'' (April 22, 2003) – two-disc expanded reissue of ''[[The Texas Campfire Tapes]]''
* ''Short Sharp Shocked'' (September 23, 2003) – two-disc set
* ''Captain Swing'' (March 16, 2004)
* ''Arkansas Traveler'' (September 14, 2004)

===Compilations===
* ''Mercury Poise: 1988–1995'' (Mercury, 1996) 
* ''Shockolates'' (Mighty Sound, 2004) 
* ''Threesome'' (Mighty Sound, 2005) – compiles ''Don't Ask Don't Tell'', ''Mexican Standoff'', and ''Got No Strings''

===Other releases===
* ''Live'' (Mercury, 1990) – promo only 12" EP with five tracks recorded live at the [[New Theatre Oxford|Oxford Apollo]], London on 12 December 1989<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Michelle-Shocked-Live/release/3238894|title=Michelle Shocked - Live|website=Discogs|year=1990 }}</ref>
* ''Captain Swing Review'' ([[Polygram Records|Polygram]], 1990) – live concert film, VHS
* ''Michelle Shocked DVD'' (Mighty Sound, 2004) – compilation

"Mood Swing" and "Mighty Sound" are the label names Shocked uses/has used for her independent self-owned releases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/841611-Mood-Swing|title=Mood Swing|website=Discogs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/109189-Mighty-Sound|title=Mighty Sound|website=Discogs}}</ref>

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
!scope="col" colspan="5"| Chart positions
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
!scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
!scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Modern Rock Tracks chart|US Mod]]
!scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Mainstream Rock Tracks chart|US MSR]]
!scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref>Peaks of singles in Australia:
* "Anchorage" ([[Australian Music Report]]): {{cite Kent|page=273}}
* "Come a Long Way" ([[ARIA Charts]]): {{cite Ryan|page=251}}</ref><ref name="aus2">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/LahO8Ek|title=ARIA chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=2 December 2023}}  N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
!scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 496}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|"[[Anchorage (song)|Anchorage]]"
| rowspan="3"|1988
| 66
| 16
| —
| 51
| 60
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="3"|''Short Sharp Shocked''
|-
! scope="row"|"If Love Was a Train"
| —
| 20
| 33
| —
| 63
|-
! scope="row"|"When I Grow Up"
| —
| —
| —
| 108
| 67
|-
! scope="row"|"On the Greener Side"
| 1989
| —
| 19
| —
| 118
| —
| style="text-align:left;"|''Captain Swing''
|-
! scope="row"|"Come a Long Way"
| 1992
| —
| —
| —
| 100
| 77
| style="text-align:left;"|''Arkansas Traveler''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* {{discogs artist|260406}}

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