Brian May discography
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This is a discography of works by Brian May as a solo artist. For information about recordings made by Queen see Queen discography.
Contents |
[edit] Albums
Studio albums
- 1983: Star Fleet Project – Brian May & Friends (Mini Album)
- 1992: Back to the Light
- 1998: Another World
- 2000: La musique de Furia – Un film de Alexandre Aja (Soundtrack)
Live album
- 1993: Live at the Brixton Academy – The Brian May Band (live at the Brixton Academy, London, 15 June 1993)
Compilations
- 1993: Resurrection
- 1998: Red Special - Japanese Tour Mini Album (Japan only)
[edit] Singles
- 1983: Star Fleet – Brian May & Friends
- 1991: Driven by You
- 1992: Too Much Love Will Kill You
- 1992: Back to the Light
- 1993: Resurrection
- 1993: Last Horizon
- 1995: The Amazing Spider-Man – MC Spy-D + "Friends"
- 1998: "The Business" [Rock On Cozy Mix] (UK)
- 1998: On My Way Up (Netherlands)
- 1998: Another World (Netherlands)
- 1998: Why Don't We Try Again (UK)
[edit] Videos
- 1983: Star Licks Master Series (VHS; in 1993 reissued under the title Master Session)
- 1994: Live at the Brixton Academy (VHS)
[edit] Various artists compilations
| Year of release | Compilation | Song | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Greenpeace – Alternative NRG | "New Damage" (with Soundgarden) | |
| 1995 | In from the Storm [tribute to Jimi Hendrix] | "One Rainy Wish" | |
| 1996 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | "Il Colosso" (with Jerry Hadley, Sissel, 'Just William'), "What Are We Made Of?" (with Sissel) | soundtrack |
| 1996 | Twang! A Tribute to Hank Marvin & The Shadows | "FBI" | also B-side of the single On My Way Up |
| 1998 | Lullabies with a Difference | "My Boy" | recorded in 1982 |
| 2000 | Music from and Inspired by Mission Impossible 2 | "Have a Cigar" (with the Foo Fighters) | |
| 2002 | Good Rockin' Tonight - The Legacy of Sun Records [only on the Japanese edition] | "I Don't Want Nobody Teasing Around with Me" | |
| 2004 | Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2 | "Someone to Die For" (Jimmy Gnecco featuring Brian May) |
[edit] Queen related projects
| Year of release | Song | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Smile | "Earth", "Step on Me" | Earth/Step on Me (single) |
| 1973 | Larry Lurex | "I Can Hear Music", "Goin' Back" | single I Can Hear Music (1973); box set Freddie Mercury - The Solo Collection (2000); compilation album Lover of Life, Singer of Songs - The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo (2006) |
| 1982 | Smile | "Doing Alright", "Blag", "April Lady", "Polar Bear", "Earth", "Step on Me" [all songs recorded 1969] | LP Gettin' Smile (Japan, 1982); CD Ghost of a Smile (Netherlands, 1997) |
[edit] Other recordings
[edit] Producer and songwriter
| Year of release | Song | Record | May's contribution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Minako Honda | album | Cancel (album) | production |
| 1987 | Minako Honda | "Golden Days", "Crazy Nights" | Golden Days and Crazy Nights (singles) | songwriting, production, guitar |
| 1987 | Bad News | album | Bad News (album) | production |
| 1987 | Heavy Pettin | album | Lettin Loose (album) | produced by May and Mack |
| 1987 | Anita Dobson | album | Talking of Love (album) | songwriting, production, guitar, backing vocals |
| 1988 | Anita Dobson | "In One of My Weaker Moments" | In One of My Weaker Moments (single, from the musical Budgie) | production, guitar |
| 1989 | Ian & Belinda | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Who Wants to Live Forever (7"/12" singles; for the British Bone Marrow Donor Appeal) | production, guitar (bass by John Deacon, drums by Roger Taylor) |
| 1990/ 1991 |
Brian May | various tracks | Macbeth - Riverside Theatre (unreleased) | songwriting, production |
| 1991 | Hale and Pace and the Stonkers | "The Stonk" | The Stonk (single; for Comic Relief; reached No. 1 in the UK chart) | production, guitar (drums by Roger Taylor) |
| 1993 | The Left Handed Marriage | "Appointment", "She Was Once My Friend", "I Need Time" [recorded 1967] | Crazy Chain (album) | guitar, backing vocals; I Need Time written by Bill Richards and May |
[edit] Guest musician
| Year of release | Song | Record | May's contribution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Eddie Howell | "Man from Manhattan" | Man from Manhattan (single 1975/1995) | backing vocals, guitar (piano and backing vocals by Freddie Mercury) |
| 1976 | Ian Hunter | "You Nearly Did Me In" | All-American Alien Boy (album) | backing vocals by May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor |
| 1978 | Lonnie Donegan | "Digging My Potatoes" | Puttin' on the Style (album) | guitar |
| 1980 | Quartz | "Circles" [recorded 1977] | B-side of the single Stoking the Fires of Hell (1980); also bonus track on the 2004 reissue of the album Stand Up and Fight | |
| 1983 | Jeffrey Osborne | "Stay with Me Tonight", "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" | Stay with Me Tonight (album) | guitar |
| 1984 | Billy Squier | "(Another) 1984" | Signs of Life (album) | guitar |
| 1985 | Chris Thompson | "A Shift in the Wind, Parts 1 and 2" | Radio Voices (album) | guitar |
| 1986 | Ramoncín [1] | "Como un susurro" | La vida en el filo (album) | guitar |
| 1987 | Meat Loaf | "A Time for Heroes" | A Time for Heroes (single) | guitar |
| 1988 | The Cross | "Love Lies Bleeding (She Was a Wicked, Wily Waitress)" | Shove It (album) | guitar |
| 1989 | Holly Johnson | "Love Train" | Blast (album) | guitar |
| 1989 | Living in a Box | "Blow the House Down" | Gatecrashing (album) | guitar |
| 1989 | Black Sabbath | "When Death Calls" | Headless Cross (album) | guitar |
| 1989 | Fuzzbox | "Self!" | Big Bang (album) | guitar |
| 1989 | Artists United for Nature | "Yes We Can" | Yes We Can (single; (also released on the compilation Earthrise – The Rainforest Album) | guitar |
| 1989 | Rock Aid Armenia | "Smoke on the Water" | Smoke on the Water (single) | guitar (drums by Roger Taylor) |
| 1990 | Rock Against Repatriation | "Sailing" | Sailing (single) | guitar |
| 1991 | D-Rok | "Red Planet Blues", "Get out of My Way" | Oblivion (album) | guitar |
| 1992 | Extreme | "Love of My Life" | Song for Love (single) (for the Terence Higgins Trust) | guitar |
| 1992 | Judie Tzuke | "I Can Read Books" | Wonderland (album) | guitar |
| 1992 | Hank Marvin | "We Are the Champions" | Into the Light (album) | guitar |
| 1992 | Phenomena | "A Whole Lot of Love" [recorded 1988] | Phenomena III: Inner Vision (album) | guitar |
| 1992 | Tony Martin | "If There Is a Heaven" | Back Where I Belong (album) | guitar |
| 1992 | Cozy Powell | "Somewhere in Time" [instrumental version of "Nothin' But Blue"], "Ride to Win" | The Drums Are Back (album) | guitar (bass by John Deacon on "Somewhere in Time") |
| 1992 | Steve Hackett | "Don’t Fall Away From Me" [recorded 1986] | The Unauthorised Biography (compilation album) | guitar |
| 1993 | Paul Rodgers | "I'm Ready" | Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters (album) | guitar |
| 1993 | Steve Hackett | "Cassandra" [recorded 1986] | bonus track on the album Guitar Noir | guitar |
| 1994 | Os Paralamas do Sucesso | "El Vampiro Bajo El Sol" | Severino (album) | guitar |
| 1995 | Jennifer Rush | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Out of My Hands (album) | vocals, guitar |
| 1995 | Gordon Giltrap | "Heartsong" [recorded 1993] | Music for the Small Screen (album) | guitar |
| 1995 | Carmine Appice | "Nobody Knew (Black White House)" | Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus (album) | guitar |
| 1995 | S.O.L. (Stefan Zauner) | "Make My Dream Come True" | S.O.L. - Some Other Language (album) | guitar |
| 1996 | Status Quo | "Raining in My Heart" | Don't Stop (album) | guitar |
| 1996 | Rock Therapy | "Reaching Out" | Reaching Out (single; for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre) | guitar |
| 2000 | Steve Hackett | "Slot Machine" [recorded 1986] | Feedback ‘86 (album) | guitar |
| 2000 | Tony Iommi | "Goodbye Lament" (featuring Dave Grohl), "Flame On" (featuring Ian Astbury) | Iommi (album) | guitar |
| 2000 | Freddie Mercury | "She Blows Hot and Cold (Alternative Version)" [recorded 1984] | The Solo Collection (box set) | guitar |
| 2001 | Robbie Williams | "Eternity" | Eternity (single; album Greatest Hits, 2004) | guitar |
| 2002 | Michael Kamen | "Light the Fire Within" | (unreleased; official theme of the 2002 Winter Olympics) | guitar |
| 2002 | Claire Sweeney | "Too Much Love Will Kill You" | Claire (album) | guitar |
| 2002 | Lynn Carey Saylor | "If We Believe" | If We Believe (single) | backing vocals, guitar |
| 2002 | Foo Fighters | "Tired of You" | One by One (album) | guitar |
| 2003 | The Yardbirds | "Mr. You're a Better Man Than I" | Birdland (album) | guitar |
| 2003 | Tim Staffell | "Earth", "Doin’ Alright" | Amigo (album) | guitar, vocals |
| 2004 | Zucchero | "Il mare impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle..." | Zu & Co. (album) | guitar |
| 2006 | Meat Loaf | "Bad for Good" | Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (album) | guitar |
| 2007 | Lynn Carey Saylor | "We Belong"[2] | You Like It Clean (album) | guitar, background vocals |
| Live recordings (selection) | ||||
| 1988 | Prince's Trust Gala Concert | Prince’s Trust Rock Gala (VHS; recorded live on 6th June 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall) | guitar (bass by John Deacon) | |
| 1992 | Pavarotti and Friends | "Too Much Love Will Kill You", "La donna è mobile" | (recorded live in Modena on 27th September 1992) | guitar |
| 2005 | The Strat Pack | "Peggy Sue", "Maybe Baby", "I Fought the Law", "Oh Boy!", "That'll Be the Day" (with The Crickets and Albert Lee); "All Right Now" (with Paul Rodgers) | The Strat Pack: Live in Concert (DVD; recorded live at the concert from the 50th Anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, 24th September 2004) | guitar |
[edit] Computer games
- 1994: Rise of the Robots (contains reworked tracks from the 1992 album Back to the Light)
- 1996: Rise 2: Resurrection (contains Cyborg; in 1998 released on the album Another World)
