David Bowie discography
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David Bowie discography
Contents |
[edit] Albums
[edit] Studio albums
Title | Release date | Label | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U.K. | U.S. | U.K. | CAN | |||
David Bowie | 1967, June 1 | Deram Records | — | — | ||
Space Oddity | 1969, November 4 | Philips / Mercury | 17 [A] | 16 | ||
The Man Who Sold the World | 1970, November 4 | Mercury Records | 26 [A] | 105 | ||
Hunky Dory | 1971, December 17 | RCA Records | 3 | 93 | Platinum | |
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 1972, June 6 | 5 | 75 | Platinum | ||
Aladdin Sane | 1973, April 13 | 1 | 17 | |||
Pin Ups | 1973, October 19 | 1 | 23 | Gold | ||
Diamond Dogs | 1974, April 24 | 1 | 5 | |||
Young Americans | 1975, March 7 | 2 | 9 | Silver | Gold | |
Station to Station | 1976, January 23 | RCA | 5 | 3 | Gold | |
Low | 1977, January 14 | 2 | 11 | Silver | Gold | |
"Heroes" | 1977, October 14 | RCA Records | 3 | 35 | Gold | |
Lodger | 1979, May 18 | 4 | 20 | Gold | ||
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | 1980, September 12 | 1 | 12 | Platinum | Platinum | |
Christiane F. [B] | 1981, April | — | 135 | |||
Let's Dance | 1983, April 14 | EMI | 1 | 4 | Platinum | 5x Platinum |
Tonight | 1984, September 1 | 1 | 11 | Gold | 2x Platinum | |
Labyrinth [C] | 1986, April | — | — | |||
Never Let Me Down | 1987, April | 6 | 34 | Gold | 2x Platinum | |
Tin Machine [D] | 1989, May 22 | 3 | 28 | |||
Tin Machine II [D] | 1991, September 2 | 23 | 126 | |||
Black Tie White Noise | 1993, April 5 | Savage Records | 1 | 39 | Gold | Gold |
The Buddha of Suburbia | 1993, December | BMG | 87 | — | ||
Outside | 1995, September 26 | 8 | 21 | Silver | ||
Earthling | 1997, January 30 | 6 | 39 | |||
'hours...' | 1999, October 4 | Virgin Records | 5 | 47 | Silver | |
Toy | Unreleased [E] | — | — | |||
Heathen | 2002, June 11 | ISO | 5 | 14 | Gold | |
Reality | 2003, June 11 | 3 | 29 | Gold |
- Notes
- A ^ Space Oddity and The Man Who Sold the World charted in the UK and US in 1973, after having been re-issued by RCA.
- B ^ Christiane F. is a soundtrack made up of Bowie material. It was released to promote the film Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo.
- C ^ Labyrinth is a soundtrack comprising six Bowie recordings and a musical score by Trevor Jones.
- D ^ Tin Machine and Tin Machine II are releases by the group Tin Machine.
- E ^ Toy although unreleased was tentatively scheduled for release in mid-2001.
[edit] Live albums
Title | Release date | Label | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
U.K. | U.S. | U.K. | |||
David Live | 1974, October 29 | RCA Records | 2 | 8 | |
Stage | 1978, September 8 | 5 | 44 | Gold | |
Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture | 1983, October | 17 | 89 | ||
Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby [F] | 1992, July 2 | London Records | — | — | |
Santa Monica '72 [G] | 1994, May | Golden Years Records | 74 | — | |
LiveAndWell.com | 1999, November | Risky Folio | — | — | |
Bowie at the Beeb | 2000, September 25 | EMI | 7 | 181 | Silver |
Live Santa Monica '72 | 2008, June 30 | EMI |
- Notes
- F ^ Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby is a Tin Machine live album.
- G ^ Santa Monica '72 was also released as Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars "Live"
[edit] Compilations
Title | Release date | Label | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U.K. | U.S. | U.K. | U.S. | CAN | |||
The World of David Bowie | 1970, March | Deram Records | — | — | |||
Images 1966-1967 | 1973, February | — | 144 | ||||
ChangesOneBowie | 1976, May 20 | RCA Records | 2 | 10 | Platinum | 2x Platinum | |
The Best of Bowie | 1980, December 15 | K-Tel | 3 | — | Platinum | ||
ChangesTwoBowie | 1981, November | RCA | 22 | 68 | Gold | ||
Golden Years | 1983 | 33 | 99 | ||||
Fame and Fashion - David Bowie's All Time Greatest Hits | 1984 | 40 | 147 | ||||
Sound and Vision | 1989, September 19 | Rykodisc | — | 97 | Platinum | Gold | 4x Platinum |
Changesbowie | 1990, March | Rykodisc / EMI | 1 | 39 | Platinum | Gold | |
Early On (1964-1966) | 1991 | Rhino | — | — | |||
The Singles Collection | 1993, November 16 | Rykodisc / EMI | 9 | — | Platinum | ||
The Deram Anthology 1966–1968 | 1997, June 9 | Deram Records | — | — | |||
The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 | 1997 | EMI | 13 | — | Gold | Gold | |
The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 | 1998 | 39 | — | Silver | |||
All Saints | 2001, July 9 | — | — | ||||
Best of Bowie | 2002, October 22 | EMI / Virgin / Toshiba | 11 | 70 | 2x Platinum | Platinum | |
Club Bowie (UK remix collection) | 2003 | EMI | — | — | |||
The Collection | 2005 | — | — | ||||
The Platinum Collection | 2005, November 7 | 55 | — | Silver | |||
The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 | 2007, March 19 | 34 | — | ||||
Bowie Box Set (10CD) | 2007, December 3 | Sony-Columbia | — | — |
[edit] Other
Title | Release date | Label | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|---|
U.S. | |||
David Bowie narrates Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" | 1978 | RCA | 136 |
Earthling in the City | 1997, November | EMI | — |
Live EP (with Arcade Fire) | 2005, September 8 | iTunes Music Store | — |
[edit] Singles
[edit] 1960s
Year | Title | U.K. | U.S. |
---|---|---|---|
1964 | "Liza Jane" (as Davie Jones and the King Bees) | Did not chart | |
1965 | "I Pity the Fool" (as The Manish Boys) | ||
"You've Got a Habit of Leaving" (as Davy Jones and the Lower Third) | |||
1966 | "Can't Help Thinking About Me" (as David Bowie and the Lower Third) | ||
"Do Anything You Say" | |||
"I Dig Everything" | |||
"Rubber Band" | |||
1967 | "The Laughing Gnome" | ||
"Love You Till Tuesday" | |||
1969 | "Space Oddity" | 5 | 124 |
[edit] 1970s
Year | Title | U.K. | U.S. | Can |
---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | "The Prettiest Star" | - | - | - |
"Memory of a Free Festival" | - | - | - | |
1971 | "Holy Holy" | - | - | - |
"Moonage Daydream" (as Arnold Corns) | - | - | - | |
1972 | "Changes" | - | 41 | 32 |
"Starman" | 10 | 65 | 64 | |
"John, I’m Only Dancing" | 12 | - | - | |
"The Jean Genie" | 2 | 71 | 75 | |
1973 | "Drive-In Saturday" | 3 | - | - |
"Life on Mars?" | 3 | - | - | |
"The Laughing Gnome" (re-issue) | 6 | - | - | |
"Sorrow" | 3 | - | 77 | |
1974 | "Rebel Rebel" | 5 | 64 | 30 |
"Rock 'N' Roll Suicide" | 22 | - | - | |
"Diamond Dogs" | 21 | - | - | |
"Knock on Wood (live)" | 10 | - | - | |
1975 | "Young Americans" | 18 | 28 | 33 |
"Fame" | 17 | 1 | 3 | |
"Space Oddity" (re-issue) | 1 | 15 | 16 | |
"Golden Years" | 8 | 10 | 17 | |
1976 | "TVC 15" | 33 | 64 | - |
1977 | "Sound and Vision" | 3 | 69 | 87 |
"Heroes" | 24 | - | - | |
1978 | "Beauty and the Beast" | 39 | - | - |
"Breaking Glass (live)" | 54 | - | - | |
1979 | "Boys Keep Swinging" | 7 | - | - |
"DJ" | 29 | 106 | - | |
"John I'm Only Dancing (Again)" | 12 | - | - |
[edit] 1980s
Year | Title | U.K. | U.S. | Can |
---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | "Alabama Song" | 23 | - | - |
"Ashes to Ashes" | 1 | - | 35 | |
"Fashion" | 5 | 70 | - | |
1981 | "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" | 20 | - | 49 |
"Up the Hill Backwards" | 32 | - | - | |
"Under Pressure" (with Queen) | 1 | 29 | 3 | |
"Wild Is the Wind" | 24 | - | - | |
1982 | "Baal" | 29 | - | - |
"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" | 26 | 67 | 13 | |
"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with Bing Crosby) | 3 | - | - | |
1983 | "Let's Dance" | 1 | 1 | - |
"China Girl" | 2 | 10 | 2 | |
"Modern Love" | 2 | 14 | 2 | |
"White Light/White Heat" | 46 | - | - | |
"Without You" | - | 73 | - | |
1984 | "Blue Jean" | 6 | 8 | 4 |
"Tonight" (with Tina Turner) | 53 | 53 | 21 | |
1985 | "This Is Not America" (with the Pat Metheny Group) | 14 | 32 | 19 |
"Loving the Alien" | 19 | - | - | |
"Dancing in the Street" (with Mick Jagger) | 1 | 7 | - | |
1986 | "Absolute Beginners" | 2 | 53 | 3 |
"Underground" | 21 | - | 30 | |
"When the Wind Blows" | 44 | - | - | |
"Magic Dance" | - | - | - | |
1987 | "Day-In Day-Out" | 17 | 21 | 3 |
"Time Will Crawl" | 33 | - | 5 | |
"Never Let Me Down" | 34 | 27 | 9 |
[edit] 1990s
Year | Title | U.K. | U.S. | Can |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | "Fame '90" | 28 | - | - |
1992 | "Real Cool World" | 53 | - | - |
1993 | "Jump They Say" | 9 | - | 12 |
"Black Tie White Noise" (featuring Al B. Sure!) | 36 | - | - | |
"Miracle Goodnight" | 40 | - | - | |
"The Buddha of Suburbia" (featuring Lenny Kravitz) | 35 | - | - | |
1995 | "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" | 35 | 92 | 9 |
"Strangers When We Meet"/"The Man Who Sold the World" (live) | 39 | - | 67 | |
1996 | "Hallo Spaceboy" | 12 | - | - |
"Little Wonder" | 14 | - | 7 | |
1997 | "Dead Man Walking" | 32 | - | - |
"Seven Years in Tibet" | 61 | - | - | |
"I'm Afraid of Americans" | - | 66 | 68 | |
"I Can't Read" | 73 | - | - | |
1999 | "Thursday's Child" | 16 | - | - |
"Under Pressure (RAH mix)" (with Queen) | 14 | - | - |
[edit] 2000s
Year | Title | U.K. |
---|---|---|
2000 | "Survive" | 28 |
"Seven" | 32 | |
2002 | "Slow Burn" (UK Import only) | 24 |
"Everyone Says 'Hi'" | 20 | |
2003 | "New Killer Star" | 28 |
2004 | "Never Get Old" | 45 |
[edit] External links
- David Bowie Discography at Illustrated-db-Discography.nl
- DM's Music History site - complete discography, album reviews, song lyrics