David Gilmour discography

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The discography of David Gilmour, the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, consists of three studio albums and six singles.

Studio Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certification
(Sale Threshold)
UK
Album Chart[1]		 US
Billboard 200[2]		 Canadian
Albums Chart
1978 David Gilmour 17 29 —
  • US: Gold
1984 About Face 21 32 —
  • US: Gold
2006 On an Island 1 6 1
  • UK: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum

Live Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certification
(Sale Threshold)
UK
Album Chart[1]		 US
Billboard 200[2]		 Canadian
Albums Chart
2008 Live in Gdańsk 10 26 19

Soundtracks

  • Fractals: The Colours of Infinity, Documentary (1994)[3]

Singles

  • "There's No Way Out of Here" (1978)
  • "Blue Light" (March 1984), number 62 US[2]
  • "Love on the Air" (May 1984)
  • "On an Island" (6 March 2006), number 29 US[2]
  • "Smile" (13 June 2006), number 72 UK[1]
  • "Arnold Layne" (Live) (26 December 2006), number 19 UK[1]

Filmography

Collaborations and work for other artists

Year Artist Album / Work
1970 Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs[4][5]
Syd BarrettBarrett[4][6]
Ron Geesin and Roger Waters "Give Birth to a Smile" on Music from the Body[4]
1974 Unicorn[7][8] Blue Pine Trees (producer)[4]
1975 Roy Harper "The Game" from HQ[4]
1975 Sutherland and Quiver "Ain't Too Proud" from Reach for the Sky[4]
1976 Unicorn[7] Too Many Crooks (US title Unicorn 2, features the song "There's No Way Out of Here") (producer)
1978 Kate Bush Executive producer for two tracks on The Kick Inside[4]
Unicorn[7] One More Tomorrow (Harvest Records) (producer, shared with Muff Winwood)
1979 Wings Back to the Egg[4]
1980 Roy Harper "Playing Games", "You (The Game Part II)", "Old Faces", "Short and Sweet" and "True Story" on The Unknown Soldier, credited to Harper/Gilmour.[4]
1982 Kate Bush Vocals on "Pull Out The Pin" in The Dreaming[4]
1983 Atomic Rooster Headline News[4]
1984 Paul McCartney "No More Lonely Nights" in Give My Regards to Broad Street[4]
1985 Supertramp "Brother Where You Bound"
Bryan Ferry "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" in Legend[4]
Bryan FerryBoys and Girls[4]
Bryan FerryLive Aid (Played with Bryan Ferry's band)[4]
Nick Mason and Rick Fenn "Lie for a Lie" (vocals) in Profiles[4]
Pete Townshend "Give Blood" and "White City Fighting" in White City: A Novel - "White City Fighting" credited to Townshend/Gilmour. Also performed live as Deep End.[4]
ArcadiaSo Red the Rose[4]
The Dream Academy Co-produced The Dream Academy[4]
Roy Harper and Jimmy Page "Hope" on Whatever Happened to Jugula?, credited to Harper/Gilmour.[4]
1986 Berlin Count Three & Pray[4]
Liona Boyd Electric guitar on "L'Enfant", "Sorceress" and "Persona" from Persona
Pete Townshend lead guitar in Pete Townshend's Deep End Live![4]
1987 Dalbello "Immaculate Eyes" in she[4]
1988 Peter Cetera "You Never Listen To Me" in One More Story[4]
Sam Brown Guitar on "This Feeling" and "I'll Be In Love" in Stop![4]
1989 Kate Bush "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail" in The Sensual World[4]
Paul McCartney "We Got Married" in Flowers in the Dirt[4]
Rock Aid Armenia "Smoke on the Water" in The Earthquake Album[4]
Warren Zevon Transverse City[4]
1990 Roy Harper "Once" in Once (w/ Kate Bush on backing vocals)[4]
Propaganda "Only One Word" in 1234[4]
Sam Brown April Moon, vocals on "Troubled Soul"[4]
Michael Kamen and David Sanborn Concerto for Saxophone, guitar on "Sasha"[4]
1991 All About Eve "Are You Lonely" and "Wishing the Hours Away" in Touched by Jesus[4]
Hale and Pace Lead guitar on "The Stonk"[4]
1992 Elton John "Understanding Women", in The One[4]
Mica Paris "I Put a Spell on You" on Later With Jools Holland[4]
1993 Paul Rodgers "Standing Around Crying" in Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters[4]
1994 Snowy White "Love, Pain and Sorrow" in Goldtop: Groups & Sessions '74–'94
1995 Guy Pratt Soundtrack to Hackers; according to Pratt on Twitter,[9] features uncredited guitar performance by Gilmour.
1996 The Who Quadrophenia (1996 Hyde Park concert)
1997 B. B. King "Cryin' Won't Help You Babe" in Deuces Wild
1999 Paul McCartney Run Devil Run
2001 The Triumph of Love soundtrack Plays guitar over several chamber orchestra pieces
2003 Ringo Starr Ringo Rama
2004 Alan Parsons and Simon Posford "Return to Tunguska" in A Valid Path
2005 Various artists "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"
2006 Chris Jagger "It's Amazing (What People Throw Away)" and "Junkman", in Act of Faith
2009 Nick Laird-Clowes "Mayday" documentary, 'A Time Comes' (Free download from nicklairdclowes.com )
2010 The Orb Metallic Spheres, contributes guitars and vocals to the album, as well as co-writing every track. The album is released as "The Orb featuring David Gilmour". Album reached 12 on the UK charts[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "David Gilmour | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 30 July 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 David Gilmour. "David Gilmour - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2012. 
  3. ↑ "The Colours of Infinity: The Beauty and Power of Fractals". Powells.com. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 Miles, Barry; Andy Mabbett (1994). Pink Floyd the visual documentary (Updated ed.). London: Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-4109-2. 
  5. ↑ Parker, David (2001). Random Precision: Recording the Music of Syd Barrett, 1965–1974. Cherry Red Books. p. iv. 
  6. ↑ Manning, Toby (2006). "Set the Controls". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 72. ISBN 1-84353-575-0. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Unicorn official site". Unicornmusic.net. Retrieved 2011-07-20. 
  8. ↑ Unicorn discography at Discogs
  9. ↑ "believe it or not David!" in reply to "who did the David'esque guitars on't 'Hackers' OST?"
David Gilmour
Studio albums
Live albums
Singles
  • "There's No Way Out of Here"
  • "Blue Light"
  • "Love on the Air"
  • "On an Island"
  • "Smile
  • "Arnold Layne" (live)
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