David Allan Coe discography

David Allan Coe discography
Studio albums 42
Live albums 4
Compilation albums 40+
Singles 52
Soundtrack albums 1
No. 1 Singles 1

This is a detailed discography for American country music artist David Allan Coe. Coe started his career in 1970 on SSS International Records before signing with Columbia Records and staying with the label for 15 years. In the 1990s, he released albums through several independent labels such as his own DAC Records. Most of these releases have been reissued under different names and/or cannibalized for various compilations. Overall, Coe's discography consists of 42 studio albums, 4 live albums, 1 collaboration album and 1 audiobook, in addition to many compilation albums. Given the obscure nature of Coe's '90s albums and the limited information available, sources have been included for each album after his split with Columbia.

Studio albums

1970s

Year Album details Peak chart positions Notes
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
1970 Penitentiary Blues
  • Label: SSS International
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
  • Coe's debut album, supposedly written while he was serving a prison sentence. Unlike his later output, his first two records on SSS International are widely considered more blues than country music.[2] Reissued by HackTone Records in 2005 on CD and digital services.[3]
1973 Requiem for a Harlequin
  • Label: SSS International
  • Format: LP
  • The rarest album of Coe's discography, having not been reissued in any format since its original release.[4][5]
1974 The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy
1975 Once Upon a Rhyme
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
8
1976 Longhaired Redneck
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
14
1977 Texas Moon
  • Recorded in 1973 on SSS International and sold to Columbia along with Coe's contract.[6] Finally released in 1977 on Plantation Records and reissued on CD in 2013.[7]
Rides Again
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
26
Tattoo
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
38
1978 Family Album
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
47
Human Emotions
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
45
Buckstone County Prison (Soundtrack)
  • Label: DAC Records (#8095N2)
  • Format: LP
  • Accompanying soundtrack album to the film of the same name in which Coe had a starring role. The first album released on Coe's own label, DAC Records. So far it has not been reissued in any modern format.[8]
Nothing Sacred
  • Label: DAC Records (#0002)
  • Format: LP, CD
  • Coe’s fourth independent album, noted for its profane and sexually explicit lyrics. It was originally released by mail order and also sold at concerts, but is now available via Coe's website.[9]
1979 Spectrum VII
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
Compass Point
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

1980s

Year Album details Peak chart positions Notes
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
1980 I've Got Something to Say
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
66
1981 Invictus (Means) Unconquered
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
67
Tennessee Whiskey
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
1982 Rough Rider
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
D.A.C.
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
Underground Album
  • Label: DAC Records (#0003)
  • Format: LP, CD
  • The second of Coe's two "X-rated" studio albums. It was not sold in stores but through the back pages of the motorcycling magazine Easyriders and at concerts. Currently available via Coe's website.[10]
1983 Castles in the Sand
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
8 179
Hello in There
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
38
1984 Just Divorced
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
23 14
1985 Darlin', Darlin'
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
22
Unchained
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
49
1986 Son of the South
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
31
1987 A Matter of Life... and Death
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP, CD, Digital
50
  • Coe's final studio album release on Columbia Records.
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

1990s

Year Album details Peak chart positions Notes
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
1990 1990 Songs for Sale[11]
  • Release Date: September 1, 1990
  • Label: DAC Records (#0007)
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Only sold at concerts upon release. 1990 Songs for Sale has since been made available via digital services.[12] Certain tracks were reissued with material from Standing Too Close To the Flame and Granny's Off Her Rocker for Coe's 2001 album Songwriter of the Tear.[13]
1993 Standing Too Close To the Flame[14]
  • Label: DAC Records (#0008)
  • Format: CD
  • Only sold at concerts. Certain tracks were reissued with material from 1990 Songs for Sale and Granny's Off Her Rocker for Coe's 2001 album Songwriter of the Tear.[15]
Granny's Off Her Rocker[16]
  • Label: DAC Records (#0009)
  • Format: CD
  • Only sold at concerts. Certain tracks were reissued with material from 1990 Songs for Sale and Standing Too Close to the Flame for Coe's 2001 album Songwriter of the Tear.[17]
1994 Lonesome Fugitive[18]
  • Label: King Records
  • Format: CD
The Perfect Country and Western Song[20]
  • Label: King Records
  • Format: CD
Truckin' Outlaw[22]
1996 20 Road Music Hits[25]
  • Label: TeeVee Records
  • Format: CD
  • Despite the title, only 5 of the tracks included are compiled from previous releases: "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)", "Six Days on the Road", "Papa Loved Mama", "Truck Drivin' Man" and "White Line Fever." As such, 15 of this album's 20 studio tracks first appeared on this collection ("The Devil Was to Blame" is a newly recorded version of the same song from 1990 Songs For Sale).[26]
Living on the Edge[27]
  • Label: DAC Records (#0010)
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Only sold at concerts upon release. Living on the Edge has since been made available via digital services.[28]
1997 The Ghost of Hank Williams[29]
  • Label: King Records
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Contains Coe's renditions of songs that were originally recorded by Hank Williams in addition to the title track, an original that was also included on 1990 Songs for Sale presented here in a re-recorded version.[30]
1998 Johnny Cash is a Friend of Mine[31]
  • Release Date: June 19, 1998
  • Label: King Records
  • Format: CD
  • Contain's Coe's renditions of some of Johnny Cash's most popular songs.[32] Reissued as Sings Johnny Cash's Biggest Hits in 2003 on Gusto Records (same track listing).[33]
1999 Recommended for Airplay[34]
  • Release Date: March 30, 1999
  • Label: Sony/Lucky Dog
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • The most recent solo album of original material from Coe as of 2015. The title is a playful reference to Coe's two "X-rated" albums, both of which came with a "Not Recommended for Airplay" warning on the cover.[35][36]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

2000s

Year Album details Peak chart positions Notes
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
2000 Long Haired Country Boy... And Other Such Songs[37]
  • Release Date: August 29, 2000
  • Label: King Records
  • Format: CD
2001 Country & Western[39]
  • Release Date: June 12, 2001
  • Label: King Records
  • Format: CD, Digital
2002 Sings Merle Haggard[41]
  • Release Date: August 13, 2002
  • Label: King Records
  • Format: CD
  • Contains Coe's renditions of some of Merle Haggard's biggest hits.[42] Reissued as Branded Man on Gusto Records with a slightly different track order.[43]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

2010s

Year Album details Peak chart positions Notes
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
D.A.C.'s Back[44]
  • Release Date: October 21, 2010
  • Label: DAC Records
  • Format: Digital
  • Compiles material from Coe's self-released 1990s albums in addition to a handful of tracks from Coe's Columbia releases. A new song, "Single Father", also appears. However, unlike similar compilations like Crazy Daddy or Songwriter of the Tear, this album was marketed as "17 never-before-released David Allan Coe originals" via the official album website, therefore it is included in the studio albums section.[45]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Collaboration Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Notes
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country US Indie
2006 Rebel Meets Rebel (w/ Cowboys from Hell) 38 2
  • Recorded with members of Pantera (credited as D.A.C. and Cowboys from Hell) between 1999 and 2003.[46]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Notes
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
1997 LIVE: If That Ain't Country...[47]
  • Release Date: July 15, 1997
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Digital
2002 Live From the Iron Horse Saloon: Biketoberfest '01[48]
  • Release Date: September 24, 2002
  • Label: Coe Pop Records
  • Format: CD
2003 Country Outlaw[49]
  • Release Date: April 1, 2003
  • Label: BMG Special Products
  • Format: CD
2003 Live at Billy Bob's Texas[50]
  • Release Date: April 8, 2003
  • Label: Smith Music Group
  • Format: CD, Digital
71
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Audiobooks

Year Album details Peak chart positions Notes
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
2002 Whoopsy Daisy
  • Release Date: November 5, 2002
  • Label: Coe Pop Records
  • Format: CD
  • 2-disc audiobook that was recorded in 1997. Acts as a continuation of Coe's written autobiography.[51]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation Albums

Year Album Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
Notes
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
1978 Greatest Hits 40 39
  • US: Platinum
1981 Encore
  • Contains alternate versions of Coe's hits up to 1981, along with the original version of "You Never Even Called Me By My Name."[52]
1984 The Best of David Allan Coe
1985 17 Greatest Hits 197
  • US: Gold
For the Record: The First 10 Years 46
  • US: Gold
1986 I Love Country
1989 Crazy Daddy
  • Includes material from Darlin', Darlin', Son of the South and A Matter of Life... and Death as well as two new tracks, "Crazy Daddy" and "I've Enjoyed As Much of This As I Can Stand." Coe's final release as a member of Columbia's roster.[53]
1990 18 X-Rated Hits
1991 Biggest Hits
1993 The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy/Once Upon a Time
  • Bear Family Records reissue of Coe's two studio albums The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy and Once Upon a Rhyme on a single disc, with the latter sporting a slightly different title on the cover.[54]
Super Hits
  • US: Gold
1994 20 Greatest Hits
  • Contains re-recorded versions of Coe's hits from various '90s albums released on King Records.[55] Reissued in 2002 as 20 All Time Greatest Hits with slightly updated cover art and the same track listing.[56]
Longhaired Redneck/Rides Again
  • Bear Family records reissue of the two studio albums on a single disc.[57]
1995 Best of the Best
Compass Point/I've Got Something to Say
  • Bear Family Records reissue of the two studio albums on a single disc with one bonus track.[58]
David Allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck & Others
Headed for the Country
Human Emotions/Spectrum VII
  • Bear Family Records reissue of the two studio albums on a single disc with one bonus track.[59]
Invictus Means Unconquered/Tennessee Whiskey
  • Bear Family Records reissue of the two studio albums on a single disc with one bonus track.[60]
The Original Outlaw
Tattoo/Family Album
  • Bear Family Records reissue of the two studio albums on a single disc with one bonus track.[61]
1996 Super Hits, Vol. 2
You Never Even Called Me by My Name (with Johnny Paycheck)
1997 Truck Drivin' Songs
1999 16 Biggest Hits
Castles in the Sand/Once Upon a Rhyme
2001 Songwriter of the Tear
  • Compiles material from tour-only albums 1990 Songs for Sale, Standing Too Close to the Flame and Granny's Off Her Rocker along with a brand new spoken intro and outro by Coe.[63]
2002 The Original Outlaw of Country Music
2004 The Essential David Allan Coe 72
2005 At His Best
Castles in the Sand/Hello in There PLUS
  • Bear Family Records reissue of the two studio albums on a single disc with one bonus track.[64]
For the Soul and for the Mind: Demos of '71-'74
  • Coe Pop Records compilation of early material that D.A.C. recorded before he became successful with as a Columbia Records recording artist.[65]
Just Divorced/Darlin' Darlin' PLUS
  • Bear Family Records reissue of the two studio albums on a single disc with four bonus tracks.[66]
A Matter of Life... and Death PLUS
  • Bear Family Records reissue of the studio album with thirteen bonus tracks on a single disc.[67]
The Ride
Rough Rider/D.A.C. PLUS
  • Bear Family Records reissue of the two studio albums on a single disc with four bonus tracks.[68]
Ultimate Collection
Unchained/Son of the South PLUS
  • Bear Family Records reissue of the two studio albums on a single disc with five bonus tracks.[69]
2007 Country Hit Parade
Early Years
2013 The Mysterious David Allan Coe: 4 Classic Albums 1974-1978
  • Raven Records reissue of The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy, Once Upon a Rhyme, Longhaired Redneck and Rides Again on two discs with five bonus tracks.[70]
2014 The Illustrated David Allan Coe: 4 Classic Albums 1977-1979
  • Raven Records reissue of Tattoo, Family Album, Human Emotions and Spectrum VII on two discs with one bonus track.[71]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

1960s and 1970s

Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country CAN Country
1969 "One Way Ticket to Nashville" N/A
"Play All the Sad Songs"
1970 "Monkey David Wine" Penitentiary Blues
1971 "Tobacco Road" N/A
1972 "Two Tone Brown"
1973 "How High's the Watergate, Martha"
"Keep Those Big Wheels Hummin'"
1974 "(If I Could Climb) The Walls of This Bottle" 80
1975 "Would You Be My Lady" 91 Once Upon a Rhyme
"You Never Even Called Me by My Name" 8 4
1976 "Longhaired Redneck" 17 23 Longhaired Redneck
"When She's Got Me (Where She Wants Me)" 60
"Willie, Waylon and Me" 25 33 Rides Again
1977 "Lately I've Been Thinking Too Much Lately" 49
"Just to Prove My Love to You" 82 Tattoo
"Face to Face" 92
1978 "Divers Do It Deeper" 86 47 Family Album
"You Can Count on Me" 85 Human Emotions
"If This Is Just a Game" 45
1979 "Jack Daniel's, If You Please" 72
"Fairytale Morning" Spectrum VII
"X's and O's (Kisses and Hugs)" Compass Point
"Loving You Comes So Natural" I've Got Something to Say
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country CAN Country
1980 "Great Nashville Railroad Disaster (A True Story)" I've Got Something to Say
"Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" (with Bill Anderson) 46
"I've Got Something to Say"
"If You'll Hold the Ladder"
1981 "Stand by Your Man" 88 Invictus (Means) Unconquered
"Tennessee Whiskey" 77 Tennessee Whiskey
"Dock of the Bay"
"Juanita"
1982 "Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat" 62 Rough Rider
"Take Time to Know Her" 58
"What Made You Change Your Mind"
"Whiskey Whiskey" DAC
1983 "The Ride" 4 2 Castles in the Sand
"Cheap Thrills" 45 35
"Crazy Old Soldier" 85 Hello in There
"Ride 'Em Cowboy" 48 N/A
1984 "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" 2 1 Just Divorced
"It's Great to Be Single Again" 44 31
"She Used to Love Me a Lot" 11 11 Darlin', Darlin
1985 "Don't Cry Darlin'" 29 35
"My Elusive Dreams"
"I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio" 52 Unchained
1986 "A Country Boy (Who Rolled the Rock Away)" 44 Son of the South
"I've Already Cheated on You" (with Willie Nelson) 56
"Son of the South"
"Take My Advice" N/A
1987 "Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior" 34 46 A Matter of Life and Death
"Tanya Montana" 62
1988 "Actions Speak Louder Than Words"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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