Melanie Safka discography

This is the discography of American singer-songwriter Melanie Safka, mainly known mononymously as Melanie.

Melanie Safka discography
Studio albums28
Live albums13
Compilation albums14
Singles59
Soundtrack albums2

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[9]
Born to Be 5 8
Melanie
  • Released: October 1969
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • Released in the UK as Affectionately Melanie
196 2
Candles in the Rain
  • Released: April 1970
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
17 2 5 33 4 20 5
The Good Book
  • Released: January 1971
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
80 29 26 29 20 17 9
Gather Me
  • Released: October 1971
  • Label: Neighborhood, Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
15 9 14 25 14
Garden in the City
  • Released: November 1971
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
115 38 19
Stoneground Words
  • Released: October 1972
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
70 69 34
Madrugada
  • Released: March 1974
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
192
As I See It Now
  • Released: December 1974
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
208 [11]
Sunset and Other Beginnings
  • Released: October 1975
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
Photograph
  • Released: November 1976
  • Label: Atlantic, Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
84
Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face
Ballroom Streets
  • Released: January 1979
  • Label: Tomato
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
  • Mix of re-recordings and new material
207[12]
Arabesque
  • Released: May 1982
  • Label: Blanche, RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
Seventh Wave
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC
Am I Real or What
  • Released: July 1985
  • Label: Amherst
  • Formats: LP, MC
Melanie
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: CNR
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Often referred to as 'the Dutch Album', as it was only released in the Netherlands and Belgium
Cowabonga – Never Turn Your Back on a Wave
  • Released: April 1988
  • Label: Baierle, Food for Thought
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Silence Is King
  • Released: February 1993
  • Label: Ariola/Hypertension Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Released in the US as a slightly different version as Freedom Knows My Name
Silver Anniversary
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Ariola/Hypertension Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Album of re-recordings, only released in Germany
Old Bitch Warrior
  • Released: February 1996
  • Label: Creastars Europe
  • Formats: CD
  • Album of re-recordings, only released in Germany
Lowcountry
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Features re-recordings, re-workings and new material, only released in Belgium
Antlers – A Christmas or True Believers
  • Released: December 1997
  • Label: Blue Moon
  • Formats: CD
  • Features re-workings and new material
  • Re-released in 2004 as Yes Santa, There is a Melanie
Beautiful People
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Brilliant
  • Formats: CD
  • Features re-recordings, only released in Europe
Moments from My Life
  • Released: April 23, 2002
  • Label: Disky
  • Formats: CD
  • Only released in Europe
Victim of the Moon
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Afterglow
  • Formats: CD
  • Limited advance release and was then commercially released as Crazy Love
Paled by Dimmer Light
  • Released: July 5, 2004
  • Label: Two Story
  • Formats: CD
Ever Since You Never Heard of Me
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[5]
UK
[9]
Leftover Wine
  • Released: September 1970
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
33 8 22 22
Melanie at Carnegie Hall
  • Released: April 1973
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track
109 31
In Concert – Live at Montreux
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP
  • Germany and Yugoslavia-only release
Recorded Live @ Borders
  • Released: March 2000
  • Label: DES
  • Formats: CD
These Nights
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Mango Gang
  • Formats: CD
Olga's Birthday Party
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Very limited tour release
Live at Meltdown 2007
  • Released: February 23, 2009
  • Label: Odeon Entertainment
  • Formats: digital download
Live in Morecambe UK 2008
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Two Story
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
1984
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Arpeggio
  • Formats: 2xCD
Center Stage at Central Park
  • Released: July 21, 2018
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
  • Released: March 23, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Live at Woodstock
  • Released: July 26, 2019
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: digital download
Melanie Live at Drury Lane 1974
  • Released: September 26, 2020
  • Label: Article
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Initially released as part of Record Store Day
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
[1]
R. P. M. 148
All the Right Noises
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
[1]
UK
[9]
Please Love Me
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP
  • Originally only released in several European countries
Four Sides of Melanie
  • Released: March 1972
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track
103 23
The Very Best of Melanie
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • UK-only release
The Best Of
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC
Spotlight on Melanie
  • Released: 9 October 1981
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
  • UK-only release
The Best of Melanie
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Special Music Company
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Best of Melanie
  • Released: August 1990
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Best of the Rest of Melanie
  • Released: July 1992
  • Label: Sequel
  • Formats: CD
  • UK-only release
The Encore Collection
Acoustic Blue – The Very Best of Melanie
Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits of Melanie
  • Released: July 13, 1999
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Melanie
  • Released: August 9, 2003
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • UK-only release
The Greatest Hits Legacy
  • Released: July 2004
  • Label: Arpeggio 8
  • Formats: CD
Working Legend: All Her Hits And More
  • Released: September 18, 2020
  • Label: Fanfare Classic
  • Formats: CD
  • Australia-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[13][14]
US AC
[15]
AUS
[2]
BEL (WA)
[16]
CAN
[17]
GER
[5]
IRE
[18]
NL
[19]
NZ
[20]
UK
[9]
"Beautiful People" 1967 Non-album singles
"Garden in the City" 1968
"Christopher Robin" (UK-only release) Born to Be
"Bo Bo's Party" (UK and France-only release) 1969 33
"To My Father's House" Melanie
"I'm Back in Town"
"Any Guy"
"Uptown Down" (France and Netherlands-only release)
"Tuning My Guitar" (UK-only release)
"Beautiful People" (re-recording) 8
"Take Me Home" 1970
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (with the Edwin Hawkins Singers) 6 2 49 1 1 Candles in the Rain
"Peace Will Come (According to Plan)" 32 43 15 46 6 Leftover Wine
"Stop! I Don't Wanna Hear It Anymore" 112 43 8 R.P.M.
"Ruby Tuesday" 52 70 14 25 6 12 7 9 Candles in the Rain
"What Have They Done to My Song Ma" 14 39
"The Good Book" 1971 [upper-alpha 1] The Good Book
"Nickel Song" 35 30 74[upper-alpha 2] 27 43
"Please Love Me" (Austria and Germany-only release) Please Love Me
"Brand New Key" 1 5 1 1 23 8 8 1 4 Gather Me
"Alexander Beetle" (UK and Europe-only release) Candles in the Rain
"Ring the Living Bell" 1972 31 18 74[upper-alpha 2] 24 41 Gather Me
"Someday I'll Be a Farmer" 106 95 54[21]
"Together Alone" 86 37 Stoneground Words
"Do You Believe" 115
"Bitter Bad" 1973 36 12 49 84 Melanie at Carnegie Hall
"Seeds" [upper-alpha 3] Non-album single
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" 82 42 93 90 37 Madrugada
"Love to Lose Again" 1974
"Lover's Cross" 109 64
"You're Not a Bad Ghost, Just an Old Song" 1975 As I See It Now
"Sweet Misery"
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (UK-only release)
"You Can't Hurry Love/Mama Said" (medley; UK and Germany-only release) Sunset and Other Beginnings
"Almost Like Being in Love"
"Cyclone" 1977 Photograph
"I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" 1978 Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face
"Knock on Wood"
"Oh Boy" Non-album single
"Running After Love" Ballroom Streets
"One More Try" 1981 110 Non-album single
"Detroit or Buffalo" Arabesque
"Any Way That You Want Me" (Netherlands-only release) 1982
"Foolin' Yourself" (Germany-only release)
"Every Breath of the Way" (UK and Europe-only release) 1983 70 Seventh Wave
"Didn't You Ever Love Somebody" (UK and Australia-only release)
"Dance to the Music" (Germany-only release) 1984
"Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed" 1985 Am I Real or What
"Rag Doll" Non-album single
"To Be a Star" (Netherlands and Australia-only release) 1987 Melanie
"Ruby Tuesday" (Special Mix '89; UK and Germany-only release) 1989 Cowabonga – Never Turn Your Back on a Wave
"Silence Is King" 1993 Silence Is King
"Beautiful People" (with Pop in Wonderland; Europe-only release) 1995 5 Old Bitch Warrior
"Rock in the Road" (Europe-only release)
"You Don't Know Me" (Belgium-only release) 1996
"Dust in the Wind" (Netherlands-only release) 2002 Moments from My Life
"As Tears Go By" (Netherlands-only release)
"Jammin' Alone" (Benelux-only release) 2003 Paled by Dimmer Light
"Working Legend (My Tribute to Johnny Cash)" (Australia-only release) 2010 Ever Since You Never Heard of Me
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. "The Good Book" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 87 on the Cash Box Top 100 and #60 on the Record World singles chart
  2. Charted as a double A-side single.
  3. "Seeds" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at #102 on the Cash Box Looking Ahead Chart and #110 on the Record World singles chart

References

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  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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