Richard Thompson discography
The discography of Richard Thompson, an English singer/songwriter and guitarist, consists of 18 solo studio albums, three live albums and 16 singles, in addition to six studio albums and two live albums credited to Richard and Linda Thompson and five studio albums as a member of Fairport Convention, as well as a number of fan club and boutique label releases, soundtracks and collaborations. He has also appeared as a guest musician on the albums of several other artists.
| Richard Thompson discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 22 |
| Live albums | 14 |
| Singles | 16 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Credited to | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK[1] | US[2] | |||
| 1972 | Henry the Human Fly | Richard Thompson | — | — |
| 1974 | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | Richard and Linda Thompson | — | — |
| 1974 | Hokey Pokey | Richard and Linda Thompson | — | — |
| 1975 | Pour Down Like Silver | Richard and Linda Thompson | — | — |
| 1978 | First Light | Richard and Linda Thompson | — | — |
| 1979 | Sunnyvista | Richard and Linda Thompson | — | — |
| 1981 | Strict Tempo! | Richard Thompson | — | — |
| 1982 | Shoot Out the Lights | Richard and Linda Thompson | — | — |
| 1983 | Hand of Kindness | Richard Thompson | — | 186 |
| 1985 | Across a Crowded Room | Richard Thompson | 80 | 102 |
| 1986 | Daring Adventures | Richard Thompson | 92 | 142 |
| 1988 | Amnesia | Richard Thompson | 89 | 182 |
| 1991 | Rumor and Sigh | Richard Thompson | 32 | — |
| 1994 | Mirror Blue | Richard Thompson | 23 | 109 |
| 1996 | You? Me? Us? | Richard Thompson | 32 | 97 |
| 1997 | Industry | Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson | — | — |
| 1999 | Mock Tudor | Richard Thompson | 28 | — |
| 2003 | The Old Kit Bag | Richard Thompson | 52 | 121 |
| 2005 | Front Parlour Ballads | Richard Thompson | 54 | 197 |
| 2007 | Sweet Warrior | Richard Thompson | 39 | 111 |
| 2013 | Electric | Richard Thompson | 16 | 75 |
| 2014 | Acoustic Classics | Richard Thompson | 16 | 103 |
| 2015 | Still | Richard Thompson | 10 | 82 |
| 2017 | Acoustic Classics II | Richard Thompson | 24 | |
| Acoustic Rarities | Richard Thompson | 84 | ||
| 2018 | 13 Rivers | Richard Thompson | 18 | — |
Live albums
| Released | Title | Credited to | Recorded | UK | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Small Town Romance | Richard Thompson | 1981 & 1982 | — | — |
| 2005 | Live from Austin, TX | Richard Thompson | 2001 | — | — |
| 2007 | In Concert, November 1975 | Richard and Linda Thompson | 1975 | — | — |
| 2010 | Dream Attic | Richard Thompson | 2010 | 20 | 83 |
| 2011 | Live at the BBC | Richard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson | 1973 - 2009 | 137 | — |
| 2017 | Live at Rockpalast | Richard Thompson Band | 1983 & 1984 | — | — |
| 2019 | Across A Crowded Room Live at Barrymore's 1985 | Richard Thompson | 1985 | — | — |
| 2020 | Live at Rock City, Nottingham, November 86 | Richard Thompson | 1986 | — | — |
| 2022 | Live from Honolulu | Richard Thompson Acoustic Trio | 2006 | — | — |
Fan club and boutique label releases
| Released | Title | Credited to | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Live at Crawley | Richard Thompson with Danny Thompson | 1993 |
| 1996 | Two Letter Words: Live 1994 | Richard Thompson Band | 1994 |
| 1998 | Celtschmerz: Live in the UK ‘98 | Richard Thompson | 1998 |
| 2002 | Semi-Detached Mock Tudor | Richard Thompson Band | 1999 |
| 2003 | More Guitar | Richard Thompson Band | 1988 |
| 2003 | 1000 Years of Popular Music | Richard Thompson | 2002 |
| 2003 | Ducknapped! | Richard Thompson Band | 2003 |
| 2004 | Faithless | Richard Thompson | 1985 |
| 2004 | The Chrono Show | Richard Thompson | 2004 |
| 2009 | Live Warrior | Richard Thompson | 2007 |
| 2012 | Cabaret of Souls | Richard Thompson | 2009 |
Compilations
| Year | Title | Credited to |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | (guitar, vocal) | Richard Thompson |
| 1976 | Live! (More or Less) | Richard Thompson |
| 1985 | Doom & Gloom From The Tomb (Vol. 1) | Richard Thompson |
| 1991 | Doom & Gloom II (Over My Dead Body) | Richard Thompson |
| 1993 | Watching the Dark | Richard Thompson |
| 2000 | The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Record Years | Richard and Linda Thompson |
| 2001 | Action Packed | Richard Thompson |
| 2006 | RT- The Life and Music of Richard Thompson | Richard Thompson |
| 2009 | Walking on a Wire | Richard Thompson |
| 2020 | Hard Luck Stories (1972 - 1982) | Richard and Linda Thompson |
Singles
With Linda Thompson
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 1974 | "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" | — | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight |
| 1975 | "Hokey Pokey" | — | Hokey Pokey |
| 1978 | "Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart" | — | First Light |
| 1979 | "Georgie on a Spree" / "Civilisation" (double-A side) | — | Sunnyvista |
| 1982 | "Don't Renege On Our Love" | — | Shoot Out the Lights |
Solo
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Alt. Rock[3] | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | "The Wrong Heartbeat" | — | Hand of Kindness | ||||||||||
| 1984 | "Tear-Stained Letter" | — | |||||||||||
| 1985 | "When the Spell is Broken" | — | Across a Crowded Room | ||||||||||
| "You Don't Say" | — | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | "Valerie" | — | Daring Adventures | ||||||||||
| "Nearly in Love" | — | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | "Turning of the Tide" | 30 | Amnesia | ||||||||||
| 1989 | "Reckless Kind" | — | |||||||||||
| 1991 | "I Feel So Good" | 15 | Rumor and Sigh | ||||||||||
| "Read About Love" | — | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | "I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life" | — | Mirror Blue | ||||||||||
| "Easy There, Steady Now" | — | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Dark Hand Over My Heart" | — | You? Me? Us | ||||||||||
| 1999 | "Crawl Back (Under My Stone)" | — | Mock Tudor | ||||||||||
| 2003 | "She Said It Was Destiny" | — | The Old Kit Bag | ||||||||||
| 2007 | "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" | — | Sweet Warrior | ||||||||||
| 2013 | "Good Things Happen to Bad People" | — | Electric | ||||||||||
| "Salford Sunday" | — | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | "The Storm Won't Come" | — | 13 Rivers | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Soundtracks
Soundtrack albums on which a Richard Thompson recording or composition are included are not shown here. Listed here are soundtracks in which Thompson was involved in the actual recording.
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1987 | The Marksman (Music from the BBC TV Series) |
| 1989 | Hard Cash (BBC North West documentary) first broadcast in 1990[4] |
| 1991 | Sweet Talker |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man |
| 2019 | The Cold Blue (Original Motion Picture Score) |
In 2009 "Time to Ring Some Changes" from Hard Cash was included in Topic Records' 70-year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten as track 13 on the sixth CD.
With Fairport Convention
Only albums recorded whilst Richard Thompson was a member of Fairport Convention are listed here. After Thompson left the group, he continued to appear sporadically as a guest musician on subsequent albums, which are listed in the session work discography. For more details of Fairport Convention's album releases see Fairport Convention discography
Studio albums
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Fairport Convention |
| 1969 | What We Did on Our Holidays |
| 1969 | Unhalfbricking |
| 1969 | Liege and Lief |
| 1970 | Full House |
Live albums
| Released | Title | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Live at the L.A. Troubadour | 1970 |
| 1982 | Moat on the Ledge | 1981 |
| 1986 | House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour | 1970 |
| 1987 | Heyday: The BBC Radio Sessions | 1968 & 1969 |
| 1998 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes? | 1995 |
| 1999 | The Cropredy Box | 1997 |
| 2003 | Festival - Cropredy 2002 | 2002 |
| 2018 | What We Did On Our Saturday[5] | 2017 |
Collaborations
Albums on which Thompson has guested or worked as a session musician are not shown here. (see next section) Listed here are albums on which Thompson played a significant creative role in the group or on the recording.
| Year | Title | Credited to |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Rock On | The Bunch |
| 1972 | Morris On | Morris On |
| 1978 | Rise Up Like the Sun | The Albion Band |
| 1987 | Live, Love, Larf & Loaf | French Frith Kaiser Thompson |
| 1990 | Invisible Means | French Frith Kaiser Thompson |
| 1992 | An Acoustic Evening | Richard Thompson and David Byrne |
| 1997 | Industry | Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson |
| 1998 | The Bones of All Men | Mr Philip Pickett with Mr Richard Thompson and the Fairport Rhythm Section |
| 2014 | Family | Thompson |
As a guest or session musician
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | The Incredible String Band |
| 1969 | Five Leaves Left | Nick Drake |
| 1969 | Love Chronicles | Al Stewart |
| 1969 | Marc Ellington | Marc Ellington |
| 1969 | Matthews' Southern Comfort | Matthews' Southern Comfort |
| 1970 | Bryter Layter | Nick Drake |
| 1971 | Bless the Weather | John Martyn |
| 1971 | If You Saw Thro' My Eyes | Iain Matthews |
| 1971 | No Roses | Shirley Collins |
| 1971 | The North Star Grassman and the Ravens | Sandy Denny |
| 1971 | Rains/Reins of Changes | Marc Ellington |
| 1971 | Smiling Men with Bad Reputations | Mike Heron |
| 1971 | Stargazer | Shelagh McDonald |
| 1971 | Strange Fruit | Gary Farr |
| 1971 | Street Singer | Mick Softley |
| 1972 | Bright Phoebus | Lal and Mike Waterson |
| 1972 | Jump at the Sun (under pseudonym Agnes Mirren) | John Kirkpatrick |
| 1972 | Sandy | Sandy Denny |
| 1972 | Those Pleasant Days | Stefan Grossman |
| 1972 | Tigers Will Survive | Iain Matthews |
| 1973 | Rosie | Fairport Convention |
| 1973 | Solid Air | John Martyn |
| 1973 | A Favourite Garland | Shirley Collins |
| 1973 | Urban Cowboy | Andy Roberts |
| 1974 | Like an Old Fashioned Waltz | Sandy Denny |
| 1974 | Fear | John Cale |
| 1975 | Fantasies From a Corner Seat | Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper |
| 1975 | Having a Wonderful Time | Geoff Muldaur |
| 1975 | Marc Time | Marc Ellington |
| 1975 | Mike Heron's Reputation | Mike Heron |
| 1976 | Vanishing Trick: Poems And Songs | Brian Patten |
| 1977 | Rendezvous | Sandy Denny |
| 1978 | Julie Covington | Julie Covington |
| 1979 | Slide Away the Screen | Ralph McTell |
| 1980 | Night Owl | Gerry Rafferty |
| 1981 | Smiddyburn | Dave Swarbrick |
| 1981 | The Sound of the Sand and Other Songs of the Pedestrian | David Thomas & the Pedestrians |
| 1981 | Teddy Boys Don't Knit | Vivian Stanshall |
| 1981 | Thunderin' On The Horizon | Arizona Smoke Review |
| 1981 | Voices | Murray Head |
| 1982 | Water of Dreams | Ralph McTell |
| 1982 | Out of the Cut | Martin Carthy |
| 1983 | 8 | J. J. Cale |
| 1983 | Any Trouble | Any Trouble |
| 1983 | Fame and Wealth | Loudon Wainwright III |
| 1983 | Flittin' | Dave Swarbrick |
| 1983 | Proof Through the Night | T Bone Burnett |
| 1983 | Variations on a Theme | David Thomas & the Pedestrians with Richard Thompson |
| 1984 | Behind the Trap Door | T-Bone Burnett |
| 1984 | Wrong End of the Race | Any Trouble |
| 1985 | I'm Alright | Loudon Wainwright III |
| 1985 | Rackbag | Folk och Rackare |
| 1985 | Visions of Excess | The Golden Palominos |
| 1985 | Gladys' Leap | Fairport Convention |
| 1986 | An Hour with Cecil Sharp and Ashley Hutchings | Ashley Hutchings |
| 1986 | Bridge of Sighs | Ralph McTell |
| 1986 | Electric Bluebirds | Electric Bluebirds |
| 1986 | Expletive Delighted! | Fairport Convention |
| 1986 | More Love Songs | Loudon Wainwright III |
| 1986 | Raptures of the Deep | The Deep Sea Jivers |
| 1986 | Supply and Demand | Dagmar Krause |
| 1987 | As Real as Disneyland | Julian Dawson and the Flood |
| 1987 | Blue Balloon | John Kirkpatrick |
| 1987 | Studio Romantic | Saeko Suzuki |
| 1988 | Temple of Low Men | Crowded House |
| 1989 | Maria McKee | Maria McKee |
| 1989 | Therapy | Loudon Wainwright III |
| 1989 | Surprise | Syd Straw |
| 1990 | Michael Doucet & Cajun Brew | Michael Doucet |
| 1991 | Cajun Conja | BeauSoleil |
| 1991 | Drunk with Passion | The Golden Palominos |
| 1991 | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt |
| 1991 | Orphans and Outcasts Volume 1 | Iain Matthews |
| 1991 | Places I Have Never Been | Willie Nile |
| 1992 | 99.9F° | Suzanne Vega |
| 1992 | Be Headed | Chris Harford and the First Rays of the New Rising Sun |
| 1992 | Fat City | Shawn Colvin |
| 1992 | His Master's Choice – The Songs Of Richard Thompson | Dave Burland |
| 1992 | The Hunter | Jennifer Warnes |
| 1993 | The Assassin's Apprentice | Stephen Fearing |
| 1993 | Before & After | Tim Finn |
| 1993 | Fate of Nations | Robert Plant |
| 1994 | Amplified Heart | Everything but the Girl |
| 1994 | Cut and Run | Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie |
| 1994 | Longing in Their Hearts | Bonnie Raitt |
| 1994 | Twangin' n' a-Traddin' | The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo |
| 1995 | Camouflage | Iain Matthews |
| 1996 | Baptist Hospital | Boo Hewerdine |
| 1996 | Blue Aconite | Christine Collister |
| 1997 | Move Over Darling | Julian Dawson |
| 1996 | Norma Waterson | Norma Waterson |
| 1997 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes? | Fairport Convention |
| 1997 | L'Amour Ou La Folie | BeauSoleil |
| 1998 | Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) | Nanci Griffith |
| 1998 | The Dark Gift of Time | Christine Collister |
| 1999 | Memory of the Future | Eric Andersen |
| 1999 | Orphans and Oucasts Volume 3 | Iain Matthews |
| 1999 | Songbird | Christine Collister |
| 1999 | The Very Thought of You | Norma Waterson |
| 2000 | Long Expectant Comes At Last | Cathal McConnell |
| 2000 | Teddy Thompson | Teddy Thompson |
| 2001 | Mazurka Berzerker | John Kirkpatrick |
| 2002 | Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music | Various artists, produced by Ann Savoy |
| 2002 | Fashionably Late | Linda Thompson |
| 2002 | Spremenite Protokol | Andrej Sifrer |
| 2003 | 12 Arrows | Judith Owen |
| 2003 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | The Blind Boys of Alabama |
| 2003 | So Damn Happy | Loudon Wainwright III |
| 2004 | The Ride | Los Lobos |
| 2005 | Lost and Found | Judith Owen |
| 2005 | Separate Ways | Teddy Thompson |
| 2007 | Crazy Hair Day | Barney Saltzberg |
| 2007 | Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John | Peter Case |
| 2007 | Release the Stars | Rufus Wainwright |
| 2007 | South of Delia | Richard Shindell |
| 2007 | Strange Weirdos | Loudon Wainright III |
| 2007 | Happy This Way | Judith Owen |
| 2007 | Upfront & Down Low | Teddy Thompson |
| 2008 | A Piece of What You Need | Teddy Thompson |
| 2011 | Bella | Teddy Thompson |
| 2012 | 20 | Kate Rusby |
| 2013 | Won't Be Long Now | Linda Thompson |
| 2014 | Tell 'Em I'm Gone | Yusuf |
| 2014 | Salt | Boris Grebenshchikov |
| 2016 | Cayamo: Sessions at Sea | Buddy Miller |
| 2016 | Rainbow Ends | Emitt Rhodes |
| 2018 | Smalls Change | Derek Smalls |
| 2018 | Letters Never Read | Dori Freeman |
DVDs and videos
| Released | Title | Credited to | Recorded | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Across a Crowded Room | Richard Thompson | 1985 | VHS, Laserdisc |
| 2004 | Live in Providence | The Richard Thompson Band | 2003 | DVD |
| 2005 | Live From Austin, TX | Richard Thompson | 2001 | DVD |
| 2006 | 1,000 Years of Popular Music | Richard Thompson | 2005 | DVD, with 2 audio CDs |
| 2011 | Live at the BBC | Richard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson | 1975 to 1985 | DVD (box set, also with 3 CDs) |
| 2012 | Live at Celtic Connections | The Richard Thompson Band | 2011 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc |
Instructional tapes and discs
| Released | Title | Credited to | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Electric Mandolin 1 and 2: Mandolin Theory, Technique, & Improvisation | Niles Hokkanen and Richard Thompson | Cassette |
| 1991 | Rock Guitar: A Guide from the Greats | Ronnie Wood, Michael Schenker, Richard Thompson and John Wilson | VHS |
| 1998 | Richard Thompson Teaches Traditional Guitar Instrumentals | Richard Thompson | CD & book |
| 2001 | The Guitar of Richard Thompson | Richard Thompson | CD & book |
References
- "Richard Thompson UK charts search". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- "USA Billboard 200 chart details for Richard Thompson". Billboard. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- "USA Billboard Alternative Rock Chart details for Richard Thompson". Billboard. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- "Mainly Norfolk information on Hard Cash album". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- "StackPath".
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