David Bowie discography
| David Bowie discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 25 |
| Soundtrack albums | 4 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 21 |
| Singles | 89 |
| Video albums | 4 |
This is the discography of David Bowie, English-born musician, active under that name 1966-present.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Release date | Label | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.K. | U.S. | U.K. | U.S. | CAN | |||
| David Bowie | June 1, 1967 | Deram Records | — | — | |||
| Space Oddity (originally "David Bowie" in the UK and "Man Of Words, Man Of Music" in the US) | November 4, 1969 | Philips / Mercury | 17 [A] | 16 | |||
| The Man Who Sold the World | November 4, 1970 | Mercury Records | 26 [A] | 105 | |||
| Hunky Dory | December 17, 1971 | RCA Records | 3 | 93 | Platinum | ||
| The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | June 6, 1972 | 5 | 75 | Platinum | Gold | ||
| Aladdin Sane | April 13, 1973 | 1 | 17 | Gold | |||
| Pin Ups | October 19, 1973 | 1 | 23 | Gold | |||
| Diamond Dogs | April 24, 1974 | 1 | 5 | Gold | |||
| Young Americans | March 7, 1975 | 2 | 9 | Silver | Gold | Gold | |
| Station to Station | January 23, 1976 | 5 | 3 | Gold | Gold | ||
| Low | January 14, 1977 | 2 | 11 | Silver | Gold | ||
| "Heroes" | October 14, 1977 | 3 | 35 | Gold | |||
| Lodger | May 18, 1979 | 4 | 20 | Gold | |||
| Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | September 12, 1980 | 1 | 12 | Platinum | Platinum | ||
| Christiane F. [B] | April 1981 | — | 135 | ||||
| Let's Dance | April 14, 1983 | EMI | 1 | 4 | Platinum | Platinum | 5x Platinum |
| Tonight | September 1, 1984 | 1 | 11 | Gold | Platinum | 2x Platinum | |
| Labyrinth [C] | April 1986 | 38 | — | ||||
| Never Let Me Down | April 1987 | 6 | 34 | Gold | Gold | 2x Platinum | |
| Tin Machine [D] | May 22, 1989 | 3 | 28 | ||||
| Tin Machine II [D] | September 2, 1991 | 23 | 126 | ||||
| Black Tie White Noise | April 5, 1993 | Savage Records | 1 | 39 | Gold | Gold | |
| The Buddha of Suburbia | December 1993 | BMG | 87 | — | |||
| 1.Outside | September 26, 1995 | 8 | 21 | Silver | |||
| Earthling | January 30, 1997 | 6 | 39 | ||||
| 'hours...' | October 4, 1999 | Virgin Records | 5 | 47 | Silver | ||
| Heathen | June 11, 2002 | ISO | 5 | 14 | Gold | ||
| Reality | September 16, 2003 | 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.
Live albums
| Title | Release date | Label | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.K. | U.S. | U.K. | U.S. | |||
| David Live | 1974, October 29 | RCA Records | 2 | 8 | Gold | |
| 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 | 61 | |||
- 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"
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 | 109 | — | ||||
| 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 | — | ||||
| Glass Spider (2CD/DVD) | 2007, June 25 | EMI | 9 | — | |||
| Bowie Box Set (10CD) | 2007, December 3 | Sony-Columbia | — | — | |||
Other
| Title | Release date | Label | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.K. | |||
| 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 | 3 | 5 |
Singles
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 |
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 | - | - |
1980s
| Year | Title | U.K. | U.S. | Can |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Alabama Song" | 23 | - | - |
| "Crystal Japan" | - | - | - | |
| "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 | - |
| "Space Oddity" | 85 | - | - | |
| "The Jean Genie" | 98 | - | - | |
| "Life on Mars?" | 97 | - | - | |
| "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 |
1990s
| Year | Title | U.K. | U.S. | Can |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Fame '90" | 28 | - | - |
| "Pretty Pink Rose"(with Adrian Belew) | 89 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - |
| "Telling Lies" | 83 | - | - | |
| 1997 | "Dead Man Walking" | 32 | - | - |
| "Seven Years in Tibet" | 61 | - | - | |
| "I'm Afraid of Americans" | - | 66 | 14 | |
| "Little Wonder" | 14 | 196 | 7 | |
| 1998 | "I Can't Read" | 73 | - | - |
| 1999 | "Thursday's Child" | 16 | - | - |
| "Under Pressure (RAH mix)" (with Queen) | 14 | - | - |
2000s
| Year | Title | U.K. | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Survive" | 28 | - |
| "Seven" | 32 | - | |
| 2001 | "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy"(with Bing Crosby) | - | 3 |
| 2002 | "Loving The Alien(Remix)"(with Scumfrog) | 41 | - |
| "Slow Burn" (UK Import only) | 94 | 33 | |
| "Everyone Says 'Hi'" | 20 | 39 | |
| "I've Been Waiting For You" (Canada only) | - | 10 | |
| 2003 | "Just For One Day(Heroes)" | 73 | - |
| "Shout"(with Solaris) | 175 | - | |
| "New Killer Star" | 38 | 33 | |
| 2004 | "Rebel Never Gets Old" | 47 | - |
| 2007 | "Arnold Layne"(with David Gilmour) | 19 | - |
| "Life on Mars?"(Download) | 55 | - | |
| "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy"(with Bing Crosby) | 73 | - |
External links
- David Bowie Discography at Illustrated-db-Discography.nl
- DM's Music History site - complete discography, album reviews, song lyrics
