Gilbert O'Sullivan discography
| Gilbert O'Sullivan discography | |
|---|---|
 Gilbert O'Sullivan in 2009. | |
| Studio albums | 20 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 15 |
| Singles | 47 |
The following is a discography listing of Gilbert O'Sullivan's officially released works to date.
Albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
UK [2][3] |
NLD [4] |
NOR [5] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [7] | ||
| Himself |
|
9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
| Back to Front |
|
48 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | — |
| I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter |
|
101 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | — |
| A Stranger In My Own Back Yard |
|
— | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| Southpaw |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Off Centre |
|
— | — | — | — | 98 | — |
| Life & Rhymes |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Frobisher Drive |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| In the Key of G (updated / edited version of Frobisher Drive) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sounds of the Loop |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| By Larry (also known as The Little Album) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Every Song Has Its Play |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Singer Sowing Machine |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Irlish |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Piano Foreplay |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| A Scruff at Heart |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gilbertville |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Latin ala G! |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gilbert O'Sullivan |
|
— | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| Driven |
|
— | 26 | — | — | — | — |
| Songbook |
|
— | ? | — | — | — | — |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
AUS [6] |
NOR [5] | |||||
| Greatest Hits |
|
13 | — | — | |||
| 20 Golden Greats |
|
98 | — | — | |||
| The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan |
|
— | 19 | — | |||
| Nothing But the Best |
|
50 | — | — | |||
| Rare Tracks |
|
— | — | — | |||
| The Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan: Live in Japan |
|
— | — | — | |||
| The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan |
|
20 | — | 32 | |||
| The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs[9] |
|
12 | — | — | |||
EPs
| Release date | Titles |
|---|---|
| 1972 | "Alone Again (Naturally)" / "Save It" / "No Matter How I Try" / "If I Don't Get You" |
| 1972 | "Clair" / "What Could Be Nicer" / "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" / "But I'm Not" |
| 1978 | "Christmas Song" / "Clair" / "Nothing Rhymed" |
Singles
| Release date | A-side | B-side | Chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [6] |
IRE [10] |
US [11] |
US AC [12] |
NLD [4] |
NZ [13] | |||
| November 1967 | "Disappear" | "You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| April 1968 | "What Can I Do?" | "You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1969 | "Mr. Moody's Garden" | "I Wish I Could Cry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| October 1970 | "Nothing Rhymed" | "Everybody Knows" | 8 | 85 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 14 |
| February 1971 | "Underneath the Blanket Go" | "Doing the Best I Can" | 40 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| May 1971 | "Susan van Heusen" | "I Didn't Know What to Do" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| June 1971 | "I Wish I Could Cry" | "Mr. Moody's Garden" | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — |
| July 1971 | "We Will" | "I Didn't Know What to Do" | 16 | — | — | — | — | 23 | — |
| November 1971 | "No Matter How I Try" | "If I Don't Get You (Back Again)" | 5 | — | 7 | — | — | 13 | 10 |
| February 1972 | "Alone Again (Naturally)" | "Save It" | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 |
| May 1972 | "Matrimony" | "January Git" | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| May 1972 | "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" | "But I'm Not" | 8 | 14 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 3 |
| October 1972 | "Clair" | "What Could Be Nicer (Mum, the Kettle's Boiling)" | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| January 1973 | "Out of the Question" | "Everybody Knows" | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | — | — |
| March 1973 | "Get Down" | "A Very Extraordinary Sort of Girl" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| August 1973 | "Ooh, Baby" | "Good Company" | 18 | 31 | 2 | 25 | 29 | 18 | — |
| November 1973 | "Why, Oh Why, Oh Why" | "You Don't Have to Tell Me" | 6 | 50 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 |
| February 1974 | "Happiness Is Me and You" | "Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea" | 19 | 65 | 4 | 62 | 23 | — | — |
| August 1974 | "A Woman's Place" | "Too Bad" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| November 1974 | "Christmas Song" | "To Cut a Long Story Short" | 12 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| January 1975 | "You Are You" | "Tell Me Why" | 53[A] | — | — | — | 17 | — | — |
| May 1975 | "I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You" | "That's a Fact" | 14 | 95 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| August 1975 | "I'll Believe It When I See It" | "Just as You Are" | 52[A] | 100 | 16 | — | — | 11 | — |
| October 1975 | "You Never Listen to Reason" | "Call on Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| April 1976 | "Doing What I Know" | "I, of Course, Replied" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| October 1976 | "To Each His Own" | "Can't Get You out of My Mind" | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| November 1976 | "Matrimony" | "You Don't Have to Tell Me" | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — |
| May 1977 | "My Love and I" | "Call on Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| July 1977 | "You Got Me Going" | "As Long as I Can" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| February 1978 | "Miss My Love Today" | "Our Own Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| August 1980 | "What's in a Kiss?" | "Down, Down, Down" | 19 | 27 | 4 | — | 13 | — | — |
| November 1980 | "I Love It But" | "Help Is on the Way" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| January 1981 | "Hello, It's Goodbye" | "Break It to Me Gently" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| March 1981 | "Can't Get Enough of You" | "Or So They Say" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| April 1981 | "Why Pretend" | "Help Is on the Way" | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | — |
| June 1982 | "A Minute of Your Time" | "In Other Words" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| September 1982 | "Bear with Me" | "Don't Bother at All" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | "Lost a Friend" | "You Better Run" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| February 1990 | "So What" | "In a Nutshell" | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| June 1990 | "At the Very Mention of Your Name" | "What You See Is What You Get" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| October 1991 | "What A Way (To Show I Love You)" | "Lost A Friend" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1992 | "Tomorrow, Today" | "What's In A Kiss" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | "Can't Think Straight" † | "Sometimes" / "Divorce Irish Style" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| August 1993 | "Anytime" | "Alone Again (naturally)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| November 1993 | "Are You Happy?" | "Nothing Rhymed" (live) / "Or So They Say" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| November 1995 | "Dear Dream" | "Dear Dream" (dance mix) / "Sometimes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| October 1998 | "Ain't No Telling (What Tomorrow Will Bring)" | "Doesn't It Make You Sick" / "Break a Leg" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 2001 | "Taking A Chance On Love" | "Clair" / "Happiness Is Me And You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| July 2001 | "Say Goodbye" | "Sex Appeal" / "Clair" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| June 2002 | "Two's Company (Three Is Allowed)" | "I Have a Coat to Keep Me Warm" / "There Are Others" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| December 2002 | "Ooh, Baby" | "Ooh, Baby" (versions) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| June 2007 | "Just So You Know" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| July 2008 | "Never Say Di" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| March 2013 | "Me Mum" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| June 2015 | "Made in Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| February 2016 | "No Way" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
† Duet with Peggy Lee
Notes
References
- ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 411. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b "Gilbert O'Sullivan | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Discografie Gilbert O'Sullivan". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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- ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 227. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Discografie Gilbert O'Sullivan". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "The next SDE-exclusive blu-ray is Gilbert O'Sullivan's new album, 'Driven' – SuperDeluxeEdition". 7 April 2022.
- ^ "The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs - Gilbert O'Sullivan | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ The Irish Singles Charts - Searchable Database Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Note: User must define "Gilbert O'Sullivan" as the search parameter. www.irishcharts.ie. Access date: 28-04-2010.
- ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Discography Gilbert O'Sullivan". charts.nz. Retrieved 24 December 2022.