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 a number of other artists.

Richard Thompson discography
Thompson performing at Prospect Park,
New York City in 2007
Studio albums22
Live albums14
Singles16

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Credited to Chart positions
UK[1] US[2]
1972Henry the Human FlyRichard Thompson
1974I Want to See the Bright Lights TonightRichard and Linda Thompson
1974Hokey PokeyRichard and Linda Thompson
1975Pour Down Like SilverRichard and Linda Thompson
1978First LightRichard and Linda Thompson
1979SunnyvistaRichard and Linda Thompson
1982Shoot Out the LightsRichard and Linda Thompson
1983Hand of KindnessRichard Thompson186
1985Across a Crowded RoomRichard Thompson80102
1986Daring AdventuresRichard Thompson92142
1988AmnesiaRichard Thompson89182
1991Rumor and SighRichard Thompson32
1994Mirror BlueRichard Thompson23109
1996You? Me? Us?Richard Thompson3297
1999Mock TudorRichard Thompson28
2003The Old Kit BagRichard Thompson52121
2005Front Parlour BalladsRichard Thompson54197
2007Sweet WarriorRichard Thompson39111
2010Dream AtticRichard Thompson2083
2013ElectricRichard Thompson1675
2014Acoustic ClassicsRichard Thompson16103
2015StillRichard Thompson1082
2017Acoustic Classics IIRichard Thompson24
Acoustic RaritiesRichard Thompson84
201813 RiversRichard Thompson18

Live albums

Released Title Credited to Recorded UK
1984Small Town RomanceRichard Thompson1981 & 1982
2005Live from Austin, TXRichard Thompson2001
2007In Concert, November 1975Richard and Linda Thompson1975
2011Live at the BBCRichard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson1973 - 2009137
2017Live at RockpalastRichard Thompson Band1983 & 1984-
2019Across A Crowded Room Live at Barrymore's 1985Richard Thompson1985-
2020Live at Rock City, Nottingham, November 86Richard Thompson1986-

Fan club and boutique label releases

Released Title Credited to Recorded
1981Strict Tempo!Richard Thompson1981
1995Live at CrawleyRichard Thompson with Danny Thompson1993
1996Two Letter Words: Live 1994Richard Thompson Band1994
1998Celtschmerz: Live in the UK ‘98Richard Thompson1998
2002Semi-Detached Mock TudorRichard Thompson Band1999
2003More GuitarRichard Thompson Band1988
20031000 Years of Popular MusicRichard Thompson2002
2003Ducknapped!Richard Thompson Band2003
2004FaithlessRichard Thompson1985
2004The Chrono ShowRichard Thompson2004
2009Live WarriorRichard Thompson2007
2012Cabaret of SoulsRichard Thompson2009

Compilations

Year Title Credited to
1976(guitar, vocal)Richard Thompson
1976Live! (More or Less)Richard Thompson
1985Doom & Gloom From The Tomb (Vol. 1)Richard Thompson
1991Doom & Gloom II (Over My Dead Body)Richard Thompson
1993Watching the DarkRichard Thompson
2000The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Record YearsRichard and Linda Thompson
2001Action PackedRichard Thompson
2006RT- The Life and Music of Richard ThompsonRichard Thompson
2009Walking on a WireRichard Thompson
2020Hard 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 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
1987The Marksman (Music from the BBC TV Series)
1989Hard Cash (BBC North West documentary) first broadcast in 1990[4]
1991Sweet Talker
2005Grizzly Man
2019The 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
1968Fairport Convention
1969What We Did on Our Holidays
1969Unhalfbricking
1969Liege and Lief
1970Full House

Live albums

Released Title Recorded
1976Live at the L.A. Troubadour1970
1982Moat on the Ledge1981
1986House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour1970
1987Heyday: The BBC Radio Sessions1968 & 1969
1998Who Knows Where the Time Goes?1995
1999The Cropredy Box1997
2003Festival - Cropredy 20022002
2018What We Did On Our Saturday[5]2017

Collaborations

Albums on which Thompson has guested or worked as a session musician are not shown here. Listed here are albums on which Thompson played a significant creative role in the group or on the recording.

Year Title Credited to
1972Rock OnThe Bunch
1972Morris OnMorris On
1978Rise Up Like the SunThe Albion Band
1987Live, Love, Larf & LoafFrench Frith Kaiser Thompson
1990Invisible MeansFrench Frith Kaiser Thompson
1992An Acoustic EveningRichard Thompson and David Byrne
1997IndustryRichard Thompson and Danny Thompson
1998The Bones of All MenMr Philip Pickett with Mr Richard Thompson and the Fairport Rhythm Section
2014FamilyThompson

As a guest or session musician

Year Title Artist
1968The Hangman's Beautiful DaughterThe Incredible String Band
1969Five Leaves LeftNick Drake
1969Love ChroniclesAl Stewart
1969Marc EllingtonMarc Ellington
1969Matthews' Southern ComfortMatthews' Southern Comfort
1970Bryter LayterNick Drake
1971Bless the WeatherJohn Martyn
1971If You Saw Thro' My EyesIain Matthews
1971No RosesShirley Collins
1971The North Star Grassman and the RavensSandy Denny
1971Rains/Reins of ChangesMarc Ellington
1971Smiling Men with Bad ReputationsMike Heron
1971StargazerShelagh McDonald
1971Strange FruitGary Farr
1971Street SingerMick Softley
1972Bright PhoebusLal and Mike Waterson
1972Jump at the Sun (under pseudonym Agnes Mirren)John Kirkpatrick
1972SandySandy Denny
1972Those Pleasant DaysStefan Grossman
1972Tigers Will SurviveIain Matthews
1973RosieFairport Convention
1973Solid AirJohn Martyn
1973A Favourite GarlandShirley Collins
1973Urban CowboyAndy Roberts
1974Like an Old Fashioned WaltzSandy Denny
1974FearJohn Cale
1975Fantasies From a Corner SeatHarvey Andrews & Graham Cooper
1975Having a Wonderful TimeGeoff Muldaur
1975Marc TimeMarc Ellington
1975Mike Heron's ReputationMike Heron
1976Vanishing Trick: Poems And SongsBrian Patten
1977RendezvousSandy Denny
1978Julie CovingtonJulie Covington
1979Slide Away the ScreenRalph McTell
1980Night OwlGerry Rafferty
1981SmiddyburnDave Swarbrick
1981The Sound of the Sand and Other Songs of the PedestrianDavid Thomas & the Pedestrians
1981Teddy Boys Don't KnitVivian Stanshall
1981Thunderin' On The HorizonArizona Smoke Review
1981VoicesMurray Head
1982Water of DreamsRalph McTell
1982Out of the CutMartin Carthy
19838J. J. Cale
1983Any TroubleAny Trouble
1983Fame and WealthLoudon Wainwright III
1983Flittin'Dave Swarbrick
1983Proof Through the NightT Bone Burnett
1983Variations on a ThemeDavid Thomas & the Pedestrians with Richard Thompson
1984Behind the Trap DoorT-Bone Burnett
1984Wrong End of the RaceAny Trouble
1985I'm AlrightLoudon Wainwright III
1985RackbagFolk och Rackare
1985Visions of ExcessThe Golden Palominos
1985Gladys' LeapFairport Convention
1986An Hour with Cecil Sharp and Ashley HutchingsAshley Hutchings
1986Bridge of SighsRalph McTell
1986Electric BluebirdsElectric Bluebirds
1986Expletive Delighted!Fairport Convention
1986More Love SongsLoudon Wainwright III
1986Raptures of the DeepThe Deep Sea Jivers
1986Supply and DemandDagmar Krause
1987As Real as DisneylandJulian Dawson and the Flood
1987Blue BalloonJohn Kirkpatrick
1987Studio RomanticSaeko Suzuki
1988Temple of Low MenCrowded House
1989Maria McKeeMaria McKee
1989TherapyLoudon Wainwright III
1989SurpriseSyd Straw
1990Michael Doucet & Cajun BrewMichael Doucet
1991Cajun ConjaBeauSoleil
1991Drunk with PassionThe Golden Palominos
1991Luck of the DrawBonnie Raitt
1991Orphans and Outcasts Volume 1Iain Matthews
1991Places I Have Never BeenWillie Nile
199299.9F°Suzanne Vega
1992Be HeadedChris Harford and the First Rays of the New Rising Sun
1992Fat CityShawn Colvin
1992His Master's Choice – The Songs Of Richard ThompsonDave Burland
1992The HunterJennifer Warnes
1993The Assassin's ApprenticeStephen Fearing
1993Before & AfterTim Finn
1993Fate of NationsRobert Plant
1994Amplified HeartEverything but the Girl
1994Cut and RunDanny Carnahan and Robin Petrie
1994Longing in Their HeartsBonnie Raitt
1994Twangin' n' a-Traddin'The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo
1995CamouflageIain Matthews
1996Baptist HospitalBoo Hewerdine
1996Blue AconiteChristine Collister
1997Move Over DarlingJulian Dawson
1996Norma WatersonNorma Waterson
1997Who Knows Where the Time Goes?Fairport Convention
1997L'Amour Ou La FolieBeauSoleil
1998Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)Nanci Griffith
1998The Dark Gift of TimeChristine Collister
1999Memory of the FutureEric Andersen
1999Orphans and Oucasts Volume 3Iain Matthews
1999SongbirdChristine Collister
1999The Very Thought of YouNorma Waterson
2000Long Expectant Comes At LastCathal McConnell
2000Teddy ThompsonTeddy Thompson
2001Mazurka BerzerkerJohn Kirkpatrick
2002Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun MusicVarious artists, produced by Ann Savoy
2002Fashionably LateLinda Thompson
2002Spremenite ProtokolAndrej Sifrer
200312 ArrowsJudith Owen
2003Go Tell It on the MountainThe Blind Boys of Alabama
2003So Damn HappyLoudon Wainwright III
2004The RideLos Lobos
2005Lost and FoundJudith Owen
2005Separate WaysTeddy Thompson
2007Crazy Hair DayBarney Saltzberg
2007Let Us Now Praise Sleepy JohnPeter Case
2007Release the StarsRufus Wainwright
2007South of DeliaRichard Shindell
2007Strange WeirdosLoudon Wainright III
2007Happy This WayJudith Owen
2007Upfront & Down LowTeddy Thompson
2008A Piece of What You NeedTeddy Thompson
2011BellaTeddy Thompson
201220Kate Rusby
2013Won't Be Long NowLinda Thompson
2014Tell 'Em I'm GoneYusuf
2014SaltBoris Grebenshchikov
2016Cayamo: Sessions at SeaBuddy Miller
2016Rainbow EndsEmitt Rhodes
2018Smalls ChangeDerek Smalls
2018Letters Never ReadDori Freeman

DVDs and videos

Released Title Credited to Recorded Format
1985Across a Crowded RoomRichard Thompson1985VHS, Laserdisc
2004Live in ProvidenceThe Richard Thompson Band2003DVD
2005Live From Austin, TXRichard Thompson2001DVD
20061,000 Years of Popular MusicRichard Thompson2005DVD, with 2 audio CDs
2011Live at the BBCRichard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson1975 to 1985DVD (box set, also with 3 CDs)
2012Live at Celtic ConnectionsThe Richard Thompson Band2011DVD, Blu-ray Disc

Instructional tapes and discs

Released Title Credited to Format
1983The Electric Mandolin 1 and 2: Mandolin Theory, Technique, & ImprovisationNiles Hokkanen and Richard ThompsonCassette
1991Rock Guitar: A Guide from the GreatsRonnie Wood, Michael Schenker, Richard Thompson and John WilsonVHS
1998Richard Thompson Teaches Traditional Guitar InstrumentalsRichard ThompsonCD & book
2001The Guitar of Richard ThompsonRichard ThompsonCD & book

References

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