David Gilmour discography
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The discography of the English guitarist, singer and songwriter David Gilmour, consists of five studio albums, three live albums and 18 singles.
Studio albums5
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums3
Singles18
| David Gilmour discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 5 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Singles | 18 |
| Video albums | 6 |
| Music videos | 19 |
| Collaborative albums | 1 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL [3] |
CAN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
ITA [7] |
NLD [8] |
NOR [9] |
NZ [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
US [13] | |||||
| David Gilmour |
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17 | 14 | — | — | — | 17 | 80 | — | — | 22 | 21 | — | 29 | |||
| About Face |
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21 | 36 | — | — | — | 24 | 81 | — | 10 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 32 |
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| On an Island |
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1 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
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| Rattle That Lock |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
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| Luck and Strange |
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1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
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| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL [3] |
CAN [13] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
ITA [7] |
NLD [8] |
NOR [9] |
NZ [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
US [13] | ||||
| Live in Gdańsk |
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10 | 30 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 26 |
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| Live at Pompeii |
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3 | 50 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 45 |
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| The Luck and Strange Concerts |
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12 | 55 | 5 | — | 17 [23] |
— | 4 [24] |
8 | 65 [25] |
— | 49 [26] |
— | — | ||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
BEL [3] |
DEN [27] |
FRA [5] |
ITA [28] |
SPA [29] |
US [13] | |||
| "There's No Way Out of Here" | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | David Gilmour |
| "Blue Light" | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | About Face |
| "Love on the Air" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "On an Island" | 2006 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | On an Island |
| "Smile" | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Arnold Layne" (live) | 19 | — | 7 | — | 2 | 12 | — | non-album | |
| "Rattle That Lock" | 2015 | — | 66 | — | 71 | — | — | — | Rattle That Lock |
| "Today" | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Rattle That Lock" (live) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live at Pompeii |
| "One of These Days" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Run Like Hell" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Yes, I Have Ghosts" (with Romany Gilmour) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album |
| "Yes, I Have Ghosts"/"Tell the Truth"/"Astral Dust"/"Kokineli" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Piper's Call" | 2024 | —[a] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Luck and Strange |
| "Between Two Points" (with Romany Gilmour) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dark and Velvet Nights" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Luck and Strange" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sorrow" (live) | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Luck and Strange Concerts |
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||
Other appearances
Collaborations
| Year | Artist | Album / Work | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Bob Geldof, Chrissie Hynde and David Gilmour | Vocals and guitar on "Chicago/Change the World" for the "Keep Gary McKinnon Free" campaign | [31] |
Benefit groups
| Year | Artist | Release |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Rock Aid Armenia | "What's Going On" |
| 1990 | "Smoke on the Water" from The Earthquake Album | |
| 2005 | Various Artists | "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" |
Session and production work
| Year | Artist | Album / Work | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Syd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs | [32][33] |
| Barrett | [32][34] | ||
| Ron Geesin and Roger Waters | "Give Birth to a Smile" on Music from the Body | [32] | |
| 1974 | Unicorn | Blue Pine Trees (producer) | [35][36][32] |
| 1975 | Roy Harper | "The Game" from HQ | [32] |
| Sutherland and Quiver | "Ain't Too Proud" from Reach for the Sky | [32] | |
| 1976 | Unicorn | Too Many Crooks (US title Unicorn 2, features the song "There's No Way Out of Here") (producer) | [35] |
| 1978 | Kate Bush | Executive producer for two tracks on The Kick Inside | [32] |
| Unicorn | One More Tomorrow (Harvest Records) (producer, shared with Muff Winwood) | [35] | |
| 1979 | Wings | Guitar on "Rockestra Theme" and "So Glad to See You Here" from Back to the Egg | [32] |
| 1980 | Roy Harper | "Playing Games", "You (The Game Part II)", "Old Faces", "Short and Sweet" and "True Story" on The Unknown Soldier, credited to Harper/Gilmour. | [32] |
| 1982 | Kate Bush | Vocals on "Pull Out the Pin" in The Dreaming | [32] |
| 1983 | Atomic Rooster | Headline News | [32] |
| 1984 | Paul McCartney | "No More Lonely Nights" in Give My Regards to Broad Street | [32] |
| 1985 | Supertramp | "Brother Where You Bound" | [32] |
| Bryan Ferry | "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" in Legend | [32] | |
| Boys and Girls | [32] | ||
| Live Aid (played with Bryan Ferry's band) | [32] | ||
| Nick Mason and Rick Fenn | "Lie for a Lie" (vocals) in Profiles | [32] | |
| Pete Townshend | "Give Blood" and "White City Fighting" in White City: A Novel – "White City Fighting" credited to Townshend/Gilmour. Also performed live as Deep End. | [32] | |
| Arcadia | So Red the Rose | [32] | |
| The Dream Academy | Co-produced The Dream Academy | [32] | |
| Roy Harper and Jimmy Page | "Hope" on Whatever Happened to Jugula?, credited to Harper/Gilmour. | [32] | |
| 1986 | Berlin | Count Three & Pray | [32] |
| Liona Boyd | Electric guitar on "L'Enfant", "Sorceress" and "Persona" from Persona | ||
| Pete Townshend | Lead guitar in Pete Townshend's Deep End Live! | [32] | |
| 1987 | Dalbello | "Immaculate Eyes" in she | [32] |
| Bryan Ferry | Bête Noire | [32] | |
| 1988 | Peter Cetera | "You Never Listen To Me" in One More Story | [32] |
| Sam Brown | Guitar on "This Feeling" and "I'll Be in Love" in Stop! | [32] | |
| 1989 | Kate Bush | "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail" in The Sensual World | [32] |
| Paul McCartney | "We Got Married" in Flowers in the Dirt | [32] | |
| Warren Zevon | Transverse City | [32] | |
| 1990 | Roy Harper | "Once" in Once (w/ Kate Bush on backing vocals) | [32] |
| Propaganda | "Only One Word" in 1234 | [32] | |
| Sam Brown | April Moon, vocals on "Troubled Soul" | [32] | |
| Michael Kamen and David Sanborn | Concerto for Saxophone, guitar on "Sasha" | [32] | |
| Blue Pearl | Naked, guitar on Running Up That Hill and Alive (with Rick Wright on keyboards) | [32] | |
| Roé | Roé, guitar "Como el agua" | ||
| 1991 | All About Eve | "Are You Lonely" and "Wishing the Hours Away" in Touched by Jesus | [32] |
| Hale and Pace | Lead guitar on "The Stonk" | [32] | |
| 1992 | Elton John | "Understanding Women", in The One | [32] |
| 1993 | Paul Rodgers | "Standing Around Crying" in Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters | [32] |
| 1994 | Snowy White | "Love, Pain and Sorrow" on Highway To The Sun | |
| Chris Jagger | "Steal the Time" on Chris Jagger's Atcha | [32] | |
| 1995 | Guy Pratt | "Grand Central Station" from the soundtrack to Hackers; according to Pratt on Twitter, features uncredited guitar performance by Gilmour | [37] |
| 1996 | The Who | Quadrophenia (1996 Hyde Park concert) | |
| 1997 | B. B. King | "Cryin' Won't Help You Babe" in Deuces Wild | |
| 1999 | Paul McCartney | Run Devil Run | |
| 1999 | Pretty Things | Several songs on Resurrection | |
| 2001 | Triumph of Love soundtrack | Plays guitar over several chamber orchestra pieces | |
| Mica Paris | "I Put a Spell on You" on Later... with Jools Holland | [32] | |
| 2003 | Ringo Starr | Guitar solo on "Missouri Loves Company" & "I Think, Therefore I Rock n' Roll" in Ringo Rama | |
| 2004 | Alan Parsons and Simon Posford | "Return to Tunguska" in A Valid Path | |
| 2004 | Phil Manzanera | "Always You" and "Sacred Days" on 6PM | [38] |
| 2006 | Chris Jagger | "It's Amazing (What People Throw Away)" and "Junkman", in Act of Faith | |
| 2009 | Nick Laird-Clowes | "Mayday", from the A Time Comes documentary (Free download from nicklairdclowes.com) | |
| 2009 | Rod Stewart | In a Broken Dream from The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998 (track recorded 1992) | [39] |
| 2010 | The Orb | Writing and guitar on album Metallic Spheres | |
| Bryan Ferry | "Me Oh My" and "Song to the Siren" from Olympia | ||
| 2014 | Ben Watt | Slide guitar and backing vocals on "The Levels" from Hendra | |
| 2022 | Donovan | Electric guitar on "Rock Me" from Gaelia | [40] |
| 2024 | Michael Berkeley | "Zero Hour", from Collaborations | |
| 2024 | Body Count | Electric guitar on "Comfortably Numb" | [41] |
Unreleased soundtracks
Videos
Video albums
| Title | Video details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [44] |
BEL [45] |
FIN [46] |
GER [47] |
JPN [48] |
NLD [49] |
SWE [50] |
US [51] | |||||||
| David Gilmour Live 1984 |
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| David Gilmour in Concert |
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23 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Remember That Night |
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2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |||||
| Live in Gdańsk |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Live at Pompeii |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Live at the Circus Maximus |
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| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Title | Album |
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| 1978 | "There's No Way Out of Here" | David Gilmour |
| "So Far Away" | ||
| "No Way" | ||
| "I Can't Breathe Anymore" | ||
| "Mihalis" | ||
| 1984 | "Blue Light" | About Face |
| "All Lovers Are Deranged" | ||
| 2006 | "On an Island" | On an Island |
| "Smile" | ||
| 2015 | "Rattle That Lock" | Rattle That Lock |
| "Today" | ||
| "The Girl in the Yellow Dress" | ||
| "Faces of Stone" | ||
| 2016 | "In Any Tongue" | |
| 2020 | "Yes, I Have Ghosts" (with Romany Gilmour) | non-album |
| 2024 | "The Piper's Call" | Luck and Strange |
| "Between Two Points" (with Romany Gilmour) | ||
| "Dark and Velvet Nights" | ||
| "Luck and Strange" |