Donovan discography
Cataloguing of published recordings by Donovan
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This is the discography of Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist Donovan.
Studio albums29
Live albums8
Compilation albums62
Tribute albums5
| Donovan discography | |
|---|---|
 Donovan performing in Washington, D.C. on 10 August 2007. | |
| Studio albums | 29 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 62 |
| Tribute albums | 5 |
| Singles | 33 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
US [3] | |||
| What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (UK title) / Catch the Wind (US title) | 3 | – | – | 30 | |
| Fairytale |
|
20 | – | 85 | |
| Sunshine Superman (US) |
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– | – | 11 | |
| Mellow Yellow (US) |
|
– | – | 14 | |
| Sunshine Superman (UK) |
|
25 | – | – | |
| A Gift from a Flower to a Garden |
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13 | – | 19 | |
| Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Record one of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden) |
|
– | – | 60 | |
| For Little Ones (Record two of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden) |
|
– | – | 185 | |
| The Hurdy Gurdy Man |
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– | – | 20 | |
| Barabajagal |
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– | – | 23 | |
| Open Road |
|
30 | 13 | 16 | |
| HMS Donovan |
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– | – | – | |
| Cosmic Wheels |
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15 | 22 | 25 | |
| Essence to Essence |
|
– | 23 | 174 | |
| 7-Tease |
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– | 67 | 135 | |
| Slow Down World |
|
– | – | 174 | |
| Donovan |
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| Neutronica |
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| Love Is Only Feeling |
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| Lady of the Stars |
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| One Night in Time |
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| The Children of Lir (Credited to Brian O'Reilly Special Guest Donovan)) |
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| Sutras |
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| The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse (Audiobook) |
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| Pied Piper |
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| Sixty Four: The Donovan Archive Volume 1 |
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| Beat Cafe |
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| Brother Sun, Sister Moon |
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| Ritual Groove |
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| Shadows of Blue |
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| Gaelia (The Sulan Sessions) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
CAN [5] |
US [3] | ||
| Donovan in Concert |
|
— | 30 | 18 |
| Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973 |
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| Live in Tokyo '73 |
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| Rising |
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| Live in Concert |
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| Donovan in Concert |
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| Rising Again |
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| Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [6] |
CAN [7] |
GER [8] |
UK [1] |
US [3] | |||
| The Real Donovan |
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— | — | — | — | 96 | |
| Universal Soldier |
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— | — | — | 5 | — | |
| Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be |
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— | — | — | — | 177 | |
| A Touch of Music a Touch of Donovan |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Donovan's Greatest Hits |
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— | 2 | — | — | 4 | |
| The Best of Donovan |
|
— | — | — | — | 135 | |
| Donovan P. Leitch |
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— | — | — | — | 128 | |
| Catch the Wind |
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| Colours |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Early Treasures |
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| This is Donovan[11] (West Germany) |
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| Donovan File |
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| Spotlight on Donovan[12][13] |
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| The World of Donovan[13] |
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| Minstrel Boy[13] |
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| Catch the Wind |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Donovan's Greatest Hits and More |
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— | — | — | — | — | BPI: Silver[14] |
| The Collection |
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| Colours[15][12] |
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| Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976 |
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| The Early Years |
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| Sunshine Superman: 18 Songs of Love and Freedom |
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| Wonderful Music of Donovan |
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| Peace and Love Songs |
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| Mellow |
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| Love Is Hot, Truth Is Molten |
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| The Definitive Collection[16] |
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| Atlantis Calling |
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| Summer Day Reflection Songs |
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| Sunshine Superman: The Very Best of Donovan |
|
57 | — | — | 47 | — | BPI: Silver[14] |
| Storyteller |
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| The Essential Donovan (1-CD version) |
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| The Essential Donovan (2-CD version) |
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| Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan |
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| Retrospective |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Eco-Song |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
Tribute albums
- Donovan My Way (Vic Lewis and his Orchestra) (1968)
- The Les Williams Orchestra Plays the Songs of Donovan (1968)
- The Golden Songs of Donovan Johnny Arthy Orchestra
- Island of Circles (1992)
- A Gift from a Garden to a Flower: A Tribute to Donovan (2002)
- Gazing with Tranquility: A Tribute to Donovan (2015)
EPs
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [19] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [20] |
BEL Fla [21] |
BEL Wal [22] |
GER [23] |
NL [24] |
SWI [25] |
US [26] |
US$ [27] | ||||
| "Catch the Wind" | 1965 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 28 | What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid | |
| "Colours" | 4 | 81 | — | — | 42 | — | 8 | — | 61 | 40 | Fairytale | ||
| "Universal Soldier" | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 53 | 45 | The Universal Soldier EP | ||
| "Turquoise" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Sunshine Superman" | 1966 | 2 | 4 | — | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | Sunshine Superman | |
| "Mellow Yellow" | 8 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 12 | — | 2 | 3 | Mellow Yellow | ||
| "Epistle to Dippy" | 1967 | — | 53 | 19 | — | 37 | — | — | — | 19 | 10 | Non-album singles | |
| "There Is a Mountain" | 8 | 25 | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | 11 | 9 | |||
| "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 26 | A Gift from a Flower to a Garden | ||
| "Jennifer Juniper" | 1968 | 5 | 16 | 10 | — | 18 | 13 | 19 | — | 26 | 18 | The Hurdy Gurdy Man | |
| "Hurdy Gurdy Man" | 4 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||
| "Laléna" | — | 71 | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | 33 | 31 | Non-album single | ||
| "Atlantis" | 23 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | Barabajagal | ||
| "To Susan on the West Coast, Waiting" | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 35 | 31 | |||
| "Barabajagal" (with Jeff Beck) | 1969 | 12 | 28 | 17 | — | 31 | — | 23 | — | 36 | 28 | ||
| "Riki Tiki Tavi" | 1970 | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | 55 | 40 | Open Road | |
| "Celia of the Seals" | 1971 | — | 60 | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | 84 | 93 | HMS Donovan | |
| "I Like You" | 1973 | — | 67 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 57 | Cosmic Wheels | |
| "Maria Magenta" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sailing Homeward" | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Essence to Essence | |
| "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Rock and Roll Souljer" | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7-Tease | |
| "Salvation Stomp" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | |||
| "Dare to Be Different" | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Donovan | |
| "The Light" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mee Mee, I Love You" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Neutronica | |
| "Neutron" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lay Down Lassie" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love Is Only Feeling | |
| "Newest Bath Guide" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Please Don't Bend" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sutras | |
| "Atlantis" / "When the Angels Sing" (with No Angels) | 2001 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | 16 | — | — | Now... Us! / Elle'ments | |
| "Cherchez l'erreur" (duet with Zouzou) | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Is This the Last Time?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Banks O' Doon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Am the Shaman" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ritual Groove | |
| "Save the World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Christmas Time Is Here Again" (with Violet Lawrence) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "To Love You" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shadows of Blue | |
| "Jump in the Line" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Jump in the Line: A Tribute to Harry Belafonte | |
| "Still Waters" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lunarian | |
| "To Love You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Am the Shaman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Gimme Some a That" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||