Gilbert O'Sullivan discography

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Gilbert O'Sullivan discography
Gilbert O'Sullivan in 2009.
Studio albums20
Compilation albums15
EPs3
Singles47

The following is a discography listing of Gilbert O'Sullivan's officially released works to date.

Albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Album details Chart positions
US
[1] 		UK
[2][3] 		NLD
[4] 		NOR
[5] 		AUS
[6] 		AUT
[7]
Himself
  • Released: August 1971
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-track
 9 5 3 1 17 7
Back to Front
  • Released: 1972
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-track
 48 1 2 1 22 -
I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter
  • Released: September 1973
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-track
 101 2 8 15 22 -
A Stranger In My Own Back Yard
  • Released: October 1974
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-track
 - 9 - - - -
Southpaw
  • Released: November 1977
  • Formats: LP, CS,
 - - - - - -
Off Centre
  • Released: October 1980
  • Formats: LP
 - - - - 98 -
Life & Rhymes
  • Released: October 1982
  • Formats: LP
 - - - - - -
Frobisher Drive
  • Released: 1987
  • Formats: LP, CD
 - - - - - -
In the Key of G
(updated / edited version of Frobisher Drive)
  • Released: November 1989
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
Sounds of the Loop
  • Released: November 1991
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
By Larry
(also known as The Little Album)
  • Released: April 1994
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
Every Song Has Its Play
  • Released: May 1995
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
Singer Sowing Machine
  • Released: November 1997
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
Irlish
  • Released: October 2001
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
Piano Foreplay
  • Released: 2003
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
A Scruff at Heart
  • Released: March 2007
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
Gilbertville
  • Released: 31 January 2011
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
Latin ala G!
  • Released: 8 June 2015
  • Formats:
 - - - - - -
Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • Released: 24 August 2018
  • Formats: CS
 - 20 - - - -
Driven
  • Released: 22 July 2022[8]
  • Formats: Blu-ray, CD, vinyl
 - 26 - - - -

Compilation albums[edit]

List of compilation albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Album details Chart positions
UK
[3] 		AUS
[6] 		NOR
[5]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1976
  • Formats: LP, CS
 13 — —
20 Golden Greats
  • Released: 1981
  • Formats: LP
 98 — —
The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • Released: October 1986
  • Formats: LP
 — 19 —
Nothing But the Best
  • Released: 1991
  • Formats: CS
 50 — —
Rare Tracks
  • Released: April 1992
  • Formats:
 — — —
The Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan: Live in Japan
  • Released: April 1995
  • Formats:
 — — —
The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • Released: March 2004
  • Formats:
 20 — 32
The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs[9]
  • Released: 12 March 2012
  • Formats: CD, MP3
 — — —

EPs[edit]

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[edit]

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" - - - - - - -
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[edit]

  1. ^ a b Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 411. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ a b "Gilbert O'Sullivan | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Discografie Gilbert O'Sullivan". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Discography Gilbert O'Sullivan". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Discografie Gilbert O'Sullivan". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  8. ^ "The next SDE-exclusive blu-ray is Gilbert O'Sullivan's new album, 'Driven' – SuperDeluxeEdition".
  9. ^ "The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs - Gilbert O'Sullivan | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Discography Gilbert O'Sullivan". charts.nz. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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