Al Jarreau discography

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Al Jarreau discography
Studio albums17
Live albums8
Compilation albums6
Singles60
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Al Jarreau

This is the discography of American singer and musician Al Jarreau.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
US R&B
[2]
US Jazz
[3]
AUS
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
We Got By209 [11]
Glow
  • Released: June 15, 1976
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: LP, MC
132304120
All Fly Home7827
This Time
  • Released: June 1980
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC
27616
Breakin' Away
  • Released: June 30, 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
91803960
1965
  • Released: July 1982
  • Label: Bainbridge
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Recorded in 1965 [14]
Jarreau
  • Released: March 28, 1983
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC
13450251583039
High Crime
  • Released: October 29, 1984
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
491265424613292781
L Is for Lover
  • Released: September 8, 1986
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
813065762341345
Heart's Horizon
  • Released: November 15, 1988
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
75113319
Heaven and Earth
  • Released: June 22, 1992
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: Cd, LP, MC
10530597532
Tomorrow Today
  • Released: March 7, 2000
  • Label: GRP
  • Formats: CD, MC
137432289376
All I Got
  • Released: September 16, 2002
  • Label: GRP
  • Formats: CD, MC
13743448
Accentuate the Positive
  • Released: August 3, 2004
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD, MC
68891
Givin' It Up 5814159
Christmas
  • Released: October 14, 2008
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
465
My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke
  • Released: August 5, 2014
  • Label: Concord
  • Formats: CD
6918450
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
US R&B
[2]
US Jazz
[3]
GER
[5]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
Look to the Rainbow
  • Released: May 27, 1977
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
491920
In Concert – Live at London's Wembley Arena
In London
  • Released: August 1985
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1255558
Tenderness
  • Released: May 24, 1994
  • Label: Reprise
  • Formats: CD, MC
1142527642
Live at the Half/Note 1965 Volume 1
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: BPM
  • Formats: CD
Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest Live
  • Released: June 19, 2012
  • Label: Concord
  • Formats: CD
Live at Montreux 1993
Ellington
  • Released: November 1, 2024
  • Label: ACT
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital
  • With NDR Bigband
Wow! Live at the Childe Harold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US Jazz
[3]
GER
[5]
Best of Al Jarreau
  • Released: November 5, 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, MC
991
The Masters
  • Released: January 5, 1999
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD
Love Songs
  • Released: January 28, 2008
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
11
The Very Best Of: An Excellent Adventure
  • Released: September 29, 2009
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Bros./Reprise
  • Formats: CD
18
Original Album Series
  • Released: June 13, 2011
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: 5xCD box set
Al Jarreau Works
  • Released: March 24, 2021
  • Label: Warner Music/Rhino
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD
  • Japan-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[16] [17]
US AC
[18]
US R&B
[19]
US Smooth Jazz
[20]
AUS
[4]
BEL (FL)
[21]
CAN
[22]
CAN AC
[23]
NL
[24]
UK
[10]
"I'm Not Afraid"1964Non-album singles
"Shake Up"
"One Holy Mornin'" (Australia-only release)1971
"Lock All the Gates" (Europe-only release)1975We Got By
"Your Song"1976Glow
"Fire and Rain" (Germany-only release)
"Rainbow in Your Eyes"92
"Take Five"197791Look to the Rainbow
"We Got By"
"Thinkin' About It Too"197855All Fly Home
"All"1979
"Never Givin' Up"198010226This Time
"Gimme What You Got"63
"Disctracted"61
"One Good Turn"1981 In Harmony – A Sesame Street Record
"We're in This Love Together"156642155Breakin' Away
"Breakin' Away"43302520
"Closer to Your Love" (UK-only release)
"Roof Garden" (Europe-only release)43
"Our Love" (UK-only release)1982
"Teach Me Tonight"701951
"Your Precious Love" (with Randy Crawford)10216Casino Lights (various artists live album)
"Mornin'"19832126822632428Jarreau
"Boogie Down"779302363
"Trouble in Paradise"631066736
"Black and Blues" (Europe-only release)
"Love Is Waiting" (UK-only release)
"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"Non-album single
"After All"1984696265High Crime
"Let's Pretend"
"Raging Waters"198542
"High Crime" (Europe-only release)
"Day by Day" (with Shakatak)4653City Rhythm (by Shakatak)
"The Music of Goodbye" (with Melissa Manchester)19861618 Out of Africa (soundtrack)
"Says" (France-only release)L Is for Lover
"Real Tight" (Germany-only release)
"L Is for Lover"42
"Tell Me What I Gotta Do"379998
"Give a Little More Lovin'"1987
"Moonlighting (Theme)"23132643818 Moonlighting (soundtrack)
"Since I Fell for You"103
"I Must Have Been a Fool"1988Heart's Horizon
"So Good"272
"All or Nothing at All"19894059
"All of My Love"69
"Heaven and Earth"1992Heaven and Earth
"Blue Angel"74
"It's Not Hard to Love You"36
"What You Do to Me"1993
"Compared to What"1996Best of Al Jarreau
"Smile" (with Gregor Prächt; Austria-only release)1997Non-album single
"Just to Be Loved"200026Tomorrow Today
"Morning" (with George Benson)20061Givin' It Up
"Ordinary People" (with George Benson)200723
"Winter Wonderland"200921Christmas
"Double Face" (Eumir Deodato featuring Al Jarreau)201223The Crossing (by Eumir Deodato)
"Bring Me Joy" (featuring George Duke and Boney James)20145My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke
"SomeBossa (Summer Breezin')" (featuring Gerald Albright)201511
"Big Light" (with Melissa Manchester featuring Liam Keegan) You Gotta Love the Life (by Melissa Manchester)
"All One" (Alexandra Jackson featuring Al Jarreau with Larry Williams & Oscar Castro-Neves)201817Legacy & Alchemy (by Alexandra Jackson)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other

Soundtrack inclusions

Guest appearances

References

  1. 1 2 "Al Jarreau – Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1999). Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Albums 1965–1998. Record Research. pp. 100–101. ISBN   0898201349.
  3. 1 2 3 "Al Jarreau – Jazz Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 154. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  5. 1 2 3 "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  6. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  9. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  10. 1 2 "AL JARREAU | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  11. "Bubbling Under the Top LPs" (PDF). Billboard . September 20, 1975. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "American certifications – Al Jarreau". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  13. "Dutch certifications – Al Jarreau" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved February 10, 2022.Enter Al Jarreau in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  14. "Al Jarreau Loses Dispute with Bainbridge Records". Jet . July 12, 1982. ISSN   0021-5996.
  15. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Al Jarreau)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  16. "Al Jarreau – The Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  17. Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–1981. Record Research. p. 86. ISBN   9780898200478.
  18. "Al Jarreau – Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  19. "Al Jarreau – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  20. "Al Jarreau – Smooth Jazz Airplay". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  21. "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  22. Peak positions for Al Jarreau's singles in Canada:
  23. Peak positions for Al Jarreau's singles on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart:
  24. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved February 10, 2022.