| Amanda Lear discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 18 |
| Compilation albums | 38 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | ? |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 76 |
Amanda Lear discography consists of eighteen full-length studio albums, thirty-eight compilation albums, two extended plays and seventy-six singles. She has also released one video album and numerous music videos.
Lear achieved the greatest international success between 1976 and 1983 when she was signed to West German label Ariola Records. The six Ariola albums were all released in Continental Europe as well as Scandinavia, Japan, South America and some parts of the former Eastern Bloc. Lear was in fact one of the very few Western artists in the 1970s to have her music officially released in the Soviet Union, on state-owned label Melodiya.
Following her initial signing to Ariola, various other labels were used to distribute her records in other nations, for example Chrysalis Records in the United States, Les Disques Direction Records, Siamese Records and Inter Global Records/Epic Records in Canada, RCA Victor in Australasia and South America, Columbia Records/Nippon Columbia in Japan, Eurodisc and Arabella in France, Epic Records in Greece and Cyprus, PGP-RTB in Yugoslavia, and Polydor, RCA Victor and Ariola in Italy. In other European countries like Sweden, albums and singles were first imported West German Ariola pressings. With Lear achieving mainstream success in Sweden in 1980 with album Diamonds for Breakfast , the Scandinavian Ariola distributor, CBS Records, did however start manufacturing its own pressings of both albums and singles to meet with public demand. They also issued singles like "When" in 1980 and "Nymphomania" in 1981, targeted for the Scandinavian market specifically, although these tracks were never A-side releases in West Germany or any other territory.
Despite full-page ads by US licensee Chrysalis Records in Billboard magazine for Sweet Revenge , her personal connections with Bowie and Roxy Music, a feature in Andy Warhol's Interview magazine with photos by Karl Stoecker (the photographer who shot the cover of Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure ) and a two-month long promotional tour in the United States in early 1979 that included appearances at discothèques and gay clubs like New York's Paradise Garage, The Saint and The Loft, Lear's commercial success in North America was moderate. Her career as a recording artist in the United Kingdom was similarly lacklustre. Despite promotional gimmicks like red vinyl 12" singles and the Never Trust a Pretty Face album being released as a limited edition picture disc, "the English remained immune to the effect of Amanda Lear", as she has herself described it. [1]
In 1982, Lear took legal action against Ariola-Eurodisc in order to be released from her recording contract on the grounds of artistic differences. The lawsuit was unsuccessful and she remained with the label as stipulated in the original deal until the end of 1983, resulting in single "Incredibilmente donna" and album Tam-Tam being recorded in Italy and double A-side single "Love Your Body"/"Darkness and Light" with Anthony Monn's sound engineer Peter Lüdemann. The relationship between Lear, Monn and her former record company was to stay strained all the way into the late 1990s. [2] Since parting with Ariola-Eurodisc, as of the late eighties a daughter label of BMG-Ariola and eventually absorbed into what is now Sony Music, Lear has been signed to the following labels:
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
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| AUS [3] | AUT [4] | FRA [5] | GER [6] | ITA [7] | NLD [8] | NOR [9] | SWE [10] | |||
| I Am a Photograph | — | 25 | — | 26 | 7 | — | — | — | ||
| Sweet Revenge |
| 50 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 9 | — | — | |
| Never Trust a Pretty Face |
| 63 | — | 8 | 24 | — | — | — | 20 | |
| Diamonds for Breakfast |
| — | 11 | — | 43 | — | — | 10 | 4 | |
| Incognito |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 28 | |
| Tam-Tam |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Secret Passion |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Uomini più uomini |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cadavrexquis |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Alter Ego |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Back in Your Arms |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Heart |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| With Love |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Brief Encounters |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| I Don't Like Disco |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| My Happiness |
| — | — | 224 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Let Me Entertain You |
| — | — | 175 | — | 80 | — | — | — | |
| Tuberose |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Tant qu'il y aura des hommes (reissue of Uomini più uomini ) | |
| Tendance (reissue of Heart ) |
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| Title | Details |
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| Golden Hits | |
| Amanda Lear |
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| Πoeт Аманда Лир |
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| Ieri, oggi |
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| 1 heure avec |
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| Super 20 |
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| Follow Me – Gold-Serie |
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| The Collection |
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| Télégramme |
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| Je t'aime |
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| Indovina chi sono |
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| Hits and More |
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| Amanda Lear |
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| Queen of Chinatown |
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| The Collection |
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| Amanda '98 – Follow Me Back in My Arms |
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| Follow Me |
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| Follow Me |
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| Made of Blood & Honey |
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| I'm a Mistery – The Whole Story |
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| 28 Golden Hits |
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| Follow Me – The Greatest Hits |
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| DivinAmanda |
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| Follow Me |
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| Essential |
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| Living Legend | |
| The Queen Is... Amanda – Platinum Edition |
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| Gwiazdy XX wieku – Największe przeboje |
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| Forever Glam! |
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| Sings Evergreens |
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| The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983 | |
| Greatest Hits |
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| Disco Queen of the Wild 70's |
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| My French Italian Songbook |
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| 4 Hits |
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| Amanda Lear |
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| Collection 2006–2012 |
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| Follow Me – The Ultimate Hit-Collection | |
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| A L | |
| Brand New Love Affair | |
| Title | Year | Chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [4] | BEL [30] | GER [6] | ITA [31] | NLD [8] | NOR [9] | SWE [10] | SWI [32] | |||
| "La Bagarre" | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I Am a Photograph |
| "Blood and Honey" | 1976 | — | — | 12 | 11 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tomorrow" | 1977 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Blue Tango" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Alphabet" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Queen of Chinatown" | 11 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | ||
| "Follow Me" | 1978 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | — | 7 | Sweet Revenge |
| "Run Baby Run" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)" | — | 10 | — | 10 | 11 | — | — | — | ||
| "Gold" | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lili Marleen" | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | Never Trust a Pretty Face | |
| "The Sphinx" | — | 18 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fashion Pack" | 1979 | — | 27 | 24 | 26 | 50 | — | 13 | — | |
| "Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)" | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | 8 | — | Diamonds for Breakfast | |
| "Diamonds" | — | — | 30 | — | — | 7 | 18 | — | ||
| "Ho fatto l'amore con me" | 1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "When" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Japan" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Solomon Gundie" | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Égal" | 1981 | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | Incognito |
| "Love Amnesia" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Nymphomania" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Red Tape" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hollywood Is Just a Dream When You're Seventeen" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fever" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Incredibilmente donna" | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | Ieri, oggi | |
| "Love Your Body" | 1983 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "No Regrets" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tam-Tam | |
| "Assassino" | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Ritmo Salsa" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "No Credit Card" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Women" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Les Femmes" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Secret Passion |
| "Wild Thing" | 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Aphrodisiaque" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Time's Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Follow Me" (New Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Thank You" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Gold"/"Follow Me" (The '89 Remixes) | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Métamorphose" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tant qu'il y aura des hommes | |
| "L'École d'amour" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Do You Remember Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Fantasy" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cadavrexquis |
| "Everytime You Touch Me" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Alter Ego |
| "Peep!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Angel Love" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Follow Me"/"Tomorrow" (re-recordings) | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Back in Your Arms |
| "Blood and Honey" (New Remix '98) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Amanda '98 – Follow Me Back in My Arms | |
| "I'll Miss You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Queen of Chinatown" (remixes of the 1998 re-recording) | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Back in Your Arms |
| "Love Boat" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Heart |
| "I Just Wanna Dance Again" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Paris by Night" | 2005 | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Copacabana" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Forever Glam! | |
| "Someone Else's Eyes" (with Deadstar) | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Brief Encounters |
| "Brand New Love Affair (In the Mix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Brand New Love Affair | |
| "I Am What I Am" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I'm Coming Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Chinese Walk" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I Don't Like Disco |
| "I Don't Like Disco" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "La Bête et la Belle" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Love at First Sight" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Back to Black" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Brief Encounters | |
| "Suspicious Minds" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | My Happiness |
| "Prima del tuo cuore" (with Gianluca De Rubertis) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Let Me Entertain You |
| "The Best Is Yet to Come" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Catwalk" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "More" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tuberose |
| "Le bel âge" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Immortels" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Follow Me (2.0.2.3.)" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Title | Year | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL [30] | HUN [33] | ITA [34] | |||
| "Tomorrow (Voulez-vous un rendez-vous)" (with CCCP Fedeli alla linea) | 1988 | — | — | 40 | — |
| "From Here to Eternity" (Giorgio Moroder vs. Eric D. Clark feat. Amanda Lear) | 2000 | — | — | — | DJ Empire Presents: A Tribute to Giorgio Moroder |
| "Beats of Love" (with Get Ready!) | 2002 | 48 | — | — | Tendance |
| "Queen of Chinatown" (Sterbinszky & Zola feat. Amanda Lear) | 2005 | — | 5 | — | Revival |
| "Queen of Chinatown 2006" (with DJenetix) | 2006 | — | — | — | Disco Celebration – 40 Remixed Hits of the 70s & 80s |
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Live in Concert 1979 | |
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Blue Tango" | 1977 | |
| "Tomorrow" | ||
| "Tomorrow" | 1978 | Michael Leckebusch [35] |
| "Blood and Honey" | ||
| "Comics" | ||
| "Blue Tango" | ||
| "Alligator" | ||
| "Follow Me" | ||
| "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | ||
| "Alphabet" | ||
| "The Sphinx" | ||
| "The Stud" | ||
| "Queen of Chinatown" | ||
| "I Am a Photograph" | ||
| "Run Baby Run" | ||
| "Diamonds" | 1980 | |
| "Solomon Gundie" | ||
| "Égal" | 1981 | |
| "Made in France" | ||
| "Red Tape" | ||
| "Hollywood Is Just a Dream" | 1982 | Davide Rampello, Valerio Lazarov |
| "Fashion Pack" | ||
| "Incredibilmente donna" | ||
| "Ho fatto l'amore con me" | ||
| "New York" | ||
| "Blue Tango" | ||
| "Tomorrow" | ||
| "Follow Me" | 1983 | |
| "Love Your Body" | ||
| "No Regrets" | Gino Landi | |
| "Assassino" | 1984 | Mauro Bolognini [36] |
| "Ritmo Salsa" | Giancarlo Nicotra, Romolo Siena | |
| "Hotel Palace" | 1985 | |
| "Stato d'allarme" | ||
| "Insomnia" | ||
| "New York" | ||
| "Berlin Lady" | ||
| "I Need a Man" | ||
| "No Credit Card" | ||
| "Women" | ||
| "Les Femmes" | 1986 | |
| "Tomorrow (Voulez-vous un rendez-vous)" | 1988 | |
| "Thank You" | ||
| "Follow Me" | 1993 | |
| "Peep!" | 1995 | |
| "I Just Wanna Dance Again" | 2002 | Kris Gautier [37] |
| "With Love" | 2006 | Denis Larrieste [38] |
| "Someone Else's Eyes" | 2009 | Fabio Tibaldi |
| "Brand New Love Affair (In the Mix)" | ||
| "Doin' Fine" | 2010 | |
| "Chinese Walk" | 2011 | Thibault Guerin |
| "La Bête et la Belle" | 2012 | Fred Gasimov [39] |
| "Suspicious Minds" | 2014 | Thibault Guerin |
| "What Now My Love (Et maintenant)" | ||
| "Mai più" | 2015 | |
| "The Best Is Yet to Come" | 2016 | |
| "Prima del tuo cuore" | Maria Cuevas [40] | |
| "Catwalk" | 2017 | Thibault Guerin |
| "More" | 2021 | |
| "(Have I Stayed) Too Long at the Fair?" | 2022 | |
Amanda Lear is a French singer, songwriter, painter, television presenter, actress, and former model.
Diamonds for Breakfast is the fourth studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1980 by the West German label Ariola Records. The album turned out a commercial success and spawned two European hit singles, "Fabulous " and "Diamonds".
Sweet Revenge is the second studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1978 by West German label Ariola Records. The album turned out to be a major commercial success, spawning European hit disco singles "Follow Me" and "Enigma ". Sweet Revenge remains Lear's best-selling album. It was released in CD format in 1992.
I Am a Photograph is the debut studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1977 by West German label Ariola Records. The album was a success on the European market and spawned Lear's first disco hit singles "Blood and Honey", "Tomorrow" and "Queen of Chinatown", the latter available only on the album's re-issue. I Am a Photograph was officially re-released on CD in 2012.
Never Trust a Pretty Face is the third studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released by the West German label Ariola Records in 1979. The album included notable hit singles "The Sphinx" and "Fashion Pack ", and turned out a commercial and critical success.
Incognito is the fifth studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1981 by West German label Ariola Records. The album was a moderate chart success.
Alter Ego is a studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1995 by ZYX Music.
Back in Your Arms is an album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1998 by Dig It Int'l, consisting mostly of re-recordings of her greatest hits from the 1970s. Originally released on the Italian market, the album was subsequently re-launched in Germany by BMG-Ariola as Amanda '98 – Follow Me Back in My Arms with a revised track listing.
The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983 is a compilation box set of recordings by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 2006 by Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
Ieri, oggi is a greatest hits album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1982 by Ariola Records.
Super 20 is a greatest hits album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1989 by Ariola Records.
Tendance is a reissue of French singer Amanda Lear's studio album Heart. The album was released in 2003 by Le Marais Prod. and Sony Music.
"Queen of Chinatown" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1977 by Ariola Records. It met with a big chart success and remains one of Lear's biggest hits to date. The song's lyrics were written by Lear herself and the music was composed by Anthony Monn, her musical partner at that time. It's an uptempo disco composition with characteristic oriental elements. The song was released in late 1977 as the sixth and final single from Lear's debut album, I Am a Photograph (1977), however, was included only on the album's re-issue, replacing "La Bagarre". The B-side of the single was "Alphabet", which had earlier received a separate A-side single release in the Netherlands. In Japan, "The Lady in Black" was released on the side B.
"Follow Me" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1978 by Ariola Records as the lead single from her second album, Sweet Revenge. The song went on to become a multi-million-selling chart success in Continental Europe and remains one of Amanda Lear's trademark hits.
"Diamonds" is a song by the French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1979 by Ariola Records as the second single from her album Diamonds for Breakfast.
"Blood and Honey" is a song performed by French singer Amanda Lear, released as a single in 1976 by Ariola Records and later included on her debut album I Am a Photograph. The song was a chart success in Europe and now remains one of Lear's trademark hits.
"Assassino" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1984 by WEA.
"Tomorrow" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear from her 1977 album I Am a Photograph, released as a single the same year. The song was a commercial success and remains one of Lear's biggest hits.
"Alphabet" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear, released as a single from her debut album I Am a Photograph in 1977 by Ariola Records.
The Collection is a compilation album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1991 by BMG-Ariola.