Barbara Dickson discography

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Barbara Dickson discography
Studio albums28
EPs4
Live albums8
Compilation albums13
Singles42
Cast recording albums6

This is the discography of British singer Barbara Dickson.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2] [3]
NL
[4]
The Fate o' Charlie
(with Archie Fisher and John MacKinnon)
Thro' the Recent Years
(with Archie Fisher)
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
Do Right Woman
  • Released: February 1971
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
From the Beggar's Mantle...Fringed with Gold
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
Answer Me
  • Released: 1 April 1976
  • Label: RSO
  • Formats: LP, MC
Morning Comes Quickly
  • Released: 23 May 1977
  • Label: RSO
  • Formats: LP, MC
58
Sweet Oasis
  • Released: 10 November 1978 [5]
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Barbara Dickson Album
  • Released: 4 April 1980
  • Label: RSO
  • Formats: LP, MC
7
You Know It's Me
  • Released: 8 May 1981 [7]
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
39
All for a Song
  • Released: 15 January 1982
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
342
  • BPI: Platinum [6]
Heartbeats
  • Released: 19 June 1984
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
21
Gold
  • Released: November 1985
  • Label: K-tel
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
11
The Right Moment
  • Released: 24 November 1986
  • Label: K-tel
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
39
Coming Alive Again
  • Released: 24 April 1989
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
30
Don't Think Twice It's Alright
  • Released: 3 August 1992 [8]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, MC
32
Parcel of Rogues30
Dark End of the Street94
The 7 Ages of Woman
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: CD
For the Record
  • Released: 6 May 2002
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD
Full Circle
  • Released: 20 September 2004
  • Label: RandM
  • Formats: CD
Nothing's Gonna Change My World
  • Released: 4 September 2006
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
108 [9]
Time & Tide
  • Released: 21 January 2008
  • Label: Voiceprint
  • Formats: CD
36
Words Unspoken
  • Released: 31 January 2011
  • Label: Greentrax
  • Formats: CD
To Each & Everyone – The Songs of Gerry Rafferty
  • Released: 1 September 2013
  • Label: Greentrax
  • Formats: CD
135 [10] 30
Winter
  • Released: 8 December 2014
  • Label: Chariot Music
  • Formats: CD
Through Line
  • Released: 7 September 2018
  • Label: Chariot Music
  • Formats: CD
Time Is Going Faster
My Own Adventure
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Here We Go
  • Released: 14 October 1982
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
After Dark
  • Released: 26 October 1987
  • Label: Theobald Dickson
  • Formats: CD, MC
Barbara Dickson in Concert
  • Released: 6 April 2009
  • Label: Chariot Music
  • Formats: 2xCD
B4 Seventy-Four – The Folkclub Tapes
  • Released: 8 January 2013
  • Label: Chariot Music
  • Formats: 2xCD
Live in Concert 1976 & 77
  • Released: 9 December 2016
  • Label: Chariot Music
  • Formats: CD+DVD
In Good Company – Live 2017
  • Released: 27 October 2017
  • Label: Chariot Music
  • Formats: CD
Ballads and Blether
  • Released: 28 April 2021
  • Label: Chariot Music
  • Formats: CD+DVD
47 Years Later: Live in Concert
  • Released: 13 September 2024
  • Label: Chariot Music
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
I Will Sing
  • Released: August 1981
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
Barbara Dickson
  • Released: October 1982
  • Label: Contour
  • Formats: LP
The Barbara Dickson Songbook
  • Released: December 1984
  • Label: K-tel
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
5
The Very Best of Barbara Dickson
  • Released: October 1986
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: LP, MC
78
The Collection
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Castle Communications
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
Now and Then
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Connoisseur Collection
  • Formats: CD, MC
Together – The Best of Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
22
The Best of Barbara Dickson
  • Released: 12 February 1996
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
Memories
  • Released: 2 September 2003
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: CD
The Platinum Collection35
The Barbara Dickson Collection
  • Released: 17 April 2006
  • Label: Metro
  • Formats: CD
The Collection
The Essential
  • Released: 7 February 2011
  • Label: Metro
  • Formats: 2xCD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Cast recording albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[11]
John, Paul, George, Ringo... & Bert
Evita 4
Blood Brothers17
Tell Me It's Not True
  • Released: July 1983
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: LP
  • Mini-album of songs from the musical Blood Brothers
100
Chess 10
Spend Spend Spend
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

TitleAlbum details
All for a Song
  • Released: December 1981
  • Label: Epic
  • Promo-only release for the compilation album of the same name
Greatest Original Hits – 4 Track E.P.
  • Released: 20 August 1982
  • Label: Epic
Reunited
(with Rab Noakes)
  • Released: 8 April 2014
  • Label: Neon
Five Songs
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Chariot Music

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[12]
BEL
(FL)

[13]
GER
[14]
IRE
[15]
NL
[16]
NZ
[17]
SA
[18]
SWI
[19]
US
Bub.

[20]
"Here Comes the Sun"1974Non-album singles
"Blue Skies"1975
"Answer Me"9Answer Me
"People Get Ready"1976
"Out of Love with Love"Non-album single
"Another Suitcase In Another Hall"197718Evita
"Lover's Serenade"Morning Comes Quickly
"Who Was It Stole Your Heart Away" (US and Canada-only release)20
"I Could Fall"
"City to City"1978Sweet Oasis
"Fallen Angel"
"Come Back with the Same Look in Your Eyes"1979Non-album singles
"Caravan Song"418
"January February"19801164126339The Barbara Dickson Album
"Anytime (You're Down and Out)" (US-only release)
"In the Night"48
"Only Seventeen"1981You Know It's Me
"My Heart Lies"36
"Run Like the Wind"All for a Song
"Take Good Care"1982All for a Song
"I Believe in You"
"Here We Go"Here We Go
"Stop in the Name of Love"198329Heartbeats
"Tell Me It's Not True"
"Keeping My Love for You"198497
"I Don't Believe in Miracles"
"I Know Him So Well" (with Elaine Paige)1211322116927Gold
"Still in the Game"1985The Barbara Dickson Songbook
"If You're Right"1986
"Time After Time"78The Right Moment
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"1987After Dark
"The West Coast of Clare" (Ireland-only release)Non-album single
"Only a Dream in Rio"1988After Dark
"Coming Alive Again"1989Coming Alive Again
"All I Ask of You" (with José Carreras)José Carreras Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber
"You're the Voice" (Netherlands-only release)1990Coming Alive Again
"Tears of Rage"1991Non-album single
"Don't Think Twice It's All Right"199295Don't Think Twice It's Alright
"Blowin' in the Wind"94
"Love Hurts"199599Dark End of the Street
"I Will" (promo-only release)2006Nothing's Gonna Change My World
"Where Shadows Meet the Light"2020Time Is Going Faster
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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