Bruce Cockburn discography

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Cockburn performing in 2007

This is the discography for Canadian rock singer Bruce Cockburn.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleRelease date
Bruce Cockburn 1970
reissued in colored vinyl for True North Records 50th Anniversary box set in 2020
High Winds, White Sky 1971
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Sunwheel Dance 1972
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Night Vision 1973
Salt, Sun and Time 1974
Joy Will Find a Way 1975
In the Falling Dark 1976
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Further Adventures Of 1978
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws 1979
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Humans 1980
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Inner City Front 1981
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
The Trouble with Normal 1983
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Stealing Fire 1984
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
World of Wonders 1986
Big Circumstance 1989
reissued with additional track 2005
Nothing but a Burning Light 1991
Christmas 1993
Dart to the Heart 1994
The Charity of Night1997
reissued in colored vinyl for True North Records 50th Anniversary box set in 2020
Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu1999
reissued in colored vinyl for True North Records 50th Anniversary box set in 2020
You've Never Seen Everything 2003
Speechless2005
Life Short Call Now 2006
Small Source of Comfort 2011
Bone On Bone2017
Crowing Ignites2019
Rarities 2022
O Sun O Moon2023

Live albums

TitleRelease date
Circles in the Stream1977
reissued by Rounder Records
Bruce Cockburn Live1990
reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance1997
Bruce Cockburn—Live on World Cafe2002
bonus disc from Borders Books and Music
Slice O Life—Solo Live2009

Compilations

All releases contained one or more newly recorded tracks.
TitleRelease date
Resume1981
US only
Mummy Dust1981
originally released in Canada only
Rumours of Glory1985
Germany only
Waiting for a Miracle: Singles 1970–19871987
Canadian version is two discs, US version is one
If a Tree Falls1990
Australia only
Anything Anytime Anywhere: Singles 1979–20022002
Greatest Hits 1970-20202021
no new material was released on this album
Rarities2022
Collection of unreleased tracks and remastered tracks

DVDs

TitleRelease date
Bruce Cockburn Full House 1986 Hamburg TV show2005
Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage: The Feature Documentary2013
Issued by True North Records

Other releases

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Chart singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
CAN CAN
AC
AUS [2] US US
Rock
1970"Going to the Country"4 [1] Bruce Cockburn
"Musical Friends"26
1971"One Day I Walk"64High Winds, White Sky
1972"It's Going Down Slow"12Sunwheel Dance
"Up on the Hillside"21
1987"Burn"Waiting for a Miracle
1979"Wondering Where the Lions Are"3979221Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
1980"Tokyo"4436Humans
1981"Rumours of Glory"36104
"Fascist Architecture (I'm Okay)"1 [2]
"Coldest Night of the Year"42Mummy Dust
1982"You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance"21Inner City Front
1984"Lovers in a Dangerous Time"24856Stealing Fire
"Making Contact"80
"If I Had a Rocket Launcher"498816
1986"People See Through You"374World of Wonders
"Peggy's Kitchen Wall"88Stealing Fire
"See How I Miss You"81World of Wonders
1987"Waiting for a Miracle"5012Waiting for a Miracle
1989"If a Tree Falls"84120Big Circumstance
"Don't Feel Your Touch"43
"Shipwrecked at the Stable Door"9222
1991"A Dream Like Mine"16522Nothing but a Burning Light
1992"Great Big Love"2712
"Mighty Trucks of Midnight"6712
"Somebody Touched Me"498
1994"Listen for the Laugh"189Dart to the Heart
"Scanning These Crowds"4221
1995"Someone I Used to Love"36
1997"Night Train"2510The Charity of Night
1999"Last Night of the World"28Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu

[3] Notes

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