Damon Albarn discography | |
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Studio albums | 2 |
EPs | 3 |
Soundtrack albums | 5 |
Live albums | 1 |
Singles | 18 |
Music videos | 4 |
Collaboration albums | 4 |
The solo discography of British musician Damon Albarn consists of four collaboration albums, four soundtrack albums, three extended plays and twelve singles. Also included are releases by Albarn's various side-projects and groups such as Mali Music, The Good the Bad & the Queen, Monkey, DRC Music and Rocket Juice & the Moon. Most of Albarn's work is either released by Honest Jon's Records (which is run by Albarn), Parlophone or EMI Records.
Since the late 1990s, Albarn began recording as a solo artist outside of Blur originally contributing music to film soundtracks such as Trainspotting (1996), Ravenous (1999), Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) and 101 Reykjavík (2001). Aside from Gorillaz, Albarn has also recorded albums with various other side-projects and groups including Mali Music (2002) with Afel Bocoum, Toumani Diabaté and other Malian musicians, The Good, the Bad & the Queen with Tony Allen, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong, Kinshasa One Two (2011) as part of the collective DRC Music and Rocket Juice & the Moon (2012) with Tony Allen and Flea. Albarn has also composed the score for several theatre productions including Journey to the West (2008) recorded under the name Monkey and Dr Dee (2012).
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
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UK [1] [2] | AUS [3] | AUT [4] | DEN [5] | FRA [6] | GER [7] | IRE [8] | NZ [9] | SCO [10] | SWI [11] | US [12] | |||
Everyday Robots |
| 2 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 32 | |
The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows |
| 7 | — | 37 | — | 15 | 35 | 24 | — | 5 | 20 | — |
Title | Album details |
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Live at the De De De Der |
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Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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UK [1] [2] | |||
Mali Music (with Afel Bocoum, Toumani Diabaté & Friends) |
| 81 | |
The Good, the Bad & the Queen (with Tony Allen, Paul Simonon & Simon Tong) |
| 2 | |
Kinshasa One Two (as DRC Music) |
| — | |
Rocket Juice & the Moon (with Tony Allen & Flea) |
| 85 | |
Maison Des Jeunes (as Africa Express) |
| — | |
Merrie Land (with Tony Allen, Paul Simonon & Simon Tong) |
| 31 |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] [2] | IRE [8] | ||
Ravenous (with Michael Nyman) |
| — | — |
101 Reykjavík (with Einar Örn Benediktsson) |
| — | — |
Journey to the West (as Monkey) |
| 5 | — |
Dr Dee |
| 42 | 50 |
Songs From Wonder.land (with Moira Buffini & Rufus Norris) |
| — | — |
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (thresholds) | Album |
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UK [1] [2] | ||||
"Sunset Coming On" (as Mali Music) | 2002 | – | Mali Music | |
"Herculean" (as the Good, the Bad & the Queen) | 2006 | 22 | The Good, the Bad & the Queen | |
"Kingdom of Doom" (as the Good, the Bad & the Queen) | 2007 | 20 | ||
"Green Fields" (as the Good, the Bad & the Queen) | 51 | |||
"Monkey Bee" (as Monkey) | 2008 | – | Journey to the West | |
"Hallo" (as DRC Music) | 2011 | – | Kinshasa One Two | |
"Manuela" (as Rocket Juice & the Moon featuring Erykah Badu) | 2012 | – | Rocket Juice & the Moon | |
"Everyday Robots" | 2014 | – | Everyday Robots | |
"Lonely Press Play" | – | |||
"Hollow Ponds" | – | |||
"Heavy Seas of Love" | 70 | |||
"Mr. Tembo" (featuring the Leytonstone City Mission Choir) | – | |||
"The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows" | 2021 | – | The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows | |
"Polaris" | – | |||
"Particles" | – | |||
"Royal Morning Blue" | – | |||
"The Tower of Montevideo" | – |
Single | Year | Album |
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"Time Keeps on Slipping" (with Deltron 3030) | 2000 | Deltron 3030 |
"Every Season" (with Tony Allen & Ty) | 2002 | HomeCooking |
"FM" (with Nathan Haines) | 2003 | Squire for Hire |
"Feel Free" (with Kano) | 2007 | London Town |
"Repetition Kills You" (with The Black Ghosts) | 2008 | The Black Ghosts |
"Saturday Come Slow" (Massive Attack) | 2010 | Heligoland |
"Deep Blues" (with Kano) | 2016 | Made in the Manor |
"Blu" (with Mura Masa) | 2017 | Mura Masa |
"Perdu" (with Roméo Elvis) | 2019 | Chocolat |
"Young Lies" (with Pote) | 2021 | A Tenuous Tale of Her |
"Palaces" [16] (with Flume) | 2022 | Palaces |
"Nseraa" (with Fatoumata Diawara) | London Ko |
Year | Song | Director(s) |
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2007 | "Kingdom of Doom" (as The Good, the Bad & the Queen) | Giorgio Testi [17] |
2008 | "Monkey Bee" (as Monkey) | Jamie Hewlett [18] |
2011 | "Hallo" (as DRC Music) | |
2014 | "Everyday Robots" | Aitor Throup [19] |
"Lonely Press Play" | Damon Albarn | |
"Heavy Seas of Love" | Damon Albarn Matt Cronin [20] | |
"Mr. Tembo" | Giorgio Testi [21] | |
2021 | "Royal Morning Blue" | Damon Albarn |
(1995)
(keyboard on "Car Song", "Indian Song" & "Waking Up")(1997)
(on "A Room Full of Nothing")(2000)
(on "Big Daddy C")(2001
) (on "Lovage (Love That Lovage, Baby)")(2003)
(on "Small Time Shot Away")(2004)
(on "Put It Back Together")(2005)
(on "Awfully Deep (Lambeth Blues)")(2009)
(on "Alarm Chord")(2010)
(on “Splitting the Atom”)2011)
(2012)
(on "Bite the Thong")2013)
(on "What Is This Loneliness")(2014)
(on "Go Back")(2017)
(on "Love Can Be...")(2018)
(on "In My Dreams")(2020)
(on "Morphine")2021)
(on "Long Tailed Winter Bird")(2023)
(on "Heaven")(2024)
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