David Essex discography

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David Essex discography
Studio albums26
EPs5
Soundtrack albums5
Live albums5
Compilation albums19
Singles68
Video albums3
Cast recording albums8

This is the discography of British singer-songwriter and actor David Essex.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2] [3]
CAN
[4]
SWE
[5]
US
[6]
1973 Rock On 7372432
1974 David Essex
  • Released: 20 September 1974 [9]
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
234
1975 All the Fun of the Fair
  • Released: 12 September 1975 [10]
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
36
1976Out on the Street
  • Released: 8 October 1976 [11]
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
3130
1977Gold & Ivory
  • Released: 16 September 1977 [12]
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP, MC
2965
  • UK: Silver [8]
1979Imperial Wizard
  • Released: 16 March 1979 [13]
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC
12
1980Hot Love
  • Released: June 1980
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC
75
1981Be-Bop the Future
  • Released: 11 September 1981 [14]
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC
1982Stage-Struck
  • Released: June 1982
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC
31
1983The Whisper
  • Released: December 1983
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC
6748
1984This One's for You
  • Released: November 1984
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
1986Centre Stage
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: K-tel
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
82
1989Touching the Ghost
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Lamplight, Priority
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Australasia and Germany-only release
100
1993Cover Shot
  • Released: 29 March 1993
  • Label: PolyGram TV
  • Formats: CD, MC
3
1994Back to Back
  • Released: October 1994
  • Label: PolyGram TV
  • Formats: CD, MC
33
1997A Night at the Movies14
1998Here We Are All Together
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: Lamplight
  • Formats: CD, MC
88
1999I Still Believe
  • Released: October 1999
  • Label: Lamplight
  • Formats: CD
128 [15]
2000Thank You
  • Released: September 2000
  • Label: Lamplight
  • Formats: CD
2001Wonderful
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Lamplight
  • Formats: CD
2002Forever
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Lamplight
  • Formats: CD
2003Sunset
  • Released: June 2003
  • Label: Lamplight
  • Formats: CD
2004It's Gonna Be Alright
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Lamplight
  • Formats: CD
2006Beautiful Day
  • Released: 28 September 2006
  • Label: Joseph Webster Ltd
  • Formats: CD
2007Happy Ever After
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Joseph Webster Ltd
  • Formats: CD
2013Reflections89
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
SWE
[5]
1976In Scandinavia
  • Released: March 1976
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP
  • Released in the Netherlands as In Europe
  • Europe-only release
31
On Tour
  • Released: 7 May 1976
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track
5111
  • UK: Silver [8]
1984Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: December 1984 [16] [17]
  • Label: PolyGram TV
  • Formats: MC
  • Only released as a package with the concert video release
2002Theatre of Dreams
  • Released: 14 February 2002 [18]
  • Label: Lamplight
  • Formats: CD
2013The Secret Tour – Live
  • Released: 3 November 2013
  • Label: Wienerworld
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
UK
[19]
AUS
[2]
1973That'll Be the Day19
1974Stardust7
1976 All This and World War II 2314
1980Silver Dream Racer
2013Traveller
  • Released: 2 December 2013
  • Label: Right Track
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Soundtrack to the film of the same name
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Cast recording albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
UK
[20] [21] [1]
AUS
[2]
1972Godspell11
1978Evita2481
1978 Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds 51
1979Alpha Omega: A Musical Revelation
  • Released: 1 September 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • Studio cast recording
  • Essex sings "World" and "I Who Am I"
1983Mutiny!39
1985Mutiny!
1995Beauty & the Beast
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: MBO
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Studio cast recording of a ballet score written by Essex for the Russian All-Stars ice skating ensemble [23]
2010All the Fun of the Fair
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
UK [1]
1978The David Essex Album
  • Released: 13 October 1978
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP, MC
29
  • UK: Silver [8]
1979Hold Me Close
  • Released: October 1979
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP
1980The David Essex Collection
  • Released: August 1980
  • Label: Hallmark
  • Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC
1982The Very Best of David Essex
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: TV
  • Formats: LP, MC
37
1983David Essex
  • Released: June 1983
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • US-only release
1990The Collection
1991His Greatest Hits
  • Released: 7 October 1991
  • Label: PolyGram TV/Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
13
1992Best Of
  • Released: April 1992
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD
1993You're in My Heart
1995The Collection
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD
Living in England
  • Released: August 1995
  • Label: Cleveland
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • US-only release
Missing You – 16 Classic Love Songs
  • Released: 27 November 1995
  • Label: PolyGram TV
  • Formats: CD, MC
26
  • UK: Silver [8]
1996The Best of David Essex
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD
UK: Silver [8]
1998The Very Best of David Essex
  • Released: June 1998
  • Label: PolyGram TV
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xMC
31
2005The Complete Collection
  • Released: 5 April 2005
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: 2xCD
2006 Greatest Hits 7
2007The Silver Collection
  • Released: November 2007
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD
2008All the Fun of the Fair – Greatest Hits
  • Released: September 2008
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Greatest hits concept album for the 2010 musical
23
2009The Collection
  • Released: 4 September 2009
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

YearTitleDetails
1984Live at the Royal Albert Hall
1991His Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: PolyGram Video
  • Formats: VHS
2013The Secret Tour Live
  • Released: November 2013
  • Label: Wienerworld
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

YearTitleDetails
1983David Essex
  • Released: December 1983
  • Label: Scoop 33
  • Formats: 7", MC
  • Compilation of Essex's hits
1991The Christmas EP
  • Released: December 1991
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 7", CD
1996The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Lamplight
  • Formats: CD
2009Unplugged
  • Released: 28 September 2009
  • Label: Joseph Webster Ltd
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2015Can't Nobody Love You EP
  • Released: 17 November 2015
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Formats: digital download

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BE (FLA)
[24]
BE (WA)
[25]
CAN
[26] [27]
GER
[28]
IRE
[29]
NL
[30]
SA
[31]
US
[32] [33]
1965"And the Tears Came Tumbling Down"Non-album singles
"Can't Nobody Love You"
1966"This Little Girl of Mine"
"Thigh High"
1967"She's Leaving Home" (US-only release)
1968"Love Story"
"Just for Tonight"
1969"That Takes Me Back"
"The Day the Earth Stood Still"
1970"Time of Our Life" (with Rozaa Wortham)
1971"The Spark That Lights the Flame" (with Rozaa Wortham)
1973"Rock On"38144155That'll Be the Day / Rock On
"Lamplight"753552071Rock On
1974"America"3220101David Essex
"Gonna Make You a Star"1416444311410105
"Stardust"73Stardust [A]
1975"Good Ol' Rock & Roll" (France-only release)David Essex
"I Know" (Netherlands-only release)
"Rolling Stone"519All the Fun of the Fair
"Hold Me Close"121
"If I Could"1383
1976"City Lights"244Out on the Street
"Coming Home"2430
"Ooh Love"
1977"Cool Out Tonight"2357Gold & Ivory
1978"Stay with Me Baby"45Non-album single
"Oh What a Circus"37226820Imperial Wizard [B]
"Brave New World"55Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
"Goodbye First Love"Imperial Wizard
1979"Imperial Wizard"32
"20 Flights Up"
"World"Alpha Omega: A Musical Revelation
1980"Silver Dream Machine"43Silver Dream Racer
"Hot Love"5774Hot Love
"The Race"Silver Dream Racer
"On My Bike"Hot Love
"Heart on My Sleeve"
1981"Be-Bop-a-Lula"Be-Bop the Future
"Sunshine Girl"
"The Magician"
1982"Sweethearts"Stage-Struck
"Me and My Girl (Night-Clubbing)"139
"No Substitutes"
"A Winter's Tale"23334The Whisper
1983"The Smile"52Non-album single
"Tahiti"8547Mutiny! (1983)
"You're in My Heart"5911The Whisper
1984"Fishing for the Moon"76
"Welcome"80This One's for You
1985"Falling Angels Riding"29
"Friends"91
"Freedom" (with Frank Finlay and the Cast of Mutiny!)Mutiny! (1985)
1986"Back in England for Christmas"Non-album single
1987"Myfanwy"4140Touchin' the Ghost [C]
1988"Look at the Sun Shining"Touching the Ghost
"The River"97
1989"Rock On" (re-recording; remixed by Shep Pettibone)93
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"90
"Missing You (Magic)"
1990"A Shoulder to Cry On"Non-album single
1991"Africa – You Shine" (with Shikisha featuring Abdul Tee-Jay)100Under Different Skies [D]
1992"A Song for Old Lovers"107Non-album single
1993"Everlasting Love"80Cover Shot
1994"True Love Ways" (with Catherine Zeta-Jones)38Back to Back
1995"Bella Bella"87Beauty & the Beast
1998"Oh Suburbia"180 [15] Here We Are All Together
2001"Dance with Me"Wonderful
2013"Lamplight" (re-recording)Reflections
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. The single version of "Stardust" was the version from the film of the same name. An alternative version was included on David Essex.
  2. "Oh What a Circus" was released as a single from the musical Evita. However, it is not the version included on the Evita cast recording album, as the single was a re-recording by Essex which was then included on his album Imperial Wizard.
  3. "Myfanwy" was first released on the Australasian version of Touchin' the Ghost. However, the song comes from the 1990 various artists album Poetry in Motion, based on the works on John Betjeman.
  4. "Africa – You Shine" was first released on the compilation album His Greatest Hits, but was released as a single from Essex's VSO various artists album Under Different Skies (released 4 November 1991 [34] ).

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