David Gray discography

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David Gray discography
David Gray - Seattle - 2010.jpg
Gray performing in Seattle, Washington in 2010
Studio albums12
Live albums1
Compilation albums4
Music videos19
EPs1
Singles22

The discography of David Gray, a British singer-songwriter, consists of twelve studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, an EP, and twenty-one singles.

Contents

Gray released three studio albums in the 1990s before finally making a commercial breakthrough with his fourth album White Ladder (1998), which received little initial attention before being re-released the following year. It has sold over 3 million copies in the UK alone, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time there. He achieved two subsequent UK number-ones with A New Day at Midnight (2002) and Life in Slow Motion (2005), and went on to reach the US Top 20 with five successive albums. [1]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
A Century Ends
  • Released: 12 April 1993
  • Label: Hut
  • Formats: CD, cassette
14423
Flesh
  • Released: 6 September 1994
  • Label: Hut
  • Formats: CD, cassette
15270
Sell, Sell, Sell
  • Released: 15 April 1996
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, cassette
9236
White Ladder
  • Released: 8 March 1999
  • Label: IHT, EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1346115141835
Lost Songs 95–98
  • Released: 31 July 2000
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: CD, cassette
71153
A New Day at Midnight
  • Released: 28 October 2002
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette
122611816294517
Life in Slow Motion
  • Released: 12 September 2005
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
186849123431916
  • BPI: 2× Platinum [12]
  • ARIA: Gold [16]
  • IRMA: 4× Platinum [21]
Draw the Line
  • Released: 14 September 2009
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5187470221151812
Foundling
  • Released: 17 August 2010
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1834955269
Mutineers
  • Released: 17 June 2014
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 12"
10226753731362715
Gold in a Brass Age
  • Released: 8 March 2019
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 12"
21713745186
Skellig
  • Released: 19 February 2021
  • Label: AWAL Recordings
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 12"
5322
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
A Thousand Miles Behind
  • Released: 13 August 2007
  • Label: self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
White Ladder Live
  • Released: 14 July 2024
  • Label: Laugh A Minute Records
  • Formats: digital download, 12"


Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3] [23]
IRE
[6]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
US
[11]
The EPs 1992–1994
  • Released: 2 July 2001
  • Label: Hut
  • Formats: CD, cassette
6818
Shine: The Best of the Early Years
  • Released: 26 March 2007
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 12 November 2007
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11617153896
The Best of David Gray
  • Released: 28 October 2016
  • Label: IHT Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
309151
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Live from London EP
  • Released: 3 April 2006 [26]
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: digital download
Gold in a Brass Age (Ground Control Acoustic Sessions)
  • Released: 12 July 2019
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: digital download

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart position, showing year released and album name
SingleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[2]
AUS
[23]
AUT
[4]
GER
[27]
IRE
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[10]
US
[28]
"Birds Without Wings"1992A Century Ends
"Shine"1993
"Wisdom"
"Faster Sooner Now"1996Sell, Sell, Sell
"Late Night Radio"
"This Year's Love"19992027White Ladder
"Babylon"5519631813157
"Please Forgive Me"1846
"Sail Away"20012631
"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"26
"Dead in the Water"2002A New Day at Midnight
"The Other Side"35
"Be Mine"20032336
"The One I Love"2005859489689338Life in Slow Motion
"Hospital Food"3440
"Alibi"20067147
"You're the World to Me"20075348Greatest Hits
"Fugitive"20091033284Draw the Line
"Full Steam"
(featuring Annie Lennox)
"A Moment Changes Everything"2010Foundling
"Gulls"2014Mutineers
"Back in the World"
"Beautiful Agony"
"Snow in Vegas"
(featuring LeAnn Rimes)
2015
"Smoke Without Fire"2016The Best of David Gray
"The Sapling"2018Gold in a Brass Age
"A Tight Ship"2019
"Watching The Waves"
"If 8 Were 9"
"Mallory" (Acoustic)Gold in a Brass Age (Ground Control Acoustic Sessions)
"Gold in a Brass Age" (Acoustic)
"Skellig"2021Skellig
"Heart and Soul"
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Video albums

TitleDetailsCertification
David Gray: Live
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Warner Music Vision
  • ARIA: Platinum [29]
Live in Slow Motion
  • Released: April 2006
  • Label: Warner Music Vision
Live from the Artists Den
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Artists Den Records

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1992"Birds Without Wings"
1993"Shine"Tony van den Ende
"Wisdom" Lindy Heymann
1996"Late Night Radio"Donal Scannell and Donal Dineen
1998"This Year's Love" (version 1)
2000"Babylon" (UK version) Kieran Evans
"Babylon" (US version) Mike Figgis
"Please Forgive Me" (UK version) Kieran Evans and Russell Thomas
"Please Forgive Me" (US version) David Kellogg
2001"This Year's Love" (version 2) David Slade
"Sail Away" Big TV!
2002"The Other Side"
2003"Be Mine"Vaughan Arnell
2005"The One I Love"Motion Theory
"Hospital Food"Rainbows & Vampires
"Alibi"Happy
2009"Fugitive"Will Barras and Dan Lumb
"Full Steam" Andy Morahan
2014"Gulls"Donal Dineen and Myles O'Reilly
"Back in the World"
"Beautiful Agony"
2016"Smoke Without Fire"

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