Elaine Paige discography

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Elaine Paige discography
Studio albums12
EPs1
Live albums4
Compilation albums12
Singles43
Video albums3
Cast recording albums10
Curated albums2

The discography of Elaine Paige consists of 12 studio albums, one extended play, four live albums and 43 singles. As part of her work in musical theatre, Paige has also been part of 10 cast recording albums.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
NL
[3]
NZ
[4]
SWE
[5]
Sitting Pretty
  • Released: 3 November 1978 [6]
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
Elaine Paige
  • Released: 13 November 1981
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: LP, MC
56
  • BPI: Silver [7]
Stages
  • Released: 28 October 1983
  • Label: K-tel
  • Formats: LP, MC
2202936
Cinema
  • Released: 12 October 1984
  • Label: K-tel
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
123926
  • BPI: Platinum [7]
Love Hurts
  • Released: 4 November 1985
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
8
  • BPI: Platinum [7]
Christmas
  • Released: 17 November 1986
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
27
The Queen Album
  • Released: November 1988
  • Label: Siren
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
51
Love Can Do That
  • Released: 15 April 1991
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
36
Romance & the Stage
  • Released: 29 March 1993
  • Label: RCA/BMG
  • Formats: CD, MC
71
Piaf
  • Released: 7 November 1994
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
46
  • BPI: Silver [7]
Essential Musicals 46
Elaine Paige and Friends
  • Released: 1 November 2010
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
18
  • BPI: Silver [7]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Cast recording albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1] [9]
AUS
[10]
AUT
[11] [12]
GER
[13]
NZ
[14] [15]
SWE
[16]
US
[17] [18]
Fresh Hair
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP
  • London cast recording of the Hair
Billy: Original Cast Recording
Evita: Original London Cast Recording2481
The Barrier: A Love Story
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Cirkhor Eurodisk
  • Formats: 2×LP
  • Recorded between 1977 and 1978
Cats: Original Cast Recording64472186
Chess 103517620147
Anything Goes: 1989 London Cast Recording
Nine
The King and I: 2000 London Cast Recording165
Follies: New Broadway Cast Recording
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
An Evening with Elaine Paige
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: RCA/BMG
  • Formats: CD
Live in Concert
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: CD
  • Australia-only release
Live – Celebrating a Life on Stage
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: EP
  • Formats: CD
I'm Still Here: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1] [23]
NZ
[4]
Memories: The Best of Elaine Paige
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1411
  • BPI: Platinum [7]
The Collection
  • BPI: Silver [7]
Together: The Best of Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
22
Encore
  • Released: 19 June 1995
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
20
  • BPI: Silver [7]
From a Distance
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: BMG/Camden
  • Formats: CD, MC
On Reflection: The Very Best of Elaine Paige
  • Released: November 1998
  • Label: Telstar/WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
60
Love Songs
  • Released: January 2004
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD
Centre Stage: The Very Best of Elaine Paige
  • Released: May 2004
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: 2×CD
3511
Songbook
  • Released: July 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
Sweet Memories: The Essential Elaine Paige133
The Ultimate Collection 74
12 Timeless Songs
  • Released: 2 March 2018
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
Elaine Paige in Concert
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: BMG Video
  • Formats: VHS
20 [A]
Celebrating 40 Years on Stage
  • Released: 1 March 2010
  • Label: Blink TV
  • Formats: DVD
5
I'm Still Here: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: 6 November 2015
  • Label: Strike Force
  • Formats: DVD+CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Curated albums

Tying in with her weekly radio show, Paige has been involved in the compilation of two albums featuring selected tracks from musical theatre.

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK Compilation
[26] [27]
Elaine Paige Presents the Musicals8
  • BPI: Silver [7]
Elaine Paige Presents Showstoppers from the Musicals
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: Union Square Music
  • Formats: 3×CD, digital download
14

EPs

TitleEP details
EP/EP
  • Released: July 1979
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: 7"

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbums
UK
[1] [28]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[29]
GER
[30]
IRE
[31]
NL
[3]
NZ
[4]
SWI
[32]
"You Can't Take Away (My Love for You)"1976Non-album single
"Ireland"1978The Barrier: A Love Story
"Don't Walk Away Till I Touch You"46Sitting Pretty
"We're Home Again" (France-only release)
"If You Don't Want My Love"1981Elaine Paige
"Hot as Sun" (Germany-only release)
"Falling Down to Earth"
"Memory"6733
  • BPI: Silver [7]
Cats
"Is Anyone There?"Sitting Pretty
"The Far Side of the Bay"Elaine Paige
"The Second Time (Theme from Bilitis )"19822650
"If You Don't Want My Love" (reissue)781013
"A Knight in Black Leather"Non-album singles
"Ave Maria" (with the London Philharmonic Orchestra)
"Be on Your Own"1983Stages
"Running Back for Me"
"Like an Image Passing By"1984126Non-album single
"Sometimes (Theme from Champions )"72Cinema
"Nobody's Side"134Chess
"I Know Him So Well" (with Barbara Dickson)121132211697
"The Windmills of Your Mind"1985Cinema
"Tonight Is the Night"Non-album singles
"Memory" (Australia-only reissue)19
"Heaven Help My Heart"121Chess
"For You"1986170Love Hurts
"Nobody's Side" (remix)111Non-album single
"Walking in the Air"130Christmas
"On My Own" (US-only release)1987Stages
"The Second Time" (reissue)69Non-album single
"Father Christmas Eyes"Christmas
"Take Me Back"1988147Non-album single
"Radio Ga Ga"1989The Queen Album
"I Get a Kick Out of You"Anything Goes
"Blow Gabriel Blow"1990
"Well Almost"1991110Love Can Do That
"Love Can Do That" (Continental Europe-only release)
"Heart Don't Change My Mind"149
"Oxygen"
"Hymne à l’amour (If You Love Me)"199568Piaf
"As If We Never Said Goodbye"Encore
"Memory" (re-recording)199836Non-album single
"It's Only Life" (with Sinead O'Connor)2010Elaine Paige and Friends
"Sing a Rainbow" (with the Young Voices of The Children's Trust)2020Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

YearAlbum titleNotes
1972Hatching OutWith the group Sparrow; lead vocals on "Don't Ask", "Many Things Are Clear", "Dream Song", "Rainsun Song" and "Hello Goodbye". The last track was not on the original LP, only on a 7" single.
1998Songs from Whistle Down the WindRecording of the song "If Only".
2000 Michael BallChristmasDuet on "As Long as There's Christmas", a cover of the song that had originally appeared in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas .
2001Andrew Lloyd Webber – MasterpieceLive recording of concert at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China. She performs "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", "As If We Never Said Goodbye" and "Ni Yong You Wo De Wei Lai – Friends for Life" (the Chinese translation of "Amigos Para Siempre").
2010I Dreamed a Dream – The Susan Boyle StoryLive duet of "I Know Him So Well" with Susan Boyle.

Notes

  1. Chart peak in 1995.

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  28. UK Gallup peaks:
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