Gene Watson discography

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Gene Watson discography
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Watson performing at the Grand Ole Opry in 2007
Studio albums33
Compilation albums8
Music videos5
Singles61

Gene Watson is an American country music artist. His discography consists of 33 studio albums, eight compilation albums, 61 singles, and five music videos. Of his singles, 48 charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts between 1975 and 1997, including the 1982 number one single "Fourteen Carat Mind".

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

1960s–1980s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
CAN Country
[2]
Gene Watson
  • Release year: 1969
  • Label: Wide World
Love in the Hot Afternoon5
Because You Believed in Me
  • Release year: 1976
  • Label: Capitol
24
Paper Rosie
  • Release year: 1977
  • Label: Capitol
22
Gene Watson's Beautiful Country
  • Release year: 1977
  • Label: Capitol
32
Reflections
  • Release year: 1978
  • Label: Capitol
2314
Should I Come Home
  • Release year: 1979
  • Label: Capitol
16
No One Will Ever Know
  • Release year: 1980
  • Label: Capitol
45
Between This Time & the Next Time
  • Release year: 1981
  • Label: MCA
38
Old Loves Never Die
  • Release year: 1981
  • Label: MCA
57
This Dream's on Me
  • Release year: 1982
  • Label: MCA
27
Sometimes I Get Lucky
(with the Farewell Party Band)
  • Release year: 1983
  • Label: MCA
16
Little By Little
(with the Farewell Party Band)
  • Release year: 1984 [3]
  • Label: MCA
34
Heartaches, Love & Stuff
  • Release year: 1984
  • Label: MCA / Curb
21
Memories to Burn
  • Release year: 1985
  • Label: Epic
35
Starting New Memories
  • Release year: 1986
  • Label: Epic
49
Honky Tonk Crazy
  • Release year: March 25, 1987
  • Label: Epic
54
Back in the Fire42
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2020s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
At Last
  • Release year: 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros.
74
In Other Words
  • Release year: 1992
  • Label: Broadland
Uncharted Mind
The Good Ole Days
  • Release year: 1996
  • Label: Step One
Jesus Is All I Need
  • Release year: 1997
  • Label: Step One
A Way to Survive
  • Release year: 1997
  • Label: Step One
From the Heart
  • Release year: 2001
  • Label: Row Music Group
Gene Watson Sings
  • Release year: 2003
  • Label: Compendia
Then & Now
In a Perfect World
  • Release year: 2007
  • Label: Shanachie
A Taste of the Truth
  • Release year: 2009
  • Label: Shanachie
Your Money and My Good Looks
(with Rhonda Vincent)
  • Release year: 2011
  • Label: Upper Management
56
Best of the Best: 25 Greatest Hits
(new re-recordings for Watson's own label)
  • Release year: 2012
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
64
My Heroes Have Always Been Country
  • Release year: 2014
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
48
Real. Country. Music.
  • Release year: 2016
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
My Gospel Roots
  • Release year: 2017
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
Outside the Box
  • Release year: 2022
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
CAN Country
[2]
The Best of Gene Watson
  • Release year: 1978
  • Label: Capitol
2912
The Best of Gene Watson, Volume 2
  • Release year: 1981
  • Label: Capitol
Greatest Hits
  • Release year: 1983
  • Label: MCA / Curb
Texas Saturday Night
  • Release year: 1985
  • Label: MCA / Curb
Greatest Hits
  • Release year: 1990
  • Label: Curb
Eighteen Greatest Hits
  • Release year: 1999
  • Label: TeeVee / Capitol
Ultimate Collection
  • Release year: 2001
  • Label: Hip-O
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1970s–1980s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[4]
CAN Country
[5]
1975"Bad Water"87Love in the Hot Afternoon
"Love in the Hot Afternoon"33
"Where Love Begins"54
1976"You Could Know as Much About a Stranger"1042
"Because You Believed in Me"20Because You Believed in Me
"Her Body Couldn't Keep You (Off My Mind)"52
1977"Paper Rosie"31Paper Rosie
"The Old Man and His Horn"119Gene Watson's Beautiful Country
"I Don't Need a Thing at All"84
1978"Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All the Time"1114
"One Sided Conversation"86Reflections
1979"Farewell Party"59
"Pick the Wildwood Flower"52
"Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)"36Should I Come Home
"Nothing Sure Looked Good on You"43
1980"Bedroom Ballad"1843
"Raisin' Cane in Texas"1553No One Will Ever Know
"No One Will Ever Know"1322
1981"Any Way You Want Me"33 Any Which Way You Can
"Between This Time and the Next Time"178Between This Time & the Next Time
"Maybe I Should Have Been Listening"2312
"Fourteen Carat Mind"15Old Loves Never Die
1982"Speak Softly (You're Talking to My Heart)"94
"This Dream's on Me"811This Dream's on Me
"What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her"53
1983"You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without"25Sometimes I Get Lucky
(with the Farewell Party Band)
"Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget"96
"Drinkin' My Way Back Home"108Little By Little
(with the Farewell Party Band)
1984"Forever Again"1018
"Little by Little"3321
"Got No Reason Now for Goin' Home"715Heartaches, Love & Stuff
1985"One Hell of a Heartache"4338
"Cold Summer Day in Georgia"2422Memories to Burn
"Memories to Burn"52
1986"Carmen"3227
"Bottle of Tears"5040Starting New Memories
"Everything I Used to Do"2927
1987"Honky Tonk Crazy"4330Honky Tonk Crazy
"Everybody Needs a Hero"2846
1988"Don't Waste It on the Blues"56Back in the Fire
1989"Back in the Fire"2024
"The Jukebox Played Along"2440
"The Great Divide"41
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2000s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[4]
CAN Country
[5]
1991"At Last"6159At Last
"You Can't Take It with You When You Go"6756
1992"One and One and One"6692In Other Words
1993"In Other Words" [6]
"Old Porch Swing"
"Snake in the House" [7] Uncharted Mind
1994"Glass Hearts" [8]
"Your Uncharted Mind"
1995"He's Back in Texas Again" [9]
1996"Change Her Mind"4490The Good Ole Days
1997"No Goodbyes"73
2001"Next to Nothin'" [10] From the Heart
2002"The Man an' Me and You" [11]
"No Trash in My Trailer" [12]
2003"New Woman" [13] Gene Watson Sings
2007"I Buried Our Love"In a Perfect World
2009"We've Got a Pulse" (with Trace Adkins)A Taste of the Truth
"Staying Together" (with Rhonda Vincent)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearVideo
1983"You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without" [14]
"Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget" [14]
1993"Old Porch Swing" [15]
"Snake in the House" [16]
1994"Your Uncharted Mind" [17]
2001"Next to Nothin'"
2009"Staying Together"

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