Hazel O'Connor discography

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Hazel O'Connor discography
Studio albums15
Live albums8
Compilation albums3
EPs2
Singles37
Soundtrack albums1

This is the discography of British singer-songwriter Hazel O'Connor.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2]
Sons and Lovers
  • Released: 28 November 1980
  • Label: Albion
  • Formats: LP, MC
5
Cover Plus
  • Released: 28 August 1981
  • Label: Albion
  • Formats: LP, MC
324
Smile
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
To Be Freed
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, MC
Private Wars
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
5 in the Morning
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Mystic
  • Formats: CD
Beyond the Breaking Glass
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Ad Hoc Music
  • Formats: CD
Ignite
(as X-ert featuring Hazel O’Connor)
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Kikbak Music Publishing
  • Formats: CD
Hidden Heart
The Bluja Project
(with Clare Hirst and Sarah Fisher)
  • Released: 30 August 2010
  • Label: Half Step
  • Formats: CD
Breaking Glass Now
(with the Subterraneans)
I Give You My Sunshine
(with Clare Hirst and Sarah Fisher)
Here She Comes
(with Clare Hirst and Sarah Fisher)
  • Released: 3 March 2014
  • Label: Strike Force Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
See You Again
(with Cormac de Barra)
  • Released: 26 January 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Hallelujah Moments
  • Released: 22 October 2018
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[3]
NOR
[4]
SWE
[5]
US
[6]
Breaking Glass
  • Released: 1 August 1980
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, MC
5642316202

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Alive and Kicking in L.A.
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Allied West Entertainments
  • Formats: MC
  • Limited tour edition release; subsequently released unofficially as bootlegs
Live… Over the Moon
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD
Live in Berlin
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Start Entertainments Limited
  • Formats: CD
Acoustically Yours
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Invisible Hands Music
  • Formats: CD
Fighting Back – Live in Brighton
(with the Subterraneans)
Access All Areas
Will You – Live in Brighton
  • Released: 31 August 2018
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download
Live Lounge
(with Cormac de Barra and Roger Taylor)
  • Released: 18 November 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Success
  • Formats: CD
  • Portugal-only release
See the Writing on the Wall
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Line/Albion
  • Formats: CD
  • Germany-only release
A Singular Collection – The Best of Hazel O'Connor
  • Released: October 2003
  • Label: Invisible Hands Music
  • Formats: CD

EPs

TitleAlbum details
Compact Hits
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD
Re-Joyce
  • Released: 6 December 2010
  • Label: Ad Hoc Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[1] [8]
UK Indie
[2]
AUS
[3]
IRE
[9]
"Ee-I-Adio"1979Non-album single
"Writing on the Wall"1980Breaking Glass
"Eighth Day"5787
  • UK: Silver [7]
"Give Me an Inch"41
"Time"30Sons and Lovers
"D-Days"19811029611
  • UK: Silver [7]
"Will You?"87
  • UK: Silver [7]
Breaking Glass
"(Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up"41529Cover Plus
"Hanging Around"451026
"Calls the Tune"198260Breaking Glass
"That's Life"Cover Plus
"Don't Touch Me"19848123Smile
"Just Good Friends"142
"Cuts Too Deep"146
"Stranger in a Strange Land" (with KFT; Hungary-only release)1985Non-album single
"Push and Shove" (with Chris Thompson) Greenpeace – The Album
"Fighting Back" (with the Arts Freedom Singers; from Fighting Back)1986Non-album singles
"Today Could Be So Good" (From Prospects )
"And I Dream" (with David Easter; from Howard Goodall's Girlfriends)1987
"My Friend Jack" (Germany and Austria-only release)1993To Be Freed
"Time After Time" (Austria-only release)
"Tell Me Why" (Germany-only release)
"Refugees of Love" (Austria-only release)1994Private Wars
"Private War" (Austria-only release)1995
"All I've Been Missing" (Germany promo-only release)
"Na, Na, Na"19975 in the Morning
"One More Try"2004A Singular Collection – The Best of Hazel O'Connor
"Perfect Days"2005Hidden Heart
"I'll See You Again" (with Moya Brennan)2006
"(World Stops) Spinning Without You" (with the Subterraneans)2010Breaking Glass Now
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
TitleGroupYearPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
IRE
[9]
"Why Don't You Answer" Eberhard Schoener featuring Hazel O'Connor1985
"Let It Be" Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster charity ensemble198712
"The Wishing Well" Great Ormond Street Hospital charity ensemble22
"Rap Against Rape (What Did I Do Wrong)"Jocks & Co charity ensemble199016
"Talk to the Animals"Debbie Curtis Big Band Aid featuring Hazel O'Connor and others2015
"Lullaby for the World"Michael Scott featuring Hazel O'Connor2021
"Cov"Coventry City of Culture 2021 featuring Hazel O'Connor and others
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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