| John McLaughlin discography | |
|---|---|
 McLaughlin performing in France, 2016 | |
| Studio albums | 18 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Collaborative albums | 4 |
The following is a John McLaughlin discography, grouped by albums released under his name, albums from his group Mahavishnu Orchestra, his group Shakti, and albums where he is a session player on other artists' releases.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] | US Jazz [1] | US Top Jazz [1] | AUS [6] | GER [7] | NZL [8] | SWE [9] | JPN [10] [11] | |||||||
| Extrapolation |
| 152 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Devotion |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| My Goal's Beyond |
| 194 | — | 34 | 38 | 48 | — | — | — | |||||
| Electric Guitarist |
| 105 | 6 | — | 73 | — | 38 | 40 | — | |||||
| Electric Dreams |
| 147 | 14 | — | 75 | — | 27 | — | — | |||||
| Belo Horizonte |
| 172 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Music Spoken Here |
| — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Que Alegria |
| — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| After the Rain |
| — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| The Promise |
| — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 92 | |||||
| The Heart of Things |
| — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Thieves and Poets |
| — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Industrial Zen |
| — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Floating Point |
| — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| To the One with The 4th Dimension |
| — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Now Here This with The 4th Dimension |
| — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Black Light with The 4th Dimension |
| — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Liberation Time |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certification | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US Jazz [1] | US Top Jazz [1] | AUS [6] | GER [7] | AUT [19] | FRA [20] | NOR [21] | UK [22] | |||||||
| Where Fortune Smiles with John Surman, Dave Holland, Karl Berger, and Stu Martin |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Love Devotion Surrender with Carlos Santana |
| 14 | — | — | 10 | 26 | 12 | — | 19 | 7 |
| ||||
| Passion, Grace and Fire with Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía |
| 171 | 9 | 23 | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| The Guitar Trio with Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía | — | — | 1 | — | 55 | 27 | 21 | — | — | ||||||
| Paco and John Live at Montreux 1987 with Paco de Lucía |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Is That So? with Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US Jazz [1] | US Top Jazz [1] | US Cont Jazz [1] | GER [7] | NLD [29] | AUT [19] | NZL [8] | FRA [20] | JPN [10] | |||||
| Friday Night in San Francisco with Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía |
| 97 | 6 | — | — | 22 | 66 | 5 | 48 | 154 | — | |||
| Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra "The Mediterranean" – Duos for Guitar & Piano with London Symphony Orchestra and Katia Labeque |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live at the Royal Festival Hall |
| — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tokyo Live |
| — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Heart of Things: Live in Paris |
| — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Montreux Concerts [34] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Official Pirate: The Best of the American Tour 2007 with The 4th Dimension |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Five Peace Band Live with Chick Corea |
| — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 168 | 118 | |||
| The Boston Record with The 4th Dimension |
| — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Paco and John Live at Montreux 1987 with Paco de Lucía |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live at Ronnie Scott's with The 4th Dimension |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live in San Francisco with The 4th Dimension |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Album | Year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twice as Much – Own Up | 1966 | guitar | [40] |
| Gordon Beck – Experiments with Pops | 1968 | guitar | [41] |
| Miles Davis – In a Silent Way | 1969 | electric guitar | [42] |
| The Tony Williams Lifetime – Emergency! | guitar | [43] | |
| Wayne Shorter – Super Nova | "Supernova", "Swee-Pea", "Water Babies" and "Capricorn" | [44] | |
| Sandy Brown and His Gentleman Friends – Hair at Its Hairiest | guitar | [45] | |
| Miroslav Vitous – Infinite Search | guitar | [46] | |
| Miles Davis – Bitches Brew | 1970 | electric guitar | [47] |
| Jack Bruce – Things We Like | guitar | [48] | |
| The Tony Williams Lifetime – Turn It Over | guitar | [49] | |
| Miroslav Vitous – Purple | guitar | [50] | |
| Joe Farrell – Follow Your Heart | guitar | [51] | |
| Duffy Power – Innovations | guitar | [52] | |
| Graham Bond – Solid Bond | guitar, live with the Graham Bond Quartet, 1963; "Ho Ho Country Kicking Blues", The Grass Is Greener", "Doxy" | [53] | |
| Larry Coryell – Spaces | guitar | [54] | |
| Miles Davis – A Tribute to Jack Johnson | 1971 | electric guitar | [55] |
| Miles Davis – Live-Evil | electric guitar | [56] | |
| Carla Bley and Paul Haines – Escalator Over the Hill | guitar | [57] | |
| James Taylor – One Man Dog | 1972 | guitar | [58] |
| Miles Davis – On the Corner | electric guitar on "On the Corner; New York Girl; Thinkin' One Thing and Doin' Another; Vote for Miles" | [59] | |
| Santana – Welcome | 1973 | guitar on "Flame – Sky" | [60] |
| Wayne Shorter – Moto Grosso Feio | 1974 | 12 string guitar | [61] |
| Miles Davis – Big Fun | guitar on "Great Expectations/Orange Lady", "Recollections", "Go Ahead John", "The Little Blue Frog" and "Yaphet" | [62] | |
| Miles Davis – Get Up with It | guitar on "Honky Tonk" | [63] | |
| Stanley Clarke – Journey to Love | 1975 | guitar | [64] |
| Larry Coryell – Planet End | guitar | [65] | |
| Stanley Clarke – School Days | 1976 | acoustic guitar on "Desert Song" | [66] |
| Miles Davis – Circle in the Round | 1979 | guitar on "Guinnevere" | [67] |
| Miles Davis – Directions | 1980 | guitar | [68] |
| Paco de Lucía – Castro Marín | 1981 | guitar | [69] |
| Miles Davis – You're Under Arrest | 1985 | guitar on "Ms. Morrisine", "Katia Prelude" and "Katia" | [70] |
| Bill Evans – The Alternative Man | guitar | [71] | |
| Herbie Hancock – Round Midnight (Soundtrack) | 1986 | guitar on "Body and Soul" and "Bérangère's Nightmare" | [72] |
| Dexter Gordon – The Other Side of Round Midnight | guitar | [73] | |
| Katia and Marielle Labeque – Gladrags | producer | [74] | |
| Zakir Hussain with Jan Garbarek and Hariprasad Chaurasia – Making Music | acoustic guitar | [75] | |
| Miles Davis – Aura | 1989 | guitar | [76] |
| Katia and Marielle Labeque – Love of Colours | 1990 | piano, programming, producer | [77] |
| Carlos Santana and Bill Laswell - Divine Light: Reconstructions & Mix Translation | 2001 | guitar, piano | [78] |
| Leni Stern – Finally the Rain Has Come | 2002 | guitar | [79] |
| Ithamara Koorax – Someday | guitar | [80] | |
| Miroslav Vitous – Universal Syncopations | 2003 | guitar | [81] |
| Miles Davis – The Cellar Door Sessions | 2005 | electric guitar | [82] |
| Santana – Hymns for Peace: Live at Montreux 2004 | 2007 | guitar | [83] |
| Hadrien Feraud – Hadrian Feraud | composer | [84] | |
| Gary Husband – Dirty & Beautiful (Volume 1) | 2010 | guitar on "Dreams in Blue" |