Keith Richards discography

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Keith Richards discography
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Richards, leaving the press conference of "Shine A Light" at the Hyatt Hotel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
Studio albums3
Live albums1
Compilation albums1
Singles9
Other appearances4

Keith Richards is a British recording artist, most famous for his songwriting partnership with Mick Jagger, and their over-sixty-year tenure with their band the Rolling Stones. Richards has recorded and released three studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, and nine singles since 1978.

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Richards has primarily worked as a session player and producer outside of the Rolling Stones, having performed on dozens of other artists' records since 1969. He began his solo recording career in 1978 with the single "Run Rudolph Run", before releasing his debut album ten years later.

On his solo albums, Richards' backing band is credited as the X-Pensive Winos, which most prominently features drummer Steve Jordan (who also serves as Richards' co-writer and co-producer), and also includes keyboardist Ivan Neville and guitarist Waddy Wachtel.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
GER
[4]
NLD
[5]
SWE
[6]
SWI
[7]
US
[8]
Talk Is Cheap 19883715201537121824
Main Offender 1992459622455431399
Crosseyed Heart 20157151347411

Live and compilation albums

TitleYearPeak chart positionsNotes
AUT
[3]
GER
[4]
Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988
(with the X-Pensive Winos)
19914930Live
Vintage Vinos 2010Compilation

Singles

Release dateTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK AirplayCAN Dig.
[9]
MEX
Eng.

[9]
US
Main.
Rock

[10]
US
AAA

[11]
December 1978"Run Rudolph Run" b/w "The Harder They Come"Non-album single
October 1988"Take It So Hard"3 Talk Is Cheap
November 1988"You Don't Move Me"18
February 1989"Struggle"47
October 1992"Wicked as It Seems"3 Main Offender
January 1993"Eileen"17
December 2007"Run Rudolph Run" b/w "Pressure Drop"68re-issue A-side with non-album B-side
August 2015"Trouble"644920 Crosseyed Heart
November 2015"Heartstopper"46
March 2024"I'm Waiting for the Man"The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

YearSongAlbumNotes
1985"Silver & Gold" Sun City with Bono and Ronnie Wood
2001"You Win Again"Timeless [12] Hank Williams cover
2005"Hurricane"N/Acharity single, originally credited to the Rolling Stones [13]

Guest appearances

Studio

YearArtistReleaseRole
1969 Billy Preston That's the Way God Planned It bass
1974 Ronnie Wood I've Got My Own Album to Do writing, guitar, vocals, piano
1975 Now Look guitar and backing vocals
1978 Peter Tosh Bush Doctor guitar and production
1979Ronnie Wood Gimme Some Neck backing vocals and guitar
Ian McLagan Troublemaker guitar and backing vocals on "Truly"
1981 Max Romeo Holding Out My Love for Youguitar and mixing
1985 Tom Waits Rain Dogs guitar and backing vocals
Phantom, Rocker & Slick Phantom, Rocker and Slickguitar on "My Mistake"
1986 Aretha Franklin Aretha guitar and production on "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
1987 Nona Hendryx The Heatguitar on "Rock This House"
The Neville Brothers Uptown guitar
The Dirty StrangersThe Dirty Strangersguitar
1988 Feargal Sharkey Wish guitar on "More Love"
Ziggy Marley Conscious Party guitar on "Lee & Molly"
1990 Bernie Worrell Funk of Ages guitar
1991 Johnnie Johnson Johnnie B. Bad guitar, vocals, writing, production
John Lee Hooker Mr. Lucky guitar and backing vocals
1992Tom Waits Bone Machine guitar, vocals, and writing on "That Feel"
Hal Willner Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingusvocals, guitar on "Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me" [14]
1994 Bobby Womack Resurrection guitar
George Jones The Bradley Barn Sessions guitar and vocals on "Say It's Not You"
Marianne Faithfull A Collectionguitar and production on "Ghost Dance"
1995 The Chieftains Long Black Veil guitar on "The Rocky Road to Dublin"
Ivan Neville Thanksguitar
1996 Bo Diddley A Man Amongst Men guitar on "Bo Diddley Is Crazy"
1997 Scotty Moore All the King's Menguitar and vocals on "Deuce and a Quarter"
Wingless AngelsWingless Angelsguitar, backing vocals, production
B.B. King Deuces Wild guitar on "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss"
1999The Jimmy Rogers All-StarsBlues Blues Bluesguitar
2000 Charlie Watts & Jim Keltner Charlie Watts/Jim Keltner Projectguitar on "The Elvin Suite"
2001 John Phillips Pay Pack & Follow guitar, backing vocals, production
2002 Peter Wolf Sleepless guitar and vocals on "Too Close Together"
2004Ivan NevilleScrapeguitar
Toots & the Maytals True Love guitar and vocals on "Careless Ethiopians"
Hubert Sumlin About Them Shoesguitar and vocals
2005 Les Paul & FriendsAmerican Made World Playedguitar on "Good Morning Little Girl"
Buddy Guy Bring 'Em In guitar on "The Price You Gotta Pay"
2006 Ronnie Spector Last of the Rock Starsguitar and vocals
Jerry Lee Lewis Last Man Standing guitar and vocals on "That Kind of Fool"
2008 Lee "Scratch" Perry Scratch Came Scratch Saw Scratch Conqueredguitar
Marianne Faithfull Easy Come, Easy Go guitar and harmony vocals on "Sing Me Back Home"
2009The Dirty StrangersWest 12 to Witteringpiano and writing
2011 Ben Waters Boogie 4 Stu: A Tribute to Ian Stewartguitar and vocals
Tom Waits Bad as Me guitar and vocals
2012Lou PalloThank You Lesguitar and vocals on "It's Been a Long, Long Time"
K'naan "Sleep When I Die"guitar, bonus track from Country, God or the Girl

Live

YearArtistReleaseRole
1999 Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park guitar and vocals on "Happy"
2000 Faces The Faces' Final Concertguitar
2002 Willie Nelson & Friends Stars & Guitars guitar and vocals on "Dead Flowers"
2004Willie Nelson & Friends Outlaws and Angels guitar and vocals
2007Ronnie Wood & Friends The First Barbarians: Live From Kilburn guitar, keyboards, vocals

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