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The discography of British-Irish musician Chris de Burgh consists of 23 studio albums, 9 compilation albums, 4 live albums, and 66 singles, along with 8 videos and DVDs and one box set. His 23 studio albums consist of 19 of completely new material, 2 albums of cover versions, 1 album featuring a mix of new songs, cover versions, and re-recordings and 1 consisting of acoustic versions of previously released tracks. His debut album, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, released in 1974, reached number 1 in Brazil, but failed to chart elsewhere.
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- ↑ "Chris De Burgh | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ↑ "RPM Magazine - January 14, 1989 - Page 6" (PDF).
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Chris De Burgh - Missing You". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
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