Rick Wakeman discography

Rick Wakeman is an English keyboardist, composer and songwriter, most known as the keyboard player for progressive rock group Yes. His solo albums have sold over 50 million copies.^{[ citation needed ]}

Solo

Albums

1970s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		CAN [1]	US [2]	AUS [3]	NZ [4]	NOR [5]	UK [6]
Piano Vibrations	Released: 1971 Label: Polydor	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Six Wives of Henry VIII	Released: January 23, 1973 Label: A&M	27	30	9	21	—	7	AUS: Gold [7] US: Gold [8]
Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Released: May 3, 1974 Label: A&M	2	3	2	17	—	1	AUS: Gold [7] BRA: Gold [9] CAN: Gold [10] UK: Gold [11] US: Gold [8]
The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table	Released: March 27, 1975 Label: A&M	18	21	2	1	6	2	AUS: Gold [3] BRA: Gold [9] UK: Gold [11]
Lisztomania	Released: November 1975 Label: A&M	—	145	85	—	—	—
No Earthly Connection	Released: April 1976 Label: A&M	74	67	35	—	15	9
White Rock	Released: January 1977 Label: A&M	69	126	38	—	12	14	UK: Silver [11]
Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record	Released: November 1977 Label: A&M	—	128	76	—	19	25
Rhapsodies	Released: May 1979 Label: A&M	—	170	—	—	15	25
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1980s

Year	Album	Notes	Peak chart positions
			UK [12]	US [13]	AUS [3]	NOR
1981	The Burning (soundtrack)		—	—	—	—
	1984		24	—	10	36
1982	Rock 'n' Roll Prophet		—	—	—	—
1983	Cost of Living		—	—	—	—
	G'olé!: The Original Film Soundtrack		—	—	—	—
1984	Crimes of Passion		—	—	—	—
1985	Silent Nights		—	—	—	—
	Live at Hammersmith	Recorded in 1985	—	—	—	—
1986	Country Airs	Re-recorded with a digital piano in 1992 with additional tracks	—	—	—	—
1987	The Family Album		—	—	—	—
	The Gospels		94	—	—	—
1988	Time Machine		—	—	—	—
	A Suite of Gods (with Ramon Remedios)		—	—	—	—
	Zodiaque (with Tony Fernandez)		—	—	—	—
	The Word and the Gospels		—	—	—	—
1989	Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV (with Mario Fasciano)		—	—	—	—
	Sea Airs		—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1990s

Year	Album	Notes	Peak chart positions		Certifications
			UK [12]	US [13]
1990	Night Airs		—	—
	In the Beginning		—	—
1991	Phantom Power	Re-released in 2017 in an expanded edition titled Phantom of the Opera	—	—
	Rock 'n' Roll Prophet Plus	Reissue of Rock 'n' Roll Prophet plus 4 new tracks	—	—
	Aspirant Sunrise		—	—
	Aspirant Sunset		—	—
	Aspirant Sunshadows		—	—
	The Classical Connection	Re-recordings of earlier tracks in a classical style	—	—
	African Bach		—	—
	2000 A.D. Into The Future		—	—
	Softsword: King John and the Magna Charter	Adapted from music written for the 1991 Dickens Festival	—	—
1993	Heritage Suite		—	—
	Prayers		—	—
	Classic Tracks	Re-recorded tracks from the first three solo albums	—	—
	The Classical Connection 2		—	—
	Unleashing the Tethered One: The 1974 North American Tour	Unauthorised bootleg of a Canadian television broadcast from October 1974	—	—
1994	Live on the Test	Recorded in April 1976	—	—
	Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits	Re-recorded tracks from his solo albums and Yes	—	—
	Light Up the Sky (EP)		—	—
1995	Almost Live in Europe		—	—
	The Piano Album	Recorded in 1994	—	—
	The Private Collection	Previously unreleased tracks	—	—
	The Seven Wonders of the World		—	—
	Rick Wakeman In Concert	Recorded in November 1975, also released as Live on The King Biscuit Flower Hour	—	—
	Visions	Also known as Visions of Paradise	—	—
	Cirque Surreal		—	—
1996	Fields of Green		—	—
	The New Gospels		—	—
	The Word and Music		—	—
	Can You Hear Me?	Contains original and remixed and re-recorded versions of tracks from Prayers and Softsword	—	—
	Orisons	9 of the 22 tracks are duplicates of tracks of Prayers	—	—
1997	Tribute	Beatles covers	—	—
	Simply Acoustic	The Piano Album (1995) with added introductions and stories	—	—
	Fields Of Green '97	Reissue with the addition of "Election 97/Arthur"	—	—
1998	Themes	Compilation of TV themes	—	—
1999	Return to the Centre of the Earth		34	—
	White Rock II		—	—
	The Natural World Trilogy		—	—
	The Art in Music Trilogy		—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2000s

Year	Album	Peak chart positions		Notes
		UK [12]	US [13]
2000	Preludes to a Century	—	—
	Chronicles of Man	—	—
	Christmas Variations	—	—
	The Legend: Live in Concert 2000	—	—
	Morning Has Broken	—	—
2001	Out of the Blue	—	—	Recorded in Buenos Aires in 2001
	Classical Variations	—	—
	Tales of Future and Past	—	—	US 2 CD compilation
	Two Sides of Yes	—	—	Interpretations of 7 Yes songs
2002	The Wizard and the Forest of All Dreams	—	—
	Treasure Chest (8-CD boxset)	—	—	The Real Lisztomania The Oscar Concert The Missing Half Almost Classical The Mixture Medium Rare Journey to the Centre of the Earth Plus Stories
	Two Sides of Yes Volume 2	—	—
	The Yes Piano Variations	—	—	Compilation of tracks from the Two Sides Of Yes albums
2003	Out There	—	—
2005	At Lincoln Cathedral	—	—
2006	Retro	—	—
2007	Live at the BBC	—	—
	Retro 2	—	—
	Video Vault (6-DVD set)	—	—	Live at the Empire Pool: King Arthur on Ice 1975 Live at the Maltings 1976 Live Swedish Television Special 1980 Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1981 Night Music Rarities
2009	The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace	—	—
	Past, Present and Future		—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2010s

Year	Album	Notes	Peak chart positions		Certifications
			UK [12]	US [13]
2010	Always with You		—	—
2012	In the Nick of Time: Live in 2003		—	—
	Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Re-recording with additional material	—	—
2016	The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table	Re-recording with additional material	—	—
2017	Piano Portraits		6	—	UK: Silver [14]
2018	Piano Odyssey		7	—
2019	Christmas Portraits		82	—
2019	Official Bootleg Series 1–11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2020s

Year	Album	Peak chart positions
		UK [12]	US [13]
2020	The Red Planet	34	—
2020	Hero: The Original Soundtrack	—	—
2022	A Gallery of the Imagination	—	—
2022	Live from Elche	—	—
2024	Live at the London Palladium 2023	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Non-album singles

Note: These are singles that were not taken from a regular album. These songs were only released in these singles or were included on future compilations.

• 1985: "Lytton's Diary" (for a TV series of the same name)
• 1994: "Light Up the Sky"

Compilations

• 1997 Voyage (sub-titled "The Very Best of Rick Wakeman"; digitally remastered 2-CD set)
• 1999 The Masters: compilation of tracks from 1979 to 1996
• 2000 Recollections: The Very Best of Rick Wakeman 1973-1979
• 2002 Songs of Middle Earth (Inspired by The Lord of the Rings) ^[15]
• 2004 Revisited (re-recordings of past material)
• 2015 After the Ball: The Collection (same tracks as Recollections)
• 2017 The Journey: The Essential Rick Wakeman: Spectrum 3CD compilation from the A&M years. The 3rd CD features all of Lisztomania and White Rock.

Video games

• 1993 Microcosm

With band or duo

Live albums

• Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios (1970)
• Recollection (2006)
• Live at the BBC, Vol Two: In Concert (2010)

Studio albums

• Dragonfly (1970, "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake")
• From the Witchwood (1971)

Compilations

• Strawbs by Choice (1974)
• A Choice Selection of Strawbs (1992)
• Halcyon Days (1997)
• The Collection (2002)
• Tears and Pavan (2002)
• A Taste of Strawbs (2006)

With Yes

Studio albums

• Fragile (1971)
• Close to the Edge (1972)
• Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
• Going for the One (1977)
• Tormato (1978)
• Union (1991)
• Keys to Ascension (1996)
• Keys to Ascension 2 (1997)

Live albums

• Yessongs (1973)
• Yesshows (1980)
• Keys to Ascension (1996)
• Keys to Ascension 2 (1997)
• The Word Is Live (2005)
• Live at Montreux 2003 (2007)
• Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two (2015)
• Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two (2015)

Compilations

• Yesterdays (1975)
• Classic Yes (1981)
• Yesyears (1991)
• Yesstory (1992)
• Highlights: The Very Best of Yes (1993)
• Keystudio (2001)
• In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) (2002)
• The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection (2003)
• Essentially Yes (2006)

With Dave Cousins

• Two Weeks Last Summer (1972)
• Hummingbird (2002)
• Wakeman & Cousins Live (2005)
• 40th Anniversary Celebration Vol. 2: Rick Wakeman and Dave Cousins (2010)

With Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Studio albums

• Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)

Live albums

• An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993)
• Live at the NEC Oct 24th 1989 (2010)

With Adam Wakeman/Wakeman with Wakeman

Studio albums

• Wakeman with Wakeman (1993; also known as Lure of the Wild)
• No Expense Spared (1993)
• Romance of the Victorian Age (1995)
• Tapestries (1996)
• Vignettes (1996)

Live albums

• Wakeman with Wakeman: The Official Bootleg (1994; also known as Wakeman with Wakeman Live, The Stage Collection, and Official Live Bootleg)

With Anderson/Wakeman

Studio albums

• The Living Tree (2010)

Live albums

• The Living Tree in Concert Part One (2011)

With Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman

• Live at the Apollo (2018)

Other collaborations

• Beyond the Planets (1984, with Jeff Wayne and Kevin Peek)
• Creepshow 2 (1987, with Les Reed)
• From Brush and Stone (2009, with Gordon Giltrap)
• Starmus (2014, with Brian May)

Guest appearances

• Junior's Eyes – Battersea Power Station (1969)
• Paper Bubble – Scenery (1969)
• David Bowie – Space Oddity (1969, "Space Oddity", "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud")
• Heatwave – "Rastus Ravel (Is a Mean Old Man)" (1970)
• Magna Carta – Seasons (1970)
• Magna Carta – Songs from Wasties Orchard (1971, "Time for the Leaving")
• Colin Scot – Colin Scot (1971)
• John Schroeder – Dylan Vibrations (1971)
• David Bowie – Hunky Dory (1971)
• Elton John – Madman Across the Water (1971)
• John Williams and Stanley Myers & Orchestra – Changes (1971)
• Ralph McTell – You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here (1971)
• John Kongos – Kongos (1971)
• Cat Stevens – Teaser and the Firecat (1971, "Morning Has Broken")
• T. Rex – Electric Warrior (1971, "Bang a Gong (Get It On)")
• Lou Reed – Lou Reed (1972)
• Phillip Goodhand-Tait – Songfall (1972)
• Harvey Andrews – Writer of Songs (1972)
• Dave Cousins – Two Weeks Last Summer (1972)
• Joël Daydé – White Soul (1972)
• Lou Reed – Lou Reed (1972)
• David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972, "It Ain't Easy")
• Al Stewart – Orange (1972)
• Hudson Ford – Nickelodeon (1973)
• Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973, "Sabbra Cadabra") ^[16]
• Al Stewart – Past, Present and Future (1974)
• Dana Gillespie – Weren't Born a Man (1974)
• The Strawbs – Nomadness (1975)
• Vivian Stanshall – Teddy Boys Don't Knit (1981, ""Smoke Signals at Night")
• Kenny Lynch – "Half the Day's Gone and We Haven't Earned a Penny" (1983, "They Don't Know You" and "B. A. Woman")
• David Bowie – Absolute Beginners (1986)
• Denny Laine – Wings on My Feet (1987)
• Aleksander Mežek – Podarjeno Srcu (1989)
• Simon Cummings – "Everybody's Got a Crisis in Their Life" (1990)
• Ozzy Osbourne – Ozzmosis (1995, "Perry Mason" and "I Just Want You")
• Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman – Jabberwocky (1999)
• Gordon Giltrap – Music for the Small Screen (2000)
• Dr. Feelgood – Chess Masters (2000)
• Various Artists – Wonderous: A Tribute to Yes (2001)
• Various Artists – Slade Remade (2001)
• The Bollenberg Experience – If Only Stones Could Speak (2002)
• Damian Wilson & Band – Live in Rehearsal (2002)
• Ric Sanders Group – In Lincoln Cathedral (2002)
• Various Artists – Return to the Dark Side of the Moon (A Tribute to Pink Floyd) (2005)
• Cousins and Conrad – High Seas (2005, "Deep in the Darkest Night")
• Elkie Brooks – Pearls (2006)
• Elkie Brooks – Live With Friends (2006)
• Gordon Giltrap – Gordon Giltrap and Friends at the Symphony Hall Birmingham (2006)
• Mario Fasciano – Porta San Gennaro Napoli (2007)
• Various Artists – The Ultimate Tribute to Led Zeppelin (2008)
• Mitch Benn – Sing Like an Angel (2008)
• Various Artists – The Music of Pink Floyd (2009)
• Various Artists – Who Are You: An All Star Tribute to The Who (2012)
• The Fusion Syndicate – The Fusion Syndicate (2012)
• Etta James – Live at Montreux 1993 (2012)
• Various Artists – The Prog Collective (2012, "Check Point Karma")
• Various Artists – Songs of the Century: An All-Star Tribute to Supertramp (2012, "Crime of the Century")
• Nektar – A Spoonful of Time (2012)
• Various Artists – Fly Like an Eagle an All-Star Tribute to Steve Miller Band (2013)
• The Prog Collective – Epilogue (2013)
• Sarastro Blake – New Progmantics (2013)
• Days Between Stations – In Extremis (2013)
• Ayreon – The Theory of Everything (album) (2013)
• Various Artists – Light My Fire: A Classic Rock Salute to The Doors (2014)
• Various Artists – Celebrating Jon Lord: The Rock Legend (2014)
• Deep Purple and Friends With the Orion Orchestra – Celebrating Jon Lord (2014)
• The Strawbs – Prognostic (2014)
• Nik Turner – Space Fusion Odyssey (2015)
• Tucker Zimmerman – Ten Songs (2015)
• Billy Sherwood – Citizen (2015, "The Great Depression")
• Jerry Goodman – Violin Fantasy (2016)
• Graham Bonnet – Back Row in the Stalls (2016)
• Various Artists – Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here Symphonic (2016)
• Leon Alvarado – The Future Left Behind (2016, "Launch Overture")
• Michael Ball & Alfie Boe with The Rays of Sunshine Children's Choir & Friends – "Bring Me Sunshine"
• Derek Smalls – Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing) (2018)
• William Shatner – Shatner Claus: The Christmas Album (2018)
• Rodney Matthews and Jeff Scheetz with Oliver Wakeman – Trinity (2019)
• Kilty Town – Kilty Town (2019)
• Wally – Martyrs and Cowboys (2019)
• Hawkestrel – SpaceXmas (2020)
• Jools Holland – Pianola, Piano & Friends (2021)
• Various Artists – A Tribute to Pink Floyd – Still Wish You Were Here (2021, "Welcome to the Machine")

References

1. "Canadian Albums". RPM Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
2. "US Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 331. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
4. "nz Albums". charts.nz. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
5. "Norwegian Albums". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
6. "Official Charts > Rick Wakeman". The Official UK Charts Company . Retrieved 22 February 2025.
7. "Wakeman Liztomania Score Complete;Time Out For Gold" (PDF). Cash Box . 13 September 1975. p. 39. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
8. "American certifications – Rick Wakeman". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
9. McCreight, Ron (8 November 1975). "Record World International: Germany" (PDF). Record World . Retrieved 22 October 2024.
10. "Certified Rick Wakeman Awards
11. BPI Certified Awards Search
12. "Rick Wakeman | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 7 December 2019.
13. "Rick Wakeman - Awards". AllMusic . Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
14. "BRIT Certified". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 4 October 2024.
15. Rick Wakeman Frequently Asked Questions , A reissue of tracks from Heritage Suite and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, renamed to fit the Lord of the Rings theme. The artist does not consider this a release.
16. Iommi, Tony (2011). Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath . Da Capo Press. ISBN   978-0-30681-9551.

External links

• Strawbs Discography
• Rick Wakeman Discography
• Rick Wakeman discography discography at Discogs