Roger Waters discography | |
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Studio albums | 7 |
EPs | 1 |
Soundtrack albums | 2 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Singles | 24 |
Video albums | 4 |
Music videos | 13 |
Box sets | 1 |
Classical albums | 1 |
Roger Waters' solo career includes seven studio albums: The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987), Amused to Death (1992), Is This the Life We Really Want? (2017), Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale (2019), The Lockdown Sessions (2022), and The Dark Side of the Moon Redux (2023). The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, has been certified Gold by the RIAA. [1] Amused to Death is Waters' most critically acclaimed solo recording to date, garnering some comparison to his previous work with Pink Floyd. [2] Waters described the record as "a stunning piece of work", ranking the album with The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall as one of the best of his career. [3] The album had one hit, the song "What God Wants, Part 1", which reached number 35 in the UK in September 1992 and number 5 on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock chart in the US. [4] Amused to Death was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry. [5] Jeff Beck played lead guitar on many of the album's tracks, which were recorded with an impressive cast of studio musicians at ten different studios. [6] Sales of Amused to Death topped out at around one million and there was no tour in support of this album. Waters would first perform material from it seven years later during his In the Flesh tour. [7]
In 1986, he contributed songs and a score to the soundtrack of the movie When the Wind Blows based on the Raymond Briggs book of the same name. In 1990, he staged one of the largest rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin , on the vacant terrain between Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance. [2] In 1996, Waters was inducted into the US and UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 and played The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tours of 2006–2008. In 2005, he released Ça Ira , an opera in three acts translated from Etienne Roda-Gil and his wife Nadine Delahaye's libretto about the early French Revolution. On 2 July 2005, he reunited with other members of Pink Floyd—Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour—for the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park, Pink Floyd's only appearance with Waters since their performance of The Wall at Earls Court in London 24 years earlier. [8] In 2010, he commenced The Wall Live tour, which concluded in 2014.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||
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UK [9] | AUS [10] | AUT [11] | GER [12] | ITA [13] | NLD [14] | NOR [15] | NZ [16] | SWE [17] | SWI [18] | US [19] | ||||||||||
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking | 13 | 30 | — | 49 | — | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 31 | |||||||||
Radio K.A.O.S. | 25 | 33 | — | 58 | — | 31 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 50 | |||||||||
Amused to Death |
| 8 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 21 | ||||||||
Is This the Life We Really Want? |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale |
| — | — | — | — | 46 | 163 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
The Lockdown Sessions |
| 56 | — | — | 14 | 24 | 26 | — | 33 | — | 13 | — | ||||||||
The Dark Side of the Moon Redux |
| 4 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | 24 | 39 | 5 | 142 | ||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
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Music from The Body (with Ron Geesin) |
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When the Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (with The Bleeding Heart Band) |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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UK [9] | AUS [10] | AUT [11] | GER [12] | ITA [13] | NLD [14] | NOR [15] | NZ [16] | POL [31] | SWE [17] | SWI [18] | US [19] | |||
The Wall – Live in Berlin | 27 | 10 | 25 | 10 | — | 15 | 17 | 4 | 47 | 34 | 11 | 56 | ||
In the Flesh – Live | 170 [37] | 100 | — | 99 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 136 | ||
Roger Waters: The Wall |
| 53 | 46 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 38 | — | — | 20 | 134 | |
Roger Waters: Us + Them |
| 9 | 35 [38] | — | 4 | 5 | 15 | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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GER [12] | ITA [13] | NOR [15] | POL [31] | SWI [18] | ||
Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1 |
| 53 | 35 | 21 | 43 | 62 |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
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FRA [41] | ITA [13] | POL [31] | |||
Ça Ira |
| 187 | 31 | 12 |
Title | Album details |
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Pros and Cons (The Interviews) |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
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US [46] [47] | NLD [48] | SWE [17] | SWI [49] | ||||||
The Wall – Live in Berlin |
| 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | ||||
In the Flesh – Live |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | — | ||||
Roger Waters: The Wall |
| 134 | 14 | — | — | ||||
Roger Waters: Us + Them |
| — | — | — | 1 | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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NOR [15] | ||
The Collection |
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Year | Album/single | Collaborator | Comment |
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1999 | The Legend of 1900 | Ennio Morricone | The song "Lost Boys Calling" performed by Ennio Morricone feat. Eddie Van Halen and Roger Waters [59] |
Vagabond Ways | Marianne Faithfull | The song "Incarceration of a Flower Child" is written by Roger Waters, who also performs bass and keyboards [60] | |
2007 | Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis | Various Artists | The album features the track "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" performed by Roger Waters which also includes the song "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" |
2013 | Love for Levon: Benefit to Save the Barn | Various Artists | The album features Roger Waters performing the songs "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (with My Morning Jacket and G.E. Smith) and "Wide River To Cross" (with G.E. Smith) |
2013 | 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief | Various Artists | The album features Roger Waters performing the songs "Another Brick in the Atlantic Wall Part I, II & III" (the actual songs are "The Happiest Days of Our Lives", "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" and "The Ballad of Jean Charles de Menezes"), "Us and Them" and "Comfortably Numb" (with Eddie Vedder) |
Year | Song | Director(s) | Album |
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1984 | "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking" | The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking | |
"Every Strangers Eyes" | |||
"Sexual Revolution" | |||
1987 | "Radio Waves" | Radio K.A.O.S. | |
"Sunset Strip" | |||
"The Tide Is Turning" | |||
1992 | "What God Wants, Part I" | Amused to Death | |
"Three Wishes" | |||
"Amused to Death" | |||
2015 | "What God Wants, Part I" (2015) | ||
2017 | "The Last Refugee" | Sean Evans & Roger Waters | Is This the Life We Really Want? |
"Wait for Her" | Sean Evans | ||
2022 | "Comfortably Numb 2022" | Sean Evans | The Lockdown Sessions |
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