The Guess Who discography

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The Guess Who was a Canadian rock band, originating as The Guess Who? in 1966, and adopting the name The Guess Who in 1968. Formed as a garage rock band, [1] their best-known works are in the pop rock [2] and psychedelic rock [3] genres.

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They were most successful from 1969 to 1975, under the leadership of singer/keyboardist Burton Cummings. During that period they released eleven studio albums, all of which reached the charts in Canada and the United States; their 1970 album American Woman reached no. 1 in Canada and no. 9 in the United States, and five other albums reached the top ten in Canada. They also achieved five number one singles in Canada and two in the United States.

Studio albums

Credited to "Chad Allan & the Expressions (Guess Who?)"

(both names shown on the album cover) (no RPM Top Album charts until 1967)

YearAlbum Billboard 200 Record Label
1965 Shakin' All Over Quality Records
Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!) Quality Records

As The Guess Who?

YearAlbum Billboard 200 Record Label
1966 It's Time Quality Records
1968A Wild Pair
(Split album; side 1 by The Staccatos)
Nimbus 9 Records

As The Guess Who

YearAlbum Billboard 200 Canada (RPM) [4] Australia [5] Certification Record Label
1969 Wheatfield Soul 453- RCA Victor
Canned Wheat 9123-
1970 American Woman 91-
Share the Land 147-
1971 So Long, Bannatyne 5210-
1972 Rockin' 79933
1973 Artificial Paradise 11025-
#10 1557-
1974 Road Food 602887
Flavours 481181
1975 Power in the Music 8763-
1976 The Way They Were --

Post Burton Cummings–era albums credited to The Guess Who

YearAlbum Billboard 200 Record Label
1978Guess Who's Back Aquarius Records
1979All This for a Song
1981Now and Not ThenEl Mocambo Records
1994LibertyAquarius Records
1995Lonely One [upper-alpha 1] Intersound
2018The Future IS What It Used to BeCleopatra Records
2023Plein D'AmourDeko Entertainment

Live albums

YearAlbum Billboard 200 Canada (RPM) [7] Australia [5] Record Label
1972 Live at the Paramount 391755 RCA Victor
1984Together Again- Ready Records
Reunion- Quality Records
The Best of the Guess Who-Live!-Compleat Records
1998The Spirit Lives On – Greatest Hits Live-J-Bird Records
1999Down The Road - Live-
2001Running Back Thru Canada- ViK. Recordings
2004The Best of Running Back Thru Canada-
Extended Versions: The Encore Collection-SBME Special Products
2009In Concert-

Compilation albums

YearAlbum Billboard 200 Canada (RPM) [8] Certification
1969Super Golden Goodies (Canadian title)/The Guess Who (U.S. title)30
1970Sown & Grown in Canada-
1971Guess Who Plays the Guess Who-
The Best of The Guess Who 129
  • CAN: Platinum [9]
  • US: Gold [6]
1972Shakin' All Over(re-issue)-
The History of the Guess Who-
Wild One -
1973 The Best of The Guess Who Volume II 1868
1977The Greatest of the Guess Who173-
1988Track Record: The Guess Who Collection85
1992These Eyes-
1993At Their Best-
1997The Ultimate Collection-
1999Greatest Hits-
2001This Time Long Ago-
2003Platinum & Gold Collection-
Anthology -
2005Let's Go-
2006Bachman-Cummings Song Book-
2010 The Essential Guess Who ("Anthology" re-issue)-

Singles

Note that almost all of the band's early tracks, originally issued by "Chad Allan and the Reflections", "Bob Ashley and the Reflections" or "Chad Allan and the Original Reflections", were later re-issued on albums that were jointly credited to "Chad Allan & the Expressions"/"Guess Who?" (i.e. both group names appeared on the album cover).

YearTitleChart positionsCertificationAlbumB-Side
CanadaAustralia UK Singles Chart [11] U.S.
1962Chad Allan and the Reflections:
"Tribute to Buddy Holly" [upper-alpha 2]
(Geoff Goddard)
----Non-LP single"Back and Forth"
1963Chad Allan and the Reflections:
"Shy Guy"
(Chad Allan)
---- Shakin' All Over ”Baby’s Got a Brand New Beau”
Bob Ashley and the Reflections:
"Inside Out"
(Allan)
---- Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!) ”Made in England”
1964Chad Allan and the Original Reflections:
"Stop Teasing Me"
(Randy Bachman)
----Shakin' All Over /
Hey Ho, What You Do to Me
"Shot of Rhythm 'N Blues"
1965"Shakin' All Over"
(Johnny Kidd)
127-22Shakin' All Over"Till We Kissed"
"Tossin' and Turnin'"
(Richie Adams/Malou Rene)
3---"I Want You to Love Me"
"Hey Ho, What You Do to Me"
(Jo Armstead/Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson)
3--125Hey Ho, What You Do to Me"Goodnight, Goodnight"
1966"Hurting Each Other"
(Gary Geld/Peter Udell)
19---"Baby's Birthday"
"Believe Me"
(Bachman)
10--- It's Time "Baby Feelin'"
"Clock on the Wall"
(Bachman)
16---"One Day"
"And She's Mine"
(Bachman)
32---"All Right"
1967"His Girl"
(Johnny Cowell)
19-45-Non-LP singles,
later collected on
numerous compilations
"It's My Pride"
"Pretty Blue Eyes"
(Teddy Randazzo/Robert Wilding)
48---
"This Time Long Ago"
(Jerry Langley/Jimmy Stewart)
30---"There's No Getting Away From You"
"Flying on the Ground is Wrong"
(Neil Young)
36---"If You Don't Want Me"
1968"When Friends Fall Out"
(Bachman/Burton Cummings)
75--- American Woman (re-recording)"Guess Who Blues"
"Of a Dropping Pin"
(Bachman/Cummings)
97--- Canned Wheat (re-recording)"Mr. Nothin'"
1969"These Eyes"
(Bachman/Cummings)
7100-6 Wheatfield Soul "Lightfoot"
"Laughing"
(Bachman/Cummings)
1--10Canned Wheat"Undun"
"Undun"
(Bachman)
2173-22"Laughing" (A-Side)
"No Time"
(Bachman/Cummings)
143-5American Woman"Proper Stranger"
1970"American Woman"
(Bachman/Cummings/Garry Peterson/Jim Kale)
143191"No Sugar Tonight"
"No Sugar Tonight"
(Bachman)
1-191"American Woman" (A-Side)
"Hand Me Down World"
(Kurt Winter)
1065-17 Share the Land "Runnin' Down the Street"
"Share the Land"
(Cummings)
263-10"Bus Rider"
1971"Bus Rider"
(Winter)
-63--"Share the Land" (A-Side)
"Hang on to Your Life"
(Cummings/Winter)
5--43"Do You Miss Me Darlin'"
"Proper Stranger"
(Bachman/Cummings)
(Australian release only)
-85--American Woman"No Time" (A-Side)
"Albert Flasher"
(Cummings)
1328-29Non-LP single"Broken"
"Broken"
(Cummings/Winter)
15--55"Albert Flasher" (A-Side)
"Rain Dance"
(Cummings/Winter)
355-19 So Long, Bannatyne "One Divided"
"Sour Suite"
(Cummings)
12--50"Life in the Bloodstream"
1972"Life in the Bloodstream"
(Cummings/Winter)
39---"Sour Suite" (A-Side)
"Heartbroken Bopper"
(Cummings/Winter)
1283-47 Rockin' "Arrivederci Girl"
"Guns, Guns, Guns"
(Cummings)
58--70"Heaven Only Moved Once Yesterday"
"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"
(Cummings/Winter)
9--96 Live at the Paramount "New Mother Nature"
1973"Follow Your Daughter Home"
(Cummings/Donnie McDougall/Peterson/Bill Wallace/Winter)
20--61 Artificial Paradise "Bye Bye Babe"
"Orly"
(Cummings)
21---"The Watcher"
"Glamour Boy"
(Cummings)
14--- #10 "Lie Down"
1974"Star Baby"
(Cummings)
995-39 Road Food "Musicione"
"Clap for the Wolfman"
(Cummings/Wallace/Winter)
439-6"Road Food"
1975"Dancin' Fool"
(Cummings/Domenic Troiano)
1485-28 Flavours "Seems Like I Can't Live With You,
But I Can't Live Without You"
"Loves Me Like a Brother"
(Cummings/Troiano)
21---"Hoe Down Time"
"Seems Like I Can't Live With You,
But I Can't Live Without You"
(Cummings/Troiano)
81---"Dancin' Fool" (A-Side)
"Rosanne"
(Cummings/Troiano)
55--105 Power in the Music "Dreams"
"When the Band Was Singin' 'Shakin' All Over'"
(Cummings/Troiano)
---102"Women"
1976"Silver Bird"
(Bachman/Cummings)
63---The Way They Were"Runnin' Down the Street"
1979"Sweet Young Thing"
(Kale/Vince Masters/McDougall/Winter)
----Guess Who's Back/
(All This For A Song - U.S. Title)
"It's Getting Pretty Bad"
"C'mon Little Mama"
(Kale/Masters/McDougall/Winter)
----"Moon Wave Maker"
"Sharin' Love"
(McDougall)
----"Taxman"
1981"Magic"
(Kale/Dale Russell)
----Now and Not Then"All Over Now"
"Lovelite"
(Russell)
----"Straight Shootin' Man"
1984"Let's Watch The Sun Go Down"
(Kale)
----Together Again"These Eyes" (live version)

Music videos

YearVideo
1969"These Eyes"
"When You Touch Me"
"Laughing"
1970"No Time"
"American Woman"
"Share the Land"
"Hang On To Your Life"
1971"Albert Flasher"
1972"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"
2023"Pursuit of No Regret" [12]
2023"Across the Line" [13]

Notes

  1. The same album as Liberty, albeit with different artwork and track sequence.
  2. Early mispressed copies, though labelled "Tribute to Buddy Holly", played the track "I Just Didn't Have the Heart" on the A-side. Fewer than 100 copies of this mispressing are known to exist.

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