Tommy Emmanuel discography

Tommy Emmanuel discography
Tommy Emmanuel discography
Studio albums	27
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	4
Singles	21

Last updated October 02, 2025

The discography of Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter Tommy Emmanuel consists of twenty-seven studio albums, six live albums, four compilation albums and twenty-one singles.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
Title	Album details	AUS ^[1]^[2]	NZ ^[3]	Certifications
From Out of Nowhere	Released: 1979 Label: Trafalgar Formats: Vinyl	—	—
Untitled (with Philippe Gabbay)	Released: 1981 Label: ABC Music Formats: Vinyl	—	—
Up from Down Under	Released: 1987 Label: Artful Balance Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette	48	—	ARIA: Platinum^[4]
Dare to Be Different	Released: July 1990 Label: Mega Formats: CD, cassette	13	39	ARIA: Gold^[1]
Determination	Released: October 1991 Label: Mega Formats: CD, cassette	17	—	ARIA: Platinum^[4]
The Journey	Released: September 1993 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette	5	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[5]
Terra Firma (with Phil Emmanuel)	Released: March 1995 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette	12	—
Classical Gas (with Australian Philharmonic Orchestra)	Released: November 1995 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette	6	—	ARIA: Gold^[4]
Can't Get Enough	Released: October 1996 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette	26	—
The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World (with Chet Atkins)	Released: March 1997 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette	—	—
Collaboration	Released: October 1998 Label: Sony Music Australia Formats: CD, cassette	51	—
Only	Released: August 2000 Label: Favored Nations Formats: CD, cassette	53	—
Chet Lag(with Jim Nichols)	Released: 2000 Label: Adalt Formats: CD	—	—
Endless Road	Released: May 2004 Label: Favored Nations Formats: CD, cassette	155	—
The Mystery	Released: 19 June 2006^[6] Label: Favored Nations Formats: CD, cassette	—	—
Happy Hour(with Jim Nichols)	Released: October 2006 Label: Original Works Formats: CD, cassette	—	—
Just Between Frets(with Frank Vignola)	Released: 3 November 2009 Label: Solid Air Formats: CD	—	—
Little by Little	Released: November 2010 Label: Sony Music Australia Formats: CD, digital download	—	—
All I Want for Christmas	Released: 28 October 2011 Label: Favored Nations Formats: CD, DD	119	—
The Colonel & the Governor (with Martin Taylor)	Released: February 2013 Label: Mesa/Bluemoon Formats: CD, DD	—	—
The Guitar Mastery of Tommy Emmanuel	Released: 2014 Label: Favored Nations Formats: CD, DD	—	—
Dov'è andata la musica (with Dodi Battaglia)	Released: 7 April 2015^[7] Label: Più in Alto Formats: CD, DD	—	—
Just Passing Through (with Ian Cooper and Ian Date)	Released: 23 June 2015^[8] Label: CGP Sounds Formats: CD, DD	—	—
It's Never Too Late	Released: 7 August 2015 Label: Sony Music Australia Formats: CD, DD	31	—
Christmas Memories	Released: 28 October 2016 Label: Sony Music Australia Formats: CD, DD	—	—
Pickin'(with David Grisman)	Released: 3 November 2017 Label: Acoustic Disc Formats: DD	—	—
Accomplice One	Released: 19 January 2018 Label: CGP Sounds / Sony Music Australia Formats: CD, DD	—	—
Heart Songs (with John Knowles)	Released: 11 January 2019^[9] Label: CGP Sounds / Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, DD, streaming	—	—
Accomplice Two	Released: 28 April 2023 Label: CGP Sounds / Sony Music Australia Formats: CD, digital	—	—
Living in the Light	Released: 10 October 2025^[10] Label: Formats: CD, digital	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS ^[1]
Live One	Released: September 2005 Label: Original Works Formats: CD	—
Center Stage	Released: April 2008 Label: Favored Nation / ABC Music Formats: 2×CD + DVD	34 ^°
Live and Solo in Pensacola, Florida	Released: 20 September 2013^[11] Label: CGP Sounds Formats: CD, DD	—
Live at the Ryman	Released: 17 May 2017^[12] Label: CGP Sounds / Sony Music Australia Formats: CD, DD	—
Live! Christmas Time	Released: 4 December 2020^[13] Label: CGP Sounds Formats: DD	—
Live from the Balboa Theatre	Released: 12 February 2021^[14] Label: CGP Sounds Formats: DD	—
Live at the Sydney Opera House	Released: 21 March 2025^[15] Label: Tommy Emmanuel (8721253213260) Formats:	—

Notes

° Australian Music DVD Chart.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS ^[1]
Initiation	Released: December 1992 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette	—
The Very Best of Tommy Emmanuel	Released: August 2001 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, cassette	22
The Essential Tommy Emmanuel	Released: 15 October 2010^[16] Label: Sony Music Australia Formats: CD, DD	—
The Best of Tommysongs	Released: 8 May 2020^[17] Label: GCP Formats: DD, streaming	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Box sets

List of box sets
Title	Album details
The Journey & Terra Firma	Released: 1996 Label: Columbia Formats: 2×CD
Two Originals (The Journey & Classical Gas)	Released: 2003 Label: Columbia Formats: 2×CD
The Great Tommy Emmanuel	Released: 2004 Label: Rajon Music Group Formats: 3×CD

Extended plays

List of EPs
Title	EP details
Accomplice Series, Vol. 1 (with Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley)	Released: 7 May 2021 Label: CGP Formats: DD
Accomplice Series, Vol. 2 (with Richard Smith)	Released: September 2021 Label: CGP Formats: DD
Accomplice Series, Vol. 3 (with Mike Dawes)	Released: 23 September 2022 Label: CGP Formats: DD

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	AUS ^[1]	Album
"Up from Down Under"	1988	—	Up from Down Under
"Guitar Concierto de Aranjuez"	1989	138	Dare to Be Different
"Guitar Boogie"	1990	111
"Heart Grows Fonder"	1990	—
"Determination"	1991	151	Determination
"Stevie's Blues"	1991	93	Determination
"The Journey"	1993	29	The Journey
"Villa Anita"		104
"Initiation"		—
"Big Brother"	1994	—
"Since We Met"	1994	125	The Journey (re-release)
"(Back on the) Terra Firma" (with Phil Emmanuel)	1995	44	Terra Firma
"Love Gone West" (with Phil Emmanuel)		—	Terra Firma
"Classical Gas" (with Australian Philharmonic Orchestra)		44	Classical Gas
"No More Goodbyes"	1997	134	Can't Get Enough
"After the Love Has Gone" (with CDB)	1998	74	Collaboration
"When a Child Is Born"^[18] (with Damien Leith)	2011	—	Non-album single
"One Christmas Night"	2012	—	All I Want for Christmas
"Bam!"^[19] (Glenn Proudfoot with Tommy Emmanuel)	2014	—	Non-album singles
"Here with Me"^[20] (Pam Rose with Tommy Emmanuel)	2017	—	Non-album singles
"Djangology"^[21]	2018	—	Accomplice One
"Imagine"^[22]	2020	—	Non-album single
"Somebody That I Used to Know" (with Mike Dawes) ^[23]	2021	—	Accomplice Series, Vol 3
"Serenade to Summertime" (with Richard Smith)	2021	—	Accomplice Series, Vol 2
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" (with Mike Dawes)^[24]	2022	—	Accomplice Series, Vol 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Other singles

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions
Title	Year	AUS ^[25]
"The Garden" (as Australia Too)	1985	22
"Legends of the Southern Land" (Swanee, John St Peeters, Marty Rhone and Ray Burgess featuring Tommy Emmanuel)^[26]	2013	—

References

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- Top 50: "Discography Tommy Emmanuel". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- All ARIA: "Tommy Emmanuel ARIA Chart History June 1988 to June 2025". ARIA. Retrieved 29 June 2025– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
↑ "Discography Tommy Emmanuel". charts.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
1 2 3 "Tommy Emmanuel". Country Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
↑ "Tommy Emmanuel Does Double Duty on "Hellos and Goodbyes" — Video". Guitar World. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
↑ "ARIA Report Issue 850" (PDF). ARIA. 20 July 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-07-19. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
↑ "Dov'è andata la musica". iTunes Australia. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "Just Passing Through". iTunes Australia. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "Heart Songs". iTunes Australia. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
↑ "Tommy Emmanuel to Release Living in the Light Album in October". noise11. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
↑ "Live And Solo In Pensacola, Florida". iTunes Australia. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "Live at the Ryman". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "Live Christmas Time". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
↑ "Live from the Balboa Theatre". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
↑ "Tommy Emmanuel Announces New Album 'Live at the Sydney Opera House'". Rock and Blues Muse. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
↑ "Essential 3.0, The". JB HiFi. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "The Best of Tommysongs". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
↑ "When a Child is Born". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "Bam". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "Here with Me". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "New Music Releases for 5 January 2018". Noise11. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
↑ "Imagine - single". Apple Music. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
↑ "Somebody That I Used to Know - single". Apple Music. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
↑ "Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes' thrilling acoustic cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit". Guitar World. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 22. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
↑ "Legends of the Southern Land (Radio Edit) - Single". Apple Music. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

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[auscharts-1] 1 2 3 4 5
Top 50: "Discography Tommy Emmanuel". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
All ARIA: "Tommy Emmanuel ARIA Chart History June 1988 to June 2025". ARIA. Retrieved 29 June 2025– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

[mwA7o] Top 50: "Discography Tommy Emmanuel". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[mwA8I] All ARIA: "Tommy Emmanuel ARIA Chart History June 1988 to June 2025". ARIA. Retrieved 29 June 2025– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

[aus-chart_1988+_(50-100)-2] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

[nzcharts-3] "Discography Tommy Emmanuel". charts.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[CMHoF-4] 1 2 3 "Tommy Emmanuel". Country Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[5] "Tommy Emmanuel Does Double Duty on "Hellos and Goodbyes" — Video". Guitar World. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[6] "ARIA Report Issue 850" (PDF). ARIA. 20 July 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-07-19. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[7] "Dov'è andata la musica". iTunes Australia. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[8] "Just Passing Through". iTunes Australia. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[9] "Heart Songs". iTunes Australia. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[10] "Tommy Emmanuel to Release Living in the Light Album in October". noise11. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.

[11] "Live And Solo In Pensacola, Florida". iTunes Australia. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[12] "Live at the Ryman". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[13] "Live Christmas Time". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[14] "Live from the Balboa Theatre". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[15] "Tommy Emmanuel Announces New Album 'Live at the Sydney Opera House'". Rock and Blues Muse. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[16] "Essential 3.0, The". JB HiFi. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[17] "The Best of Tommysongs". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[18] "When a Child is Born". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[19] "Bam". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[20] "Here with Me". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[21] "New Music Releases for 5 January 2018". Noise11. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[22] "Imagine - single". Apple Music. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[23] "Somebody That I Used to Know - single". Apple Music. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[24] "Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes' thrilling acoustic cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit". Guitar World. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[25] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 22. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.

[26] "Legends of the Southern Land (Radio Edit) - Single". Apple Music. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

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v t e Tommy Emmanuel
Studio albums	From Out of Nowhere Up from Down Under Dare to Be Different Determination The Journey Terra Firma (with Phil Emmanuel) Classical Gas Can't Get Enough The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World (with Chet Atkins) Collaboration Only Endless Road The Mystery Little by Little It's Never Too Late
Live albums	Live One Centre Stage
Compilations	The Very Best of Tommy Emmanuel
Singles	"Guitar Concierto de Aranjuez" "Stevie's Blues" "The Journey" "Classical Gas" "After the Love Has Gone"
Related articles	Discography