Vangelis discography

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Vangelis (b. 29 March 1943, d. 17 May 2022) was a Greek musician, composer, and producer. He began his music career in the 1960s with the Greek progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child and in the 1970s began composing electronic music. He gained wide mainstream popularity after composing soundtracks to film Chariots of Fire (1981) and Blade Runner (1982). [1] His solo career discography consists of 23 studio albums, 26 compilation albums, 12 soundtrack albums, and roughly 29 singles. The majority of his film, documentary, theatre, and ballet & dance scores weren't released or officially released. He also collaborated with Jon Anderson and as a duo Jon and Vangelis released 4 studio albums, 2 compilations, and 13 singles, and with Irene Papas released two studio albums.

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His solo studio album Heaven and Hell (1975) was his UK chart debut (#31), while Albedo 0.39 (1976) his first Top 20 album. His best selling studio albums are China (1979) certified Silver for selling over 60,000 copies by BPI, Voices (1995) selling almost 300,000 certified copies in Germany and Austria, and Mythodea (2001) certified Platinum in Greece and Silver in Portugal. His compilation albums also had good sales, with Themes (1989) selling over 445,000 copies, Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear) (1996) selling over a million copies in Europe, and Odyssey: The Definitive Collection (2003) over 110,000 copies. His best selling soundtracks are Opéra sauvage (1979) which reached #42 in the Billboard 200 and stayed in the charts for 39 weeks, Chariots of Fire (1981) which topped the Billboard 200 for 4 weeks and sold 2 million copies worldwide, Blade Runner (1994) sold over 250,000 copies, 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) topped the charts in Europe and sold 3 million copies worldwide, and Alexander (2004) certified Platinum in Hungary.

His solo single "Chariots of Fire" in 1982 topped the Billboard Hot 100, "Conquest of Paradise" (1992) topped the charts in Europe and sold over 1.6 million copies, and "Anthem" theme music for 2002 FIFA World Cup reached Top 5 in Japan and was certified Platinum by RIAJ.

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUT
FRA
GER
ITA
NLD
[2]
SWE
SWI
[3]
UK
[4]
US
1972 Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit (lit. "Make Your Dream Last Longer Than the Night")
1973 Earth
  • Released: October 1973
  • Label: Vertigo, # 6499 693 (LP)
  • Format: CD in 1996
1975 Heaven and Hell 31204
1976 Albedo 0.39 18
1977 Spiral
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: RCA #3022 (LP)
  • Format: CD, LP album
38
1978 Beaubourg
1979 China
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Polydor (LP) POLD 5018(CS) 813653-4
  • Format: CD, LP album
31
1980 See You Later
1984 Soil Festivities 4555
1985 Mask 69
1985 Invisible Connections
1988 Direct 33
1990 The City 82
1995 Voices 62436503158
1996 Oceanic 222987986037
1998 El Greco 6674159
2001 Mythodea: Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey 463975
2016 Rosetta
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Decca
  • Format: CD, LP
58
[5]
31
[6]
5530
[7]
332940
2019 Nocturne: The Piano Album
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Decca
  • Format: CD, LP
14111633
2021 Juno to Jupiter
  • Released: 2021
  • Label: Decca
  • Format: CD, LP
3121
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

Unofficial albums

Strictly not bootleg recordings as they appeared on a label, but they were released without Vangelis' permission and were later withdrawn from the market.

Soundtracks

Limited release albums

Collaboration albums

Compilation albums

Singles and EPs

YearTitlePeak chart positions [8] Album
UK
[4]
NLD
[9]
JPN
[10]
1970"Djemilla" [upper-alpha 2] Sex Power - soundtrack
1973"Come On" [upper-alpha 3] Earth
1976"Pulstar" Albedo 0.39
"Thème D'Amour" [upper-alpha 4] La Fête sauvage
1977"Ignacio - Part I" [upper-alpha 5] Ignacio
"To the Unknown Man"38 Spiral
"Dervish D" [upper-alpha 6]
1979"The Long March" China
"The Tao of Love" [upper-alpha 7]
"Hymne" [upper-alpha 8] Opéra sauvage
"L'Enfant" [upper-alpha 9]
1980"Don't Be Foolish" See You Later
"My Love"
1981"Not a Bit - All of It" [upper-alpha 10]
"Chariots of Fire - Titles" [upper-alpha 11] 121755 Chariots of Fire
"Heaven and Hell: 3rd Movement" [upper-alpha 12] 48 Heaven And Hell
1982"Blade Runner - End Title" Blade Runner
1983"Theme from Antarctica" [upper-alpha 13] 66 Antarctica
1988"The Will of the Wind" Direct
1989"Missing" [upper-alpha 14] Themes
1992"Conquest of Paradise" [upper-alpha 15] 601 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1993"Twenty Eighth Parallel" [upper-alpha 16]
1995"Voices" Voices
1996"Ask the Mountains"77
"Sauvage et Beau" Portraits
"Song of the Seas" Oceanic
1997"March with Me" [upper-alpha 17]
2001"Mythodea"
2002"Anthem - 2002 FIFA World Cup Official Anthem"985
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles released under pseudonyms

Other work

Notes

  1. 1 2 Vangelis' brother, Niko Papathanassiou, performs on these albums
  2. released in France
  3. released in France
  4. released in France
  5. released in France
  6. released in France
  7. released in Australia
  8. released in Netherlands
  9. released in France
  10. released in Spain
  11. Hit # 1 US Billboard charts and #4 in Canada [11]
  12. "Theme from the TV series Cosmos"
  13. released in Japan
  14. released in Germany and Netherlands
  15. Dutch chart entry in March 1995
  16. released in France and Germany
  17. with Montserrat Caballe

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