Wishbone Ash discography explained

Artist:	Wishbone Ash
Studio:	24
Live:	12
Compilation:	10
Tribute:	2
Singles:	20

This is the complete discography of the rock band Wishbone Ash. Over the years they have released 24 studio albums, 12 live albums, 10 compilation albums and 20 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Certifications
Year	Title	US ^[1]	UK ^[2]	GE ^[3]	AUS ^[4]	CAN	Certifications
1970	Wishbone Ash	style="text-align:center;"	-	29	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1971	Pilgrimage	174	14	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1972	Argus	169	3	-	49	style="text-align:center;"	-	BPI: Gold^[5]
1973	Wishbone Four	44	12	-	44	41	style="text-align:center;"	-
1974	There's the Rub	88	16	43	67	100	BPI: Silver
1976	Locked In	136	36	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1976	New England	154	22	35	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1977	Front Page News	166	31	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1978	No Smoke Without Fire	style="text-align:center;"	-	43	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1980	Just Testing	179	41	51	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1981	Number the Brave	style="text-align:center;"	-	61	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1982	Twin Barrels Burning	style="text-align:center;"	-	22	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1985	Raw to the Bone	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1987	Nouveau Calls	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1989	Here to Hear	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1991	Strange Affair	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1996	Illuminations	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1998	Trance Visionary (Electronic)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1998	Psychic Terrorism (Electronic)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1999	Bare Bones (Acoustic versions)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2002	Bona Fide	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2006	Clan Destiny	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2007	Power of Eternity	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2011	Elegant Stealth	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	-	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2014	Blue Horizon	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	74	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2020	Coat of Arms	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	22	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-

Other albums

Year	Title
2007	First Light
1999	Bare Bones

Live albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Certifications
Year	Title	US	UK	CAN ^[6]	Certifications
1972	Live from Memphis live 1972	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1973	Live Dates (Recorded in June 1973 (Croydon, Newcastle, Reading and Portsmouth))	82	style="text-align:center;"	-	86	BPI: Silver
1979	Live in Tokyo (Recorded live in Tokyo on 10 and 15 November 1978)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1980	Live Dates 2	style="text-align:center;"	-	40	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1981	Hot Ash (Recorded In England 1980)	192	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1991	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (Recorded for the BBC at the Paris Theatre 25 May 1972)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1992	The Ash Live in Chicago (Recorded by Metromobile on January 24 & 25 1992 at Easy Street, Gelnview, Chicago, Illinois)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1995	Live in Geneva (Recorded at the Rock Heroes Festival, Geneva, 1995)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1995	Mother of Pearl Live (recorded live at Liverpool Empire in 1976; track 1 from 1980)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1997	Wishbone Ash on Air (BBC Radio 1 and Old Grey Whistle Test recordings 1971, 1972, 1977)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1997	Live Timeline	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1998	Their Greatest Hits	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
1999	The King Will Come	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2000	Live Dates 3 (Recorded at Le Plan, Ris Orangis - Paris, France on October 22, 1999)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2002	Lost Cause in Paradise	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2002	Live in Bristol	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2003	Almighty Blues: London and Beyond	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2005	Live on XM Satellite Radio (Recorded on November 22, 2004)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2008	Live in Hamburg (Recorded Live in Hamburg, Germany on 23.01.2007)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2008	Argus "Then Again" Live (Recorded live on May 6, 2008, before a studio audience at the XM Satellite Radio Studios in Washington DC)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-
2009	40 Live in London (Recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, June 2009)	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-

Compilation albums

Year	Title
1977	Classic Ash
1977	The Original Wishbone Ash
1981	The Best of Wishbone Ash
1993	Time Was: The Wishbone Ash Collection
1994	The Very Best of Wishbone Ash: Blowin' Free
1997	The Best of Wishbone Ash
1997	Distillation
1999	Millennium Collection
2001	Blowin' Free: An Introduction to Wishbone Ash
2003	The Collection
2003	Warriors
2004	Backbones
2004	Lost Pearls
2005	Mystery Man
2008	Tough
2008	Tender
2010	Sometime World - An MCA Travelogue
2013	The Essential Collection

Singles

Year	Title	Album	B-Side
1971	"Blind Eye"	Wishbone Ash	"Queen of Torture"
1972	"No Easy Road"*	Wishbone Four	"Blowin' Free"
1973	"So Many Things to Say"	Wishbone Four	"Rock and Roll Widow"
1974	"Hometown"	There's the Rub	"Persephone"
1975	"Silver Shoes"	There's the Rub	"Persephone"
1976	"Outward Bound"	New England	"Lorelei"
1977	"Phoenix"	Non-album single	"Blowin' Free" / "Jail Bait"
	"Front Page News"	Front Page News	"Diamond Jack"
	"Goodbye Baby, Hello Friend"	Front Page News	"Come In from the Rain"
1978	"You See Red"	No Smoke Without Fire	"Bad Weather Blues" (live)
1979	"Come On"	Non-album single	"Fast Johnny"
1980	"Living Proof"	Just Testing	"Jail Bait" (live)
1980	"Helpless (Live)"	Live Dates 2	"Blowin' Free" (live)
1981	"Underground"	Number the Brave	"My Mind Is Made Up"
1981	"Get Ready"	Number the Brave	"Kicks on the Street"
1982	"Engine Overheat"	Twin Barrels Burning	"Genevieve"
1982	"No More Lonely Nights"	Twin Barrels Burning	"Streets of Shame"
1988	"In the Skin"	Nouveau Calls	"Tangible Evidence"
1989	"Cosmic Jazz"	Here to Hear	"T-Bone Shuffle"
2010	"Reason to Believe"	Elegant Stealth

Note: "No Easy Road" was rerecorded in 1973 for the "Wishbone Four" album. The original single, recorded in 1972, is a different version.

Tribute and cover albums

Year	Title
2000	Y2WA
2005	Wishbone Ish

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Wishbone Ash | Awards . AllMusic . 2014-02-01.
Web site: Every Hit . Everyhit.com . 2014-02-01.
Web site: Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts . 2025-01-06 . www.offiziellecharts.de.
Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 342.
Web site: Home . Bpi.co.uk . 2014-02-01.
Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - February 2, 1974.