Gilbert O'Sullivan discography explained

Artist:Gilbert O'Sullivan
Studio:20
Compilation:15
Ep:3
Singles:47

The following is a discography listing of Gilbert O'Sullivan's officially released works to date.

Albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
Album detailsChart positions
US
[1]
UK
[2]
NLD
[3]
NOR
[4]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
Himself
  • Released: August 1971
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-track
9531177
Back to Front
  • Released: 1972
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-track
4812122
I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter
  • Released: September 1973
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-track
101281522
A Stranger In My Own Back Yard
  • Released: October 1974
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-track
9
Southpaw
  • Released: November 1977
  • Formats: LP, CS,
Off Centre
  • Released: October 1980
  • Formats: LP
98
Life & Rhymes
  • Released: October 1982
  • Formats: LP
Frobisher Drive
  • Released: 1987
  • Formats: LP, CD
In the Key of G
  • Released: November 1989
  • Formats:
Sounds of the Loop
  • Released: November 1991
  • Formats:
By Larry
  • Released: April 1994
  • Formats:
Every Song Has Its Play
  • Released: May 1995
  • Formats:
Singer Sowing Machine
  • Released: November 1997
  • Formats:
Irlish
  • Released: October 2001
  • Formats:
Piano Foreplay
  • Released: 2003
  • Formats:
A Scruff at Heart
  • Released: March 2007
  • Formats:
Gilbertville
  • Released: 31 January 2011
  • Formats:
Latin ala G
  • Released: 8 June 2015
  • Formats:
Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • Released: 24 August 2018
  • Formats: CS
20
Driven
  • Released: 22 July 2022[7]
  • Formats: Blu-ray, CD, vinyl
26
Songbook
  • Released: 27 September 2024
  • Formats: CD, vinyl
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Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
Album detailsChart positions
UK
AUS
NOR
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1976
  • Formats: LP, CS
13
20 Golden Greats
  • Released: 1981
  • Formats: LP
98
The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • Released: October 1986
  • Formats: LP
19
Nothing But the Best
  • Released: 1991
  • Formats: CS
50
Rare Tracks
  • Released: April 1992
  • Formats:
The Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan: Live in Japan
  • Released: April 1995
  • Formats:
The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • Released: March 2004
  • Formats:
2032
The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs[8]
  • Released: 12 March 2012
  • Formats: CD, MP3

EPs

Release dateTitles
1972"Alone Again (Naturally)" / "Save It" / "No Matter How I Try" / "If I Don't Get You"
1972"Clair" / "What Could Be Nicer" / "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" / "But I'm Not"
1978"Christmas Song" / "Clair" / "Nothing Rhymed"

Singles

Release dateA-sideB-sideChart positions
UK
[9]
AUS
IRE
[10]
US
[11]
US AC
[12]
NLD
NZ
[13]
November 1967"Disappear""You"
April 1968"What Can I Do?""You"
May 1969"Mr. Moody's Garden""I Wish I Could Cry"
October 1970"Nothing Rhymed""Everybody Knows"8852114
February 1971"Underneath the Blanket Go""Doing the Best I Can"401
May 1971"Susan van Heusen""I Didn't Know What to Do"
June 1971"I Wish I Could Cry""Mr. Moody's Garden"20
July 1971"We Will""I Didn't Know What to Do"1623
November 1971"No Matter How I Try""If I Don't Get You (Back Again)"571310
February 1972"Alone Again (Naturally)""Save It"32211212
May 1972"Matrimony""January Git"4
May 1972"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day""But I'm Not"8141123
October 1972"Clair""What Could Be Nicer (Mum, the Kettle's Boiling)"11212142
January 1973"Out of the Question""Everybody Knows"172
March 1973"Get Down""A Very Extraordinary Sort of Girl"1617337
August 1973"Ooh, Baby""Good Company"18312252918
November 1973"Why, Oh Why, Oh Why""You Don't Have to Tell Me"650315
February 1974"Happiness Is Me and You""Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea"196546223
August 1974"A Woman's Place""Too Bad"42
November 1974"Christmas Song""To Cut a Long Story Short"125
January 1975"You Are You""Tell Me Why"5317
May 1975"I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You""That's a Fact"14957
August 1975"I'll Believe It When I See It""Just as You Are"521001611
October 1975"You Never Listen to Reason""Call on Me"
April 1976"Doing What I Know""I, of Course, Replied"
October 1976"To Each His Own""Can't Get You out of My Mind"10
November 1976"Matrimony""You Don't Have to Tell Me"26
May 1977"My Love and I""Call on Me"
July 1977"You Got Me Going""As Long as I Can"
February 1978"Miss My Love Today""Our Own Baby"
August 1980"What's in a Kiss?""Down, Down, Down"1927413
November 1980"I Love It But""Help Is on the Way"
January 1981"Hello, It's Goodbye""Break It to Me Gently"
March 1981"Can't Get Enough of You""Or So They Say"
April 1981"Why Pretend""Help Is on the Way"98
June 1982"A Minute of Your Time""In Other Words"
September 1982"Bear with Me""Don't Bother at All"
1989"Lost a Friend""You Better Run"
February 1990"So What""In a Nutshell"70
June 1990"At the Very Mention of Your Name""What You See Is What You Get"
October 1991"What A Way (To Show I Love You)""Lost A Friend"
May 1992"Tomorrow, Today""What's In A Kiss"
1992"Can't Think Straight" †"Sometimes" / "Divorce Irish Style"
August 1993"Anytime""Alone Again (naturally)"
November 1993"Are You Happy?""Nothing Rhymed" (live) / "Or So They Say" (live)
November 1995"Dear Dream""Dear Dream" (dance mix) / "Sometimes"
October 1998"Ain't No Telling (What Tomorrow Will Bring)""Doesn't It Make You Sick" / "Break a Leg"
May 2001"Taking A Chance On Love""Clair" / "Happiness Is Me And You"
July 2001"Say Goodbye""Sex Appeal" / "Clair"
June 2002"Two's Company (Three Is Allowed)""I Have a Coat to Keep Me Warm" / "There Are Others"
December 2002"Ooh, Baby""Ooh, Baby" (versions)
June 2007"Just So You Know"
July 2008"Never Say Di"
March 2013"Me Mum"
June 2015"Made in Love"
February 2016"No Way"

† Duet with Peggy Lee

Notes and References

  1. Gilbert O'Sullivan Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 24 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Gilbert O'Sullivan full Official Chart history. Official Charts Company. 1 September 2018.
  3. Web site: Discografie Gilbert O'Sullivan. dutchcharts.nl. nl. 24 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Discography Gilbert O'Sullivan. norwegiancharts.com. 24 December 2022.
  5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 227.

  6. Web site: Discografie Gilbert O'Sullivan. austriancharts.at. de. 24 December 2022.
  7. Web site: The next SDE-exclusive blu-ray is Gilbert O'Sullivan's new album, 'Driven' – SuperDeluxeEdition. 7 April 2022 .
  8. Web site: The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs - Gilbert O'Sullivan | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. AllMusic.
  9. Book: Roberts, David . 2006 . British Hit Singles & Albums . 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 1-904994-10-5 . 411.
  10. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement The Irish Singles Charts - Searchable Database
  11. Gilbert O'Sullivan Chart History: Hot 100. Billboard. 24 December 2022.
  12. Gilbert O'Sullivan Chart History: Adult Contemporary. Billboard. 24 December 2022.
  13. Web site: Discography Gilbert O'Sullivan. charts.nz. 24 December 2022.