Richard Marx discography explained

Artist:Richard Marx
Studio:13
Compilation:13
Live:3
Singles:92
Video:1
Music Videos:31
Ep:3
Option:3
Option Name:Lyric videos
1Option:5
1Option Name:Promotional albums
2Option:2
2Option Name:Unofficial albums

The following is a discography for American singer-songwriter and record producer and arranger, Richard Marx. It includes the list of 12 studio albums (plus a Holiday album Christmas Spirit), 13 compilation albums, 3 live albums and 91 single releases, and along with chart rankings for each album and single and RIAA (and International) certifications for the albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
GER
[3]
JPN
[4]
NL
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
Richard Marx 87453468

3× Platinum[11]

Gold[12]

Repeat Offender
  • Released: April 26, 1989
  • Label: EMI Manhattan
  • Format: CD, LP, CS
1193218310778
  • US: 4× Platinum
  • AUS: 2× Platinum[13]
Rush Street
  • Released: October 28, 1991
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, LP, CS
3511332969311227177
  • US: Platinum
  • AUS: Platinum[14]
Paid Vacation
  • Released: January 31, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS
37218157096711
  • US: Platinum
  • JPN

Gold[15]

Flesh and Bone
  • Released: April 8, 1997
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS
7052165824
Days in Avalon
  • Released: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Signal 21 Records
  • Format: CD, digital download

[A]
My Own Best Enemy
  • Released: August 10, 2004
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Format: CD, digital download
126213
Emotional Remains
  • Released: October 31, 2008
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Sundown
  • Released: October 31, 2008
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Christmas Spirit
  • Released: October 22, 2012
  • Label: Zanzibar Records, TourDForce
  • Format: CD, digital download
181
[B]
Beautiful Goodbye
  • Released: July 8, 2014
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
39
[C]
Limitless
  • Released: February 7, 2020[16]
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD, digital download
779164
Songwriter
  • Released: September 30, 2022
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD, digital download
9568
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Notes

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
AUS
NZ
NOR
SWE
UK
Ballads
  • Released: August 10, 1994
  • Label: Toshiba EMI
  • Format: CD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 4, 1997
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
1401821334

Gold

The Best of Richard Marx
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
The Essential Richard Marx
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • Format: CD
Timeline
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Signal 21 Records
  • Format: CD
Duo
  • with Matt Scannell
  • Released: May 12, 2008
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Stories to Tell
  • Released: March 2010/November 2010/May 2011
  • Label: Zanzibar Records/ Wrasse Records/ TourDForce
  • Format: CD, digital download

[D]
Hits & Ballads
  • Released: April 2, 2010
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: 2×CD
Inside My Head
Seven & Seven
  • Released: December 6, 2012
  • Label: Zanzibar Records/TourDForce
  • Format: CD
Now and Forever: The Ballads
  • Released: February 19, 2014
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
The Ultimate Collection 17
Stories to Tell: Greatest Hits and More
  • Released: July 2, 2021
  • Label: TourdForce, BMG
  • Format: CD, DD, streaming
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Notes

Promotional albums

TitleAlbum details
Marx
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
Greatest Hits
His Songs, Your Life
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006
  • Released: July 7, 2008
  • Label: Koch
  • Format: CD
Duo Live
  • Released: October 2010
  • Label: Zanzibar
  • Format: CD
A Night Out with Friends
  • Released: June 19, 2012
  • Label: Zanzibar
  • Format: CD

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Channel V at the Hard Rock Live
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Live Acoustic
  • Released: November 30, 2004
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Format: Digital download
The Christmas EP
  • Released: November 1, 2011
  • Label: Zanzibar Records/TourDForce
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Vault Vol. 1
  • Released: November 22, 2021
  • Label: Richard Marx Inc
  • Formats: Vinyl

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[19]
US AC/Rock
[!]
AUS
CAN
[20]
GER
[21]
IRE
[22]
NL
NZ
SWE
UK
1987"Don't Mean Nothing" [E]31878Richard Marx
"Should've Known Better" [F]379950
"Lonely Heart"[23]
1988"Endless Summer Nights"2216462421350
"Hold On to the Nights"1370660
"Have Mercy" [E]17
1989"Satisfied" [E]15202422552Repeat Offender
"Right Here Waiting"11111214172
"Angelia"423212313181645
"Nothing You Can Do About It" [E]12
1990"Too Late to Say Goodbye" [E]121799853187638
"Children of the Night"13612065854
1991"Hard to Believe"
(with Kevin Cronin, Bill Champlin, and David Crosby)
Non-album single
"Keep Coming Back"1213435240323755Rush Street
1992"Hazard"911342260763
"Take This Heart"204114214813
"Chains Around My Heart"449591729
"Can't Help Falling in Love"
"Playing with Fire"
1994"Now and Forever"711665418211113Paid Vacation
"Silent Scream"177932
"The Way She Loves Me" 203738
1995"Nothing Left Behind Us"741110
"Haunt Me Tonight" (with Bruce Gaitsch)A Lyre in a Windstorm
1996"Chaque Jour De Ta Vie" (with Roch Voisine)Kissing Rain/Flesh and Bone
"Heart of My Own"One Voice: The Songs of Chage & Aska
1997"Until I Find You Again"423321597Flesh and Bone
"Touch of Heaven"
"Every Day of Your Life" (duet with Ryo Aska)
"Surrender to Me" (duet with Lara Fabian)
"At the Beginning" (with Donna Lewis)[G]452647770Anastasia (soundtrack)
1998"Slipping Away"Greatest Hits
"Thanks to You"
"Angel's Lullaby"
2000"Days in Avalon"25Days in Avalon
2001"Straight from My Heart"
2004"When You're Gone" [H]20My Own Best Enemy
2005"Nothing Left to Say"
"Ready to Fly" [I]22
2007"From the Inside"Emotional Remains
2010"Everybody"Stories to Tell
2011"When You Loved Me"16
"When Love Is All You've Got" (with George Canyon)Better Be Home Soon
"Christmas Spirit"15The Christmas EP/Christmas Spirit
2012"Wouldn't Let Me Love You"Inside My Head
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (with Sara Niemietz)Christmas Spirit
"Little Drummer Boy"7
"Christmas Mornings"
"O Holy Night"19
2013"Just Go"Beautiful Goodbye/Songwriter
"All Through the Night" (with Heart)1645Heart Christmas Single 2013
2014"Turn Off the Night"Beautiful Goodbye
"Whatever We Started"29
"Beautiful Goodbye"
"All You Need Is Love"
with Dave Koz, Eric Benet, Johnny Mathis, Heather Headley, Jonathan Butler, Maysa, BeBe Winans, Gloria Estefan, & Stevie Wonder[J]
The 25th of December
2016"Last Thing I Wanted"The Ultimate Collection/Limitless
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"Christmas Spirit
2018"Dance with My Father"Non-album single
2019"Another One Down"14Limitless
"Let Go"
"Happy New Year, Old Friend"Christmas Spirit re-release
2020"Front Row Seat"Limitless
"Limitless"
"Holiday"Christmas Spirit re-release
2022"Same Heartbreak, Different Day"15Songwriter
"One Day Longer"
"Shame on You"
2023"Believe In Me"
"Days To Remember"Non-album single

Notes

Music videos

YearSongDirector
1987"Don't Mean Nothing"Dominic Sena
1987"Should've Known Better"Dominic Sena
1988"Endless Summer Nights"Greg Gold
1988"Hold On to the Nights"Dominic Sena
1989"Satisfied"Dominic Sena
1989"Right Here Waiting"Jim Yukich
1989"Angelia"Michael Bay
1990"Too Late to Say Goodbye"Jim Yukich
1990"Children of the Night"Greg Gold
1991"Keep Coming Back"Peter Care
1992"Hazard"Michael Haussman
1992"Take This Heart"Jim Yukich
1992"Chains Around My Heart"Peter Nydrle
1994"Now and Forever"Mark Lindquist
1994"Silent Scream"Kiefer Sutherland
1994"The Way She Loves Me"Jim Yukich
1995"Beautiful"
1997"Until I Find You Again"Karen Bellone
1997"Every Day of Your Life"
1998"Slipping Away"Bill Ward
1998"Thanks to You"Bill Ward
1998"Angel's Lullaby"Bill Ward
1998"At the Beginning"
2004"When You're Gone"Brent Hedgecock
2005"Ready to Fly"Brent Hedgecock
2011"When Love Is All You've Got"
2012"Wouldn't Let Me Love You"
2012"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
2012"Little Drummer Boy"
2012"Christmas Mornings"
2012"Christmas Spirit"Richard Marx
2014"Whatever We Started"Deborah Anderson
2014"Beautiful Goodbye"Scott Brasher
2019"Another One Down"Nick Spanos
2020"Front Row Seat"Nick Spanos
2022"Shame On You"Aiyana Lapeyrolerie
2024"Days To Remember"

Official YouTube lyric videos

YearSong
2011"When You Loved Me"
2011"Christmas Spirit"
2012"Wouldn't Let Me Love You"
2013"Just Go"
2022"Same Heartbreak, Different Day"
2022"One Day Longer"
2022"Shame On You"
2024"Days To Remember"

Notes and References

  1. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=richard marx|chart=Billboard 200}} Richard Marx – Chart History: Billboard 200]. Billboard. September 16, 2011.
  2. Australian chart peaks:

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. Illustrated. 194. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Australian Music Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 12, 1988.

  3. Web site: Discographie von Richard Marx. GfK Entertainment. February 13, 2020.
  4. Web site: ORICON STYLE > リチャード・マークスのCDアルバムランキング. Oricon Style: Richard Marx on the Oricon Albums Chart. German. September 16, 2011.
  5. Web site: dutchcharts.nl > Richard Marx in Dutch Charts. Dutch. Hung Medien. October 15, 2019.
  6. Web site: charts.nz > Richard Marx in New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. October 15, 2019.
  7. Web site: norwegiancharts.com > Richard Marx in Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. October 15, 2019.
  8. Web site: swedishcharts.com > Richard Marx in Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. October 15, 2019.
  9. Web site: Suche nach (Album): Interpret: Richard Marx. Hung Medien. hitparade.ch. German. September 16, 2011.
  10. Richard Marx in UK Charts:
    • Top 100 peaks: Web site: Official Charts > Richard Marx. Official Charts Company. October 15, 2019. N.B. This site displays compressed chart (exclusion rules applied) peaks between positions 76 and 100.
    • Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: Web site: Chart Log UK > Every UK Entry 1994–2010 > "M". zobbel.de. October 15, 2019. N.B. This site displays uncompressed chart (no exclusions) peaks between positions 76 and 200, for the period between November 1994 and May 2001. Some peaks within this range will therefore differ to those listed on the Official Charts site.
  11. Web site: Gold and Platinum – Search results. Recording Industry Association of America. September 16, 2011.
  12. Web site: 1988 ARIA Albums Chart. ARIA. October 15, 2019. N.B. This page is missing some certifications.
  13. Web site: 1989 ARIA Albums Chart. ARIA. October 15, 2019. N.B. This page is missing some certifications.
  14. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 178.
  15. Web site: RIAJ > The Record > September 1994 > Page 5 > Certified Awards (July 1994). . Japanese . July 10, 2013.
  16. Web site: New Richard Marx album will be right here waiting for you on February 7. ABC News Radio. October 16, 2019.
  17. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=richard marx|chart=Independent Albums}} Richard Marx – Chart History: Independent Albums]. Billboard. December 18, 2012.
  18. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=richard marx|chart=Holiday Albums}} Richard Marx – Chart History: Holiday Albums]. Billboard. December 18, 2012.
  19. Richard Marx's singles on Billboard charts:
  20. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=richard+marx&ChartEn=Top+Singles& Canada Top Singles peaks
  21. Web site: charts.de – Song Suche > Richard Marx "" Mehr Treffer anzeigen. https://web.archive.org/web/20150107131850/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=richard+marx&x=0&y=0&cat=s&country=de. dead. January 7, 2015. . German. September 16, 2011.
  22. Web site: The Irish Charts – Search the charts: Richard Marx. Irish Recorded Music Association. September 16, 2011.
  23. Web site: Richard Marx – Lonely Heart (Vinyl) at Discogs. discogs. December 9, 2011.