This is a discography of works by Pat Metheny.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||
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| UK [1] [2] | US | US Jazz | FRA [3] | GER [4] | JPN [5] [6] | SWI [7] | NLD [8] | BEL (FL) [9] | BEL (WA) [10] | POL | ||||||||||
| Bright Size Life |
| — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Watercolors |
| — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| New Chautauqua |
| — | 44 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 80/81 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Secret Story | — | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Zero Tolerance for Silence |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| One Quiet Night |
| 146 | 167 | 1 | 119 | 74 | 77 | — | — | — | — | 7 | ||||||||
| Orchestrion | 176 | 114 | 3 | 77 | 64 | 77 | 83 | 45 | 90 | 81 | 19 |
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| What's It All About |
| 164 | 125 | 1 | 153 | 53 | 48 | 80 | — | — | 81 | 11 |
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| From This Place |
| 90 | 92 [18] | — | — | 11 | 30 | 12 | 32 | 124 | 61 | 11 | ||||||||
| Road to the Sun |
| — | — | — | — | 10 | — | 17 | — | 184 | — | 21 | ||||||||
| Dream Box |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| MoonDial |
| — | — | — | — | 54 | — | 48 | — | 177 | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||||||||
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| US Jazz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flower Hour |
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| The Orchestrion Project |
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hommage à Eberhard Weber |
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| The Unity Sessions |
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| Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||||||||
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| US Cont Jazz | GER | US | NLD | |||||||||||||||||
| The Falcon and the Snowman |
| — | 44 | 54 | 46 | |||||||||||||||
| Passaggio per il paradiso |
| — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| A Map of the World |
| 7 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Works |
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| Works II |
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| Selected Recordings: rarum IX |
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| Essential Collection Last Train Home |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||
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| UK [22] | FRA [23] | JPN [24] | US [25] [26] | GER [27] | SWE [28] | ITA [29] | POL [30] [31] | NLD | ||||||||||||
| Pat Metheny Group |
| — | — | — | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| American Garage |
| — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Offramp |
| — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Travels (live) |
| — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| First Circle |
| — | — | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Still Life (Talking) |
| — | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Letter from Home |
| — | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Road to You (live) |
| — | — | — | 170 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| We Live Here |
| 102 | — | 45 | 83 | — | 23 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Quartet |
| 121 | — | 70 | 187 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Imaginary Day | 104 | — | 51 | 124 | 59 | — | — | — | — |
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| Speaking of Now |
| 134 | 72 | 45 | 101 | 24 | 51 | 9 | 2 | — |
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| The Way Up |
| 117 | 61 | 34 | 99 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 68 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| US Top Jazz | |||
| Trio 99 → 00 |
| 2 | |
| Trio → Live |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||||||||
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| US Jazz | JPN | FRA | NLD | ITA | GER | POL | ||||||||||||||
| Metheny Mehldau |
| 3 | 44 | 60 | 96 | 10 | 98 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Metheny Mehldau Quartet |
| 2 | 75 | 124 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||
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| US | US Jazz | SWE [49] | POL | |||||||||||||||||
| 50 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
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| 181 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) with Charlie Haden |
| — | 1 | 42 | — |
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| Jim Hall & Pat Metheny with Jim Hall | — | 2 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | 1 |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||||||||
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| US | US Jazz | US Cont Jazz | JPN | UK | FRA | ITA | GER | POL | ||||||||||||
| Rejoicing with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins |
| 116 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Question and Answer with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes |
| 154 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Day Trip with Antonio Sánchez and Christian McBride |
| — | — | 1 | 45 | 197 | 73 | 18 | 68 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Tokyo Day Trip with Antonio Sánchez and Christian McBride |
| — | — | 6 | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
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| The Sign of 4 with Derek Bailey, Gregg Bendian, and Paul Wertico |
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| All The Things You Are with The Heath Brothers, Gary Burton, Ahmad Jamal, and Trio Hum |
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| Move to the Groove with The Heath Brothers, Ralph Towner, and Charlie Haden |
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| A Sassy Samba with The Heath Brothers |
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| Parallel Universe with The Heath Brothers |
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| Luminescence: Kool Jazz At Midem with The Heath Brothers, Dave Brubeck, Bill Smith, and B.B. King Orchestra |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||||||||
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| US Jazz [56] | US Top Jazz [57] [58] | JPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ring (Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber) |
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| Dreams So Real - Music of Carla Bley (Gary Burton Quintet) |
| 25 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Passengers (Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber) |
| 25 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Like Minds with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, and Roy Haynes |
| — | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Quartet Live with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, and Antonio Sánchez |
| — | 4 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| As sideman | Year | Album | |
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| "Prato Feito" ("Today's Special"), "Manuel o Audaz" ("Manuel The Brave") | 1980 | Toninho Horta - Toninho Horta | |
| "Mutação" ("Mutation") | 1981 | Celia Vaz - Mutação | |
| "That Summer Something" | Ross-Levine Band - That Summer something | ||
| n/a (guest soloist) | 1983 | Jerry Goldsmith - Under Fire - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| "Vidro e Corte" ("Glass and Cut") | 1985 | Milton Nascimento - Encontros e Despedidas | |
| "Verano en Nueva Inglaterra", "23" | Pedro Aznar - Contemplación | ||
| "Overtue Go Down Moses", "Song of Moses" | 1986 | Bob Moses - The Story of Moses | |
| "Terra Azul" ("Blue Earth") | 1988 | Ricardo Silveira - Long Distance | |
| "Summertime" | Mark Ledford - Miles 2 Go | ||
| "Moonstone" | 1989 | Toninho Horta - Moonstone | |
| "Depois da Paixão" ("After the Passion") | Túlio Mourão - Teia de Renda | ||
| "O Fundo" ("The Background") | Leila Pinheiro - Olho Nu | ||
| "It's for You", "How Beautiful", "Watching You" | Akiko Yano - Welcome Back | ||
| "Tell Me Where You're Going" | 1990 | Silje Nergaard - Tell Me Where You're Goin | |
| "Liko Liko (Good Girl)", "Ai Wa Tacusan (Lots of Love)", "Love Life" | 1991 | Akiko Yano - Love Life | |
| "Let Joy and Innocence Prevail" | 1992 | Toys: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| "Third Stone from the Sun" | 1993 | ||
| "Harbor Lights", "Talk Of The Town", "China Doll" and "The Tide Will Rise" | Bruce Hornsby - Harbor Lights | ||
| "Don't Look Back" | Paul Wertico - The Yin and the Yout | ||
| "Vera Cruz", "Novena", "Amor Amigo" ("Friend Love") | 1994 | Milton Nascimento - Angelus | |
| "Manini", "Crazy Saints" | Trilok Gurtu - Crazy Saints | ||
| "The Eternal Triangle", "How Insensitive" | The Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters | ||
| "White Wheeled Limousine", "Walk In The Sun", "The Changes", "Country Doctor" and "The Longest Night" | 1995 | Bruce Hornsby - Hot House | |
| "Throw It Away", "Avec Le Temps", "Should've Been", "Being Me", | Abbey Lincoln - A Turtle's Dream | ||
| "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Brooklyn Bridge" | 1997 | Akiko Yano - Oui Oui | |
| "Django" | 1998 | Jim Hall - By Arrangement | |
| "Sky and Sea (Blue in Green)" | 1999 | Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles | |
| "Sounds Like Winter", "Simply Said" | Kenny Garrett - Simply Said | ||
| "Something to Remind You" | Philip Bailey - Dreams | ||
| "Reverence (The Story of a Miracle)" | 2001 | Richard Bona - Reverence | |
| "Noche de Ronda (Night of Wandering)" | Charlie Haden - Nocturne | ||
| "Ta Ta for Now" | Mike Metheny - Close Enough for Love | ||
| "Cantaloupe Island" | 2002 | Milton Nascimento - Pieta | |
| "Generalife", "Donde Habite El Olvido" | 2005 | Morente - Sueña La Alhambra | |
| "Never Was Love" | Russ Long, Gerald Spaits, Ray Demarchi - Time to Go | ||
| "Shirk", "Article 3" | Meshell Ndegeocello - The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams | ||
| "Arena (Sand)", "Solar" | 2007 | Antonio Sanchez - Migration | |
| "Is This America? (Katrina 2005)" | 2008 | Charlie Haden Family & Friends - Rambling Boy | |
| "Ballad for E" | 2011 | Magnus Öström - Thread of Life | |
| "Ψεύτικα" | Χάρης Βαρθακούρης - Άρχοντας Του Κόσμου | ||
| "Find Me in Your Dreams (en tus sueños)" | 2012 | Estrella Morente - Autorretrato | |
| "Nicaragua" | Django Unchained - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
| "No Lo Sé" | 2013 | Concha Buika - La Noche Más Larga | |
| "Gratitude" | Will Lee - Love, Gratitude and Other Distractions | ||
| "Ankara", "Of All People" | Michiel Borstlap - North Sea Jazz Legendary Concerts | ||
| "Eternity and Beauty (For Pat)" | 2014 | Achinoam Nini (Noa) - Love Medicine | |
| "Saludos/Come Thou Almighty King" | Jimmy Greene - Beautiful Life | ||
| "Eh Hee 2.0" | 2022 | Antonio Sanchez - SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) | |
| "Lujon (Slow Hot Wind)" | 2024 | Henry Mancini - 100th Sessions Henry Has Company |