| Artist: | Richard Thompson |
| Studio: | 22 |
| Live: | 14 |
| Singles: | 16 |
The discography of Richard Thompson, an English singer/songwriter and guitarist, consists of 18 solo studio albums, three live albums and 16 singles, in addition to six studio albums and two live albums credited to Richard and Linda Thompson and five studio albums as a member of Fairport Convention, as well as a number of fan club and boutique label releases, soundtracks and collaborations. He has also appeared as a guest musician on the albums of several other artists.
| Year | Title | Credited to | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK[1] | US[2] | ||||
| 1972 | Henry the Human Fly | Richard Thompson[3] | — | — | |
| 1974 | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | Richard and Linda Thompson[4] | — | — | |
| 1974 | Hokey Pokey | Richard and Linda Thompson[5] | — | — | |
| 1975 | Pour Down Like Silver | Richard and Linda Thompson[6] | — | — | |
| 1978 | First Light | Richard and Linda Thompson | — | — | |
| 1979 | Sunnyvista | Richard and Linda Thompson | — | — | |
| 1981 | Strict Tempo! | Richard Thompson | — | — | |
| 1982 | Shoot Out the Lights | Richard and Linda Thompson | — | — | |
| 1983 | Hand of Kindness | Richard Thompson | — | 186 | |
| 1985 | Across a Crowded Room | Richard Thompson | 80 | 102 | |
| 1986 | Daring Adventures | Richard Thompson | 92 | 142 | |
| 1988 | Amnesia | Richard Thompson | 89 | 182 | |
| 1991 | Rumor and Sigh | Richard Thompson | 32 | — | |
| 1994 | Mirror Blue | Richard Thompson | 23 | 109 | |
| 1996 | You? Me? Us? | Richard Thompson | 32 | 97 | |
| 1997 | Industry | Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson | — | — | |
| 1999 | Mock Tudor | Richard Thompson | 28 | — | |
| 2003 | The Old Kit Bag | Richard Thompson | 52 | 121 | |
| 2005 | Front Parlour Ballads | Richard Thompson | 54 | 197 | |
| 2007 | Sweet Warrior | Richard Thompson | 39 | 111 | |
| 2013 | Electric | Richard Thompson | 16 | 75 | |
| 2014 | Acoustic Classics | Richard Thompson | 16 | 103 | |
| 2015 | Still | Richard Thompson | 10 | 82 | |
| 2017 | Acoustic Classics II | Richard Thompson | 24 | ||
| Acoustic Rarities | Richard Thompson | 84 | |||
| 2018 | 13 Rivers | Richard Thompson | 18 | — | |
| 2024 | Ship to Shore | Richard Thompson | 46 | ||
| Released | Title | Credited to | Recorded | UK | US | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Small Town Romance | Richard Thompson | 1982 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | Live from Austin, TX | Richard Thompson | 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | In Concert, November 1975 | Richard and Linda Thompson | 1975 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | Dream Attic | Richard Thompson | 2010 | 20 | 83 | ||
| 2011 | Live at the BBC | Richard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson | 1973–2009 | 137 | — | ||
| 2017 | Live at Rockpalast | Richard Thompson Band | 1983 & 1984 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | Across A Crowded Room Live at Barrymore's 1985 | Richard Thompson | 1985 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | Live at Rock City, Nottingham, November 86 | Richard Thompson | 1986 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | Live from London | Richard Thompson | 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | Live from Honolulu | Richard Thompson Acoustic Trio | 2006 | — | — | - |
| Released | Title | Credited to | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Live at Crawley | Richard Thompson with Danny Thompson | 1993 | |
| 1996 | Two Letter Words: Live 1994 | Richard Thompson Band | 1994 | |
| 1998 | Celtschmerz: Live in the UK ‘98 | Richard Thompson | 1998 | |
| 2002 | Semi-Detached Mock Tudor | Richard Thompson Band | 1999 | |
| 2003 | More Guitar | Richard Thompson Band | 1988 | |
| 2003 | 1000 Years of Popular Music | Richard Thompson | 2002 | |
| 2003 | Ducknapped! | Richard Thompson Band | 2003 | |
| 2004 | Faithless | Richard Thompson | 1985 | |
| 2004 | The Chrono Show | Richard Thompson | 2004 | |
| 2009 | Live Warrior | Richard Thompson | 2007 | |
| 2012 | Cabaret of Souls | Richard Thompson | 2009 |
| Year | Title | Credited to |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | (guitar, vocal) | Richard Thompson |
| 1976 | Live! (More or Less) | Richard Thompson |
| 1985 | Doom & Gloom From The Tomb (Vol. 1) | Richard Thompson |
| 1991 | Doom & Gloom II (Over My Dead Body) | Richard Thompson |
| 1993 | Watching the Dark | Richard Thompson |
| 2000 | Richard and Linda Thompson | |
| 2001 | Action Packed | Richard Thompson |
| 2005 | Some Enchanted Evenings | Richard Thompson |
| 2006 | RT- The Life and Music of Richard Thompson | Richard Thompson |
| 2009 | Walking on a Wire | Richard Thompson |
| 2020 | Hard Luck Stories (1972–1982) | Richard and Linda Thompson |
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 1974 | "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" | — | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight |
| 1975 | "Hokey Pokey" | — | Hokey Pokey |
| 1978 | "Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart" | — | First Light |
| 1979 | "Georgie on a Spree" / "Civilisation" (double-A side) | — | Sunnyvista |
| 1982 | "Don't Renege On Our Love" | — | Shoot Out the Lights |
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Alt. Rock[7] | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | "The Wrong Heartbeat" | — | Hand of Kindness | |||||||||||
| 1984 | "Tear-Stained Letter" | — | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | "When the Spell is Broken" | — | Across a Crowded Room | |||||||||||
| "You Don't Say" | — | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | "Valerie" | — | Daring Adventures | |||||||||||
| "Nearly in Love" | — | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | "Turning of the Tide" | 30 | Amnesia | |||||||||||
| 1989 | "Reckless Kind" | — | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | "I Feel So Good" | 15 | Rumor and Sigh | |||||||||||
| "Read About Love" | — | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | "I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life" | — | Mirror Blue | |||||||||||
| "Easy There, Steady Now" | — | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Dark Hand Over My Heart" | — | You? Me? Us | |||||||||||
| 1999 | "Crawl Back (Under My Stone)" | — | Mock Tudor | |||||||||||
| 2003 | "She Said It Was Destiny" | — | The Old Kit Bag | |||||||||||
| 2007 | "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" | — | Sweet Warrior | |||||||||||
| 2012 | "Haul Me Up" † | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2013 | "Good Things Happen to Bad People" | — | Electric | |||||||||||
| "Salford Sunday" | — | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | "The Storm Won't Come" | — | 13 Rivers | |||||||||||
| 2024 | "Singapore Sadie" | — | Ship to Shore | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
† Special vinyl single for Record Store Day, live version of "Haul Me Up" recorded at Celtic Connections with the Richard Thompson Band. B-side a solo version of "Vincent Black Lightning" recorded in Saratoga, CA
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Tracks |
| 2020 | Bloody Noses |
| 2021 | Serpent's Tears |
Not listed here are soundtrack albums on which a Richard Thompson recording or composition is merely included, without further involvement from Thompson. Listed here are soundtracks in which Thompson was involved in the actual recording.
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1987 | The Marksman (Music from the BBC TV Series) |
| 1989 | Hard Cash (BBC North West documentary) first broadcast in 1990[8] |
| 1991 | Sweet Talker |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man |
| 2019 | The Cold Blue (Original Motion Picture Score) |
In 2009 "Time to Ring Some Changes" from Hard Cash was included in Topic Records' 70-year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten as track 13 on the sixth CD.
Only studio albums recorded whilst Richard Thompson was a member of Fairport Convention are listed here. After Thompson left the group, he continued to appear sporadically as a guest musician on subsequent albums, which are listed in the session work discography.
Live, particularly at Cropredy Festival, Fairport often perform in various line-ups of past and present members. Therefore live albums which feature Thompson after he officially left the band are included here.
For more details of Fairport Convention's album releases see Fairport Convention discography
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Fairport Convention |
| 1969 | What We Did on Our Holidays |
| 1969 | Unhalfbricking |
| 1969 | Liege and Lief |
| 1970 | Full House |
† Mostly previously unreleased studio and live tracks, some featuring Thompson
| Released | Title | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Live at the L.A. Troubadour | 1970 |
| 1982 | Moat on the Ledge | 1981 |
| 1986 | 1970 | |
| 1987 | Heyday: The BBC Radio Sessions | 1968 & 1969 |
| 1999 | The Cropredy Box | 1997 |
| 2003 | Festival – Cropredy 2002 | 2002 |
| 2004 | Cropredy Capers: Twenty-Five Years of Fairport Convention and Friends at Cropredy Festival | 1980-2004 |
| 2004 | The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Live at the Cropredy Festivals 1986 and 1987) | 1986 & 1987 |
| 2007 | Live at the BBC | 1967-1974 |
| 2018 | What We Did On Our Saturday[9] | 2017 |
| 2020 | Chicago 1970 | 1970 |
| 2023 | Full House for Sale[10] | 2022 |
Albums on which Thompson has guested or worked as a session musician are not shown here (see next section). Listed here are albums on which Thompson played a significant creative role in the group or on the recording.
| Year | Title | Credited to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | No Roses | Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band | |
| 1972 | Rock On | The Bunch | |
| 1972 | Morris On | Morris On | |
| 1987 | Live, Love, Larf & Loaf | French Frith Kaiser Thompson | |
| 1990 | Invisible Means | French Frith Kaiser Thompson | |
| 1992 | An Acoustic Evening | Richard Thompson and David Byrne | |
| 1998 | The Bones of All Men | Mr Philip Pickett with Mr Richard Thompson and the Fairport Rhythm Section | |
| 2014 | Family | Thompson |
Original recordings of new or existing compositions on 'various artist' compilations. Only the first release the recording is on is listed.
| Year | Album | Song or tune | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Feed the Folk | "Old Horse" | With Martin Carthy, John Kirkpatrick and Howard Evans, alternative take to the one on Carthy's Out of the Cut | |
| 1989 | Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival 1988 | "Turning of the Tide" | Live recording from the festival | |
| 1989 | Time Between – A Tribute to The Byrds | "Here Without You" | With Clive Gregson and Christine Collister | |
| 1991 | All Through the Year — A Calendar in Music & Song | "Late November" | With Fairport Convention, Vikky Clayton and Jerry Donahue, live at Cropredy 1991 | |
| 1991 | The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume One | "Shoot Out the Lights" | Live solo version for the radio programme | |
| 1991 | Bringing It All Back Home, Music From The BBC TV Series | "The Dimming of the Day" | With Mary Black | |
| 1991 | Turn of the Decade 1989-90: Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival | "She Moves Through The Fair" | Live from the festival | |
| 1993 | The World is a Wonderful Place | "The World is a Wonderful Place" | With Linda Thompson, previously unreleased, unlisted track 13 | |
| 1994 | The Guv'nor vol 1 | "Some Sweet Day", "You're Gonna Need My Help" and "Dear Landlord" | As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1967–1969 | |
| 1994 | In Their Own Words, Vol 1 | "I Feel So Good" | Live, solo radio session from 1992 | |
| 1995 | Live at the World Cafe, Vol. 1 | "Beeswing" | Live radio session | |
| 1995 | KFOG Radio 104.5\97.7, Live From The Archives II | "I Feel So Good" | Live from the Suasalito Art Festival, 1994 | |
| 1995 | The Guv'nor vol 2 | "You Never Wanted Me" and "Sir Patrick Spens" | As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1968 | |
| 1995 | The Guv'nor vol 3 | "Night in the City" and "Marcie" | As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1968 | |
| 1996 | The Guv'nor vol 4 | "Both Sides Now" and "Fotheringay" | As a member of Fairport Convention, recorded 1967–1969 | |
| 1997 | Live at the Iron Horse, Volume 1 | "From Galway to Graceland" | Live, solo radio session from 1990 | |
| 1997 | Folk, Live from Mountain Stage | "Beat the Retreat" | Live radio session | |
| 1997 | Georgia on Our Mind | "Georgia on My Mind" and "John the Gun" | The first as part of the Deep Sea Ensemble, the second with the Richard Thompson Band, live in Ann Arbor, 1985 | |
| 1998 | From the Heart of Studio A: The Folkscene Collection | "Waltzing's for Dreamers" | Live radio session for Roz and Howard Larman's 'FolkScene' on KFPK in Los Angeles | |
| 1998 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol 1 | "If I Had a Hammer" | With Nancy Griffith and friends, vocals | |
| 1999 | Bringing It All Back Home, Volume 2 | "Waltzing's For Dreamers" | With Mary Black and Dolores Keane | |
| 1999 | Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond | "Persuasion" | With Tim Finn | |
| 2000 | 107.1 KGSR Broadcast, Vol. 8 | "Sights and Sounds of London Town" | Live radio session | |
| 2000 | Live At The World Cafe, Vol. 10 | "Cooksferry Queen" | Live radio session | |
| 2001 | Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary | "Walk Awhile" and "Beeswing" | Live from previous festivals. Former with Fairport Convention, 1970; latter unknown. | |
| 2002 | Shining Bright: The Songs of Lal & Mike Waterson | "Red Wine Promises" | Cover of Lal Waterson song | |
| 2002 | Live at the World Cafe: The Next Decade | "Persuasion" | Live radio session | |
| 2003 | Crossing Jordan | "Season of the Witch" | Donovan cover for TV soundtrack | |
| 2003 | Live @ The World Café, Vol. 17: Three Flights Up | "I'll Tag Along" | Live radio session | |
| 2003 | Swarb!: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Dave Swarbrick | various | Various tracks with Fairport Convention from 1970 onwards, "Sword Dance/Young Black Cow" with Fairport and Linda Thompson from 1981 | |
| 2005 | I Heard It on NPR: Singers, Songs and Sessions | "She Said It was Destiny" | Live radio session | |
| 2006 | The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited | "The Coo Coo Bird" | With Eliza Carthy, live at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 2001 | |
| 2006 | Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys | "Mingulay Boat Song" | Cover of a song by Sir Hugh S. Roberton | |
| 2007 | A Box of Pegg's | "Let It Blow" | With Fairport Convention, live at Cropredy, 2005 | |
| 2007 | Cool as Folk | "Tear Stained Letter" | The Richard Thompson Band, live at Cambridge Folk Festival, 2001 | |
| 2013 | Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle | "Go Leave" | With Linda Thompson, live cover from the Royal Festival Hall, London, 2010 | |
| 2013 | Son of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys | "General Taylor" | With Jack Shit | |
| 2013 | The Beautiful Old Turn-Of-The-Century Songs | "The Band Played On" | With Christine Collister and Garth Hudson | |
| 2019 | If You're Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison | "Parchman Farm" | Live cover, with George Galt | |
| 2023 | Heal the Sky | "Lament for Mariupol" | Guitar instrumental |
| Year | Title | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | The Incredible String Band | |
| 1969 | Five Leaves Left | Nick Drake | |
| 1969 | Love Chronicles | Al Stewart | |
| 1969 | Marc Ellington | Marc Ellington | |
| 1969 | Matthews' Southern Comfort | Matthews' Southern Comfort | |
| 1969 | Dudu Phukwana and the "Spears" † | Dudu Phukwana and the "Spears" | |
| 1970 | Bryter Layter | Nick Drake | |
| 1971 | Bless the Weather | John Martyn | |
| 1971 | If You Saw Thro' My Eyes | Iain Matthews | |
| 1971 | The North Star Grassman and the Ravens | Sandy Denny | |
| 1971 | Rains/Reins of Changes | Marc Ellington | |
| 1971 | Smiling Men with Bad Reputations | Mike Heron | |
| 1971 | Stargazer | Shelagh McDonald | |
| 1971 | Strange Fruit | Gary Farr | |
| 1971 | 4th English Album | Francoise Hardy | |
| 1971 | Street Singer | Mick Softley | |
| 1972 | Bright Phoebus | Lal and Mike Waterson | |
| 1972 | Jump at the Sun (under pseudonym Agnes Mirren) | John Kirkpatrick | |
| 1972 | Sandy | Sandy Denny | |
| 1972 | Those Pleasant Days | Stefan Grossman | |
| 1972 | Tigers Will Survive | Iain Matthews | |
| 1973 | Rosie | Fairport Convention | |
| 1973 | Solid Air | John Martyn | |
| 1973 | A Favourite Garland | Shirley Collins | |
| 1973 | Urban Cowboy | Andy Roberts | |
| 1974 | Like an Old Fashioned Waltz | Sandy Denny | |
| 1974 | Fear | John Cale | |
| 1975 | Fantasies From a Corner Seat | Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper | |
| 1975 | Having a Wonderful Time | Geoff Muldaur | |
| 1975 | Marc Time | Marc Ellington | |
| 1975 | Mike Heron's Reputation | Mike Heron | |
| 1976 | Vanishing Trick: Poems And Songs | Brian Patten | |
| 1977 | Rendezvous | Sandy Denny | |
| 1978 | Rise Up Like the Sun | The Albion Band | |
| 1978 | Julie Covington | Julie Covington | |
| 1979 | Slide Away the Screen | Ralph McTell | |
| 1980 | Night Owl | Gerry Rafferty | |
| 1981 | Smiddyburn | Dave Swarbrick | |
| 1981 | The Sound of the Sand and Other Songs of the Pedestrian | David Thomas & the Pedestrians | |
| 1981 | Teddy Boys Don't Knit | Vivian Stanshall | |
| 1981 | Thunderin' On The Horizon | Arizona Smoke Review | |
| 1981 | Voices | Murray Head | |
| 1982 | Water of Dreams | Ralph McTell | |
| 1982 | Out of the Cut | Martin Carthy | |
| 1983 | 8 | J. J. Cale | |
| 1983 | Any Trouble | Any Trouble | |
| 1983 | Fame and Wealth | Loudon Wainwright III | |
| 1983 | Flittin | Dave Swarbrick | |
| 1983 | Proof Through the Night | T Bone Burnett | |
| 1983 | Variations on a Theme | David Thomas & the Pedestrians with Richard Thompson | |
| 1984 | Behind the Trap Door | T-Bone Burnett | |
| 1984 | Wrong End of the Race | Any Trouble | |
| 1985 | I'm Alright | Loudon Wainwright III | |
| 1985 | Rackbag | Folk och Rackare | |
| 1985 | Visions of Excess | The Golden Palominos | |
| 1985 | Gladys' Leap | Fairport Convention | |
| 1986 | An Hour with Cecil Sharp and Ashley Hutchings | Ashley Hutchings | |
| 1986 | Bridge of Sighs | Ralph McTell | |
| 1986 | Electric Bluebirds | Electric Bluebirds | |
| 1986 | Expletive Delighted! | Fairport Convention | |
| 1986 | More Love Songs | Loudon Wainwright III | |
| 1986 | Raptures of the Deep | The Deep Sea Jivers | |
| 1986 | Supply and Demand | Dagmar Krause | |
| 1987 | As Real as Disneyland | Julian Dawson and the Flood | |
| 1987 | Time of No Reply ‡ | Nick Drake | |
| 1987 | Slam Dance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Mitchell Froom | |
| 1987 | Blue Balloon | John Kirkpatrick | |
| 1987 | Studio Romantic | Saeko Suzuki | |
| 1988 | The Auld Folks on the Wa’ and other Bothy Ballads | Charlie Allan | |
| 1988 | Temple of Low Men | Crowded House | |
| 1989 | Maria McKee | Maria McKee | |
| 1989 | Therapy | Loudon Wainwright III | |
| 1989 | Surprise | Syd Straw | |
| 1990 | Michael Doucet & Cajun Brew | Michael Doucet | |
| 1991 | Cajun Conja | BeauSoleil | |
| 1991 | Drunk with Passion | The Golden Palominos | |
| 1991 | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt | |
| 1991 | Hope You Like Our New Direction | Henry Kaiser | |
| 1991 | Orphans and Outcasts Volume 1 | Iain Matthews | |
| 1991 | Places I Have Never Been | Willie Nile | |
| 1992 | Suzanne Vega | ||
| 1992 | Be Headed | Chris Harford and the First Rays of the New Rising Sun | |
| 1992 | Fat City | Shawn Colvin | |
| 1992 | His Master's Choice – The Songs Of Richard Thompson | Dave Burland | |
| 1992 | The Hunter | Jennifer Warnes | |
| 1993 | The Assassin's Apprentice | Stephen Fearing | |
| 1993 | Before & After | Tim Finn | |
| 1993 | Fate of Nations | Robert Plant | |
| 1994 | Amplified Heart | Everything but the Girl | |
| 1994 | Cut and Run | Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie | |
| 1994 | Longing in Their Hearts | Bonnie Raitt | |
| 1994 | Twangin' n' a-Traddin | The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo | |
| 1995 | Camouflage | Iain Matthews | |
| 1996 | Dreams Fly Away: A History of Linda Thompson | Linda Thompson | |
| 1996 | Baptist Hospital | Boo Hewerdine | |
| 1996 | Blue Aconite | Christine Collister | |
| 1996 | Norma Waterson | Norma Waterson | |
| 1997 | Move Over Darling | Julian Dawson | |
| 1997 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes? | Fairport Convention | |
| 1997 | L'Amour Ou La Folie | BeauSoleil | |
| 1998 | Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) | Nanci Griffith | |
| 1998 | The Dark Gift of Time | Christine Collister | |
| 1999 | Memory of the Future | Eric Andersen | |
| 1999 | Spark | Julian Dawson | |
| 1999 | Orphans and Outcasts Volume 3 | Iain Matthews | |
| 1999 | Songbird | Christine Collister | |
| 1999 | The Very Thought of You | Norma Waterson | |
| 1999 | Bent in Gent ※ | Crowded House | |
| 2000 | Long Expectant Comes At Last | Cathal McConnell | |
| 2000 | Teddy Thompson | Teddy Thompson | |
| 2001 | Give Me a Sad Song ‖ | Linda Thompson | |
| 2001 | Mazurka Berzerker | John Kirkpatrick | |
| 2002 | Taxi - Montreal ※ | Crowded House | |
| 2002 | Various artists, produced by Ann Savoy | ||
| 2002 | Fashionably Late | Linda Thompson | |
| 2002 | Spremenite Protokol | Andrej Sifrer | |
| 2003 | 12 Arrows | Judith Owen | |
| 2003 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | The Blind Boys of Alabama | |
| 2003 | So Damn Happy | Loudon Wainwright III | |
| 2004 | The Common Stone | Bob Davenport | |
| 2004 | The Ride | Los Lobos | |
| 2005 | Always ¶ | June Tabor | |
| 2005 | Lost and Found | Judith Owen | |
| 2005 | Separate Ways | Teddy Thompson | |
| 2006 | Nothing Like a Dame | Julian Dawson | |
| 2007 | Crazy Hair Day | Barney Saltzberg | |
| 2007 | Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John | Peter Case | |
| 2007 | Release the Stars | Rufus Wainwright | |
| 2007 | South of Delia | Richard Shindell | |
| 2007 | Strange Weirdos | Loudon Wainwright III | |
| 2007 | Happy This Way | Judith Owen | |
| 2007 | Upfront & Down Low | Teddy Thompson | |
| 2007 | Rewind: Unreleased Recordings § | JJ Cale | |
| 2008 | A Piece of What You Need | Teddy Thompson | |
| 2011 | Bella | Teddy Thompson | |
| 2011 | Purpose and Grace | Martin Simpson | |
| 2012 | 20 | Kate Rusby | |
| 2012 | Connected | Danny Thompson | |
| 2012 | Find the One | The Coal Porters | |
| 2013 | Won't Be Long Now | Linda Thompson | |
| 2014 | Tell 'Em I'm Gone | Yusuf | |
| 2014 | Salt | Boris Grebenshchikov | |
| 2015 | Emerald | Dar Williams | |
| 2016 | 75th Birthday Celebration | Joan Baez | |
| 2016 | Cayamo: Sessions at Sea | Buddy Miller | |
| 2016 | Rainbow Ends | Emitt Rhodes | |
| 2018 | Smalls Change | Derek Smalls | |
| 2018 | Letters Never Read | Dori Freeman | |
| 2019 | Second Hand Sexbot | Judith Owen | |
| 2020 | Meditation and KitKats | Zara Phillips | |
| 2022 | The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live and Rare 1964-2009 ⸸ | Al Stewart | |
| 2023 | Child Ballads: The Final Six | The London Experimental Ensemble | |
| 2024 | Proxy Music | Linda Thompson |
† Thompson played on an 'album of mostly unreleased 1969 recordings' that were released in 2020 packaged with the group's 1968 self-titled debut.‡ A compilation of previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1967 and 1974.⸸ Thompson plays on some radio sessions from 1972.※ Recorded live in 1991.§" Recorded between 1971 and 1993. Thompson appears on 'Seven Day Woman'.¶ Thompson plays on his song 'Mrs Rita' from the BBC Radio 1 documentary The Last Shift; a different recording to that on Hard Cash‖ Richard Thompson plays on a previously unreleased song 'Restless Boy', as well as previously released material
| Released | Title | Credited to | Recorded | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Across a Crowded Room | Richard Thompson | 1985 | VHS, Laserdisc | |
| 2004 | Live in Providence | The Richard Thompson Band | 2003 | DVD | |
| 2005 | Live From Austin, TX | Richard Thompson | 2001 | DVD | |
| 2006 | Mountain Stage: An Evening With Nanci Griffith, Paul Brady, Richard Thompson | Nanci Griffith / Paul Brady / Richard Thompson | 2001 | DVD | |
| 2006 | 1,000 Years of Popular Music | Richard Thompson | 2005 | DVD, with 2 audio CDs | |
| 2011 | Live at the BBC | Richard Thompson featuring Linda Thompson | 1975 to 1985 | DVD (box set, also with 3 CDs) | |
| 2012 | Live at Celtic Connections | The Richard Thompson Band | 2011 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc |
| Released | Title | Credited to | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Electric Mandolin 1 and 2: Mandolin Theory, Technique, & Improvisation | Niles Hokkanen and Richard Thompson | Cassette | |
| 1991 | Rock Guitar: A Guide from the Greats | Ronnie Wood, Michael Schenker, Richard Thompson and John Wilson | VHS | |
| 1998 | Richard Thompson Teaches Traditional Guitar Instrumentals | Richard Thompson | CD & book | |
| 2001 | The Guitar of Richard Thompson | Richard Thompson | CD & book |