Sawyer Brown discography explained

Artist:Sawyer Brown
Studio:18
Live:1
Compilation:5
Singles:60
Music Videos:36

Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1984. Their discography comprises 18 studio albums, one live album, and five compilation albums. Of their albums, three have been certified gold by the RIAA: 1992's The Dirt Road, 1993's Outskirts of Town and 1995's Greatest Hits 1990-1995. The latter two are certified gold by the CRIA, as is their 1990 Greatest Hits album, while 1989's The Boys Are Back is certified platinum by the CRIA.

Sawyer Brown has also released 60 singles, of which 51 have charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 1984 and 2005. Three of their singles have topped this chart: "Step That Step" in 1985, "Some Girls Do" in 1992, and "Thank God for You" in 1993. Sixteen additional singles have reached Top Ten on the same chart.

Studio albums

1980s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN
[3]
Sawyer Brown 2140
Shakin'[4]
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Capitol/Curb Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
3
Out Goin' Cattin'
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: Capitol/Curb Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
8
Somewhere in the Night
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Capitol/Curb Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
16
Wide Open
  • Release date: October 4, 1988
  • Label: Capitol/Curb Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
33
The Boys Are Back
  • Release date: September 19, 1989
  • Label: Capitol/Curb Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
585
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US Country
US
CAN Country
[6]
Buick
  • Release date: January 7, 1991
  • Label: Capitol/Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
23140
The Dirt Road
  • Release date: January 6, 1992
  • Label: Capitol/Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
12688
Cafe on the Corner
  • Release date: August 25, 1992
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2311710
Outskirts of Town
  • Release date: August 10, 1993
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
13812
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
This Thing Called
Wantin' and Havin' It All
  • Release date: August 29, 1995
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1077
Six Days on the Road
  • Release date: April 15, 1997
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
873
Hallelujah, He Is Born
  • Release date: August 19, 1997
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
42
Drive Me Wild
  • Release date: March 2, 1999
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
10999
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
Can You Hear Me Now
  • Release date: July 9, 2002
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
39
Mission Temple
Fireworks Stand
  • Release date: August 23, 2005
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
47
Rejoice
  • Release date: November 1, 2008
  • Label: O-Seven
  • Formats: CD, music download
Travelin' Band
Desperado Troubadours[8]
  • Release date: March 8, 2024
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US Country
US
CAN Country
CAN
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: August 27, 1990
  • Label: Capitol/Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
26
  • CAN: Gold
Greatest Hits 1990-1995
  • Release date: January 24, 1995
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
544735
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Platinum
True Believer
  • Release date: April 8, 2003
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD
Best of Sawyer Brown
  • Release date: May 6, 2008
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
All-Time Greatest Hits
  • Release date: September 15, 2017
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: Music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1980s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[9]
CAN Country
[10]
1984"Leona"16Sawyer Brown
1985"Step That Step"11
"Used to Blue"31
"Betty's Bein' Bad"55Shakin
1986"Heart Don't Fall Now"1416
"Shakin'"157
"Out Goin' Cattin'" 114Out Goin' Cattin
"Gypsies on Parade"2523
1987"Savin' the Honey for the Honeymoon" 58
"Somewhere in the Night"2926Somewhere in the Night
"This Missin' You Heart of Mine"21
1988"Old Photographs"2735
"My Baby's Gone"115Wide Open
1989"Old Pair of Shoes"50
"The Race Is On"53The Boys Are Back
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

YearSinglePeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
US Country
US
[11]
US AC
[12]
CAN Country
1990"Did It for Love"3323The Boys Are Back
"Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night"3319
"When Love Comes Callin'"4018Greatest Hits
1991"One Less Pony"7049Buick
"Mama's Little Baby Loves Me"68
"The Walk"25Buick / The Dirt Road
"The Dirt Road"31The Dirt Road
1992"Some Girls Do" 12
  • RIAA: Platinum
"Cafe on the Corner"52Cafe on the Corner
"All These Years"3422
1993"Trouble on the Line"57
"Thank God for You"11Outskirts of Town
"The Boys and Me"42
1994"Outskirts of Town"4032
"Hard to Say"520
"This Time"25Greatest Hits 1990-1995
1995"I Don't Believe in Goodbye"48
"(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All"115This Thing Called
Wantin' and Havin' It All
"'Round Here"1919
1996"Treat Her Right"319
"She's Gettin' There"4689
1997"Six Days on the Road"139Six Days on the Road
"This Night Won't Last Forever"611
1998"Another Side"5553
"Small Talk"60
"Drive Me Wild"6441Drive Me Wild
1999"I'm in Love with Her"4750
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s, 2010s and 2020s

YearSinglePeak
positions
Album
US Country
US Christ
[13]
2000"800 Pound Jesus"40Drive Me Wild
"Perfect World"50The Hits Live
"Lookin' for Love"44
2002"Circles"45Can You Hear Me Now
"Can You Hear Me Now"57
"I Need a Girlfriend"
2003"I'll Be Around"48
2004"Mission Temple Fireworks Stand"
55Mission Temple Fireworks Stand
2005"They Don't Understand"3615
2006"Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
2011"Smokin' Hot Wife"Travelin' Band
"Travelin' Band"
2012"Ain't Goin' Out That Way"
2013"Shadows of the Heartland"
2014"Walk Out of the Rain"Travelin' Band
2015"We Got the Night"[14]
2023"Under This Ole Hat" - - Desperado Troubadours
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Christmas singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
1989"It Wasn't His Child"51Wide Open
2012"Joseph's Prayer"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1985"Step That Step"Mark Rezyka/David Hogan
"Betty's Bein' Bad"Martin Kahan
1986"Heart Don't Fall Now"
"Shakin'"
"Out Goin' Cattin'"
1987"Somewhere in the Night"Jack Cole/John Lloyd Miller[15]
1988"My Baby's Gone"Martin Kahan
1989"The Race Is On"John Lloyd Miller
1990"Did It for Love"Marc Ball
"When Love Comes Callin'"David Montgomery
1991"One Less Pony"Brett Darken[16] [17]
"Superman's Daughter"
"The Walk"Michael Salomon
1992"The Dirt Road"
"Some Girls Do"
"Cafe on the Corner"
1993"All These Years"
"Thank God for You"
"The Boys and Me"
1994"Outskirts of Town"
"Hard to Say"
1995"This Time"
"I Don't Believe in Goodbye"
"(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All"
"'Round Here"
1996"Treat Her Right"
1997"Six Days on the Road"
"This Night Won't Last Forever"
"Hallelujah He Is Born"Michael McNamara
1998"Another Side"Michael Salomon
"Drive Me Wild"
2000"800 Pound Jesus"
"Lookin' for Love"
2002"I Need a Girlfriend"Michael Salomon
2005"Mission Temple Fireworks Stand"Shaun Silva
"They Don't Understand"Jason Epperson/Lark Watts
2023"Under This Ole Hat"Trey Fanjoy

Notes and References

  1. Sawyer Brown - Top Country Albums. Billboard. August 15, 2018.
  2. Sawyer Brown - Billboard 200. Billboard. August 15, 2018.
  3. Web site: Sawyer Brown - Top Albums/CDs. RPM. 17 July 2013 . August 15, 2018.
  4. News: 1986-03-29. The Morning Call, 29 Mar 1986. 59. The Morning Call. 2020-12-23.
  5. Web site: Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum. Canadian Recording Industry Association. June 27, 2011.
  6. Web site: Sawyer Brown - Country Albums/CDs. RPM. 17 July 2013 . August 15, 2018.
  7. Web site: RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database. Recording Industry Association of America. June 27, 2011.
  8. https://people.com/sawyer-brown-desperado-troubadours-blake-shelton-production-exclusive-8606792
  9. Sawyer Brown - Hot Country Songs. Billboard. August 15, 2018.
  10. Web site: Sawyer Brown - Country Singles. RPM. 17 July 2013 . August 15, 2018.
  11. Sawyer Brown - Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. August 15, 2018.
  12. Sawyer Brown - Adult Contemporary. Billboard. August 15, 2018.
  13. Sawyer Brown - Hot Christian Songs. Billboard. August 15, 2018.
  14. Web site: Sawyer Brown - We Got the Night. Daily Play MPE. July 1, 2015.
  15. Web site: Somewhere In The Night - Sawyer Brown. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/ahtaVwFgA-k. 2021-12-12 . live. .
  16. New Videoclips. Billboard. January 19, 1991. November 9, 2020.
  17. New Videoclips. Billboard. June 1, 1991. November 25, 2016.