The Hollies discography explained

Artist:The Hollies
Studio:21
Compilation:22
Tribute:2
Ep:7
Singles:94

The discography of British rock and pop band the Hollies consists of 21 studio albums, 24 compilation albums, two tribute/covers albums, seven extended plays, and 67 singles.

Since the Hollies released their first single on 17 May 1963,[1] the group has had 30 charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, 21 on RPM magazine's singles chart, 25 on Germany's singles chart, and 11 on the VG-lista singles chart. Many of the Hollies' singles contain three-part vocal harmony, although a few—such as "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"—do not contain any vocal harmonies.

A total of 15 albums by the Hollies have charted on the UK Albums Chart, 13 have charted on the Billboard 200, five have charted on the VG-lista albums chart, four have charted in the Netherlands, and six have charted on RPM magazine's Top Albums chart.

Albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
NZ
NOR
[4]
US
[5]
Stay with The Hollies 2
In The Hollies Style
  • Released: November 1964
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC 1235)
  • Format: mono LP
Hollies
  • Released: September 1965
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC 1261)
  • Format: mono LP
  • US Release: Hear
Here!8145
Would You Believe?
  • Released: June 1966
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7008)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • US Release: Beat Group!
16
Bus Stop
  • Released: October 1966
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Imperial (LP 9330/123300)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
75
For Certain Because
  • Released: 9 December 1966
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7011)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • US/Canadian Release: Stop! Stop
Stop!23491
Evolution
  • Released: June 1967
  • Origin: UK/US
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7022)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
13343
Butterfly
  • Released: November 1967
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7039)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • US Release: Dear Eloise / King Midas in Reverse
Hollies Sing Dylan
  • Released: May 1969
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7078)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • US/Canadian Release: Words and Music by Bob Dylan
3
Hollies Sing Hollies
  • Released: November 1969
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PCS 7092)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • US/Canadian Release: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
203832
Confessions of the Mind
  • Released: November 1970
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PCS 7116)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • US/Canadian Release: Moving Finger
308183
Distant Light
  • Released: 8 October 1971
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PAS 10005)
  • Format: stereo LP
28172821
Romany
  • Released: 1 November 1972
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 144)
  • Format: stereo LP
572984
Out on the Road
  • Released: June 1973
  • Origin: Germany
  • Label: Hansa (87119IT)
  • Format: stereo LP
Hollies
  • Released: March 1974
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 262)
  • Format: stereo LP
38531528
Another Night
  • Released: February 1975
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2442 128)
  • Format: stereo LP
7121123
Write On
  • Released: January 1976
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2442 141)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • US Release: Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert & Elliot
639
Russian Roulette
  • Released: December 1976
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 421)
  • Format: stereo LP
Hollies Live Hits
  • Released: March 1977
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 428)
  • Format: stereo LP
4
A Crazy Steal
  • Released: 1 March 1978
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 474)
  • Format: stereo LP
Five Three One - Double Seven O Four
  • Released: March 1979
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2442 160)
  • Format: stereo LP
Buddy Holly
  • Released: October 1980
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: stereo LP
What Goes Around...
  • Released: July 1983
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: WEA (25 0139 1)
  • Format: stereo LP
90
Staying Power
  • Released: 20 February 2006
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (-)
  • Format: stereo CD
Then, Now, Always
  • Released: 4 March 2009
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (50999 9 17502 2 8)
  • Format: stereo CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertification
UK
AUS
US
The Hollies' Greatest Hits
  • Released: May 1967
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Imperial (LP 9350/12350)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
11
Hollies' Greatest
  • Released: August 1968
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7057)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
1
Hollies' Greatest/Vol. 2
  • Released: November 1972
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PCS 7148)
  • Format: stereo LP
32
The Hollies' Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 1973
  • Origin: North America
  • Label: Epic (KE 32061)
  • Format: stereo LP
157
The History of The Hollies:
24 Genuine Top Thirty Hits
  • Released: November 1975
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EMSP 650)
  • Format: stereo LP
Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert, Elliott
  • Released: April 1977
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Epic (PE-34714)
  • Format: stereo LP
20 Golden Greats
  • Released: July 1978
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EMTV 11)
  • Format: stereo LP
2
The Best of The Hollies EPs
  • Released: August 1978
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC 7174)
  • Format: mono LP
The Other Side of The Hollies
  • Released: August 1978
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC 7176)
  • Format: mono LP
The Best of The Hollies
  • Released: October 1980
  • Origin: Australia
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: LP
42
Nothing But the Very Best
  • Released: October 1982
  • Origin: Australia
  • Label: Hammard
  • Format: LP
45
Their 40 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1986
  • Origin: NZ
  • Label: EMI (TP9)
  • Format: 2-LP set
The Hollies Collection
  • Released: 1986
  • Origin: NZ
  • Label: EMI (4346462)
  • Format: 2-CD set
All the Hits & More – The Definitive Collection
  • Released: September 1988
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EM 1301)
  • Format: mono LP
51
Rarities
  • Released: November 1988
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EMS 1311)
  • Format: stereo LP
Epic Anthology: From the Original Master Tapes
  • Released: 15 June 1990
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Epic (EGK-46161)
  • Format: CD
The Air That I Breathe – The Very Best of The Hollies
  • Released: 22 March 1993
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EMTV/CDEMTV 74)
  • Format: stereo LP/CD
15
The Hollies at Abbey Road 1963–1966
  • Released: 13 October 1997
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (CDABBEY 103)
  • Format: CD
The Hollies at Abbey Road 1966–1970
  • Released: February 1998
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (CD 493 4502)
  • Format: CD
The Hollies at Abbey Road 1973–1989
  • Released: August 1998
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (CD 496 4342)
  • Format: CD
Orchestral Heaven
  • Released: June 2000
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (UK 526 0912)
  • Format: CD
Super Hits
  • Released: 17 April 2001
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Sony BMG (85349)
  • Format: CD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 24 March 2003
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (UK 582 0122)
  • Format: CD
21
The Long Road Home
  • Released: 20 October 2003
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (02743 584856)
  • Format: CD box set
Midas Touch: The Very Best of The Hollies
  • Released: 22 February 2010
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (6082272)
  • Format: CD
23
  • UK: Silver
  • Released: 9 May 2011
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (5099909624221)
  • Format: CD box set
The Hollies - Essential
  • Released: 19 March 2012
  • Origin: Germany
  • Label: EMI (5099964402222)
  • Format: CD
Changin' Times: The Complete Hollies January 1969 – March 1973
  • Released: 10 July 2015
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (5099909624221)
  • Format: CD box set
Head Out of Dreams: The Complete Hollies August 1973 – May 1988
  • Released: 17 March 2017
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (5099909624221)
  • Format: CD box set
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[7] [8] [9]
AUS
[10]
CAN
[11]
GER
[12]
IRE
[13]
NL
[14]
NZ
[15] [16] [17]
SA
[18]
SWE
[19] [20]
US
[21] [22]
"(Ain't That) Just Like Me"196325
"Searchin'"12
"Stay"820
"Just One Look"196422964898
"Here I Go Again"424517107
"Lucille" 67
"We're Through"788
"Yes I Will"1965911
"I'm Alive"1161116110334103
"Look Through Any Window"4143315332
"If I Needed Someone"20
"I Can't Let Go"196626344303209141042
"Very Last Day" 3
"Bus Stop"52194431115
"After the Fox" (with Peter Sellers)
"Stop Stop Stop"2111455147
"What's Wrong with the Way I Live" 14
"On a Carousel"196741078516312211
"Pay You Back with Interest" 181828
"Carrie Anne"3798443229
"Peculiar Situation"
"Kill Me Quick"
"That's My Desire" 1
"King Midas in Reverse"1815313116141751
"Just One Look" (re-release) 3044
"Dear Eloise" 3536864750
"Jennifer Eccles"196871819871787640
"Step Inside"
"Do the Best You Can" 5193
"Listen to Me"11331355711129
"Sorry Suzanne"19693841744411556
"Blowin' in the Wind" 8
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"38119315717
"Goodbye Tomorrow" 1970
"Why Didn't You Believe?"
"I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top"7482589121182
"Gasoline Alley Bred"141712
"Frightened Lady" 1971
"Survival of the Fittest"
"Too Young to Be Married" 11
  • NZ: Gold
"Hey Willy"2219161616110
"The Baby"19722673238
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"32211521212
"Man Without a Heart" 3229
"Long Dark Road" 2426
"Magic Woman Touch"33559560
  • NZ: Silver
"Don't Leave the Child Alone" 1973
"Jesus Was a Crossmaker"
"Slow Down Go Down" 73
"Slow Down"
"The Day that Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee"2440452
"The Air That I Breathe"1974225461116
  • UK: Silver
  • US: Gold
"Son of a Rotten Gambler"69301610
"Don't Let Me Down"
"I'm Down"26231826104
"Out on the Road"
"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"1975932291285
"Falling Calling"
"Lonely Hobo Lullaby" 22
"Another Night" 71
"Write On" 3120
"Boulder to Birmingham"197610
"Star"907
"Daddy Don't Mind"17
"Wiggle That Wotsit"201119
"Russian Roulette" 1977
"Hello to Romance"
"Draggin' My Heels"
"Amnesty"
"Burn Out"
"Writing on the Wall" 1978
"Something to Live For"1979
"Harlequin"
"Soldier's Song"198058
"Heartbeat"82
"Holliedaze"19812837
"Take My Love and Run"
"Stop in the Name of Love"198311078316129
"If the Lights Go Out"
"Casualty"
"I Got What I Want" 1984
"Too Many Hearts Get Broken"1985140
"This Is It"1987118[24]
"Reunion of the Heart"124[25]
"Stand by Me" 198858
"Shine Silently"
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (re-release)12
"The Air That I Breathe" (re-release)6030
"Find Me a Family"198979
"Baby Come Back"
"Purple Rain" 1990
"The Woman I Love"199342
"Hope"2005
"So Damn Beautiful"2006
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

TitleAlbum detailsUK
[27]
The Hollies
  • Released: June 1964
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8909)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
8
Just One Look
  • Released: July 1964
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8911)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
8
Here I Go Again
  • Released: October 1964
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8915)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
We're Through
  • Released: December 1964
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8927)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
In The Hollies Style
  • Released: April 1965
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8934)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
I'm Alive
  • Released: September 1965
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8942)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
5
I Can't Let Go
  • Released: June 1966
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8951)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes

A.Originally peaked at no.3 on first release in 1969 but subsequently reached no.1 when reissued in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. The History of The Hollies: 24 Genuine Top Thirty Hits . . 1975 . Back cover . Vinyl sleeve. EMI. EMSP 650.
  2. 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. 140.

  3. Web site: RPM Search Engine . 31 March 2004. Library and Archives Canada. PHP.
  4. Web site: The Hollies. VG-lista. 16 September 2017.
  5. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13209|tab=charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} The Hollies: Charts & Awards – ''Billboard'' Albums]. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. United States. 14 May 2011.
  6. News: Gold & Platinum - RIAA. RIAA. 2018-11-05. en-US.
  7. Web site: Artist Chart History: Hollies . 16 April 2011 . The Official Charts Company.
  8. Web site: UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales) . 2022-10-06 . UKMIX Forums . en.
  9. Web site: UK Singles Charts: 1985 (including chart panel sales) . 2022-10-06 . UKMIX Forums . en.
  10. Book: Kent, David . Australian Chart Book 1940–1969 . Kent Music Report . Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. . 2005 . 0-646-44439-5 . David Kent (historian).
  11. Peak positions for the Hollies' singles in Canada:
  12. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts . 2022-10-05 . www.offiziellecharts.de.
  13. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know . 2022-10-05 . irishcharts.ie.
  14. Web site: Discografie The Hollies. Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. Dutch. ASP. 17 April 2011.
  15. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search lever . 2022-10-05 . www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
  16. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search listener . 2022-10-05 . www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
  17. Web site: The Hollies. New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. ASP. 14 June 2011.
  18. Web site: 2019-05-21 . South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Acts (H) . https://web.archive.org/web/20190521073712/http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(H).html . 21 May 2019 . 2022-10-05.
  19. Book: Hallberg, Eric. 1993. Kvällstoppen i P3. 1st. Drift Musik. Sweden. 91-630-2140-4.
  20. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal . 2022-10-05 . swedishcharts.com.
  21. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the hollies|chart=all}} The Hollies Album & Song Chart History]. . Prometheus Global Media. 16 April 2011.
  22. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn. Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100, 1959–1985. 1992. Record Research. 0-89820-082-2.

  23. Web site: Gold & Platinum Searchable Database . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH . 26 June 2007 . . PHP. Type in "Hollies" under Artist to see search results.
  24. Web site: UK Singles Charts: 1987 (Including chart panel sales) .
  25. Web site: UK Singles Charts: 1987 (Including chart panel sales) .
  26. Web site: Certified Awards Search . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015932/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx . 24 September 2009 . . ASPX. Type in "Hollies" under Search to see search results.
  27. Book: Warwick. Neil. Jon. Kutner. Tony. Brown. The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums. Suffolk. Omnibus Press. 2004. 514–515. 1-84449-058-0.