David Gilmour discography

Summary

The discography of David Gilmour, the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, consists of four studio albums and six singles.

David Gilmour discography
Studio albums4
Live albums2
Video albums5
Music videos14
Singles12
Soundtrack albums1
Collaborative albums1

Albums edit

Studio albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
ITA
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
NZ
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
US
[4]
David Gilmour
  • Released: 26 May 1978 (UK)
  • Label: Harvest (UK), Columbia (US)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
17 17 80 22 21 29
About Face
  • Released: 5 March 1984 (UK)
  • Label: Harvest (UK), Columbia (US)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, Q8, DL
21 24 81 10 24 13 15 32
On an Island
  • Released: 6 March 2006
  • Label: EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US)
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL
1 23 3 2 14 3 1 3 1 2 3 4 6
  • UK: Platinum[15]
  • CAN: Gold[16]
  • GER: Gold[17]
Rattle That Lock
  • Released: 18 September 2015
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, DVD, DL
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 5
  • UK: Gold[15]
  • GER: Gold[17]
  • ITA: Platinum[19]
Luck and Strange
  • Released: 6 September 2024
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, BR, LP, DL
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
ITA
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
NZ
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
US
[4]
Live in Gdańsk
  • Released: 22 September 2008
  • Label: EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US)
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL
10 30 5 19 15 12 7 14 34 20 24 14 26
Live at Pompeii
  • Released: 29 September 2017
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL
3 50 6 19 15 2 1 2 4 31 12 4 45
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Singles edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
BEL
[3]
DEN
[22]
FRA
[5]
ITA
[23]
SPA
[24]
US
[4]
"There's No Way Out of Here" 1978 David Gilmour
"Blue Light" 1984 62 About Face
"Love on the Air"
"On an Island" 2006 72 On an Island
"Smile" 72
"Arnold Layne (live)" 19 7 2 12 Non-album single
"Rattle That Lock" 2015 66 71 Rattle That Lock
"Today" 87
"Rattle That Lock (live)" 2017 Live at Pompeii
"One of These Days (live)"
"Run Like Hell (live)"
"Yes, I Have Ghosts" 2020 Non-album single[25]
"Yes, I Have Ghosts"/"Tell the Truth"/"Astral Dust"/"Kokineli" 2021
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Other appearances edit

Collaborations edit

Year Artist Album / Work Ref
2009 Bob Geldof, Chrissie Hynde and David Gilmour vocals and guitar on "Chicago/Change the World" for the "Keep Gary McKinnon Free" campaign [26]

Benefit groups edit

Year Artist Release
1989 Rock Aid Armenia "What's Going On"
1990 "Smoke on the Water" from The Earthquake Album
2005 Various Artists "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"

Video albums edit

Title Video details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[27]
BEL
[28]
FIN
[29]
GER
[30]
JPN
[31]
NLD
[32]
SWE
[33]
US
[34]
David Gilmour Live 1984
  • Released: September 1984
  • Label: CBS FOX Video Music
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
David Gilmour in Concert
  • Released: October 2002
  • Label: EMI (UK), Capitol Records (US)
  • Formats: DVD
23 5 6
  • GER: Gold[17]
  • POL: Gold[35]
Remember That Night
  • Released: 17 September 2007
  • Label: David Gilmour Music Ltd.
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
2 1 4 9 46 2 1 17
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[16]
  • US: Platinum[13]
  • GER: Gold[17]
Live in Gdańsk
  • Released: 22 September 2008
  • Label: EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US)
  • Formats: DVD
Live at Pompeii
  • Released: 29 September 2017
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Session and production work edit

Year Artist Album / Work Ref
1970 Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs [37][38]
Barrett [37][39]
Ron Geesin and Roger Waters "Give Birth to a Smile" on Music from the Body [37]
1974 Unicorn Blue Pine Trees (producer) [40][41][37]
1975 Roy Harper "The Game" from HQ [37]
Sutherland and Quiver "Ain't Too Proud" from Reach for the Sky [37]
1976 Unicorn Too Many Crooks (US title Unicorn 2, features the song "There's No Way Out of Here") (producer) [40]
1978 Kate Bush Executive producer for two tracks on The Kick Inside [37]
Unicorn One More Tomorrow (Harvest Records) (producer, shared with Muff Winwood) [40]
1979 Wings Guitar on "Rockestra Theme" and "So Glad to See You Here" from Back to the Egg [37]
1980 Roy Harper "Playing Games", "You (The Game Part II)", "Old Faces", "Short and Sweet" and "True Story" on The Unknown Soldier, credited to Harper/Gilmour. [37]
1982 Kate Bush Vocals on "Pull Out The Pin" in The Dreaming [37]
1983 Atomic Rooster Headline News [37]
1984 Paul McCartney "No More Lonely Nights" in Give My Regards to Broad Street [37]
1985 Supertramp "Brother Where You Bound" [37]
Bryan Ferry "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" in Legend [37]
Boys and Girls [37]
Live Aid (played with Bryan Ferry's band) [37]
Nick Mason and Rick Fenn "Lie for a Lie" (vocals) in Profiles [37]
Pete Townshend "Give Blood" and "White City Fighting" in White City: A Novel – "White City Fighting" credited to Townshend/Gilmour. Also performed live as Deep End. [37]
Arcadia So Red the Rose [37]
The Dream Academy Co-produced The Dream Academy [37]
Roy Harper and Jimmy Page "Hope" on Whatever Happened to Jugula?, credited to Harper/Gilmour. [37]
1986 Berlin Count Three & Pray [37]
Liona Boyd Electric guitar on "L'Enfant", "Sorceress" and "Persona" from Persona
Pete Townshend Lead guitar in Pete Townshend's Deep End Live! [37]
1987 Dalbello "Immaculate Eyes" in she [37]
Bryan Ferry Bête Noire [37]
1988 Peter Cetera "You Never Listen To Me" in One More Story [37]
Sam Brown Guitar on "This Feeling" and "I'll Be in Love" in Stop! [37]
1989 Kate Bush "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail" in The Sensual World [37]
Paul McCartney "We Got Married" in Flowers in the Dirt [37]
Warren Zevon Transverse City [37]
1990 Roy Harper "Once" in Once (w/ Kate Bush on backing vocals) [37]
Propaganda "Only One Word" in 1234 [37]
Sam Brown April Moon, vocals on "Troubled Soul" [37]
Michael Kamen and David Sanborn Concerto for Saxophone, guitar on "Sasha" [37]
Blue Pearl Naked, guitar on Running Up That Hill and Alive (with Rick Wright on keyboards) [37]
Roé Roé, guitar "Como el agua"
1991 All About Eve "Are You Lonely" and "Wishing the Hours Away" in Touched by Jesus [37]
Hale and Pace Lead guitar on "The Stonk" [37]
1992 Elton John "Understanding Women", in The One [37]
1993 Paul Rodgers "Standing Around Crying" in Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters [37]
1994 Snowy White "Love, Pain and Sorrow" on Highway To The Sun
Chris Jagger "Steal the Time" on Chris Jagger's Atcha [37]
1995 Guy Pratt "Grand Central Station" from the soundtrack to Hackers; according to Pratt on Twitter, features uncredited guitar performance by Gilmour [42]
1996 The Who Quadrophenia (1996 Hyde Park concert)
1997 B. B. King "Cryin' Won't Help You Babe" in Deuces Wild
1999 Paul McCartney Run Devil Run
1999 Pretty Things Several songs on Resurrection
2001 The Triumph of Love soundtrack Plays guitar over several chamber orchestra pieces
Mica Paris "I Put a Spell on You" on Later... with Jools Holland [37]
2003 Ringo Starr Guitar solo on "Missouri Loves Company" & "I Think, Therefore I Rock n' Roll" in Ringo Rama
2004 Alan Parsons and Simon Posford "Return to Tunguska" in A Valid Path
2004 Phil Manzanera "Always You" and "Sacred Days" on 6PM [43]
2006 Chris Jagger "It's Amazing (What People Throw Away)" and "Junkman", in Act of Faith
2009 Nick Laird-Clowes "Mayday", from the A Time Comes documentary (Free download from nicklairdclowes.com)
2009 Rod Stewart In a Broken Dream from The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998 (track recorded 1992) [44]
2010 The Orb Writing and guitar on album Metallic Spheres
Bryan Ferry "Me Oh My" and "Song to the Siren" from Olympia
2014 Ben Watt Slide guitar and backing vocals on "The Levels" from Hendra
2022 Donovan Electric guitar on "Rock Me" from Gaelia [45]

Unreleased soundtracks edit

  • Fractals: The Colours of Infinity, Documentary (1994)[46][47]

References edit

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External links edit

  • David Gilmour discography at Discogs