Rick Wakeman discography
Rick Wakeman is an English keyboardist, composer and songwriter, most known as the keyboard player for progressive rock group Yes. His solo albums have sold over 50 million copies.
Solo
Albums
1970s
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| CAN [1] |
US [2] |
AUS [3] |
NZ [4] |
NOR [5] |
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| Piano Vibrations |
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| The Six Wives of Henry VIII |
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27 | 30 | 9 | 21 | — | 7 | ||||||||
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth |
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2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | — | 1 | ||||||||
| The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table |
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18 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
| Lisztomania |
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— | 145 | 85 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| No Earthly Connection |
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74 | 67 | 35 | — | 15 | 9 | ||||||||
| White Rock |
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69 | 126 | 38 | — | 12 | 14 |
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| Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record |
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— | 128 | 76 | — | 19 | 25 | ||||||||
| Rhapsodies |
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— | 170 | — | — | 15 | 25 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
1980s
| Year | Album | Notes | Peak chart positions | |||
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| UK [12] |
US [13] |
AUS [3] |
NOR | |||
| 1981 | The Burning (soundtrack) | — | — | — | — | |
| 1984 | 24 | — | 10 | 36 | ||
| 1982 | Rock 'n' Roll Prophet | — | — | — | — | |
| 1983 | Cost of Living | — | — | — | — | |
| G'olé!: The Original Film Soundtrack | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984 | Crimes of Passion | — | — | — | — | |
| 1985 | Silent Nights | — | — | — | — | |
| Live at Hammersmith |
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| 1986 | Country Airs |
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| 1987 | The Family Album | — | — | — | — | |
| The Gospels | 94 | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | Time Machine | — | — | — | — | |
| A Suite of Gods (with Ramon Remedios) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Zodiaque (with Tony Fernandez) | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Word and the Gospels | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989 | Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV (with Mario Fasciano) | — | — | — | — | |
| Sea Airs | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
1990s
| Year | Album | Notes | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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| UK [12] |
US [13] | ||||
| 1990 | Night Airs | — | — | ||
| In the Beginning | — | — | |||
| 1991 | Phantom Power |
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| Rock 'n' Roll Prophet Plus |
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| Aspirant Sunrise | — | — | |||
| Aspirant Sunset | — | — | |||
| Aspirant Sunshadows | — | — | |||
| The Classical Connection |
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| African Bach | — | — | |||
| 2000 A.D. Into The Future | — | — | |||
| Softsword: King John and the Magna Charter |
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| 1993 | Heritage Suite | — | — | ||
| Prayers | — | — | |||
| Classic Tracks |
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| The Classical Connection 2 | — | — | |||
| Unleashing the Tethered One: The 1974 North American Tour |
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| Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits |
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| 1994 | Live on the Test |
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| Light Up the Sky (EP) | — | — | |||
| 1995 | Almost Live in Europe | — | — | ||
| The Piano Album |
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| The Private Collection |
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| The Seven Wonders of the World | — | — | |||
| Rick Wakeman In Concert |
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| Visions |
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| Cirque Surreal | — | — | |||
| 1996 | Fields of Green | — | — | ||
| The New Gospels | — | — | |||
| The Word and Music | — | — | |||
| Can You Hear Me? |
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| Orisons |
9 of the 22 tracks are duplicates of tracks of Prayers |
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| 1997 | Tribute |
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| Simply Acoustic |
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| Fields Of Green '97 |
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| 1998 | Themes |
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| 1999 | Return to the Centre of the Earth | 34 | — | ||
| White Rock II | — | — | |||
| The Natural World Trilogy | — | — | |||
| Art in Music Trilogy | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
2000s
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||
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| UK [12] |
US [13] | ||||
| 2000 | Preludes to a Century | — | — | ||
| Chronicles of Man | — | — | |||
| Christmas Variations | — | — | |||
| The Legend: Live in Concert 2000 | — | — | |||
| Morning Has Broken | — | — | |||
| 2001 | Out of the Blue | — | — |
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| Classical Variations | — | — | |||
| Tales of Future and Past | — | — |
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| Two Sides of Yes | — | — |
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| 2002 | The Wizard and the Forest of All Dreams | — | — | ||
| Treasure Chest (8-CD boxset) | — | — |
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| Two Sides of Yes Volume 2 | — | — | |||
| The Yes Piano Variations | — | — |
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| 2003 | Out There | — | — | ||
| 2005 | At Lincoln Cathedral | — | — | ||
| 2006 | Retro | — | — | ||
| 2007 | Live at the BBC | — | — | ||
| Retro 2 | — | — | |||
| Video Vault (6-DVD set) | — | — |
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| 2009 | The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace | — | — | ||
| Past, Present and Future | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
2010s
| Year | Album | Notes | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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| UK [12] |
US [13] | ||||
| 2010 | Always with You | — | — | ||
| 2012 | In the Nick of Time: Live in 2003 | — | — | ||
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth |
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| 2016 | The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table |
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| 2017 | Piano Portraits | 6 | — |
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| 2018 | Piano Odyssey | 7 | — | ||
| 2019 | Christmas Portraits | 82 | — | ||
| 2019 | Official Bootleg Series 1–11 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
2020s
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | |||
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| UK [12] |
US [13] | ||||
| 2020 | The Red Planet | 34 | — | ||
| 2020 | Hero: The Original Soundtrack | — | — | ||
| 2022 | A Gallery of the Imagination | — | — | ||
| 2022 | Live from Elche | — | — | ||
| 2024 | Live at the London Palladium 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2025 | Melancholia | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Non-album singles
Note: These are singles that were not taken from a regular album. These songs were only released in these singles or were included on future compilations.
- 1985: "Lytton's Diary" (for a TV series of the same name)
- 1994: "Light Up the Sky"
Compilations
- 1997 Voyage (sub-titled "The Very Best of Rick Wakeman"; digitally remastered 2-CD set)
- 1999 The Masters: compilation of tracks from 1979 to 1996
- 2000 Recollections: The Very Best of Rick Wakeman 1973-1979
- 2002 Songs of Middle Earth (Inspired by The Lord of the Rings)[15]
- 2004 Revisited (re-recordings of past material)
- 2015 After the Ball: The Collection (same tracks as Recollections)
- 2017 The Journey: The Essential Rick Wakeman: Spectrum 3CD compilation from the A&M years. The 3rd CD features all of Lisztomania and White Rock.
Video games
- 1993 Microcosm
With band or duo
With Strawbs
Live albums
- Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios (1970)
- Recollection (2006)
- Live at the BBC, Vol Two: In Concert (2010)
Studio albums
- Dragonfly (1970, "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake")
- From the Witchwood (1971)
Compilations
- Strawbs by Choice (1974)
- A Choice Selection of Strawbs (1992)
- Halcyon Days (1997)
- The Collection (2002)
- Tears and Pavan (2002)
- A Taste of Strawbs (2006)
With Yes
Studio albums
- Fragile (1971)
- Close to the Edge (1972)
- Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
- Going for the One (1977)
- Tormato (1978)
- Union (1991)
- Keys to Ascension (1996)
- Keys to Ascension 2 (1997)
Live albums
- Yessongs (1973)
- Yesshows (1980)
- Keys to Ascension (1996)
- Keys to Ascension 2 (1997)
- The Word Is Live (2005)
- Live at Montreux 2003 (2007)
- Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two (2015)
- Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two (2015)
Compilations
- Yesterdays (1975)
- Classic Yes (1981)
- Yesyears (1991)
- Yesstory (1992)
- Highlights: The Very Best of Yes (1993)
- Keystudio (2001)
- In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) (2002)
- The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection (2003)
- Essentially Yes (2006)
With Dave Cousins
- Two Weeks Last Summer (1972)
- Hummingbird (2002)
- Wakeman & Cousins Live (2005)
- 40th Anniversary Celebration Vol. 2: Rick Wakeman and Dave Cousins (2010)
With Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Studio albums
Live albums
- An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993)
- Live at the NEC Oct 24th 1989 (2010)
With Adam Wakeman/Wakeman with Wakeman
Studio albums
- Wakeman with Wakeman (1993; also known as Lure of the Wild)
- No Expense Spared (1993)
- Romance of the Victorian Age (1995)
- Tapestries (1996)
- Vignettes (1996)
Live albums
- Wakeman with Wakeman: The Official Bootleg (1994; also known as Wakeman with Wakeman Live, The Stage Collection, and Official Live Bootleg)
With Anderson/Wakeman
Studio albums
- The Living Tree (2010)
Live albums
With Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman
- Live at the Apollo (2018)
Other collaborations
- Beyond the Planets (1984, with Jeff Wayne and Kevin Peek)
- Creepshow 2 (1987, with Les Reed)
- From Brush and Stone (2009, with Gordon Giltrap)
- Starmus (2014, with Brian May)
Guest appearances
- Junior's Eyes – Battersea Power Station (1969)
- Paper Bubble – Scenery (1969)
- David Bowie – Space Oddity (1969, "Space Oddity", "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud")
- Heatwave – "Rastus Ravel (Is a Mean Old Man)" (1970)
- Magna Carta – Seasons (1970)
- Magna Carta – Songs from Wasties Orchard (1971, "Time for the Leaving")
- Colin Scot – Colin Scot (1971)
- John Schroeder – Dylan Vibrations (1971)
- David Bowie – Hunky Dory (1971)
- Elton John – Madman Across the Water (1971)
- John Williams and Stanley Myers & Orchestra – Changes (1971)
- Ralph McTell – You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here (1971)
- John Kongos – Kongos (1971)
- Cat Stevens – Teaser and the Firecat (1971, "Morning Has Broken")
- T. Rex – Electric Warrior (1971, "Bang a Gong (Get It On)")
- Lou Reed – Lou Reed (1972)
- Phillip Goodhand-Tait – Songfall (1972)
- Harvey Andrews – Writer of Songs (1972)
- Dave Cousins – Two Weeks Last Summer (1972)
- Joël Daydé – White Soul (1972)
- Lou Reed – Lou Reed (1972)
- David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972, "It Ain't Easy")
- Al Stewart – Orange (1972)
- Hudson Ford – Nickelodeon (1973)
- Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973, "Sabbra Cadabra")[16]
- Al Stewart – Past, Present and Future (1974)
- Dana Gillespie – Weren't Born a Man (1974)
- The Strawbs – Nomadness (1975)
- Vivian Stanshall – Teddy Boys Don't Knit (1981, ""Smoke Signals at Night")
- Kenny Lynch – "Half the Day's Gone and We Haven't Earned a Penny" (1983, "They Don't Know You" and "B. A. Woman")
- David Bowie – Absolute Beginners (1986)
- Denny Laine – Wings on My Feet (1987)
- Aleksander Mežek – Podarjeno Srcu (1989)
- Simon Cummings – "Everybody's Got a Crisis in Their Life" (1990)
- Ozzy Osbourne – Ozzmosis (1995, "Perry Mason" and "I Just Want You")
- Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman – Jabberwocky (1999)
- Gordon Giltrap – Music for the Small Screen (2000)
- Dr. Feelgood – Chess Masters (2000)
- Various Artists – Wonderous: A Tribute to Yes (2001)
- Various Artists – Slade Remade (2001)
- The Bollenberg Experience – If Only Stones Could Speak (2002)
- Damian Wilson & Band – Live in Rehearsal (2002)
- Ric Sanders Group – In Lincoln Cathedral (2002)
- Various Artists – Return to the Dark Side of the Moon (A Tribute to Pink Floyd) (2005)
- Cousins and Conrad – High Seas (2005, "Deep in the Darkest Night")
- Elkie Brooks – Pearls (2006)
- Elkie Brooks – Live With Friends (2006)
- Gordon Giltrap – Gordon Giltrap and Friends at the Symphony Hall Birmingham (2006)
- Mario Fasciano – Porta San Gennaro Napoli (2007)
- Various Artists – The Ultimate Tribute to Led Zeppelin (2008)
- Mitch Benn – Sing Like an Angel (2008)
- Various Artists – The Music of Pink Floyd (2009)
- Various Artists – Who Are You: An All Star Tribute to The Who (2012)
- The Fusion Syndicate – The Fusion Syndicate (2012)
- Etta James – Live at Montreux 1993 (2012)
- Various Artists – The Prog Collective (2012, "Check Point Karma")
- Various Artists – Songs of the Century: An All-Star Tribute to Supertramp (2012, "Crime of the Century")
- Nektar – A Spoonful of Time (2012)
- Various Artists – Fly Like an Eagle an All-Star Tribute to Steve Miller Band (2013)
- The Prog Collective – Epilogue (2013)
- Sarastro Blake – New Progmantics (2013)
- Days Between Stations – In Extremis (2013)
- Ayreon – The Theory of Everything (album) (2013)
- Various Artists – Light My Fire: A Classic Rock Salute to The Doors (2014)
- Various Artists – Celebrating Jon Lord: The Rock Legend (2014)
- Deep Purple and Friends With the Orion Orchestra – Celebrating Jon Lord (2014)
- The Strawbs – Prognostic (2014)
- Nik Turner – Space Fusion Odyssey (2015)
- Tucker Zimmerman – Ten Songs (2015)
- Billy Sherwood – Citizen (2015, "The Great Depression")
- Jerry Goodman – Violin Fantasy (2016)
- Graham Bonnet – Back Row in the Stalls (2016)
- Various Artists – Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here Symphonic (2016)
- Leon Alvarado – The Future Left Behind (2016, "Launch Overture")
- Michael Ball & Alfie Boe with The Rays of Sunshine Children's Choir & Friends – "Bring Me Sunshine"
- Derek Smalls – Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing) (2018)
- William Shatner – Shatner Claus: The Christmas Album (2018)
- Rodney Matthews and Jeff Scheetz with Oliver Wakeman – Trinity (2019)
- Kilty Town – Kilty Town (2019)
- Wally – Martyrs and Cowboys (2019)
- Hawkestrel – SpaceXmas (2020)
- Jools Holland – Pianola, Piano & Friends (2021)
- Various Artists – A Tribute to Pink Floyd – Still Wish You Were Here (2021, "Welcome to the Machine")
References
- ^ "Canadian Albums". RPM Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "US Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 331. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "nz Albums". charts.nz. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "Norwegian Albums". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "Official Charts > Rick Wakeman". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Wakeman Liztomania Score Complete;Time Out For Gold" (PDF). Cash Box. 13 September 1975. p. 39. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ a b "American certifications – Rick Wakeman". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b McCreight, Ron (8 November 1975). "Record World International: Germany" (PDF). Record World. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Certified Rick Wakeman Awards
- ^ a b c "BPI Certified Awards Search". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Rick Wakeman | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Rick Wakeman - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "BRIT Certified". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Rick Wakeman Frequently Asked Questions, A reissue of tracks from Heritage Suite and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, renamed to fit the Lord of the Rings theme. The artist does not consider this a release.
- ^ Iommi, Tony (2011). Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-30681-9551.