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Gary Moore discography
Studio albums17
Live albums9
Compilation albums12
Singles53

This is the discography of the Northern Irish blues, heavy metal and hard rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Gary Moore.

Albums

Solo studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FIN
[4]
GER
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
US
[10]
1978

Back on the Streets

  • Released: 30 September 1978
  • Label: MCA
70
1982

Corridors of Power

30 149
1983

Dirty Fingers

  • Recorded in 1980
  • Released: 1983 (Japan) / 1984 (Europe)
  • Label: Jet

Victims of the Future

  • Released: December 1983
  • Label: Virgin
12 7 53 15 172
1985

Run for Cover

  • Released: 2 September 1985
  • Label: Virgin
12 73 10 27 23 7 6 146
1987

Wild Frontier

  • Released: 2 March 1987
  • Label: Virgin
8 41 16 1 9 11 1 2 7 139
1989

After the War

  • Released: 25 January 1989
  • Label: Virgin
23 62 3 2 14 3 3 3 114
1990
Still Got the Blues
  • Released: 21 March 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: LP, CD


13 5 13 1 4 14 2 1 3 83
1992

After Hours

  • Released: 9 March 1992
  • Label: Virgin
4 8 6 8 2 9 2 1 1 145

1995

Blues for Greeny

  • Released: 31 May 1995
  • Label: Virgin
14 59 14 33 31 40 26
[A]
1997

Dark Days in Paradise

  • Released: 2 June 1997
  • Label: Virgin
43 19 27 32 27 23 22
1999

A Different Beat

133 60
2001

Back to the Blues

53 68 36 40 22 49
[B]
2004

Power of the Blues

  • Released: 22 June 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
158 65 51
[C]
2006

Old New Ballads Blues

  • Released: 2 May 2006
  • Label: Eagle
148 91
[D]
2007

Close As You Get

  • Released: 21 May 2007
  • Label: Eagle
102 66 95
[E]
2008

Bad for You Baby

  • Released: 22 September 2008
  • Label: Eagle
101 69 71
[F]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Notes

With other projects

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FIN
[4]
GER
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
US
[10]
1973

Grinding Stone

  • The Gary Moore Band
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: CBS
1980

G-Force

  • G-Force
  • Released: 30 May 1980
  • Label: JVC Japan
1994

Around the Next Dream

9 28 14 20 17 13 25
2002

Scars

90 48 31
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK

[1]

AUS

[2]

AUT

[3]

FIN

[4]

GER

[5]

NZ

[6]

NOR

[7]

SWE

[8]

SWI

[9]

US

[10]

1983 Rockin' Every Night – Live in Japan
  • Released: 21 May 1983
  • Label: Virgin
99 91 37
1983 Live at the Marquee
  • Recorded: 5–6 November 1980
  • Released: 21 September 1983
  • Label: Jet
1984 We Want Moore!
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Virgin
32 21 52 21
1993 Blues Alive
  • Recorded: 1992
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Virgin
8 73 14 31 18 40 14
2003 Live at Monsters of Rock
  • Released: 30 September 2003
  • Label: Sanctuary
2007 Blues for Jimi
  • Recorded: 25 October 2007
  • Release date: 24 September 2012
  • Label: Eagle
80 56 36
2007 Live at Bush Hall (2007) 128
2010 Live at Montreux 2010
  • Released: 19 September 2011
  • Label: Eagle
41
2020 Live from London
  • Released: 31 January 2020
  • Label: Mascot, Provogue
70 17 10 84 34
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FIN
[4]
GER
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
US
[10]
1982 Gary Moore
  • Japan-only release
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: MCA
1988 And Then the Man Said to His Guitar..
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Accord
32
1994 Ballads & Blues 1982–1994
  • Released: 17 November 1994
  • Label: Virgin
33 4 30 26 6 10 15
[G]
1996 Streets & Walkways: The Best of Gary Moore & Colosseum II
  • Released: December 1996
  • Label: Music Club
1998 Out in the Fields – The Very Best of Gary Moore
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: Virgin
54 10 13
1999 Blood of Emeralds – The Very Best of Gary Moore Part 2
  • Released: September 1999 (Sweden)
  • Label: Virgin
13
2002 The Best of the Blues
  • Also known as Walking By Myself – The Best of the Blues
  • Released: February 2002
  • Label: Virgin
112 20 10 98
[H]
Have Some Moore: The Best Of Gary Moore
  • Released: 2002 (Finland)
  • Label: EMI / Virgin
7
2003 The Essential Gary Moore
  • Re-packaging of Ballads & Blues 1982–1994
  • Released: 24 June 2003
  • Label: Virgin
Parisienne Walkways: The Blues Collection
  • Released: 18 August 2003
  • Label: EMI Gold
Back on the Streets: The Rock Collection
  • Released: 20 August 2003
  • Label: EMI Gold
2006 The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 4 September 2006
  • Label: Virgin
118
[I]
45
[I]
2008 Have Some Moore 2: The Best Of Gary Moore
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: EMI / Capitol
2009 Essential Montreux
  • Special Edition 5CD Set
  • Released: 16 June 2009
  • Label: Eagle
2012 Legacy 173
2017 Blues and Beyond
  • Double CD, 4 LP and Box Set
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: BMG
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Notes

  • G^ Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 charted at #14 on Top Blues Albums Chart
  • H^ The Best of the Blues charted at #12 on Top Blues Albums Chart
  • I^ The Platinum Collection didn't chart in UK and Sweden until February 2011.[20][21]


Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
FIN
[4]
GER
[22]
IRE
[23]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
US
[24]
US Rock
[24]
1978 "Parisienne Walkways / Fanatical Fascists / She's Got You"
(Gary Moore & Phil Lynott)
8 5 Back on the Streets
1978 "Back on the Streets / Track Nine / Song for Donna"
1979 "Spanish Guitar / Spanish Guitar (Instrumental)"
1981 "Nuclear Attack / Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Run to Your Mama"
(Gary Moore & Friends)
Dirty Fingers
1982 "Always Gonna Love You / Cold Hearted" 103 Corridors of Power
"Rockin' Every Night / Back on the Streets / Parisienne Walkways"
"End of the World"
1983 "Falling in Love with You / Falling in Love With You [Instrumental] / Wishing Well" 110
"Don't Take Me for a Loser" 31
"Hold on to Love / Devil in Her Heart / Law of the Jungle" 65 Victims of the Future
1984 "Shapes of Things / Blinder" 77
"Empty Rooms / Nuclear Attack [Live] / Shapes of Things" 51
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / She's Got You" Dirty Fingers
"Teenage Idol" Victims of the Future
1985 "Out in the Fields / Military Man / Still in Love With You"
(Gary Moore & Phil Lynott)
5 62 24 14 3 21 2 2 Run for Cover
"Empty Rooms '85" [re-recording] 23 100 12 48
"Military Man"
"Run for Cover / Parisienne Walkways"
"Listen to Your Heartbeat / Out of My System"
1986 "Reach for the Sky" [+]
"Over the Hills and Far Away / Crying in the Shadows / All Messed Up [Live] / Out in the Fields" 20 94 1 6 43 1 7 24 Wild Frontier
"Crying in the Shadows" [+]
1987 "Wild Frontier / Run for Cover (Live) / Murder in the Skies (Live) / Wild Frontier (Live) / Wild Frontier [Extended] / The Loner" 35 85 4 22
"Friday on My Mind / Reach for the Sky / Reach for the Sky [Live]" 26 25 15 18 30
"The Loner / Johnny Boy / The Loner [Live]" 53
"Take a Little Time / Out in the Fields" 75
1988 "After the War / This Thing Called Love / Over the Hills and Far Away" 37 5 14 36 4 12 After the War
1989 "Ready for Love / Ready for Love [Edit] / Wild Frontier [Live] / Wild Frontier / The Loner [Live]" 56 26 13
"Led Clones / Speak for Yourself"
"Livin' on Dreams / The Messiah Will Come / Livin' on Dreams [Extended]"
1990 "Oh Pretty Woman / King of the Blues / The Stumble"
(Gary Moore & Albert King)
48 50 15 Still Got the Blues
"Still Got the Blues (For You) / Left Me With the Blues / Still Got The Blues (For You) - Full Length Version" 31 18 17 28 28 3 4 97 9
"Walking by Myself / Still Got the Blues (For You)" 48 55
"Too Tired / Texas Strut"
(Gary Moore featuring Albert Collins)
71
1991 "Moving On" 30
"Midnight Blues"
1992 "Cold Day in Hell / All Time Low" 24 42 29 31 4 24 22 After Hours
"Story of the Blues / Movin' Down the Road" 40 99 37
"Since I Met You Baby / The Hurt Inside"
(Gary Moore & B.B. King)
59
"Separate Ways / Only Fool in Town" 59
"Only Fool in Town"
1993 "Parisienne Walkways '93" [Live version] / Only Fool in Town 32 Blues Alive
1994 "Where in the World"
BBM (with Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker)
57 Around The Next Dream
"Waiting in the Wings" [+]
BBM (with Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker)
30
"One Day"
[*]
Ballads & Blues 1982–1994
1995 Blues For Greeny EP:
"If I Loved Another Woman" / "If You Be My Baby" /
"Long Grey Mare" / "Showbiz Blues" [+]
Blues for Greeny
"If I Loved Another Woman" [+]
"Need Your Love So Bad" 48
1997 "One Good Reason" 79 Dark Days in Paradise
"I Have Found My Love in You / My Foolish Pride" 109
"Always There for You"
(Gary Moore vs. Professor Stretch)
1999 A Different Beat EP:
"Go On Home" / "Lost In Your Love" / "Worry No More" [+]
A Different Beat
2001 "Picture of the Moon" Back to the Blues
2011 "Parisienne Walkways" 127 The Platinum Collection
"Still Got the Blues" 62
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Notes

  • +^ Promotional only release
  • '*^ "One Day" didn't chart on the Finnish Singles Chart, but it did reach #23 on the Finnish Top 50 Hits Chart (50 Hittiä) which combined sales and airplay.[4]

Granny's Intentions

Album

  • Honest Injun (Deram, 1970) (gt on 8 tracks, Johnny Hockedy on 3)

Skid Row

Albums

  • Skid (CBS, October 1970) #30 UK
  • 34 Hours (CBS, 1971)
  • Skid Row (a.k.a. 'Dublin Gas Comy.') – CBS demos recorded early 1970 (CBS, 1990)
  • Skid Row (a.k.a. 'Gary Moore/Brush Shiels/Noel Bridgeman') – Gary Moore version of the unreleased third album recorded late 1971 (Castle, 1990)
  • Live And On Song – Both sides of Skid Row's first two singles on the Song label recorded 1969, plus a BBC 'In Concert' recording from 1971 (Hux, 2006)

Singles

  • "New Places, Old Faces" / "Misdemeanour Dream Felicity" (Song Records, 1969)
  • "Saturday Morning Man" / "Mervyn Aldridge" (Song Records, 1969)
  • "Sandie’s Gone (Part 1)" / "Sandie’s Gone (Part 2)" (CBS, April 1970)
  • "Night Of The Warm Witch" / "Mr. De-Luxe" (CBS, April 1971)
  • "Living One Day At A Time" / "Girl from Dublin City" (CBS, February 1972)[25]

Thin Lizzy

Moore played in Thin Lizzy (1973–74, 1977–79) for several periods and worked with Phil Lynott subsequently in his solo career.

Albums

Compilations

Live

Colosseum II

Colosseum II is a band that came from the ashes of Colosseum and featured Don Airey, Neil Murray/John Mole, Mike Starrs, Jon Hiseman and Moore.

Albums

Greg Lake

Moore participated in the recording of Greg Lake's two solo albums, Greg Lake (1981) and Manoeuvres (1983). He also played live in Greg Lake's line-up. Some notable performances of his touring stint with Lake, were the live covers of King Crimson songs "21st Century Schizoid Man", "In the Court of the Crimson King", as well as "Parisienne Walkways". One concert on this tour was recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, and released on CD in 1995 as King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Greg Lake in Concert.

Moore's 1981 album Dirty Fingers (which also featured ex-Ted Nugent vocalist Charlie Huhn, former Rainbow/Wild Horses and later Dio bassist Jimmy Bain, and ex-Black Oak Arkansas/Pat Travers and later Ozzy Osbourne/Whitesnake/Ted Nugent drummer Tommy Aldridge) had a song called "Nuclear Attack", which he also performed on the Greg Lake album.

Albums

Cozy Powell

Albums

DVDs

Videos

  • Gary Moore – Emerald Aisles. Live In Ireland (1984)
  • Gary Moore – Live at Isstadion Stockholm: Wild Frontier Tour, (1987)
  • Gary Moore – The Video Singles (1987)
  • Gary Moore – Live in Belfast: After the War Tour, (1989)
  • "An Evening of the Blues" with Gary Moore & Midnight Blues Band – featuring Albert Collins & Albert King (1990)
  • Gary Moore and B.B. King (2006)
  • Gary Moore participated in a comedy skit entitled "The Easy Guitar Book Sketch", with comedian Rowland Rivron and fellow British musicians Mark Knopfler, Lemmy from Motorhead, Mark King from Level 42, and David Gilmour.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e UK chart peaks:
    • Top 100 peaks: "The Official Charts Company > Gary Moore". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2011. N.B. This site applies chart exclusion rules to positions 76-100.
    • Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: "Chart Log UK 1994-2010: M – My Vitriol". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2019. N.B. This site displays uncompressed chart (no exclusions) peaks between positions 76 and 200, from November 1994 to May 2001. Some peaks in this region of the chart may therefore be lower than those listed on the Official Charts site.
  2. ^ a b c d e Australian chart peaks:
  3. ^ a b c d "Austrian Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: MOK - MOY > Garu Moore". Sisältää hitin / Timo Pennanen. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d "Discographie von Gary Moore". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e "New Zealand Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Norwegian Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Swedish Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  9. ^ a b c d "Swiss Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  10. ^ a b c d "Allmusic – Billboard Albums > Gary Moore". All Music. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  12. ^ a b c d e f IFPI Sweden – Gold & Platinum 1987–1998 (pdf) Archived February 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ a b c d "Album Certification Awards (Finland) – Gary Moore". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  14. ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gary Moore)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  15. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. pp. 192–193.
  16. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Gary Moore. Retrieved on 2011-02-25.
  17. ^ The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community – Certification Awards 1991
  18. ^ IFPI Norsk platebransje – Søk i troféer (artist search) Archived November 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community – Certification Awards 1999 Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ Chart Log UK: New Entries Update 19.02.2011 (wk6)
  21. ^ swedishcharts.com – Gary Moore – The Platinum Collection
  22. ^ "German Singles Chart – Gary Moore". PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  23. ^ "The Irish Charts – search the charts > Gary Moore". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  24. ^ a b "Allmusic – Billboard Singles > Gary Moore". All Music. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  25. ^ Skid Row at Irish Showbands.com Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • Gary Moore discography at Discogs
  • Conversation with Gary Moore from May, 2007, where he talks about his early days with Phil Lynott – "Moore's almanac." Belfast Telegraph, 24 May 2007.