Brian May / discography

Brian May solo (1998)

This discography is an overview of the musical works and solo projects of the musician Brian May . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 600,000 records in his career, including over 500,000 in his home country alone. May's most successful release is the single Too Much Love Will Kill You with over 240,000 units sold. For releases by the band Queen see Queen (Band) / Discography .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1983	Star Fleet Project	-	-	-	UK35 (4 weeks) UK	US147 (2 weeks) US	First published: October 1983 with Eddie Van Halen & Fred Mandel
1992	Back to the light	DE25 (12 weeks) DE	AT20 (5 weeks) AT	CH11 (8 weeks) CH	UK6th gold (14 weeks)UK	US159 (2 weeks) US	First release: September 28, 1992 1st solo album
1994	Live at the Brixton Academy	DE71 (6 weeks) DE	AT38 (1 week) AT	CH33 (2 weeks) CH	UK20 (3 weeks) UK	-	First release: February 7th, 1994 live album
1998	Another world	DE32 (4 weeks) DE	AT48 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK23 (3 weeks) UK	-	First release: June 1st, 1998 2nd solo album
2017	Golden Days	-	-	-	UK27 (1 week) UK	-	First published: April 7, 2017 with Kerry Ellis

More albums

1993: Resurrection (EP)
1998: Red Special (EP)
1998: Retro Rock Special
2000: La musique de Furia (soundtrack)
2013: The Candlelight Concerts - Live At Montreux
2013: Acoustic by Candlelight: Live on The Born Free Tour

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1983	Star Fleet Star Fleet Project	-	-	-	UK65 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1983 with Eddie Van Halen & Fred Mandel
1991	Driven by You Back to the Light	-	-	-	UK6 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1991
1992	Too Much Love Will Kill You Back to the Light	DE30 (14 weeks) DE	AT20 (8 weeks) AT	CH26 (9 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 1992
	We are the champions	-	-	-	UK66 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 1992 with Hank Marvin
	Back to the Light Back to the Light	-	-	-	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1992
1993	Resurrection Back to the Light	-	-	-	UK23 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1993 with Cozy Powell
1993	Last Horizon Back to the Light	-	-	-	UK51 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 1993
1998	The Business Another World	-	-	-	UK51 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1998
1998	Why Don't We Try Again Another World	-	-	-	UK44 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1998
2006	21st Century Christmas / Move It Two’s Company - The Duets	-	-	-	UK2 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 2006 with Cliff Richard & Brian Bennett
2012	Rockstar Bad Intentions	-	-	-	UK2 silver (7 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 2012 with Dappy
2013	Save The Badger Badger Badger	-	-	-	UK79 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 2013 with Brian Blessed & Weebl

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2019	Blue on Black	-	-	-	-	US66 (1 week) US	First release: April 12, 2019 Five Finger Death Punch feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd , Brantley Gilbert & Brian May

More singles

1995: The Amazing Spider-Man
1998: On My Way Up
1998: Another World

Video albums

1983: Star Licks Master Series ( VHS ; re-released circa 1993 under the title Master Session ).
1994: Live at the Brixton Academy (VHS).

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Netherlands Netherlands
- 1992: for the album Back to the Light
- 2000: for the single Too Much Love Will Kill You
Spain Spain
- 1992: for the album Back to the Light

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Netherlands (NVPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	0! P-	90,000	nvpi.nl
Spain (Promusicae)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	50,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	gold1	0! P-	500,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	4 × gold4th	-

Participation in compilations albums

The following is a selection of May's involvement in compilation albums:

1994: Guitar in New Damage , a song recorded together with Soundgarden (album Greenpeace - Alternative NRG ).
1995: One Rainy Wish from the Jimi Hendrix tribute album In from the Storm ; the title also appeared on May's 1998 solo album Another World .
1996: Brian May wrote, produced and played the two tracks Il Colosso (together with Jerry Hadley , Sissel, 'Just William') and What Are We Made Of? For the film The Adventures of Pinocchio . (with Sissel ).

1996: FBI (album Twang! A Tribute to Hank Marvin & The Shadows ); Also released on May's single On My Way Up in 1998.

1998: My Boy (Compilation Lullabies with a Difference ); the song was recorded in 1982.

2000: Have a Cigar , a cover version of the Pink Floyd song, together with the Foo Fighters (album Music from and Inspired by Mission Impossible 2 ).

2002: I Don't Want Nobody Teasing Around with Me (on the Japanese edition of the album Good Rockin 'Tonight - The Legacy of Sun Records ).

2004: Someone to Die For by Jimmy Gnecco featuring Brian May (Album Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2 ).

Projects close to the Queen

1969: Single Earth / Step on Me by the previous Queen band Smile , which also included Roger Taylor and Tim Staffell .
1973: Single I Can Hear Music by Larry Lurex , a joint publication with Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor. (The song is also included in the box set Freddie Mercury - The Solo Collection , 2000, and in the compilation Lover of Life, Singer of Songs - The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo , 2006).
1982: LP Gettin 'Smile (Japan) by Smile: Doing Alright , Blag , April Lady , Polar Bear , Earth , Step on Me . These six tracks are also included on the 1997 CD Ghost of a Smile , which was released in the Netherlands .

Other Projects

Producer and writer

1967 (recording): Brian May played guitar and sang backing vocals on the three songs Appointment , She Was Once My Friend and I Need Time by The Left Handed Marriage . Together with Bill Richards, who also wrote the other two songs, May is co-author of I Need Time . These tracks were recorded in 1967 and were released on the album Crazy Chain in 1993 (the rest of the tracks on the album are from 1993).

1983: May produced the album Lettin Loose by Heavy Pettin together with the Munich sound engineer Mack .

1986: May is the producer of the album Cancel of Minako Honda ; it contains u. a. the title Roulette (the Japanese version of John Deacon's No Turning Back ).

1987: May wrote and produced the tracks Golden Days and Crazy Nights for Minako Honda single releases ; He can also be heard on guitar on both songs. Japanese versions of the pieces appeared in Japan.

1987: Brian May produced the album Bad News by the joke heavy metal band of the same name , which was specially compiled for some films in the BBC TV series The Comic Strip Presents . The record includes a cover version of Bohemian Rhapsody (with backing vocals by Brian May and John Deacon) and Conversations with May ( Life with Brian ). He also produced the Bad News single Cashing in on Christmas with Bad News on the B-side, which he also plays guitar on.

1987: He produced the album Talking of Love for Anita Dobson , who would later become his second wife . May also wrote most of the tracks, played guitar and sang the backing vocals. In I Dream of Christmas played John Deacon Bass.

1988: May is also the producer of Anita Dobson's single, In One of My Weaker Moments , on which he also played guitar. The song comes from the musical Budgie with Dobson in the lead role.

1989: In support of the 'British Bone Marrow Donor Appeal', an organization that supports bone marrow donation for leukemia sufferers, Brian May produced a new version of the Queen's title Who Wants to Live Forever with the two children Ian & Belinda ; different versions were released as 7 "and 12" singles. May played guitar, John Deacon bass and Roger Taylor drums during the recording.

1990: May wrote and played the music for Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth in the Riverside Theater production.

1991: The Stonk by Hale and Pace and the Stonkers was produced by Brian May. He also plays guitar, Roger Taylor drums. The single, which reached number one on the UK charts, was a charity project in aid of the British charity Comic Relief .

Guest musician

May participated in numerous other productions of other groups and artists as a guitarist, sometimes also as a singer:

1975: Backing vocals and guitar in Man from Manhattan by Eddie Howell (single Man from Manhattan ; re-released 1995); Freddie Mercury played the piano and also sang backing vocals.
1976: Backing vocals with Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor in You Nearly Did Me In by Ian Hunter (album All-American Alien Boy ).
1978: Guitar in Digging My Potatoes by Lonnie Donegan (album Puttin 'on the Style ).
1983: Guitar in Stay with Me Tonight and Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right by Jeffrey Osborne (album Stay with Me Tonight ).
1984: Guitar in (Another) 1984 by Billy Squier (album Signs of Life ).
1985: Guitar in A Shift in the Wind, Parts 1 and 2 by Chris Thompson (album Radio Voices ).
1986: Guitar in Como un susurro by the Spanish singer Ramoncín (album La vida en el filo ).
1987: Guitar in A Time for Heroes by Meat Loaf . The title was released as a limited edition single in the USA on the occasion of the Special Olympics and later under the title Heroes on the album Back from Hell Again! The Very Best of Meat Loaf (Vol 2. More Hits & Rare Tracks) in Germany (1994).
1988: Guitar in Love Lies Bleeding (She Was A Wicked, Wily Waitress) by Roger Taylor's band The Cross (album Shove It ).
1989: Guitar in Love Train by Holly Johnson (album Blast ).
1989: Guitar in Blow the House Down by Living in a Box (album Gatecrashing ).
1989: Guitar in When Death Calls by Black Sabbath (album Headless Cross ).
1989: Guitar in Self! by Fuzzbox (album Big Bang ).
1991: Guitar in Red Planet Blues and Get out of My Way by D-Rok (album Oblivion ).
1992: Together with Extreme Brian May (guitar) recorded a new version of Queens Love of My Life (single song for love ). The proceeds went to the Aids aid organization Terence Higgins Trust.
1992: Guitar in I Can Read Books by Judie Tzuke (album Wonderland ).
1992: Guitar in Hank Marvin's new version of Queen's song We Are the Champions (from the album Into the Light ).
1992: Guitar in A Whole Lot of Love by Phenomena (album Phenomena III: Inner Vision ), the recording was made in 1988.
1992: Guitar in If There Is a Heaven Tony Martin (album Back Where I Belong ).
1992: In Ride to Win and Somewhere in Time on the album The Drums Are Back by Cozy Powell , he played guitar. The instrumental versions Resurrection and Nothin 'But Blue refer to Brian May's solo album Back to the Light .
1992: Guitar in Don't Fall Away From Me by Steve Hackett (recorded 1986, published on the compilation The Unauthorized Biography ).
1993: Guitar in I'm Ready from Paul Rodgers ' album Muddy Water Blues - A Tribute to Muddy Waters .
1993: Guitar in Cassandra by Steve Hackett (bonus track on his album Guitar Noir ); the song was recorded in 1986.
1994: Guitar in El Vampiro Bajo El Sol of the Brazilian band Os Paralamas do Sucesso (album Severino ).
1994: Vocals and guitar in Jennifer Rush's interpretation of Queen's song Who Wants to Live Forever (album Out of My Hands ).
1995: Guitar in Heartsong by Gordon Giltrap (album Music for the Small Screen ); The song was recorded in 1993.
1995: Guitar in Nobody Knew (Black White House) from the album Carmine Appice ’s Guitar Zeus .
1995: On the solo album SOL by Stefan Zauner , singer of the German band Münchener Freiheit , Brian May plays guitar in Make My Dream Come True .
1996: guitar Raining in My Heart (Album Do not Stop by Status Quo ).
2000: Guitar in Slot Machine by Steve Hackett (recorded 1986, released on the Feedback '86 album ).
2000: Guitar in Goodbye Lament and Flame On by Tony Iommi (album Iommi ).
2000: Guitar in 1984 recorded demo version of Freddie Mercury 's She Blows Hot and Cold (Alternative Version) , published as part of the box sets The Solo Collection .
2001: Guitar in Eternity by Robbie Williams (single; also included on Williams' album Greatest Hits , 2004).
2002: Guitar in Light the Fire Within by Michael Kamen (official song of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games ).
2002: Guitar in Too Much Love Will Kill You by Claire Sweeney (from the album Claire ).
2002: Backing vocals and guitar in If We Believe by Lynn Carey Saylor (single).
2002: Guitar in Tired of You by the Foo Fighters on their album One by One .
2003: Guitar in Mr. You're a Better Man Than I of the Yardbirds (from their album Birdland ).
2003: Earth and Doin 'Alright from Tim Staffell's album Amigo ; with May as singer and guitarist.
2004: Circles by Quartz , recorded in 1977 (bonus track of the re-released, originally '77 album Stand Up and Fight or B-side of the single Stoking the Fires of Hell ).
2004: Guitar in Il mare impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle ... by Zucchero (album Zu & Co. ).
2006: Guitar and bass in Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Diana Ross (album I Love You ).
2006: Guitar in Bad for Good by Meat Loaf (album Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose ).
2006: Guitar in Move It by Cliff Richard (single 21st Century Christmas & Move It [featuring Brian May & Brian Bennett ] , album Two's Company - The Duets ).
200 ?: Backing vocals and guitar in We Belong by Lynn Carey Saylor (album You Like It Clean ).
2011: Guitar in Yoü and I by Lady Gaga (album Born This Way ).
2011: Guitar and vocals in I Do with Steve Cropper (album Dedicated ).

Further participation in charity projects:

1989: May recorded the single Yes We Can with other artists for Artists United for Nature . The title was later released on the compilation Earthrise - The Rainforest Album . The songwriters are Harold Faltermeyer and Chris Thompson; other participating musicians include a. Ian Anderson , Joe Cocker , Herbie Hancock , Chaka Khan , Maggie Reilly , Jennifer Rush and Stefan Zauner.

1989: Rock Aid Armenia was a project to help the earthquake victims in Armenia . In addition to many other musicians (such as Ritchie Blackmore , Bruce Dickinson , Ian Gillan , David Gilmour , Tony Iommi and Paul Rodgers) May and Roger Taylor participated in the re-recording of Deep Purples Smoke on the Water .

1990: Sailing is a single released under the name Rock Against Repatriation . The proceeds went to Vietnamese boat people who had been forced to return home from Hong Kong . Brian May played guitar. Also involved were u. a. Fish , Steve Hackett, Justin Hayward , Steve Hogarth , Mark King , Phil Manzanera , Pino Palladino and Simon Phillips , Bonnie Tyler and Judie Tzuke.

1996: He also played guitar on the single Reaching Out , released under the name Rock Therapy ; worked on the recordings a. also Paul Rodgers and Charlie Watts . The Nordoff -Robbins Music Therapy Center received the proceeds. (This track was also the opening song at the concerts of Queen + Paul Rodgers in 2005/2006 .)

Live performances published as audio carrier (selection):

1988: Brian May and John Deacon performed live with numerous other musicians on June 6, 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Prince's Trust Gala Concert (Video Prince's Trust Rock Gala ).

1992: On the charity album by Pavarotti and Friends , recorded live in Modena on September 27, 1992, he played guitar for the songs Too Much Love Will Kill You and La donna è mobile (from Verdi's opera Rigoletto ).

2005: May played guitar together with The Crickets in the songs Peggy Sue , Maybe Baby , I Fought the Law , Oh Boy and That'll Be the Day and together with Paul Rodgers his track Alright Now (live on September 24, 2004 on the occasion of 50th birthday of the Fender Stratocaster ; DVD The Strat Pack: Live in Concert , 2005).

2013: Brian May played as guest musician of Tangerine Dream in June 2011 at the “Starmus Festival” in Tenerife. The live recording was released in 2013 on the double album Starmus - Sonic Universe ("Tangerine Dream and Brian May"). The festival took place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first space flight .

Others

1994: In the computer game Rise of the Robots , parts of the song The Dark from the solo album Back to the Light (1992) were used.

1996: May wrote the song Cyborg for the follow-up Rise 2: Resurrection , released in 1998 on the solo album Another World .

literature

Georg Purvis: Queen. Complete Works. Reynolds & Hearn, London 2007, ISBN 978-1905287338 . (English)

swell

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[charts-1] Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US