Gary Moore / discography

Gary Moore live in 2005

This discography is an overview of the musical works of Northern Irish blues - and heavy metal - or hard rock - guitarist , composer and singer Gary Moore . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 3.8 million records in his career, including over 1.1 million in his home country alone. Moore's most successful release is Still Got the Blues album with over 1.5 million units sold.

Solo releases

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1973	Grinding Stone (as The Gary Moore Band)	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Back on the streets	-	-	-	UK70 (1 week) UK	-	Re-released in 2013 with 4 additional titles
1980	G-Force (as G-Force)	-	-	-	-	-	Band project with Mark Nauseef , Tony Newton and Willie Dee
1981	Dirty fingers	-	-	-	-	-	first published in Japan in 1983 and worldwide against Moore's will in 1984
1982	Corridors of Power	-	-	-	UK30 (6 weeks) UK	US149 (13 weeks) US	First publication: September 1982; Studio album sales: + 100,000
1983	Live at the Marquee	-	-	-	-	-	Live recording from 1980
	Victims of the Future	DE53 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (7 weeks) UK	US172 (5 weeks) US
1984	We Want Moore!	DE52 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK32 (3 weeks) UK	-	Live album
1985	Run for Cover	DE27 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 silver (8 weeks)UK	US146 (7 weeks) US	First publication: September 1985; Studio album sales: + 110,000
1986	Rockin 'Every Night - Live in Japan	-	-	-	UK99 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 21, 1983; Live album recording: 24. – 25. January 1983
1987	Wild Frontier	DE9 (31 weeks) DE	AT16 (10 weeks) AT	CH7 (14 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (14 weeks)UK	US139 (15 weeks) US	First published: March 9, 1987; Studio album sales: + 227,791
1989	After the war	DE2 gold (18 weeks)DE	-	CH3 (11 weeks) CH	UK23 silver (5 weeks)UK	US114 (9 weeks) US	First published: January 25, 1989; Studio album sales: + 360,000
1990	Still got the blues	DE4th gold (57 weeks)DE	AT13 (24 weeks) AT	CH3 platinum (31 weeks)CH	UK13 platinum (26 weeks)UK	US83 gold (42 weeks)US	First published: March 26, 1990; Studio album sales: + 1,560,000
1992	After hours	DE2 (26 weeks) DE	AT6 (11 weeks) AT	CH1 (16 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (13 weeks)UK	US145 (8 weeks) US	First published: May 10, 1992; Studio album sales: + 352,800
1993	Blues Alive	DE31 (11 weeks) DE	AT14 (7 weeks) AT	CH14 (14 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (5 weeks)UK	-	First published: April 10, 1993; Live album sales: + 362,600
1994	Around the Next Dream as BBM	DE20 (13 weeks) DE	AT28 (5 weeks) AT	CH25 (4 weeks) CH	UK9 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 17, 1994; Studio album band project with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker
	Ballads & Blues 1982-1994	DE30 (15 weeks) DE	-	CH15th gold (11 weeks)CH	UK33 gold (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 31, 1995; Compilation Sales: + 256,093
1995	Blues for Greeny	DE33 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH26 (7 weeks) CH	UK14 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 31, 1995; Studio album sales: + 25,800
1997	Dark Days in Paradise	DE32 (7 weeks) DE	AT19 (6 weeks) AT	CH22 (5 weeks) CH	UK43 (2 weeks) UK	-
1998	Out in the Fields - The Very Best Of	-	-	-	UK54 gold (2 weeks)UK	-	compilation
1999	A different beat	DE60 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-
2001	Back to the blues	DE40 (4 weeks) DE	AT68 (2 weeks) AT	CH49 (7 weeks) CH	UK53 (1 week) UK	-
2002	Walking by Myself - The Best of the Blues as Scars	-	-	CH98 (1 week) CH	-	-	compilation
	Scars	DE48 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH31 (5 weeks) CH	-	-	Band project with Cass Lewis & Darrin Mooney
2003	Live at the Monsters of Rock	-	-	-	-	-	Live CD / DVD recorded by Scars
2004	Power of the blues	DE65 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-
2006	Old New Ballads Blues	DE91 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-
2007	Close as you get	DE66 (1 week) DE	-	CH95 (1 week) CH	-	-
2008	Bad for you, baby	DE69 (1 week) DE	-	CH71 (2 weeks) CH	-	-
2011	Live at Montreux 2010	DE41 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	Live CD / DVD
2012	Blues for Jimi	DE36 (3 weeks) DE	AT56 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK80 (1 week) UK	-	Live CD / DVD with 2007 recordings dedicated to Jimi Hendrix
2014	Live at Bush Hall 2007	-	-	-	-	-	Live CD / DVD with recordings from 2007
2020	Live from London	DE10 (3 weeks) DE	AT17 (1 week) AT	CH84 (2 weeks) CH	UK70 (1 week) UK	-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

• Gary Moore (compilation, Japan, 1982)
• Blues And More (Best of Sampler, 1992)
• Streets & Walkways: The Best of Garry Moore & Colosseum II (Best-of-Sampler, 1996)
• Blood of Emeralds - The Very Best of Gary Moore Part 2 (1999) ( SE: 13th place)
• Have Some Moore: The Best of Gary Moore (Compilation, 2002) ( FI: 7th place)
• Parisienne Walkways: The Blues Collection (compilation, 2003)
• Back on the Streets: The Rock Collection (Compilation, 2003)
• Have Some Moore 2: The Best of Gary Moore (Compilation, 2004)
• The Platinum Collection (compilation, 2006)
• Legacy (compilation, 2012)
• Blues and Beyond (compilation, 2017; available as double CD, quadruple vinyl set or limited box set)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1979	Parisienne Walkways Back on the Streets	-	-	-	UK8th silver (11 weeks)UK	-
1982	Always Gonna Love You Corridors of Power	-	-	-	-	US103 (1 week) US
1983	Falling in Love with You Corridors of Power	-	-	-	-	US110 (1 week) US
1984	Hold On to Love Victims of the Future	-	-	-	UK65 (3 weeks) UK	-
	Shapes of Things Victims of the Future	-	-	-	UK77 (3 weeks) UK	-
	Empty Rooms Victims of the Future	-	-	-	UK51 (5 weeks) UK	-
1985	Out in the Fields Run for Cover	DE14 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 (10 weeks) UK	-	with Phil Lynott
	Empty Rooms [1985] Run for Cover	-	-	-	UK23 (8 weeks) UK	-	New recording
1986	Over the Hills and Far Away Wild Frontier	-	-	CH27 (1 week) CH	UK20 (8 weeks) UK	-
1987	Wild Frontier Wild Frontier	-	-	-	UK35 (5 weeks) UK	-
	Friday on My Mind Wild Frontier	-	-	-	UK26 (6 weeks) UK	-	Original: Easybeats (1966)
	The Loner Wild Frontier	-	-	-	UK53 (5 weeks) UK	-
	Take a Little Time Wild Frontier	-	-	-	UK75 (2 weeks) UK	-
1989	After the War After the War	-	-	CH17 (6 weeks) CH	UK37 (4 weeks) UK	-
	Ready for Love After the War	-	-	-	UK37 (4 weeks) UK	-
1990	Oh Pretty Woman Still Got the Blues	-	-	-	UK48 (4 weeks) UK	-	with Albert King
	Still Got the Blues (For You) Still Got the Blues	DE28 (25 weeks) DE	-	CH50 (1 week) CH	UK31 (7 weeks) UK	US97 (3 weeks) US
	Walking by Myself Still Got the Blues	-	-	-	UK48 (5 weeks) UK	-
	Too Tired Still Got the Blues	-	-	-	UK71 (5 weeks) UK	-	with Albert Collins
1992	Cold Day in Hell After Hours	DE29 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK24 (5 weeks) UK	-
	Story of the Blues After Hours	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK40 (4 weeks) UK	-
	Since I Met You Baby After Hours	-	-	-	UK59 (3 weeks) UK	-	with BB King
	Separate Ways After Hours	-	-	-	UK59 (1 week) UK	-
1993	Parisienne Walkways '93 Blues Alive	-	-	-	UK32 (4 weeks) UK	-	Live recording
1994	Where in the World (as BBM) Around the Next Dream	-	-	-	UK57 (2 weeks) UK	-	Band project with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker
1995	Need Your Love so Bad Blues for Greeny	-	-	-	UK48 (2 weeks) UK	-
1997	One Good Reason Dark Days in Paradise	-	-	-	UK79 (1 week) UK	-
1997	I Have Found My Love in You Dark Days in Paradise	-	-	-	UK90 (1 week) UK	-

More singles

• Spanish Guitar (1979)
• Nuclear Attack (Gary Moore & Friends, 1981)
• Rockin 'Every Night (1982)
• End of the World (1982)
• Don't Take Me for a Loser (1983)
• Teenage Idol (1984)
• Military Man (1985)
• Run for Cover (1985)
• Listen to Your Heartbeat (1985)
• Reach for the Sky (1986)
• Crying in the Shadows (1986)
• Led Clones (1989)
• Livin 'on Dreams (1989)
• Moving On (1991)
• Midnight Blues (1991)
• Only Fool in Town (1992)
• One day (1994)
• If I Loved Another Woman (1995)
• I Have Found My Love in You (1997)
• Always There for You (Gary Moore vs. Professor Stretch, 1997)
• Picture of the Moon (2001)

Video albums

• 1984: Live in Chippenham
• 1985: Emerald Aisles - Live In Ireland
• 1987: video singles
• 1987: Wild Frontier Tour / Live in Stockholm
• 1989: Live in Belfast
• 1990: An Evening of the Blues
• 1993: Live Blues
• 1994: Ballads and Blues
• 1994: Live Blues and Ballads of Blues (released 2002)
• 1996: Blues for Greeny Live
• 2003: Live at the Monsters of Rock
• 2005: Gary Moore & The Midnight Blues Band - Live at Montreux 1990
• 2006: Gary Moore and Friends, One Night in Dublin, A Tribute to Phil Lynott (UK:gold)
• 2007: The Definitive Montreux Collection (contains concert excerpts from 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001)
• 2011: Wild Frontier Tour / Live in Stockholm
• 2011: Live at Montreux 2010 (CH: 4th place)
• 2012: Blues for Jimi (live recording of 2007 Jimi Hendrix Tribute) (CH: 4th place)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2007: for the video album Live at Montreux 1990  Finland 1987: for the album Wild Frontier 1991: for the album Still Got the Blues 1999: for the album Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 2002: for the album Have Some Moore - The Best of Gary Moore  France 1993: for the album Blues Alive  Japan 1990: for the album Corridors of Power  Norway 1987: for the album Wild Frontier 1994: for the album Ballads & Blues 1982–1994  Sweden 1989: for the album After the War 1990: for the album Run for Cover 1990: for the single Still Got the Blues (For You) 1998: for the album Out in the Fields - The Very Best of  Spain 1990: for the album Still Got the Blues 1992: for the album After Hours 1993: for the album Blues Alive 1994: for the album Ballads & Blues 1982–1994

Platinum record  Australia 1990: for the album Still Got the Blues  New Zealand 1992: for the album Still Got the Blues  Netherlands 1990: for the album Still Got the Blues  Sweden 1992: for the album After Hours 1992: for the album Wild Frontier 2 × platinum record  Sweden 1991: for the album Still Got the Blues

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)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	platinum1	77,500	aria.com.au
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	-	120,260	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	391.200	infodisc.fr
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	platinum1	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	ifpi.no
Sweden (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	4 × platinum4th	575,000	ifpi.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	100,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	4 × gold4th	-	200,000	ES1 ES2
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	-	500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	5 × gold5	platinum1	1,105,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	27 × gold27	9 × platinum9

Publications in bands

Albums with Skid Row

• 1970: Skid
• 1971: 34 hours
• 1983: Skid Row - previously unreleased studio album from 1969
• 1990: Moore Shiels Bridgeman - previously unreleased studio album from 1971
• 2006: Live and on Song - contains the first two singles from 1969 and 3 BBC live recordings from 1971

Singles with Skid Row

• 1969: Saturday Morning Man / Mervyn Aldridge
• 1969: New Places Old Faces / Misdemeanour Dreams Felicity
• 1970: Sandy's Gone (Part 1) / Sandy's Gone (Part 2)
• 1971: Night of The Warm Witch / Mr. de Luxe

Albums with Thin Lizzy

• 1974: Night Life
• 1978: The Boys Are Back In Town (Live in Australia, October 29th, 1978)
• 1979: The Continuing Saga of the Aging Orphans (contains 1977 reworks of Thin Lizzy songs from 1971 to 1974, most of which were re-released on the 2010 editions of the first three Thin Lizzy albums)
• 1979: Black Rose: A Rock Legend (The remastered edition contains ten bonus tracks with Gary Moore that were not previously released on the album, nine of which were first published here.)
• 1983: Live Life (Live in UK, March 12th, 1983)
• 1986: Live for Ireland (live sampler; contains Don't Believe a Word, the only new recording by Thin Lizzy released between Lynott's death and the band's revival in 1999)
• 2010: Thin Lizzy (Digitally remastered Edition) (re-release of the album from 1971, includes as bonus tracks nine songs with Gary Moore from 1977 that were not previously released on the album)
• 2010: Shades of a Blue Orphanage (Digitally remastered Edition) (re-release of the 1972 album, includes bonus tracks including three songs with Gary Moore from 1977 that were not previously released on the album)
• 2010: Vagabonds of the Western World (Deluxe Edition) (re-release of the 1973 album, includes bonus tracks including nine songs with Gary Moore from 1974 and 1977 that were not previously on the album)
• 2011: At the BBC - 6-CD + DVD-Set (Moore contributed to Disc 2 and the DVD)
• 2012: Night Life (Deluxe Edition) (re-release of the album from 1974, includes as bonus tracks four songs with Gary Moore that were not previously released on the album)

Singles with Thin Lizzy

• 1974: Little Darling / Buffalo Gal
• 1978: Things Ain't Working Out Down on the Farm / The Rocker / Little Darling
• 1978: Whiskey In the Jar / Vagabond of the Western World / Sitamoia
• 1979: Do Anything You Want To / Just the Two of Us
• 1979: Sarah / Got to Give It Up
• 1979: Waiting for an Alibi / With Love

Albums with Colosseum II

• 1976: Strange New Flesh
• 1976: Electric Savage
• 1977: War Dance

Singles with Colosseum II

• 1977: Lament / The Scorch

Albums with Greg Lake

• 1981: Greg Lake
• 1983: maneuvers
• 1999: Live on the King Biscuit Flower Hour (1981 concert)
• 2010: From the Underground Vol. 1
• 2010: From the Underground Vol. 2

Singles with Greg Lake

• 1981: It Hurts / Retribution Drive
• 1981: Let Me Love You Once / Retribution Drive
• 1981: Love You Too Much / Someone

Sessions and guest contributions

1970s

• 1969: Like Now / Choo Choo Charlie (with The Jacobites, single, re-released on CD compilations Ireland's Beat Groups 1964–69 , 1993 and Round the Gum Tree , 2004)
• 1970: Honest Injun (with Granny's Intentions)
• 1970: Take Me Back / Maybe (with Granny's Intentions) (single)
• 1970: Heavy Petting (with Dr. Strangely Strange, re-released in 2011 with additional titles under the title Heavy Petting and other proclivities )
• 1973: Wait Till They Change the Backdrop (with Jonathan Kelly)
• 1975: The Gramophone Record (with Eddie Howell)
• 1975: Peter & The Wolf (Eng. Peter and the Wolf ; with Jack Lancaster and Robin Lumley)
• 1978: Variations (with Andrew Lloyd Webber )
• 1978: Moving Home (with Rod Argent )
• 1978: Electric Glide (with Gary Boyle )
• 1979: Over the Top (with Cozy Powell )

1980s

• 1980: Solo In Soho (with Phil Lynott )
• 1980: Skinningrove Bay TS134JQ (with Jack Lancaster)
• 1981: Tilt (with Cozy Powell)
• 1982: Johnny Duhan (with Johnny Duhan)
• 1983: Arrested (with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Friends)
• 1983: Octopuss (with Cozy Powell)
• 1983: Out of the Night (with Chris Thompson )
• 1985: Nineteen (with Phil Lynott)
• 1985: The Beach Boys (with the Beach Boys )
• 1986: Cancel (with Minako Honda)
• 1986: Let It Be (with Various Artists)
• 1987: Minako Collection (with Minako Honda)
• 1988: K2 - Tales of Triumph and Tragedy (with Don Airey )
• 1988: Bel Assis (with Mo Foster)
• 1988: The Christmas Album (with Keith Emerson , recorded 1982)
• 1989: Lady of Time (with Vicky Brown)

1990s

• 1990: About Love and Life (with Vicky Brown)
• 1990: Volume 3 (with Traveling Wilburys )
• 1991: Southern Reunion (with Mo Foster)
• 1992: Growing Up in Public (with Jimmy Nail )
• 1993: The Collection (with Vicky Brown)
• 1993: Don't Tear Me Up (with Mick Jagger )
• 1993: Collins Mix (with Albert Collins )
• 1993: Muddy Waters Blues (with Paul Rodgers )
• 1994: Highway to the Sun (with Snowy White )
• 1994: Cities of the Heart (with Jack Bruce )
• 1995: Lucille and Friends (with BB King )
• 1996: Evita (with Andrew Lloyd Webber)
• 1997: Alternative Medicine (with Dr. Strangely Strange)
• 1997: The Best of Cozy Powell (with Cozy Powell)
• 1998: The Cream of Cream (with Jack Bruce; VHS / DVD)
• 1998: Interplay and Improvisation on the Drums (with Gary Husband ; VHS)

2000s

• 2000: Shadows in the Air (with Jack Bruce)
• 2001: Twelve Inches (with Frankie Goes to Hollywood , contains the song "Warriors Of The Wasteland Attack Mix", recorded in 1986 with Gary Moore)
• 2001: Living on the Outside (with Jim Capaldi )
• 2001: Along for the Ride (with John Mayall )
• 2001: Soundmills (with Various Artists) - contains an otherwise unreleased outtake of the album Back to the Blues
• 2002: From Clarksdale to Heaven (with Various Artists) - John Lee Hooker Tribute with Jack Bruce
• 2004: Poor Boy Blue (with Jim Capaldi)
• 2004: Broken Rhythms (with Trilok Gurtu )
• 2005: Grief Never Grows Old (with One World Project) - Charity single, released on CD and DVD
• 2005: The Strat Pack (with Various Artists; DVD)
• 2006: Definition of a Circle (with Otis Taylor )
• 2007: Dear Mr. Fantasy (with Various Artists) - Jim Capaldi Tribute, released on CD and DVD
• 2009: Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs (with Otis Taylor)
• 2009: Irony (with Voronofff)
• 2010: Clovis People Vol. 3 (with Otis Taylor)
• 2010: Perfect Rose (with Gypsy and The Wolf)
• 2014: Keyed Up (with Don Airey)
• 2014: The 50th Birthday Concerts (with Jack Bruce, DVD box with bonus CD)

literature

• US singles: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn presents the Billboard Albums . 6th edition. Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ Sales figures for After Hours in France ( Memento from December 27, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Sales figures for Blues Alive in France ( Memento from December 27, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Sales figures for Blues for Greeny in France ( Memento from December 27, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ European Gold & Platinum Awards 1986 - EMI, PolyGram, CBS, Phonag, Musikvertrieb, BMG Ariola - Gold Albums. Music & Media Magazine, December 26, 1987, accessed January 11, 2020 (PDF file, page 46). 
6. ↑ 1990 ARIA Albums Chart ( Memento from January 11, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/skid_row_f1
8. ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/thin_lizzy
9. ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/colosseum_ii
10. ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/greg_lake
11. ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/grannys_intentions

Web links

• Literature by and about Gary Moore in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website (English)
• Gary Moore at Allmusic (English)
• Gary Moore at Discogs
• Gary Moore at MusicBrainz (English)