Howard Jones / discography

This discography is an overview of the released records of the British singer Howard Jones .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US	R&B
1984	Human's Lib	DE8 (25 weeks) DE	CH12 (12 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (57 weeks)UK	US59 (43 weeks) US	-	First published: March 5, 1984 Producers: Colin Thurston, Rupert Hine
	The 12 ″ album	DE49 (4 weeks) DE	-	UK15th gold (33 weeks)UK	-	-	First release: November 25, 1984 remix album; Producer: Rupert Hine
1985	Dream into Action	DE20 (19 weeks) DE	CH19 (8 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (25 weeks)UK	US- platinum US	R&B65 (9 weeks) R&B	First published: March 11, 1985 Producer: Rupert Hine
1986	One to one	-	-	UK10 gold (4 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: October 13, 1986 Producer: Arif Mardin
1989	Cross That Line	-	-	UK64 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: March 20, 1989 Producers: Howard Jones, Chris Hughes , Ian Stanley, Ross Cullum
2019	Transform	-	-	UK49 (1 week) UK	-	-	Initial release: May 10, 2019 Producers: Howard Jones, BT, Robbie Bronnimann

More studio albums

• 1992: In the Running (release: April)
• 1994: Working in the Backroom (release: August 27th)
• 1997: Angels & Lovers
• 1998: People (released July 14th)
• 2000: Perform.00
• 2000: Pefawm (2 CDs)
• 2003: Piano Solos (For Friends & Loved Ones) (Release: April 28th)
• 2005: Revolution of the Heart
• 2009: Ordinary Heroes (release: November 9th)
• 2015: Engage (release: March 9th)

Live albums

• 1984: BBC Rock Hour # 530 (recording: Aylesbury , 1984; released July 22nd)
• 1985: The King Biscuit Flower Hour (release: June 16)
• 1996: Live Acoustic America (recording: Variety Arts Theater Los Angeles, April 28, 1992; 1984; release: March 4)
• 2002: The Peaceful Tour Live (release: January 1st)
• 2007: Live in Birkenhead (with Robin Boult; recording: Birkenhead Pacific Road Arts Theater, April 13, 2007)
• 2008: The 25th Anniversary Concert: Live at the IndigO2 (3 CDs; release: September 20, 2008)
• 2011: Human's Lib & Dream into Action Live at Indigo² (2 CDs; recording: November 6, 2010)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US	R&B
1993	The Best of Howard Jones	-	-	UK36 silver (2 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: June 5, 1993

More compilations

• 1993: What Is Love? 15 classic tracks
• 2002: The Essentials (release: June 6th)
• 2002: Greatest Hits (released June 18th)
• 2003: What Is Love?
• 2003: The Very Best of Howard Jones (2 CDs; release: November 17th)
• 2005: The Ultimate Collection
• 2006: The Platinum Collection (released March 20th)
• 2007: Revolution Remixed & Surrounded (remix album, CD + DVD; release: April 2nd)
• 2013: C3lebrati0n (release: November 7th)
• 2017: Best 1983-2017 (release: July 28th)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1983	New Song Human’s Lib	DE19 (15 weeks) DE	CH15 (9 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (20 weeks)UK	US27 (15 weeks) US	-	Dance4 (15 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1983 Author: Howard Jones
	What is love? Human's Lib	DE6 (15 weeks) DE	CH24 (5 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (15 weeks)UK	US33 (13 weeks) US	-	-	First published: November 26, 1983 Authors: Howard Jones, William Bryant
1984	Hide & Seek Human’s Lib	DE38 (11 weeks) DE	-	UK12 (12 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: February 2, 1984 Author: Howard Jones
	Pearl in the Shell Human’s Lib	DE60 (4 weeks) DE	-	UK7 (12 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: May 1984 Saxophone: Davey Payne, Stephen W. Tayler Writer: Howard Jones
	Like to Get to Know You Well The 12 ″ Album	DE56 (6 weeks) DE	-	UK4th silver (12 weeks)UK	US49 (9 weeks) US	-	-	First published: July 1984 Author: Howard Jones
1985	Things Can Only Get Better Dream into Action	-	-	UK6th silver (8 weeks)UK	US5 (23 weeks) US	R&B54 (11 weeks) R&B	Dance10 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1985 Author: Howard Jones
	Look Mama Dream into Action	DE24 (10 weeks) DE	-	UK10 (7 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: April 20, 1985 Author: Howard Jones
	Life in One Day Dream into Action	DE57 (6 weeks) DE	-	UK14 (9 weeks) UK	US19 (16 weeks) US	-	-	First published: June 1985 Author: Howard Jones
1986	No One Is to Blame Dream into Action	-	-	UK16 (7 weeks) UK	US4 (23 weeks) US	-	-	First published: February 1986 Author: Howard Jones
	All I want one to one	-	-	UK35 (4 weeks) UK	US76 (5 weeks) US	-	-	First published: September 1986 Author: Howard Jones
	You Know I Love You… Don't You One to One	-	-	UK43 (4 weeks) UK	US17 (16 weeks) US	-	-	First published: October 1986 Author: Howard Jones
1987	Little Bit of Snow One to One	-	-	UK70 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: March 1987 Author: Howard Jones
1989	Everlasting Love Cross That Line	-	-	UK62 (3 weeks) UK	US12 (19 weeks) US	-	-	First published: February 20, 1989 Author: Howard Jones
	The Prisoner's Cross That Line	-	-	UK98 (1 week) UK	US30 (13 weeks) US	-	-	First published: May 1989 Author: Howard Jones
1992	Lift Me Up In the Running	-	-	UK52 (3 weeks) UK	US32 (15 weeks) US	-	-	First published: March 1992 Authors: Howard Jones, Ross Cullum
	Two Souls In the Running	DE53 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 1992 Authors: Howard Jones, Ross Cullum, Andy Ross
1993	IGY (What a Beautiful World) The Best of Howard Jones	DE52 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 3, 1993 Car and original: Donald Fagen, 1982
1999	Let the People Have Their Say People	DE85 (7 weeks) DE	-	UK99 (1 week) UK	-	-	-	First published: February 1999 with Woodlands Hospice Community Choir Authors: Howard Jones, Andy Ross
	Tomorrow Is Now People	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1999 Authors: Howard Jones, Andy Ross
2005	Slip away	-	-	UK82 (1 week) UK	-	-	-	First release: March 2005 Mohito feat. Howard Jones Authors: Cameron Saunders, Hal Ritson, Howard Jones, Mark Conlin
	Just Look at You Now Revolution of the Heart	-	-	-	-	-	Dance35 (7 weeks) Dance	First published: October 2005 Authors: Howard Jones, Robbie Bronnimann

More singles

• 1983: Live at the Marquee
• 1984: Equality
• 1986: Action Replay
• 1991: Other People Are Us
• 1992: Tears to Tell
• 1997: Angels & Lovers
• 2000: Collective Heart Beat
• 2000: Someone You Need
• 2001: What Is Love 2001 (with dba )
• 2003: Revolution of the Heart
• 2006: Do You Feel Scared
• 2006: Stir It Up
• 2009: Straight Ahead
• 2009: Soon You'll Go
• 2010: Slip Away (D&B Remix)
• 2010: Indigo2 Special VIP (EP; release: November 6th)
• 2013: Things Can Only Get Better (with Cedric Gervais)

Video albums

• 1984: Live in Japan
• 1986: Last World Dream: Live in Concert
• 1989: Like to Get to Know You Well
• 1993: Best of Howard Jones
• 2003: Live Salt Lake City
• 2004: 20th Anniversary Concert: Live at the Shepherd's Bush Empire (2 DVDs)
• 2009: The 25th Anniversary Concert Live at the Indigo²
• 2013: The Video Collection

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  CH  UK  US  R&B Number one albums DE-DE CH-CH UK1UK US-US R&B-R&B Top 10 albums DE1DE CH-CH UK3UK US-US R&B-R&B Albums in the charts DE3DE CH2CH UK7thUK US1US R&B1R&B

DE  CH  UK  US  R&B  Dance Number one singles DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK US-US R&B-R&B Dance-Dance Top 10 singles DE1DE CH-CH UK6thUK US2US R&B-R&B Dance2Dance Singles in the charts DE11DE CH2CH UK17thUK US11US R&B1R&B Dance3Dance

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1984: for the album Human's Lib Platinum record  Canada 1985: for the album Dream Into Action

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)
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	platinum1	150,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	-	platinum1	1,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	1,760,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	4 × gold4th	4 × platinum4th

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK US

Web links

• Howard Jones at Allmusic (English)
• Howard Jones at Discogs (English)