Joan Baez / discography

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Joan Baez  - discography
Joan Baez, 2016
Joan Baez, 2016
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 29
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 14th
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 43
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 48
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 6th

This discography is an overview of the released records of the American folk singer Joan Baez .

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1963 Joan Baez DE38 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK9
silver
silver

(18 weeks)UK 		US20th
gold
gold

(64 weeks)US
First published: October 1960
Producer: Maynard Solomon
chart entry in DE and UK only in 1965
Joan Baez, Vol. 2 - - - - US21st
gold
gold

(36 weeks)US
First published: September 1961
Producer: Maynard Solomon
1964 Joan Baez / 5 - - - UK3 (27 weeks)
UK 		US12 (66 weeks)
US
First published: October 1964
Producer: Maynard Solomon
1965 Farewell, Angelina DE30 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - UK5 (23 weeks)
UK 		US10 (27 weeks)
US
First published: October 1965
Producer: Maynard Solomon
1967 Joan - - - - US38 (20 weeks)
US
First published: August 1967
Producer: Maynard Solomon
1968 Baptism - - - - US84 (25 weeks)
US
First published: June 1968
Producer: Maynard Solomon
1969 Any Day Now - - - - US30th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First published: December 1968
Producer: Maynard Solomon
David's album - - - - US36 (14 weeks)
US
First published: May 1969
Producer: Maynard Solomon
1970 One day at a time - - - - US80 (14 weeks)
US
First published: January 1970
Producer: Maynard Solomon
1971 Blessed Are ... - - - - US11
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
First published: July 1971
Producer: Norbert Putnam
Carry it on - - - - US164 (5 weeks)
US
First release: December 1971
Soundtrack for the film of the same name
Producer: Christopher Knight
1972 Come from the shadows - - - - US48 (24 weeks)
US
First published: May 1972
Producer: Joan Baez
1973 Where Are You Now, My Son? - - - - US138 (9 weeks)
US
First published: March 1973
Producers: Joan Baez, Norbert Putnam, Henry Lewy
1975 Diamonds & Rust - - - - US11
gold
gold

(46 weeks)US
First published: April 1975
Producer: David Kershenbaum
1976 Gulf Winds - - - - US62 (17 weeks)
US
First published: October 1976
Producer: David Kershenbaum
1977 Blowin 'away - - - - US54 (14 weeks)
US
First published: June 1977
Producers: David Kershenbaum, Bernard Gelb
1979 Honest Lullaby - - - - US113 (7 weeks)
US
First published: July 1979
Producer: Barry Beckett
2008 Day After Tomorrow DE95 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK100 (1 week)
UK 		US128 (1 week)
US
First released: September 9th, 2008
Producer: Steve Earle
2018 Whistle down the wind DE8 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT23 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH13 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK47 (1 week)
UK 		US88 (3 weeks)
US
Initial release: March 2nd, 2018
Producer: Joe Henry

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More studio albums

  • 1959: Folksinger's 'Round Harvard Square' (with Bill Wood and Ted Alevizos)
  • 1966: Noël (release: November 21)
  • 1971: Sacco e Vanzetti (with Ennio Morricone ; soundtrack of the film Sacco and Vanzetti )
  • 1972: Silent Running (with Peter Schickele ; soundtrack of the film Lautlos im Weltraum )
  • 1974: Gracias a la Vida / Here's to Life (release: April)
  • 1987: Recently (release: July)
  • 1989: Speaking of Dreams (release: November)
  • 1992: Play Me Backwards (release: October)
  • 1997: Gone from Danger (release: September 23)
  • 2003: Dark Chords on a Big Guitar (release: September 9th)

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1963 Joan Baez in concert - - US10
gold
gold

(72 weeks)US
First published: September 1962
Recording: US tour, 1962
Producer: Maynard Solomon
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 DE25 (6 weeks)
DE 		UK8 (19 weeks)
UK 		US7 (36 weeks)
US
First published: November 1963
Recording: US tour, April / May 1963
Producer: Maynard Solomon
Chart entry in DE in February 1966
1976 From Every Stage - - US34 (17 weeks)
US
First published: January 1976
Recording: US tour, 1975
Producer: David Kershenbaum
2016 75th Birthday Celebration DE45 (4 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: June 2016

More live albums

  • 1964: Joan Baez in San Francisco
  • 1969: Joan Baez in Italy
  • 1976: Live in Japan
  • 1980: European Tour
  • 1984: Live Europe '83 - Children of the Eighties (recording: European tour, 1983; release: January)
  • 1988: Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring (recording: Bilbao , Spain, 1988; release: December)
  • 1995: Ring Them Bells (recording: The Bottom Line , New York, 1995; release: September)
  • 1996: Live at Newport (recording: 1963-65; released September 17th)
  • 2005: Bowery Songs (recording: Bowery Ballroom , New York, November 6, 2004; release: September 6)
  • 2014: Newport Folk Festival 1968

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1963 Best of Joan Baez - - US45 (26 weeks)
US
First published: November 1963
1966 Joan Baez songs DE35 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: October 1966
1970 The First 10 Years - UK41 (1 week)
UK 		US73 (11 weeks)
US
First published: October 1970
1972 The Joan Baez Ballad Book - - US188 (7 weeks)
US
First published: December 1972
1973 Hits / Greatest & Others - - US163 (8 weeks)
US
First published: June 1973
1981 Your most beautiful songs DE4 (15 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: October 1981

More compilations

  • 1967: Portrait of Joan Baez
  • 1968: The Best of Joan Baez
  • 1972: Greatest Hits
  • 1974: The Contemporary Ballad Book
  • 1976: The Joan Baez Lovesong Album
  • 1976: Golden Hour Presents Joan Baez
  • 1977: Best of Joan C. Baez (release: November)
  • 1979: The Joan Baez Country Music Album
  • 1979: Satisfied Mind (box with 4 LPs)
  • 1980: Spotlight on Joan Baez (2 LPs)
  • 1981: Songbook (box with 3 LPs)
  • 1982: Early Joan Baez, Vol. 1
  • 1982: Early Joan Baez, Vol. 2
  • 1982: We Shall Overcome
  • 1986: Joan Baez: Classics (release: November)
  • 1987: Imagine
  • 1987: The Joan Baez Ballad Book, Vol. 2
  • 1990: It Ain't Me Babe
  • 1991: Brothers in Arms
  • 1993: Rare, Live & Classic (box with 3 CDs; release: November)
  • 1996: Diamonds (2 CDs)
  • 1997: Really the Best (2 CDs)
  • 2000: Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection
  • 2003: The Complete A&M Recordings
  • 2005: The Best of the Vanguard Years
  • 2009: How Sweet the Sound
  • 2011: Queen of Folk Music: The Legend Begins
  • 2011: Songbird (2 CDs)
  • 2012: The First Lady of Folk 1958–1961 (4 albums on 2 CDs)
  • 2012: Trilogy (3 CDs)
  • 2012: Beginnings
  • 2014: Introducing (2 LPs)
  • 2015: Diamantes (release: March)
  • 2015: Folk Hits & Rarities (10 mp3 files; release: August 14th)
  • 2015: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection (3 CDs)
  • 2016: Three Classic Albums Plus (2 CDs; release: September 2nd)
  • 2017: Birth of a Folk Legend (release: August 4th)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1963 We Shall Overcome
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 		- UK26 (10 weeks)
UK 		US90 (1 week)
US
First published: October 1963
folk song
1965 There but for Fortune
Joan Baez / 5 		- UK8 (12 weeks)
UK 		US50 (7 weeks)
US
First published: June 1965
Author: Phil Ochs
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Farewell, Angelina 		- UK22 (8 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 1965
Author and original: Bob Dylan , 1965
Farewell, Angelina
Farewell, Angelina 		- UK35 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: December 1965
Author: Bob Dylan
1966 Pack Up Your Sorrows
 - UK50 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: June 1966
Authors: Pauline Marden, Richard Fariña
Original: Mimi & Richard Fariña , 1965
1969 Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word
Any Day Now 		- - US86 (4 weeks)
US
First published: April 1969
Author: Bob Dylan
1971 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Blessed Are ... 		- UK6 (12 weeks)
UK 		US3
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: July 1971
Author: Robbie Robertson
Original: The Band , 1969
Let It Be
Blessed Are ... 		- - US49 (8 weeks)
US
First published: October 1971
Authors: John Lennon , Paul McCartney
Original: The Beatles , 1970
1972 In the Quiet Morning (For Janis Joplin)
Come from the Shadows 		- - US69 (8 weeks)
US
First published: June 1972
Author: Mimi Fariña
Original: Mimi Fariña & Tom Jans, 1971
1975 Blue Sky
Diamonds & Rust 		- - US57 (5 weeks)
US
First published: June 1975
Author: Richard Betts
Original: Allman Brothers , 1972
Diamonds and Rust
Diamonds & Rust 		- - US35 (11 weeks)
US
First published: August 1975
Author: Joan Baez

More singles

  • 1961: Banks of the Ohio (release: October)
  • 1962: Lonesome Road (released May)
  • 1963: What Have They Done to the Rain
  • 1963: With God on Our Side
  • 1966: The Little Drummer Boy (released November)
  • 1967: Be Not Too Hard (release: August)
  • 1969: If I Knew
  • 1970: No Expectations (release: February)
  • 1971: Maria Dolores (release: September)
  • 1971: Here's to You (release: October)
  • 1971: Rejoice in the Sun (release: November)
  • 1972: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (released January)
  • 1972: Song of Bangladesh (release: March)
  • 1972: Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (Release: March)
  • 1972: Tumbleweed (release: October)
  • 1973: Best of Friends (release: July)
  • 1973: Less Than the Song (release: October)
  • 1974: Forever Young (release: March)
  • 1976: Please Come to Boston (release March)
  • 1976: Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer (release: May)
  • 1976: Caruso (release: December)
  • 1977: O Brother! (Release: February)
  • 1977: I'm Blowin 'Away
  • 1977: Time Rag
  • 1979: Light a Light
  • 1979: Honest Lullaby
  • 1980: No Woman, No Cry
  • 1981: Blowin 'in the Wind
  • 1983: For the Children of the Eighties
  • 1984: children (are such small hands)
  • 1988: The Crimes of Cain
  • 1988: Biko
  • 1990: Hand to Mouth
  • 1992: Stones in the Road
  • 1993: Play Me Backwards
  • 1995: No Mermaid
  • 2009: Luv Is the Foundation (with Rocker-T; EP; release: March 23rd)

Video albums

  • 2004: Live at Sing Sing (with BB King and others; recording: Sing Sing ; release: April 19th)
  • 2004: Three Voices: Live in Concert (with Mercedes Sosa and Konstantin Wecker ; release: December 20th)
  • 2005: Three Worlds, Three Voices, One Vision (with Mercedes Sosa and Konstantin Wecker; release: October 25th)
  • 2006: Life Peace: Concert Clips
  • 2006: I Shall Be Released: In Concert (with BB King; release: November 9th)
  • 2016: Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration (June 10th)

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE UK-UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE1DE UK4thUK US3US
Albums in the charts DE7thDE UK6thUK US25thUS
UK UK US US
Number one singles UK-UK US-US
Top 10 singles UK2UK US1US
Singles in the charts UK6thUK US8thUS

Awards for music sales

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

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th 0! P- 4,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 0! G- 0! P- 60,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th -

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  1. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: Singles Albums DE AT CH UK US

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