Wolfgang Ambros / discography
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Wolfgang Ambros - discography
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Wolfgang Ambros (right), 2008
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| Publications | |
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 Studio albums
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47 |
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Live albums
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10 |
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Compilations
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4th |
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Singles
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50 |
This discography is an overview of the published sound carriers and radio plays by the Austrian songwriter Wolfgang Ambros . See also Austria 3 for joint publications with Rainhard Fendrich and Georg Danzer .
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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 AT
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| 1972 | Everything else counts more ... | - | - |
First published: February 1972
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| 1974 | Quirks | - |
AT8 (1 month) AT |
First published: November 1973
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| 1975 | Long live the central cemetery | - |
AT1 (6 months) AT |
First published: April 1975
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| 1976 | 19 Class A Numbers | - |
AT6 (2 months) AT |
First published: September 1976
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| 1977 | Hopeless | - |
AT15 (1 month) AT |
First published: October 1977
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| 1978 | Conductorless (Ambros • Diving • Prokopetz ) |
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AT12 (2 months) AT |
Radio play scenes with music
First published: March 1978 |
| As in Sleep - Songs by Bob Dylan | - |
AT8 (2 months) AT |
10 Bob Dylan songs with lyrics by Ambro
First published: October 1978 |
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| 1979 | Live (on ana long, dark straws) |
DE-  |
AT10 (1 month) AT |
Double album; First published: May 1979
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| Never ever | - |
AT16 (2 months) AT |
First published: September 1979
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| 1980 | White as snow |
DE31 (20 weeks) DE |
AT1 (4½ months) AT |
First published: August 1980
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| 1981 | Augustin (Ambros • Diving • Prokopetz) |
DE62 (1 week) DE |
AT3 (4½ months) AT |
Radio play with music
First published: March 1981 |
| Confident |
DE29 (8 weeks) DE |
AT1 (3 months) AT |
First published: September 1981
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| 1982 | A person I want to stay | - |
AT3 (10½ months) AT |
First published: October 1982
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| 1983 | The last Dance |
DE44 (6 weeks) DE |
AT1 (27 Mt.) AT |
First published: April 1983
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| How will it go on ... | - |
AT12 (2½ months) AT |
First published: March 1983
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| Open Air (Ambros + Fendrich ) |
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AT4 (4½ months) AT |
Live album with 7 individual appearances and 5 duets.
First published: September 15, 1983 |
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| 1984 | The best from Wolfgang Ambros | - |
AT3 (4½ months) AT |
Best of album (double LP)
First release: June 25, 1984 |
| The sense of life |
DE49 (2 weeks) DE |
AT1 (7½ months) AT |
First published: September 1984
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| 1986 | No. 13 | - |
AT1 (10 months) AT |
First published: January 13, 1986
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| Selected - Live | - |
AT4 (2½ months) AT |
Live double album, recordings 1983–1986
First published: November 1986 |
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| 1987 | thunderstorm | - |
AT2 (2½ months) AT |
First published: September 1987
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| 1989 | Man And Woman | - |
AT2 (3½ months)AT |
First published: May 1989
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| 1990 | Silent embers | - |
AT9 (9 weeks)AT |
mainly new recordings of older songs
First publication: September 1990 |
| 1991 | Watzmann - live (Ambros • Diving • Fälbl ) |
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AT16 (6 weeks) AT |
Radio play with music, tour recording in Circus Krone in Munich
First published: October 1991 |
| 1992 | The greatest hits from 20 years | - |
AT1 (16 weeks)AT |
Best of album, first published July 1, 1992
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| equator | - |
AT9 (14 weeks) AT |
First published: August 1992
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| 1994 | waterfall | - |
AT2 (13 weeks)AT |
First published: May 20, 1994
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| 1996 | Neglected but free | - |
AT2 (16 weeks)AT |
First published: August 1996
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| 1998 | The (40 of all) best Liada | - |
AT21 (8 weeks) AT |
Best of album (double CD)
First release: November 16, 1998 |
| 1999 | Voom Voom Vanilla Camera | - |
AT6 (10 weeks) AT |
First published: March 1, 1999
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| Rarities | - |
AT23 (9 weeks) AT |
Compilation
First published: November 22, 1999 |
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| 2000 | After me the deluge - Ambros sings Waits |
DE100 (1 week) DE |
AT3 (12 weeks)AT |
Songs by Tom Waits with German lyrics by Ambros
First published: October 9, 2000 |
| 2001 | Rarities Vol. 2 | - |
AT9 (9 weeks) AT |
Compilation
First published: November 12, 2001 |
| 2002 | Hopelessly confident | - |
AT9 (17 weeks) AT |
Live tour compilation
First published: June 3, 2002 |
| 2003 | Nameless | - |
AT4th (17 weeks)AT |
First published: June 10, 2003
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| 2005 | Ambros sings Moser: The Old Sinner (with the Ambassade Orchestra Vienna under the direction of Christian Kolonovits ) |
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AT5  (31 weeks)AT |
Songs from the repertoire of Hans Moser
First published: November 18, 2005 |
| 2006 | Stand tall | - |
AT2 (10 weeks) AT |
First published: September 8, 2006
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| 2007 | Ambros sings Moser: The 2nd ... (with the Ambassade Orchestra Vienna under the direction of Christian Kolonovits) |
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AT8 (12 weeks) AT |
Songs from the repertoire of Hans Moser
First published: October 19, 2007 |
| 2008 | Ambros sings Moser: The Complete Works | - |
AT69 (1 week) AT |
Special edition of the two Moser CDs with 2 bonus songs.
First published: November 14, 2008 |
| 2009 | Ultimately symphonic | - |
AT6 (11 weeks) AT |
Re-recording of older songs with Christian Kolonovits and orchestra
First published: August 7, 2009 |
| 2012 | Old & Young - the ultimate song collection | - |
AT4 (20 weeks) AT |
Compilation (double CD)
First published: March 9, 2012 |
| Old & Young - the ultimate song collection | - |
AT5 (12 weeks) AT |
Compilation (double CD)
First published: March 9, 2012 |
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| 19 03 52 |
DE84 (1 week) DE |
AT2 (8 weeks) AT |
March 19, 1952 is Ambros' date of birth
First published: April 20, 2012 |
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| Mittens (Ambros • Prokopetz) |
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AT59 (1 week) AT |
Radio play with music
First published: 1973 |
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| 2015 | Austropop legends: Wolfgang Ambros | - |
AT74 (1 week) AT |
Album from a series of 12 artist samplers
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| 2017 | Top three | - |
AT22 (8 weeks) AT |
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More albums
- 1976: Opus 1-12 (Die Leerjahre) (with the Ottakringer Vielharmonika and Christian Kolonvits)
Live albums
- 1979: Live… on ana long sinister Strassn (2 LPs; new release as CD without the songs Denk ned noch , I feel like Jesus and De Kinett'n, wo i schlof )
- 1983: Ambros + Fendrich Open Air
- 1986: Selected Live (2 CDs; also as 3-LP box)
- 1987: Gala Concert
- 1991: Watzmann live (2 CDs with 25 tracks; re-release, 2005, 2 CDs with 40 tracks) (AT:gold DVD)
- 1997: Neglected but live (concert with Georg Danzer , Wolfgang Niedecken and Peter Maffay as guests - live from the Wiener Stadthalle)
- 2006: Greatest Hits - So Far (AT:gold DVD)
- 2007: Pure Ambros! (Concert with G. Dzikowski - live from the backdrop / Vienna) (AT:gold DVD)
- 2008: Pure Ambros! II (concert with G. Dzikowski - live from the Wr.Orpheum) (DVD)
- 2008: Live at the Donauinselfest (concert 2006, see picture at the top) (AT:gold DVD)
Compilations
- 1976: It hurts to die
- 1976: W. Ambros
- 1992: The greatest hits
- 1999: rarities (contains the three songs from the original album that are missing on the CD Live ... on ana long dark strassn )
Radio plays
- 1973: mitten
- 1974: The Watzmann calls
- 1978: Conductorless (Conductor Fritz Knottek's last ride)
- 1981: Augustin (A story from Vienna)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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| 1974 | I have peculiarities |
AT20 (4 weeks) AT |
Authors: Ambros, Hans Günter Hausner, Veronika Vane
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| A person I want to stay A person I want to stay |
AT19 (4 weeks) AT |
Authors: Ambros, Hans Günter Hausner, Veronika Vane
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| 1975 | Pinch it with me Long live the central cemetery |
AT1 (28 weeks) AT |
Authors: Ambros, Hans Günter Hausner, Veronika Vane
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| Gö, look from ZA |
AT4 (16 weeks) AT |
Authors: Ambros, Hans Günter Hausner
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| 1976 | Hoit, do is a spoit 19 Class A Numbers |
AT13 (8 weeks) AT |
Authors: Ambros, Joesi Prokopetz
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| 1977 | The flower from the municipal housing by ZA |
AT14 (8 weeks) AT |
Authors: Ambros, Joesi Prokopetz
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| 1983 | Forever young hearing voices |
AT12 (4 weeks) AT |
Original: Wolfgang Ambros & André Heller
Forever Young by Bob Dylan ; German text: Ambros, Heller |
| 1984 | You understand mi ned the meaning of life |
AT8 (12 weeks) AT |
Authors: Peter Koller, Günter Dzikowski, Helmut Nowak
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| 1985 | Kumm ma with no excuses more fool songs |
AT25 (4 weeks) AT |
Wolfgang Ambros & André Heller
Authors: Heller, Peter Wolf |
| Slowly wochs' ma z'amm No. 13 |
AT4 (12 weeks) AT |
Author: Ambros
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| Mamma No. 13 |
AT9 (12 weeks) AT |
Author: Ambros
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| 1988 | Rukuruku Bay highlights |
AT21 (8 weeks) AT |
Author: Ambros
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| 1989 | Ideal weight man and woman |
AT23 (4 weeks) AT |
Authors: Peter Koller, Günter Dzikowski, Helmut Nowak
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| 1991 | Down and up |
AT21 (10 weeks) AT |
Authors: Ambros, Joesi Prokopetz
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| 1993 | The duel |
AT6 (12 weeks) AT |
Ambros versus Bisenz
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| 2001 | Christmas as always |
AT32 (5 weeks) AT |
Author: Ambros
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| 2018 | Schifoan |
AT10 (2 weeks) AT |
Author: Ambros
First publication: 1976; Chart entry: 2018 |
More singles
- 1971: Da Hofa
- 1972: Kagran
- 1973: Day watch
- 1976: Baba and foi ned
- 1978: I bins ned (cover of It Ain't Me Babe by Bob Dylan )
- 1979: never, ever
- 1981: a question of time
- 1983: Be ned bled
- 1984: S Naserl
- 1985: Planned Future (live)
- 1985: why? (as part of Austria for Africa )
- 1987: You and i (with Friedrich Gulda )
- 1987: thunderstorm
- 1987: VIP
- 1989: First great love
- 1992: The Gailtalerin
- 1992: Heaven is supposed to wait
- 1992: I am with you
- 1992: stay with me
- 1992: to the south
- 1994: I think of di
- 1994: old and young
- 1995: The better one wins!
- 1996: Neglected but free
- 1997: Open House
- 1999: Heart of Gold
- 1999: I don't love you at all anymore
- 2007: Mei Naserl / The phylloxera
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
gold |
platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Germany (BVMI)
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gold1
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- | 250,000 | musikindustrie.de |
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Austria (IFPI)
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11 × gold11
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platinum1
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215,000 | ifpi.at |
| All in all |
12 × gold12
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platinum1
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- ↑ a b Chart sources: AT DE
- ↑ The song was covered at the same time by Wolfgang Niedecken in the Cologne dialect
Web links
- Wolfgang Ambros at Discogs (English)