Bruce Cockburn discography

Cockburn performing in 2007

This is the discography for Canadian rock singer Bruce Cockburn.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Release date
Bruce Cockburn	1970 reissued in colored vinyl for True North Records 50th Anniversary box set in 2020
High Winds, White Sky	1971 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Sunwheel Dance	1972 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Night Vision	1973
Salt, Sun and Time	1974
Joy Will Find a Way	1975
In the Falling Dark	1976 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Further Adventures Of	1978 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws	1979 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Humans	1980 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Inner City Front	1981 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
The Trouble with Normal	1983 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
Stealing Fire	1984 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
World of Wonders	1986
Big Circumstance	1989 reissued with additional track 2005
Nothing but a Burning Light	1991
Christmas	1993
Dart to the Heart	1994
The Charity of Night	1997 reissued in colored vinyl for True North Records 50th Anniversary box set in 2020
Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu	1999 reissued in colored vinyl for True North Records 50th Anniversary box set in 2020
You've Never Seen Everything	2003
Speechless	2005
Life Short Call Now	2006
Small Source of Comfort	2011
Bone On Bone	2017
Crowing Ignites	2019
Rarities	2022
O Sun O Moon	2023

Live albums

Title	Release date
Circles in the Stream	1977 reissued by Rounder Records
Bruce Cockburn Live	1990 reissued with additional tracks 2002–2003
You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance	1997
Bruce Cockburn—Live on World Cafe	2002 bonus disc from Borders Books and Music
Slice O Life—Solo Live	2009

Compilations

All releases contained one or more newly recorded tracks.

Title	Release date
Resume	1981 US only
Mummy Dust	1981 originally released in Canada only
Rumours of Glory	1985 Germany only
Waiting for a Miracle: Singles 1970–1987	1987 Canadian version is two discs, US version is one
If a Tree Falls	1990 Australia only
Anything Anytime Anywhere: Singles 1979–2002	2002
Greatest Hits 1970-2020	2021 no new material was released on this album
Rarities	2022 Collection of unreleased tracks and remastered tracks

DVDs

Title	Release date
Bruce Cockburn Full House 1986 Hamburg TV show	2005
Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage: The Feature Documentary	2013 Issued by True North Records

Other releases

• "Ribbon of Darkness", a track on Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
• "Strong Hand of Love", a track on the Mark Heard tribute albums Strong Hand of Love (1994) and Orphans of God (1996)
• "Lord of the Starfields" (with Rob Wasserman), "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" (with Rob Wasserman), and "Cry of a Tiny Babe" (with Lou Reed, Rosanne Cash, and Rob Wasserman), all on The Best of the Columbia Records Radio Hour, Volume 1 (1995)
• "Last Night of the World" on the WXPN compilation album, Live at the World Café – Volume 9 (1999)
• "If I Had a Rocket Launcher", a track on the acoustic sessions album "2 Meter Sessies Volume 1" (1991).
• "Wise Users", a track on the 1996 album, Honor: A Benefit for the Honor The Earth Campaign

[1]

Chart singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Album
		CAN	CAN AC	AUS[2]	US	US Rock
1970	"Going to the Country"	—	4 ^[1]	—	—	—	Bruce Cockburn
	"Musical Friends"	—	26	—	—	—
1971	"One Day I Walk"	64	—	—	—	—	High Winds, White Sky
1972	"It's Going Down Slow"	—	12	—	—	—	Sunwheel Dance
	"Up on the Hillside"	—	21	—	—	—
1987	"Burn"	—	—	—	—	—	Waiting for a Miracle
1979	"Wondering Where the Lions Are"	39	7	92	21	—	Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
1980	"Tokyo"	44	36	—	—	—	Humans
1981	"Rumours of Glory"	—	36	—	104	—
	"Fascist Architecture (I'm Okay)"	—	1 ^[2]	—	—	—
	"Coldest Night of the Year"	42	—	—	—	—	Mummy Dust
1982	"You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance"	—	21	—	—	—	Inner City Front
1984	"Lovers in a Dangerous Time"	24	8	—	—	56	Stealing Fire
	"Making Contact"	80	—	—	—	—
	"If I Had a Rocket Launcher"	49	—	—	88	16
1986	"People See Through You"	37	4	—	—	—	World of Wonders
	"Peggy's Kitchen Wall"	88	—	—	—	—	Stealing Fire
	"See How I Miss You"	81	—	—	—	—	World of Wonders
1987	"Waiting for a Miracle"	50	12	—	—	—	Waiting for a Miracle
1989	"If a Tree Falls"	8	—	41	—	20	Big Circumstance
	"Don't Feel Your Touch"	43	—	—	—	—
	"Shipwrecked at the Stable Door"	92	22	—	—	—
1991	"A Dream Like Mine"	16	5	—	—	22	Nothing but a Burning Light
1992	"Great Big Love"	27	12	—	—	—
	"Mighty Trucks of Midnight"	67	12	—	—	—
	"Somebody Touched Me"	49	8	—	—	—
1994	"Listen for the Laugh"	18	9	—	—	—	Dart to the Heart
	"Scanning These Crowds"	42	21	—	—	—
1995	"Someone I Used to Love"	—	36	—	—	—
1997	"Night Train"	25	10	—	—	—	The Charity of Night
1999	"Last Night of the World"	—	28	—	—	—	Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu

[3] Notes

• 1 ^ "Going to the Country" peaked at No. 4 on the RPM Adult Contemporary (A/C) chart in November 1970. However, at the time, and for the Adult Contemporary chart only, RPM only charted A/C songs that qualified as Canadian Content. This policy was changed mid-way through the song's chart run, and all A/C records regardless of national origin were eligible for the chart. Under these new criteria, "Going to the Country" peaked at No. 11 in December 1970.
• 2 ^ The song "Fascist Architecture" was released to radio under the title "I'm Okay". It peaked at No. 1 on the RPM Adult Contemporary (A/C) chart in March 1981. However, at the time, and for the Adult Contemporary chart only, RPM once again only charted A/C songs that qualified as Canadian Content. This short-lived policy was again abandoned later in 1981.

References

1. Steve Huey. "Bruce Cockburn". AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
3. "Bruce Cockburn". Retrieved February 10, 2016.