David Gilmour discography

For Gilmour's work with Pink Floyd, see Pink Floyd discography.

David Gilmour discography
Studio albums	5
Soundtrack albums	1
Live albums	2
Singles	17
Video albums	5
Music videos	19
Collaborative albums	1

The discography of David Gilmour, the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, consists of five studio albums, two live albums and 17 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions													Sales	Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	BEL [3]	CAN [4]	FRA [5]	GER [6]	ITA [7]	NLD [8]	NOR [9]	NZ [10]	SWE [11]	SWI [12]	US [13]
David Gilmour	Released: 26 May 1978 (UK) Label: Harvest (UK), Columbia (US) Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL	17	14	—	—	—	17	80	—	—	22	21	—	29		RIAA: Gold[14]
About Face	Released: 5 March 1984 (UK) Label: Harvest (UK), Columbia (US) Formats: CD, CS, LP, Q8, DL	21	36	—	—	—	24	81	—	10	24	13	15	32		RIAA: Gold[14]
On an Island	Released: 6 March 2006 Label: EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US) Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL	1	23	3	2	14	3	1	3	1	2	3	4	6	US: 96,000[15]	BPI: Platinum[16] BVMI: Gold[17] MC: Gold[18]
Rattle That Lock	Released: 18 September 2015 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, DVD, DL	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	5	US: 70,000[19]	BPI: Gold[16] BVMI: Gold[17] FIMI: Platinum[20]
Luck and Strange	Released: 6 September 2024 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, BR, LP, DL	1	6	2	14	2	1	2	1	5	10	8	1	10		BPI: Silver[16]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions													Sales	Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	BEL [3]	CAN [13]	FRA [5]	GER [6]	ITA [7]	NLD [8]	NOR [9]	NZ [10]	SWE [11]	SWI [12]	US [13]
Live in Gdańsk	Released: 22 September 2008 Label: EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US) Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL	10	30	5	19	15	12	7	14	34	20	24	14	26	US: 19,000[21]	BPI: Gold[16]
Live at Pompeii	Released: 29 September 2017 Label: Columbia Records Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL	3	50	6	19	15	2	1	2	4	31	12	4	45		FIMI: Gold[22]

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions							Album
		UK [1]	BEL [3]	DEN [23]	FRA [5]	ITA [24]	SPA [25]	US [13]
"There's No Way Out of Here"	1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	David Gilmour
"Blue Light"	1984	—	—	—	—	—	—	62	About Face
"Love on the Air"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"On an Island"	2006	72	—	—	—	—	—	—	On an Island
"Smile"		72	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Arnold Layne" (live)		19	—	7	—	2	12	—	Non-album single
"Rattle That Lock"	2015	—	66	—	71	—	—	—	Rattle That Lock
"Today"		—	87	—	—	—	—	—
"Rattle That Lock" (live)	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Live at Pompeii
"One of These Days" (live)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Run Like Hell" (live)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Yes, I Have Ghosts" (with Romany Gilmour)	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Yes, I Have Ghosts"/"Tell the Truth"/"Astral Dust"/"Kokineli"	2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Piper's Call"	2024	—[a]	—	—	—	—	—	—	Luck and Strange
"Between Two Points" (with Romany Gilmour)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Dark and Velvet Nights"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Luck and Strange"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Other appearances

Collaborations

Year	Artist	Album / Work	Ref
2009	Bob Geldof, Chrissie Hynde and David Gilmour	vocals and guitar on "Chicago/Change the World" for the "Keep Gary McKinnon Free" campaign	[27]

Benefit groups

Year	Artist	Release
1989	Rock Aid Armenia	"What's Going On"
1990		"Smoke on the Water" from The Earthquake Album
2005	Various Artists	"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"

Session and production work

Year	Artist	Album / Work	Ref
1970	Syd Barrett	The Madcap Laughs	[28][29]
		Barrett	[28][30]
	Ron Geesin and Roger Waters	"Give Birth to a Smile" on Music from the Body	[28]
1974	Unicorn	Blue Pine Trees (producer)	[31][32][28]
1975	Roy Harper	"The Game" from HQ	[28]
	Sutherland and Quiver	"Ain't Too Proud" from Reach for the Sky	[28]
1976	Unicorn	Too Many Crooks (US title Unicorn 2, features the song "There's No Way Out of Here") (producer)	[31]
1978	Kate Bush	Executive producer for two tracks on The Kick Inside	[28]
	Unicorn	One More Tomorrow (Harvest Records) (producer, shared with Muff Winwood)	[31]
1979	Wings	Guitar on "Rockestra Theme" and "So Glad to See You Here" from Back to the Egg	[28]
1980	Roy Harper	"Playing Games", "You (The Game Part II)", "Old Faces", "Short and Sweet" and "True Story" on The Unknown Soldier, credited to Harper/Gilmour.	[28]
1982	Kate Bush	Vocals on "Pull Out the Pin" in The Dreaming	[28]
1983	Atomic Rooster	Headline News	[28]
1984	Paul McCartney	"No More Lonely Nights" in Give My Regards to Broad Street	[28]
1985	Supertramp	"Brother Where You Bound"	[28]
	Bryan Ferry	"Is Your Love Strong Enough?" in Legend	[28]
		Boys and Girls	[28]
		Live Aid (played with Bryan Ferry's band)	[28]
	Nick Mason and Rick Fenn	"Lie for a Lie" (vocals) in Profiles	[28]
	Pete Townshend	"Give Blood" and "White City Fighting" in White City: A Novel – "White City Fighting" credited to Townshend/Gilmour. Also performed live as Deep End.	[28]
	Arcadia	So Red the Rose	[28]
	The Dream Academy	Co-produced The Dream Academy	[28]
	Roy Harper and Jimmy Page	"Hope" on Whatever Happened to Jugula?, credited to Harper/Gilmour.	[28]
1986	Berlin	Count Three & Pray	[28]
	Liona Boyd	Electric guitar on "L'Enfant", "Sorceress" and "Persona" from Persona
	Pete Townshend	Lead guitar in Pete Townshend's Deep End Live!	[28]
1987	Dalbello	"Immaculate Eyes" in she	[28]
	Bryan Ferry	Bête Noire	[28]
1988	Peter Cetera	"You Never Listen To Me" in One More Story	[28]
	Sam Brown	Guitar on "This Feeling" and "I'll Be in Love" in Stop!	[28]
1989	Kate Bush	"Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail" in The Sensual World	[28]
	Paul McCartney	"We Got Married" in Flowers in the Dirt	[28]
	Warren Zevon	Transverse City	[28]
1990	Roy Harper	"Once" in Once (w/ Kate Bush on backing vocals)	[28]
	Propaganda	"Only One Word" in 1234	[28]
	Sam Brown	April Moon, vocals on "Troubled Soul"	[28]
	Michael Kamen and David Sanborn	Concerto for Saxophone, guitar on "Sasha"	[28]
	Blue Pearl	Naked, guitar on Running Up That Hill and Alive (with Rick Wright on keyboards)	[28]
	Roé	Roé, guitar "Como el agua"
1991	All About Eve	"Are You Lonely" and "Wishing the Hours Away" in Touched by Jesus	[28]
	Hale and Pace	Lead guitar on "The Stonk"	[28]
1992	Elton John	"Understanding Women", in The One	[28]
1993	Paul Rodgers	"Standing Around Crying" in Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters	[28]
1994	Snowy White	"Love, Pain and Sorrow" on Highway To The Sun
	Chris Jagger	"Steal the Time" on Chris Jagger's Atcha	[28]
1995	Guy Pratt	"Grand Central Station" from the soundtrack to Hackers; according to Pratt on Twitter, features uncredited guitar performance by Gilmour	[33]
1996	The Who	Quadrophenia (1996 Hyde Park concert)
1997	B. B. King	"Cryin' Won't Help You Babe" in Deuces Wild
1999	Paul McCartney	Run Devil Run
1999	Pretty Things	Several songs on Resurrection
2001	The Triumph of Love soundtrack	Plays guitar over several chamber orchestra pieces
	Mica Paris	"I Put a Spell on You" on Later... with Jools Holland	[28]
2003	Ringo Starr	Guitar solo on "Missouri Loves Company" & "I Think, Therefore I Rock n' Roll" in Ringo Rama
2004	Alan Parsons and Simon Posford	"Return to Tunguska" in A Valid Path
2004	Phil Manzanera	"Always You" and "Sacred Days" on 6PM	[34]
2006	Chris Jagger	"It's Amazing (What People Throw Away)" and "Junkman", in Act of Faith
2009	Nick Laird-Clowes	"Mayday", from the A Time Comes documentary (Free download from nicklairdclowes.com)
2009	Rod Stewart	In a Broken Dream from The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998 (track recorded 1992)	[35]
2010	The Orb	Writing and guitar on album Metallic Spheres
	Bryan Ferry	"Me Oh My" and "Song to the Siren" from Olympia
2014	Ben Watt	Slide guitar and backing vocals on "The Levels" from Hendra
2022	Donovan	Electric guitar on "Rock Me" from Gaelia	[36]
2024	Body Count	Electric guitar on "Comfortably Numb"	[37]

Unreleased soundtracks

• Fractals: The Colours of Infinity, Documentary (1994)[38][39]

Videos

Video albums

Title	Video details	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		AUS [40]	BEL [41]	FIN [42]	GER [43]	JPN [44]	NLD [45]	SWE [46]	US [47]
David Gilmour Live 1984	Released: September 1984 Label: CBS FOX Video Music Formats: VHS, DVD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
David Gilmour in Concert	Released: October 2002 Label: EMI (UK), Capitol Records (US) Formats: DVD	23	—	—	—	—	—	5	6	GER: Gold[17] POL: Gold[48]
Remember That Night	Released: 17 September 2007 Label: David Gilmour Music Ltd. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	2	1	4	9	46	2	1	17	CAN: 2× Platinum[18] US: Platinum[14] GER: Gold[17]
Live in Gdańsk	Released: 22 September 2008 Label: EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US) Formats: DVD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Live at Pompeii	Released: 29 September 2017 Label: Columbia Records Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	AUS: Gold[49]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Music videos

Year	Video	Album
1978	"There's No Way Out of Here"	David Gilmour
	"So Far Away"
	"No Way"
	"I Can't Breathe Anymore"
	"Mihalis"
1984	"Blue Light"	About Face
	"All Lovers Are Deranged"
2006	"On an Island"	On an Island
	"Smile"
2015	"Rattle That Lock"	Rattle That Lock
	"Today"
	"The Girl in the Yellow Dress"
	"Faces of Stone"
2016	"In Any Tongue"
2020	"Yes, I Have Ghosts" (with Romany Gilmour)	Non-album single
2024	"The Piper's Call"	Luck and Strange
	"Between Two Points" (with Romany Gilmour)
	"Dark and Velvet Nights"
	"Luck and Strange"

Notes

1. "The Piper's Call" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but debuted and peaked at number 87 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart Top 100.[26]

References

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2. Peaks in Australia:
   • David Gilmour and About Face: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
   • All other albums: "David Gilmour Australian Albums Chart". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
3. "David Gilmour Belgian Albums Chart". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
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13. "David Gilmour Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
14. "RIAA: David Gilmour". riaa.com. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
15. Orlof, Brian (15 March 2006). "Juvenile Takes the Top Spot". www.rollingstone.com. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
16. "BPI: David Gilmour". www.bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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19. Rutherford, Keith (29 September 2015). "David Gilmour Heads Historic Week on Top Rock Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
20. "Italian album certifications – David Gilmour – Rattle That Lock" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 5 October 2020. Select "2015" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Rattle That Lock" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
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22. "Italian album certifications – David Gilmour – Live at Pompeii" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 5 October 2020. Select "2017" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Live at Pompeii" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
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26. "Official Singles Downloads Chart on 3/5/2024 3 May 2024 - 9 May 2024". Official Charts. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
27. Chrissie Hynde / David Gilmour / Bob Geldof / Gary McKinnon – Chicago / Change The World (2009, VBR, File), retrieved 14 October 2021
28. Miles, Barry; Andy Mabbett (1994). Pink Floyd the visual documentary (Updated ed.). London: Omnibus. ISBN 978-0-7119-4109-0.
29. Parker, David (2001). Random Precision: Recording the Music of Syd Barrett, 1965–1974. Cherry Red Books. p. iv.
30. Manning, Toby (2006). "Set the Controls". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-84353-575-1.
31. "Unicorn official site". Unicornmusic.net. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
32. Unicorn discography at Discogs
33. "believe it or not David!" in reply to "who did the David'esque guitars on't 'Hackers' OST?"
34. "Phil Manzanera 6PM Review". BBC. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
35. "Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin Members Team for "Sessions" Gem "In a Broken Dream"". Rolling Stone. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
36. "Donovan Unveils Historic David Gilmour Collaboration, 'Rock Me,' With 'Gaelia' Album Set to Follow (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
37. Greene, Andy (20 September 2024). "Ice-T and David Gilmour Recorded a New Version of Pink Floyd's 'Comfortably Numb'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
38. "The Colours of Infinity: The Beauty and Power of Fractals". Powells.com. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
39. "David Gilmour - The Colours Of Infinity book and DVD". brain-damage.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
40. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 113.
41. "10 DVD MUSICAUX 29/09/2007". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
42. "Suomen virallinen lista – Musiikki DVD:t 39/2007". www.ifpi.fi. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
43. "Official Media Control 28.09.2007". www.officialcharts.de. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
44. "Oricon: David Gilmour DVD". www.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
45. "Dutch DVD Music Top 30 20/10/2007". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
46. "Veckolista DVD Album – Vecka 44, 31 oktober 2002". www.sverigetopplistan.se. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
    "Veckolista DVD Album – Vecka 39, 27 september 2007". www.sverigetopplistan.se. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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49. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2017 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

External links

• David Gilmour discography at Discogs