Gene Watson discography

Gene Watson discography
Watson performing at the Grand Ole Opry in 2007
Studio albums33
Compilation albums8
Singles61
Music videos5

Gene Watson is an American country music artist. His discography consists of 33 studio albums, eight compilation albums, 61 singles, and five music videos. Of his singles, 48 charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts between 1975 and 1997, including the 1982 number one single "Fourteen Carat Mind".

Albums

Studio albums

1960s–1980s

Title Album details Peak positions
US Country
[1] 		CAN Country
[2]
Gene Watson
  • Release year: 1969
  • Label: Wide World
 — —
Love in the Hot Afternoon 5 —
Because You Believed in Me
  • Release year: 1976
  • Label: Capitol
 24 —
Paper Rosie
  • Release year: 1977
  • Label: Capitol
 22 —
Gene Watson's Beautiful Country
  • Release year: 1977
  • Label: Capitol
 32 —
Reflections
  • Release year: 1978
  • Label: Capitol
 23 14
Should I Come Home
  • Release year: 1979
  • Label: Capitol
 16 —
No One Will Ever Know
  • Release year: 1980
  • Label: Capitol
 45 —
Between This Time & the Next Time
  • Release year: 1981
  • Label: MCA
 38 —
Old Loves Never Die
  • Release year: 1981
  • Label: MCA
 57 —
This Dream's on Me
  • Release year: 1982
  • Label: MCA
 27 —
Sometimes I Get Lucky
(with the Farewell Party Band)
  • Release year: 1983
  • Label: MCA
 16 —
Little By Little
(with the Farewell Party Band)
  • Release year: 1984[3]
  • Label: MCA
 34 —
Heartaches, Love & Stuff
  • Release year: 1984
  • Label: MCA / Curb
 21 —
Memories to Burn
  • Release year: 1985
  • Label: Epic
 35 —
Starting New Memories
  • Release year: 1986
  • Label: Epic
 49 —
Honky Tonk Crazy
  • Release year: March 25, 1987
  • Label: Epic
 54 —
Back in the Fire 42 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2020s

Title Album details Peak positions
US Country
[1]
At Last
  • Release year: 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 74
In Other Words
  • Release year: 1992
  • Label: Broadland
 —
Uncharted Mind —
The Good Ole Days
  • Release year: 1996
  • Label: Step One
 —
Jesus Is All I Need
  • Release year: 1997
  • Label: Step One
 —
A Way to Survive
  • Release year: 1997
  • Label: Step One
 —
From the Heart
  • Release year: 2001
  • Label: Row Music Group
 —
Gene Watson Sings
  • Release year: 2003
  • Label: Compendia
 —
Then & Now —
In a Perfect World
  • Release year: 2007
  • Label: Shanachie
 —
A Taste of the Truth
  • Release year: 2009
  • Label: Shanachie
 —
Your Money and My Good Looks
(with Rhonda Vincent)
  • Release year: 2011
  • Label: Upper Management
 56
Best of the Best: 25 Greatest Hits
(new re-recordings for Watson's own label)
  • Release year: 2012
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
 64
My Heroes Have Always Been Country
  • Release year: 2014
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
 48
Real. Country. Music.
  • Release year: 2016
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
 —
My Gospel Roots
  • Release year: 2017
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
 —
Outside the Box
  • Release year: 2022
  • Label: Fourteen Carat
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak positions
US Country
[1] 		CAN Country
[2]
The Best of Gene Watson
  • Release year: 1978
  • Label: Capitol
 29 12
The Best of Gene Watson, Volume 2
  • Release year: 1981
  • Label: Capitol
 — —
Greatest Hits
  • Release year: 1983
  • Label: MCA / Curb
 — —
Texas Saturday Night
  • Release year: 1985
  • Label: MCA / Curb
 — —
Greatest Hits
  • Release year: 1990
  • Label: Curb
 — —
Eighteen Greatest Hits
  • Release year: 1999
  • Label: TeeVee / Capitol
 — —
Ultimate Collection
  • Release year: 2001
  • Label: Hip-O
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1970s–1980s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[4] 		CAN Country
[5]
1975 "Bad Water" 87 — Love in the Hot Afternoon
"Love in the Hot Afternoon" 3 3
"Where Love Begins" 5 4
1976 "You Could Know as Much About a Stranger" 10 42
"Because You Believed in Me" 20 — Because You Believed in Me
"Her Body Couldn't Keep You (Off My Mind)" 52 —
1977 "Paper Rosie" 3 1 Paper Rosie
"The Old Man and His Horn" 11 9 Gene Watson's Beautiful Country
"I Don't Need a Thing at All" 8 4
1978 "Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All the Time" 11 14
"One Sided Conversation" 8 6 Reflections
1979 "Farewell Party" 5 9
"Pick the Wildwood Flower" 5 2
"Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)" 3 6 Should I Come Home
"Nothing Sure Looked Good on You" 4 3
1980 "Bedroom Ballad" 18 43
"Raisin' Cane in Texas" 15 53 No One Will Ever Know
"No One Will Ever Know" 13 22
1981 "Any Way You Want Me" 33 — Any Which Way You Can
"Between This Time and the Next Time" 17 8 Between This Time & the Next Time
"Maybe I Should Have Been Listening" 23 12
"Fourteen Carat Mind" 1 5 Old Loves Never Die
1982 "Speak Softly (You're Talking to My Heart)" 9 4
"This Dream's on Me" 8 11 This Dream's on Me
"What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her" 5 3
1983 "You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without" 2 5 Sometimes I Get Lucky
(with the Farewell Party Band)
"Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget" 9 6
"Drinkin' My Way Back Home" 10 8 Little By Little
(with the Farewell Party Band)
1984 "Forever Again" 10 18
"Little by Little" 33 21
"Got No Reason Now for Goin' Home" 7 15 Heartaches, Love & Stuff
1985 "One Hell of a Heartache" 43 38
"Cold Summer Day in Georgia" 24 22 Memories to Burn
"Memories to Burn" 5 2
1986 "Carmen" 32 27
"Bottle of Tears" 50 40 Starting New Memories
"Everything I Used to Do" 29 27
1987 "Honky Tonk Crazy" 43 30 Honky Tonk Crazy
"Everybody Needs a Hero" 28 46
1988 "Don't Waste It on the Blues" 5 6 Back in the Fire
1989 "Back in the Fire" 20 24
"The Jukebox Played Along" 24 40
"The Great Divide" 41 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2000s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[4] 		CAN Country
[5]
1991 "At Last" 61 59 At Last
"You Can't Take It with You When You Go" 67 56
1992 "One and One and One" 66 92 In Other Words
1993 "In Other Words"[6] — —
"Old Porch Swing" — —
"Snake in the House"[7] — — Uncharted Mind
1994 "Glass Hearts"[8] — —
"Your Uncharted Mind" — —
1995 "He's Back in Texas Again"[9] — —
1996 "Change Her Mind" 44 90 The Good Ole Days
1997 "No Goodbyes" 73 —
2001 "Next to Nothin'"[10] — — From the Heart
2002 "The Man an' Me and You"[11] — —
"No Trash in My Trailer"[12] — —
2003 "New Woman"[13] — — Gene Watson Sings
2007 "I Buried Our Love" — — In a Perfect World
2009 "We've Got a Pulse" (with Trace Adkins) — — A Taste of the Truth
"Staying Together" (with Rhonda Vincent) — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video
1983 "You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without"[14]
"Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget"[14]
1993 "Old Porch Swing"[15]
"Snake in the House"[16]
1994 "Your Uncharted Mind"[17]
2001 "Next to Nothin'"
2009 "Staying Together"

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gene Watson - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Gene Watson - Country Albums/CDs". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Gene Watson and His Farewell Party Band - Little by Little". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Gene Watson - Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Gene Watson - Country Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "New & Active - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. March 26, 1993.
  7. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. November 13, 1993.
  8. ^ "New & Active - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. February 18, 1994.
  9. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. August 5, 1995.
  10. ^ "New Releases" (PDF). Radio & Records. August 31, 2001.
  11. ^ "Going for Adds - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. February 8, 2002.
  12. ^ "Going for Adds - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. July 5, 2002.
  13. ^ "R&R Going for Adds - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. September 12, 2003.
  14. ^ a b "Country Video Catalog" (PDF). Billboard. June 2, 1984. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  15. ^ "Video Monitor" (PDF). Billboard. August 7, 1993.
  16. ^ "Video Monitor" (PDF). Billboard. October 9, 1993.
  17. ^ "Video Monitor" (PDF). Billboard. May 28, 1994.