David Gilmour discography

David Gilmour discography
Studio albums	4
Live albums	1
Video albums	4
Singles	8

The discography of David Gilmour, the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, consists of four studio albums and six singles.

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		UK [1]	US [2]	CAN [2]	NZ [3]	AUS [4]	SWE [5]	NOR [6]	SWI [7]	GER [8]	NLD [9]
David Gilmour	Released: 25 May 1978 (UK) Label: Harvest (UK), Columbia (US) Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL	17	29	—	22	—	21	—	—	17	—		US: Gold[10]
About Face	Released: 5 March 1984 (UK) Label: Harvest (UK), Columbia (US) Formats: CD, CS, LP, Q8, DL	21	32	—	24	—	13	10	15	24	—		US: Gold[10]
On an Island	Released: 6 March 2006 Label: EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US) Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL	1	6	2	2	23	3	1	4	3	3	US: 96,000+[11]	UK: Platinum[12] POL: Platinum[13] CAN: Gold[14] GER: Gold[15]
Rattle That Lock	Released: 18 September 2015 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, DVD, DL	1	5	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2		UK: Gold
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		UK [1]	US [2]	CAN [2]	NZ [3]	AUS [4]	SWE [5]	NOR [6]	SWI [7]	GER [8]	NLD [9]
Live in Gdańsk	Released: 22 September 2008 Label: EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US) Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL	10	26	19	20	30	24	34	14	12	14	US: 19,000+[16]	BRA: Gold[17] POL: Platinum[13] UK: Gold[12]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Collaborative albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [1]	US [2]	BEL [18]	GRC [19]	IRL [20]	GER [8]	NLD [9]
Metallic Spheres (with The Orb)	Released: 12 October 2010 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, DL	12	73	34	21	65	95	40
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions						Album
		UK [1]	DEN [21]	FRA [22]	ITA [23]	SPA [24]	US [2]
"There's No Way Out of Here"	1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	David Gilmour
"Blue Light"	1984	—	—	—	—	—	62	About Face
"Love on the Air"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"On an Island"	2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	On an Island
"Smile"		72	—	—	—	—	—
"Arnold Layne"		19	7	—	2	12	—	Remember That Night
"Rattle That Lock"	2015	—	—	71	—	—	—	Rattle That Lock
"Today"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Video albums

Title	Video details	Peak chart positions							Certifications
		US [25]	SWE [26]	BEL [27]	FIN [28]	NLD [29]	GER [30]	JPN [31]
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	6	5	—	—	—	—	—	GER: Gold[15] POL: Gold[32]
Remember That Night	Released: 17 September 2007 Label: David Gilmour Music Ltd. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	17	1	1	4	2	9	46	CAN: 2× Platinum[14] US: Platinum[10] GER: Gold[15]
Live in Gdańsk	Released: 22 September 2008 Label: EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US) Formats: DVD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Collaborations and work for other artists

Year	Artist	Album / Work	Ref
1970	Syd Barrett	The Madcap Laughs	[33][34]
	Syd Barrett	Barrett	[33][35]
	Ron Geesin and Roger Waters	"Give Birth to a Smile" on Music from the Body	[33]
1974	Unicorn	Blue Pine Trees (producer)	[36][37][33]
1975	Roy Harper	"The Game" from HQ	[33]
1975	Sutherland and Quiver	"Ain't Too Proud" from Reach for the Sky	[33]
1976	Unicorn	Too Many Crooks (US title Unicorn 2, features the song "There's No Way Out of Here") (producer)	[36]
1978	Kate Bush	Executive producer for two tracks on The Kick Inside	[33]
	Unicorn	One More Tomorrow (Harvest Records) (producer, shared with Muff Winwood)	[36]
1979	Wings	Back to the Egg	[33]
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.	[33]
1982	Kate Bush	Vocals on "Pull Out The Pin" in The Dreaming	[33]
1983	Atomic Rooster	Headline News	[33]
1984	Paul McCartney	"No More Lonely Nights" in Give My Regards to Broad Street	[33]
1985	Supertramp	"Brother Where You Bound"	[33]
	Bryan Ferry	"Is Your Love Strong Enough?" in Legend	[33]
	Bryan Ferry	Boys and Girls	[33]
	Bryan Ferry	Live Aid (played with Bryan Ferry's band)	[33]
	Nick Mason and Rick Fenn	"Lie for a Lie" (vocals) in Profiles	[33]
	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.	[33]
	Arcadia	So Red the Rose	[33]
	The Dream Academy	Co-produced The Dream Academy	[33]
	Roy Harper and Jimmy Page	"Hope" on Whatever Happened to Jugula?, credited to Harper/Gilmour.	[33]
1986	Berlin	Count Three & Pray	[33]
	Liona Boyd	Electric guitar on "L'Enfant", "Sorceress" and "Persona" from Persona
	Pete Townshend	lead guitar in Pete Townshend's Deep End Live!	[33]
1987	Dalbello	"Immaculate Eyes" in she	[33]
1988	Peter Cetera	"You Never Listen To Me" in One More Story	[33]
	Sam Brown	Guitar on "This Feeling" and "I'll Be in Love" in Stop!	[33]
1989	Kate Bush	"Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail" in The Sensual World	[33]
	Paul McCartney	"We Got Married" in Flowers in the Dirt	[33]
	Rock Aid Armenia	"Smoke on the Water" in The Earthquake Album	[33]
	Warren Zevon	Transverse City	[33]
1990	Roy Harper	"Once" in Once (w/ Kate Bush on backing vocals)	[33]
	Propaganda	"Only One Word" in 1234	[33]
	Sam Brown	April Moon, vocals on "Troubled Soul"	[33]
	Michael Kamen and David Sanborn	Concerto for Saxophone, guitar on "Sasha"	[33]
	Blue Pearl	Naked, guitar on Running Up That Hill and Alive (with Richard Wright on keyboards)	[33]
1991	All About Eve	"Are You Lonely" and "Wishing the Hours Away" in Touched by Jesus	[33]
	Hale and Pace	Lead guitar on "The Stonk"	[33]
1992	Elton John	"Understanding Women", in The One	[33]
	Mica Paris	"I Put a Spell on You" on Later With Jools Holland	[33]
1993	Paul Rodgers	"Standing Around Crying" in Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters	[33]
1994	Snowy White	"Love, Pain and Sorrow" in Goldtop: Groups & Sessions '74–'94
1995	Guy Pratt	Soundtrack to Hackers; according to Pratt on Twitter, features uncredited guitar performance by Gilmour.	[38]
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
2001	The Triumph of Love soundtrack	Plays guitar over several chamber orchestra pieces
2003	Ringo Starr	Ringo Rama
2004	Alan Parsons and Simon Posford	"Return to Tunguska" in A Valid Path
	Jeff "Tain" Watts	"DeTAINed at the Blue Note"
2005	Various artists	"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"
2006	Chris Jagger	"It's Amazing (What People Throw Away)" and "Junkman", in Act of Faith
2009	Bob Geldof, Chrissie Hynde and David Gilmour	vocals and guitar on Chicago for the 'Keep Gary Mckinnon Free' campaign
	Nick Laird-Clowes	"Mayday" documentary, 'A Time Comes' (Free download from nicklairdclowes.com )
2014	Ben Watt	Hendra

Soundtracks

• Fractals: The Colours of Infinity, Documentary (1994)^{[39] [40]}

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