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Donovan discography
Donovan discography
	Donovan performing in Washington, D.C. on 10 August 2007.
Studio albums	29
Live albums	8
Compilation albums	62
Tribute albums	5
Singles	33

This is the discography of Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist Donovan.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
Title	Album details	UK ^[1]	AUS ^[2]	US ^[3]	Certifications
What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (UK) Catch the Wind (US)	Released May 1965 (June 1965 in US) Label: Pye (Hickory in US)	3	–	30
Fairytale	Released Oct 1965 (Nov 1965 in US) Label: Pye (Hickory in US)	20	–	85
Sunshine Superman	Released Aug 1966 in US Label: Epic	25	–	11
Mellow Yellow	Released March 1967 in US Label Epic	–	–	14
A Gift from a Flower to a Garden	Released Dec 1967 in US (April 1968 in UK) Label: Pye (Epic in US)	–	–	19	RIAA: Gold^[4]
Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Record One of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden)	Released Dec 1967 in US Label Epic	–	–	60
For Little Ones (Record Two of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden)	Released Dec 1967 in US Label Epic	–	–	185
The Hurdy Gurdy Man	Released Oct 1968 in US Label Epic	–	–	20
Barabajagal	Released Aug 1969 in US Label Epic	–	–	23
Open Road	Released Sept 1970 (UK); July 1970 (US) Label Dawn (UK) Epic (US)	30	13	16
HMS Donovan	Released July 1971 Label Dawn	–	–	–
Cosmic Wheels	Released March 1973 Label Epic	15	22	25
Essence to Essence	Released Dec 1973 Label Epic	–	23	174
7-Tease	Released Jan 1975 (Nov 1974 in US) Label Epic	–	67	135
Slow Down World	Released June 1976 (UK) May 1976 (US) Label Epic	–	–	174
Donovan	Released Oct 1977 (UK) Aug 1977 (US) Label Rak (UK) Arista (US)	–	–	–
Neutronica	Released Aug 1980 (Europe) Label Barclay (France) RCA (Germany)	–	–	–
Love Is Only Feeling	Released 1983 (UK) 1981 (Germany) Label RCA	–	–	–
Lady of the Stars	Released Jan 1984 Label RCA (Allegiance in US)	–	–	–
One Night in Time	Released 1993 in Japan	–	–	–
The Children of Lir (Credited to Brian O'Reilly Special Guest Donovan)	Released 1994 (Ireland) 1998 (South Korea) Label Fiona (Ireland) Si-wan (South Korea)	–	–	–
Sutras	Released 1996 Label American	–	–	–
The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse (Audiobook)	Released 1998 (US) Label Audio Literature	–	–	–
Pied Piper	Released 2002 (US) Label Music For Little People	–	–	–
Sixty Four: The Donovan Archive Volume 1	Released Feb 2004 in Ireland Label Donovan Discs	–	–	–
Beat Cafe	Released 2004 Label Appleseed	–	–	–
Brother Sun, Sister Moon	Released April 2005 Label iTunes	–	–	–
Ritual Groove	Released Oct 2010 in Ireland Label Donovan Discs	–	–	–
Shadows of Blue	Released 2013 Label Treasure Isle Records	–	–	–
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK ^[1]	CAN ^[5]	US ^[3]
Donovan in Concert	Released: 1968 Label: Epic Records (BN 26386) Format: CD, LP	—	30	18
Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973	Released: 1973 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP	—	—	—
Live in Tokyo '73	Released: 17 March 1973 Label: Dirty 13 Format: LP	—	—	—
Rising	Released: November 1990 Label: Permanent Records (UK) Format: CD, LP, MC	—	—	—
Live in Concert	Released: 1992 Label: QED (QED 063) Format: CD	—	—	—
Donovan in Concert [Going For]	Released: 27 April 1998 Label: Going for a Song (130) Format: CD	—	—	—
Rising Again	Released: 22 May 2001 Label: Pilot Records (UK) Format: CD, LP	—	—	—
Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986	Released: 2 October 2001 Label: Varèse Sarabande Format: CD	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

The Real Donovan [U.S.] (1966) No. 96 U.S.
Universal Soldier [UK] (1967) No. 5 UK
Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be [U.S.] (1968) No. 177 U.S.
A Touch of Music a Touch of Donovan [West Germany] (1969)
The World of Donovan [UK] (1969)
Donovan's Greatest Hits (1969) No. 2 CAN; No. 4 U.S. (US: Platinum^[4])
The Best of Donovan [U.S.] (1969) No. 135 U.S.
Donovan P. Leitch [U.S.] (1970) No. 128 U.S.
Catch the Wind [UK] (1971)
Hear Me Now [U.S.] (1971) No. 215 U.S.
Golden Hour of Donovan [UK] (1971)
The World of Donovan [U.S.] (1972)
Colours [UK] (1972)
Early Treasures [U.S.] (1973)
The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan^[6] [UK] (Pye 502, March 1975)
The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan Vol. 2^[7] [UK] (Pye 507, Feb 1976)
Sunshine Superman / In Concert At The Anaheim Convention Center, double album [NL] (Epic EPC22016) (1975)
Donovan File [UK] (1977)
Star Discothek: Donovan [West Germany] (Pye 200 890-241) (circa 1978)
Spotlight on Donovan^[8] (PRT Records, SPOT 1017, October 1981)
The Best of Donovan double album, (CBS 2CSP 002, 1982, Australia)
Minstrel Boy (1983)
Catch the Wind [UK] (1986)
Colours [UK] (1987)
The Very Best of Donovan [Spain] (1988)
Donovan's Greatest Hits and More (1989)
The EP Collection (1990)
The Collection (1990)
Colours (1991)
Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976 (1992)
The Early Years (1993)
Sunshine Superman: 18 Songs of Love and Freedom (1993)
Wonderful Music of Donovan (1993); [Portugal] (1996)
Donovan in Concert (=Rising) (1994)
Live (=Rising) [Germany] (1995)
Universal Soldier (Spectrum Music, 1995, unrelated to the 1967 release)
Definitive Collection [Austria] [Holland] (1995)
Golden Hits (=Lady of the Stars) [Holland; U.S.] (1996)
Peace and Love Songs [U.S.] (1996)
Performance (=Rising) (1997)
Greatest Hits: Acoustic Live (=Rising) (1997)
Mellow (1997)
Love Is Hot, Truth Is Molten [Australia] (1998)
The Very Best of Donovan (=Rising) (1998)
Cosmic Wheels (=Rising) (1998)
Atlantis Calling (1999)
Summer Day Reflection Songs (2000)
Super Hits Hit collection (22 August 2000; Sony 61053)
Catch the Wind (2000)
Colours: Live in Concert (=Rising) (2001)
The Very Best of Donovan [Germany] Hit collection 3 June 2002 (Sony/Epic 4625602)
The Very Best of Donovan: The Early Years 23 July 2002 (Sanctuary 81184)
Sunshine Superman: The Very Best of Donovan (2002)
Atlantis (=Rising Again) [Holland] (2002)
Storyteller (2003)
Catch the Wind [UK] (2003)
The Great Donovan (=Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976) [Australia] (2003)
The Essential Donovan [1-Disc Version] (2004)
Live re-orchestred (2004) (3-CD set only from iTunes)
Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan (2005 box set) (Legacy Recordings)
The Best of Donovan Sunshine Superman (2006)
Fairytales and Colours (2007)
Playlist: The Very Best of Donovan (2008)
The Essential Donovan [2-Disc Version, US] (2012)
Breezes of Patchouli – His Studio Recordings 1966–1969 (2013 box set)
Retrospective (2015)
Eco-Song (2019)
Lunarian (2021)

Tribute albums

Donovan My Way (Vic Lewis and his Orchestra) (1968)
The Les Williams Orchestra Plays the Songs of Donovan (1968)
The Golden Songs of Donovan Johnny Arthy Orchestra
Island of Circles (1992)
A Gift from a Garden to a Flower: A Tribute to Donovan (2002)
Gazing With Tranquility: A Tribute to Donovan (2015))

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
Title	Year	UK ^[9]	AUS ^[2]	AUT ^[10]	BEL Fla ^[11]	BEL Wal ^[12]	GER ^[13]	NL ^[14]	SWI ^[15]	US ^[16]	US$ ^[17]	Certifications	Album
"Catch the Wind"	1965	4	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	28		What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid
"Colours"		4	81	—	—	42	—	8	—	61	40		Fairytale
"Universal Soldier"		—	13	—	—	—	—	9	—	53	45		The Universal Soldier EP
"Turquoise"		30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Sunshine Superman"	1966	2	4	—	11	19	7	2	—	1	1		Sunshine Superman
"Mellow Yellow"	1966	8	8	12	7	6	16	12	—	2	3	RIAA: Gold^[4]	Mellow Yellow
"Epistle to Dippy"	1967	—	53	19	—	37	—	—	—	19	10		Non-album singles
"There Is a Mountain"		8	25	—	—	15	—	—	—	11	9		Non-album singles
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven"		—	61	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	26		A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
"Jennifer Juniper"	1968	5	16	10	—	18	13	19	—	26	18		The Hurdy Gurdy Man
"Hurdy Gurdy Man"		4	5	20	12	10	11	7	5	5	3		The Hurdy Gurdy Man
"Laléna"		—	71	—	—	42	—	—	—	33	31		Non-album single
"Atlantis"		23	15	4	9	17	2	1	1	7	9		Barabajagal
"To Susan on the West Coast, Waiting"		—	—	—	—	17	—	—	—	35	31
"Barabajagal" (with Jeff Beck)	1969	12	28	17	—	31	—	23	—	36	28
"Riki Tiki Tavi"	1970	—	—	—	—	37	—	—	—	55	40		Open Road
"Celia of the Seals"	1971	—	60	—	—	50	—	—	—	84	93		HMS Donovan
"I Like You"	1973	—	67	5	—	—	—	—	—	66	57		Cosmic Wheels
"Maria Magenta"	1973	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Cosmic Wheels
"Sailing Homeward"	1974	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Essence to Essence
"Rock 'n' Roll with Me"	1974	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Rock and Roll Souljer"	1975	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		7-Tease
"Salvation Stomp"	1975	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—	—	—		7-Tease
"Dare to Be Different"	1977	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Donovan
"The Light"	1977	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Donovan
"Mee Mee, I Love You"	1981	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Neutronica
"Neutron"	1981	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Neutronica
"Lay Down Lassie"	1982	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Love Is Only Feeling
"Newest Bath Guide"	1992	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Please Don't Bend"	1996	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Sutras
"Atlantis" / "When the Angels Sing" (with No Angels)	2001	—	—	5	—	—	5	—	16	—	—		Now... Us! / Elle'ments
"Cherchez l'erreur" (duet with Zouzou)	2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Is This the Last Time?"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Banks O' Doon"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"I Am the Shaman"	2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Ritual Groove
"Save the World"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Ritual Groove
"Christmas Time Is Here Again" (with Violet Lawrence)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"To Love You"	2013	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Shadows of Blue
"Jump in the Line"	2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Jump in the Line: A Tribute to Harry Belafonte
"Still Waters"	2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Lunarian
"To Love You"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Lunarian
"I Am the Shaman"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Gimme Some a That"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 165. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 92. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ ^a ^b "Billboard 200". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Gold & Platinum – RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^ "RPM Top 50 Albums - October 21, 1968" (PDF).
^ "The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan – Donovan | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^ "The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan, Vol. 2 (1976) – Donovan | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^ Richie Unterberger. "Spotlight – Donovan | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^ "Donovan full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Donovan In Der Österreichischen Hitparade". Das Österreichische Hitparaden (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Discografie Donovan". Ultratop Flanders (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Discographie Donovan". Ultratop Wallonia (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Discographie von Donovan". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Discografie Donovan". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Donovan". Swiss Hit Parade (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Donovan Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "USA Cashbox Charts Summaries". popmusichistory. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

External links

Donovan unofficial website
Donovan discography at Discogs

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 165. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[aus-2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 92. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[Billboard_200-3] "Billboard 200". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[Gold_&_Platinum_-_RIAA-4] "Gold & Platinum – RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[5] "RPM Top 50 Albums - October 21, 1968" (PDF).

[6] "The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan – Donovan | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

[7] "The Pye History of British Pop Music: Donovan, Vol. 2 (1976) – Donovan | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

[8] Richie Unterberger. "Spotlight – Donovan | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

[UK_Charts-9] "Donovan full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[Austrian_Charts-10] "Donovan In Der Österreichischen Hitparade". Das Österreichische Hitparaden (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[Belgian_Flanders_Charts-11] "Discografie Donovan". Ultratop Flanders (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[Belgian_Wallonia_Charts-12] "Discographie Donovan". Ultratop Wallonia (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[Deutsche_Charts-13] "Discographie von Donovan". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[Dutch_Charts-14] "Discografie Donovan". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[Swiss_Charts-15] "Donovan". Swiss Hit Parade (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[Billboard_Hot_100-16] "Donovan Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[17] "USA Cashbox Charts Summaries". popmusichistory. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

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Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Tribute albums

Singles

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References

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