Thomas Dolby discography

Thomas Dolby discography
Studio albums5
EPs6
Soundtrack albums5
Live albums4
Compilation albums9
Singles25
Video albums6

This is the discography of British singer-songwriter and musician Thomas Dolby.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1][2] 		AUS
[3][4] 		CAN
[5] 		FIN
[6] 		NL
[7] 		NZ
[8] 		SWE
[9] 		US
[10] 		US R&B
[11]
The Golden Age of Wireless
  • Released: 10 May 1982
  • Label: Venice in Peril
  • Formats: LP, MC
 65 72 8 — — 21 — 13 45
The Flat Earth 14 71 21 25 18 28 50 35 —
Aliens Ate My Buick 30 76 76 — 72 43 — 70 —
Astronauts & Heretics
  • Released: July 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
 35 123 — — — — — — —
A Map of the Floating City 171 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details
Forty
  • Released: December 2001
  • Label: Lost Toy People
  • Formats: CD
The Sole Inhabitant
  • Released: November 2006
  • Label: Lost Toy People
  • Formats: CD
Live at SXSW
  • Released: July 2007
  • Label: Lost Toy People
  • Formats: CD
  • With the Jazz Mafia Horns
Live in Tokyo 2012
  • Released: 30 May 2012
  • Label: Meguro
  • Formats: CD+DVD
  • Japan-only release

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details
Howard the Duck
  • Released: July 1986
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Split album – one side by Dolby's Cube, the other by John Barry
Gothic
  • Released: February 1987
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
The Gate to the Mind's Eye
  • Released: 25 October 1994
  • Label: Giant
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Invisible Lighthouse
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Lost Toy People
  • Formats: CD
Double Switch – 25 Anniversary Edition
  • Released: March 2019
  • Label: Limited Run Games/Screaming Villains
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Limited release of the soundtrack to the 1993 video album

Compilation albums

Title Album details
Retrospectacle – The Best of Thomas Dolby
  • Released: 7 February 1994
  • Label: EMI, Capitol
  • Formats: CD, MC
Premium Gold Collection
  • Released: June 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • Netherlands-only release
Hyperactive
  • Released: February 1999
  • Label: Disky
  • Formats: CD
Hyperactive!
  • Released: 15 March 1999
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
12x12 Original Remixes
  • Released: 2 August 1999
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Blinded with Science
  • Released: 17 July 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
The Singular Thomas Dolby
  • Released: 18 May 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Original Album Series
  • Released: 11 November 2016
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 5xCD box set
Hyperactive
  • Released: 27 July 2018
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 2xCD

Video albums

Title Album details
"Live Wireless"
Thomas Dolby
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: PolyGram Video
  • Formats: VHS, VHD, Betamax, LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Video – 12 of His Best Videos
The Gate to the Mind's Eye
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: BMG Video, Miramar
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
The Sole Inhabitant
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Lost Toy People
  • Formats: DVD
Live in Chicago
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Lost Toy People
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

Title Album details Peak chart positions
CAN
[12] 		US
[10]
Blinded by Science
  • Released: January 1983
  • Label: Harvest/Venice in Peril
  • Formats: 12", LP, MC
 3 20
One of Our Submarines
  • Released: 1 November 2002
  • Label: Salz
  • Formats: CD, 2x12"
  • With Salz
 — —
Amerikana
  • Released: 16 June 2010
  • Label: Lost Toy People
  • Formats: digital download
 — —
Oceanea
  • Released: 29 November 2010
  • Label: Lost Toy People
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — —
Return to Oceanea – Remix EP
  • Released: 2 February 2012
  • Label: Lost Toy People
  • Formats: digital download
 — —
Halloween: A Thomas Dolby Creation
  • Released: 20 October 2023
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: digital download
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1][13] 		AUS
[3][4] 		CAN
[14] 		FIN
[6] 		GER
[15] 		NL
[16] 		NZ
[17] 		US
[18] 		US Dance
[19] 		US Main
[20]
"Urges" 1981 — — — — — — — — — — Originally a non-album release[A]
"Europa and the Pirate Twins" 48 — 45[B] — — — — 67[B] — 37 The Golden Ages of Wireless
"Airwaves" 1982 — — — — — — — — — —
"Radio Silence" — — — — — — — — — —
"Windpower" 31 — — — — — — — — —
"She Blinded Me with Science" (b/w "One of Our Submarines") 49 19 1 — 52 — 7 5 3 6
17 		Originally a non-album release[C]
"Get Out of My Mix" (as Dolby's Cube) 1983 80 — — — — — — — — — Non-album release
"Hyperactive!" 1984 17 26 16 21 — — 41 62 37 39 The Flat Earth
"I Scare Myself" 46 — — — — 26 — — — —
"Dissidents" 90 — — — — — — — 17 —
"Field Work" (Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Thomas Dolby) 1985 98 — — — — — — — — — Originally a non-album release[D]
"May the Cube Be with You" (as Dolby's Cube) 82 — — — — — — — — — Originally a non-album release[E]
"Howard the Duck" (as Dolby's Cube featuring Cherry Bomb) 1986 — — — — — — — — — — Howard the Duck soundtrack
"The Devil Is an Englishman" (Screamin' Lord Byron featuring Thomas Dolby and Timothy Spall) 1987 — — — — — — — — — — Gothic soundtrack
"Airhead" 1988 53 69 — — — — — — 6 — Aliens Ate My Buick
"Hot Sauce" 1989 80 — — — — — — — — —
"My Brain Is Like a Sieve" — — — — — — — — — —
"Close but No Cigar" 1992 22 107 — — 88 — 14 — — — Astronauts & Heretics
"I Love You Goodbye" 36 155 — — — — — — — —
"Silk Pyjamas" 62 — — — — — — — — —
"Hyperactive!" (re-release) 1994 23 — — — — — — — — — Retrospectacle
"Quantum Mechanic" (Germany-only release) 1995 — — — — — — — — — — The Gate to the Mind's Eye soundtrack
"Blinded by Chemicals" (vs. James Doman) 2004 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album release
"Spice Train" (promo-only release) 2011 — — — — — — — — — — A Map of the Floating City
"I'm Thomas Dolby" (with JG and the Robots) 2021 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Contributions

Year Title Artist Contribution
1979 English Garden Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club Keyboards
1980 Drip Dry Zone Local Heroes SW9
1981 "New Toy" Lene Lovich Wrote, keyboards
"Dream Soldiers" The Fallout Club Wrote, synthesiser, backing vocals, producer
Black Snake Diamond Röle Robyn Hitchcock Keyboards only on "Love"
"Ghost Train" Bruce Woolley Co-wrote, keyboards
4 Foreigner Main synthesiser
"Year 2000" Jane Kennaway Wrote, producer
"Jungle Line" Low Noise Vocals, electronics, producer
Walk Under Ladders Joan Armatrading Synthesiser on 6 tracks
"Wonderlust" The Fallout Club Wrote, synthesiser, producer
Pleasure Girls at Our Best! Synthesiser
1982 "I Got You Babe" Holly & Joey
Set Thompson Twins Additional synthesiser on 3 tracks
Famous Last Words M Synthesiser
No Man's Land Lene Lovich Synthesiser only on "Rocky Road"
"Sex Machine" Jack Heard Synthesiser
1983 Pyromania Def Leppard Keyboards (credited as Booker T. Boffin)
Duck Rock Malcolm McLaren Keyboards
"Build Me a Bridge" Adele Bertei Producer
Beauty Life Trevor Herion Arrangement only of "Kiss of No Return"
Whodini Whodini Synthesiser, co-wrote and produced 2 tracks
1984 I Hear I See I Learn The Group Co-producer of "Technology"
1985 Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout Instruments, producer, mixing
Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends George Clinton Keyboards, synthesiser, producer and lead vocals on 2 tracks
Dog Eat Dog Joni Mitchell Keyboards, synthesiser, programming, vocals, co-producer
1987 Heaven on Earth Belinda Carlisle Additional keyboards
1988 From Langley Park to Memphis Prefab Sprout Keyboards and producer of 4 tracks
Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm Joni Mitchell Keyboards only on "Dancin' Clown"
Descanso dominical Mecano Engineer
Álex & Christina Álex & Christina
Vivir al este del Edén La Unión
1989 Desert Wind Ofra Haza Keyboards, backing vocals, programming, producer, mixing, producer, writing
1990 The Wall – Live in Berlin Roger Waters Keytar, vocals
Jordan: The Comeback Prefab Sprout Producer
1991 Aidalai Mecano Engineer
1992 Mirmama Eddi Reader Remix only of "What You Do with What You've Got"
"Funny Five Minutes" Chris Braide Producer
El cielo lo sabe Distrito 14 Engineer
1993 We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story James Horner Keyboard, writing and producer of 2 tracks
1999 Headspace Music Library V1: Reverie Headspace Composer of all tracks except 2
Headspace Music Library V6: Backyard Sunset Co-composer of "Sunlane"
2002 Side Three The Soft Boys Keyboards only on "Evil Guy"
2007 Live from New York at Studio 54 Lene Lovich Keyboards; archive material
2010 Electro Pioneers Space Cowboy Remix only of "My Egyptian Lover"
2017 Dangerous Friends The Fallout Club Keyboards; composer of 2 tracks, producer of 4 tracks; archive material
2022 "I'm Not Your Dog" Todd Rundgren Co-writer

Notes

  1. ^ Later included on original US pressings of The Golden Age of Wireless.
  2. ^ a b "Europa and the Pirate Twins" did not chart in the US and Canada until 1983, after the success of "She Blinded Me with Science".
  3. ^ Both tracks were included on the EP Blinded by Science and were also later added to all reissues of The Golden Age of Wireless.
  4. ^ Later included on Sakamoto's album Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia, which was the international release of Ongaku Zukan.
  5. ^ Included on the CD release of Aliens Ate My Buick.

References

  1. ^ a b "THOMAS DOLBY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Chart Log UK – Weekly Updates Sales 2011". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b Australian chart peaks:
  4. ^ a b "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 15 June 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  5. ^ Peak positions for the Thomas Dolby's albums in Canada:
  6. ^ a b "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit DOG - DZE". Sisältää hitin. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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  8. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  9. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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  11. ^ "Thomas Dolby". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  12. ^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 38, no. 7. 16 April 1983. Retrieved 13 April 2022 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  13. ^ "DOLBY'S CUBE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  14. ^ Peak positions for Thomas Dolby's singles in Canada:
  15. ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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  17. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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