Gary Moore discography
This is the discography of the Northern Irish blues, heavy metal and hard rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Gary Moore.
Gary Moore discography | |
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Studio albums | 17 |
Live albums | 9 |
Compilation albums | 12 |
Singles | 53 |
Albums
Solo studio albums
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
GER [5] |
NZ [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||
1978 |
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70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1982 |
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30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 149 | |
1983 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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12 | — | — | 7 | 53 | — | — | 15 | — | 172 | ||
1985 |
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12 | 73 | — | 10 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 6 | — | 146 | |
1987 |
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8 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 139 | |
1989 |
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23 | 62 | — | 3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 114 | |
1990 | Still Got the Blues
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13 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 83 | |
1992 |
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4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 145 | |
1995 |
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14 | 59 | — | 14 | 33 | — | 31 | 40 | 26 | — [A] |
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1997 |
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43 | — | 19 | 27 | 32 | — | 27 | 23 | 22 | — | |
1999 |
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133 | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2001 |
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53 | — | 68 | 36 | 40 | — | — | 22 | 49 | — [B] |
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2004 |
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158 | — | — | — | 65 | — | — | 51 | — | — [C] |
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2006 |
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148 | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | — [D] |
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2007 |
Close As You Get
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102 | — | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | 95 | — [E] |
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2008 |
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101 | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | 71 | — [F] |
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"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Notes
- A^ Blues for Greeny charted at #5 on Top Blues Albums Chart
- B^ Back to the Blues charted at #6 on Top Blues Albums Chart
- C^ Power of the Blues charted at #9 on Top Blues Albums Chart
- D^ Old New Ballads Blues charted at #6 on Top Blues Albums Chart
- E^ Close as You Get charted at #7 on Top Blues Albums Chart
- F^ Bad for You Baby charted at #2 on Top Blues Albums Chart
With other projects
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
GER [5] |
NZ [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||
1973 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1980 |
G-Force
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1994 |
Around the Next Dream
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9 | — | 28 | 14 | 20 | 17 | — | 13 | 25 | — | |
2002 |
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90 | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | 31 | — | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Live albums
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
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UK |
AUS |
AUT |
FIN |
GER |
NZ |
NOR |
SWE |
SWI |
US | |||
1983 | Rockin' Every Night – Live in Japan
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99 | 91 | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1983 | Live at the Marquee
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1984 | We Want Moore!
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32 | — | — | 21 | 52 | — | — | 21 | — | — | |
1993 | Blues Alive
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8 | 73 | 14 | — | 31 | — | 18 | 40 | 14 | — | |
2003 | Live at Monsters of Rock
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2007 | Blues for Jimi
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80 | — | 56 | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2007 | Live at Bush Hall (2007)
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128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2010 | Live at Montreux 2010
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— | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2020 | Live from London
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70 | — | 17 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 84 | 34 | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Compilation albums
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
GER [5] |
NZ [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||
1982 | Gary Moore
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1988 | And Then the Man Said to His Guitar..
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32 | — | — | – | – | — | — | – | — | — | |
1994 | Ballads & Blues 1982–1994
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33 | — | — | 4 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 15 | — [G] |
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1996 | Streets & Walkways: The Best of Gary Moore & Colosseum II
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1998 | Out in the Fields – The Very Best of Gary Moore
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54 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 13 | — | — |
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1999 | Blood of Emeralds – The Very Best of Gary Moore Part 2
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | |
2002 | The Best of the Blues
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112 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 10 | 98 | — [H] |
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Have Some Moore: The Best Of Gary Moore
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— | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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2003 | The Essential Gary Moore
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Parisienne Walkways: The Blues Collection
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Back on the Streets: The Rock Collection
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006 | The Platinum Collection
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118 [I] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 45 [I] |
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2008 | Have Some Moore 2: The Best Of Gary Moore
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2009 | Essential Montreux
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2012 | Legacy
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173 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Notes
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
FIN [4] |
GER [22] |
IRE [23] |
NZ [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
US [24] |
US Rock [24] | |||||
1978 | "Parisienne Walkways / Fanatical Fascists / She's Got You" (Gary Moore & Phil Lynott) |
8 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | Back on the Streets | ||
1978 | "Back on the Streets / Track Nine / Song for Donna" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1979 | "Spanish Guitar / Spanish Guitar (Instrumental)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1981 | "Nuclear Attack / Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Run to Your Mama" (Gary Moore & Friends) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dirty Fingers | ||
1982 | "Always Gonna Love You / Cold Hearted" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | — | Corridors of Power | ||
"Rockin' Every Night / Back on the Streets / Parisienne Walkways" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"End of the World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1983 | "Falling in Love with You / Falling in Love With You [Instrumental] / Wishing Well" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 110 | — | |||
"Don't Take Me for a Loser" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | ||||
"Hold on to Love / Devil in Her Heart / Law of the Jungle" | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Victims of the Future | |||
1984 | "Shapes of Things / Blinder" | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Empty Rooms / Nuclear Attack [Live] / Shapes of Things" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / She's Got You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dirty Fingers | |||
"Teenage Idol" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Victims of the Future | |||
1985 | "Out in the Fields / Military Man / Still in Love With You" (Gary Moore & Phil Lynott) |
5 | 62 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | — | — | Run for Cover | ||
"Empty Rooms '85" [re-recording] | 23 | 100 | — | — | 12 | 48 | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Military Man" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Run for Cover / Parisienne Walkways" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Listen to Your Heartbeat / Out of My System" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1986 | "Reach for the Sky" [+] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Over the Hills and Far Away / Crying in the Shadows / All Messed Up [Live] / Out in the Fields" | 20 | 94 | 1 | — | 6 | 43 | 1 | 7 | — | 24 | Wild Frontier | |||
"Crying in the Shadows" [+] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1987 | "Wild Frontier / Run for Cover (Live) / Murder in the Skies (Live) / Wild Frontier (Live) / Wild Frontier [Extended] / The Loner" | 35 | 85 | 4 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Friday on My Mind / Reach for the Sky / Reach for the Sky [Live]" | 26 | 25 | 15 | — | 18 | 30 | — | — | — | — | ||||
"The Loner / Johnny Boy / The Loner [Live]" | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Take a Little Time / Out in the Fields" | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1988 | "After the War / This Thing Called Love / Over the Hills and Far Away" | 37 | — | 5 | — | 14 | 36 | 4 | 12 | — | — | After the War | ||
1989 | "Ready for Love / Ready for Love [Edit] / Wild Frontier [Live] / Wild Frontier / The Loner [Live]" | 56 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | |||
"Led Clones / Speak for Yourself" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Livin' on Dreams / The Messiah Will Come / Livin' on Dreams [Extended]" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1990 | "Oh Pretty Woman / King of the Blues / The Stumble" (Gary Moore & Albert King) |
48 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | Still Got the Blues | ||
"Still Got the Blues (For You) / Left Me With the Blues / Still Got The Blues (For You) - Full Length Version" | 31 | 18 | 17 | 28 | 28 | — | 3 | 4 | 97 | 9 | ||||
"Walking by Myself / Still Got the Blues (For You)" | 48 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Too Tired / Texas Strut" (Gary Moore featuring Albert Collins) |
71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1991 | "Moving On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | |||
"Midnight Blues" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1992 | "Cold Day in Hell / All Time Low" | 24 | 42 | — | 29 | — | 31 | 4 | 24 | — | 22 | After Hours | ||
"Story of the Blues / Movin' Down the Road" | 40 | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | ||||
"Since I Met You Baby / The Hurt Inside" (Gary Moore & B.B. King) |
59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Separate Ways / Only Fool in Town" | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Only Fool in Town" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1993 | "Parisienne Walkways '93" [Live version] / Only Fool in Town | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blues Alive | ||
1994 | "Where in the World" BBM (with Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker) |
57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Around The Next Dream | ||
"Waiting in the Wings" [+] BBM (with Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | ||||
"One Day" | — | — | — [*] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 | |||
1995 | Blues For Greeny EP: "If I Loved Another Woman" / "If You Be My Baby" / "Long Grey Mare" / "Showbiz Blues" [+] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blues for Greeny | ||
"If I Loved Another Woman" [+] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Need Your Love So Bad" | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1997 | "One Good Reason" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dark Days in Paradise | ||
"I Have Found My Love in You / My Foolish Pride" | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Always There for You" (Gary Moore vs. Professor Stretch) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1999 | A Different Beat EP: "Go On Home" / "Lost In Your Love" / "Worry No More" [+] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Different Beat | ||
2001 | "Picture of the Moon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Back to the Blues | ||
2011 | "Parisienne Walkways" | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Platinum Collection | ||
"Still Got the Blues" | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |
Notes
Granny's Intentions
Album
- Honest Injun (Deram, 1970) (gt on 8 tracks, Johnny Hockedy on 3)
Skid Row
Albums
- Skid (CBS, October 1970) #30 UK
- 34 Hours (CBS, 1971)
- Skid Row (a.k.a. 'Dublin Gas Comy.') – CBS demos recorded early 1970 (CBS, 1990)
- Skid Row (a.k.a. 'Gary Moore/Brush Shiels/Noel Bridgeman') – Gary Moore version of the unreleased third album recorded late 1971 (Castle, 1990)
- Live And On Song – Both sides of Skid Row's first two singles on the Song label recorded 1969, plus a BBC 'In Concert' recording from 1971 (Hux, 2006)
Singles
- "New Places, Old Faces" / "Misdemeanour Dream Felicity" (Song Records, 1969)
- "Saturday Morning Man" / "Mervyn Aldridge" (Song Records, 1969)
- "Sandie’s Gone (Part 1)" / "Sandie’s Gone (Part 2)" (CBS, April 1970)
- "Night Of The Warm Witch" / "Mr. De-Luxe" (CBS, April 1971)
- "Living One Day At A Time" / "Girl from Dublin City" (CBS, February 1972)[25]
Thin Lizzy
Moore played in Thin Lizzy (1973–74, 1977–79) for several periods and worked with Phil Lynott subsequently in his solo career.
Albums
- Nightlife (1974) (note that on the original album Moore only appears on the song "Still in Love with You", although the 2012 Deluxe includes both demo and BBC session tracks featuring Moore)
- Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Compilations
- Remembering – Part 1 (1976)
- The Continuing Saga of the Ageing Orphans (1979)
- The Adventures of Thin Lizzy (1981)
- Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy (1991)
- The Boys Are Back in Town (1997)
- Thin Lizzy Greatest Hits (2004)
- At The BBC (2011)
Live
- Life (1983)
Colosseum II
Colosseum II is a band that came from the ashes of Colosseum and featured Don Airey, Neil Murray/John Mole, Mike Starrs, Jon Hiseman and Moore.
Albums
- Strange New Flesh (1976)
- Electric Savage (1977)
- War Dance (1977)
- Variations (1978) w/ Andrew Lloyd Webber
Greg Lake
Moore participated in the recording of Greg Lake's two solo albums, Greg Lake (1981) and Manoeuvres (1983). He also played live in Greg Lake's line-up. Some notable performances of his touring stint with Lake, were the live covers of King Crimson songs "21st Century Schizoid Man", "In the Court of the Crimson King", as well as "Parisienne Walkways". One concert on this tour was recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, and released on CD in 1995 as King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Greg Lake in Concert.
Moore's 1981 album Dirty Fingers (which also featured ex-Ted Nugent vocalist Charlie Huhn, former Rainbow/Wild Horses and later Dio bassist Jimmy Bain, and ex-Black Oak Arkansas/Pat Travers and later Ozzy Osbourne/Whitesnake/Ted Nugent drummer Tommy Aldridge) had a song called "Nuclear Attack", which he also performed on the Greg Lake album.
Albums
- Greg Lake (1981)
- Manoeuvres (1983)
- King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Greg Lake in Concert (1995)
Cozy Powell
Albums
- Over the Top (1979)
- Tilt (1981)
DVDs
- Thin Lizzy Live at Sydney Harbour '78, (1978)
- The Old Grey Whistle Test 2, (2003)
- Live at Monsters of Rock, (2003)
- Gary Moore & The Midnight Blues Band – Live at Montreux 1990, (2004)
- Gary Moore and Friends: One Night in Dublin – A Tribute to Phil Lynott, (2006)
- Gary Moore - The Definitive Montreux Collection, (2007)
- Live at Montreux 2010, (2011)
- Blues for Jimi, (2012)
Videos
- Gary Moore – Emerald Aisles, (1984)
- Gary Moore – Live at Isstadion Stockholm: Wild Frontier Tour, (1987)
- Gary Moore – The Video Singles (1987)
- Gary Moore – Live in Belfast: After the War Tour, (1989)
- "An Evening of the Blues" with Gary Moore & Midnight Blues Band – featuring Albert Collins & Albert King (1990)
- Gary Moore and B.B. King (2006)
- Gary Moore participated in a comedy skit entitled "The Easy Guitar Book Sketch", with comedian Rowland Rivron and fellow British musicians Mark Knopfler, Lemmy from Motorhead, Mark King from Level 42, and David Gilmour.
References
- UK chart peaks:
- Top 100 peaks: "The Official Charts Company > Gary Moore". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2011. N.B. This site applies chart exclusion rules to positions 76-100.
- Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: "Chart Log UK 1994-2010: M – My Vitriol". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2019. N.B. This site displays uncompressed chart (no exclusions) peaks between positions 76 and 200, from November 1994 to May 2001. Some peaks in this region of the chart may therefore be lower than those listed on the Official Charts site.
- Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 207. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Gary Moore in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- After the War (album) ARIA peak: "Chartifacts (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 18 – Week Ending 13th May 1990)". ARIA, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. pp. 192–193.
- "Austrian Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: MOK - MOY > Garu Moore". Sisältää hitin / Timo Pennanen. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- "Discographie von Gary Moore". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- "New Zealand Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- "Norwegian Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- "Swedish Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- "Swiss Charts – Gary Moore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- "Allmusic – Billboard Albums > Gary Moore". All Music. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- IFPI Sweden – Gold & Platinum 1987–1998 (pdf) Archived February 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "Album Certification Awards (Finland) – Gary Moore". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gary Moore)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. pp. 192–193.
- RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Gary Moore. Retrieved on 2011-02-25.
- The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community – Certification Awards 1991
- IFPI Norsk platebransje – Søk i troféer (artist search) Archived November 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community – Certification Awards 1999 Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Chart Log UK: New Entries Update 19.02.2011 (wk6)
- swedishcharts.com – Gary Moore – The Platinum Collection
- "German Singles Chart – Gary Moore". PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- "The Irish Charts – search the charts > Gary Moore". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- "Allmusic – Billboard Singles > Gary Moore". All Music. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- Skid Row at Irish Showbands.com Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Gary Moore discography at Discogs
- Conversation with Gary Moore from May, 2007, where he talks about his early days with Phil Lynott – "Moore's almanac." Belfast Telegraph, 24 May 2007.