Joan Baez discography

This is a discography for American folk singer and songwriter Joan Baez.

Joan Baez discography
Joan at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in 2005 at Golden Gate Park
Studio albums	25
Live albums	15
Compilation albums	23
Video albums	7
EPs	4
Singles	35
Soundtrack albums	4

Studio albums

1959

"Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square" 1959 - with Bill Wood and Ted Alevizos

1960s

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications
		US [1]	CAN [2]	GER [3]	UK [4]
Joan Baez	Released: October 1960 Label: Vanguard	20	—	38	9	US: Gold[5] UK: Silver[6]
Joan Baez, Vol. 2	Released: September 1961 Label: Vanguard	21	—	—	—	US: Gold[5]
Joan Baez/5	Released: October 1964 Label: Vanguard	12	—	—	3
Farewell, Angelina	Released: October 1965 Label: Vanguard	10	—	30	5
Noël	Released: October 1966 Label: Vanguard	—	—	—	—
Joan	Released: August 1967 Label: Vanguard	38	—	—	—
Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time	Released: June 1968 Label: Vanguard	84	—	—	—
Any Day Now	Released: December 1968 Label: Vanguard	30	—	—	—	US: Gold[7]
David's Album	Released: June 1969 Label: Vanguard	36	33	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1970s

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		US [1]	CAN [2]
One Day at a Time	March 1970 Label: Vanguard	80	35
Blessed Are...	Released: August 1971 Label: Vanguard	11	12	US: Gold[8]
Come from the Shadows	Released: April 1972 Label: A&M	48	41
Where Are You Now, My Son?	Released: March 1973 Label: A&M	138	—
Gracias a la Vida	Released: July 1974 Label: A&M	—	—
Diamonds & Rust	Released: April 1975 Label: A&M	11	28	US: Gold[9]
Gulf Winds	Released: November 1976 Label: A&M	62	55
Blowin' Away	Released: July 1977 Label: CBS	54	69
Honest Lullaby	Released: April 1979 Label: CBS	113	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980–present

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		US [1]	GER [3]	UK [4]
Recently	Released: July 1987 Label: Gold Castle	—	—	—
Speaking of Dreams	Released: November 1989 Label: Gold Castle	—	—	—
Play Me Backwards	Released: October 1992 Label: Virgin	—	—	—
Gone from Danger	Released: September 23, 1997 Label: Guardian	—	—	—
Dark Chords on a Big Guitar	Released: September 9, 2003 Label: Koch	—	—	—
Day After Tomorrow	Released: September 9, 2008 Label: Proper	128	95	100	IMPALA: 2x Silver[10]
Whistle Down the Wind	Released: March 2018 Label: Proper	88	8	47
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications
		US [1]	CAN [2]	GER [3]	UK [4]
Joan Baez in Concert	October September 1962 Label: Vanguard	10	—	—	—	US: Gold[11]
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2	Released: November 1963 Label: Vanguard	7	—	25	8
Joan Baez in San Francisco	Released: 1964 Label: Fantasy	—	—	—	—
Joan Baez In Italy	Released: 1969 Label: Vanguard	—	—	—	—
From Every Stage	Released: February 1976 Label: A&M	34	49	—	—
European Tour[12]	Released: 1980 Label: CBS	—	—	—	—
Live Europe '83	Released: January 1984 Label: Gamma	—	—	—	—
Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring	Released: December 1988 Label: Gold Castle	—	—	—	—
Ring Them Bells	Released: August 1995 Label: Guardian	—	—	—	—	IMPALA: Silver[13]
Live at Newport	Released: September 17, 1996 Label: Vanguard	—	—	—	—
Bowery Songs	Released: September 2005 Label: Proper Records	—	—	—	—
Ring Them Bells (double-disc reissue with bonus tracks)	Released: February 2007 Label: Proper Records	—	—	—	—
Diamantes[14] (limited issue for 2014 South American tour)	Released: March 9, 2015 Label: Proper Records (PRPCD129)	—	—	—	—
75th Birthday Celebration (CD and DVD of show at Beacon Theatre)	Released: June 10, 2016 Label: Razor & Tie	—	—	45	—
Live At Woodstock	Released: August 2, 2019 Label: Craft Recordings	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

1. Sacco & Vanzetti, RCA Victor (1971)
2. Carry It On, Vanguard (1971)
3. Silent Running, Decca (1972)
4. How Sweet the Sound, Razor & Tie (2009)

Compilations

1. Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square (1959) / Re-Released as The Best of Joan Baez, Squire (1963)#45 POP
2. Portrait of Joan Baez (1967) (UK Only)
3. Joan Baez On Vanguard (1969) (UK Only) #15 UK
4. The First 10 Years, Vanguard (November 1970) #73 POP #41 UK #37 CAN
5. The Joan Baez Ballad Book, Vanguard (1972) #188 POP
6. Hits: Greatest and Others, Vanguard (1973) #163 POP
7. The Contemporary Ballad Book, Vanguard (1974)
8. The Joan Baez Lovesong Album, Vanguard (1976) #205 POP
9. Best of Joan C. Baez, A&M (1977) #121 POP
10. The Joan Baez Country Music Album (1979)
11. Very Early Joan, Vanguard (1982)
12. Joan Baez: Classics, A&M (1986)
13. Brothers in Arms, Gold Castle (1991)
14. No Woman No Cry, Laserlight (February 1992)
15. Rare, Live & Classic (box set), Vanguard (1993)
16. The Best of Joan Baez, Vanguard (1995)
17. Greatest Hits, A&M (1996)
18. Vanguard Sessions: Baez Sings Dylan, Vanguard (1998)
19. Imagine, Universal 1998
20. Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection, A&M/Universal (1999)
21. The Complete A&M Recordings, Universal/A&M (2003)
22. Vanguard Visionaries: Joan Baez, Vanguard (2007)
23. The Complete Gold Castle Masters (box set), Razor & Tie (2017)

Singles

Year	Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated	Peak positions			Certification	Album
		US [15]	US AC [16]	UK [4]
1961	"Banks of the Ohio" b/w "Old Blue"	—	—	—		Joan Baez, Vol. 2
1962	"Lonesome Road" b/w "Pal of Mine"	—	—	—
1963	"What Have They Done to the Rain" b/w "Danger Waters"	—	—	—		Joan Baez in Concert
	"We Shall Overcome" b/w "What Have They Done to the Rain" (from Joan Baez in Concert)	90	—	26		Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2
1965	"There But for Fortune" b/w "Daddy You Been on My Mind" (from Farewell, Angelina)	50	16	8		5
	"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" b/w "Daddy You Been on My Mind"	—	—	22		Farewell, Angelina
	"Farewell, Angelina" b/w "Queen of Hearts" (from 4 in Stereo)	—	—	35
1966	"Pack Up Your Sorrows" b/w "The Swallow Song"	—	—	50		Non-album tracks
	"The Little Drummer Boy" b/w "Cantique De Noel"	—	—	—		Noel
1967	"Be Not Too Hard" b/w "North"	—	—	—		Joan
1969	"If I Knew" b/w "Rock Salt and Nails"	—	—	—		David's Album
	"Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" b/w "Love Minus Zero/No Limit"	86	—	—		Any Day Now
1970	"No Expectations" b/w "One Day at a Time"	—	—	—		One Day at a Time
1971	"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" b/w "When Time Is Stolen"	3	1	6	US: Gold[17]	Blessed Are...
	"Here's to You" b/w "The Ballad of Sacco & Vanzetti - Part 2"	—	—	—		Non-album tracks
	"Let It Be" b/w "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" (from David's Album)	49	5	—		Blessed Are...
	"Rejoice in the Sun b/w "Silent Running"	—	—	—		Silent Running Soundtrack
1972	"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" b/w "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"	—	—	—		David's Album
	"Song of Bangladesh" b/w "Prison Trilogy"	—	—	—		Come from the Shadows
	"In the Quiet Morning" b/w "To Bobby"	69	22	—
	"Tumbleweed" b/w "Love Song to a Stranger"	—	—	—
1973	"Best of Friends" b/w "Mary Call"	—	—	—		Where Are You Now, My Son?
	"Less Than the Song" b/w "Windrose"	—	—	—
1974	"Forever Young" b/w "Guantanamera" (from Gracias a La Vida)	—	13	—		Non-album track
1975	"Blue Sky" b/w "Dida" (from Gracias a La Vida)	57	46	—		Diamonds & Rust
	"Diamonds and Rust" b/w "Winds of the Old Days"	35	5	—
1976	"Please Come to Boston" b/w "Love Song to a Stranger" -- Part 2	—	—	—		From Every Stage
	"Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" b/w "Children and All That Jazz"	—	—	—		Diamonds & Rust
	"Caruso" b/w "Time Is Passing Us By"	—	—	—		Gulf Winds
1977	"I'm Blowin' Away" b/w "Altar Boy and the Thief"	—	—	—		Blowin' Away
	"Time Rag" b/w "Miracles"	—	—	—
	"O Brother!" b/w "Still Waters at Night"	—	—	—		Gulf Winds
1979	"Light a Light" b/w "Michael"	—	—	—		Honest Lullaby
1992	"Stones In The Road" b/w "Play Me Backwards" & "Edge of Glory"	—	—	—		Play Me Backwards
1997	"No Mermaid" b/w "Diamonds and Rust" (from Ring Them Bells)	—	—	—		Gone from Danger
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs

• Silver Dagger & Other Songs, Fontana (1961) UK
• With God on Our Side, Fontana (1963) UK
• Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, Fontana (1963) UK
• Luv Is the Foundation w/ Rocker-T (2009) US

Video albums

• In Concert, Pioneer (VHS, Laserdisc 1990)
• Live at Sing Sing, NY 1972 (w/ B.B. King), (DVD 2004)
• Three Voices: Live in Concert (1988 concert w/ Konstantin Wecker & Mercedes Sosa), (DVD 2004)
• How Sweet the Sound, American Masters/Razor & Tie (DVD 2009)
• Golden Hits: Live Collection, Blueline (DVD 2013)
• Oh Freedom: Live in London, Hudson Street (DVD 2014)
• 75th Birthday Celebration, Razor & Tie (DVD 2016)

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Contributions

• Hard Rain by Bob Dylan (1976) - guitar, background vocals
• 4 Songs From Renaldo and Clara EP by Bob Dylan (1978) - vocals on "Never Let Me Go"
• The Butterfly Tree by Julia Butterfly Hill, Joan Baez, Joy Carlin, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra & Kent Nagano (2002) - vocals
• The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue (2002) - vocals, acoustic guitar & percussion on 4 songs
• The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (2004) - vocals on 4 songs
• Corazón libre by Mercedes Sosa (2005) - cover art
• Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins (2008) - "Since You've Asked"
• Journey to the New World by Sharon Isbin, Joan Baez & Mark O'Connor (2009) - "Joan Baez Suite Op. 144" & "Go 'Way from My Window"
• Tune In, Turn Up, Sing Out by San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (2009) - "Swingin with the Saints" & "Imagine"
• Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (2019) - vocals, acoustic guitar & percussion on 12 songs
• Als teus ulls by Mario Muñoz feat. Lluís Llach, Gemma Humet & Joan Baez (2019) - single

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References

1. "Joan Baez: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
2. "Joan Baez". RPM Weekly.
3. "Suchen Nach 'Joan Baez'" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Search for Joan Baez
4. "UK Charts > Joan Baez". Official Charts Company.
5. "American album certifications – Joan Baez – Joan Baez". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
6. "British album certifications – Joan Baez – Joan Baez". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Type Joan Baez in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
7. "American album certifications – Joan Baez – Any Day Now". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
8. "American album certifications – Joan Baez – Blessed Are". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
9. "American album certifications – Joan Baez – Diamonds". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
10. "Joan Baez Receives Impala Sales Awards". propermusic.com. August 3, 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
11. "American album certifications – Joan Baez – Joan Baez in Concert". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
12. "European Tour". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
13. "Joan Baez Receives Impala Sales Awards". propermusic.com. August 3, 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
14. "Diamantes". propermusic.com. 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
15. "Joan Baez: The Hot 100". Billboard.
16. "Joan Baez: Adult Contemporary". Billboard.
17. "American single certifications – Joan Baez – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
18. "Joan Baez". Discogs. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
19. "Joan Baez". iTunes. Retrieved August 18, 2019.

External links

• Joan Baez discography discography at Discogs