Rick Wakeman discography

Rick Wakeman is an English keyboardist, composer and songwriter, most known as the keyboard player for progressive rock group Yes. His solo albums have sold over 50 million copies.

With Yes

Studio albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
UK AUS AUT
[1]
CAN
[2]
NLD
[3]
NOR
[4]
SWE
[5]
SWI
[6]
US
[7]
1971 Fragile 7 29 6 8 4
  • UK: Silver[8]
  • US: 2× Platinum[9]
1972 Close to the Edge 4 21 7 1 3
1973 Tales from Topographic Oceans 1 13 4 8 8 6
1977 Going for the One 1 16 8 9 7 10 8
1978 Tormato 8 22 30 17 9 18 10
1991 Union 7 15 17 32 16 15
1996 Keys to Ascension (live/studio) 48 22 99
1997 Keys to Ascension 2 (live/studio) 62 159

Live albums

Compilation albums

Solo and with his son Adam

Albums

1970s

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
UK US NOR ITA AUS NZ[12]
1971 Piano Vibrations
1973 The Six Wives of Henry VIII 73056921
  • US: Gold
  • Midem Festival: Platinum
1974 Journey to the Centre of the Earth 1368617
  • US: Gold
  • Brazil: Gold
  • UK: Gold
  • Canada: Gold
  • Ivor Novello Award
  • Grammy Award Nomination
1975 The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2216181
  • Japan: Gold
  • Australia: Gold
  • Brazil: Gold
  • UK: Gold
Lisztomania 145
1976 No Earthly Connection 96715
1977 White Rock 1412612
  • UK: Silver
Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record 2512819
1979 Rhapsodies 2517015
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s

Year Album Peak chart positions
UK US NOR
1981 The Burning (soundtrack)
1984 2436
1982 Rock 'n' Roll Prophet
1983 Cost of Living
G'olé! (soundtrack to 1982 FIFA World Cup film)
1984 Crimes of Passion (soundtrack)
1985 Silent Nights
Live at Hammersmith
1986 Country Airs
1987 The Family Album
The Gospels 94
1988 Time Machine
A Suite of Gods
Zodiaque
1988 The Word and the Gospels
1989 Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV
Sea Airs

1990s

Year Album Notes Peak chart positions Certifications
UK US
1990 Night Airs
Phantom Power (soundtrack)
In the Beginning
1991 Rock 'n' Roll Prophet Plus
  • Reissue of Rock 'n' Roll Prophet plus 4 new tracks
Suntrilogy 1 - Aspirant Sunrise
Suntrilogy 2 - Aspirant Sunset
Suntrilogy 3 - Aspirant Sunshadows
The Classical Connection
  • Remakes of earlier works
2000 A.D. Into the Future
African Bach
Softsword: King John and the Magna Charter
1993 Wakeman with Wakeman
Heritage Suite
No Expense Spared
Prayers
Classic Tracks
  • Remakes of earlier works
The Classical Connection 2
Unleashing The Tethered One - The 1974 North American Tour
1994 Wakeman with Wakeman: The Official Bootleg (live)
Live on the Test (live)
  • Recorded in 1976
Wakeman with Wakeman Live
Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits
  • Despite what the title suggests this is an album of remakes of earlier works (solo and with Yes)
Light Up The Sky (EP)
The Stage Collection (Live)[14]
  • Recording in August 1993 (1h36:52)[14]
1995 Almost Live in Europe
The Piano Album
  • Music from a concert in 1994
  • Later reissued as the extended Simply Acoustic
The Private Collection
Romance of the Victorian Age
The Seven Wonders of the World
Rick Wakeman In Concert
Visions
  • Also known as Visions of Paradise
Cirque Surreal
1996 Fields of Green
The New Gospels
Tapestries
The Word and Music
Can You Hear Me?
Vignettes
Orisons
1997 Tribute
Simply Acoustic
  • The Piano Album from 1995, but with added introductions and stories between the music
Fields Of Green '97
1998 Themes
1999 Return to the Centre of the Earth 34
White Rock II
The Natural World Trilogy
The Art in Music Trilogy
Official Live Bootleg

2000s

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
UK US
2000 Preludes to a Century
Chronicles of Man
Christmas Variations
The Legend: Live in Concert 2000
Morning Has Broken
2001 Out of the Blue
Classical Variations
Tales of Future and Past
Two Sides of Yes
2002 The Wizard and the Forest of All Dreams
Treasure Chest (8-CD boxset)
Two Sides of Yes Volume 2
The Yes Piano Variations
2003 Out There
2005 Rick Wakeman at Lincoln Cathedral (Pipe Organ)
2006 Retro
2007 Live at the BBC
Retro 2
2009 The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace
Past, Present and Future

2010s

Year Album Notes Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[15]
US
2010 Always with You
2012 In the Nick of Time: Live in 2003
Journey to the Centre of the Earth [extended studio recording]
  • Initially packaged in a "Limited Edition Fanpack" together with a souvenir magazine, Classic Rock Presents Rick Wakeman and facsimile programme from the 1974 Royal Festival Hall performance
2016 The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table [extended re-recording]
  • Released exclusively via a Pledge Music campaign. Available on Double Vinyl, Double CD and High Quality Download formats
2017 Piano Portraits 6
  • UK: Silver
2018 Piano Odyssey 7
2019 Christmas Portraits 82

2020s

Year Album Notes Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[16]
US
2020 The Red Planet

Non-album singles

Note: These are singles that were not taken from a regular album. These songs were only released in these singles or were included on future compilations.

  • 1985: "Lytton's Diary" (for a TV series of the same name)
  • 1994: "Light Up the Sky"

Compilations

  • 1997 Voyage (sub-titled "The Very Best of Rick Wakeman"; digitally remastered 2-CD set)
  • 2000 Recollections: The Very Best of Rick Wakeman 1973-1979
  • 2002 Songs of Middle Earth (Inspired by The Lord of the Rings)[17]
  • 2004 Revisited (re-recordings of past material)
  • 2015 After the Ball: The Collection (same tracks as Recollections)

Video games

With Strawbs

Live albums

Studio album

Guest appearances

  • 1970: Dragonfly - piano throughout the whole album
  • 1975: Nomadness - electric harpsicord on "Tokyo Rosie"
  • 2014: Prognostic - keyboards on "Deep in the Darkest Night" & "Blue Angel"

Compilations

With Dave Cousins

  • 1972 Two Weeks Last Summer - Rick on piano & organ
  • 2002 Hummingbird
  • 2005 Wakeman & Cousins Live 1988 : From the Witchwood Media Archive Series: Vol. 1
  • 2005 Cousins & Conrad - piano on "Deep In The Darkest Night"
  • 2010 STRAWBS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: VOL 2: RICK WAKEMAN & DAVE COUSINS - CD & DVD

With Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Studio album

Charts

Year Chart Position
1989 The Billboard 200 - USA 30
1989 UK Charts 14

Live album

With Anderson/Wakeman

Other collaborations

  • 1984 Beyond the Planets (with Jeff Wayne and Kevin Peek)
  • 1987 Creepshow 2 (soundtrack) (with Les Reed)
  • 1988 A Suite of Gods (with Ramon Remedios)
  • 1988 Zodiaque (with Tony Fernandez)
  • 1989 Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV (with Mario Fasciano)
  • 1999 Stella Bianca alla corte de Re Ferdinando (with Mario Fasciano)
  • 2009 From Brush and Stone (with Gordon Giltrap)
  • 2014 Rick Wakeman and Brian May - Starmus 2014

Guest appearances

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References

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  2. "Gold/Platinum - Yes". Music Canada. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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  6. "Yes - 90125 - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  7. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5891/charts-awards
  8. "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  9. "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  10. "Certified Awards Search Archived 2012-10-01 at WebCite". Music Canada. Retrieved on 2012-01-29. Note: User needs to enter "YES" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "RICK WAKEMAN IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". charts.nz. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  13. "Wakeman with Wakeman, President Records (RWCD11) 1993". Adam Wakeman. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  14. "Rick Wakeman – The Stage Collection". AllMusic. November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  15. "Rick Wakeman | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  16. "Rick Wakeman | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  17. Rick Wakeman Frequently Asked Questions, A reissue of tracks from Heritage Suite and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, renamed to fit the Lord of the Rings theme. The artist does not consider this a release.
  18. Iommi, Tony (2011). Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-30681-9551.
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