David Gray discography

David Gray discography
Gray performing in Seattle, Washington in 2010
Studio albums12
EPs1
Live albums1
Compilation albums4
Singles22
Music videos19

The discography of David Gray, a British singer-songwriter, consists of twelve studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, an EP, and twenty-one singles.

Gray released three studio albums in the 1990s before finally making a commercial breakthrough with his fourth album White Ladder (1998), which received little initial attention before being re-released the following year. It has sold over 3 million copies in the UK alone, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time there. He achieved two subsequent UK number-ones with A New Day at Midnight (2002) and Life in Slow Motion (2005), and went on to reach the US Top 20 with five successive albums.[1]

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
A Century Ends
  • Released: 12 April 1993
  • Label: Hut
  • Formats: CD, cassette
144 23
Flesh
  • Released: 6 September 1994
  • Label: Hut
  • Formats: CD, cassette
152 70
Sell, Sell, Sell
  • Released: 15 April 1996
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, cassette
92 36
White Ladder
  • Released: 8 March 1999
  • Label: IHT, EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1 34 61 1 51 4 18 35
Lost Songs 95–98
  • Released: 31 July 2000
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7 1 153
A New Day at Midnight
  • Released: 28 October 2002
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1 22 61 1 81 6 29 45 17
Life in Slow Motion
  • Released: 12 September 2005
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1 8 68 49 1 23 4 3 19 16
Draw the Line
  • Released: 14 September 2009
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5 18 74 70 2 21 15 18 12
Foundling
  • Released: 17 August 2010
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
18 34 9 55 26 9
Mutineers
  • Released: 17 June 2014
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 12"
10 22 67 53 7 31 36 27 15
Gold in a Brass Age
  • Released: 8 March 2019
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 12"
21 71 37 45 186
Skellig
  • Released: 19 February 2021
  • Label: AWAL Recordings
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 12"
53 22
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live albums

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Title Album details
A Thousand Miles Behind
  • Released: 13 August 2007
  • Label: self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
White Ladder Live
  • Released: 14 July 2024
  • Label: Laugh A Minute Records
  • Formats: digital download, 12"


Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3][23]
IRE
[6]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
US
[11]
The EPs 1992–1994
  • Released: 2 July 2001
  • Label: Hut
  • Formats: CD, cassette
68 18
Shine: The Best of the Early Years
  • Released: 26 March 2007
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 12 November 2007
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11 61 7 15 38 96
The Best of David Gray
  • Released: 28 October 2016
  • Label: IHT Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
30 91 51
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Extended plays

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Title EP details
Live from London EP
  • Released: 3 April 2006[26]
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: digital download
Gold in a Brass Age (Ground Control Acoustic Sessions)
  • Released: 12 July 2019
  • Label: IHT
  • Formats: digital download

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart position, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[23]
AUT
[4]
GER
[27]
IRE
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[10]
US
[28]
"Birds Without Wings" 1992 A Century Ends
"Shine" 1993
"Wisdom"
"Faster Sooner Now" 1996 Sell, Sell, Sell
"Late Night Radio"
"This Year's Love" 1999 20 27 White Ladder
"Babylon" 5 51 96 31 81 31 57
"Please Forgive Me" 18 46
"Sail Away" 2001 26 31
"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" 26
"Dead in the Water" 2002 A New Day at Midnight
"The Other Side" 35
"Be Mine" 2003 23 36
"The One I Love" 2005 8 59 48 96 8 93 38 Life in Slow Motion
"Hospital Food" 34 40
"Alibi" 2006 71 47
"You're the World to Me" 2007 53 48 Greatest Hits
"Fugitive" 2009 103 32 84 Draw the Line
"Full Steam"
(featuring Annie Lennox)
"A Moment Changes Everything" 2010 Foundling
"Gulls" 2014 Mutineers
"Back in the World"
"Beautiful Agony"
"Snow in Vegas"
(featuring LeAnn Rimes)
2015
"Smoke Without Fire" 2016 The Best of David Gray
"The Sapling" 2018 Gold in a Brass Age
"A Tight Ship" 2019
"Watching The Waves"
"If 8 Were 9"
"Mallory" (Acoustic) Gold in a Brass Age (Ground Control Acoustic Sessions)
"Gold in a Brass Age" (Acoustic)
"Skellig" 2021 Skellig
"Heart and Soul"
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Video albums

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Title Details Certification
David Gray: Live
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Warner Music Vision
Live in Slow Motion
  • Released: April 2006
  • Label: Warner Music Vision
Live from the Artists Den
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Artists Den Records

Music videos

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Year Video Director
1992 "Birds Without Wings"
1993 "Shine" Tony van den Ende
"Wisdom" Lindy Heymann
1996 "Late Night Radio" Donal Scannell and Donal Dineen
1998 "This Year's Love" (version 1)
2000 "Babylon" (UK version) Kieran Evans
"Babylon" (US version) Mike Figgis
"Please Forgive Me" (UK version) Kieran Evans and Russell Thomas
"Please Forgive Me" (US version) David Kellogg
2001 "This Year's Love" (version 2) David Slade
"Sail Away" Big TV!
2002 "The Other Side"
2003 "Be Mine" Vaughan Arnell
2005 "The One I Love" Motion Theory
"Hospital Food" Rainbows & Vampires
"Alibi" Happy
2009 "Fugitive" Will Barras and Dan Lumb
"Full Steam" Andy Morahan
2014 "Gulls" Donal Dineen and Myles O'Reilly
"Back in the World"
"Beautiful Agony"
2016 "Smoke Without Fire"

References

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  26. ^ "iTunes Preview > Live from London EP". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  27. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Gray, David / Single" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
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  30. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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