The discography of Black Country Communion, an English-American hard rock band, consists of five studio albums, one live album, four singles, one video album and nine music videos. Formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009, Black Country Communion is a supergroup composed of bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes, guitarist and vocalist Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham and keyboardist Derek Sherinian.[1] Working with producer Kevin Shirley, the band released its self-titled debut album through J&R Adventures and Mascot Records in September 2010.[2] The album reached number 54 on the Billboard 200,[3] number 13 on the UK Albums Chart,[4] the top 20 of the US Billboard Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock Albums charts,[5][6] and topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.[7]
Black Country Communion discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Live albums | 1 |
Singles | 5 |
Video albums | 1 |
Music videos | 9 |
The following year, the group quickly returned with Black Country Communion 2,[2] which reached number 71 on the Billboard 200,[3] number 23 on the UK Albums Chart,[4] the top 20 of both Billboard rock albums charts,[5][6] and topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.[8] A music video was released for the track "Man in the Middle", which was directed by Davin Maske.[9] Later in 2011, the band released its first video album Live Over Europe, recorded during a European tour that year,[10] which reached the top ten of the UK Music Video Chart and in several other European regions.[11] Live Over Europe was released as a live album in February 2012,[12] reaching number 23 on the US Hard Rock Albums chart,[5] number 110 on the UK Albums Chart,[13] and number two on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.[14]
In October 2012, the band released its third studio album Afterglow,[2] which reached the top 50 of the Billboard 200 and number two on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.[3][15] In March 2013, Bonamassa left Black Country Communion due to internal tensions with Hughes, with the bassist later confirming that the band had ended.[16] However, in April 2016 it was announced that Black Country Communion planned to reunite and return in 2017 with a new studio album,[17][18] with Hughes and Bonamassa beginning songwriting later in September.[19] BCCIV was released in September 2017, preceded by the single and music video for "Collide".[20] The album was the band's first to reach the top ten of the UK Albums Chart, debuting at number 7.[4] It reached number 102 on the US Billboard 200.[3]
Albums
editStudio albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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US [3] |
AUT [21] |
FRA [22] |
GER [23] |
NED [24] |
NOR [25] |
SCO [4] |
SWE [26] |
SWI [27] |
UK [4] | ||
Black Country Communion | 54 | 50 | 62 | 15 | 32 | — | 15 | 19 | 54 | 13 | |
Black Country Communion 2 |
|
71 | 17 | 118 | 7 | 56 | 26 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 23 |
Afterglow |
|
48 | 19 | 63 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 44 | 29 |
BCCIV |
|
102 | 12 | 83 | 6 | 29 | 33 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 7 |
V |
|
— | 15 | — | 11 | 13 | — | 7 | — | 7 | 58 |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart in that region. |
Live albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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US Hard [5] |
US Indie [28] |
BEL (WA) [29] |
GER [23] |
UK [13] |
UK Indie [30] |
UK Phys. [31] |
UK Rock [14] | ||
Live Over Europe |
|
23 | 44 | 100 | 56 | 110 | 15 | 80 | 2 |
Singles
editTitle | Year | Album |
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"Collide" | 2017 | BCCIV |
"With You I Go" | 2024 | Non-album single |
"Stay Free" | V | |
"Red Sun" | ||
"Enlightened" |
Other charted songs
editTitle | Year | Peak | Album |
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US Heri. [32] | |||
"Black Country" | 2010 | 27 | Black Country Communion |
Videos
editVideo albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AUT [33] |
DEN [34] |
FIN [35] |
GER [23] |
NED [36] |
NOR [37] |
SWE [38] |
SWI [39] |
UK [11] | ||
Live Over Europe |
|
5 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
Music videos
editTitle | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"The Great Divide" | 2010 | Jeff Warden, Kahlil Hudson | [40] |
"Man in the Middle" | 2011 | Davin Maske | [41] |
"Afterglow" | 2012 | Marcus Sweeney-Bird | [42] |
"Confessor" | |||
"Midnight Sun" | |||
"This Is Your Time" | |||
"Collide" | 2017 | Philippe Klose | [20] |
"The Last Song for My Resting Place" | [43] | ||
"Over My Head" | [44] | ||
"Sway" | [45] | ||
"Wanderlust" | 2018 | [46] | |
"Love Remains" | [47] |
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- ^ a b "30 October 2011 - 05 November 2011". Official Music Video Chart Top 50 Archive. Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Live Over Europe - Black Country Communion: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
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- ^ "Black Country Communion - BCCIV - Over My Head". YouTube. November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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