The discography of Earl Thomas Conley, an American country music singer, consists of ten studio albums and 42 singles. He first charted in 1975 as Earl Conley for the GRT and Warner Bros. Records labels, before moving to Sunbird Records. He had his first number one in 1981 with "Fire & Smoke", and had a total of eighteen number ones between then and "Love Out Loud" in 1989.
| Earl Thomas Conley discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 41 |
| Music videos | 11 |
Studio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] | ||
| Blue Pearl |
|
20 |
| Fire & Smoke |
|
19 |
| Somewhere Between Right and Wrong |
|
10 |
| Don't Make It Easy for Me |
|
3 |
| Treadin' Water |
|
2 |
| Too Many Times |
|
3 |
| The Heart of It All |
|
33 |
| Yours Truly |
|
53 |
| Perpetual Emotion |
|
— |
| Promised Land: The Lost Album[2] |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
- APerpetual Emotion was re-released in 2003 under the title Should've Been Over By Now with one new song.
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] | ||
| Greatest Hits |
|
1 |
| The Best of Earl Thomas Conley, Vol. One |
|
— |
| Greatest Hits, Volume II |
|
35 |
| The Essential Earl Thomas Conley |
|
— |
| Love Out Loud |
|
— |
| Super Hits |
|
— |
| 16 Biggest Hits |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live at Billy Bob's Texas |
|
Singles
edit1970s
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
CAN Country | |||
| 1971 | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | — | — | Non-album songs (as Earl Conley) |
| 1974 | "When I'm Under the Table (I'll Be Over You)" | — | — | |
| 1975 | "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" | 87 | — | |
| "It's the Bible Against the Bottle (In the Battle for Daddy's Soul)" |
87 | — | ||
| 1976 | "High and Wild" | 67 | — | |
| "Queen of New Orleans" | 77 | — | ||
| 1979 | "Dreamin's All I Do" (as Earl Conley) | 32 | 74 | Blue Pearl |
| "Middle Age Madness" | 41 | — | ||
| "Stranded on a Dead-End Street" (as the ETC Band) | 26 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
1980s onward
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
CAN Country | |||
| 1980 | "Silent Treatment" | 7 | — | Fire & Smoke |
| 1981 | "Fire and Smoke" | 1 | — | |
| "Tell Me Why" | 10 | — | ||
| 1982 | "After the Love Slips Away" / "Smokey Mountain Memories"[a] | 16 | 31 | |
| "Heavenly Bodies" | 8 | 3 | Somewhere Between Right and Wrong | |
| "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" | 1 | 39 | ||
| 1983 | "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" (re-recording) | 2 | 3 | |
| "Your Love's on the Line" | 1 | 8 | Don't Make It Easy for Me | |
| "Holding Her and Loving You" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1984 | "Don't Make It Easy for Me" | 1 | 2 | |
| "Angel in Disguise" | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Chance of Lovin' You" | 1 | 1 | Treadin' Water | |
| 1985 | "Honor Bound" | 1 | 1 | |
| "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)" | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Nobody Falls Like a Fool" | 1 | 1 | Greatest Hits | |
| 1986 | "Once in a Blue Moon" | 1 | 1 | |
| "Too Many Times" (with Anita Pointer) | 2 | 3 | Too Many Times | |
| "I Can't Win for Losin' You" | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1987 | "That Was a Close One" | 1 | 2 | |
| "Right from the Start" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1988 | "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" | 1 | 2 | The Heart of It All |
| "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Emmylou Harris) | 1 | 1 | ||
| "What I'd Say" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1989 | "Love Out Loud" | 1 | 2 | |
| "You Must Not Be Drinking Enough" | 26 | 39 | ||
| 1990 | "Bring Back Your Love to Me" | 11 | 11 | Greatest Hits, Volume II |
| "Who's Gonna Tell Her Goodbye" | 61 | 66 | ||
| 1991 | "Shadow of a Doubt" | 8 | 4 | Yours Truly |
| "Brotherly Love" (with Keith Whitley) | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1992 | "Hard Days and Honky Tonk Nights" | 36 | 38 | |
| "If Only Your Eyes Could Lie" | 74 | — | ||
| 1998 | "Scared Money Never Wins"[4] | — | — | Perpetual Emotion |
| 2002 | "Love's the Only Voice (I'm Gonna Listen To)"[5] | — | — | Promised Land: The Lost Album |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
As a featured artist
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
CAN Country | |||
| 1984 | "All Tangled Up in Love" (Gus Hardin with Earl Thomas Conley) |
8 | 8 | Wall of Tears |
Music videos
edit| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Heavenly Bodies" | |
| "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" | ||
| 1983 | "Your Love's on the Line" | |
| "Holding Her and Loving You" | ||
| 1984 | "Don't Make It Easy for Me" | |
| "Angel in Disguise" | David Hogan | |
| "Crowd Around the Corner" | ||
| 1985 | "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)" | |
| 1986 | "Once in a Blue Moon" | |
| "Too Many Times" (with Anita Pointer) | ||
| 1991 | "Shadow of a Doubt" | Michael Salomon |
| "Brotherly Love" (with Keith Whitley) | Jack Cole | |
| 1998 | "Scared Money Never Wins" | Tom Bevins |
Notes
edit- ^ Single was released as a double A-side.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Earl Thomas Conley Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
- ^ "Unearthed Earl Thomas Conley Tracks Set For Release In New 'Promised Land' Collection". Music Row. September 24, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "Going for Adds - April 13, 1998" (PDF). Radio & Records. April 10, 1998.
- ^ "Reviews". Billboard. March 9, 2002. p. 26.