Tommy Emmanuel discography

The discography of Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter Tommy Emmanuel consists of twenty-seven studio albums, six live albums, four compilation albums and twenty-one singles.

Tommy Emmanuel discography
Studio albums27
Live albums6
Compilation albums4
Singles21

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[1][2][3]
NZ
[4]
From Out of Nowhere
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Trafalgar
  • Formats: Vinyl
Untitled (with Philippe Gabbay)
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Formats: Vinyl
Up from Down Under
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Artful Balance
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette
48 * AUS: Platinum [5]
Dare to Be Different
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: Mega
  • Formats: CD, cassette
13 39 * AUS: Platinum [5]
Determination
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Mega
  • Formats: CD, cassette
17 * AUS: Platinum [5]
The Journey 5 AUS: 2× Platinum [6]
Terra Firma (with Phil Emmanuel)
  • Released: March 1995
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
12
Classical Gas (with Australian Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Released: November 1995
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
6 AUS: Gold [5]
Can't Get Enough
  • Released: October 1996
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
26
The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World (with Chet Atkins)
  • Released: March 1997
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Collaboration 51
Only 53
Endless Road
  • Released: May 2004
  • Label: Favored Nations
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Mystery
  • Released: 19 June 2006[7]
  • Label: Favored Nations
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Happy Hour (with Jim Nichols)
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: Original Works
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Just Between Frets (with Frank Vignola)
  • Released: 3 November 2009
  • Label: Solid Air Records
  • Formats: CD
Little by Little
All I Want for Christmas
  • Released: 28 October 2011
  • Label: Favored Nations
  • Formats: CD, DD
92[8]
The Colonel & The Governor (with Martin Taylor)
  • Released: February 2013
  • Label: Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings
  • Formats: CD, DD
The Guitar Mastery of Tommy Emmanuel
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Favored Nations
  • Formats: CD, DD
Dov'è andata la musica (with Dodi Battaglia)
  • Released: 7 April 2015[9]
  • Label: Più In Alto
  • Formats: CD, DD
Just Passing Through (with Ian Cooper and Ian Date)
  • Released: 23 June 2015[10]
  • Label: CGP Sounds
  • Formats: CD, DD
It's Never Too Late
  • Released: 7 August 2015
  • Label: Sony Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
31
Christmas Memories
  • Released: 28 October 2016
  • Label: Sony Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
Pickin' (with David Grisman)
Accomplice One
  • Released: 19 January 2018
  • Label: CGP Sounds / Sony Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
Heart Songs (with John Knowles)
  • Released: 11 January 2019[11]
  • Label: CGP Sounds / Cooking Vinyl Records
  • Formats: CD, DD, Streaming
Accomplice Two
  • Released: 28 April 2023
  • Label: CGP Sounds / Sony Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, Digital
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

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List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Live One
  • Released: September 2005
  • Label: Original Works
  • Formats: CD
Center Stage
  • Released: April 2008
  • Label: Favored Nation / ABC Music
  • Formats: 2xCD + DVD
34 °
Live And Solo In Pensacola, Florida [12]
  • Released: 20 September 2013
  • Label: CGP Sounds
  • Formats: CD, DD
Live at the Ryman [13]
  • Released: 17 May 2017
  • Label: CGP Sounds / Sony Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
Live! Christmas Time [14]
  • Released: 4 December 2020
  • Label: CGP Sounds
  • Formats: DD
Live from the Balboa Theatre [15]
  • Released: 12 February 2021
  • Label: CGP Sounds
  • Formats: DD
Live at the Sydney Opera House
  • Released: 21 March 2025[16]
  • Label:
  • Formats:
Notes
  • ° Australian Music DVD Chart.

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Initiation
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Very Best of Tommy Emmanuel
  • Released: August 2001
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, cassette
22
The Essential Tommy Emmanuel [17]
  • Released: 15 October 2010
  • Label: Sony Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, DD
The Best of Tommysongs [18]
  • Released: 8 May 2020
  • Label: GCP
  • Formats: DD, streaming
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Box sets

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List of box sets
Title Album details
The Journey & Terra Firma
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: 2xCD
Two Originals
(The Journey & Classical Gas)
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: 2xCD
The Great Tommy Emmanuel
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Rajon Music Group
  • Formats: 3xCD

Extended plays

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List of EPs
Title Album details
Accomplice Series, Vol. 1
(with Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley)
  • Released: 7 May 2021
  • Label: CGP
  • Formats: DD
Accomplice Series, Vol. 2
(with Richard Smith)
  • Released: September 2021
  • Label: CGP
  • Formats: DD
Accomplice Series, Vol. 3
(with Mike Dawes)
  • Released: 23 September 2022
  • Label: CGP
  • Formats: DD

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[1]
"Up from Down Under" 1988 Up from Down Under
"Guitar Concierto De Aranjuez" 1989 138 Dare to Be Different
"Guitar Boogie" 1990 111
"Heart Grows Fonder"
"Stevie's Blues" 1991 93 Determination
"The Journey" 1993 29 The Journey
"Villa Anita"
"Initiation"
"Big Brother" 1994
"Since We Met" The Journey (re-release)
"(Back on the) Terra Firma" (with Phil Emmanuel) 1995 45 Terra Firma
"Love Gone West" (with Phil Emmanuel)
"Classical Gas" (with Australian Philharmonic Orchestra) 44 Classical Gas
"No More Goodbyes" 1997 Can't Get Enough
"After the Love Has Gone" (with CDB) 1998 74 Collaboration
"When a Child is Born"[19] (with Damien Leith) 2011 n/a
"One Christmas Night" 2012 All I Want for Christmas
"Bam!"[20] (Glenn Proudfoot with Tommy Emmanuel) 2014 n/a
"Here with Me" [21] (Pam Rose with Tommy Emmanuel) 2017 n/a
"Djangology" [22] 2018 Accomplice One
"Imagine"[23] 2020
"Somebody That I Used to Know" (with Mike Dawes) [24] 2021 Accomplice Series, Vol 3
"Serenade to Sunshine" (with Richard Smith) Accomplice Series, Vol 2
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" (with Mike Dawes)[25] 2022 Accomplice Series, Vol 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Other singles

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List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions
AUS
[26]
"The Garden"
(as Australia Too)
1985 22
"Legends of the Southern Land"
(Swanee, John St Peeters, Marty Rhone and Ray Burgess featuring Tommy Emmanuel)[27]
2013

Music videos

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Year Video
1992 "Determination"
1993 "The Journey"
1995 "(Rock On the) Terra Firma"
2015 "Blood Brother"

Video

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  • 1993 Guitar Talk
  • 1996 Up Close
  • 2002 Live at Sheldon Concert Hall
  • 2006 Live at Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat, Australia
  • 2008 Center Stage
  • 2008 Emmanuel Labor
  • 2012 Certified Gems
  • 2014 Fingerstyle Milestones
  • 2017 Music Gone Public

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Discography Tommy Emmanuel". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  3. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 8 October 1990". bubblingdownunder. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Discography Tommy Emmanuel". charts.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "Tommy EMMANUEL". Country Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Tommy Emmanuel Does Double Duty on "Hellos and Goodbyes" — Video". Guitar World. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. ^ "ARIA Report Issue 850" (PDF). ARIA. 20 July 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-07-19. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ "ARIA REPORT issue 1132" (PDF). 7 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-29. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Dov'è andata la musica". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Just Passing Through". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Heart Songs". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Live And Solo In Pensacola, Florida". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Live at the Ryman". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Live Christmas Time". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Live from the Balboa Theatre". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Tommy Emmanuel Announces New Album 'Live at the Sydney Opera House'". Rock and Blues Muse. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  17. ^ "Essential 3.0, The". JB HiFi. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  18. ^ "The Best of Tommysongs". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  19. ^ "When a Child is Born". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  20. ^ "Bam". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Here with Me". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  22. ^ "New Music Releases for 5 January 2018". Noise11. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  23. ^ "Imagine - single". Apple Music. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  24. ^ "Somebody That I Used to Know - single". Apple Music. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes' thrilling acoustic cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit". Guitar World. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  26. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 22. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  27. ^ "Legends of the Southern Land (Radio Edit) - Single". Apple Music. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2024.