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	UK: Platinum[8] CAN: Platinum[10] US: Platinum[9]
1973	Tales from Topographic Oceans	1	13	—	4	8	8	—	—	6	UK: Gold[8] US: Gold[9]
1977	Going for the One	1	16	—	8	9	7	10	—	8	UK: Silver[8] FRA: Gold[11] US: Gold[9]
1978	Tormato	8	22	—	30	17	9	18	—	10	UK: Silver[8] US: Platinum[9]
1991	Union	7	—	—	15	17	—	32	16	15	US: Gold[9]
1996	Keys to Ascension (live/studio)	48	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	99
1997	Keys to Ascension 2 (live/studio)	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	159

Live albums[]

• 1973 Yessongs
• 1980 Yesshows
• 1996 Keys to Ascension
• 1997 Keys to Ascension 2
• 2005 The Word Is Live
• 2007 Live at Montreux 2003
• 2015 Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two - 14-CD Boxset
• 2015 Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two - 2 CD + 3 LP

Compilation albums[]

• 1975 Yesterdays - Rick appears on America
• 1981 Classic Yes
• 1991 Yesyears - 4-CD Boxset
• 1992 Yesstory
• 1993 Highlights: The Very Best of Yes
• 2001 Keystudio
• 2002 In a Word: Yes (1969 - )
• 2003 The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection
• 2006 Essentially Yes

Solo and with his son Adam[]

Albums[]

1970s[]

Year	Album	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		UK	US	NOR	ITA	AUS[12]	NZ[13]
1971	Piano Vibrations	—	—	—	—	—	—
1973	The Six Wives of Henry VIII	7	30	—	56	9	21	US: Gold Midem Festival: Platinum
1974	Journey to the Centre of the Earth	1	3	—	68	2	17	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	2	21	6	—	2	1	Japan: Gold Australia: Gold Brazil: Gold UK: Gold
	Lisztomania	—	145	—	—	85	—
1976	No Earthly Connection	9	67	15	—	35	—
1977	White Rock	14	126	12	—	38	—	UK: Silver
	Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record	25	128	19	—	76	—
1979	Rhapsodies	25	170	15	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s[]

Year	Album	Peak chart positions
		UK	US	AUS[12]	NOR
1981	The Burning (soundtrack)	—	—	—	—
	1984	24	—	10	36
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 (Original)	—	—	—	—
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)	Wakeman also produced a full 83 minute, double CD released in 2017 titled Phantom of the Opera	—	—
	In the Beginning	Bible readings to backing music made for ASSIST charity	—	—
1991	Rock 'n' Roll Prophet Plus	Reissue of Rock 'n' Roll Prophet plus 4 new tracks	—	—
	Suntrilogy 1 - Aspirant Sunrise	First album in the Aspirant Trilogy of relaxation music	—	—
	Suntrilogy 2 - Aspirant Sunset	Second album in the Aspirant Trilogy of relaxation music	—	—
	Suntrilogy 3 - Aspirant Sunshadows	Third album in the Aspirant Trilogy of relaxation music	—	—
	The Classical Connection	Rerecordings of earlier works in a classical style	—	—
	African Bach	Rock album: unusually for Rick Wakeman, all 10 tracks feature lyrics/vocals	—	—
	2000 A.D. Into The Future	Music written for an exhibition in England and subsequently released	—	—
	Softsword: King John and the Magna Charter	Concept album about King John & the Magna Carta. Adapted from music written for the 1991 Dickens Festival at Rochester	—	—
1992	Country Airs	Re-recorded with a digital piano. Four additional songs.	—	—
1993	Wakeman with Wakeman	Also known as Lure of the Wild First album with Adam Wakeman[14]	—	—
	Heritage Suite	A concept album of solo piano pieces inspired by the Isle Of Man where Rick Wakeman lived at the time	—	—
	No Expense Spared	Second album with Adam Wakeman	—	—
	Prayers	A second album for the ASSIST Christian charity	—	—
	Classic Tracks	Remakes of earlier works	—	—
	The Classical Connection 2	Follow up to Classical Connection but with only two previously recorded tracks: some are live recordings	—	—
	Unleashing The Tethered One - The 1974 North American Tour	Bootleg of Canadian broadcast not authorised by Rick Wakeman	—	—
1994	Wakeman with Wakeman: The Official Bootleg (live)	Third album with Adam Wakeman: a live recording	—	—
	Live on the Test (live)	Recorded in 1976: from a broadcast on BBC 2's "The Old Grey Whistle Test"	—	—
	Wakeman with Wakeman Live	Reissue of "Wakeman With Wakeman: The Official Bootleg"	—	—
	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)[15]	Recording in August 1993 (1h36:52)[15]	—	—
1995	Almost Live in Europe	Live recording from Italy subsequently improved in the studio: hence the title	—	—
	The Piano Album	Music from a concert in 1994 Later reissued as the extended Simply Acoustic	—	—
	The Private Collection	Collection of previously unreleased tracks. Includes the only studio version of "The Battle" from "Journey To The Centre Of The Earth"	—	—
	Romance of the Victorian Age	Fourth album with Adam Wakeman	—	—
	The Seven Wonders of the World	Concept album based on the seven wonders of the ancient world.	—	—
	Rick Wakeman In Concert	Taken from a live television recording in Nottingham.	—	—
	Visions	Also known as Visions of Paradise. Another New Age relaxation album in the style of the Aspirant Trilogy	—	—
	Cirque Surreal	Concept album based on the Cirque Surreal State Circus	—	—
1996	Fields of Green	Studio album which includes a version of Yes's "Starship Trooper"	—	—
	The New Gospels	Reworked version of 1987's "The Gospels"	—	—
	Tapestries	Fifth album with Adam Wakeman	—	—
	The Word and Music	Christian album consisting mainly of bible readings set to backing music	—	—
	Can You Hear Me?	Remixed/rerecorded versions of 5 songs (4 from "Prayers" & 1 from "Softsword") with 5 new songs.	—	—
	Vignettes	Sixth album with Adam Wakeman	—	—
	Orisons	Christian album based on the "Prayers" album from 1993	—	—
1997	Tribute	Beatles covers	—	—
	Simply Acoustic	The Piano Album from 1995, but with added introductions and stories between the music	—	—
	Fields Of Green '97	Reissue with the addition of "Election 97/Arthur"	—	—
1998	Themes	Themes for potential use on TV programmes compiled onto one album	—	—
	Live On The King Biscuit Flower Hour	Live album recorded at Winterland Theatre, San Francisco on 2 November 1975.	—	—
1999	Return to the Centre of the Earth	Sequel to Journey To The Centre Of The Earth	34	—
	White Rock II	New scores for all the early Winter Olympic sports films: a sequel to White Rock
	The Natural World Trilogy	3-CD set of ambient relaxation music in the style of the "Aspirant" trilogy	—	—
	The Art in Music Trilogy	3-CD set of ambient relaxation music: sequel to "The Natural World Trilogy"	—	—
	Official Live Bootleg	2-CD set recorded live in Buenos Aires in August 1993	—	—

2000s[]

Year	Album	Peak chart positions		Notes
		UK	US
2000	Preludes to a Century	—	—	Album of piano pieces written at the dawn of the new Millennium
	Chronicles of Man	—	—	Second album (after The Heritage Suite) inspired by The Isle Of Man
	Christmas Variations	—	—	A collection of Christmas carols played on piano and keyboards
	The Legend: Live in Concert 2000	—	—	Live album recorded on 2000 UK tour: contains humorous live favourite "The Nursery Rhyme Concerto"
	Morning Has Broken	—	—	A collection of hymns played on piano
2001	Out of the Blue	—	—	Live album recorded in Buenos Aires on 21 April 2001
	Classical Variations	—	—
	Tales of Future and Past	—	—	US 2 CD compilation
	Two Sides of Yes	—	—	Interpretations of 7 Yes songs
2002	The Wizard and the Forest of All Dreams	—	—
	Treasure Chest (8-CD boxset)	—	—	1. The Real Lisztomania, 2. The Oscar Concert, 3. The Missing Half, 4. Almost Classical, 5. The Mixture, 6. Medium Rare, 7. Journey To The Centre Of The Earth Plus, 8. Stories
	Two Sides of Yes Volume 2	—	—	Interpretations of 6 Yes songs: sequel to Two Sides Of Yes
	The Yes Piano Variations	—	—	Compilation of tracks from the 2 Two Sides Of Yes albums
2003	Out There	—	—
2005	Rick Wakeman at Lincoln Cathedral (Pipe Organ)	—	—
2006	Retro	—	—
2007	Live at the BBC	—	—
	Retro 2	—	—
	Video Vault (6-DVD set)	—	—	1. 1975 Live at the Empire Pool King Arthur on Ice, 2. Live at the Maltings 1976, 3. Live 1980 Swedish Television Special, 4. 1984 Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1981, 5. Night Music, 6. Rarities plus Interview
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 [16]	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	Phantom of the Opera	Rick Wakemans full, 83 minute, 2CD version of Phantom of the Opera, written as a modern soundtrack for a re-release of the 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera. See also 1990 Phantom Power	6	—	UK: Silver
2017	Piano Portraits	Rick Wakeman's first UK top 10 album since No Earthly Connection in 1976	6	—	UK: Silver
2018	Piano Odyssey		7	—
2019	Christmas Portraits		82	—

2020s[]

Year	Album	Peak chart positions
		UK [17]	US
2020	The Red Planet	34	—
2020	Hero, The Official Film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup	—	—
2020	Second Edition Box Of Boots	—	—
2021	Rick Wakeman's Yes Solos	—	—

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)
• 1999 The Masters: compilation of tracks from the 1980s
• 2000 Recollections: The Very Best of Rick Wakeman 1973-1979
• 2002 Songs of Middle Earth (Inspired by The Lord of the Rings)^[18]
• 2004 Revisited (re-recordings of past material)
• 2015 After the Ball: The Collection (same tracks as Recollections)
• 2017 The Journey: The Essential Rick Wakeman: Spectrum 3CD compilation from the A&M years. The 3rd CD features all of Lisztomania and White Rock.

Video games[]

• 1993 Microcosm

With Strawbs[]

Live albums[]

• 1970 Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios
• 2006: Recollection
• 2010: Live at the BBC, Vol Two: In Concert

Studio album[]

• 1971: From the Witchwood

Guest appearances[]

• 1970: Dragonfly - Piano on "The Vision of The Lady of the Lake"
• 1975: Nomadness - Electric harpsicord on "Tokyo Rosie"
• 2014: Prognostic - Grand Piano on Deep In The Darkest Night.

Compilations[]

• 1974: Strawbs by Choice
• 1992: A Choice Selection of Strawbs
• 1997: Halcyon Days
• 2002: The Collection
• 2002: Tears and Pavan
• 2006: A Taste of Strawbs (5-CD box set)

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[]

• 1989 Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Charts

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

Live album[]

• 1993 An Evening of Yes Music Plus
• 2010 Live at the NEC oct 24th 1989

With Anderson/Wakeman[]

• 2010 The Living Tree
• 2011 The Living Tree in Concert Part One (CD live album)

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[]

• 1969 Space Oddity by David Bowie (mellotron, electric harpsichord)
• 1971 Hunky Dory by David Bowie (piano)
• 1971 Madman Across the Water by Elton John (electric organ in three tracks)
• 1971 Teaser and the Firecat by Cat Stevens (piano on "Morning Has Broken")
• 1971 Electric Warrior by T. Rex (piano on "Bang a Gong (Get It On)")
• 1972 Lou Reed by Lou Reed (piano, keyboards)
• 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie (piano on "It Ain't Easy")
• 1972 Orange by Al Stewart (keyboards)
• 1973 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath (piano and synthesizer on the track "Sabbra Cadabra")^[19]
• 1974 Past, Present and Future by Al Stewart (keyboards)
• 1986 Absolute Beginners (David Bowie song) by David Bowie (piano)
• 1995 Ozzmosis by Ozzy Osbourne (mellotron on "Perry Mason" and "I Just Want You")
• 2012
• 2012 Songs of the Century: An All-Star Tribute to Supertramp (keyboards on "Crime of the Century")
• 2012 A Spoonful of Time (Nektar album)
• 2013 In Extremis by Days Between Stations
• 2013 The Theory of Everything (album) by Ayreon
• 2014 Light My Fire: A Classic Rock Salute to The Doors
• 2015 Citizen (Billy Sherwood album) Keyboard on The Great Depression
• 2016 The Future Left Behind (Leon Alvarado album) Moog solo on Launch Overture extra keyboards
• 2021 A Tribute to Pink Floyd – Still Wish You Were Here (featured on Welcome To The Machine)

References[]

External links[]

• Strawbs Discography
• Rick Wakeman Discography