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.

Solo

Albums

1970s

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
US
[2]
CAN
[3]
NOR
ITA
AUS
[4]
NZ
[5]
1971 Piano Vibrations ———————
1973 The Six Wives of Henry VIII 73027—56921
  • US: Gold
  • Midem Festival: Platinum
1974 Journey to the Centre of the Earth 132—68217
  • 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 221186—21
  • Japan: Gold
  • Australia: Gold
  • Brazil: Gold
  • UK: Gold
Lisztomania —145———85—
1976 No Earthly Connection 9677415—35—
1977 White Rock 141266912—38—
  • UK: Silver
Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record 25128—19—76—
1979 Rhapsodies 25170—15———
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s

Year Album Notes Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
US
[2]
AUS
[4]
NOR
1981 The Burning (soundtrack) ————
1984 24—1036
1982 Rock 'n' Roll Prophet ————
1983 Cost of Living ————
G'olé!: The Original Film Soundtrack ————
1984 Crimes of Passion ————
1985 Silent Nights ————
Live at Hammersmith
  • Recorded in 1985
————
1986 Country Airs
  • Re-recorded with a digital piano in 1992 with additional tracks
————
1987 The Family Album ————
The Gospels 94———
1988 Time Machine ————
A Suite of Gods (with Ramon Remedios) ————
Zodiaque (with Tony Fernandez) ————
The Word and the Gospels ————
1989 Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV (with Mario Fasciano) ————
Sea Airs ————
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1990s

Year Album Notes Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
US
[2]
1990 Night Airs ——
Phantom Power
  • Re-released in 2017 in an expanded edition titled Phantom of the Opera
——
In the Beginning ——
1991 Rock 'n' Roll Prophet Plus
  • Reissue of Rock 'n' Roll Prophet plus 4 new tracks
——
Aspirant Sunrise ——
Aspirant Sunset ——
Aspirant Sunshadows ——
The Classical Connection
  • Re-recordings of earlier tracks in a classical style
——
African Bach ——
2000 A.D. Into The Future ——
Softsword: King John and the Magna Charter
  • Adapted from music written for the 1991 Dickens Festival
——
1993 Heritage Suite ——
Prayers ——
Classic Tracks
  • Re-recorded tracks from the first three solo albums
——
The Classical Connection 2 ——
Unleashing the Tethered One: The 1974 North American Tour
  • Unauthorised bootleg of a Canadian television broadcast from October 1974
——
1994
Live on the Test
  • Recorded in April 1976
——
Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits
  • Re-recorded tracks from his solo albums and Yes
——
Light Up The Sky (EP) ——
1995 Almost Live in Europe ——
The Piano Album
  • Recorded in 1994
——
The Private Collection
  • Previously unreleased tracks
——
The Seven Wonders of the World ——
Rick Wakeman In Concert
  • Recorded in November 1975, also released as Live on The King Biscuit Flower Hour
——
Visions
  • Also known as Visions of Paradise
——
Cirque Surreal ——
1996 Fields of Green ——
The New Gospels ——
The Word and Music ——
Can You Hear Me?
  • Contains original and remixed and re-recorded versions of tracks from Prayers and Softsword
——
Orisons

9 of the 22 tracks are duplicates of tracks of Prayers

——
1997 Tribute ——
Simply Acoustic
  • The Piano Album (1995) with added introductions and stories
——
Fields Of Green '97
  • Reissue with the addition of "Election 97/Arthur"
——
1998 Themes
  • Compilation of TV themes
——
1999 Return to the Centre of the Earth 34—
White Rock II ——
The Natural World Trilogy ——
The Art in Music Trilogy ——
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2000s

Year Album Peak chart positions Notes
UK
[1]
US
[2]
2000 Preludes to a Century ——
Chronicles of Man ——
Christmas Variations ——
The Legend: Live in Concert 2000 ——
Morning Has Broken ——
2001 Out of the Blue ——
  • Recorded in Buenos Aires in 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) ——
  • The Real Lisztomania
  • The Oscar Concert
  • The Missing Half
  • Almost Classical
  • The Mixture
  • Medium Rare
  • Journey to the Centre of the Earth Plus
  • Stories
Two Sides of Yes Volume 2 ——
The Yes Piano Variations ——
  • Compilation of tracks from the Two Sides Of Yes albums
2003 Out There ——
2005 At Lincoln Cathedral ——
2006 Retro ——
2007 Live at the BBC ——
Retro 2 ——
Video Vault (6-DVD set) ——
  • Live at the Empire Pool: King Arthur on Ice 1975
  • Live at the Maltings 1976
  • Live Swedish Television Special 1980
  • Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1981
  • Night Music
  • Rarities
2009 The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace ——
Past, Present and Future ——
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2010s

Year Album Notes Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
US
[2]
2010 Always with You ——
2012 In the Nick of Time: Live in 2003 ——
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
  • Re-recording with additional material
——
2016 The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
  • Re-recording with additional material
——
2017 Piano Portraits 6—
  • UK: Silver
2018 Piano Odyssey 7—
2019 Christmas Portraits 82—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2020s

Year Album Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
US
[2]
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 ——
2023 A Gallery Of The Imagination ——
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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 1979 to 1996
  • 2000 Recollections: The Very Best of Rick Wakeman 1973-1979
  • 2002 Songs of Middle Earth (Inspired by The Lord of the Rings)[6]
  • 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

With band or duo

With Strawbs

Live albums

Studio albums

Compilations

With Yes

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

With Dave Cousins

  • Two Weeks Last Summer (1972)
  • Hummingbird (2002)
  • Wakeman & Cousins Live (2005)
  • 40th Anniversary Celebration Vol. 2: Rick Wakeman and Dave Cousins (2010)

With Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Studio albums

Live albums

With Adam Wakeman/Wakeman with Wakeman

Studio albums

  • Wakeman with Wakeman (1993; also known as Lure of the Wild)
  • No Expense Spared (1993)
  • Romance of the Victorian Age (1995)
  • Tapestries (1996)
  • Vignettes (1996)

Live albums

  • Wakeman with Wakeman: The Official Bootleg (1994; also known as Wakeman with Wakeman Live, The Stage Collection, and Official Live Bootleg)

With Anderson/Wakeman

Studio albums

Live albums

With Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman

  • Live at the Apollo (2018)

Other collaborations

Guest appearances

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rick Wakeman | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rick Wakeman - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "RPM Top Albums".
  4. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 331. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ↑ "RICK WAKEMAN IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". charts.nz. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Rick Wakeman Frequently Asked Questions, A reissue of tracks from Heritage Suite and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, renamed to fit the Lord of the Rings theme. The artist does not consider this a release.
  7. ↑ Iommi, Tony (2011). Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-30681-9551.
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