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Brian May discography

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This is the discography of Brian May.

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Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
NED
[6]
SWE
[7]
SWI
[8]
US
[9]
1992 Back to the Light 6 94 20 70 10[A] 11 25 9[A] 159 UK: Gold[10]
1998 Another World 14 47 15[B] 47 31[B]
2000 La musique de Furia
  • A^ Peak position upon reissue in 2021.
  • B^ Peak position upon reissue in 2022.

Live albums

Year Title Chart positions
UK
[1]
AUT
[3]
GER
[5]
NED
[6]
SWI
[8]
US
[9]
1994 Live at the Brixton Academy
(The Brian May Band)
20 38 71 35 33

EPs

Year Title Chart positions
UK
[1]
CAN
[11]
US
[9]
1983 Star Fleet Project
(Brian May + Friends)
35 69 147
1993 Resurrection - Japanese Tour Mini Album
1998 Red Special - Japanese Tour Mini Album
1998 Retro Rock Special
(as T. E. Conway)

Collaboration albums

Year Artist Title Chart positions
UK
[1]
1985 Chris Thompson featuring Brian May Radio Voices
2013 Tangerine Dream And Brian May Starmus - Sonic Universe
Kerry Ellis & Brian May Acoustic by Candlelight
2017 Golden Days 27

With Smile

Year of release Title Comment
1982 Gettin' Smile (LP, Japan) Tracks "Doing Alright", "Blag", "April Lady", "Polar Bear", "Earth", "Step on Me" [all songs recorded 1969]
1997 Ghost of a Smile (CD, Netherlands)

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[12][13]
BEL
[14]
CAN
[15]
EUR
[16][17]
IRE
[18]
NLD
[19]
PRT
[20][21]
US
Main.

[22]
1983 "Star Fleet" 65 Star Fleet Project
1991 "Driven by You" 6 162 35 70 20 14 10 9 9 Back to the Light
1992 "Too Much Love Will Kill You" 5 18 2 10 7 1 8 UK: Silver[10]
NLD: Gold[23]
"Back to the Light" 19 39 20
1993 "Resurrection"
(with Cozy Powell)
23
"Last Horizon" 51
1994 "The Man from Manhattan"
(with Freddie Mercury & Eddie Howell)
Non-album single
1995 "Nobody Knew (Black White House)"
(with Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus)
Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus
1998 "The Business (Rock On Cozy Mix)" 51 Another World
"On My Way Up" 79
"Another World"
"Why Don't We Try Again" 44
2012 "Born Free"
(with Kerry Ellis)
Acoustic By Candlelight
2013 "The Kissing Me Song"
(with Kerry Ellis)
"Save the Badger Badger Badger"
(Weebl & Brian May featuring Brian Blessed)
79 Non-album singles
2014 "One Night in Hell"
(with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra)
2016 "One Voice"
(with Norah Jones, Aimee Mann, Susanna Hoffs, Lydia Loveless, Neko Case, Kathryn Calder)
2019 "New Horizons (Ultima Thule Mix)"
"Holy Man"
(with Dennis Wilson, Taylor Hawkins and Roger Taylor)
2021 "Panic Attack 2021 (It's Gonna Be Alright)"
(with Kerry Ellis)
2022 "Floating in Heaven"
(with Graham Gouldman)

As featured artist

Year Title Chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
BEL
[14]
IRE
[18]
NED
[19]
US
[9]
1987 "A Time For Heroes"
(Meat Loaf with Brian May)
Non-album single
1992 "We Are the Champions"
(Hank Marvin feat. Brian May)
66[24] Non-album single
2002 "If We Believe"
(Lynn Carey Saylor feat. Brian May)
You Like It Clean
2006 "Move It"
(Cliff Richard feat. Brian May & Brian Bennett)
Non-album single
2009 "Somebody to Love"
(Catherine Porter feat. Brian May)
Gems for Ruby
2011 "Yoü and I"
(Lady Gaga feat. Brian May)
23 4 32 2 6 US: 3× Platinum Born This Way
2012 "Rockstar"
(Dappy feat. Brian May)
2 99 15 UK: Silver[10] Bad Intentions
2019 "Blue on Black"
(Five Finger Death Punch feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brantley Gilbert and Brian May)
66 US: Platinum And Justice for None
2020 "One Beautiful Christmas Day"
(Kerry Ellis feat. Brian May)
Non-album single

With Smile

Year of release Title Album
1969 "Earth" / "Step on Me" Non-album single

Videos

Video releases

  • 1983: Star Licks Master Series (VHS; in 1993 reissued under the title Master Session)
  • 1994: Live at the Brixton Academy (VHS)
  • 2013: The Candlelight Concerts - Live At Montreux 2013 (DVD/BD) (with Kerry Ellis)

Appearances on various artists compilations

Year of release Compilation Song
1994 Greenpeace – Alternative NRG "New Damage" (with Soundgarden)
1995 In from the Storm (tribute to Jimi Hendrix] "One Rainy Wish" (later released on the album Another World)
1996 Pinocchio: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Il Colosso" (with Jerry Hadley, Sissel Kyrkjebø, 'Just William'), "What Are We Made Of?" (with Sissel Kyrkjebø)
1996 Twang! A Tribute to Hank Marvin & The Shadows "FBI" (later released as a B-side of the single On My Way Up)
1998 Lullabies with a Difference "My Boy" (recorded in 1982)
2000 Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2 "Have a Cigar" (with the Foo Fighters)
2002 Good Rockin' Tonight - The Legacy of Sun Records "I Don't Want Nobody Teasing Around with Me"(Japanese edition only)
Party at the Palace "God Save the Queen"
2004 Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2 "Someone to Die For" (with Jimmy Gnecco)
2012 BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2012 "We Will Rock You" (with Dappy)

As producer, songwriter or session musician

Producer

Year of release Collaborated with Release May's contribution
1986 Minako Honda Cancel production
1987 Minako Honda "Golden Days", "Crazy Nights" songwriting, production, guitar
1987 Bad News Bad News production
1987 Heavy Pettin Lettin Loose produced by May and Mack
1988 Anita Dobson Talking of Love songwriting, production, guitar, backing vocals
1988 Anita Dobson "In One of My Weaker Moments" production, guitar
1989 Ian & Belinda "Who Wants to Live Forever" production, guitar (bass by John Deacon, drums by Roger Taylor)
1991 Hale and Pace and the Stonkers "The Stonk" production, guitar (drums by Roger Taylor)

Session musician and songwriter

Year of release Collaborated with Song Album/Record May's contribution
Guitar unless stated
1975 Eddie Howell "Man from Manhattan" Man from Manhattan backing vocals and guitar (piano and backing vocals by Freddie Mercury)
1976 Ian Hunter "You Nearly Did Me In" All-American Alien Boy backing vocals by May, Mercury and Roger Taylor
1978 Lonnie Donegan "Digging My Potatoes" Puttin' on the Style
1980 Quartz "Circles" (recorded 1977) B-side of the single "Stoking the Fires of Hell" (1980); also bonus track on the 2004 reissue of the album Stand Up and Fight
1983 Jeffrey Osborne "Stay with Me Tonight", "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" Stay with Me Tonight
1984 Billy Squier "(Another) 1984" Signs of Life
1985 Chris Thompson "A Shift in the Wind, Parts 1 and 2" Radio Voices
1986 Ramoncín "Como un susurro" La vida en el filo
1988 The Cross "Love Lies Bleeding (She Was a Wicked, Wily Waitress)" Shove It
1989 Holly Johnson "Love Train" Blast
1989 Living in a Box "Blow the House Down" Gatecrashing
1989 Black Sabbath "When Death Calls" Headless Cross guitar solo
1989 Fuzzbox "Self!" Big Bang!
1989 Artists United for Nature "Yes We Can" Yes We Can (single; also released on the compilation Earthrise – The Rainforest Album)
1989 Rock Aid Armenia "Smoke on the Water" Smoke on the Water guitar (drums by Roger Taylor)
1990 Rock Against Repatriation "Sailing" Sailing
1991 D-Rok "Red Planet Blues", "Get Out of My Way" Oblivion
1992 Extreme "Love of My Life" Song for Love (for the Terence Higgins Trust)
1992 Judie Tzuke "I Can Read Books" Wonderland
1992 Phenomena "A Whole Lot of Love" (recorded 1988) Phenomena III: Inner Vision
1992 Tony Martin "If There Is a Heaven" Back Where I Belong
1992 Cozy Powell "Somewhere in Time" (instrumental version of "Nothin' But Blue"], "Ride to Win" The Drums Are Back guitar (bass by John Deacon on "Somewhere in Time")
1992 Steve Hackett "Don’t Fall Away From Me" (recorded 1986) The Unauthorised Biography
1993 Paul Rodgers "I'm Ready" Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters
1993 Steve Hackett "Cassandra" (recorded 1986) Guitar Noir (bonus track)
1993 The Left Handed Marriage "Appointment", "She Was Once My Friend", "I Need Time" [recorded 1967] Crazy Chain guitar, backing vocals; I Need Time written by Bill Richards and May
1994 Os Paralamas do Sucesso "El Vampiro Bajo El Sol" Severino
1995 Jennifer Rush "Who Wants to Live Forever" Out of My Hands vocals and guitar
1995 Gordon Giltrap "Heartsong" [recorded 1993] Music for the Small Screen
1995 Carmine Appice "Nobody Knew (Black White House)" Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus
1995 S.O.L. (Stefan Zauner) "Make My Dream Come True" S.O.L. - Some Other Language
1996 Status Quo "Raining in My Heart" Don't Stop
1996 Rock Therapy "Reaching Out" Reaching Out
(single; for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre)
2000 Steve Hackett "Slot Machine" (recorded 1986) Feedback ‘86
2000 Tony Iommi "Goodbye Lament" (featuring Dave Grohl), "Flame On" (featuring Ian Astbury) Iommi
2000 Freddie Mercury "She Blows Hot and Cold (Alternative Version)" (recorded 1984) The Solo Collection (box set)
2000 Foo Fighters Have a Cigar Mission: Impossible 2 (soundtrack)
2002 Michael Kamen "Light the Fire Within" unreleased; official theme of the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Claire Sweeney "Too Much Love Will Kill You" Claire
2002 Foo Fighters "Tired of You" One by One
2003 The Yardbirds "Mr. You're a Better Man Than I" Birdland
2003 Tim Staffell "Earth", "Doin’ Alright" Amigo guitar & vocals
2004 Zucchero "Il mare impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle..." Zu & Co.
2006 Meat Loaf "Bad for Good" Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
2007 Lynn Carey Saylor "We Belong"[25] You Like It Clean guitar & background vocals
2007 Guns N' Roses "Catcher in the Rye (Demo)" Chinese Democracy (Sessions) Uncredited guitar Solo
2008 Minako Honda "Amazing Grace (Traditional) Produced by Brian May" Eternal Melody Arrangement, backing vocals, keyboards, toy koto, production
2008 Kerry Ellis "Defying Gravity", "I'm Not that Girl", "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" Wicked in Rock Arrangement, bass, guitars, keys, production, programming
2010 "Dangerland", "Anthem", "I Can't Be Your Friend (This Can't Be Over)", "Defying Gravity", "I'm Not that Girl", "You Have to Be There", "Love It When You Call", "Save Me", "Diamonds Are Forever", "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", "I Loved a Butterfly" Anthems Arrangement, backing vocals, bass, guitars, piano, keyboards, production
2010 Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders "Way Down", "Don't Have to Speak" Red Light Fever guitar
2010 Meat Loaf "Love Is Not Real", "The Song of Madness" Hang Cool Teddy Bear
2011 Tangerine Dream Starmus — Sonic Universe
2011 Lady Gaga "You and I" Born This Way guitar
2015 Motörhead "The Devil" Bad Magic guitar solo
2020 Woman "I'm a Woman" guitar & production
Live Recordings (Selection)
1988 Prince's Trust Gala Concert Prince's Trust Rock Gala (VHS; recorded live on 6 June 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall) guitar (bass by Deacon)
1992 Pavarotti and Friends "Too Much Love Will Kill You", "La donna è mobile" (recorded live in Modena on 27 September 1992)
2005 The Strat Pack "Peggy Sue", "Maybe Baby", "I Fought the Law", "Oh Boy!", "That'll Be the Day" (with The Crickets and Albert Lee); "All Right Now" (with Paul Rodgers) The Strat Pack: Live in Concert (DVD; recorded live at the concert from the 50th Anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, 24 September 2004)

Computer games

References

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  25. ^ "Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist". Lynn Carey Saylor. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
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