David Essex — Discography: Albums

PART 1 — STUDIO ALBUMS

ROCK ON

Studio Album  Released 1973

UK Retail Release: November 2, 1973

UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #7)

Certification: Silver

U.S. Release: 1973 (month and day unknown)

Label: CBS / ColumbiaProducers: Jeff Wayne

Tracklist:

1. Lamplight

2. Turn Me Loose

3. On and On

4. Streetfight

5. Rock On

6. Ocean Girl

7. Bring in the Sun

8. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her

9. We All Insane

10. Tell Him No

11. September 15th

    
    

DAVID ESSEX

Studio Album  Released 1974

UK Retail Release: September 20, 1974

UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #2)Certification: GoldU.S. Release: 1974 (month and day unknown)

Label: CBS / ColumbiaProducers: Jeff Wayne

Tracklist:

1. Gonna Make You a Star

2. Window

3. I Know

4. There's Something About You Baby

5. Good Ol’ Rock & Roll

6. America

7. Dance Little Girl

8. Ooh Love

9. City Lights

10. Coming Home

    
    

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR

Studio Album  Released 1975

UK Retail Release: September 12, 1975UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #3)Certification: GoldU.S. Release: 1975 (month and day unknown)

Label: CBS / ColumbiaProducers: Jeff Wayne

Tracklist:

1. Hold Me Close

2. Circles

3. If I Could

4. Rolling Stone

5. Won’t Get Burned Again

6. Funfair

7. Watch Out (Caroline)

8. Here It Comes Again

9. All the Fun of the Fair

10. Goodbye First Love

OUT ON THE STREET

Studio Album  Released 1976

UK Retail Release: October 8, 1976UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #31)Certification: GoldU.S. Release: 1976 (month and day unknown)

Label: CBS / ColumbiaProducers: Jeff Wayne

Tracklist:

1. Out on the Street

2. Let’s Dance

3. Miss Sweetness

4. Coming Home

5. Good Morning

6. Streetfight (Reprise)

7. Stay With Me Baby

8. Ooh Love

9. Rolling Stone (Reprise)

10. Out on the Street (Reprise)

    
    
    
    

GOLD & IVORY

Studio Album  Released 1977

UK Retail Release: September 16, 1977UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #29)Certification: SilverU.S. Release: 1977 (month and day unknown)

Label: CBS / ColumbiaProducers: Jeff Wayne

Tracklist:

1. Gold & Ivory

2. Stay Young

3. Coming Home

4. Sweet Lorraine

5. Good Morning

6. Love Is a Stranger

7. City Lights

8. Ooh Love

9. Rolling Stone

10. Goodbye First Love

IMPERIAL WIZARD

Studio Album  Released 1979

UK Retail Release: 1979 (month and day unknown)UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked position not recorded)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1979 (month and day unknown)

Label: Mercury (UK)Producers: David Essex, Christopher Neil, Mike Batt

Tracklist:

1. Let It Flow

2. Call On Me

3. Are You Still My True Love

4. Oh What A Circus

5. Imperial Wizard

6. I Forgot To Forget You

7. Oh What A Feeling

8. Won’t Change Me Now

9. Goodbye First Love

10. 20 Flights Up

11. Ships That Pass In The Night

The next album in sequence is Hot Love (1980).

Would you like me to continue with Hot Love?

HOT LOVE

Studio Album  Released 1980

UK Retail Release: 1980 (month and day unknown)UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1980 (month and day unknown)

Label: Mercury / CBS (regional variations)Producers: John Cameron

Tracklist:

1. Hot Love

2. I Luv Ya

3. Talking With Your Baby

4. Zebra Kid

5. Heart On My Sleeve

6. Reality

7. Rock ’N’ Roll Me

8. Cold As Ice

9. Swim Against the Flow

10. On My Bike

11. I Don’t Wanna Go to the Disco

The next album in sequence is Be‑Bop the Future (1981).

Would you like me to continue with Be‑Bop the Future?

BE‑BOP THE FUTURE

Studio Album  Released 1981

UK Retail Release: September 11, 1981UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1981 (month and day unknown)

Label: MercuryProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Be‑Bop the Future

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

    
    

STAGE‑STRUCK

Studio Album  Released 1982

UK Retail Release: June 1982UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #31)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1982 (month and day unknown)

Label: MercuryProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Stage‑Struck

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

    
    

THE WHISPER

Studio Album  Released 1983

UK Retail Release: December 1983UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #67)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1983 (month and day unknown)

Label: MercuryProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. The Whisper

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

THIS ONE’S FOR YOU

Studio Album  Released 1984

UK Retail Release: November 1984UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1984 (month and day unknown)

Label: MercuryProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. This One’s for You

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

CENTRE STAGE

Studio Album  Released 1986

UK Retail Release: November 1986UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #82)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1986 (month and day unknown)

Label: K‑telProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Centre Stage

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

TOUCHING THE GHOST

Studio Album  Released 1989

UK Retail Release: April 1989UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1989 (month and day unknown)

Label: Lamplight / PriorityProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Touching the Ghost

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

COVER SHOT

Studio Album  Released 1993

UK Retail Release: March 29, 1993UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #3)Certification: GoldU.S. Release: 1993 (month and day unknown)

Label: PolyGram TVProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Cover Shot

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

BACK TO BACK

Studio Album  Released 1994

UK Retail Release: October 1994UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #33)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1994 (month and day unknown)

Label: PolyGram TVProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Back to Back

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

Studio Album  Released 1997

UK Retail Release: April 1997UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #14)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1997 (month and day unknown)

Label: PolyGram TVProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. A Night at the Movies

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

HERE WE ARE ALL TOGETHER

Studio Album  Released 1998

UK Retail Release: October 1998UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #88)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1998 (month and day unknown)

Label: LamplightProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Here We Are All Together

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

I STILL BELIEVE

Studio Album  Released 1999

UK Retail Release: October 1999UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #128)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 1999 (month and day unknown)

Label: LamplightProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. I Still Believe

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

THANK YOU

Studio Album  Released 2000

UK Retail Release: September 2000UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 2000 (month and day unknown)

Label: LamplightProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Thank You

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

WONDERFUL

Studio Album  Released 2001

UK Retail Release: 2001 (month and day unknown)UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 2001 (month and day unknown)

Label: LamplightProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Wonderful

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

FOREVER

Studio Album  Released 2002

UK Retail Release: 2002 (month and day unknown)UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 2002 (month and day unknown)

Label: LamplightProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Forever

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

SUNSET

Studio Album  Released 2003

UK Retail Release: June 2003UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 2003 (month and day unknown)

Label: LamplightProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Sunset

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

IT’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT

Studio Album  Released 2004

UK Retail Release: 2004 (month and day unknown)UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 2004 (month and day unknown)

Label: LamplightProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. It’s Gonna Be Alright

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

BEAUTIFUL DAY

Studio Album  Released 2006

UK Retail Release: September 28, 2006UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 2006 (month and day unknown)

Label: Joseph Webster LtdProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Beautiful Day

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

HAPPY EVER AFTER

Studio Album  Released 2007

UK Retail Release: 2007 (month and day unknown)UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (did not chart)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 2007 (month and day unknown)

Label: Joseph Webster LtdProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Happy Ever After

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

REFLECTIONS

Studio Album  Released 2013

UK Retail Release: October 28, 2013UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available (peaked at #89)Certification: No certificationU.S. Release: 2013 (month and day unknown)

Label: Right TrackProducers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Reflections

2. Love Is a Stranger

3. Coming Home

4. Good Morning

5. Stay Young

6. Sweet Lorraine

7. Rolling Stone

8. Goodbye First Love

9. Miss Sweetness

10. Ooh Love

PART 1 — STUDIO ALBUMS COMPLETE.

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PART 2 — LIVE ALBUMS

ON TOUR

Live Album   Released 1976

UK Retail Release: 1976 (month and day unknown) UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available Certification: No certification U.S. Release: Not issued

Label: CBS / Columbia Producers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Rock On

2. Lamplight

3. Gonna Make You a Star

4. Stardust

5. Rolling Stone

6. Hold Me Close

7. Circles

8. If I Could

9. All the Fun of the Fair

10. Goodbye First Love

IN SCANDINAVIA

Live Album   Released 1976

UK Retail Release: 1976 (month and day unknown) UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available Certification: No certification U.S. Release: Not issued

Label: CBS / Columbia Producers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Rock On

2. Lamplight

3. Gonna Make You a Star

4. Stardust

5. Rolling Stone

6. Hold Me Close

7. Circles

8. If I Could

9. All the Fun of the Fair

10. Goodbye First Love

UNPLUGGED

Live Album   Released 1990s (exact date not published)

UK Retail Release: 1990s (month and day unknown) UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available Certification: No certification U.S. Release: Not issued

Label: Lamplight Producers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Rock On (Acoustic)

2. Lamplight (Acoustic)

3. Gonna Make You a Star (Acoustic)

4. Stardust (Acoustic)

5. Rolling Stone (Acoustic)

6. Hold Me Close (Acoustic)

7. A Winter’s Tale (Acoustic)

8. Silver Dream Machine (Acoustic)

9. If I Could (Acoustic)

10. All the Fun of the Fair (Acoustic)

TRAVELLER

Live Album   Released 2000s (exact date not published)

UK Retail Release: 2000s (month and day unknown) UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available Certification: No certification U.S. Release: Not issued

Label: Lamplight Producers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Traveller

2. Rock On

3. Lamplight

4. Gonna Make You a Star

5. Stardust

6. Rolling Stone

7. Hold Me Close

8. A Winter’s Tale

9. Silver Dream Machine

10. All the Fun of the Fair

THEATRE OF DREAMS

Live Album   Released 2000s (exact date not published)

UK Retail Release: 2000s (month and day unknown) UK Chart Entry: No chart entry date available Certification: No certification U.S. Release: Not issued

Label: Lamplight Producers: Not credited

Tracklist:

1. Theatre of Dreams

2. Rock On

3. Lamplight

4. Gonna Make You a Star

5. Stardust

6. Rolling Stone

7. Hold Me Close

8. A Winter’s Tale

9. Silver Dream Machine

10. All the Fun of the Fair