Brian May discography
This article covers the works of the English musician Brian May. For material composed by the Australian composer of the same name, see Brian May (composer).
For Brian May's band's discography, see Queen discography.
This is a discography of works by the musician Brian May as a solo artist. For information about recordings made by Queen see Queen discography.
Albums
Studio Albums
| Year | Title | UK[1] | US[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Back to the Light (UK:SILVER) | 6 | 159 |
| 1998 | Another World | 23 | - |
| 2000 | Furia (Original Soundtrack) | - | - |
Live Albums
| Year | Title | UK[1] | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Live at the Brixton Academy | 20 | - |
EPs
| Year | Title | UK | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Star Fleet Project | 35[1] | 125 |
| 1993 | Resurrection - Japanese Tour Mini Album | - | - |
| 1998 | Red Special - Japanese Tour Mini Album | - | - |
Singles
| Year | Title | UK[1] | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | "Star Fleet" | 65 | - |
| 1991 | "The Stonk" (Hale and Pace feat. Brian May) | 1 | - |
| 1991 | "Driven by You" | 6 | - |
| 1992 | "Too Much Love Will Kill You" (UK:SILVER) | 5 | - |
| 1992 | "Back to the Light" | 19 | - |
| 1992 | "We Are the Champions" (duet with 'Hank Marvin') | 66 | - |
| 1993 | "Resurrection" | 23 | - |
| 1993 | "Last Horizon" | 51 | - |
| 1995 | "The Amazing Spider-Man" | - | - |
| 1998 | "Business" | 51 | - |
| 1998 | "On My Way Up" | - | - |
| 1998 | "Another World" | - | - |
| 1998 | "Why Don't We Try Again" | 44 | - |
| 2011 | "You and I" (guitar track for Lady Gaga) | 23 | 6 |
| 2012 | "Rockstar" (Dappy feat. Brian May) | 2 | - |
| 2013 | "Save the Badger Badger Badger" | 79 | - |
Videos
- 1983: Star Licks Master Series (VHS; in 1993 reissued under the title Master Session)
- 1994: Live at the Brixton Academy (VHS)
Various artists compilations
| Year of release | Compilation | Song | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Greenpeace – Alternative NRG | "New Damage" (with Soundgarden) | |
| 1995 | In from the Storm [tribute to Jimi Hendrix] | "One Rainy Wish" | |
| 1996 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | "Il Colosso" (with Jerry Hadley, Sissel Kyrkjebø, 'Just William'), "What Are We Made Of?" (with Sissel Kyrkjebø) | soundtrack |
| 1996 | Twang! A Tribute to Hank Marvin & The Shadows | "FBI" | also 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 II | "Have a Cigar" (with the Foo Fighters) | |
| 2002 | Good Rockin' Tonight - The Legacy of Sun Records (only on the Japanese edition) | "I Don't Want Nobody Teasing Around with Me" | |
| 2004 | Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2 | "Someone to Die For" (with Jimmy Gnecco) |
Queen related projects
| Year of release | Song | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Smile | "Earth", "Step on Me" | Earth/Step on Me (single) |
| 1973 | Larry Lurex | "I Can Hear Music", "Goin' Back" | single I Can Hear Music (1973); box set Freddie Mercury - The Solo Collection (2000); compilation album Lover of Life, Singer of Songs - The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo (2006) |
| 1982 | Smile | "Doing Alright", "Blag", "April Lady", "Polar Bear", "Earth", "Step on Me" [all songs recorded 1969] | LP Gettin' Smile (Japan, 1982); CD Ghost of a Smile (Netherlands, 1997) |
Other recordings
Producer and songwriter
| Year of release | Collaborated with | Song | Record | May's contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Minako Honda | album | Cancel (album) | production |
| 1987 | Minako Honda | "Golden Days", "Crazy Nights" | Golden Days and Crazy Nights (singles) | songwriting, production, guitar |
| 1987 | Bad News | album | Bad News | production |
| 1987 | Heavy Pettin | album | Lettin Loose (album) | produced by May and Mack |
| 1987 | Anita Dobson | album | Talking of Love (album) | songwriting, production, guitar, backing vocals |
| 1988 | Anita Dobson | "In One of My Weaker Moments" | In One of My Weaker Moments (single, from the musical Budgie) | production, guitar |
| 1989 | Ian & Belinda | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Who Wants to Live Forever (7"/12" singles; for the British Bone Marrow Donor Appeal) | production, guitar (bass by John Deacon, drums by Roger Taylor) |
| 1990/ 1991 |
Brian May | various tracks | Macbeth - Riverside Theatre (unreleased) | songwriting, production |
| 1991 | Hale and Pace and the Stonkers | "The Stonk" | The Stonk (single; for Comic Relief; reached No. 1 in the UK chart) | production, guitar (drums by Roger Taylor) |
| 1993 | The Left Handed Marriage | "Appointment", "She Was Once My Friend", "I Need Time" [recorded 1967] | Crazy Chain (album) | guitar, backing vocals; I Need Time written by Bill Richards and May |
Guest musician
| 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 | |
| 1987 | Meat Loaf | "A Time for Heroes" | A Time for Heroes | |
| 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 | Hank Marvin | "We Are the Champions" | Into the Light | |
| 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) | |
| 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) |
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| 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 II (soundtrack) | |
| 2001 | Robbie Williams | "Eternity" | Eternity (single; featured on Greatest Hits, 2004) |
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| 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 | Lynn Carey Saylor | "If We Believe" | If We Believe | backing vocals, guitar |
| 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"[2] | 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 |
| 2012 | Dappy | "Rockstar" | No Regrets | Guitar |
| 2015 | Motörhead | "The Devil" | Bad Magic | Guitar |
| 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
- 1994: Rise of the Robots (contains reworked tracks from the 1992 album Back to the Light)
- 1996: Rise 2: Resurrection (contains Cyborg; in 1998 released on the album Another World)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 QueenOnline Message Board :: View topic - Queen / Solos UK & US (Y MORE) Chart History
- ↑ "Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist". Lynn Carey Saylor. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
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