# Edwyn Collins discography

This is the solo discography of British musician Edwyn Collins. For his work with Orange Juice, see Orange Juice discography.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | SCO | UK | UK Indie | AUS | AUT | CAN | GER | NL | SWE | US |
| Hope and Despair | Released: 29 May 1989 Label: Demon Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hellbent on Compromise | Released: October 1990 Label: Demon Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gorgeous George | Released: 5 September 1994 Label: Setanta Formats: CD, LP, MC | 18 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 24 | 60 | 7 | 58 | 16 | 183 |
| I'm Not Following You | Released: 1 September 1997 Label: Setanta Formats: CD, LP, MC | 55 | 55 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Doctor Syntax | Released: 29 April 2002 Label: Setanta Formats: CD | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Home Again | Released: 17 September 2007 Label: Heavenly Formats: CD, LP | 39 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Losing Sleep | Released: 20 September 2010 Label: Heavenly Formats: CD, 2x12", digital download | 34 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Understated | Released: 25 March 2013 Label: AED Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 37 | 66 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Badbea | Released: 29 March 2019 Label: AED Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 19 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Studio Live Session Liechtenstein | Released: 19 May 2014 Label: Society of Sound Music/Real World Formats: digital download |
| Live at Bloomsbury Ballroom | Released: 30 November 2014 Label: AED Formats: MC |

### Soundtrack albums

| Title | Album details |
| The Possibilities Are Endless (with Carwyn Ellis and Sebastian Lewsley) | Released: 9 November 2014 Label: AED Formats: CD, LP, digital download Soundtrack to the Edwyn Collins documentary film of the same name |
| Sometimes Always Never (with Sean Read) | Released: 14 June 2019 Label: AED Formats: LP, digital download Soundtrack to the 2018 film of the same name |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Hope and Despair / Hellbent on Compromise | Released: 1990 Label: Demon Formats: 2xCD |
| Elevation Days | Released: 10 April 1995 Label: WEA Formats: CD Japan-only mini-album |
| A Casual Introduction 1981/2001 | Released: 28 October 2002 Label: Setanta Formats: CD Compilation of Collins' solo work along with Orange Juice |
| Down the Line – 12 Songs from 1989–2011 | Released: 11 December 2011 Label: AED Formats: digital download |
| Tape Box | Released: 21 April 2012 Label: AED Formats: 6x7" box set |

### Video albums

| Title | Album details |
| Phantasmagoria – Reading Festival 1991 | Released: 1991 Label: Alternative Image Formats: VHS |

## EPs

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | SCO | UK |
| My Beloved Girl | Released: October 1987 Label: Elevation Formats: 7" Limited release | — | — |
| Expressly | Released: October 1994 Label: Setanta Formats: CD, 12" | 26 | 42 |
| I Hear a New World | Released: November 1997 Label: Setanta Formats: 2x12" | — | — |
| Daytrotter Session | Released: 20 June 2011 Label: Daytrotter Formats: digital download | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. ||||

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | SCO | UK | UK Indie | AUS | AUT | CAN | GER | NL | SWE | US | Album |
| "Pale Blue Eyes" (with Paul Quinn) | 1984 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Shilly Shally" | 1987 | — | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "My Beloved Girl" | 1987 | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Coffee Table Song" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hope and Despair |
| "50 Shades of Blue" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hope and Despair |
| "A Girl Like You" | 1994 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 32 | Gorgeous George |
| "Low Expectations" (Belgium-only release) | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gorgeous George |
| "If You Could Love Me" | 1995 | 85 | 98 | 12 | — | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | Gorgeous George |
| "Make Me Feel Again" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gorgeous George |
| "Keep On Burning" | 1996 | 36 | 45 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I'm Not Following You |
| "The Magic Piper (Of Love)" | 1997 | 20 | 32 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I'm Not Following You |
| "Adidas World" | 1997 | 63 | 71 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I'm Not Following You |
| "No One Waved Goodbye" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I'm Not Following You |
| "Message for Jojo" (with Bernard Butler) | 2001 | — | 113 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Doctor Syntax |
| "The Beatle$" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Doctor Syntax |
| "Johnny Teardrop" | 2002 | — | 192 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Doctor Syntax |
| "Mr. Freedom" (Gabin featuring Edwyn Collins; Italy-only release) | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mr. Freedom (by Gabin) |
| "You'll Never Know (My Love)" | 2007 | — | 139 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Home Again |
| "Home Again" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Home Again |
| "Losing Sleep" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Losing Sleep |
| "Do It Again" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Losing Sleep |
| "In Your Eyes" (with the Drums) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Losing Sleep |
| "What Are You Doing, Fool?" (with the Heartbreaks) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Dilemma" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Understated |
| "Too Bad (That's Sad)" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Understated |
| "Dilemma" (The Ship-Tones featuring Edwyn Collins) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Indie Reggae Revolution (by the Ship-Tones) |
| "(Too Right) It's Christmas" (Frankie & the Heartstrings featuring Edwyn Collins) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Outside" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Badbea |
| "It's All About You"/"Sometimes Always Never" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Badbea |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

## Contributions

| Year | Album | Artist | Contribution |
| 1985 | Call and Response | Zeke Manyika | Guitar on "Lay Them Down" |
| 1990 | Stray | Aztec Camera | |
| 1991 | I Am the Greatest | A House | Backing vocals and production |
| 1993 | The End of the Surrey People | Vic Godard | Vocals, guitar, piano, organ, engineer, production |
| 1994 | Wide-Eyed and Ignorant | A House | Backing vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, production |
| 1996 | More of Her | Four Hours Sleep | Vocals and lead guitar on "Don't You Ever Listen" |
| 1996 | Warm Nights | Robert Forster | |
| 1998 | People Move On | Bernard Butler | Backing vocals on "Not Alone" |
| 1998 | Long-Term Side Effect | Vic Godard | Backing vocals, guitar, bass, production |
| 1998 | Shaving Peaches | Terrorvision | Keyboards, production |
| 1999 | Strange Weather Lately | Astrid | Organ, production |
| 2001 | Playgroup | Playgroup | Vocals, guitar, organ |
| 2002 | Une guerre en plein cœur | Franck Roussel | Vocals on "Time" |
| 2003 | Born Innocent | The Proclaimers | Guitar, production |
| 2005 | We Are Little Barrie | Little Barrie | Backing vocals, keyboards, organ, guitar, bass, production |
| 2005 | The New Fellas | The Cribs | Backing vocals, keyboards, effects, production |
| 2008 | Cookie Zoo | Colorama | Percussion, production |
| 2010 | King of the Waves | Little Barrie | Backing vocals, keyboards, organ, bass, production |
| 2011 | Hunger | Frankie & the Heartstrings | Backing vocals, mixing, engineer, production |
| 2011 | Howl of the Lonely Crowd | Comet Gain | Backing vocals, executive production |
| 2017 | Permo | Spinning Coin | Synthesizer on "Running with the World", production |
| 2018 | Tracyanne & Danny | Tracyanne & Danny | Gest vocals on "Alabama", production |
| 2022 | Hollow Heart | The Hanging Stars | Guest vocals |