# Dave Gahan discography

The discography of English singer Dave Gahan consists of three studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, one extended play, 13 singles (including five as a featured artist), one video album and seven music videos. Gahan debuted in 1980 as lead singer of the electronic music band Depeche Mode. The group achieved worldwide success, producing 14 top-10 singles in the United Kingdom and selling over 100 million records worldwide.
Gahan released his solo debut album Paper Monsters in June 2003. The album, which was composed with Gahan's close friend Knox Chandler, peaked at number 36 on the UK Albums Chart, as well as number five in Germany and Sweden. The album spawned three singles, all of which reached the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Live Monsters, a live video album, and its companion album Soundtrack to Live Monsters were released the following year. His second studio album, Hourglass, was released in October 2007, reaching number 50 in the United Kingdom and number two in Germany. The album's lead single, "Kingdom", reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | 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 | Details | UK | AUT | DEN | FRA | GER | ITA | SPA | SWE | SWI | US |
| Paper Monsters | Released: 2 June 2003 Label: Mute Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, cassette, digital download | 36 | 43 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 5 | 10 | 127 |
| Hourglass | Released: 22 October 2007 Label: Mute Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, digital download | 50 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 120 |
| The Light the Dead See (with Soulsavers) | Released: 21 May 2012 Label: V2 Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 69 | 49 | — | 120 | 12 | — | — | — | 30 | — |
| Angels & Ghosts (with Soulsavers) | Released: 23 October 2015 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 27 | 18 | — | 33 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 54 | 5 | — |
| Imposter (with Soulsavers) | Released: 12 November 2021 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 65 | 11 | — | 151 | 12 | 27 | — | — | 9 | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Detais |
| Soundtrack to Live Monsters | Released: 1 March 2004 Label: Mute Format: Digital download |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Detais |
| Hourglass: Remixes | Released: 11 March 2008 Label: Mute Formats: LP+CD, digital download |

## Extended plays
### As lead artist

| Title | Detais |
| Live from SoHo | Released: 17 December 2007 Label: Mute Format: Digital download |

### As featured artist

| Title | Detais |
| Manuscript | Released: 16 December 2022 Main artist: Kurt Uenala Label: HFN Music Format: Digital download |

## Singles
### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name :
| 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 | UK | AUT | DEN | FRA | GER | IRE | ITA | SPA | SWE | SWI | Album |
| "Dirty Sticky Floors" | 2003 | 18 | — | 5 | 57 | 6 | 40 | 7 | — | 18 | 81 | Paper Monsters |
| "I Need You" | 2003 | 27 | — | 15 | — | 23 | — | 35 | 55 | 11 | — | Paper Monsters |
| "Bottle Living" / "Hold On" | 2003 | 36 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | Paper Monsters |
| "A Little Piece" (live) | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soundtrack to Live Monsters |
| "Kingdom" | 2007 | 44 | 41 | 3 | — | 10 | — | 4 | 1 | 37 | — | Hourglass |
| "Saw Something" / "Deeper and Deeper" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | 2 | — | — | Hourglass |
| "All of This and Nothing" (with Soulsavers) | 2015 | — | — | — | 166 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Angels & Ghosts |
| "Shine" (with Soulsavers) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Angels & Ghosts |
| "Metal Heart" (with Soulsavers) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Imposter |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Low Guns" (SixToes featuring Dave Gahan) | 2013 | The Morning After |
| "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (Martyn LeNoble and Christian Eigner featuring Mark Lanegan and Dave Gahan) | 2016 | Non-album single |
| "Where I Wait" (Null + Void featuring Dave Gahan) | 2017 | Cryosleep |
| "Ocean" (Goldfrapp featuring Dave Gahan) | 2018 | Silver Eye |
| "Shock Collar" (Humanist featuring Dave Gahan) | 2020 | Humanist |
| "Stop Speaking" (Jennylee featuring Dave Gahan) | 2022 | Heart Tax |
| "Does That Hurt?" (OLI featuring Dave Gahan) | 2022 | Non-album single |
| "Brother" (Humanist featuring Dave Gahan) | 2024 | On The Edge Of A Lost And Lonely World |

## Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
| "A Song for Europe" | 1997 | various | Dream Home Heartaches: Remaking/Remodeling Roxy Music |
| "Reload" | 2003 | Junkie XL | Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin |
| "Nostalgia" | 2008 | Mirror | Mirror |
| "Visitors" | 2009 | FrYars | Dark Young Hearts |
| All tracks, except "La Ribera" and "Point Sur Pt. 1". | 2012 | Soulsavers | The Light the Dead See |
| "Nothing Else Matters" | 2021 | various | The Metallica Blacklist |
| "Chains" (with Kurt Uenala) | 2023 | various | The Raveonettes Presents: Rip It Off |

## Videography
### Video albums

| Title | Detais |
| Live Monsters | Released: 1 March 2004 Label: Mute Format: DVD |

### Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Dirty Sticky Floors" | 2003 | Arni and Kinski |
| "Dirty Sticky Floors" (BRAT's web version) | 2003 | Arni, Kinski and Daniel Barassi |
| "I Need You" | 2003 | Arni and Kinski |
| "I Need You" (BRAT's web version) | 2003 | Arni, Kinski and Daniel Barassi |
| "Bottle Living" | 2003 | Uwe Flade |
| "Kingdom" | 2007 | Jaron Albertin |
| "Saw Something" | 2007 | Barney Clay |