# Thomas Dolby discography

This is the discography of British singer-songwriter and musician Thomas Dolby.

## 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 |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | CAN | FIN | NL | NZ | SWE | US | US R&B |
| The Golden Age of Wireless | Released: 10 May 1982 Label: Venice in Peril Formats: LP, MC | 65 | 72 | 8 | — | — | 21 | — | 13 | 45 |
| The Flat Earth | Released: 6 February 1984 Label: Parlophone, Capitol Formats: LP, MC | 14 | 71 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 28 | 50 | 35 | — |
| Aliens Ate My Buick | Released: April 1988 Label: EMI-Manhattan Formats: CD, LP, MC | 30 | 76 | 76 | — | 72 | 43 | — | 70 | — |
| Astronauts & Heretics | Released: July 1992 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, MC | 35 | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A Map of the Floating City | Released: 24 October 2011 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: LP, digital download | 171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Forty | Released: December 2001 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: CD |
| The Sole Inhabitant | Released: November 2006 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: CD |
| Live at SXSW | Released: July 2007 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: CD With the Jazz Mafia Horns |
| Live in Tokyo 2012 | Released: 30 May 2012 Label: Meguro Formats: CD+DVD Japan-only release |

### Soundtrack albums

| Title | Album details |
| Howard the Duck | Released: July 1986 Label: MCA Formats: LP, MC Split album – one side by Dolby's Cube, the other by John Barry |
| Gothic | Released: February 1987 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, MC |
| The Gate to the Mind's Eye | Released: 25 October 1994 Label: Giant Formats: CD, MC |
| The Invisible Lighthouse | Released: 2013 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: CD |
| Double Switch – 25 Anniversary Edition | Released: March 2019 Label: Limited Run Games/Screaming Villains Formats: LP, MC Limited release of the soundtrack to the 1993 video album |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Retrospectacle – The Best of Thomas Dolby | Released: 7 February 1994 Label: EMI, Capitol Formats: CD, MC |
| Premium Gold Collection | Released: June 1997 Label: EMI Formats: CD Netherlands-only release |
| Hyperactive | Released: February 1999 Label: Disky Formats: CD |
| Hyperactive! | Released: 15 March 1999 Label: EMI Formats: CD |
| 12x12 Original Remixes | Released: 2 August 1999 Label: EMI Formats: CD |
| Blinded with Science | Released: 17 July 2000 Label: EMI Formats: CD |
| The Singular Thomas Dolby | Released: 18 May 2009 Label: EMI Formats: CD+DVD, digital download |
| Original Album Series | Released: 11 November 2016 Label: Parlophone Formats: 5xCD box set |
| Hyperactive | Released: 27 July 2018 Label: BMG Formats: 2xCD |

### Video albums

| Title | Album details |
| "Live Wireless" | Released: November 1983 Label: Hendring, Thorn EMI Video Formats: VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc |
| Thomas Dolby | Released: 1984 Label: PolyGram Video Formats: VHS, VHD, Betamax, LaserDisc |
| The Golden Age of Video – 12 of His Best Videos | Released: 1989 Label: Picture Music International Formats: VHS, LaserDisc |
| The Gate to the Mind's Eye | Released: 1994 Label: BMG Video, Miramar Formats: VHS, LaserDisc |
| The Sole Inhabitant | Released: 2006 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: DVD |
| Live in Chicago | Released: 2007 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: DVD |

## EPs

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | CAN | US |
| Blinded by Science | Released: January 1983 Label: Harvest/Venice in Peril Formats: 12", LP, MC | 3 | 20 |
| One of Our Submarines | Released: 1 November 2002 Label: Salz Formats: CD, 2x12" With Salz | — | — |
| Amerikana | Released: 16 June 2010 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: digital download | — | — |
| Oceanea | Released: 29 November 2010 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: CD, digital download | — | — |
| Return to Oceanea – Remix EP | Released: 2 February 2012 Label: Lost Toy People Formats: digital download | — | — |
| Halloween: A Thomas Dolby Creation | Released: 20 October 2023 Label: BMG Formats: digital download | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||

## 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 | UK | AUS | CAN | FIN | GER | NL | NZ | US | US Dance | US Main | Album |
| "Urges" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Originally a non-album release |
| "Europa and the Pirate Twins" | 1981 | 48 | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | 67 | — | 37 | The Golden Ages of Wireless |
| "Airwaves" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Golden Ages of Wireless |
| "Radio Silence" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Golden Ages of Wireless |
| "Windpower" | 1982 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Golden Ages of Wireless |
| "She Blinded Me with Science" (b/w "One of Our Submarines") | 1982 | 49 | 19 | 1 | — | 52 | — | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 17 | Originally a non-album release |
| "Get Out of My Mix" (as Dolby's Cube) | 1983 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release |
| "Hyperactive!" | 1984 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 21 | — | — | 41 | 62 | 37 | 39 | The Flat Earth |
| "I Scare Myself" | 1984 | 46 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | The Flat Earth |
| "Dissidents" | 1984 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | The Flat Earth |
| "Field Work" (Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Thomas Dolby) | 1985 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Originally a non-album release |
| "May the Cube Be with You" (as Dolby's Cube) | 1985 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Originally a non-album release |
| "Howard the Duck" (as Dolby's Cube featuring Cherry Bomb) | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Howard the Duck soundtrack |
| "The Devil Is an Englishman" (Screamin' Lord Byron featuring Thomas Dolby and Timothy Spall) | 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gothic soundtrack |
| "Airhead" | 1988 | 53 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | Aliens Ate My Buick |
| "Hot Sauce" | 1989 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Aliens Ate My Buick |
| "My Brain Is Like a Sieve" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Aliens Ate My Buick |
| "Close but No Cigar" | 1992 | 22 | 107 | — | — | 88 | — | 14 | — | — | — | Astronauts & Heretics |
| "I Love You Goodbye" | 1992 | 36 | 155 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Astronauts & Heretics |
| "Silk Pyjamas" | 1992 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Astronauts & Heretics |
| "Hyperactive!" (re-release) | 1994 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Retrospectacle |
| "Quantum Mechanic" (Germany-only release) | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Gate to the Mind's Eye soundtrack |
| "Blinded by Chemicals" (vs. James Doman) | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release |
| "Spice Train" (promo-only release) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Map of the Floating City |
| "I'm Thomas Dolby" (with JG and the Robots) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

## Contributions

| Year | Title | Artist | Contribution |
| 1979 | English Garden | Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club | Keyboards |
| 1980 | Drip Dry Zone | Local Heroes SW9 | Keyboards |
| 1981 | "New Toy" | Lene Lovich | Wrote, keyboards |
| 1981 | "Dream Soldiers" | The Fallout Club | Wrote, synthesiser, backing vocals, producer |
| 1981 | Black Snake Diamond Röle | Robyn Hitchcock | Keyboards only on "Love" |
| 1981 | "Ghost Train" | Bruce Woolley | Co-wrote, keyboards |
| 1981 | 4 | Foreigner | Main synthesiser |
| 1981 | "Year 2000" | Jane Kennaway | Wrote, producer |
| 1981 | "Jungle Line" | Low Noise | Vocals, electronics, producer |
| 1981 | Walk Under Ladders | Joan Armatrading | Synthesiser on 6 tracks |
| 1981 | "Wonderlust" | The Fallout Club | Wrote, synthesiser, producer |
| 1981 | Pleasure | Girls at Our Best! | Synthesiser |
| 1982 | "I Got You Babe" | Holly & Joey | Synthesiser |
| 1982 | Set | Thompson Twins | Additional synthesiser on 3 tracks |
| 1982 | Famous Last Words | M | Synthesiser |
| 1982 | No Man's Land | Lene Lovich | Synthesiser only on "Rocky Road" |
| 1982 | "Sex Machine" | Jack Heard | Synthesiser |
| 1983 | Pyromania | Def Leppard | Keyboards (credited as Booker T. Boffin) |
| 1983 | Duck Rock | Malcolm McLaren | Keyboards |
| 1983 | "Build Me a Bridge" | Adele Bertei | Producer |
| 1983 | Beauty Life | Trevor Herion | Arrangement only of "Kiss of No Return" |
| 1983 | Whodini | Whodini | Synthesiser, co-wrote and produced 2 tracks |
| 1984 | I Hear I See I Learn | The Group | Co-producer of "Technology" |
| 1985 | Steve McQueen | Prefab Sprout | Instruments, producer, mixing |
| 1985 | Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends | George Clinton | Keyboards, synthesiser, producer and lead vocals on 2 tracks |
| 1985 | Dog Eat Dog | Joni Mitchell | Keyboards, synthesiser, programming, vocals, co-producer |
| 1987 | Heaven on Earth | Belinda Carlisle | Additional keyboards |
| 1988 | From Langley Park to Memphis | Prefab Sprout | Keyboards and producer of 4 tracks |
| 1988 | Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm | Joni Mitchell | Keyboards only on "Dancin' Clown" |
| 1988 | Descanso dominical | Mecano | Engineer |
| 1988 | Álex & Christina | Álex & Christina | Engineer |
| 1988 | Vivir al este del Edén | La Unión | Engineer |
| 1989 | Desert Wind | Ofra Haza | Keyboards, backing vocals, programming, producer, mixing, producer, writing |
| 1990 | The Wall – Live in Berlin | Roger Waters | Keytar, vocals |
| 1990 | Jordan: The Comeback | Prefab Sprout | Producer |
| 1991 | Aidalai | Mecano | Engineer |
| 1992 | Mirmama | Eddi Reader | Remix only of "What You Do with What You've Got" |
| 1992 | "Funny Five Minutes" | Chris Braide | Producer |
| 1992 | El cielo lo sabe | Distrito 14 | Engineer |
| 1993 | We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story | James Horner | Keyboard, writing and producer of 2 tracks |
| 1999 | Headspace Music Library V1: Reverie | Headspace | Composer of all tracks except 2 |
| 1999 | Headspace Music Library V6: Backyard Sunset | Headspace | Co-composer of "Sunlane" |
| 2002 | Side Three | The Soft Boys | Keyboards only on "Evil Guy" |
| 2007 | Live from New York at Studio 54 | Lene Lovich | Keyboards; archive material |
| 2010 | Electro Pioneers | Space Cowboy | Remix only of "My Egyptian Lover" |
| 2017 | Dangerous Friends | The Fallout Club | Keyboards; composer of 2 tracks, producer of 4 tracks; archive material |
| 2022 | "I'm Not Your Dog" | Todd Rundgren | Co-writer |