# Rickie Lee Jones discography

The discography of Rickie Lee Jones, an American singer, songwriter, and author, consists of 15 studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, one extended play, one video album, and 22 singles, on Warner Bros. Records, Geffen Records, Reprise Records, Artemis Records, V2 Records, New West Records, Fantasy Records, Rhino Entertainment, and the Other Side of Desire Records.
Jones' first two albums, Rickie Lee Jones (1979) and Pirates (1981), both hit the Top 5 on the US Billboard 200 and were certified platinum and gold, respectively. Her fourth album, Flying Cowboys (1989), reached the Top 40 and was also certified gold. Rickie Lee Jones and Pirates also reached the Top 40 on the UK Albums Chart and both were certified silver. Rickie Lee Jones also went to No. 1 in Australia and was certified 2× platinum.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Year | Album details | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Year | Album details | US | US Jazz | US Folk | AUS | UK | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| 1979 | Rickie Lee Jones Released: February 28, 1979 Label: Warner Bros. | 3 | — | — | 1 | 18 | RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Silver |
| 1981 | Pirates Released: July 15, 1981 Label: Warner Bros. | 5 | — | — | 9 | 37 | RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver |
| 1984 | The Magazine Released: September 12, 1984 Label: Warner Bros. | 44 | 20 | — | 33 | 40 | |
| 1989 | Flying Cowboys Released: September 26, 1989 Label: Geffen | 39 | — | — | 70 | 50 | RIAA: Gold |
| 1991 | Pop Pop Released: September 24, 1991 Label: Geffen | 121 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | Traffic from Paradise Released: September 14, 1993 Label: Geffen | 111 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1997 | Ghostyhead Released: June 17, 1997 Label: Reprise | 159 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | It's Like This Released: September 12, 2000 Label: Artemis | 148 | — | — | — | 185 | |
| 2003 | The Evening of My Best Day Released: October 7, 2003 Label: V2 | 189 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard Released: February 6, 2007 Label: New West | 158 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | Balm in Gilead Released: November 3, 2009 Label: Fantasy | — | — | 7 | — | — | |
| 2012 | The Devil You Know Released: September 18, 2012 Label: Fantasy | 190 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2015 | The Other Side of Desire Release date: June 23, 2015 Label: The Other Side of Desire | 164 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | Kicks Release date: June 7, 2019 Label: The Other Side of Desire | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | Pieces of Treasure Release date: April 28, 2023 Label: Modern Recordings / BMG Rights Management | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||||
Notes
* $^A$ Peaked position on Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz chart.

### Live albums

| Year | Album details |
| 1995 | Naked Songs: Live and Acoustic Released: September 19, 1995 Label: Reprise |
| 2001 | Live at Red Rocks Released: December 4, 2001 Label: Artemis |

### Compilation albums

| Year | Album details |
| 2005 | Duchess of Coolsville: An Anthology Released: June 28, 2005 Label: WSM / Rhino |
| 2010 | Original Album Series Released: March 1, 2010 Label: Warner Bros. / Rhino UK |

### Video albums

| Year | Album details |
| 2011 | Live in Stockholm Released: July 5, 2011 Label: MRI Formats: DVD |

## Extended plays

| Year | EP details |
| 1983 | Girl at Her Volcano Released: 1983 Label: Warner Bros. |

## Singles

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | US | US Main | AUS | UK | Album |
| 1979 | "Chuck E.'s in Love" | 4 | — | 15 | 18 | Rickie Lee Jones |
| 1979 | "Young Blood" | 40 | — | — | — | Rickie Lee Jones |
| 1979 | "Danny's All-Star Joint" | — | — | — | — | Rickie Lee Jones |
| 1981 | "A Lucky Guy" | 64 | — | — | — | Pirates |
| 1981 | "Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)" | — | 40 | — | — | Pirates |
| 1981 | "Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking" | — | 31 | — | — | Pirates |
| 1983 | "Under the Boardwalk" | — | — | — | — | Girl at Her Volcano |
| 1984 | "It Must Be Love" | — | — | — | — | The Magazine |
| 1984 | "The Real End" | 83 | — | 90 | — | The Magazine |
| 1989 | "Satellites" | — | — | — | — | Flying Cowboys |
| 1989 | "Flying Cowboys / The Horses" | — | — | — | — | Flying Cowboys |
| 1989 | "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" | — | — | — | — | Flying Cowboys |
| 1991 | "Up from the Skies" | — | — | — | — | Pop Pop |
| 1991 | "Rebel Rebel" | — | — | — | — | Traffic from Paradise |
| 1991 | "Stewart's Coat" | — | — | — | — | Traffic from Paradise |
| 1997 | "Firewalker" | — | — | — | — | Ghostyhead |
| 2000 | "Show Biz Kids" | — | — | — | — | It's Like That |
| 2003 | "Second Chance" | — | — | — | — | The Evening of My Best Day |
| 2006 | "Falling Up" | — | — | — | — | The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard |
| 2009 | "Old Enough" | — | — | — | — | Balm in Gilead |
| 2015 | "Jimmy Choos" | — | — | — | — | The Other Side of Desire |
| 2019 | "Bad Company" | — | — | — | — | Kicks |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||

## Other contributions

Credits adapted from AllMusic.
* Guest vocals on "Sidekick" from Chuck E. Weiss' album The Other Side of Town (1981)
* Guest vocals on "Between a Laugh and a Tear" from John Cougar Mellencamp's album Scarecrow (1985)
* Lead vocals on "The Moon Is Made of Gold" and "Autumn Leaves" from Rob Wasserman's album Duets (1988)
* Duet vocals on "Makin' Whoopee!" from Dr. John's album In a Sentimental Mood (1989)
* Duet vocals on "Easter Parade" from The Blue Nile's single "Headlights on the Parade" (1989)
* Lead vocals on "O Holy Night" from The Chieftains' album The Bells of Dublin (1991)
* Guest vocals on "North Dakota" from Lyle Lovett's album Joshua Judges Ruth (1991) and Live in Texas (1999)
* Little Fluffy Clouds (1990–93) – Spoken word sampled by British ambient-house group, The Orb, charting three times on the UK Singles Chart: No. 87 (1990), No. 95 (1991), and No. 10 (1993).
* Production and harmony vocals on Leo Kottke's album Peculiaroso (1994)
* Guest vocals on "Spirit" from Wild Colonials' album This Can't Be Life (1996)
* Duet vocals on "I Scare Myself" and "Driftin" from Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks' album Beatin' the Heat (2000)
* WFUV: City Folk Live VII (2004) – "Mink Coat at the Bus Stop"
* Duet vocals on "Comes Love" from Willie Nelson's album Outlaws and Angels (2004)
* Lead vocals on "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village 429 Records (2009)
* Lead vocals on "Been on a Train" from the Laura Nyro tribute album Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro by Billy Childs. (2014)
* Spoken word on "From Space" from Anders Osborne's album Spacedust & Oceanviews (2016)
* "Dark Was the Night – Cold Was the Ground" from the Blind Willie Johnson tribute album God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson (2016)
* Guest vocals on "Roll Um Easy" from Jonah Tolchin's album Fires for the Cold (2019)
* Lead vocals on "Walk On The Wild Side" from Lou Reed tribute album: The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed (2024) Light In the Attic/LITA 217