Jimmy Nail discography

This is a **discography** of works by **Jimmy Nail**. Since 1985, the British musician has released seven studio albums, twenty three singles and other works. This article also covers his work with the musician Mark Knopfler.

### Studio albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Album details|scope="col" colspan="3"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: 1986 * Label: Virgin * Format: LP, Cassette, CD|—|—|—|||||
|* Released: August 1992 * Label: EastWest * Format: CD, LP, Cassette|2|36|49|* UK: Gold||||
|* Released: November 1994 * Label: EastWest * Format: CD, Cassette|2|49|4|* UK: 3× Platinum||||
|* Released: November 1995 * Label: EastWest * Format: CD, Cassette|8|—|—|* UK: Platinum||||
|* Released: November 1996 * Label: EastWest * Format: CD, Cassette|10|—|34|* UK: Platinum||||
|* Released: 1999 * Label: EastWest * Format: CD|79|—|—|||||
|* Released: 30 April 2001 * Label: Papillon * Format: CD|76|—|—|||||
|colspan="14" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released|||||||

### Compilation albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Album details|scope="col" colspan="1"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: October 1997 * Label: EastWest * Format: CD|8|* UK: Gold||||||
|colspan="14" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released|||||||

### Soundtrack albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Album details|scope="col" colspan="1"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* _Madonna_, _Antonio Banderas_, _Jonathan Pryce_, _Jimmy Nail_ * Released: 28 October 1996 * Label: Warner Bros * Format: CD, Cassette|1|* UK: 2× Platinum||||||
|* _Strange Fruit_, _Jimmy Nail_, _Billy Connolly_, _Hans Matheson_ * Released: 4 October 1999 * Label: London * Format: CD|—|||||||
|colspan="14" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released|||||||

## Singles

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|3|—|—|—|—|5|28|—|—|—|* UK: Silver|rowspan="3"|_Take It Or Leave It_|
|rowspan="2"|1986|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan="3"|1992|1|5|14|10 <sup>**[*]**</sup> || 18 || 1 || 16 || 4 || 3 || 21|* UK: Gold|rowspan="4"|_Growing Up in Public_||||||
|58|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|1993|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|1994|4|—|—|—|—|16|—|—|21|—|* UK: Gold|rowspan="4"|_Crocodile Shoes_|
|rowspan="5"|1995|13|—|—|—|—|28|—|—|—|—|||
|65|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|155|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|18|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="3"|_Big River_||
|33|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan="3"|1996|72|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||
|25|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="3"|_Crocodile Shoes II_||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan="2"|1997|136|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||
|76|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2"|_The Nail File: The Best of Jimmy Nail_||
|rowspan="2"|1998|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||
|47|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Still Crazy_|||
|1999|87|—|—|11|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Tadpoles In A Jar_||
|2001|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_10 Great Songs And An OK Voice_||
|colspan="15" style="font-size:75%"|"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.|||||||||||||
- Notes
- '***^** "Ain't No Doubt" didn't chart on the Finnish Singles Chart, but it charted instead on the Finnish Airplay Chart.

### Featured artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year|scope="col" colspan="4"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|81|79|45|85|_The Ragpicker's Dream_|||
|colspan="15" style="font-size:75%"|"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.|||||||

## Videos

|align="left"|Video information|
| --- | --- |
|align="left"|***Somewhere in Time... Somewhere on Tour*** * Released: 1995 * Track: 1. Crocodile Shoes, 2. Calling Out Your Name, 3. Cowboy Dreams, 4. Once upon A Time, 5. Love Will Find Someone For You, 6. What Kind Of A Man Am I?, 7. My Friend The Sun, 8. Bitter And Twisted, 9. Big River, 10. Love, 11. Dragons, 12. Angel, 13. Don't Wanna Go Home, 14. Love Don't Live Here Anymore, 15. Ain't No Doubt|
|align="left"|Video information|
| --- | --- |
|align="left"|***Jimmy Nail - The Nail File - The Very Best of - Video Collection*** * Released: 1997 * Track: 1. Love Don't Live Here Anymore, 2. Ain't No Doubt, 3. Crocodile Shoes (song), 4. Cowboy Dreams, 5. Big River, 6. Country Boy, 7. Blue Roses, 8. On This Night Of A Thousand Stars, 9. Running Man, 10. Love, 11. Once Upon A Time, 12. Dragons, 13. Absent Friends, 14. Calling Out Your Name, 15. Show Me Heaven, 16. Black And White.|

## Infobox (artist discography)

- **artist**: Jimmy Nail
- **studio**: 7
- **compilation**: 1
- **video**: 2
- **singles**: 23
- **soundtrack**: 2