Richard Thompson discography
The discography of Richard Thompson, an English singer/songwriter and guitarist, consists of 18 solo studio albums, three live albums and 16 singles, in addition to six studio albums and two live albums credited to Richard and Linda Thompson and five studio albums as a member of Fairport Convention, as well as a number of fan club and boutique label releases, soundtracks and collaborations. He has also appeared as a guest musician on the albums of several other artists. Soundtracks. Soundtrack albums on which a Richard Thompson recording or composition are included are not shown here. Listed  here are soundtracks in which Thompson was involved in the actual recording. In 2009 "Time to Ring Some Changes" from "Hard Cash" was included in Topic Records' 70-year anniversary boxed set "Three Score and Ten" as track 13 on the sixth CD. With Fairport Convention. Only albums recorded whilst Richard Thompson was a member of Fairport Convention are listed here. After Thompson left the group, he continued to appear sporadically as a guest musician on subsequent albums, which are listed in the session work discography. For more details of Fairport Convention's album releases see Fairport Convention discography Collaborations . Albums on which Thompson has guested or worked as a session musician are not shown here. (see next section) Listed here are albums on which Thompson played a significant creative role in the group or on the recording.