Ian Gillan discography comprises the recorded output of English rock vocalist Ian Gillan, best known as the lead singer of Deep Purple across multiple tenures.
With Wainwright's Gentlemen Rare Mod – Vol. 3 (2010, compilation, "Ain't That Just Like Me")
With Episode Six (Compilation albums of songs recorded between 1965 and 1969) Put Yourself in My Place (1987) The Complete Episode Six (1991) BBC Radio 1 Live 1968/1969 (1997) Cornflakes and Crazyfoam (2002) Love, Hate, Revenge (2005)
With Deep Purple (1969-1973, 1984-1988),(1993-)
Numerical values indicate highest position achieved in the United Kingdom album charts.
Studio albums Deep Purple in Rock (1970, No. 4 UK) Fireball (1971, No. 1 UK) Machine Head (1972, No. 1 UK) Who Do We Think We Are (1973, No. 4 UK) Perfect Strangers (1984, No. 5 UK) The House of Blue Light (1987, No. 10 UK) The Battle Rages On (1993, No. 21 UK) Purpendicular (1996, No. 58 UK) Abandon (1998, No. 76 UK) Bananas (2003, No. 85 UK) Rapture of the Deep (2005, No. 81 UK) Now What?! (2013, No. 19 UK) Infinite (2017, No. 6 UK) Whoosh! (2020, No. 4 UK) Turning to Crime (2021, No. 28 UK) =1 (2024)
Live albums Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969) Made in Japan (1972) Deep Purple in Concert (1980) (Live 1970 & 1972) Scandinavian Nights (1988) (Live 1970) Nobody's Perfect (1988) In the Absence of Pink (1991) (Live 1985) Gemini Suite Live (1993) (Live 1970) Live in Japan (1993) (Live 1972) Come Hell or High Water (1994) Live at the Olympia '96 (1997) Total Abandon: Live in Australia (1999) The Soundboard Series (2001) In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra (2000) Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy (2001) Live in Europe 1993 (2006) Live at Montreux 1996 (2006) (Live 1996 & 2000) They All Came Down To Montreux (2007) Live at Montreux 2011 (2011) The Now What?! Live Tapes (2013) Live in Verona (2014) From The Setting Sun... (In Wacken) (2015) ...To The Rising Sun (In Tokyo) (2015) The Infinite Live Recordings, Vol 1 (2017)
With Ian Gillan Band YearTitlePeak chart positionsUK SWE1976Child in Time Date: July 1976 Label: polydor records 55 361977Clear Air Turbulence Date: 4 April 1977 Label: Island — —1977Scarabus Date: 7 October 1977 Label: Island — —1978Live at the Budokan Date: March 1978 Label: Eastworld, Virgin — —
With Gillan YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertifications(sales thresholds)UK 1978Gillan Date: September 1978 Label: East World —1979Mr. Universe Date: 12 October 1979 Label: Acrobat 111980Glory Road Date: 8 August 1980 Label: Virgin 3 UK: Silver1981Future Shock Date: 17 April 1981 Label: Virgin 2 UK: Silver1981Double Trouble (live) Date: 30 October 1981 Label: Virgin 121982Magic Date: September 1982 Label: Virgin 171990Live at Reading '80 Date: 1990 Label: Raw Fruit —1998The BBC Tapes Vol 1: Dead of Night 1979 Date: 1998 Label: RPM —1998The BBC Tapes Vol 2: Unchain Your Brain 1980 Date: 1998 Label: RPM —2007The Gillan Singles Box Set Date: 23 October 2007 Label: Phantom Sound & Vision —2008The Glory Years (DVD) Date: 8 April 2008 Label: Eagle Rock —2009Live: Triple Trouble Date: 9 November 2009 Label: Edsel —
With Black Sabbath YearTitlePeak chart positionsUKUSA1983Born Again Date: 9 September 1983 Label: Vertigo 4 39
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Studio albums YearTitlePeak chart positionsGER SWE UK FINJPN 1988Accidentally on Purpose(as Gillan & Glover, with Roger Glover) Date: February 1988 Label: Virgin Records – – – – – 1990Naked Thunder Date: 16 July 1990 Label: Teldec, Eagle – 27 63 – – 1991Toolbox Date: 14 October 1991 Label: East West – – – – – 1992Cherkazoo and Other Stories (archive recordings) Date: 22 June 1992 Label: RPM Records – – – – – 1997Dreamcatcher Date: October 1997 Label: Ark 21, Forbidden – – – – – 2006Gillan's Inn Date: 18 April 2006 Label: Immergent 72 – – 30 176 2009One Eye to Morocco Date: 6 March 2009 Label: Edel 97 – – – –
Live albums Chris Tetley Presents: Garth Rockett & The Moonshiners (1989) [mini-album] Live at the Ritz '89 (2000, as Ian Gillan & The Moonshiners) Live in Anaheim (2008) Contractual Obligation #1: Live In Moscow (2019, with The Don Airey Band and Orchestra) Contractual Obligation #2: Live In Warsaw (2019, with The Don Airey Band and Orchestra) Contractual Obligation #3: Live In St. Petersburg (2019, with The Don Airey Band and Orchestra)
Compilations What I Did on My Vacation (1986) Trouble – The Best of Ian Gillan (1991) The Japanese Album (1993) (including different versions of 3 songs) The Best of Ian Gillan (1992) Rock Profile (1995) Mercury High - The Story Of Ian Gillan (2004)
Video Garth Rockett & The Moonshiners Live at the Ritz (1990) Ian Gillan Live (1990) Highway Star - A Journey in Rock (2007) Live in Anaheim (2008)
Singles South Africa (1988) [special single]
With The Javelins Sole Agency and Representation (1994) (rereleased as Raving with Ian Gillan & The Javelins in 2000) Ian Gillan and The Javelins (2018)
With WhoCares (also known as Ian Gillan, Tony Iommi & Friends)
Albums YearTitlePeak chart positionsNOR BEL SWE GER 2012Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi: WhoCares Date: 13 July 2012 (Europe), 28 August 2012 (North America) Label: EarMusic 29 184 26 60
Singles YearTitlePeak chart positionsGER2011Out of My Mind 86
Other projects Performances Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) Rock Aid Armenia (1990) Pretty Maids – In Santa's Claws [EP] (1990) The Bolland Project – Darwin (The Evolution) (1991) Michalis Rakintzis – Get Away (1993) Ray Slijngaard & Ian Gillan – Smoke on the Water Rock 'N' Rap Extravaganza (1997) Jill Towers – Miserably Happy (2001) Dean Howard – Volume One (2004) Rock School [TV series soundtrack album] (2005) Leslie West – Guitarded (2005) Michael Lee Jackson – In a Heartbeat [SP] (2006) Nobuo Uematsu with Ian Gillan – Eternity (2006) Hoochie Coochie Men & Jon Lord – Danger. White Men Dancing (2007) Light My Fire: A Classic Rock Salute to the Doors (2014) Celebrating Jon Lord (2014, with Deep Purple)
Production Sammy – Sammy (1972) Jerusalem – Jerusalem (1972) Pussy – Feline Woman/Ska Child [SP] (1972) Cliff Bennett – Nightride (1981) Zero Nine – Blank Verse (1982) Jill Towers – Welcome to Dreamfield (1999)
Selected film and TV appearances The Butterfly Ball (1977) Deep Purple – Heavy Metal Pioneers (1991) The Making of Bolland Project (1991) The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2 (1992) Tony Iommi: The Guitar That Drives Black Sabbath (1992) Rock Family Trees, ep. Deep Purple (1995) Pat Boone: In A Metal Mood (1996) Classic Albums, ep Deep Purple: Machine Head (2002) Roger Glover – Made in Wales (2004) Ian Gillan – Highway Star: A Journey in Rock (2007) Seven Ages of Rock, ep. Never Say Die: Heavy Metal (2007) Heavy Metal Britannia (2010) The Seventies, ep. 1970 (2010) Chopin's Story (2011) Behind The Music Remastered, ep. Deep Purple (2013) Heaven on Their Minds: The Creation of Jesus Christ Superstar (2015)
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