This is the discography of Welsh folk singer-songwriter Mary Hopkin.
Albums Studio albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUKCANUSPost Card Released: 21 February 1969 Label: Apple Formats: LP, MC, 4-track, 8-track32428Earth Song/Ocean Song Released: 1 October 1971 Label: Apple Formats: LP, MC, 8-track——204Spirit Released: 12 December 1989 Label: Trax Music Formats: CD, LP———Valentine Released: 3 May 2007 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD Archival recordings from 1972 to 1980———Recollections Released: 1 December 2008 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD Archival recordings from 1970 to 1986———Now and Then Released: 25 May 2009 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD, digital download Archival recordings from 1970 to 1988———You Look Familiar Released: 25 October 2010 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD, digital download With Morgan Visconti———Painting by Numbers Released: 27 January 2014 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD, digital download———Another Road Released: 31 August 2020 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD, digital download———A Christmas Chorale Released: 1 December 2020 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD, digital download———Pieces Released: 1 February 2022 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD, digital download———Two Hearts (with Jessica Lee Morgan) Released: 3 May 2023 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD, digital download———Doodling Released: 3 January 2025 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD, digital download———"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Live albums TitleAlbum detailsLive at the Royal Festival Hall 1972 Released: September 2005 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD
Compilation albums TitleAlbum detailsPleserau Serch (Plaisir d'amour) Released: 1971 Label: Odeon Formats: LP Japan-only releaseThe Best of Mary Hopkin Released: 31 March 1972 Label: Apple Formats: LP, MC Germany and Netherlands-only releaseThose Were the Days Released: 25 September 1972 Label: Apple Formats: LP, MC, 8-trackThe Welsh World of Mary Hopkin Released: 24 May 1979 Label: Decca Formats: LPY Caneuon Cynnar – The Early Years Released: December 1996 Label: Sain Formats: CD, MCThe Mary Hopkin Collection Released: 2 May 2005 Label: Apple Formats: 3xCD Japan-only limited box set releaseA Portrait of Mary Released: 29 August 2008 Label: ZYX Music/ABC Entertainment Formats: CD Germany-only release
Other albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUKOasis Released: 20 April 1984 Label: WEA Formats: CD, LP, MC As part of the short-lived group Oasis23Sundance Released: 17 May 2002 Label: EMI, Angel Air Formats: CD Recorded in the early 1980s as part of Sundance (along with Mike Hurst and Mike de Albuquerque)—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
EPs TitleAlbum detailsLlais Swynol Mary Hopkin Released: 3 May 1968 Label: Cambrian Formats: 7"Mary ac Edward Released: June 1968 Label: Cambrian Formats: 7" With Edward M. JonesChristmas Songs Released: 1 December 2008 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD, digital downloadThose Were the Days Released: 31 August 2018 Label: Mary Hopkin Music Formats: CD
Singles NameYearPeak chart positionsAlbumUKAUSCANPeak positions for Mary Hopkins' singles on the Canadian RPM 100: "Those Were the Days": "Goodbye": "Temma Harbour": "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)": "Think About Your Children": JPNIRENLNZSAUSUS AC"Those Were the Days"19681211113221"Aderyn Llwyd"1969—————————— rowspan="2" "Lontano dagli occhi"——————————"Prince en Avignon" (France-only release)——————————Post Card"Goodbye"2215131122136 rowspan="7" "Temma Harbour"19706642—3123—394"Knock, Knock Who's There?"25—38231—9211"Pleserau Serch (Plaisir d'amour)"——————————"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"—304718——10—777"Think About Your Children"195182—————8727"Let My Name Be Sorrow"197146—————————"Water, Paper & Clay"—94——————113—Earth Song/Ocean Song"Summertime, Summertime" (as part of Hobby Horse)1972—————5———— rowspan="4" "Mary Had a Baby"——————————"If You Love Me (I Won't Care)"197632—————————"Wrap Me in Your Arms"1977——————————"Beyond the Fields We Know" (as the Elfland Ensemble featuring Mary Hopkin)——————————The King of Elfland's Daughter"What's Love" (as part of Sundance)1981———————10—— rowspan="2" "Walk Right In" (as part of Sundance)1982——————————"Hold Me" (as part of Oasis)1984——————————Oasis"I Wonder Why" (as part of Oasis)——————————"Ave Maria"1989——————————Spirit"No More War" (as Freedom Found)1990—————————— rowspan="3" "Snowed Under"2006——————————"Iesu Faban"2014——————————"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Contributions YearTitleArtistContribution1969Where's JackElmer BernsteinLead vocals on "Where's Jack" and "Last Moments"1972KidnappedRoy BuddLead vocals on "For All My Days"Peace Will ComeTom PaxtonBacking vocals on "Peace Will Come", "Out Behind the Gypsy's" and "What a Friend You Are"Not Till TomorrowRalph McTellBacking vocals on "Zimmerman Blues"1973MoonshineBert JanschLead vocals on "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"New Songs for Old FriendsTom PaxtonBacking vocals on "Silent Night" and "When Princes Meet"Worlds Apart TogetherThe Sarstedt BrothersBacking vocals on "Glory, Glory"1975Dancing on a Cold WindCarmenBacking vocals1977LowDavid BowieBacking vocals on "Sound and Vision"The King of Elfland's DaughterBob Johnson and Pete KnightLead vocals on "Lizazel" and "Beyond the Fields We Know"Bad ReputationThin LizzyBacking vocals on "Dear Lord"InventoryTony ViscontiBacking vocals1979GhostownThe RadiatorsBacking vocals on "Walking Home Alone Again"1981Cover PlusHazel O'ConnorAdditional backing vocals1983I paladini – Storia d'armi e d'amoriMartin Cooper and David HughesVocals on "Main Theme"StagesElaine PageBacking vocals on "Running Back for More", "Good Morning Starshine", "What I Did for Love" and "One Night Only"1986ChristmasBacking vocals on 11 songs1987Cosmic Dancer – The Greatest SongsT.Rex/Marc BolanHopkin sang backing vocals on a demo version of "Truck On (Tyke)", which was first released on this Germany-only compilation1988Norwegian WoodR.A.M. PietschLead vocals on "Here, There and Everywhere" and "For No One"The Collector – A Marc Cerrone OpéraCerroneLead vocals on "Evolution" and "The Circle"Under Milk WoodVariousVocals1992Back to BachJulian ColbeckHopkin co-wrote and sang "Old Faces at Heaven's Gate"1994The BridgeDave Cousins and Brian WilloughbyBacking vocals on "Further Down the Road", "Morning Glory", "Cry No More" and "Do You Remember?"Blade RunnerVangelisVocals on "Rachael's Song"1996Dead CitiesThe Future Sound of London"My Kingdom" samples Hopkins' vocals on Rachael's Song"1998Pages of LifeJon and VangelisBacking vocals on "Change We Must" (included on the US and Japan re-release of 1991 album)Wide PrairieLinda McCartneyBacking vocals on "Love's Full Glory" (recorded in 1980)2000The Great Brain RobberyThe CrockettsAdditional vocals on "Chicken vs. Macho"2002Live 2002Robin WilliamsHopkin re-recorded "Those Were the Days" for use in Williams' "The Grim Rapper"2003Blue AngelStrawbsVocals on 7 songs2005Those Were the DaysDolly PartonGuest vocals on "Those Were the Days"2008Crystal Tips and Mighty MiceThe PhotosBacking vocals on "Time of My Life" (album originally withdrawn from release in 1981)2009Blodeugerdd: Song of the Flowers – An Anthology of Welsh Music and SongVariousHopkins contributed an a cappella version of "Aderyn Pur"2010I Am NotJessica Lee MorganCo-wrote and sang on "Here It All Comes Again"2018Re:BootWrote and sang on a reworking of "Here It All Comes Again"2020ForthrightBacking vocals on "Packing Up" and "The Less Said the Better" (and also co-wrote the latter)
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