George Thorogood and the Destroyers discography
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George Thorogood and The Destroyers have released 15 studio albums, 7 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 30 singles and 8 music videos (1 animated). George Thorogood has released 1 solo album.
| George Thorogood discography | |
|---|---|
 Thorogood performing in the Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, Ontario | |
| Studio albums | 15 |
| Live albums | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Music videos | 8 |
| Singles | 30 |
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Blues | AUS [1][2] |
NZ [3] | ||||
| 1977 | George Thorogood and the Destroyers | — | — | 52 | 14 | ||
| 1978 | Move It On Over
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33 | — | 51 | 10 | ||
| 1979 | Better Than the Rest (Recorded in 1974)
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78 | — | — | 43 | ||
| 1980 | More George Thorogood and the Destroyers
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63 | — | 97 | 36 | ||
| 1982 | Bad to the Bone
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43 | — | 50 | 31 |
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| 1985 | Maverick | 32 | — | 31 | 14 |
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| 1986 | Nadine (CD Rerelease of Better Than the Rest)
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— | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | Born to Be Bad | 32 | — | 21 | 2 |
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| 1991 | Boogie People | 77 | — | 45 | 13 | ||
| 1993 | Haircut | 120 | — | 41 | 37 | ||
| 1997 | Rockin' My Life Away
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— | 5 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | Half a Boy/Half a Man
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— | — | — | — | ||
| 2003 | Ride 'Til I Die
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— | 2 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | The Hard Stuff
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— | 2 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | The Dirty Dozen
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169 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | 2120 South Michigan Ave.
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— | 2 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||
Solo albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Blues | AUS [1][2] |
NZ [3] | ||||
| 2017 | Party of One | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||
Live albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Blues | AUS [2] |
NZ [3] | |||
| 1986 | Live
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33 | — | 21 | 5 | US: Platinum[4] |
| 1995 | Live: Let's Work Together
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| 1999 | Live in '99
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| 2004 | 30th Anniversary Tour: Live
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— | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | Live in Boston 1982
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— | 10 | — | — | |
| 2013 | Live at Montreux 2013
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— | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | Live in Boston 1982: The Complete Concert
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— | 2 | — | — | |
Compilation albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Blues | AUS [1] |
NZ [3] | ||||
| 1989 | The George Thorogood Collection | — | — | 2 | — | AUS: 2× Platinum[1] | |
| 1992 | The Baddest of George Thorogood and the Destroyers
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100 | — | — | — | US: Platinum[4] | |
| 2000 | Anthology | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003 | Who Do You Love?
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— | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock
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55 | 1 | — | 37 | US: Gold[4] | |
| 2006 | The Best of George Thorogood and the Destroyers
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— | 7 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | Taking Care of Business a
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— | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||
- ^a double disc of Ride 'Til I Die (w/ 2 bonus tracks) and 30th Anniversary Tour
Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Main. Rock[6] | US | AUS [7] |
NZ [8] | ||||
| 1977 | "Can't Stop Lovin'" | x | — | — | — | George Thorogood and the Destroyers | |
| 1978 | "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" | x | — | — | — | ||
| "Ride On Josephine" | x | — | — | — | |||
| "Who Do You Love?" | x | — | — | — | Move It On Over | ||
| "Move It On Over" | x | — | — | — | |||
| "Cocaine Blues" | x | — | — | — | |||
| "So Much Trouble" | x | — | — | — | |||
| "It Wasn't Me" | x | — | — | — | |||
| 1979 | "My Way" | x | — | — | — | Better Than the Rest | |
| "In the Night Time" | x | — | — | — | |||
| 1980 | "Bottom of the Sea" | x | — | — | — | More George Thorogood and the Destroyers | |
| "I'm Wanted" | x | — | — | — | |||
| "House of Blue Lights" | x | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | "Nobody But Me" | 32 | –[A] | — | — | Bad to the Bone | |
| "Bad to the Bone" | 27 | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | "Rock 'n' Roll Christmas'" | — | — | — | — | single only release | |
| 1985 | "Gear Jammer" | 26 | — | — | — | Maverick | |
| "I Drink Alone" | 13 | — | — | — | |||
| "Willie and the Hand Jive" | 25 | 63 | — | — | |||
| 1986 | "Reelin' and Rockin'" | 11 | — | — | — | Live | |
| 1988 | "Born to Be Bad" | 3 | — | — | — | Born to Be Bad | |
| "Treat Her Right" | 39 | — | — | — | |||
| "You Talk Too Much" | 4 | — | — | 42 | |||
| 1991 | "Hello Little Girl" | 15 | — | — | — | Boogie People | |
| "If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)" | 5 | — | — | — | |||
| 1992 | "I'm a Steady Rollin' Man" | 18 | — | — | — | The Baddest of George Thorogood and the Destroyers | |
| 1993 | "Get a Haircut" | 2 | –[B] | 28 | 15 | Haircut | |
| "Gone Dead Train" | 24 | — | — | — | |||
| "Howlin' for My Baby" | 12 | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "I Don't Trust Nobody" | 24 | — | — | — | Half a Boy/Half a Man | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. "x" denotes that chart did not exist at the time. | |||||||
Videography
editMusic videos
edit| Year | Title | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Nobody But Me" | Bad to the Bone | The band dances with an increasing group of people in an alley. |
| 1982 | "Bad to the Bone" | Bad to the Bone | Thorogood enters a pool hall and challenges Bo Diddley to a game, which he wins. |
| 1983 | "Rock 'n' Roll Christmas'" | Single only release | The band performs the song on a stage in a Christmas workshop with people dressed as Santa Claus, dancing. |
| 1985 | "I Drink Alone" | Maverick | Thorogood enters an empty bar, drinks and starts playing guitar. The video ends with Thorogood leaving the bar when he notices a woman next to him. |
| 1988 | "Treat Her Right" | Born to Be Bad | The band performs the song in an empty bar while Roy Head watches. During the final chorus, he joins them, and starts dancing. |
| 1988 | "You Talk Too Much" | Born to Be Bad | The video starts with Thorogood watching a TV show, he is interrupted by a phone call, and then the song starts. Thorogood leaves the phone hanging and goes to sing the song with the band. The video ends with Thorogood going back to the phone, and hanging up before going back to watching the television. |
| 1991 | "If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)" | Boogie People | Thorogood comes home at night, puts a six-pack of beer into his fridge and goes to the living room where he sings the song, presumably to his wife. He then goes into a garage and starts playing guitar, where the video fades out. |
| 1993 | "Get a Haircut" (Animated) | Haircut | Animated by David Feiss, the creator of the Cartoon Network animated series Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel. |
Notes
edit- ^ "Nobody but Me" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart.[9]
- ^ "Get a Haircut" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 309. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c d "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "RIAA - GOLD & PLATINUM". RIAA. Retrieved April 3, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "EMI Pact Gives Thorogood "Best Of Both Worlds"" (PDF). Cash Box. June 19, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "George Thorogood & the Destroyers Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ "Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- ^ "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ a b "US Hot 100 Bubbling Under". Retrieved 2021-10-01.
External links
edit- George Thorogood at AllMusic
- George Thorogood and The Destroyers discography at Discogs