This is a discography for American folk singer and songwriter Joan Baez.

Joan Baez discography
Studio albums25
Live albums15
Compilation albums23
Video albums7
EPs4
Singles35
Soundtrack albums4

Studio albums edit

1959 edit

"Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square" 1959 - with Bill Wood and Ted Alevizos

1960s edit

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
CAN
[2]
GER
[3]
NO
[4]
UK
[5]
Joan Baez 20 38 9
Joan Baez, Vol. 2
  • Released: September 1961
  • Label: Vanguard
21
Joan Baez/5
  • Released: October 1964
  • Label: Vanguard
12 3
Farewell, Angelina
  • Released: October 1965
  • Label: Vanguard
10 30 5
Noël
  • Released: October 1966
  • Label: Vanguard
Joan
  • Released: August 1967
  • Label: Vanguard
38 16
Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time
  • Released: June 1968
  • Label: Vanguard
84
Any Day Now
  • Released: December 1968
  • Label: Vanguard
30
David's Album
  • Released: June 1969
  • Label: Vanguard
36 33
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1970s edit

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
AUS
[8]
CAN
[2]
NO
[4]
One Day at a Time
  • March 1970
  • Label: Vanguard
80 - 35
Blessed Are...
  • Released: August 1971
  • Label: Vanguard
11 36 12 26
Come from the Shadows
  • Released: April 1972
  • Label: A&M
48 - 41
Where Are You Now, My Son?
  • Released: March 1973
  • Label: A&M
138
Gracias a la Vida
  • Released: July 1974
  • Label: A&M
Diamonds & Rust
  • Released: April 1975
  • Label: A&M
11 62 28
Gulf Winds
  • Released: November 1976
  • Label: A&M
62 55
Blowin' Away
  • Released: July 1977
  • Label: CBS
54 69
Honest Lullaby
  • Released: April 1979
  • Label: CBS
113
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980–present edit

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
GER
[3]
UK
[5]
Recently
Speaking of Dreams
  • Released: November 1989
  • Label: Gold Castle
Play Me Backwards
  • Released: October 1992
  • Label: Virgin
Gone from Danger
  • Released: September 23, 1997
  • Label: Guardian
Dark Chords on a Big Guitar
  • Released: September 9, 2003
  • Label: Koch
Day After Tomorrow
  • Released: September 9, 2008
  • Label: Proper
128 95 100
Whistle Down the Wind
  • Released: March 2018
  • Label: Proper
88 8 47
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums edit

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
CAN
[2]
GER
[3]
UK
[5]
Joan Baez in Concert
  • October September 1962
  • Label: Vanguard
10
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2
  • Released: November 1963
  • Label: Vanguard
7 25 8
Joan Baez in San Francisco
  • Released: 1964
  • Label: Fantasy
Joan Baez In Italy
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Vanguard
From Every Stage
  • Released: February 1976
  • Label: A&M
34 49
European Tour[10]
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: CBS
Live Europe '83
  • Released: January 1984
  • Label: Gamma
Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring
  • Released: December 1988
  • Label: Gold Castle
Ring Them Bells
  • Released: August 1995
  • Label: Guardian
Live at Newport
  • Released: September 17, 1996
  • Label: Vanguard
Bowery Songs
  • Released: September 2005
  • Label: Proper Records
Ring Them Bells
(double-disc reissue with bonus tracks)
  • Released: February 2007
  • Label: Proper Records
Diamantes[12]
(limited issue for 2014 South American tour)
  • Released: March 9, 2015
  • Label: Proper Records (PRPCD129)
75th Birthday Celebration
(CD and DVD of show at Beacon Theatre)
45
Live At Woodstock
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums edit

  1. Sacco & Vanzetti, RCA Victor (1971)
  2. Carry It On, Vanguard (1971)
  3. Silent Running, Decca (1972)
  4. How Sweet the Sound, Razor & Tie (2009)

Compilations edit

  1. Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square (1959) / Re-Released as The Best of Joan Baez, Squire (1963)#45 POP
  2. Portrait of Joan Baez (1967) (UK Only)
  3. Joan Baez On Vanguard (1969) (UK Only) #15 UK
  4. The First 10 Years, Vanguard (November 1970) #73 POP #41 UK #37 CAN
  5. The Joan Baez Ballad Book, Vanguard (1972) #188 POP
  6. Hits: Greatest and Others, Vanguard (1973) #163 POP, #63 Australia
  7. The Contemporary Ballad Book, Vanguard (1974)
  8. The Joan Baez Lovesong Album, Vanguard (1976) #205 POP
  9. Best of Joan C. Baez, A&M (1977) #121 POP
  10. The Joan Baez Country Music Album (1979)
  11. Very Early Joan, Vanguard (1982)
  12. Joan Baez: Classics, A&M (1986)
  13. Brothers in Arms, Gold Castle (1991)
  14. No Woman No Cry, Laserlight (February 1992)
  15. Rare, Live & Classic (box set), Vanguard (1993)
  16. The Best of Joan Baez, Vanguard (1995)
  17. Greatest Hits, A&M (1996)
  18. Vanguard Sessions: Baez Sings Dylan, Vanguard (1998)
  19. Imagine, Universal 1998
  20. Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection, A&M/Universal (1999)
  21. The Complete A&M Recordings, Universal/A&M (2003)
  22. Vanguard Visionaries: Joan Baez, Vanguard (2007)
  23. The Complete Gold Castle Masters (box set), Razor & Tie (2017)

Singles edit

Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Peak positions Certification Album
US
[13]
US AC
[14]
UK
[5]
1961 "Banks of the Ohio"
b/w "Old Blue"
Joan Baez, Vol. 2
1962 "Lonesome Road"
b/w "Pal of Mine"
1963 "What Have They Done to the Rain"
b/w "Danger Waters"
Joan Baez in Concert
"We Shall Overcome"
b/w "What Have They Done to the Rain" (from Joan Baez in Concert)
90 26 Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2
1965 "There But for Fortune"
b/w "Daddy You Been on My Mind" (from Farewell, Angelina)
50 16 8 5
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
b/w "Daddy You Been on My Mind"
22 Farewell, Angelina
"Farewell, Angelina"
b/w "Queen of Hearts" (from 4 in Stereo)
35
1966 "Pack Up Your Sorrows"
b/w "The Swallow Song"
50 Non-album tracks
"The Little Drummer Boy"
b/w "Cantique De Noel"
Noel
1967 "Be Not Too Hard"
b/w "North"
Joan
1969 "If I Knew"
b/w "Rock Salt and Nails"
David's Album
"Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word"
b/w "Love Minus Zero/No Limit"
86 Any Day Now
1970 "No Expectations"
b/w "One Day at a Time"
One Day at a Time
1971 "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
b/w "When Time Is Stolen"
3 1 6 Blessed Are...
"Here's to You"
b/w "The Ballad of Sacco & Vanzetti - Part 2"
Sacco e Vanzetti
"Let It Be"
b/w "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" (from David's Album)
49 5 Blessed Are...
"Rejoice in the Sun
b/w "Silent Running"
Silent Running Soundtrack
1972 "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
b/w "Precious Lord Take My Hand" / "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"
David's Album
"Song of Bangladesh"
b/w "Prison Trilogy"
Come from the Shadows
"In the Quiet Morning"
b/w "To Bobby"
69 22
"Tumbleweed"
b/w "Love Song to a Stranger"
1973 "Best of Friends"
b/w "Mary Call"
Where Are You Now, My Son?
"Less Than the Song"
b/w "Windrose"
1974 "Forever Young"
b/w "Guantanamera" (from Gracias a La Vida)
13 Non-album track
1975 "Blue Sky"
b/w "Dida" (from Gracias a La Vida)
57 46 Diamonds & Rust
"Diamonds and Rust"
b/w "Winds of the Old Days"
35 5
1976 "Please Come to Boston"
b/w "Love Song to a Stranger" -- Part 2
From Every Stage
"Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer"
b/w "Children and All That Jazz"
Diamonds & Rust
"Caruso"
b/w "Time Is Passing Us By"
Gulf Winds
1977 "I'm Blowin' Away"
b/w "Altar Boy and the Thief"
Blowin' Away
"Time Rag"
b/w "Miracles"
"O Brother!"
b/w "Still Waters at Night"
Gulf Winds
1979 "Light a Light"
b/w "Michael"
Honest Lullaby
1992 "Stones In The Road"
b/w "Play Me Backwards" & "Edge of Glory"
Play Me Backwards
1997 "No Mermaid"
b/w "Diamonds and Rust" (from Ring Them Bells)
Gone from Danger
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs edit

  • Silver Dagger & Other Songs, Fontana (1961) UK
  • With God on Our Side, Fontana (1963) UK
  • Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, Fontana (1963) UK
  • Luv Is the Foundation w/ Rocker-T (2009) US

Video albums edit

  • In Concert, Pioneer (VHS, Laserdisc 1990)
  • Live at Sing Sing, NY 1972 (w/ B.B. King), (DVD 2004)
  • Three Voices: Live in Concert (1988 concert w/ Konstantin Wecker & Mercedes Sosa), (DVD 2004)
  • How Sweet the Sound, American Masters/Razor & Tie (DVD 2009)
  • Golden Hits: Live Collection, Blueline (DVD 2013)
  • Oh Freedom: Live in London, Hudson Street (DVD 2014)
  • 75th Birthday Celebration, Razor & Tie (DVD 2016)

[15]

Contributions edit

[16]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Joan Baez: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Joan Baez". RPM Weekly.
  3. ^ a b c "Suchen Nach 'Joan Baez'" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Search for Joan Baez
  4. ^ a b "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  5. ^ a b c d "UK Charts > Joan Baez". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "American certifications – Joan Baez". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ^ "British certifications – Joan Baez". British Phonographic Industry. Type Joan Baez in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 24. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ "Joan Baez Receives Impala Sales Awards". propermusic.com. August 3, 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  10. ^ "European Tour". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  11. ^ "Joan Baez Receives Impala Sales Awards". propermusic.com. August 3, 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Diamantes". propermusic.com. 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Joan Baez: The Hot 100". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Joan Baez: Adult Contemporary". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Joan Baez". Discogs. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  16. ^ "Joan Baez". iTunes. Retrieved August 18, 2019.

External links edit