The Hollies discography

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The Hollies discography
Studio albums21
Compilation albums22
EPs7
Singles94
Tribute albums2

The discography of British rock and pop band the Hollies consists of 21 studio albums, 24 compilation albums, two tribute/covers albums, seven extended plays, and 67 singles.

Since the Hollies released their first single on 17 May 1963,[1] the group has had 30 charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, 21 on RPM magazine's singles chart, 25 on Germany's singles chart, and 11 on the VG-lista singles chart. Many of the Hollies' singles contain three-part vocal harmony, although a few—such as "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"—do not contain any vocal harmonies.

A total of 15 albums by the Hollies have charted on the UK Albums Chart, 13 have charted on the Billboard 200, five have charted on the VG-lista albums chart, four have charted in the Netherlands, and six have charted on RPM magazine's Top Albums chart.

Albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
NZ
[5]
NOR
[6]
US
[7]
Stay with The Hollies 2
In The Hollies Style
  • Released: November 1964
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC 1235)
  • Format: mono LP
Hollies
  • Released: September 1965
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC 1261)
  • Format: mono LP
  • US Release: Hear! Here!
8 145
Would You Believe?
  • Released: June 1966
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7008)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • US Release: Beat Group!
16
Bus Stop
  • Released: October 1966
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Imperial (LP 9330/123300)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
75
For Certain Because
  • Released: 9 December 1966
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7011)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • US/Canadian Release: Stop! Stop! Stop!
23 4 91
Evolution
  • Released: June 1967
  • Origin: UK/US
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7022)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
13 3 43
Butterfly
  • Released: November 1967
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7039)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • US Release: Dear Eloise / King Midas in Reverse
Hollies Sing Dylan
  • Released: May 1969
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7078)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • US/Canadian Release: Words and Music by Bob Dylan
3
Hollies Sing Hollies
  • Released: November 1969
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PCS 7092)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • US/Canadian Release: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
20 38 32
Confessions of the Mind
  • Released: November 1970
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PCS 7116)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • US/Canadian Release: Moving Finger
30 8 183
Distant Light
  • Released: 8 October 1971
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PAS 10005)
  • Format: stereo LP
28 17 28 21
Romany
  • Released: 1 November 1972
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 144)
  • Format: stereo LP
57 29 84
Out on the Road
  • Released: June 1973
  • Origin: Germany
  • Label: Hansa (87119IT)
  • Format: stereo LP
Hollies
  • Released: March 1974
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 262)
  • Format: stereo LP
38 53 15 28
Another Night
  • Released: February 1975
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2442 128)
  • Format: stereo LP
71 21 123
Write On
  • Released: January 1976
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2442 141)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • US Release: Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert & Elliot
63 9
Russian Roulette
  • Released: December 1976
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 421)
  • Format: stereo LP
Hollies Live Hits
  • Released: March 1977
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 428)
  • Format: stereo LP
4
A Crazy Steal
  • Released: 1 March 1978
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2383 474)
  • Format: stereo LP
Five Three One - Double Seven O Four
  • Released: March 1979
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor (2442 160)
  • Format: stereo LP
Buddy Holly
  • Released: October 1980
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: stereo LP
What Goes Around...
  • Released: July 1983
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: WEA (25 0139 1)
  • Format: stereo LP
90
Staying Power
  • Released: 20 February 2006
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (-)
  • Format: stereo CD
Then, Now, Always
  • Released: 4 March 2009
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (50999 9 17502 2 8)
  • Format: stereo CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certification
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
US
[7]
The Hollies' Greatest Hits
  • Released: May 1967
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Imperial (LP 9350/12350)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
11
Hollies' Greatest
  • Released: August 1968
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC/PCS 7057)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
1
Hollies' Greatest/Vol. 2
  • Released: November 1972
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PCS 7148)
  • Format: stereo LP
32
The Hollies' Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 1973
  • Origin: North America
  • Label: Epic (KE 32061)
  • Format: stereo LP
157
The History of The Hollies:
24 Genuine Top Thirty Hits
  • Released: November 1975
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EMSP 650)
  • Format: stereo LP
Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert, Elliott
  • Released: April 1977
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Epic (PE-34714)
  • Format: stereo LP
20 Golden Greats
  • Released: July 1978
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EMTV 11)
  • Format: stereo LP
2
The Best of The Hollies EPs
  • Released: August 1978
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC 7174)
  • Format: mono LP
The Other Side of The Hollies
  • Released: August 1978
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: Parlophone (PMC 7176)
  • Format: mono LP
The Best of The Hollies
  • Released: October 1980
  • Origin: Australia
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: LP
42
Nothing But the Very Best
  • Released: October 1982
  • Origin: Australia
  • Label: Hammard
  • Format: LP
45
Their 40 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1986
  • Origin: NZ
  • Label: EMI (TP9)
  • Format: 2-LP set
The Hollies Collection
  • Released: 1986
  • Origin: NZ
  • Label: EMI (4346462)
  • Format: 2-CD set
All the Hits & More – The Definitive Collection
  • Released: September 1988
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EM 1301)
  • Format: mono LP
51
Rarities
  • Released: November 1988
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EMS 1311)
  • Format: stereo LP
Epic Anthology: From the Original Master Tapes
  • Released: 15 June 1990
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Epic (EGK-46161)
  • Format: CD
The Air That I Breathe – The Very Best of The Hollies
  • Released: 22 March 1993
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (EMTV/CDEMTV 74)
  • Format: stereo LP/CD
15
The Hollies at Abbey Road 1963–1966
  • Released: 13 October 1997
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (CDABBEY 103)
  • Format: CD
The Hollies at Abbey Road 1966–1970
  • Released: February 1998
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (CD 493 4502)
  • Format: CD
The Hollies at Abbey Road 1973–1989
  • Released: August 1998
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (CD 496 4342)
  • Format: CD
Orchestral Heaven
  • Released: June 2000
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (UK 526 0912)
  • Format: CD
Super Hits
  • Released: 17 April 2001
  • Origin: US
  • Label: Sony BMG (85349)
  • Format: CD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 24 March 2003
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (UK 582 0122)
  • Format: CD
21
The Long Road Home
  • Released: 20 October 2003
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (02743 584856)
  • Format: CD box set
Midas Touch: The Very Best of The Hollies
  • Released: 22 February 2010
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (6082272)
  • Format: CD
23
Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies April 1963 – October 1968
  • Released: 9 May 2011
  • Origin: UK
  • Label: EMI (5099909624221)
  • Format: CD box set
The Hollies - Essential
  • Released: 19 March 2012
  • Origin: Germany
  • Label: EMI (5099964402222)
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2][10][11]
AUS
[12][3]
CAN
[13]
GER
[14]
IRE
[15]
NL
[16]
NZ
[17][18][5]
SA
[19]
SWE
[20][21]
US
[22][23]
"(Ain't That) Just Like Me" 1963 25
"Searchin'" 12
"Stay" 8 20
"Just One Look" 1964 2 29 6 4 8 98
"Here I Go Again" 4 24 5 17 107
"Lucille" [A] 67
"We're Through" 7 88
"Yes I Will" 1965 9 11
"I'm Alive" 1 16 11 16 1 10 3 3 4 103
"Look Through Any Window" 4 14 3 3 15 3 32
"If I Needed Someone" 20
"I Can't Let Go" 1966 2 63 44 30 3 20 9 14 10 42
"Very Last Day" [B] 3
"Bus Stop" 5 2 1 9 4 4 3 11 1 5
"After the Fox" (with Peter Sellers)
"Stop Stop Stop" 2 11 1 4 5 5 1 4 7
"What's Wrong with the Way I Live" [C] 14
"On a Carousel" 1967 4 10 7 8 5 16 3 12 2 11
"Pay You Back with Interest" [D] 18 18 28
"Carrie Anne" 3 7 9 8 4 4 3 2 2 9
"Peculiar Situation" [E]
"Kill Me Quick" [F]
"That's My Desire" [G] 1
"King Midas in Reverse" 18 15 31 31 16 14 17 51
"Just One Look" (re-release) [H] 30 44
"Dear Eloise" [I] 35 36 8 6 4 7 50
"Jennifer Eccles" 1968 7 18 19 8 7 17 8 7 6 40
"Step Inside" [J]
"Do the Best You Can" [K] 51 93
"Listen to Me" 11 33 13 5 5 7 11 129
"Sorry Suzanne" 1969 3 8 41 7 4 4 4 1 15 56
"Blowin' in the Wind" [L] 8
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" [M]
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" 3 8 11 9 3 15 7 1 7
"Goodbye Tomorrow" [N] 1970
"Why Didn't You Believe?" [O]
"I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top" 7 48 25 8 9 12 11 82
"Gasoline Alley Bred" 14 17 12
"Frightened Lady" [P] 1971
"Survival of the Fittest" [Q]
"Too Young to Be Married" [R] 1 1
  • NZ: Gold
"Hey Willy" 22 19 16 16 16 110
"The Baby" 1972 26 73 23 8
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" 32 2 1 15 21 2 1 2
"Man Without a Heart" [S] 32 29
"Long Dark Road" [T] 24 26
"Magic Woman Touch" 33 55 9 5 60
  • NZ: Silver
"Don't Leave the Child Alone" [U] 1973
"Jesus Was a Crossmaker"
"Slow Down Go Down" [V] 73
"Slow Down" [W]
"The Day that Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee" 24 40 45 2
"The Air That I Breathe" 1974 2 2 5 4 6 1 1 1 6
"Son of a Rotten Gambler" 69 30 16 10
"Don't Let Me Down" [X]
"I'm Down" 26 23 18 26 104
"Out on the Road" [Y]
"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" 1975 93 22 9 12 85
"Falling Calling" [Z]
"Lonely Hobo Lullaby" [AA] 22
"Another Night" [AB] 71
"Write On" [AC] 31 20
"Boulder to Birmingham" 1976 10
"Star" 90 7
"Daddy Don't Mind" 17
"Wiggle That Wotsit" 20 11 19
"Russian Roulette" [AD] 1977
"Hello to Romance"
"Draggin' My Heels" [AE]
"Amnesty"
"Burn Out" [AF]
"Writing on the Wall" [AG] 1978
"Something to Live For" 1979
"Harlequin" [AH]
"Soldier's Song" 1980 58
"Heartbeat" 82
"Holliedaze" 1981 28 37
"Take My Love and Run"
"Stop in the Name of Love" 1983 110 78 31 61 29
"If the Lights Go Out" [AI]
"I Got What I Want" [AJ] 1984
"Too Many Hearts Get Broken" 1985 140
"This Is It" 1987 118[25]
"Reunion of the Heart" 124[26]
"Stand by Me" [AK] 1988 58
"Shine Silently" [AL]
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (re-release) 1 2
"The Air That I Breathe" (re-release) 60 30
"Find Me a Family" 1989 79
"Baby Come Back" [AM]
"Purple Rain" [AN] 1990
"The Woman I Love" 1993 42
"Hope" 2005
"So Damn Beautiful" 2006
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs[edit]

Title Album details UK
[27]
The Hollies
  • Released: June 1964
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8909)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
8
Just One Look
  • Released: July 1964
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8911)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
8
Here I Go Again
  • Released: October 1964
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8915)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
We're Through
  • Released: December 1964
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8927)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
In The Hollies Style
  • Released: April 1965
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8934)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
I'm Alive
  • Released: September 1965
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8942)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
5
I Can't Let Go
  • Released: June 1966
  • Label: Parlophone (GEP 8951)
  • Format: mono 7" 45 RPM
9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Lucille" was only released as a single in Australia and South Africa.
  2. ^ "Very Last Day" was only released as a single in Continental Europe and Scandinavia.
  3. ^ "What's Wrong with the Way I Live" was only released as a single in Scandinavia and Germany.
  4. ^ "Pay You Back with Interest" was only released as a single in North America and New Zealand.
  5. ^ "Peculiar Situation" was only released as a single in Germany.
  6. ^ "Kill Me Quick" was only released as a single in Italy.
  7. ^ "That's My Desire" was only released as a single in South Africa.
  8. ^ "Just One Look" was only re-released in North America.
  9. ^ "Dear Eloise" was only released as a single in North America, Australasia, Continental Europe, Scandinavia, Japan and South Africa.
  10. ^ "Step Inside" was only released as a single in New Zealand.
  11. ^ "Do the Best You Can" was only released as a single in North America, Australasia, Germany and Sweden.
  12. ^ "Blowin' in the Wind" was only released as a single in the Netherlands and New Zealand.
  13. ^ "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" was only released as a single in Germany.
  14. ^ "Goodbye Tomorrow" was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
  15. ^ "Why Didn't You Believe?" was only released as a single in New Zealand.
  16. ^ "Frightened Lady" was only released as a single in Germany.
  17. ^ "Survival of the Fittest" was only released as a single in North America.
  18. ^ "Too Young to Be Married" was only released as a single in Australasia and the Netherlands.
  19. ^ "Man Without a Heart" was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
  20. ^ "Long Dark Road" was only released as a single in North America, Continental Europe and South Africa.
  21. ^ "Don't Leave the Child Alone" was only released as a single in Germany and Spain.
  22. ^ "Slow Down Go Down" was only released as a single in Australasia.
  23. ^ "Slow Down" was only released as a single in North America. It is a different song to "Slow Down Go Down".
  24. ^ "Don't Let Me Down" was only released as a single in North America.
  25. ^ "Out on the Road" was only released as a single in Germany.
  26. ^ "Falling Calling" was only released as a single in the Netherlands and Belgium.
  27. ^ "Lonely Hobo Lullaby" was only released as a single in New Zealand.
  28. ^ "Another Night" was only released as a single in North America and South America.
  29. ^ "Write On" was only released as a single in North America, Continental Europe and South Africa.
  30. ^ "Russian Roulette" was only released as a single in New Zealand.
  31. ^ "Draggin' My Heels" was only released as a single in North America.
  32. ^ "Burn Out" was only released as a single in Germany.
  33. ^ "Writing on the Wall" was only released as a single in North America and New Zealand.
  34. ^ "Harlequin" was only released as a single in Germany.
  35. ^ "If the Lights Go Out" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
  36. ^ "I Got What I Want" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
  37. ^ "Stand by Me" was only released as a single in Germany.
  38. ^ "Shine Silently" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
  39. ^ "Baby Come Back" was only released as a single in Germany.
  40. ^ Only several hundred copies of "Purple Rain" were pressed and were only sold at concerts.
A.^ Originally peaked at no.3 on first release in 1969 but subsequently reached no.1 when reissued in 1988.

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