Vangelis discography

Vangelis (born March 29, 1943) is a Greek composer and performer. He gained wide popularity after composing soundtracks to Chariots of Fire (1981) and Blade Runner (1982).[1]

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
AUT
FRA
GER
ITA
NLD
[2]
SWE
SWI
[3]
UK
[4]
US
1972 Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit (lit. "Make Your Dream Last Longer Than the Night")
1973 Earth
  • Released: October 1973
  • Label: Vertigo, # 6499 693 (LP)
  • Format: CD in 1996
1975 Heaven and Hell 31 204
1976 Albedo 0.39 18
1977 Spiral
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: RCA #3022 (LP)
  • Format: CD, LP album
38
1978 Beaubourg
1979 China
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Polydor (LP) POLD 5018(CS) 813653-4
  • Format: CD, LP album
31
1980 See You Later
1984 Soil Festivities 45 55
1985 Mask 69
1985 Invisible Connections
1988 Direct 33
1990 The City 82
1995 Voices 6 24 36 50 31 58
1996 Oceanic 22 29 87 98 60 37
1998 El Greco 66 74 159
2001 Mythodea: Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey 46 39 75
2016 Rosetta
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Decca
  • Format: CD, LP
58
[5]
31
[6]
55 30
[7]
33 29 40
2019 Nocturne: The Piano Album
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Decca
  • Format: CD, LP
141 116 33
2021 Juno to Jupiter
  • Released: 2021
  • Label: Decca
  • Format: CD, LP
31 21
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

Unofficial albums

Strictly not bootleg recordings as they appeared on a label, but they were released without Vangelis' permission and were later withdrawn from the market.

Soundtracks

Limited release albums

  • (1984) Silent Portraits - LP album in a book of portraits - print run: 600
  • (1995) Foros Timis Ston Greco - CD album included in a book about Greek painter El Greco - print run: 3,000; later expanded and put in general release as El Greco (1998)
  • (1998) Microneurosurgery with video tapes - 3 VHS included in a book of Microneurosurgery] by Doctor Stergios Tegos

Collaboration albums

Compilation albums

  • (1978) The Best of Vangelis
  • (1981) Greatest Hits
  • (1982) To the Unknown Man Vol. 1
  • (1982) To the Unknown Man Vol. 2
  • (1984) The Best of Jon & Vangelis - Jon & Vangelis
  • (1989) Themes
  • (1991) Greatest Hits (Europe 2xCD, Dutch 1xCD)
  • (1992) Best of Vangelis (Spain)
  • (1994) Chronicles - Jon and Vangelis
  • (1994) Best Selection (Japan)
  • (1994) The Collection
  • (1995) Themes II (France)
  • (1995) Space Themes (Italy)
  • (1995) Best in Space (UK, Germany)
  • (1995) Mundo Magico de Vangelis
  • (1996) Gift... (UK)
  • (1996) Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear)
  • (1997) The Best of Vangelis
  • (1999) Reprise 1990-1999
  • (2002) Cosmos (Belgium)
  • (2002) The Best of Vangelis
  • (2003) The Best of Vangelis (Belgium)
  • (2003) Odyssey: The Definitive Collection
  • (2012) The Collection
  • (2013) Light & Shadow
  • (2016) Delectus

Singles and EPs

Year Title Peak chart positions[8] Album
UK
[4]
NLD
[9]
JPN
[10]
1970 "Djemilla" [upper-alpha 2] Sex Power - soundtrack
1973 "Come On" [upper-alpha 3] Earth
1976 "Pulstar" Albedo 0.39
"Thème D'Amour" [upper-alpha 4] La Fête sauvage
1977 "Ignacio - Part I" [upper-alpha 5] Ignacio
"To the Unknown Man" 38 Spiral
"Dervish D" [upper-alpha 6]
1979 "The Long March" China
"The Tao of Love" [upper-alpha 7]
"Hymne" [upper-alpha 8] Opéra sauvage
"L'Enfant" [upper-alpha 9]
1980 "Don't Be Foolish" See You Later
"My Love"
1981 "Not a Bit - All of It" [upper-alpha 10]
"Chariots of Fire - Titles" [upper-alpha 11] 12 17 55 Chariots of Fire
"Heaven and Hell: 3rd Movement"[upper-alpha 12] 48 Heaven And Hell
1982 "Blade Runner - End Title" Blade Runner
1983 "Theme from Antarctica" [upper-alpha 13] 66 Antarctica
1988 "The Will of the Wind" Direct
1989 "Missing" [upper-alpha 14] Themes
1992 "Conquest of Paradise" [upper-alpha 15] 60 1 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1993 "Twenty Eighth Parallel" [upper-alpha 16]
1995 "Voices" Voices
1996 "Ask the Mountains" 77
"Sauvage et Beau" Portraits
"Song of the Seas" Oceanic
1997 "March with Me" [upper-alpha 17]
2001 "Mythodea"
2002 "Anthem - 2002 FIFA World Cup Official Anthem" 98 5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles released under pseudonyms

  • (1971) Astral Abuse/Who Killed, as Alpha Beta.
  • (1974) Who/Sad Face, as Odyssey.
  • (1975) "Bird of Love"/"The Pawn", as band Humanity (including Silver Koulouris, Michael Haubrich, F.R. David)
  • (1978) Red Square, as Richard Broadbaker - Mama O'.

Notes

  1. Vangelis' brother, Niko Papathanassiou, performs on these albums
  2. released in France
  3. released in France
  4. released in France
  5. released in France
  6. released in France
  7. released in Australia
  8. released in Netherlands
  9. released in France
  10. released in Spain
  11. Hit # 1 US Billboard charts
  12. "Theme from the TV series Cosmos"
  13. released in Japan
  14. released in Germany and Netherlands
  15. Dutch chart entry in March 1995
  16. released in France and Germany
  17. with Montserrat Caballe

References

  1. "Vangelis". IMDb.com. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. "Discogafie Vangelis". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. "Vangelis – Juno to Jupiter". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. "UK charts". OfficialCharts.com.
  5. "Ö3 Austria Top40: Longplay-Charts - Ö3Charts". Oe3.orf.at.
  6. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 39, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 39 (dal 2016-09-23 al 2016-09-29)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  8. "Vangelis Songs • Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Msicvf.com. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  9. "Dutch Top 100". Dutchcharts.nl.
  10. "Japanese Oricon charts archives". Ukmix.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  11. "Vangelis – The Tegos Tapes". Synthtopia. December 2, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
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