Tom Russell discography |
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Tom Russell August 22, 2008 at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Studio albums |
27 |
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Live albums |
1 |
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Compilation albums |
10 |
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Video albums |
3 |
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EPs |
3 |
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Singles |
9 |
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Tribute albums |
1 |
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Tom Russell is an American singer-songwriter. His discography consists of 27 studio albums, 1 live album, 10 compilations, 3 videos, 3 EPs, 9 singles and 1 tribute album. In addition, his compositions have been featured on a number of albums by other artists.
Studio recordings
Year |
Album |
Label |
Notes |
1976 |
Ring of Bone |
Demo / End Of The Trail |
with Patricia Hardin |
1978 |
Wax Museum |
with Patricia Hardin |
1984 |
Heart on a Sleeve |
Edsel |
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1987 |
Road to Bayamon |
Philo |
Tom Russell Band |
1989 |
Poor Man's Dream |
1991 |
Hurricane Season |
Cowboy Real |
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1993 |
Box of Visions |
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Hillbilly Voodoo |
Stony Plain |
with Barrence Whitfield |
1994 |
Cowboy Mambo |
ESD |
1995 |
The Rose of the San Joaquin |
HighTone / Shout! |
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1997 |
The Long Way Around |
HighTone |
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Song of the West |
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1999 |
The Man from God Knows Where |
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2000 |
All Around These Northern Towns |
Norske Gram |
Tom Russell Band - released in Norway |
2001 |
Borderland |
HighTone / Shout! |
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2003 |
Modern Art |
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2004 |
Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs |
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2005 |
Hotwalker |
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2006 |
Love and Fear |
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2009 |
One to the Heart, One to the Head |
Scarlet Letter / Scarlet Letter Records |
with Gretchen Peters |
Blood and Candle Smoke |
Shout! |
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2011 |
Mesabi |
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2013 |
Aztec Jazz |
Frontera |
with The Norwegian Wind Ensemble |
2014 |
Midway To Bayamon |
lost tapes 1985-87 plus a 1992 live track |
2015 |
The Rose of Roscrae |
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2017 |
Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia |
True North |
With two bonus tracks performed by Ian & Sylvia |
2017 |
Folk Hotel |
Frontera |
Also a book with lyrics, art, and short stories. |
Live albums
Year |
Album |
Label |
Notes |
2007 |
Lost Angels Of Lyon |
Frontera |
Tom Russell band recorded May 18th, 1987 in Lyon France |
Compilation albums
Year |
Album |
Label |
Notes |
1993 |
Beyond St. Olav's Gate 1979 - 1992 |
Round Tower |
culled from albums released between 1979 and 1992 |
1996 |
Tom Russell & Patricia Hardin: The Early Years |
Edsel |
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2002 |
Museum of Memories 1972–2002 |
Dark Angel / Village |
Previously unreleased rarities |
2005 |
Raw Vision: The Tom Russell Band 1984-1994 |
Philo |
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2008 |
Veterans Day: The Tom Russell Anthology |
HighTone / Shout! |
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2010 |
Cowboy'd All To Hell[1] |
Frontera |
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2013 |
Museum of Memories Vol. 2 (1973–2013)[2] |
Frontera |
Previously unreleased rarities |
2014 |
Tonight We Ride |
Frontera |
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2014 |
The Western Years |
Rockbeat |
culled from albums released between 1999 and 2006 |
2015 |
Hilly Voodoo & Cowboy Mambo |
Rockbeat |
with Barrence Whitfield - compilation of two albums plus bonus tracks |
2016 |
Gunpowder Sunsets: The Tom Russell Anthology 2 |
Frontera |
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Videos
Year |
Title |
Label |
Notes |
2005 |
Hearts on the Line |
Hightone |
documents 2004 cross-Canada train trip and performances |
2008 |
Mano a Mano |
Canyon Productions |
documents songwriting workshop with Ian Tyson at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada |
2011 |
Don't Look Down |
Frontera |
documentary by Tom and Nadine Russell and Eric Temple |
EPs
Year |
Album |
Label |
Tracks |
2004 |
Tonight We Ride |
HighTone |
"Tonight We Ride" / "Old Cheyenne" / "John Wesley Harding" / "Osceola's Last Words" / "Crucifix In A Death Hand / Carmelita" |
2006 |
The Pugilist At 59 |
"The Pugilist At 59" / "Stealing Electricity" / "Ash Wednesday" / "Red Dirt Girl" / "Tower Of Song" |
2006 |
Who's Gonna Build Your Wall? |
"Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?" / "California Snow" / "Across The Borderline" / "What We Talk About, When We Talk ABout Love" / "The Other Side Of Crazy" |
Singles
Year |
Single |
CAN Country |
Album |
Label |
1982 |
"Gallo De Cielo" / "Wise Blood" |
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N/A |
End Of The Trail |
1986 |
"Road to Bayamon" / "Shut Out The Light" |
— |
N/A |
1988 |
"Home Before Dark" / "I'm On Fire" |
83 |
Road to Bayamon |
Philo |
1989 |
"Walkin' on the Moon" |
62 |
Poor Man's Dream |
1990 |
"Blue Wing" |
36 |
"Heart of a Working Man" |
48 |
1991 |
"Spanish Burgundy" |
48 |
"Claude Dallas" / "St. Olav's Gate" |
48 |
Cowboy Real |
Sonet |
1992 |
"Black Pearl" |
35 |
Hurricane Season |
Philo |
Guest singles
Year |
Single |
Artist |
CAN Country |
Album |
1990 |
"Thrown to the Wolves" |
Sylvia Tyson |
43 |
You Were on My Mind |
Tribute albums
Year |
Album |
Label |
Notes |
2007 |
The Wounded Heart of America[3] |
HighTone / Shout! |
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As primary artist/contributor
- 1994: various artists- Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard (HighTone) - track 1, "Tulare Dust / They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down" (reissued in 2014 with bonus concert disc)
- 2000: various artists - Seka ["Sister"] Vol. 2 (Twah!) - track 10, "Veteran's Day"
- 2003: various artists - Kerrville Folk Festival: Early Years 1972-1981 (Silverwolf) track 5-13, "Second Time Around" and track 6-07, "Joshua Tree" (both with Patricia Hardin)
- 2003: various artists- Kerrville Folk Festival Highlights (Silverwolf) - track 2, "Mineral Wells"
- 2005: various artists - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 13 (KGSR) - track 1-04, "Tonight We Ride"
- 2006: various artists - A Case for Case: A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case (Hungry For Music) - track 1-04, "A Little Wind (Could Blow Me Away)"[4]
- 2007: various artists - The Gift: A Tribute To Ian Tyson (Stony Plain) - track 10, "Old Cheyenne"
- 2009: various artists - Man of Somebody's Dreams, A Tribute to Chris Gaffney (Yep Roc) - track 6, "If Daddy Don't Sing Danny Boy"
- 2010: various artists - KPIG Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (Quilted Fish) - track 2, "Blue Wing" (with Dave Alvin)
As composer
1979 - 1995
- 1979: A Grain Of Salt - High Energy Grass (Hi Spot) - track 3, "Leprechaun Reel" (co-written with Gary Smith)
- 1986: Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers (Philo) - track 3, "St. Olav's Gate"
- 1987: Ian Tyson - Cowboyography (Sugar Hill) - track 1, "Navajo Rug"; track 6, "Claude Dallas"
- 1988: Nanci Griffith - Little Love Affairs (MCA) - track 9, "Outbound Plane"
- 1989: Sylvia Tyson - You Were On My Mind (Stony Plain) - track 4, "Walking On The Moon" (co-written with Katy Moffatt) and trasck 5, "Thrown To The Wolves" (co-written with Sylvia Tyson)
- 1990: Desert Rose Band - Pages of Life (MCA) - track 3, "Missing You" (co-written with Chris Hillman and Richard Sellars)
- 1990: Suzanne Klee - California Blue (Baur Music) - track 3, "Walkin' On The Moon" (co-written with Katy Moffat)
- 1995: Peter Case - Torn Again (Vanguard) - track 7, "A Little Wind (Could Blow Me Away)" (co-written with Peter Case)
- 1995: Any Old Time - Crossing (Dara) - track 13, "Saint Olav's Gate"
- 1995: The Hitchin' Post - Roadmap (Glitterhouse) - track 11, "One And One"
- 1995: Quartette - Work Of The Heart (Denon) - track 10, "Street Of The Mariachi" (co-written with Sylvia Tyson)
1996 - present
- 1996: Bob Neuwirth - Look Up (Watermelon) - track 5, "Beyond The Blues" (co-written with Peter Case and Bob Neuwirth)
- 1996: Katy Moffatt and Kate Brislin - Sleepless Nights (Rounder) - track 11, "I'll Take The Blame" (co-written with Katy Moffatt)
- 1998: Dave Alvin - Blackjack David (HighTone) - track 4, "California Snow" (co-written with Dave Alvin)
- 1999: Ramblin' Jack Elliott - The Long Ride (HighTone) - track 8, "The Sky Above And The Mud Below"
- 2001: Suzy Bogguss - Live At Caffe Milano (Loyal Dutchess) - track 12, "Outbound Plane" (co-written with Nanci Griffith)
- 2002: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men - Out in California (HighTone) - track 1, "Out In California" and track 2, "Haley's Comet" (both songs co-written with Dave Alvin)
- 2004: Dave Alvin - Ashgrove (Yep Roc) - track 2, "Rio Grande" (co-written with Dave Alvin)
- 2005: Chris Hillman - The Other Side (Sovereign Artists) - track 11, "Missing You" (co-written with Chris Hillman and Richard Sellers)
- 2005: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men - The Great American Music Galaxy (Yep Roc) - track 12, "Out In California" (co-written with Dave Alvin)
- 2006: Dave Alvin - West of the West (Yep Roc) - track 9, "Between The Cracks" (co-written with Dave Alvin)
- 2011: Dead Rock West - Bright Morning Stars (Red River) - track 4, "Beyond the Blues" (co-written with Bob Neuwirth and Peter Case)
- 2012: Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World (Proper / Scarlet Letter) - track 2, "Saint Francis" (co-written with Gretchen Peters)
- 2012: Marley's Ghost - Jubilee (Sage Arts) - track 9, "Hank and Audrey" (co-written with Katy Moffatt)
- 2015: Ian Tyson - Carnero Vaquero (Stony Plain) - track 9, "Wolves No Longer Sing" (co-written with Ian Tyson)