John McLaughlin discography explained

Studio:18
Compilation:1
Live:8
Option Name:Collaborative albums
Option:4

The following is a John McLaughlin discography, grouped by albums released under his name, the Miles Davis albums which he played on, albums from his group Mahavishnu Orchestra, his group Shakti, and albums where he is a session player on other artists' releases.


Solo albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
US Jazz
US Top
Jazz
AUS[6] GER
[7]
NZL
[8]
SWE
[9]
JPN
[10] [11]
Extrapolation
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Marmalade, Polydor Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
152
Devotion
  • Released: September 1970
  • Label: Douglas Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
My Goal's Beyond
  • Released: June 1971
  • Label: Douglas Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download
194 34 38 48
Electric Guitarist
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, digital download
105 6 73 38 40
Electric Dreams
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
147 14 75 27
Belo Horizonte
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
172 11
Music Spoken Here
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
24
Que Alegria
  • Released: 7 April 1992
  • Label: Verve Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5
  • Released: 9 November 1993
  • Label: Verve Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
After the Rain
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Verve Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
9
The Promise
  • Released: 21 December 1995[12]
  • Label: Verve Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4 92
The Heart of Things
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Verve Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4
Thieves and Poets
  • Released: 14 October 2003[13]
  • Label: Verve Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
20
Industrial Zen
  • Released: 22 May 2006[14]
  • Label: Verve Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
9
Floating Point
  • Released: 20 May 2008[15]
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Formats: CD, digital download
14
To the One
with The 4th Dimension
  • Released: 20 April 2010[16]
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Formats: CD, digital download
27
Now Here This
with The 4th Dimension
  • Released: 16 October 2012[17]
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Formats: CD, digital download
25
Black Light
with The 4th Dimension
  • Released: 18 September 2015[18]
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Formats: CD
14
Liberation Time
  • Released: 16 July 2021
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborative albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertification
US
US Jazz
US Top
Jazz
AUSGER
AUT
[19]
FRA
[20]
NOR
[21]
UK
[22]
Where Fortune Smiles with John Surman,
Dave Holland, Karl Berger, and Stu Martin
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Dawn Records
  • Formats: CD
Love Devotion Surrender
with Carlos Santana
  • Released: 20 July 1973
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download[23]
14 10 26 12 19 7
Passion, Grace and Fire
with Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía
  • Released: 23 March 1983
  • Label: Philips
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download[25]
171 9 23 35
The Guitar Trio
with Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía
  • Released: 15 October 1996[26]
  • Label: Verve Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download[27]
1 55 27 21
Paco and John Live at Montreux 1987
with Paco de Lucía
  • Released: 24 June 2016
  • Label: Verycords
  • Format: LP, CD
Is That So?
with Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain
  • Released: 17 January 2020
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download[28]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
US Jazz
US Top
Jazz
US Cont
Jazz
GER
NLD
[29]
AUT
NZL
FRA
JPN
Friday Night in San Francisco
with Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía
  • Released: 10 August 1981
  • Label: Philips
  • Formats: CD, digital download
97 6 22 66 5 48 154
Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra "The Mediterranean" – Duos for Guitar & Piano
with London Symphony Orchestra and Katia Labeque
  • Released: 1988[30]
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Live at the Royal Festival Hall
  • Released: 27 November 1989[31]
  • Label: JMT Productions
  • Formats: CD, LP
3
Tokyo Live
  • Released: 1993[32]
  • Label: Verve Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11
  • Released: 3 October 2000[33]
  • Label: Universal, Verve Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
25
Montreux Concerts[34]
  • Released: 22 December 2003
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: 17-CD box set
Official Pirate: The Best of the American Tour 2007
with The 4th Dimension
  • Released: 13 September 2007[35]
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Formats: CD-R
Five Peace Band Live
with Chick Corea
  • Released: 28 April 2009[36]
  • Label: Concord Records
  • Formats: 2CD, digital download
4 3 168 118
The Boston Record
with The 4th Dimension
  • Released: 18 March 2014[37]
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Formats: CD, digital download
18
Paco and John Live at Montreux 1987
with Paco de Lucía
  • Released: 24 June 2016
  • Label: Verycords
  • Format: LP, CD
Live at Ronnie Scott's
with The 4th Dimension
  • Released: 15 September 2017[38]
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Formats: CD
Live in San Francisco
with The 4th Dimension
  • Released: 21 September 2018[39]
  • Label: Abstract Logix
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

AlbumYearNotesRef.
Twice as MuchOwn Up1966guitar[40]
Gordon BeckExperiments with Pops1968guitar[41]
Miles Davis – In a Silent Way1969electric guitar[42]
The Tony Williams LifetimeEmergency!guitar[43]
Wayne ShorterSuper Nova"Supernova", "Swee-Pea",
"Water Babies" and "Capricorn"
[44]
Sandy Brown and His Gentleman Friends – Hair at Its Hairiestguitar[45]
Miroslav VitousInfinite Searchguitar[46]
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew1970electric guitar[47]
Jack BruceThings We Likeguitar[48]
The Tony Williams Lifetime – Turn It Overguitar[49]
Miroslav VitousPurpleguitar[50]
Joe FarrellFollow Your Heartguitar[51]
Duffy PowerInnovationsguitar[52]
Graham BondSolid Bondguitar, live with the Graham Bond Quartet, 1963; "Ho Ho Country Kicking Blues", The Grass Is Greener", "Doxy"[53]
Larry CoryellSpacesguitar[54]
Miles Davis – A Tribute to Jack Johnson1971electric guitar[55]
Miles Davis – Live-Evilelectric guitar[56]
Carla Bley and Paul HainesEscalator Over the Hillguitar[57]
James TaylorOne Man Dog1972guitar[58]
Miles Davis – On the Cornerelectric guitar on "On the Corner; New York Girl;
Thinkin' One Thing and Doin' Another; Vote for Miles"
[59]
SantanaWelcome1973guitar on "Flame – Sky"[60]
Wayne ShorterMoto Grosso Feio197412 string guitar[61]
Miles Davis – Big Funguitar on "Great Expectations/Orange Lady", "Recollections",
"Go Ahead John", "The Little Blue Frog" and "Yaphet"
[62]
Miles Davis – Get Up with Itguitar on "Honky Tonk"[63]
Stanley ClarkeJourney to Love1975guitar[64]
Larry Coryell – Planet Endguitar[65]
Stanley ClarkeSchool Days1976acoustic guitar on "Desert Song"[66]
Miles Davis – Circle in the Round1979guitar on "Guinnevere"[67]
Miles Davis – Directions1980guitar[68]
Paco de LucíaCastro Marín1981guitar[69]
Miles Davis – You're Under Arrest1985guitar on "Ms. Morrisine", "Katia Prelude" and "Katia"[70]
Bill EvansThe Alternative Manguitar[71]
Herbie HancockRound Midnight (Soundtrack)1986guitar on "Body and Soul" and "Bérangère's Nightmare"[72]
Dexter GordonThe Other Side of Round Midnightguitar[73]
Katia and Marielle Labeque – Gladragsproducer[74]
Zakir Hussain with Jan Garbarek
and Hariprasad ChaurasiaMaking Music
acoustic guitar[75]
Miles Davis – Aura1989guitar[76]
Katia and Marielle Labeque – Love of Colours1990piano, programming, producer[77]
Carlos Santana and Bill Laswell -
Divine Light: Reconstructions & Mix Translation
2001guitar, piano[78]
Leni SternFinally the Rain Has Come2002guitar[79]
Ithamara KooraxSomedayguitar[80]
Miroslav Vitous – Universal Syncopations2003guitar[81]
Miles Davis – The Cellar Door Sessions2005electric guitar[82]
Santana – Hymns for Peace: Live at Montreux 20042007guitar[83]
Hadrien FeraudHadrian Feraudcomposer[84]
Gary Husband – Dirty & Beautiful (Volume 1)2010guitar on "Dreams in Blue"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John McLaughlin | Awards . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  2. Web site: The Guitar Trio: Paco de Lucia/John McLaughlin/Al Di Meola – Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin | Awards . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Friday Night in San Francisco – Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía | Awards . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Shakti with John McLaughlin – Shakti | Awards . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  5. Web site: A Handful of Beauty – Shakti | Awards . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 186.
  7. Web site: Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Official Charts Company.de. 15 May 2016.
  8. Web site: charts.nz – New Zealand charts portal. Steffen Hung. charts.nz. 15 May 2016.
  9. Web site: swedishcharts.com – Swedish Charts Portal. Steffen Hung. swedishcharts.com. 15 May 2016.
  10. Web site: ジョン・マクラフリンのアルバム売上ランキング – ORICON STYLE. oricon.co.jp. 15 May 2016.
  11. Web site: チック・コリア&ジョン・マクラフリンのアルバム売上ランキング – ORICON STYLE. oricon.co.jp. 15 May 2016.
  12. Web site: The Promise – John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  13. Web site: Thieves and Poets – John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  14. Web site: Industrial Zen – John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  15. Web site: Floating Point – John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  16. Web site: To the One – John McLaughlin, John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  17. Web site: Now Here This. AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  18. Web site: Black Light – John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 3 June 2017.
  19. Web site: Das Österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. Steffen Hung. austriancharts.at. 15 May 2016.
  20. Web site: lescharts.com – Les charts français. Steffen Hung. lescharts.com. 15 May 2016.
  21. Web site: norwegiancharts.com – Norwegian charts portal. Steffen Hung. norwegiancharts.com. 15 May 2016.
  22. Web site: Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. 15 May 2016.
  23. Web site: Love Devotion Surrender (with the Mahavishnu Orchestra) by Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin on iTunes. January 1972 . iTunes Store. 15 May 2016.
  24. Web site: Gold & Platinum. 2020-08-03. Recording Industry Association of America.
  25. Web site: Passion, Grace & Fire by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía on iTunes. January 1983 . iTunes Store. 15 May 2016.
  26. Web site: The Guitar Trio: Paco de Lucia/John McLaughlin/Al Di Meola – Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  27. Web site: Guitar Trio – Paco De Lucía/John McLaughlin/Al Di Meola by Paco De Lucía, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola on iTunes. iTunes Store. 15 May 2016.
  28. Web site: John McLaughlin/Shankar Mahadevan/Zakir Hussain on bandcamp. bandcamp.com. 18 March 2020.
  29. Web site: Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl. Steffen Hung. Dutch Charts. 15 May 2016.
  30. Web site: The Mediterranean – John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  31. Web site: Live at the Royal Festival Hall . AllMusic . 15 May 2016.
  32. Web site: Tokyo Live – John McLaughlin, Free Spirits | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  33. Web site: The Heart of Things: Live in Paris – John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  34. Web site: John McLaughlin – John McLaughlin Montreux Concerts . February 2019 . Discogs . 11 February 2019.
  35. Web site: John McLaughlin / 4th Dimension: Official Pirate: The Best of the American Tour 200 . John Kelman . 4 January 2008 . . 29 December 2020.
  36. Web site: Five Peace Band: Live . AllMusic . 15 May 2016.
  37. Web site: The Boston Record . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  38. Web site: Live at Ronnie Scott's – John McLaughlin | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic. 14 November 2018.
  39. Web site: John McLaughlin and Jimmy Herring: Live in San Francisco . Abstract Logix . 29 January 2019 . 29 June 2018.
  40. Web site: Own Up – Twice as Much | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  41. Web site: Experiments with Pops – Gordon Beck | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  42. Web site: In a Silent Way – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  43. Web site: Emergency! – The Tony Williams Lifetime, Tony Williams | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  44. Web site: Super Nova – Wayne Shorter | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  45. Web site: Sandy Brown And His Gentlemen Friends* – "Hair" – At It's Hairiest (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs. Discogs. 15 May 2016.
  46. Web site: Infinite Search – Miroslav Vitous | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  47. Web site: Bitches Brew – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  48. Web site: Things We Like – Jack Bruce | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  49. Web site: Turn It Over – The Tony Williams Lifetime, Tony Williams | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  50. Web site: Purple – Miroslav Vitous | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  51. Web site: Follow Your Heart – Joe Farrell | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  52. Web site: Innovations – Duffy Power | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  53. Web site: Solid Bond – Graham Bond, Graham Bond Organisation | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  54. Web site: Spaces – Larry Coryell | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  55. Web site: A Tribute to Jack Johnson – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  56. Web site: Live-Evil – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  57. Web site: Escalator Over the Hill – Carla Bley, Paul Haines | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  58. Web site: One Man Dog – James Taylor | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  59. Web site: On the Corner – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  60. Web site: Welcome – Santana | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  61. Web site: Moto Grosso Feio – Wayne Shorter | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  62. Web site: Big Fun – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  63. Web site: Get Up with It – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  64. Web site: Journey to Love – Stanley Clarke | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  65. Web site: Planet End – Larry Coryell | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  66. Web site: School Days – Stanley Clarke | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  67. Web site: Circle in the Round – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  68. Web site: Directions – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  69. Web site: Castro Marin – Paco de Lucía | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  70. Web site: You're Under Arrest – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  71. Web site: The Alternative Man – Bill Evans | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  72. Web site: Round Midnight [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] – Dexter Gordon | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  73. Web site: The Other Side of Round Midnight – Dexter Gordon | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  74. Web site: Gladrags – Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  75. Web site: Making Music – Zakir Hussain | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  76. Web site: Aura – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  77. Web site: Love of Colours – Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  78. Web site: Divine Light: Reconstruction & Mix Translation: Bill Laswell – Carlos Santana | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  79. Web site: Finally the Rain Has Come – Leni Stern | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  80. Web site: Someday – Ithamara Koorax | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  81. Web site: Universal Syncopations – Miroslav Vitous | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  82. Web site: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 – Miles Davis | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  83. Web site: Hymns for Peace: Live at Montreux 2004 – Santana | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.
  84. Web site: Hadrien Feraud – Hadrien Feraud | Credits . AllMusic. 15 May 2016.