Other Lists
Studio albums
Hitchcock has released so many records and CDs that getting an overview of his work is difficult. The list below contains just the standard studio albums...
Live recordings The following releases contain live recordings made on stage and for radio etc...
The flexi-discs
* Issued by Bucketfull of Brains / the BOB magazine. They also issued "Love Poisoning" (1982) and "Foxy Lady" (by Nigel & the Crosses) (1989) on vinyl, plus a four-artist flexi with Hitchcock performing "A Day In The Life" (1991). |
Soft Boys remakes
Soft Boys songs which turn up in the non-Soft Boys discography...
* Cover version, not written by Hitchcock. ** The Soft Boys' version is later than Hitchcock's solo version. *** Although apparently recorded in the 1970s, the Soft Boys did not release their version. Cassette releases Hitchcock albums which were marketed on the cassette format, somewhere or other...
Robyn on film Commercially released videotapes and DVDs containing Robyn's music...
* Not featured on this site, as it is not a UK release, and contains no new material. It compiles some of Hitchcock's song promo videos. ** Audio CD with embedded video. |
Cover versions
This list only includes officially released tracks (and those released on official company promos). It does not include cover versions released outside of Hitchcock’s core discography (eg “Sam’s Gone Away”, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, “Dark Globe”, and so on), which are songs usually selected for special various-artist projects. It includes all the live material from the Hitchcock-Grant Lee Phillips live video, other than Phillips' own songs. Songwriter credits are taken from the record/CD packaging and are not necessarily correct.
Out of interest, the following songwriters feature as follows:
Out of interest, the following songwriters feature as follows:
- Bob Dylan: 21 times
- Syd Barrett: 4 times
- Lou Reed: 3 times
- Bryan Ferry: 3 times (one a co-write)
- John Lennon: 2 times (one a co-write)
- All I Have To Do Is Dream (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)
- All Shook Up (Presley / Blakewell)
- Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix)
- Arnold Layne (Syd Barrett)
- Astronomy Domine (Syd Barrett)
- Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Bob Dylan)
- Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob Dylan)
- Banana Boat Song (traditional)
- Bells Of Rhymney (Pete Seeger / Idris Davies)
- Book Of Love (Davis / Malone / Patrick)
- Born In Time (Bob Dylan)
- Caroline Says (Lou Reed)
- Chimes of Freedom (Bob Dylan)
- Cold Turkey (John Lennon)
- Crystal Ship (The Doors / Jim Morrison)
- Day In The Life (Lennon / McCartney)
- Deck of Cards (Tyler)
- Desolation Row (Bob Dylan)
- Dignity (Bob Dylan)
- Don't Look Down (Grant Lee Phillips)
- Eight Miles High (Gene Clark / Roger McGuinn / David Crosby)
- Fair Play (Van Morrison)
- Ferries (Ann Lise Frokedal / Frode Stromstad)
- Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
- Fourth Time Around (Bob Dylan)
- Funkytown (Steven Greenberg)
- Ghost in You (the Psychedelic Furs)
- Gigolo Aunt (Syd Barrett)
- Heartbreak Hotel (Moe Axton / Tommy Durden / Elvis Presley)
- Horns Large Horns (traditional)
- I Don't Believe You (Bob Dylan)
- I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) (Yacich)
- I Love The Nightlife (Alicia Bridges)
- I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass (Nick Lowe)
- In The Mood (Garland / Razaf)
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Bob Dylan)
- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan)
- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob Dylan)
- Kung Fu Fighting (Carl Douglas)
- Leave Me Alone (Lou Reed)
- Leopard-skin Pill-box Hat (Bob Dylan)
- Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)
- Linden Arden Stole the Highlights (Van Morrison)
- More Than This (Brian Ferry)
- Motion Pictures (Neil Young)
- My Evaline (traditional)
- Mystery Train (Parker / Philips)
- Not Dark Yet (Bob Dylan)
- One Too Many Mornings (Bob Dylan)
- Open The Door, Homer (Bob Dylan)
- Outlaw Blues (Bob Dylan)
- Over You (Bryan Ferry and Phil Manzanera)
- Polly on the Shore (traditional)
- Ring Of Fire (Carter / Kilgore)
- River Man (Nick Drake)
- Rock Your Baby (George McCrae)
- Sound & Vision (David Bowie)
- Tangled Up In Blue (Bob Dylan)
- Tell Me Mama (Bob Dylan)
- That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (Fisher / Hill / Raskin)
- To Turn You On (Bryan Ferry)
- Tower Song, The (Townes Van Zandt)
- Train 'Round the Bend (Lou Reed)
- Tryin’ To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door (Bob Dylan)
- Vegetable Man (Syd Barrett)
- Visions Of Johanna (Bob Dylan)
- When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman (Dr Hook)
- White Shoes Blues (R M Johnson)
- Wild Mountain Thyme (traditional)
- Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix)
- Wish I Had My Baby (J Brown)
- Withered and Died (Richard Thompson)
- Zip Zip (James A Smith)
Label listings
Robyn has recorded for a good number of labels. Here are some lists of his most notable UK labels' output. As ever, the list is non-exhaustive. We just list albums, and ignore re-issues.
Two Crabs (1979)
Armageddon (1980-81)
Midnight Music (1983-85)
Glass Fish (1986-90)
A&M (1987-96)
Warner (1996-99)
Editions PAF! (2000-03)
Yep Roc (2004-present)
Sartorial (2008-10)
Two Crabs (1979)
- A Can of Bees (1979)
Armageddon (1980-81)
- Underwater Moonlight (1980)
- Two Halves for the Price of One (1981)
- Black Snake Diamond Role (1981)
Midnight Music (1983-85)
- Invisible Hits (1983)
- Live at the Portland Arms (1983)
- Groovy Decoy (1984)
- I Often Dream of Trains (1984)
- Fegmania (1985)
- Gotta Let This Hen Out (1985)
Glass Fish (1986-90)
- Invisible Hitchcock (1986)
- Element of Light (1986)
- Eye (1990)
A&M (1987-96)
- Globe of Frogs (1987)
- Queen Elvis (1989)
- Perspex Island (1991)
- Respect (1993)
- Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Greatest Hits (1996)
Warner (1996-99)
- Moss Elixir (1996)
- Mossy Liquor (1996)
- Storefront Hitchcock (1998)
- Jewels For Sophia (1999)
Editions PAF! (2000-03)
- A Star For Bram (2000)
- Robyn Sings (2002)
- Side Three (2002)
- Luxor (2003)
Yep Roc (2004-present)
- Spooked (2004)
- Ole Tarantula (2006)
- While Thatcher Mauled Britain (2007)
- Bad Case of History (2008)
- I Often Dream of Trains... In New York (2009)
- Goodnight Oslo (2009)
- Love From London (2013)
- The Man Upstairs (2014)
- Robyn Hitchcock (2017)
Sartorial (2008-10)
- Shadow Cat (2008)
- Propellor Time (2010)