Richard Thompson discography

The discography of Richard Thompson, an English singer/songwriter and guitarist, consists of 18 solo studio albums, three live albums and 16 singles, in addition to six studio albums and two live albums credited to Richard and Linda Thompson and five studio albums as a member of Fairport Convention, as well as a number of fan club and boutique label releases, soundtracks and collaborations. He has also appeared as a guest musician on the albums of several other artists.

Solo
† Special vinyl single for Record Store Day, live version of "Haul Me Up" recorded at Celtic Connections with the Richard Thompson Band. B-side a solo version of "Vincent Black Lightning" recorded in Saratoga, CA

Soundtracks
Not listed here are soundtrack albums on which a Richard Thompson recording or composition is merely included, without further involvement from Thompson. Listed here are soundtracks in which Thompson was involved in the actual recording.

In 2009 "Time to Ring Some Changes" from Hard Cash was included in Topic Records' 70-year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten as track 13 on the sixth CD.

With Fairport Convention
Only albums recorded whilst Richard Thompson was a member of Fairport Convention are listed here. After Thompson left the group, he continued to appear sporadically as a guest musician on subsequent albums, which are listed in the session work discography. For more details of Fairport Convention's album releases see Fairport Convention discography

Collaborations
Albums on which Thompson has guested or worked as a session musician are not shown here (see next section). Listed here are albums on which Thompson played a significant creative role in the group or on the recording.

Original recordings for compilations
Original recordings of new or existing compositions on 'various artist' compilations. Only the first release the recording is on is listed.

As a guest or session musician
† Thompson played on an 'album of mostly unreleased 1969 recordings' that were released in 2020 packaged with the group's 1968 self-titled debut. ‡ A compilation of previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1967 and 1974. ⸸ Thompson plays on some radio sessions from 1972. ※ Recorded live in 1991. §" Recorded between 1971 and 1993. Thompson appears on 'Seven Day Woman'.