Last updated: 15th February, 2007


 

  Solo albums:
  Out of the Night (1983)
  Radio Voices (1985)
 The High Cost of Living (1986)
  Beat of Love (1991)
  Backtrack (1999)
 Won't Lie Down (2001)

Rediscovery (2004)

If You Remember Me (2006)




Other albums featuring Chris Thompson:

(Lead vocals unless otherwise noted)

Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Roaring Silence (1976)
Watch (1978)
Angel Station (1979)
Chance (1980)
Somewhere in Afrika (1983)
Live in Budapest (1984)
Criminal Tango (1986)
Soft Vengeance (1996)
Mann Alive (1998)
Evolution of Manfred Mann (2003)
2006 (2004)
Odds And Sods - Mis-Takes and Out-Takes (2005)

Filthy McNasty
Live - A Week at the Bridge E16 (1978)

Elton John
Album: A Single Man (1978)
Songs: "I Don't Care", "Part-Time Love"
(background vocals)

Jeff Wayne
Album: War of the Worlds (1978)
Song: "Thunder Child"
Album: Spartacus (1992)
(Plays the part of Oenomaus)

Noel McCalla
Album: Night Time Emotions (1979)
(background vocals)

Kevin Lamb
Album: Sailing Down the Years (1978)
(background vocals)

Night
Night (1979)
Long Distance (1980)

Randy Vanwarmer
Album: Warmer (1979)
(background vocals)

Doobie Brothers
Album: One Step Closer (1980)
Song: "No Stopping Us Now"
(background vocals)

Tim Goodman
Album: Footsteps (1980)
(background vocals)

Trevor Rabin
Album: Wolf (1981)
With Noel McCalla and Manfred Mann
(additional vocals)

Patrick Simmons
Arcade (1983)
(lead, background vocals, and writing credits)

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Friends
Album: Arrested - The Music of the Police (1983)
Songs: "De do do do, de do da da da"
"Don't Stand So Close to Me/finale"

Robin George
Album: Dangerous Music (1984)
(background vocals)

Wind in the Willows
Various Artists (1985)
Songs: "The Badger", "Piper at the Gates of Dawn"
(lead vocals, guitars)

Greenpeace - The Album
Various Artists (1985)
Song: "Push & Shove"
(with Hazel O'Connor)

Bonnie Tyler
Album: Free Spirit (1986)
(background vocals)

John Parr
Album: Running the Endless Mile (1986)
Song: "Steal You Away"
(background vocals)

Dave Clark's
Album: Time - The Album (1986)
(additional vocals, one of "The Judges")

Steve Hackett
Album: Feedback (1986)
(lead vocals on 5 songs)

Zeno
Album: Zeno (1986)
(background vocals)

Robbie Nevil
Album: Robbie Nevil (1986)
(background vocals)
Album: A Place Like This (1988)
(background vocals)

Don Airey
Album: K2 Tales of Triumph and Tragedy (1988)
Songs: "Sea of Dreams (part 2)", "Can't Make Up Your Mind",
"Song for Al (reprise)", "Take Me Home" (bonus track)
Writing credits: "Sea of Dreams Part I" (Airey/Thompson), "Can't Make Up Your Mind" (Airey/Thompson),
"Take Me Home" (Thompson/Airey)

Chris Thompson
Album: Tabaluga and the Magic Jadestone (1988)

Robin Trower
Album: Take What You Need (1988)
(background vocals)

Mike Oldfield
Album: Earth Moving (1989)
Songs: "Runaway Son" & "See the Light"

Gary Moore
Album: After the War (1989)
Songs: "After the War", "Led Clones", "Ready for Love"
(background vocals; strings on Led Clones)

The Challenge
The Compilation - Wimbledon '89 (1989)
Song: "The Challenge (Face It)"

The Lenny MacDowell Project
Lost Paradise (1990)
(background vocals)

Artists United For Nature
Album: Earthrise (1992)
Song: "Yes We Can"

Jan Hammer
Album: Beyond the Mind's Eye (1992)
Song: "Seeds of Life"

George Michael
Album: Five Live (1993)
(background vocals)

Brian May
Album: Back to the Light (1993)
Song: "Rollin' Over"
(lead with Brian May)

Alan Parsons
Album: Try Anything Once (1993)
Songs: "Turn it Up","Back Against the Wall"
Album: The Very Best Live (1995)
(US version features Chris on 2 new studio tracks: "When" and "You're the Voice")

Pech
Blinded by the Light (1995)
(CD single)

Eddie Hardin
Album: Wizards Convention 2 (1995)
Song: "As Long As I Still Have You"

Sarah Brightman
Album: Fly (1996)
Songs: "How Can Heaven Love Me" and "You Take My Breath Away"

Ray Charles
Album: Strong Love Affair (1996)
Song: "The Fever"
Credits: "Background vocals,
song written by Chris Thompson, Rupert Black, & Tom Whitlock

KOBRA All Star Band
CD Single: "Children Need Love"

SAS Band
Albums: SAS Band(1997), The Show (2001)

Steelhouse Lane
Albums: Metallic Blue (1998), Slaves Of The New World(1999)
(background vocals)

Toto
Mindfields (1998)
(background vocals)

James Galway
Album: Un-Break My Heart (1999)
Song: "Because You Loved Me"

Another Hair of the Dog - Tribute to Nazareth
Various Artists (2001)
Song: "Ruby Tuesday"

Mads Eriksen
Album: Redhanded (2001)

Slade Remade
Various Artists (2001)
Songs:  "Take Me Bak 'ome" & "Lock Up Your Daughters"

Tribute to Sting & The Police
Album: Every Song You Make, Vol. 1 (2001)
Song: Nothing 'Bout Me

Michael Ernst
Album:  Excalibur
Songs: "Excalibur", "Magic", "Goodbye", "Time To Change"
Credits:  words and lead vocals
Songs:  "On the Run", "Dreams Can Come True / Now Its Up To You",
"People Shall Be Free",  "Part Of Me, Part Of You",
"Every Dream Will Have Its Day"
Credits:  words

Leslie Man Doki
Albums: Soulmates (2002)
Absolutely Live (2003)
Legends of Rock (2004)

Lava
Album: Polarity (2003)
Song: "Black Rain"

Chris Thompson and Mads Eriksen
Album:  Rediscovery (2004)

Siggi Schwarz & The Rock Legends
Album:  Woodstock 2005 (2005)
Songs: "Summertime Blues","With a Little Help From My Friends",
"Freedom - Motherless Child","Black Magic Woman", "Tobacco Road"

I Love Satisfaction - Tribute to the Rolling Stones
Various Artists (2006)
Songs:  "Get Off of My Cloud" & "Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown"



Soundtrack Credits Include:

The Champ (1979)
Song: "If You Remember Me"

Monster Club (1981)
Song: "The Stripper"

All the Right Moves (1983)
Song: "All the Right Moves"
(with Jennifer Warnes)

American Anthem (1986)
Song: "Love and Loneliness"

Playing for Keeps (1986)
Song: "It's Not Over"

Der Joker (1987)
(Tony Carey)
Album: "Bedtime Story"
(background vocals, sung and arranged by CT)

Killing Blue (1988)
Song: "Save Your Love"

Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Song: "Never Turn Away"

Fire Ice and Dynamite (1991)
Songs: "Never Give Up", "Wire It Up"

Florida Lady (1994)
Songs: "Florida Lady", "Blinded By the Light"

Gefangen Im Jemen (1999)
(Tony Carey)
(background vocals)

Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Song: Bodhisattva
(additional vocals)

Zwei Asse & ein Konig (2000)
Songs: "Albatros", "What Are You Waiting For"

Scooby Doo & the Loch Ness Monster (2004)
Song: "Brothers Forever"


Other Credits

Roger Daltrey
Album: Under a Raging Moon (1985)
Song: "Move Better In The Night"
Written by: Chris Thompson, Stevie Lange, Robbie McIntosh and Roger Daltrey

John Farnham
Album: Whispering Jack (1987)
Song: "You're the Voice"
Written by: Chris Thompson, Andy Qunta, Keith Reid and Maggie Ryder
Album: Age of Reason (1988)
Songs: "The Fire" & "Don't Tell Me It Can't Be Done"
Written by: Chris Thompson
Album: Chain Reaction (1990)
Song: "The First Step"
Written by: Chris Thompson, J.Kravetz, Keith Reid
Album: "Then Again..." (1993)
Song: "Rolling Home"
Written by: Chris Thompson & H.Bogdanovs
Album: Full House (1991)
Song: "You're the Voice" (live version)
Written by: Chris Thompson, Andy Qunta, Keith Reid and Maggie Ryder

Starship
Album: Love Among the Cannibals (1989)
Song: "Blaze of Love"
Written by: Chris Thompson

Procol Harum
Album: The Prodigal Stranger (1991)
Song: "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle"
Written by: Chris Thompson and Keith Reid

Hale & Pace & The Stonkers
(U.K. Single) "The Stonk"(1991)
(Background vocals)

Ochsenknecht
Album: "Girls Crossing"(1992)
(Songwriting)

Andy Qunta
 
Album: Legend in a Loungeroom(2004)
Songs: "Take Me Home", "Come Back Baby", "Thing About You",
"Sooner or Later", "Free the Bird", "Take This Heart"
Songs co-written by Chris Thompson

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