The Guess Who discography

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The Guess Who was a Canadian rock band, originating as The Guess Who? in 1966, and adopting the name The Guess Who in 1968. Formed as a garage rock band,^[1] their best-known works are in the pop rock^[2] and psychedelic rock^[3] genres.

They were most successful from 1969 to 1975, under the leadership of singer/keyboardist Burton Cummings. During that period they released eleven studio albums, all of which reached the charts in Canada and the United States; their 1970 album American Woman reached no. 1 in Canada and no. 9 in the United States, and five other albums reached the top ten in Canada. They also achieved five number one singles in Canada and two in the United States.

Studio albums

Credited to "Chad Allan & the Expressions (Guess Who?)"

(both names shown on the album cover) (no RPM Top Album charts until 1967)

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Record Label
1965	Shakin' All Over	–	Quality Records
1965	Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!)	–	Quality Records

As The Guess Who?

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Record Label
1966	It's Time	–	Quality Records
1968	A Wild Pair (Split album; side 1 by The Staccatos)	–	Nimbus 9 Records

As The Guess Who

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Canada (RPM)^[4]	Australia^[5]	Certification	Record Label
1969	Wheatfield Soul	45	3	-		RCA Victor
1969	Canned Wheat	91	23	-
1970	American Woman	9	1	-	US: Gold^[6]
1970	Share the Land	14	7	-	US: Gold^[6]
1971	So Long, Bannatyne	52	10	-
1972	Rockin'	79	9	33
1973	Artificial Paradise	110	25	-
1973	#10	155	7	-
1974	Road Food	60	28	87
1974	Flavours	48	11	81
1975	Power in the Music	87	63	-
1976	The Way They Were	–	-	-

Post Burton Cummings–era albums credited to The Guess Who

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Record Label
1978	Guess Who's Back	–	Aquarius Records
1979	All This for a Song	–	Aquarius Records
1981	Now and Not Then	–	El Mocambo Records
1994	Liberty	–	Aquarius Records
1995	Lonely One^[A]	–	Intersound
2018	The Future Is What It Used to Be	–	Cleopatra Records
2023	Plein d'Amour	–	Deko Entertainment

Live albums

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Canada (RPM)^[7]	Australia^[5]	Record Label
1972	Live at the Paramount	39	17	55	RCA Victor
1984	Together Again	–	-	–	Ready Records
	Reunion	–	-	–	Quality Records
	The Best of the Guess Who-Live!	–	-	–	Compleat Records
1998	The Spirit Lives On – Greatest Hits Live	–	-	–	J-Bird Records
1999	Down The Road - Live	–	-	–
2001	Running Back Thru Canada	–	-	–	ViK. Recordings
2004	The Best of Running Back Thru Canada	–	-	–	ViK. Recordings
2004	Extended Versions: The Encore Collection	–	-	–	SBME Special Products
2009	In Concert	–	-	–

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Canada (RPM)^[8]	Certification
1969	Super Golden Goodies (Canadian title)/The Guess Who (U.S. title)	–	30
1970	Sown & Grown in Canada	–	-
1971	Guess Who Plays the Guess Who	–	-
1971	The Best of The Guess Who	12	9	CAN: Platinum^[9] US: Gold^[6]
1972	Shakin' All Over (re-issue)	–	-
	The History of the Guess Who	–	-
	Wild One	–	-
1973	The Best of The Guess Who Volume II	186	8	CAN: Gold^[10]
1977	The Greatest of the Guess Who	173	-
1988	Track Record: The Guess Who Collection (2-CD)	–	85
1992	These Eyes	–	-
1993	At Their Best	–	-
1997	The Ultimate Collection (3-CD)	–	-
1999	Greatest Hits	–	-
2001	This Time Long Ago	–	-
2003	Platinum & Gold Collection	–	-
2003	Anthology (2-CD)	–	-
2005	Let's Go	–	-
2006	Bachman-Cummings Song Book	–	-
2010	The Essential Guess Who ("Anthology" re-issue)	–	-

Singles

Note that almost all of the band's early tracks, originally issued by "Chad Allan and the Reflections", "Bob Ashley and the Reflections" or "Chad Allan and the Original Reflections", were later re-issued on albums that were jointly credited to "Chad Allan & the Expressions"/"Guess Who?" (i.e. both group names appeared on the album cover).

Year	Title	Chart positions				Certification	Album	B-Side
Year	Title	Canada	Australia	UK Singles Chart^[11]	U.S.	Certification	Album	B-Side
1962	Chad Allan and the Reflections: "Tribute to Buddy Holly" ^[B] (Geoff Goddard)	-	-	-	-		Non-LP single	"Back and Forth"
1963	Chad Allan and the Reflections: "Shy Guy" (Chad Allan)	-	-	-	-		Shakin' All Over	”Baby’s Got a Brand New Beau”
1963	Bob Ashley and the Reflections: "Inside Out" (Allan)	-	-	-	-		Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!)	”Made in England”
1964	Chad Allan and the Original Reflections: "Stop Teasing Me" (Randy Bachman)	-	-	-	-		Shakin' All Over / Hey Ho, What You Do to Me	"Shot of Rhythm 'N Blues"
1965	"Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd)	1	27	-	22		Shakin' All Over	"Till We Kissed"
	"Till We Kissed" (Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil)	36	-	-	-			"Shakin' All Over" (A-Side)
	"Tossin' and Turnin'" (Richie Adams/Malou Rene)	3	-	-	-			"I Want You to Love Me"
	"Hey Ho, What You Do to Me" (Jo Armstead/Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson)	3	-	-	125		Hey Ho, What You Do to Me	"Goodnight, Goodnight"
1966	"Hurting Each Other" (Gary Geld/Peter Udell)	19	-	-	-		Hey Ho, What You Do to Me	"Baby's Birthday"
	"Believe Me" (Bachman)	10	-	-	-		It's Time	"Baby Feelin'"
	"Clock on the Wall" (Bachman)	16	-	-	-			"One Day"
	"And She's Mine" (Bachman)	32	-	-	-			"All Right"
1967	"His Girl" (Johnny Cowell)	19	-	45	-		Non-LP singles, later collected on numerous compilations	"It's My Pride"
	"Pretty Blue Eyes" (Teddy Randazzo/Robert Wilding)	48	-	-	-
	"This Time Long Ago" (Jerry Langley/Jimmy Stewart)	30	-	-	-			"There's No Getting Away From You"
	"Flying on the Ground is Wrong" (Neil Young)	36	-	-	-			"If You Don't Want Me"
1968	"When Friends Fall Out" (Bachman/Burton Cummings)	75	-	-	-		American Woman (re-recording)	"Guess Who Blues"
1968	"Of a Dropping Pin" (Bachman/Cummings)	97	-	-	-		Canned Wheat (re-recording)	"Mr. Nothin'"
1969	"These Eyes" (Bachman/Cummings)	7	100	-	6	US: Gold^[6]	Wheatfield Soul	"Lightfoot"
	"Laughing" (Bachman/Cummings)	1	-	-	10	US: Gold^[6]	Canned Wheat	"Undun"
	"Undun" (Bachman)	21	73	-	22		Canned Wheat	"Laughing" (A-Side)
	"No Time" (Bachman/Cummings)	1	43	-	5		American Woman	"Proper Stranger"
1970	"American Woman" (Bachman/Cummings/Garry Peterson/Jim Kale)	1	43	19	1	US: Gold^[6]		"No Sugar Tonight"
	"No Sugar Tonight" (Bachman)	1	-	19	1			"American Woman" (A-Side)
	"Hand Me Down World" (Kurt Winter)	10	65	-	17		Share the Land	"Runnin' Down the Street"
	"Share the Land" (Cummings)	2	63	-	10			"Bus Rider"
1971	"Bus Rider" (Winter)	-	63	-	-			"Share the Land" (A-Side)
	"Hang on to Your Life" (Cummings/Winter)	5	-	-	43			"Do You Miss Me Darlin'"
	"Proper Stranger" (Bachman/Cummings) (Australian release only)	-	85	-	-		American Woman	"No Time" (A-Side)
	"Albert Flasher" (Cummings)	13	28	-	29		Non-LP single	"Broken"
	"Broken" (Cummings/Winter)	15	-	-	55		Non-LP single	"Albert Flasher" (A-Side)
	"Rain Dance" (Cummings/Winter)	3	55	-	19		So Long, Bannatyne	"One Divided"
	"Sour Suite" (Cummings)	12	-	-	50			"Life in the Bloodstream"
1972	"Life in the Bloodstream" (Cummings/Winter)	39	-	-	-			"Sour Suite" (A-Side)
	"Heartbroken Bopper" (Cummings/Winter)	12	83	-	47		Rockin'	"Arrivederci Girl"
	"Guns, Guns, Guns" (Cummings)	58	-	-	70		Rockin'	"Heaven Only Moved Once Yesterday"
	"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" (Cummings/Winter)	9	-	-	96		Live at the Paramount	"New Mother Nature"
1973	"Follow Your Daughter Home" (Cummings/Donnie McDougall/Peterson/Bill Wallace/Winter)	20	-	-	61		Artificial Paradise	"Bye Bye Babe"
	"Orly" (Cummings)	21	-	-	-		Artificial Paradise	"The Watcher"
	"Glamour Boy" (Cummings)	14	-	-	-		#10	"Lie Down"
1974	"Star Baby" (Cummings)	9	95	-	39		Road Food	"Musicione"
1974	"Clap for the Wolfman" (Cummings/Wallace/Winter)	4	39	-	6		Road Food	"Road Food"
1975	"Dancin' Fool" (Cummings/Domenic Troiano)	14	85	-	28		Flavours	"Seems Like I Can't Live With You, But I Can't Live Without You"
	"Loves Me Like a Brother" (Cummings/Troiano)	21	-	-	-			"Hoe Down Time"
	"Seems Like I Can't Live With You, But I Can't Live Without You" (Cummings/Troiano)	81	-	-	-			"Dancin' Fool" (A-Side)
	"Rosanne" (Cummings/Troiano)	55	-	-	105		Power in the Music	"Dreams"
	"When the Band Was Singin' 'Shakin' All Over'" (Cummings/Troiano)	-	-	-	102		Power in the Music	"Women"
1976	"Silver Bird" (Bachman/Cummings)	63	-	-	-		The Way They Were	"Runnin' Down the Street"
1979	"Sweet Young Thing" (Kale/Vince Masters/McDougall/Winter)	-	-	-	-		Guess Who's Back/ (All This For A Song - U.S. Title)	"It's Getting Pretty Bad"
	"C'mon Little Mama" (Kale/Masters/McDougall/Winter)	-	-	-	-			"Moon Wave Maker"
	"Sharin' Love" (McDougall)	-	-	-	-			"Taxman"
1981	"Magic" (Kale/Dale Russell)	-	-	-	-		Now and Not Then	"All Over Now"
1981	"Lovelite" (Russell)	-	-	-	-		Now and Not Then	"Straight Shootin' Man"
1984	"Let's Watch The Sun Go Down" (Kale)	-	-	-	-		Together Again	"These Eyes" (live version)

Music videos

Year	Video
1969	"These Eyes"
	"When You Touch Me"
	"Laughing"
1970	"No Time"
	"American Woman"
	"Share the Land"
	"Hang On To Your Life"
1971	"Albert Flasher"
1972	"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"

Notes

^ The same album as Liberty, albeit with different artwork and track sequence.
^ Early mispressed copies, though labelled "Tribute to Buddy Holly", played the track "I Just Didn't Have the Heart" on the A-side. Fewer than 100 copies of this mispressing are known to exist.

References

^ John Tobler (1991). Who's who in rock & roll. Crescent Books. p. 1988. ISBN 978-0-517-05687-5.
^ Robert Miklitsch (1 February 2012). Roll Over Adorno: Critical Theory, Popular Culture, Audiovisual Media. SUNY Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-7914-8187-5.
^ Shirley R. Steinberg; Michael Kehler; Lindsay Cornish (2010). Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-313-35080-1.
^ Canada, Library and Archives (2013-07-17). "Search: RPM". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
^ ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 130. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
^ Canada, Library and Archives (2013-07-17). "Search: RPM". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
^ Canada, Library and Archives (2013-07-17). "Search: RPM". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
^ "Gold/Platinum - Guess Who". Music Canada. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
^ "Gold/Platinum - Guess Who". Music Canada. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 237. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

External links

The Guess Who discography discography at Discogs

v t e The Guess Who
Rudy Sarzo Laurie MacKenzie Garry Peterson Derek Sharp Leonard Shaw Chad Allan Randy Bachman Burton Cummings Carl Dixon Terry Hatty Greg Leskiw Donnie McDougall Domenic Troiano Bill Wallace Kurt Winter Jim Kale
Studio albums	Shakin' All Over Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!) It's Time Wheatfield Soul Canned Wheat American Woman Share the Land So Long, Bannatyne Rockin' Artificial Paradise #10 Road Food Flavours Power in the Music The Way They Were
Live albums	Live at the Paramount
Compilations	The Best of The Guess Who Wild One The Best of The Guess Who Volume II Anthology
Singles	"Shakin' All Over" "Tossin' and Turnin'" "Hey Ho, What You Do to Me" "Hurting Each Other" "Believe Me" "Clock on the Wall" "His Girl" "These Eyes" "Laughing" "Undun" "No Time" "American Woman" "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" "Hand Me Down World" "Share the Land" "Hang On to Your Life" "Albert Flasher" "Rain Dance" "Sour Suite" "Heartbroken Bopper" "Guns, Guns, Guns" "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" "Follow Your Daughter Home" "Glamour Boy" "Star Baby" "Clap for the Wolfman" "Dancin' Fool"
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